Russian prosecutors drop jail threat against tycoon Lebedev |
- Russian prosecutors drop jail threat against tycoon Lebedev
- Vatican cleric, two others, arrested in bank investigation
- China calls Xinjiang unrest a “terrorist attack”, ups death toll to 35
- Vatican official, two others arrested in bank investigation - source
- VIDEO: S Africa's 'City of Gold' awaits Obama
- Australian PM Rudd urges China action on trade deal
- Former Chinese Communist Party official gets 13 yrs for bribery - Xinhua
- China calls Xinjiang unrest a "terrorist attack", ups death toll to 35
- Japan PM Abe hops and flips in voter-wooing game app
- VIDEO: Why is Glastonbury a global magnet?
- Obama says no 'wheeling and dealing' over Snowden
- Japan visa exemption only for ICAO-compliant passports
- The need for structural reforms
- Communists kill one, wound nine in Philippine ambush
- Australia PM says opposition risks Indonesia ties
- Pole dance
- Turf wars: Vietnam's land rights crisis
- Pricey but worth it: Cubans finally surf the Web
- Lessons at home and homework at school in US
- Gulf lovers use smartphones to beat segregation
| Russian prosecutors drop jail threat against tycoon Lebedev Posted: 28 Jun 2013 12:56 AM PDT MOSCOW (Reuters) - State prosecutors asked a Moscow court on Friday to restrict media magnate Alexander Lebedev's movements for 21 months for punching a rival on a TV talk show but did not demand a jail sentence. | ||
| Vatican cleric, two others, arrested in bank investigation Posted: 28 Jun 2013 12:40 AM PDT ROME (Reuters) - A Vatican cleric, a member of Italy's secret services and a financial broker were arrested on Friday as part of an Italian investigation into the Vatican bank, a police source and a lawyer said. | ||
| China calls Xinjiang unrest a “terrorist attack”, ups death toll to 35 Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:30 PM PDT China's state media has raised to 35 the death toll from unrest this week in far western Xinjiang region, and denounced the clashes, the deadliest in four years, as a "terrorist attack". Xinjiang is home to a large Muslim Uighur community and violence focusing on its discontent had been confined recently to southern districts. The altercations in ... 
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| Vatican official, two others arrested in bank investigation - source Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:55 PM PDT ROME (Reuters) - A Vatican cleric, a member of Italy's secret services and financial broker were arrested on Friday as part of an Italian investigation into the Vatican bank, a police source said. | ||
| VIDEO: S Africa's 'City of Gold' awaits Obama Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:22 PM PDT Komla Dumor reports on what US President Barack Obama is likely to discover in South Africa on his arrival in Johannesburg on Friday. | ||
| Australian PM Rudd urges China action on trade deal Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:33 PM PDT CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Sinophile Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Friday urged China - the country's largest trading partner - to conclude a stalled free trade deal, using his first news conference since regaining power to praise the current bilateral relationship. | ||
| Former Chinese Communist Party official gets 13 yrs for bribery - Xinhua Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:13 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - A former regional Communist Party official implicated in a sex scandal that has transfixed China was sentenced on Friday to 13 years in jail for bribery, government news agency Xinhua reported on Friday. | ||
| China calls Xinjiang unrest a "terrorist attack", ups death toll to 35 Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:10 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's state media has raised to 35 the death toll from unrest this week in far western Xinjiang region, and denounced the clashes, the deadliest in four years, as a "terrorist attack". | ||
| Japan PM Abe hops and flips in voter-wooing game app Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:22 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - It's a bird, it's a plane ... It's a cartoon version of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, hopping and somersaulting his way through the sky in a smartphone game app his party hopes will lure young voters ahead of a July 21 election. | ||
| VIDEO: Why is Glastonbury a global magnet? Posted: 27 Jun 2013 11:01 PM PDT As the Glastonbury Music Festival begins, Lucy Hockings speaks to some of the fans who have travelled from around the world to savour the atmosphere and watch their favourite bands. | ||
| Obama says no 'wheeling and dealing' over Snowden Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:42 PM PDT US President Barack Obama insisted Thursday he would not let the fate of fugitive intelligence leaker Edward Snowden ruin ties with Russia and China, but Washington warned Ecuador not to give him asylum. | ||
| Japan visa exemption only for ICAO-compliant passports Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:40 PM PDT Japan's visa exemption for short-term stay is only applicable to Malaysian nationals holding biometric passports with International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) compliant standards issued from February 2010, the Japanese embassy said today. | ||
| The need for structural reforms Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:35 PM PDT In a democratic civil society, public power must be checked and balanced so that it can effectively and professionally serve the people. | ||
| Communists kill one, wound nine in Philippine ambush Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:26 PM PDT Communist insurgents ambushed police trainees in the Philippines Friday, killing one and wounding nine others in the latest of a series of attacks on unarmed targets, officials said. | ||
| Australia PM says opposition risks Indonesia ties Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:25 PM PDT Australia's new prime minister Kevin Rudd said Friday the conservative opposition's proposal to turn back asylum-seeker boats risked inciting conflict with Indonesia, signalling the sensitive policy will be a key issue in September elections. | ||
| Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:25 PM PDT Members of the Avocadoo Club performing a pool dance on a street sign pole in Lodz, central Poland, to promote new way of gymnastics. | ||
| Turf wars: Vietnam's land rights crisis Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:24 PM PDT Thi Sieu says her family lived for generations on a small plot of land studded with cashew trees until they fell victim to an alleged land grab by powerful local elites, a fate shared with many indigenous farmers in Vietnam's lush central hills. | ||
| Pricey but worth it: Cubans finally surf the Web Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:20 PM PDT Cuban teacher Nancy Garcia would love to surf the Web at home. But since that is restricted in this communist country, she now logs on from new hotspots -- at a price few can afford. | ||
| Lessons at home and homework at school in US Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:16 PM PDT When April Burton explains the intricacies of French grammar to her American classroom, the students are at home, in front of their computer or smartphone. | ||
| Gulf lovers use smartphones to beat segregation Posted: 27 Jun 2013 10:15 PM PDT Jaber and his girlfriend flirt the day away, never wasting a minute to sweet-talk and dream of a future together, but like most Gulf Arab youths they can only do it virtually. |
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