North Korea releases US citizen

North Korea releases US citizen

North Korea releases US citizen

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:53 PM PDT

Former US president, Jimmy Carter, secures pardon for American jailed for entering North.


China Economy Hotel Chain Home Inns Sees Brisk Expansion

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:10 PM PDT

Homes Inns, an economy-hotel chain that?s been a big beneficiary of China?s travel indus


How Justin Timberlake Could Bring Sexy Back to Silicon Valley

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:09 PM PDT

'The Social Network Could Spawn a Generation of Entrepreneurs


India-China relations hit by defence row: report (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:21 PM PDT

Indian soldiers in Dadsara Tral, south of Srinagar, in March 2010. India has cancelled defence exchanges with China in a new flare-up in relations between the two Asian giants, reports said Friday.(AFP/File/Tauseef Mustafa)AFP - India has cancelled defence exchanges with China in a new flare-up in relations between the two Asian giants, reports said Friday.

Pakistan seeks to salvage economy as more flee floods

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:34 PM PDT

SUKKUR, Pakistan/WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan ordered fresh evacuations from Sindh province on Thursday as the country struggled to bring relief to millions displaced by flooding and sought international help to rescue its economy.

Kenya to ratify new constitution

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:01 PM PDT

New charter will reduce presidential powers and address corruption and tribalism.


N.Korea's Kim Jong-Il extends China trip (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:32 PM PDT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il (right) visits a construction site in South Hamgyong Province. Kim has extended his tour of northeastern China on a trip seeking Beijing's blessing for a succession of power to his son, media reports have said.(AFP/KNS vis KCNA/File)AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il Friday extended his tour of northeastern China on a trip seeking Beijing's blessing for a succession of power to his son, media reports said Friday.

Australia's Abbott accused over vote: Greens (AFP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:25 PM PDT

An Australian Electoral Commission official sorts through voting papers. Australia's conservative chief Tony Abbott has been accused of trying to force the nation back to the polls, just one week after an inconclusive vote which left the nation with a hung parliament.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - Australia's conservative chief Tony Abbott was Friday accused of trying to force the nation back to the polls, just one week after an inconclusive vote which left the nation with a hung parliament.

China's Booming Consumer Market

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:11 PM PDT

From cars to televisions to clothes to travel, spending is on the rise.


Lujiazui Breakfast: News And Views About China's Stocks (Aug. 27)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:04 PM PDT

Investors and traders in China?s main?financial district in Shanghai were taking about the fol


New video gives tour of trapped miners' refuge (AP)

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:30 PM PDT

AP - A new video released late Thursday showing the 33 miners trapped a half-mile underground provides the best images yet of the conditions in the mine in northern Chile.


Nestlé's Ground Attack on Coffee

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:04 PM PDT

Nestlé is making a $487 million world-wide push to increase the quantity and quality of its coffee, training thousands of farmers over 10 years and providing them with new coffee trees.


Winners And Losers In China's Car Market

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 08:37 PM PDT

While foreign-invested enterprises dominate, their reign will be short-lived.


Grenade explodes in Bangkok, rattles nerves

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 10:06 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A grenade exploded in central Bangkok, seriously wounding a security guard, police said on Friday, the third such incident in a month during a state of emergency across Thailand's capital.

Mexico targets money laundering with plan to limit cash transactions

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:13 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY - President Felipe Calderon proposed sweeping new measures Thursday to crack down on the cash smuggling and money laundering that allow Mexican cartels to use billions in U.S. drug profits to enrich their criminal organizations.


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CIA making secret payments to members of Karzai administration

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 09:14 PM PDT

The CIA is making secret payments to multiple members of President Hamid Karzai's administration, in part to maintain sources of information in a government in which the Afghan leader is often seen as having a limited grasp of developments, according to current and former U.S. officials.


Administration halts prosecution of alleged USS Cole bomber

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 05:47 PM PDT

The Obama administration has shelved the planned prosecution of Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, the alleged coordinator of the Oct. 2000 suicide attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, according to a court filing.



United States - Government - Military - Ships - Surface Combatant


Strike in S. Africa shows strains in ruling alliance

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 02:45 PM PDT

JOHANNESBURG - After Jacob Zuma won South Africa's presidency by courting left-wing support, many expected him to abandon the free market policies favored by his predecessor, Thabo Mbeki.


Africa - Business and Economy - South Africa - African National Congress - History


Video gives first glimpse inside mine

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 07:08 PM PDT

Video footage of the trapped miners in Chile has been shown to families of the men, and aired on Chilean TV


Lower Ninth five years after Katrina

Posted: 26 Aug 2010 04:58 PM PDT

The Lower Ninth Ward of New Orleans was hit particularly hard during Hurricane Katrina. The BBC's Andy Gallacher met with some of those still struggling to recover their community.


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