China secures senior post at IMF |
- China secures senior post at IMF
- Afghan veteran gets top US honour
- Not Yet Satisfied, Protesters Return to Tahrir Square
- Petrol bombs thrown in Ardoyne
- Shamed peer's allowance withdrawn
- U.K. Pushes Low-Carbon Electricity Plan
- Financial Crisis Slowed Migration to Industrialized Nations
- Gunmen Abduct Two Americans in Philippines
- Canada Trade Deficit Narrows in May
- Belgium's Deficit to Be Narrower Than Forecast
- GP is suspended over examination
- Military Memo: With Blunt, Salty Talk, Panetta Era Begins
- Sherwood Schwartz, Creator of Gilligan and the Bradys, Dies at 94
- Newspapers reject Brown attacks
- U.N. torture sleuth raps U.S. on access to leaks suspect
- McIlroy ready for Open challenge
- Egypt sit-in despite concessions
- VIDEO: Embattled Libyans flee to Italian island
- Ron Paul Won’t Seek House Re-election
- VIDEO: Hong Kong's urban beekeepers
| China secures senior post at IMF Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:58 PM PDT China secures its first top-level post at the IMF in recognition of its growing global power, as Zhu Min is named a deputy managing director.
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| Afghan veteran gets top US honour Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:42 PM PDT A US soldier becomes just the second active serviceman to receive the Medal of Honor, the US's highest military award, for bravery in Afghanistan.
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| Not Yet Satisfied, Protesters Return to Tahrir Square Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:13 AM PDT The spirit of revolution is alive in Egypt, but debates rage over who should rule, how they should rule and who should make those decisions. 
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| Petrol bombs thrown in Ardoyne Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:55 PM PDT Petrol bombs and other missiles have been thrown at police during rioting in the Ardoyne area of north Belfast.
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| Shamed peer's allowance withdrawn Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:25 PM PDT Essex County Council withdraws disgraced ex-leader Lord Hanningfield's allowance, as the cost of its chauffeur service is revealed.
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| U.K. Pushes Low-Carbon Electricity Plan Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT U.K. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne proposed legislation aimed at securing £110 billion ($175 billion) in investment in low-carbon electricity, in the biggest shakeup of the sector in decades.
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| Financial Crisis Slowed Migration to Industrialized Nations Posted: 12 Jul 2011 10:33 AM PDT Migration to industrialized countries slowed after the 2008 financial crisis, as demand for labor shrank along with many economies, a study by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development showed on Tuesday.
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| Gunmen Abduct Two Americans in Philippines Posted: 12 Jul 2011 09:41 AM PDT More than a dozen armed men abducted a naturalized American, her teenage son and her Filipino nephew before dawn Tuesday from a southern Philippine island near a stronghold of al-Qaeda-linked militants, officials said.
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| Canada Trade Deficit Narrows in May Posted: 12 Jul 2011 10:12 AM PDT Canada's trade deficit shrank in May, Statistics Canada said Tuesday, as increased sales to Europe and Japan were offset by lower energy prices and a broad-based gain in imports.
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| Belgium's Deficit to Be Narrower Than Forecast Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:05 AM PDT Belgium's budget deficit will be narrower than previously forecast this year, pushing the country further along the path to a balanced budget by 2015, Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme said Tuesday.
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| GP is suspended over examination Posted: 12 Jul 2011 10:34 AM PDT A GP from Londonderry found to have carried out a "sexually motivated examination" on a female patient is suspended for nine months.
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| Military Memo: With Blunt, Salty Talk, Panetta Era Begins Posted: 12 Jul 2011 12:16 PM PDT Leon Panetta's inaugural trip to Iraq and Afghanistan shows that in substance and style he is another species from his predecessor, Robert Gates. 
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| Sherwood Schwartz, Creator of Gilligan and the Bradys, Dies at 94 Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:54 AM PDT Mr. Schwartz created two of the most affectionately ridiculed and enduring television sitcoms of the 1960s and '70s. 
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| Newspapers reject Brown attacks Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:30 AM PDT News International hits back at criticisms by Gordon Brown, saying stories it wrote about him were legitimately sourced and in the "public interest".
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| U.N. torture sleuth raps U.S. on access to leaks suspect Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:55 AM PDT GENEVA (Reuters) - The U.N. torture investigator said Tuesday that the United States had violated U.N. rules by refusing to let him speak privately to Bradley Manning, the soldier accused of leaking secret documents to WikiLeaks.    
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| McIlroy ready for Open challenge Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:13 AM PDT US Open champion Rory McIlroy believes he can cope with the weight of expectation on him at this week's Open Championship.
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| Egypt sit-in despite concessions Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:20 AM PDT Thousands of Egyptians are protesting in Cairo to demand faster political reform, despite warnings and fresh concessions from Egyptian officials.
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| VIDEO: Embattled Libyans flee to Italian island Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:28 AM PDT More than six months on from the toppling of the first Middle East regime in the Arab Uprising many people are still trying to flee the region.
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| Ron Paul Won’t Seek House Re-election Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:42 AM PDT Republican Ron Paul said on Tuesday he will not seek re-election to the House of Representatives in order to focus on his uphill presidential bid. 
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| VIDEO: Hong Kong's urban beekeepers Posted: 12 Jul 2011 11:06 AM PDT In Hong Kong an organisation of beekeepers is trying to get urban beekeeping trending.
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