Book piracy leaves Zimbabwe publishers in red |
- Book piracy leaves Zimbabwe publishers in red
- 40 Egyptian school children killed in crash - report
- Bruised French conservatives to pick new leader
- Clinton says budget deal critical to U.S. global role, security
- China does not want South China Sea overshadowing summit
- PAS delegate hits out at Pakatan partners over hudud
- Messy battle expected in Japan vote next month: media
- In Mexico City, a green revolution, one lettuce at a time
- To boost reform, US lifts ban on most Myanmar imports
- US lawmakers want more answers on Benghazi attack
- Early ‘fiscal cliff’ talks show possible path to deal
- Jordan protesters call for ‘downfall of the regime’
- In Benghazi testimony, Petraeus says al Qaeda role known early
- Oil platform blaze off Louisiana leaves workers missing
- Congressional leaders optimistic after meeting Obama
- Israel authorises more reservists after rockets target cities
- China says does not want South China Sea overshadowing summit
- Israel authorises more reservists after rockets target cities
- Japan turns to India for rare earth
- Obama eyes deeper reform on historic Myanmar visit
| Book piracy leaves Zimbabwe publishers in red Posted: 17 Nov 2012 12:34 AM PST Books have become cheaper for cash-strapped but education-hungry Zimbabweans, yet publishers and writers are seeing their earnings evaporate due to burgeoning book piracy.
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| 40 Egyptian school children killed in crash - report Posted: 16 Nov 2012 11:26 PM PST CAIRO (Reuters) - Forty school children were killed when a train crashed with a bus south of Egypt's capital on Saturday, the official state news agency reported. 
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| Bruised French conservatives to pick new leader Posted: 16 Nov 2012 11:03 PM PST PARIS (Reuters) - France's conservatives will elect a new leader on Sunday who will determine whether the party ousted in May from a 17-year presidential reign will hold to the centre or move to the right in a quest to regain power in 2017. 
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| Clinton says budget deal critical to U.S. global role, security Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:58 PM PST SINGAPORE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Saturday that reaching a deal to resolve America's budget crisis is critical to its global leadership and national security and would bolster efforts to project U.S. economic power around the world. 
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| China does not want South China Sea overshadowing summit Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:41 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - A regional summit opening in Cambodia this weekend should not be overshadowed by a dispute over the South China Sea as the situation is under control and countries involved can resolve differences themselves, a top Chinese diplomat said on Saturday. 
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| PAS delegate hits out at Pakatan partners over hudud Posted: 16 Nov 2012 11:11 PM PST A delegate at the PAS congress here today hit out at leaders of PAS' opposition pact partners for wavering on the issue of 'hudud' law which PAS proposed to implement if it gets to form the federal government after the next general election.
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| Messy battle expected in Japan vote next month: media Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:56 PM PST Japan's election next month will be a messy battle, media said Saturday, with more than a dozen parties fielding candidates and some of them trying to forge a "third pole" between the two largest camps.
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| In Mexico City, a green revolution, one lettuce at a time Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:56 PM PST A green revolution is sweeping across the car and concrete jungle of Mexico City, an infamously smoggy capital that was once dubbed "Makesicko City" by novelist Carlos Fuentes.
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| To boost reform, US lifts ban on most Myanmar imports Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:31 PM PST Moving to encourage reform in Myanmar ahead of a landmark trip by President Barack Obama, the United States has scrapped a nearly decade-old ban on most imports from the long-isolated nation.
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| US lawmakers want more answers on Benghazi attack Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:17 PM PST Former CIA chief David Petraeus has done little to halt bi-partisan sparring over whether the administration misled the public over who was behind an attack on the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.
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| Early ‘fiscal cliff’ talks show possible path to deal Posted: 16 Nov 2012 10:52 PM PST WASHINGTON, Nov 17 — President Barack Obama and top lawmakers agreed yesterday to work on a framework for reforming the US tax code and "entitlement" programmes next year, in what could be an important first step in averting the upcoming "fiscal cliff". While the congressional leaders and the president had spoken individually in the past week in ... 
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| Jordan protesters call for ‘downfall of the regime’ Posted: 16 Nov 2012 06:36 PM PST AMMAN, Nov 17 — Thousands of demonstrators chanted the Arab Spring slogan "the people want the downfall of the regime" in Jordan yesterday, although a day billed as the culmination of three days of protests passed off largely in peace. Jordan has so far largely avoided the unrest that has swept across the Middle East over the past two years, but a ... 
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| In Benghazi testimony, Petraeus says al Qaeda role known early Posted: 16 Nov 2012 05:54 PM PST WASHINGTON, Nov 17 — Former CIA Director David Petraeus told Congress yesterday that he and the spy agency had sought to make clear from the outset that September's deadly attack on the US diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, involved an al Qaeda affiliate, lawmakers said. Petraeus told lawmakers that "there were extremists in the group" that ... 
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| Oil platform blaze off Louisiana leaves workers missing Posted: 16 Nov 2012 04:43 PM PST HOUSTON, Nov 17 — An oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico off the Louisiana coast exploded yesterday, leaving two people missing and badly injuring several others, recalling the horror of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster. The fire ignited when workers were welding a pipe on the deck of the shallow-water platform operated by Houston-based Black ... 
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| Congressional leaders optimistic after meeting Obama Posted: 16 Nov 2012 04:14 PM PST WASHINGTON, Nov 17 — Republican and Democratic congressional leaders emerged from a meeting with President Barack Obama yesterday pledging to find common ground on taxes and spending that would allow them to avert a looming "fiscal cliff" that could send the economy back into recession. The top lawmakers spoke to reporters as a group for the first ... 
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| Israel authorises more reservists after rockets target cities Posted: 16 Nov 2012 03:39 PM PST GAZA, Nov 17 — Israel's cabinet late yesterday authorised the mobilisation of up to 75,000 reservists, preparing the ground for a possible Gaza invasion after Palestinians fired a rocket towards Jerusalem for the first time in decades. Tel Aviv, Israel's commercial centre, also came under rocket attack for the second straight day, in defiance of ... 
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| China says does not want South China Sea overshadowing summit Posted: 16 Nov 2012 09:33 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - A regional summit opening in Cambodia this weekend should not be overshadowed by a dispute over the South China Sea as the situation is under control and countries involved can resolve differences themselves, a top Chinese diplomat said on Saturday. 
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| Israel authorises more reservists after rockets target cities Posted: 16 Nov 2012 09:06 PM PST GAZA/JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli aircraft pounded Hamas government buildings in Gaza on Saturday, including the building housing the prime minister's office, after Israel's Cabinet authorised the mobilisation of up to 75,000 reservists, preparing the ground for a possible invasion into Gaza. 
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| Japan turns to India for rare earth Posted: 16 Nov 2012 09:50 PM PST Japan on Friday signed an agreement with India to import rare earth minerals from the country in a move seen to reduce reliance on China, Press Trust of India (PTI) reported.
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| Obama eyes deeper reform on historic Myanmar visit Posted: 16 Nov 2012 09:21 PM PST US President Barack Obama will endow Myanmar's startling reform drive with his newly replenished political prestige Monday, as he makes history in a short, but hugely symbolic, visit to the country.
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