Maldives eyes $100 million tourist tax for CO2 plan

Maldives eyes $100 million tourist tax for CO2 plan

Maldives eyes $100 million tourist tax for CO2 plan

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 12:22 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - A voluntary tax on tourists who visit the luxury resorts and white sands of the Maldives could raise up to $100 million a year towards the country's aim to become carbon neutral by 2020, President Mohamed Waheed said.

Memo From Asia: For Clinton, an Effort to Rechannel the Rivalry With China

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 11:55 AM PDT

At a gathering this week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to urge the expansion of American trade and investment across Asia, even as it is clear that China sees itself as increasingly having the upper hand in the region.

Sudan and South Sudan in verbal peace pledge

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 12:10 PM PDT

Both countries vow to cease hostilities, but fail to sign agreement, ahead of South Sudan's independence celebrations.


Israeli protesters demand military draft reform

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 12:17 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of Israelis marched through Tel Aviv on Saturday to demand an end to the exemption of ultra-Orthodox Jewish men from compulsory military service, an issue that has put huge strain on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's coalition.

Memo From Asia: For Clinton, an Effort to Rechannel the Rivalry With China

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 11:55 AM PDT

At a gathering this week, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plans to urge the expansion of American trade and investment across Asia, even as it is clear that China sees itself as increasingly having the upper hand in the region.

Genetic Gamble: In Gene Sequencing Treatment for Leukemia, Glimpses of the Future

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 12:25 PM PDT

A novel method known as whole genome sequencing focuses on the genes that drive a cancer, not the tissues or organ.

Myanmar Briefly Detains More Than 20 Political Activists

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 11:42 AM PDT

The activists were briefly detained ahead of a planned commemoration on Saturday of the 50th anniversary of a brutal military crackdown on students, fellow activists said.

Mugabe returns from medical checks in Singapore

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 11:11 AM PDT

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe returned from another trip to Singapore for medical checks on Saturday, state media reported.

Whaling moves beyond the harpoon

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 08:29 AM PDT

Steps towards new agenda to help the world's whales


Libyans Flock to Polls in First Vote After Gadhafi

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 10:40 AM PDT

Turnout was high and the atmosphere celebratory as Libyans voted in their first chance to steer the country's political future since ousted dictator Gadhafi seized power in 1969.


U.S. Names Afghanistan Major Non-NATO Ally

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 11:41 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton named Afghanistan a major ally during a visit on her way to Tokyo, where donors are expected to pledge $16 billion in aid over four years.


Death Toll Tops 100 in Russia Floods

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 08:29 AM PDT

Torrential rains set off flash flooding and landslides along Russia's Black Sea coast, killing at least 103 people and forcing thousands to flee their homes in the region's worst natural disaster in decades, officials said Saturday.


Japan Weighs Buying Disputed Islands

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Japan's prime minister said the government was considering purchasing a set of privately owned islets at the center of a territorial dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, a move that could further strain ties between Asia's two largest economies.


Shells From Syria Kill 2 in Lebanon

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 07:42 AM PDT

Shells fired from inside Syria killed two Lebanese civilians on Saturday and injured 10 others, in the latest incident of violence spilling across the border.


Congo Rebels Capture Second Town in Tin Province

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 01:44 AM PDT

Rebels loyal to renegade Congolese Gen. Bosco Ntaganda captured a second town in the Democratic Republic of Congo's tin-mining province of North Kivu, forcing hundreds of U.N.-backed government troops to flee.


Williams Wins Wimbledon Title

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 10:49 AM PDT

Serena Williams won her fifth Wimbledon tennis championship, beating Agnieszka Radwanska of Poland 6-1, 5-7, 6-2.


The New Hero of Indian Television

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 10:31 AM PDT

A Bollywood superstar has channeled his social conscience into a surprise hit show.


Romania under fire after president suspended

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 10:51 AM PDT

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - The Council of Europe has asked constitutional experts to examine Romania's suspension of its president after Germany and the United States criticized the action by the ruling leftist alliance, saying it threatened the rule of law.

England claim ninth straight win

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 10:16 AM PDT

England beat Australia by eight wickets - a record ninth straight win in one-day cricket - to wrap up a crushing series victory.


Taliban publicly execute woman near Kabul: officials

Posted: 07 Jul 2012 11:04 AM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - A man Afghan officials say is a member of the Taliban shot dead a woman accused of adultery in front of a crowd near Kabul, a video obtained by Reuters showed, a sign that the austere Islamist group dictates law even near the Afghan capital.

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