China 'not currency manipulator'

China 'not currency manipulator'


China 'not currency manipulator'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:28 PM PST

The US decides not to declare China as a currency manipulator but says that the yuan remains "significantly undervalued".


India journalists deny extortion

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:17 PM PST

Two senior journalists at Indian television channel Zee News have been arrested on charges of trying to extort millions from Jindal Group.


India cash subsidy plan for poor

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:10 PM PST

India unveils the details of an ambitious plan for a direct cash payout of subsidies to the poor from 1 January 2013.


Philippine tax sheriff takes aim at cheats to hit target

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:01 PM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines' chief tax collector is constantly thinking about targets. Sometimes she picks up an assault rifle and hits them.


Egyptians stage mass protests against Morsi edict

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:38 PM PST

CAIRO — Egyptian opposition forces rallied across the country Tuesday in the biggest show of dissent against the country's first democratically elected leader since he precipitated a political crisis last week with an apparent bid to assume near-absolute power.

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Sarkozy returns to French politics as party peace broker

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:35 PM PST

PARIS (Reuters) - Ex-president Nicolas Sarkozy sought on Tuesday to broker a truce between the two men locked in a leadership dispute that could break up France's right-wing opposition party just months after it lost power.


U.S. to raise passport map issue with China

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:50 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will raise concerns with China over a new map in Chinese passports which details claims to disputed maritime territory, alarming some of its Southeast Asian neighbors, the State Department said on Tuesday.


Assassination attempt on TV anchor

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:42 PM PST

A Pakistani television journalist has escaped an assassination attempt after a plastic bag containing half a kilo of explosives was found attached to the back of his car.


Did misunderstanding lead to lynching?

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:42 PM PST

It may have been a simple misunderstanding that led to a horrific lynching.


Weapons of would-be assassin

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 05:31 AM PST

All you might feel is someone brush by you and a slight pin prick. But very quickly you would be suffering muscle paralysis followed by suffocation. You would be dead within a very short period of time.


TV anchor escapes assassination attempt

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 08:06 AM PST

A Pakistani television journalist has escaped an assassination attempt after a plastic bag containing half a kilo of explosives was found attached to the back of his car.


Bangladesh factory fire 'act of sabotage'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:36 PM PST

Interior minister says fire that killed 111 textile workers in Dhaka was arson, vowing to bring culprits to justice.


Dozens killed and wounded in Iraq car bombings

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:38 PM PST

At least 29 people were killed and 126 wounded Tuesday in eight car bombings in Iraq.


Crowd to Morsy: Ditch decree or leave

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:31 PM PST

Egyptians swarmed Cairo's Tahrir Square, waving flags and calling on President Mohamed Morsy to roll back his presidential powers decree or resign.


Defiant former Mexican mayor killed

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:37 PM PST

The first time an assassin's bullet tried to find her, Maria Santos Gorrostieta escaped, but her husband was killed.


If Ireland had a Roe v. Wade

Posted: 26 Nov 2012 11:32 AM PST

Latanya Mapp Frett says if the woman who died in Ireland after being refused an abortion had lived in the U.S. where Roe v Wade is the law of the land, she might still be alive.


Mapping the recent events in Syria

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:49 AM PST

As the conflict in Syria rages on, it can be hard to keep up with day-to-day developments. On this map, we've aggregated some of the major events, videos and stories coming out of the country over the past week.

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Farmers spray EU parliament with milk

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 12:21 PM PST

Hundreds of angry farmers from across Europe protesting at falling dairy prices have sprayed fresh milk in Brussels.


Syrian rebels 'shoot down army helicopter'

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 11:43 AM PST

Fighters say they used ground-to-air missile for the first time to down an aircraft bombing the country's northwest.


Gay ‘Conversion Therapy’ Faces Tests in Courts

Posted: 27 Nov 2012 01:21 PM PST

Methods that claim to help men overcome unwanted same-sex attractions are being legally challenged in New Jersey and California.


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