100 days in 100 seconds

100 days in 100 seconds

100 days in 100 seconds

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:44 PM PDT

100 days of the coalition government in 100 seconds


Dozens missing after landslide in southwest China

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:57 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - At least 67 people were missing after mudslides hit a remote southwest Chinese town near Myanmar, state media reported on Wednesday, adding to the thousands killed or missing in floods and landslides this year.

U.N. says nearly half of Pakistan flood funds secured

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 11:03 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Nearly half the $459 million needed for initial relief in Pakistan's worst ever floods has been secured after days of lobbying donors and warnings that the country faces a spiraling humanitarian catastrophe, the United Nations said on Wednesday.

British author denies intention to insult Singapore (AFP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:55 PM PDT

File photo of the old Supreme Court city hall building in Singapore. A British author facing charges for publishing a book on the death penalty in Singapore said it was never his intention to scandalise the judiciary, a court document showed Wednesday.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - A British author facing charges for publishing a book on the death penalty in Singapore said it was never his intention to scandalise the judiciary, a court document showed Wednesday.

Bus crash in Philippines kills 35, but 8 survive (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:00 PM PDT

AP - A packed passenger bus negotiating a downhill curve plunged off a Philippine mountain highway into a 100-foot (30-meter) ravine Wednesday, killing 35 people in one of the country's worst recent accidents, police said.


Insurgents, police clash amid Pakistan flooding (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:25 PM PDT

Pakistanis displaced by flooding ride on a truck with their belongings as they head away from the flood line outside of Sukkar, in Sindh province, southern Pakistan, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Islamist militants attacked police posts in Pakistan's northwest and killed two civilians active in an anti-Taliban militia, challenging a security establishment straining under a national flooding disaster, police said Wednesday.

Chavez signs law barring Venezuela brokers from fx, govt debt

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:22 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez signed a new law into effect on Tuesday that formalizes the exclusion of private brokerages from trading the local bolivar currency or public sector dollar-denominated debt.

Sri Lanka defends war against LTTE

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Defence chief denies war crimes during domestic probe into war against Tamil separatists.


Gov't enjoying political honeymoon 100 days on (AFP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:45 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron chats with a policeman outside 10 Downing Street. Britain's first coalition government since World War II is still enjoying a political honeymoon 100 days after coming into office, a poll suggested on Wednesday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's first coalition government since World War II is still enjoying a political honeymoon 100 days after coming into office, a poll suggested on Wednesday.

Newspaper: US to support UN inquiry in Myanmar (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:50 PM PDT

AP - The Obama administration has decided to support creation of a United Nations commission to look into alleged crimes against humanity and war crimes in Myanmar, The Washington Post reported Wednesday.


Australia's Labor to scrape back into power (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:38 PM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard smiles during the Labor party's federal election campaign launch event in Brisbane August 16, 2010. REUTERS/Daniel MunozReuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor government will narrowly win Saturday's election, a Reuters Poll Trend showed on Wednesday, paving the way for a controversial mining tax and a possible carbon trading scheme.

Why Facebook And Booyah Could Burst Foursquare?s Location Bubble

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:23 PM PDT

Booyah's MyTown game shows that location isn't everything.


Taiwan Approves Historic Trade Deal With China

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:24 PM PDT

Taiwan's legislature approved a wide-ranging trade pact with China, removing the final hurdle to a historic accord that has stirred controversy on the island but will deepen economic ties between the one-time enemies.


Scores die in Baghdad bombings

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:26 PM PDT

At least 68 people killed in two attacks in centre and northwest of Iraqi capital.


Australia's Labor to scrape back into power

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:44 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's Labor government will narrowly win Saturday's election, a Reuters Poll Trend showed on Wednesday, paving the way for a controversial mining tax and a possible carbon trading scheme.

Haiti postpones ruling on Wyclef Jean's candidacy (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 08:50 PM PDT

Former US President and UN special envoy to Haiti Bill Clinton, center, votes during the second meeting of the Interim Haiti Reconstruction Commission in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. The commission is chaired by Clinton and Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Haiti's electoral commission said late Tuesday that it was postponing its ruling on who will be allowed to run for president in November elections, leaving hip hop artist Wyclef Jean's candidacy in limbo.

Report: NKorea proposed summit talks with SKorea (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:39 PM PDT

South Korean soldiers hold their weapons during an anti-terror exercise carried out as part of Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise, against possible attacks from North Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010. South Korean and U.S. troops launched computerized military drills Monday despite North Korea warning it would retaliate with a 'merciless counterblow' for the exercises Pyongyang considers rehearsal for invasion. (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)AP - North Korea offered to hold a summit with South Korea in an apparent bid to secure economic aid, but Seoul rejected the idea citing increased tensions, a news report said Wednesday.

Taiwan's legislature approves China trade pact (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 07:42 PM PDT

A ruling party lawmaker holds a placard that reads 'ECFA will Save Taiwan' in support of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA) signed with China on the floor of parliament as the lawmakers continue to debate the agreement, Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010, in Taipei, Taiwan. Opposition legislators are protesting the signed trade agreement with rival China saying it will undermine the island's self-rule and its economy. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)AP - Taiwan's legislature has approved a landmark China trade pact, bringing the economies of the once bitter foes to their closest point in more than 60 years.

Latest China landslide leaves at least 67 missing (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:32 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2010 photo, villagers climb down rocks to access a road blocked by rain-triggered landslides in Wenchuan county, the center of 2008's magnitude 7.9 earthquake, in southwest China's Sichuan province. China regularly suffers devastating summer floods, but this year has been unusually severe. (AP Photo) ** CHINA OUT **AP - A landslide swept through a mountain town in southwest China after days of heavy rains Wednesday, leaving at least 67 people missing and cutting off access to the area.

U.S. supports creation of U.N. commission of inquiry into war crimes in Burma

Posted: 17 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT

The Obama administration decided Tuesday to support the creation of a United Nations commission of inquiry into crimes against humanity and war crimes in Burma, a sign of a tougher U.S. policy against a regime long accused of murdering and raping its political foes.


War crime - Warfare and Conflict - Burma - Human rights - Myanmar


No comments:
Subscribe to: Posts (Atom)