China Premier's call for reform draws accolades, and barbs

China Premier's call for reform draws accolades, and barbs

China Premier's call for reform draws accolades, and barbs

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:25 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A vain "screen idol" or a prophet of Chinese political change?

New Concerns Raised About Withdrawn Archives Meditation Paper

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:52 PM PDT

I don?t??know why Archives of Internal Medicine stopped the publication of a paper only moment


Flotilla leader: No violence against Israel troops (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:40 PM PDT

U.S. activists chant slogans as they hold placards after a news conference about an international flotilla to blockaded Gaza, in Athens, Monday, June 27, 2011. Organizers say Israel is pressuring Greece to halt the ships' departure. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)AP - An organizer of a Gaza-bound flotilla is dismissing Israeli allegations that extremists aboard the ships plan to harm Israeli soldiers who would be dispatched to stop them.

Australia academics blast UK lord over Hitler jibe (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:54 PM PDT

Dozens of Australian academics have signed a letter demanding a lecture by British climate sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton, pictured, be axed after he compared the country's climate adviser to Hitler.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Michael Loccisano)AFP - Dozens of Australian academics signed a letter Tuesday demanding a lecture by British climate sceptic Lord Christopher Monckton be axed after he compared the country's climate adviser to Hitler.

General strike under way in Greece

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:46 PM PDT

National shutdown comes as parliament debates austerity reforms to help crisis-hit government secure rescue loans.


Syrian opposition seeks 'peaceful transition'

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:55 PM PDT

Government critics meeting in Damascus call for democracy while government vows to invite "all factions" to a dialogue.


VISA Is Banned on UCLA Campus - Students With Credit Cards Penalized

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:33 PM PDT

As costs climb in all sectors of the economy, even universities are coming up with creative ways to


Europe's Lagarde set to win top IMF job (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:21 PM PDT

France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde waves as she departs after a day of meetings ahead of her potentially being named the next managing director of the International Monetary Fund, at IMF headquarters in Washington, June 23, 2011. REUTERS/Jonathan ErnstReuters - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde looks set to emerge on Tuesday as the International Monetary Fund's new chief, maintaining the tradition of a European heading the global lender.

S.Africa looks back at its 'bang-bang' days (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:13 PM PDT

Residents play dominos in the Thokozain township. The brutal fighting between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party has ended, but other than that the hostels in Thokoza haven't changed much.(AFP/Alexander Joe)AFP - The brutal fighting between the African National Congress and the Inkatha Freedom Party has ended, but other than that the place in Thokoza where Greg Marinovich was shot hasn't changed much.

Moody's downgrades Toyota one notch to Aa3 (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:23 PM PDT

Ratings agency Moody's on Tuesday said it had downgraded Toyota Motor and its affiliates by one notch to Aa3, citing concerns for its profitability against a strong yen and materials costs.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Ratings agency Moody's on Tuesday said it had downgraded Toyota Motor and its affiliates by one notch to Aa3, citing concerns for its profitability against a strong yen and materials costs.

Who Benefits from Brasil Foods Breakup?

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:11 PM PDT

Brazil's largest food company, Brasil Foods (BRFS), is in the cross hairs of the anti-trust departme


Texas to Revive Anti-TSA Bill

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:53 PM PDT

After the story of the 95-year-old woman forced to remove her adult diaper to get through a TSA chec


Tepco faces shareholder wrath over nuclear crisis (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:00 PM PDT

Reuters - The utility at the heart of Japan's nuclear crisis, Tokyo Electric Power Co, faced pressure Tuesday from heckling shareholders to shut all its reactors in a sign of growing Japanese opposition to nuclear energy.


Victims upset as Khmer Rouge leader snubs court (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 10:01 PM PDT

A top Khmer Rouge leader, AFP - A top Khmer Rouge leader on trial for genocide and other atrocities walked out of Cambodia's UN-backed court on Tuesday for a second straight day, to the dismay of survivors.

Egypt's budding entrepreneurs get boost from US (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 12:36 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Sitting in the banquet hall of a luxurious hotel on the banks of the Nile, Mohammed Kamal rattles off his ideas for new mobile phone applications. Among them: an app that will diminish Cairo’s suffocating traffic and reduce government spending on fuel in the post-Mubarak Egypt.


Is the Taliban using girls in suicide bombings? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:25 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - A 9-year-old girl who was drugged, abducted, and strapped into a suicide vest by militants last week in Pakistan returned home safely to her family last night. But the scene was darker yesterday in Afghanistan where insurgents apparently tricked an 8-year-old girl into carrying a bomb and blew her up near a police checkpost.


Japan utility faces shareholder wrath over nuclear crisis

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:34 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - The utility at the heart of Japan's nuclear crisis, Tokyo Electric Power Co, faced pressure on Tuesday from angry shareholders to shut all its reactors in a sign of growing Japanese opposition to nuclear energy.

General named to head US Afghan force OKs drawdown (AP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:22 PM PDT

Photo illustration of a private security guard in Afghanistan. A US federal judge sentenced a former Blackwater security guard to 30 months in prison for killing an Afghan citizen in 2009.(AFP/Illustration/Shah Marai)AP - The man tapped to take over as the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is endorsing the size and pace of the 30,000 troop withdrawal laid out by President Barack Obama last week.

China Firms Face Research Armies

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Researchers are trawling through corporate records, blogs and government watch lists, looking for accounting discrepancies or investigating the financial claims of Chinese businesses.


Rights, trade to dominate Germany-China talks (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jun 2011 09:10 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel (L) and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao stroll in the garden of the Liebermann Villa by lake Wannsee on June 27, 2011.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - Germany and China will hold their first joint cabinet meeting Tuesday and ink several lucrative business contracts, but human rights disputes were expected to cast a long shadow over the proceedings.
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