Concorde crash accused go on trial

Concorde crash accused go on trial

Concorde crash accused go on trial

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:25 PM PST

Continental Airlines and five individual defendants will on trial in France in connection with the Concorde crash in July 2000 that killed 113 people.


Pope criticises UK equality legislation

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:38 PM PST

Pope Benedict has criticised the Equality Bill, currently going through Parliament, claiming it 'violates the natural law'.


President's sex life makes headlines in S. Africa (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:18 PM PST

South African President Jacob Zuma gestures after the session 'A Conversation on the Future of Africa' at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010. The World Economic Forum is turning toward earthquake-ravaged Haiti and steering Africa to prosperity as more world leaders arrive for the annual event in this Swiss Alpine resort. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - South Africa's governing party says a report that the country's polygamist president fathered a child out of wedlock makes "a mountain out of nothing."

Top China justice official in dock on mob charges (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:23 PM PST

A crowd watches as a police car drives former high-ranking Chongqing city official, Wen Qiang, into court in the southwest Chinese municipality on February 2. The most senior official charged in a major crackdown on organised crime and graft in southwestern China has gone on trial, in the climax of a lurid, sensational court marathon.(AFP)AFP - The most senior official charged in a major crackdown on organised crime and graft in southwestern China went on trial Tuesday, in the climax of a lurid, sensational court marathon.

For Haitian parents, giving kids to U.S. group backfires

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:08 PM PST

Lely Laurentus thought he was doing the right thing when he handed his two young children over to an American woman who promised to take them to a better place.

Jakarta plans protest park to ease traffic mayhem

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:47 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters Life!) - Fed up with protests snarling Jakarta's already chaotic traffic, the authorities in one of the world's most congested cities plan to build a park dedicated to keeping public demonstrations off the streets.


West eyes Iran central bank, firms in sanction push

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:47 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and three European powers hope to blacklist Iran's central bank and firms linked to the Revolutionary Guard Corps in a new round of U.N. sanctions over Tehran's nuclear program, diplomats said.


Q+A - Japan ruling party No.2 Ozawa: Why does he matter?

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:47 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's ruling Democratic Party is in a dilemma over whether to keep its No. 2 official in place, with media reports saying one of his former aides is set to be charged over misreporting of political funds on Thursday.


CORRECTED - Japan PM wants Ozawa to stay on for election

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:47 PM PST

By Isabel Reynolds


Concorde crash accused go on trial

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:25 PM PST

Continental Airlines and five individual defendants will on trial in France in connection with the Concorde crash in July 2000 that killed 113 people.


Pope criticises UK equality legislation

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 02:38 PM PST

Pope Benedict has criticised the Equality Bill, currently going through Parliament, claiming it 'violates the natural law'.


Why Do The Chinese Save So Much?

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:10 PM PST

There are too many men--and hoarding cash is one way to triumph in a competitive marriage market.


China ore standoff shows limits to economic clout (AP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:11 PM PST

AP - China is pressing to turn its status as the world's biggest steel producer into clout over global miners and cheaper iron ore prices. But its tactics failed in 2009 and there are few indications it will fare better this year.


Australia in surprise rates freeze (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:39 PM PST

A delivery man pushes boxes past the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney. The country's central bank has left interest rates on hold at 3.75 percent, ending a sequence of three consecutive rises.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australia's central bank Tuesday left interest rates on hold at 3.75 percent, surprising analysts by ending a sequence of three consecutive rises, but hinted at further hikes to come.

China investigates as malamine-tainted milk reappears

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:14 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has launched nationwide checks for melamine-tainted milk products after the industrial compound, which killed at least six children in 2008, reappeared on shop shelves, an official newspaper said on Tuesday.


Kazakhstan under pressure to free rights defender

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:14 PM PST

ALMATY (Reuters) - A private foundation set up by billionaire financier George Soros on Tuesday urged Kazakhstan to free a jailed human rights defender, saying he was imprisoned in "an unfair trial".


Singapore's richest man Ng Teng Fong dies at 82

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:14 PM PST

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore's richest man and property tycoon Ng Teng Fong died early on Tuesday after suffering a cerebral haemorrhage on Jan. 23, a spokeswoman for his family business said. He was 82.


SCENARIOS - Pressure mounts on Japan ruling party kingpin

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:14 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - A funding scandal ensnaring powerful ruling Democratic Party (DPJ) Secretary-General Ichiro Ozawa is threatening the party's chances of winning a mid-year election for parliament's upper house, risking policy deadlock.


Bordeaux wine industry rallies to survive in US (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:30 PM PST

Bordeaux vintners and merchants are rallying to survive in a thirsty but tumultuous US market after their biggest customer there defected. US importer Chateau & Estate Wines (DC&E), a subsidiary of UK drinks giant Diageo, last year ended a 35-year relationship with Bordeaux fine wine and began aggressively liquidating tens of millions of dollars' worth of stock at 40 to 60 percent discounts.(AFP/File/Jean-Pierre Muller)AFP - Bordeaux vintners and merchants are rallying to survive in a thirsty but tumultuous US market after their biggest customer there defected.

Tibet exiles reject China warning (AFP)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 09:22 PM PST

Tibetan activists in-exile read pamphlets on a street in Dharamshala in March, 2009. Tibet's government in exile Tuesday dismissed a strongly worded warning from China against any possible meeting between the Dalai Lama and US President Barack Obama.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Tibet's government in exile Tuesday dismissed a strongly worded warning from China against any possible meeting between the Dalai Lama and US President Barack Obama.
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