China's inflation continues to rise

China's inflation continues to rise

China's inflation continues to rise

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:55 PM PDT

Consumer price index rises by 5.0 per cent and GDP by 9.7 per cent, despite government efforts to cool the economy.


VIDEO: US air traffic control chief quits

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:42 PM PDT

The head of the US air traffic control agency resigns after several incidents where air traffic controllers fell asleep while on duty.


Nestle says sales down but growth up 6.4 percent (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:57 PM PDT

AP - Swiss food and drinks giant Nestle SA reported Friday first-quarter sales of 20.26 billion Swiss francs, compared to 22.34 billion francs in the comparable period a year ago, with organic growth still up 6.4 percent.


Kadhafi on Tripoli walkabout amid NATO rifts (AFP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:27 PM PDT

TV grab from Libya's state television shows Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi gesturing in a car while touring Tripoli.(AFP/Libyan TV/Ho)AFP - A defiant, fist-pumping Moamer Kadhafi toured the streets of Tripoli as western powers struggled to stay united over a NATO-led air campaign that has so far failed to budge him from power in Libya.

Yemen opposition spurns talks, sets Saleh deadline

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:17 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's opposition rejected on Thursday an offer to join Gulf-mediated talks on a transfer of power in the Arabian peninsula state, and set a two-week deadline for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.

Groupon: Rpt Goldman, Morgan To Lead IPO; $15-$20B Value?

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 08:51 PM PDT

Groupon is planning to go public later this year with a stock offering that will value the company a


Yemen opposition spurns talks, sets Saleh deadline

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:17 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's opposition rejected on Thursday an offer to join Gulf-mediated talks on a transfer of power in the Arabian peninsula state, and set a two-week deadline for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.

VIDEO: Leaders insist Gaddafi must 'go'

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:35 PM PDT

US, British and French leaders say in a joint letter that there can be no peace in Libya while Muammar Gaddafi remains in power.


Asian stocks lower as Chinese inflation up again (AP)

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:16 PM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 14, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)AP - Asian stock markets fell Friday after China reported inflation climbed again despite government efforts to control living costs, raising fears among investors that the government will take further measures to cool the country's thundering economic growth.

Bahrain seeks to dissolve main opposition group

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 12:07 PM PDT

MANAMA (Reuters) - Bahrain said Thursday it would dissolve the country's main Shi'ite Muslim opposition group, in its toughest crackdown yet on Shi'ite dissidents who led an uprising to demand more say in the Sunni-ruled monarchy.

Calls grow for Japan PM to quit in wake of quake

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 05:45 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's fragile post-disaster political truce unraveled on Thursday as the head of the main opposition party called on unpopular Prime Minister Naoto Kan to quit over his handling of the country's natural calamities and a nuclear crisis.

Allies say Libya campaign on until Gaddafi goes

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 07:34 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Leaders of Britain, France and the United States vowed on Friday to keep up their military campaign in Libya until Muammar Gaddafi leaves power, and rebels said his forces pounded the city of Misrata with missiles.

Syria's Assad seeks to curb prayer protests

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 04:49 PM PDT

AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's efforts to contain an unprecedented wave of protests face a key test on Friday, after he unveiled a new cabinet and ordered detainees released in a bid to ease tensions.

U.N. defends role in Ivory Coast Gbagbo ouster

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 02:20 PM PDT

ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo was overthrown by Ivorians, not by foreign powers, the United Nations said on Thursday amid rising criticism of its role in the removal of the former leader.

Demanding Gaddafi step down is "insult": daughter

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 08:11 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Muammar Gaddafi's daughter said the West's demand that her father leave power was an "insult" to all Libyans in a defiant appearance before a crowd of his chanting supporters in Tripoli early on Friday.

U.N. confirms 34 dead at Iranian camp in Iraq

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 03:33 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations on Thursday confirmed 34 people have been found dead at an Iranian dissident camp in Iraq after Iraqi security forces moved against the camp last week.

Italian peace campaigner killed in Gaza, Hamas says

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 09:35 PM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - Security personnel found the body of an Italian peace campaigner who was killed and left in an abandoned house in the Gaza Strip following his abduction by militants, a Hamas official said on Friday.

Yemen opposition spurns talks, sets Saleh deadline

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:17 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's opposition rejected on Thursday an offer to join Gulf-mediated talks on a transfer of power in the Arabian peninsula state, and set a two-week deadline for President Ali Abdullah Saleh to step down.

Mubarak detention a victory for many, army uneasy

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 11:12 AM PDT

SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Hosni Mubarak's detention by a prosecutor has stunned and amazed millions of Egyptians but some in the military now ruling the country are deeply uncomfortable about humiliating their elderly former commander.

VIDEO: Recalling Belfast's 'darkest night'

Posted: 14 Apr 2011 10:16 PM PDT

Eithne O'Connor, was seven when the Germans launched their largest raid on Belfast on 15 April 1941.


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