Rajapakse rejects early pardon for 'fool' Fonseka (AFP) |
- Rajapakse rejects early pardon for 'fool' Fonseka (AFP)
- Tibetan high school students protest in west China
- Obama's Jakarta home district sees shift in Islam
- Deaths in riot after Uganda fire
- Clinton in Moscow for talks on arms pact, Mideast (AP)
- Italy sees self as resilient to economic collapse (AP)
- Australian Senate rejects Scientology inquiry call (AP)
- Avalanche kills eight in Tajikistan
- Obama's Jakarta home district sees shift in Islam
- China faces important negotiations on yuan - U.S.
- North Korea executes official for blunder - report
- China says probing report on deadly faulty vaccines
- Clinton to attend Mideast session amid crisis (AP)
- Court OKs ex-Guatemalan leader's extradition to US (AP)
- Australia concerned about Rio Tinto trial (AP)
- Australia demands Rio trial access
- China faces important negotiations on yuan - U.S.
- U.S. yuan critics are like cruel "Avatar" troops - China paper
- South Korea green growth to hurt environment - report
- What American Dream?
| Rajapakse rejects early pardon for 'fool' Fonseka (AFP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:17 PM PDT
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| Tibetan high school students protest in west China Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:33 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - Tibetan high school students protested in the streets of at least two towns in western China this week to mark the anniversary of an uprising against Chinese rule, and some have been detained, residents said on Thursday.
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| Obama's Jakarta home district sees shift in Islam Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:33 PM PDT JAKARTA (Reuters) - Some things in the central Jakarta district of Matraman have barely changed since the late 1960s, when United States President Barack Obama lived and played there.
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| Deaths in riot after Uganda fire Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:04 PM PDT Three people killed in clash with security forces after blaze destroys royal tombs.
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| Clinton in Moscow for talks on arms pact, Mideast (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:52 PM PDT
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| Italy sees self as resilient to economic collapse (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:38 PM PDT
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| Australian Senate rejects Scientology inquiry call (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:00 PM PDT AP - Australia's Senate on Thursday overwhelming rejected a call for an inquiry into allegations against the Church of Scientology made by former members who claim to have been abused, harassed or coerced into having abortions.
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| Avalanche kills eight in Tajikistan Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:56 PM PDT DUSHANBE (Reuters) - An avalanche killed eight people on a mountain road in the Central Asian state of Tajikistan, the emergencies committee said Thursday.    
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| Obama's Jakarta home district sees shift in Islam Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:48 PM PDT JAKARTA (Reuters) - Some things in the central Jakarta district of Matraman have barely changed since the late 1960s, when United States President Barack Obama lived and played there.   
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| China faces important negotiations on yuan - U.S. Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China faces important negotiations over its exchange rate in coming weeks, the U.S. ambassador to China said on Thursday, adding that it was not just the United States that wanted action on the Chinese yuan.
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| North Korea executes official for blunder - report Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea has executed a ruling party official blamed for a botched currency reform, in a desperate attempt to quell public unrest and stem negative impact on Pyongyang's power succession, a news report said on Thursday.
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| China says probing report on deadly faulty vaccines Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China's Health Ministry is probing a report in a domestic newspaper that faulty vaccines in northern Shanxi province were responsible for killing four children and making dozens of others sick.
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| Clinton to attend Mideast session amid crisis (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:25 PM PDT
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| Court OKs ex-Guatemalan leader's extradition to US (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:20 PM PDT AP - A Guatemalan court has approved former President Alfonso Portillo's extradition to the U.S. to face money laundering charges.
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| Australia concerned about Rio Tinto trial (AP) Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:24 PM PDT AP - Australia expressed disappointment Thursday that charges of stealing business secrets against one of its citizens would be tried in a closed court in China, and some lawmakers doubted the mining executive involved would get a fair hearing.
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| Australia demands Rio trial access Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:24 PM PDT Controversial Rio Tinto industrial espionage trial to begin in Shanghai on Monday.
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| China faces important negotiations on yuan - U.S. Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:32 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - China faces important negotiations over its exchange rate in coming weeks, the U.S. ambassador to China said on Thursday, adding that it was not just the United States that wanted action on the Chinese yuan.
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| U.S. yuan critics are like cruel "Avatar" troops - China paper Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:32 PM PDT BEIJING (Reuters) - First it was environmentalists and indigenous activists; now China's beleagured financial officials are being compared to the giant, blue-skinned heroes of the mega blockbuster film "Avatar".
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| South Korea green growth to hurt environment - report Posted: 17 Mar 2010 09:32 PM PDT SEOUL (Reuters) - A massive river restoration project at the centre of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak's green growth strategy will harm globally threatened bird species and destroy critical habitat, a conservation group's report said.
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| Posted: 17 Mar 2010 10:01 PM PDT Fewer people in the U.S. believe they will ever achieve it.
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