Canada Willing to Raise Investment-Review Limit for EU in Trade Talks-Source

Canada Willing to Raise Investment-Review Limit for EU in Trade Talks-Source

Canada Willing to Raise Investment-Review Limit for EU in Trade Talks-Source

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:12 PM PDT

Canada has agreed to make it easier for European firms to invest in Canada, as part of an effort to seal a free-trade deal with the European Union.

Merkel Warns on Energy Costs

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:11 PM PDT

The chancellor said spiraling costs for developing renewable energy sources could damage Germany's competitiveness and need to be scaled back—but was vague on how.

New Jersey in Partial Pollution Settlement With Argentina's YPF

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:00 PM PDT

Argentine state-run oil company YPF has reached a deal with the state of New Jersey that might allow the company to avoid billions of dollars in potential liabilities related to the contamination of the Passaic River.

The World's Working Children

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:40 PM PDT

The UN's International Labor Organization marks World Day Against Child Labor on June 12 as a way to highlight the plight of working children.

House Advances Bill to Limit Abortion After 22 Weeks of Pregnancy

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:22 PM PDT

The Judiciary Committee approved, along party lines, a Republican-sponsored bill that would outlaw nearly all abortions after the 22nd week of pregnancy.
    

Obama administration convinced EU to drop measure that would have blocked NSA spying

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:27 PM PDT

Senior officials in the Obama administration successfully lobbied the European Union's executive body to drop an "anti-FISA clause" from its privacy legislation over a year ago, the Financial Times reports. That measure, if adopted, could have blocked the U.S. requests for European citizens' computer and telephone data that are made as part of the just-revealed PRISM program.

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NHS chief denies 'gagging cover-up'

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 09:23 AM PDT

The head of the NHS in England is questioned by MPs about at least 50 confidential payments totalling £2m made to hospital staff since 2008.

Floods sweep through Europe

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:28 PM PDT

Record floods have forced thousands to leave their homes in Germany and across central Europe. One animal park owner said it was the worst she'd seen in decades. "I still cannot believe what the water has done."

8 of Brazil's best beaches

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:22 AM PDT

Brazil and beaches go together like bossa nova and "The Girl From Ipanema," which, of course, put the country on the map as a hub of sun and sand and the eternally tanned and lovely.

Tunisia jails three Europeans for topless feminist protest

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:17 PM PDT

TUNIS (Reuters) - A Tunisian court sentenced three European feminist activists to four months in jail on Wednesday after they demonstrated topless in central Tunis last month against the Islamist-led government, one of their lawyers said.

Turkey 'may hold referendum on park'

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:28 PM PDT

A spokesman for Turkey's ruling AK party says it may hold a referendum on an Istanbul park that has been the focus of widespread unrest.

Visions of the future of flying

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:23 AM PDT

A concept aircraft of the future has been shown off at the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh.

Jordan removes last hurdle to cleric's extradition from UK

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:40 AM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Jordan has removed the last hurdle preventing Britain from sending radical cleric Abu Qatada back home for trial by approving an extradition treaty satisfying British concerns about evidence used against him, officials said on Wednesday.

N.S.A. Leaker Says He Will Stay in Hong Kong and Fight Extradition

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:17 AM PDT

In comments to a Hong Kong newspaper, Edward J. Snowden also accused United States of hacking into hundreds of Chinese computers since 2009.
    

Syria Rebels Kill Dozens of Shiites

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:21 AM PDT

Syrian rebels have attacked a village in the country's east, killing dozens of local Shiites, activists said, highlighting the increasingly sectarian nature of Syria's more than two-year-old conflict.

Snowden Says He Isn't Hiding From Justice

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 12:26 PM PDT

The former government contractor behind one of the biggest national-security leaks in U.S. history and currently believed hiding in Hong Kong has told a local newspaper he has no plans to leave the city and intends to challenge the U.S. in Hong Kong courts.

After Rice Scare, China to Survey Soil

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:18 AM PDT

China said it will conduct nationwide sampling of soil in order to map pollution levels across the country following revelations that portions of its rice supply were tainted with cadmium.

Man Sentenced for Attack in Myanmar

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 11:06 AM PDT

A Myanmar court sentenced a Muslim man to 26 years in prison for attacking a Buddhist woman, an event that triggered a recent flare-up of sectarian mob violence.

Strikes Ground Flights in Europe

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 07:55 AM PDT

Hundreds of flights scheduled to and from France were canceled as industrial action by French aviation staff intensified in a second straight day of disruption.

Malaysian Parties Head to Court

Posted: 12 Jun 2013 10:50 AM PDT

Malaysia's political parties have filed petitions against results of contests for seats lost by thin margins in recent elections, with the opposition hoping to reverse a close ballot that returned the long-ruling National Front coalition to power.

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