China says will not threaten anyone with modern military (Reuters)

China says will not threaten anyone with modern military (Reuters)

China says will not threaten anyone with modern military (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:58 PM PDT

Reuters - China's defense minister sought to reassure Asia Pacific neighbors on Sunday that his country's growing economic and military power was not a threat, as long-running maritime disputes in the region flare up again.


Portugal Votes Amid Austerity Upheaval

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:33 PM PDT

Portuguese voters elect a new government against the backdrop of a $114 billion bailout and austerity measures that will further lower the standard of living in one of Western Europe's poorest countries.


Bangladesh strike paralyses Dhaka

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:47 PM PDT

Normal life in capital disrupted as nationwide strike against government move to amend constitution takes hold.


China says will not threaten anyone with modern military

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:58 PM PDT

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China's defense minister sought to reassure Asia Pacific neighbors on Sunday that his country's growing economic and military power was not a threat, as long-running maritime disputes in the region flare up again.

Kosovo-crazy pilot crash-lands in Sudan desert (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:44 PM PDT

James Berisha, 38, pilots his 1967 Cesna plane on June 18, 2010 over a mountain range near Pristina. Berisha crash-landed in the Sudanese desert when he was just two countries short of conquering the African continent as part of his plan to visit every nation on earth to raise awareness of his beloved homeland, Kosovo.(AFP/File/Armend Nimani)AFP - When he took off in his Cessna 172 4-seater from Texas two years ago, James Berisha vowed to visit every nation on earth to raise awareness of his beloved homeland, Kosovo, proclaimed independent a year earlier.

China seeks to placate neighbours, demands respect (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:39 PM PDT

Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie (L) looks on as he is briefed by an official before delivering his speech during the annual Asia-Pacific forum in Singapore, on June 5. Liang called for 'democracy in international relations' and warned against security alliances directed at particular countries.(AFP/Roslan Rahman)AFP - China sought to ease neighbours' fears about its military ambitions and demanded respect from the international community as smaller Asian nations accused it of behaving like a bully.

In Kabul, Gates urges patience with Afghan war (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:16 PM PDT

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, speaks during a joint news conference with Afghan President Hamid Karzai, right, at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 4, 2011. U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is warning Afghans that they must take more responsibility for their own security if a planned withdrawal of American and other foreign combat troops by 2014 is to succeed. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates appealed for patience with an unpopular war and said Saturday that only modest U.S. troop reductions would make sense this summer in a still unstable Afghanistan.

U.S. oks restart of Keystone pipeline (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:52 PM PDT

Reuters - TransCanada Corp can restart its Keystone oil pipeline on Sunday, after the company satisfied a series of safety conditions following leaks that idled the key export line twice in less than a month, the U.S. pipeline safety regulator said on Saturday.


Acrimonious Peru election headed for photo finish

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:13 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - The right-wing daughter of a jailed former president faces a leftist former army commander in Peru's presidential election on Sunday in a combative race to lead a young democracy and booming economy.

Bomb attack kills six near Pakistan's Peshawar

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:04 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb attack near the Pakistani city of Peshawar killed at least six people on Sunday, police said.

Police break up fast by Indian guru

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:39 PM PDT

Tear gas used to evict from protest site Baba Ramdev and his supporters, on mass hunger strike over graft.


Israel on high alert for possible border unrest (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 10:49 PM PDT

Israeli left-wing activists carry banners as they march during a protest in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, June 4, 2011. Thousands took part in a march in central Tel Aviv on Saturday evening supporting the establishment of a Palestinian state based on the 1967 borders. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - Thousands of Israeli security forces mobilized for possible border unrest Sunday as Palestinians marked the anniversary of the Arab defeat in the 1967 Mideast war and Israel's occupation of Arab land.

Police break up protest by Indian guru (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:42 PM PDT

Indian spiritual guru Baba Ramdev speaks to his supporters during his 'fast unto death' against corruption and to force the government to accept his hardline anti-corruption proposals in New Delhi.(AFP/Raveendran)AFP - Indian police broke up a mass demonstration led by a popular yoga guru who had vowed to "fast unto death" in protest at government corruption, officials said.

Australia says rights key to Malaysia refugee deal (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:36 PM PDT

Australia said human rights would be a key element in its deal with Kuala Lumpur to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia, as the UN welcomed its move to treat minors on a case-by-case basis. Cabinet minister Jenny Macklin (pictured) said a human rights reference was included in Australia's original in-principle agreement and the issue was key to the government.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Australia said human rights would be a key element in its deal with Kuala Lumpur to send 800 asylum seekers to Malaysia, as the UN welcomed its move to treat minors on a case-by-case basis.

Portuguese go to polls as country grapples with bailout

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:37 PM PDT

LISBON (Reuters) - Portugal will elect a new government on Sunday which will lead the country through a period of deep austerity and recession after it received a 78-billion-euro ($114 billion) bailout from the European Union and IMF.

Academics to launch new private university: report (AFP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:07 PM PDT

Photo illustration. Leading British academics are to launch a private university aimed at rivaling Oxford and Cambridge that will charge tuition fees of £18,000 ($30,000) a year, a report said Sunday.(AFP/Illustration/Jaafar Ashtiyeh)AFP - Leading academics are to launch a private university aimed at rivaling Oxford and Cambridge that will charge tuition fees of £18,000 ($30,000) a year, a report said Sunday.

In Sinaloa, cartel operators hide in plain sight (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:28 PM PDT

This Tuesday, April 5, 2011 picture shows a line of family mausoleums at one of the main cemeteries in Culiacan, Mexico. Resembling a miniature village of ornate homes, rows of mausoleums boast balconies, spiraling staircases and photographs of young men who died in their 20s and 30s, sometimes accompanied by replicas of guns and pictures of their favorite cars. The state of Sinaloa is known as the cradle of drug trafficking in the country. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)AP - The fruits of drug trafficking are on open display in this western state capital: Cartel members honor their dead with gaudy mausoleums at the main cemetery, black-market moneychangers work in the open, and store shelves are stuffed with products from businesses identified by the U.S. Treasury Department as being fronts for organized crime.

Nintendo says server breached, no data lost (AP)

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:29 PM PDT

AP - Nintendo, the Japanese maker of the Wii game console and Super Mario games, says it was targeted in recent online data attacks, but that no personal or company information was lost.


Jeff Flake: Legislating From Principle

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:09 PM PDT

The country's long-term economic health depends on electing more people like Jeff Flake.


Has Your Retirement Been Delayed?

Posted: 04 Jun 2011 09:07 PM PDT

One of the most annoying things in life is rushing to the airport only to find out that your flight


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