Greek unions stage walkouts after new budget cuts

Greek unions stage walkouts after new budget cuts

Greek unions stage walkouts after new budget cuts

Posted: 29 Feb 2012 12:21 AM PST

Greek unions on Wednesday were to stage walkouts and a protest, part of a Europe-wide mobilisation, hours after fresh budget cuts linked to a new eurozone bailout were approved by a wide parliamentary majority.

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Girl, 12, kills self on Japan railway track: police

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:55 PM PST

A 12-year-old Japanese girl was killed after she lay down on railway tracks and waited for a speeding train in an apparent suicide, Tokyo police said Wednesday.

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Illegal gambling: Remote control devices to avoid police detection

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:43 PM PST

Illegal online gambling syndicates are becoming more active by using sophisticated technology such as remote control devices to protect their illegal activities.

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Malaysians can look forward to in-vehicle infotainment technology

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:43 PM PST

Technology-savvy Malaysians can expect the in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) technology, which involves communication and information systems in vehicles, to come here eventually.

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Genes and gender: new shots fired on the Y front

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:32 PM PST

Theories that men will eventually become extinct because the Y chromosome which determines maleness is shrinking are quite wrong, according to a gene study published on Wednesday.

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Getting the facts right about Felda's IPO

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:30 PM PST

Stakeholders embroiled in the debate surrounding Felda Global Ventures Holdings' (FGVH) planned initial public offering (IPO) can find greater coherence if they get all their facts right, said Felda chairman Tan Sri Isa Samad.

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VIDEO: Romney wins Michigan and Arizona

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 09:29 PM PST

Mitt Romney has won the Republican primaries in the states of Michigan and Arizona, narrowly beating close rival Rick Santorum.


VIDEO: Mattress dominoes break record

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 03:29 PM PST

Could this be a new world record for human mattress domino toppling?


VIDEO: Helicopters drop bread to stricken liner

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:39 PM PST

Helicopters have been delivering supplies to the stricken cruise ship, the Costa Allegra, as it is towed to the Seychelles.


VIDEO: Illegal immigrants desperate to leave

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:11 AM PST

The BBC has spoken to illegal immigrants desperate to be deported, but unable to leave because of lack of documents


VIDEO: Raspberry Pi computer in action

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 10:01 PM PST

The Raspberry Pi computer is just a small green circuit board about the size of a credit card - but it is hoped that it will get thousands of school children interested in programming.


VIDEO: Corruption dogs India elections

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 09:21 PM PST

As voters across India head to the polls in regional assembly elections, more than 200 of the candidates on the ballot in Uttar Pradesh face serious criminal charges.


U.S. sees 'more of the same' from new North Korea leader

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 10:47 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New North Korean leader Kim Jung-un looks unlikely to depart from the nuclear brinkmanship, threats to his region and repression of his father and grandfather, the top U.S. military commander for the Asia-Pacific region said on Tuesday.

Sime Darby posts higher profit

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:29 PM PST

Conglomerate Sime Darby Bhd posted a higher pre-tax profit at RM1.624 billion for its second quarter ended Dec 31, 2011 compared to RM1.248 billion recorded for the previous corresponding period.

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Nepal calls for help to settle Everest height

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:28 PM PST

Nepal is appealing to international donors to help it finally settle a long-running dispute over the height of Mount Everest, a government official said Wednesday.

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Malaysia's Sime Darby Q2 profit up 26 percent

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 11:05 PM PST

Malaysian palm oil giant Sime Darby said Wednesday net profit rose 26 percent to 1.16 billion ringgit ($387 million) in its second quarter on higher palm oil prices and improved plantation yields.

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NZ court rejects bid to rejail Megaupload boss, frees cash

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 10:32 PM PST

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The founder of the online file-sharing site Megaupload.com has asked a New Zealand court to free nearly a quarter of a million dollars in frozen assets to pay for living expenses, including nannies and bodyguards, as a bid by the United States to put him back behind bars was thrown out of court on Wednesday.

Iran: two worlds meet, over tea

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 10:17 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Mina and Mohammad stood on opposite sides of the political barricades when protests against Iran's rulers erupted into mass street violence; she, a student demanding democratic reform, he a member of the hardline Basij militia that helped crush the greatest challenge ever to the Islamic Republic.

China tells Arab League it backs humanitarian aid for Syria

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 09:23 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China backs international efforts to send humanitarian aid to Syria, Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said, after Western powers proposed a United Nations resolution authorising humanitarian aid.

World’s oldest nuclear plant shuts in Britain

Posted: 28 Feb 2012 08:23 PM PST

OLDBURY-ON-SEVERN, Feb 29 — The world's oldest running nuclear reactor is due to shut at 1100 GMT today after 44 years of operation, starting the countdown to 2025, by when a new British nuclear station is expected to open on a site just a few hundred metres away. Some local residents who have lived in this quaint village for decades say they had ...

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