China clamps down on Inner Mongolia to quash demos (AFP)

China clamps down on Inner Mongolia to quash demos (AFP)

China clamps down on Inner Mongolia to quash demos (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:59 PM PDT

Bystanders watch as paramilitary police march on patrol near a vocational school in Xilinhot on May 30, 2011 in Inner Mongolia. Authorities are likely fearful of another major outburst of ethnic turmoil following deadly unrest in Tibet in 2008 and the remote northwestern Xinjiang region in 2009.(AFP/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Tight security was reported across China's restive Inner Mongolia region on Monday ahead of possible fresh protests by ethnic Mongols seething over Chinese rule, a rights group said.

Australia's Resourcehouse in $3.6 bn Hong Kong IPO (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 10:43 PM PDT

Australian miner Resourcehouse has revived plans to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange, in a share sale that it hopes will raise up to $3.6 billion, company officials said Monday.(AFP/File/Tony Ashby)AFP - Australian miner Resourcehouse has revived plans to list on the Hong Kong stock exchange, in a share sale that it hopes will raise up to $3.6 billion, company officials said Monday.

Six killed as Yemeni forces fire at protesters in Taiz

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:03 PM PDT

SANAA/TAIZ (Reuters) - Yemeni forces loyal to President Ali Abdullah Saleh opened fire on protesters in the southern city of Taiz on Sunday, killing at least six people and wounding 120, hospital sources said.

Four Yemeni soldiers killed near al Qaeda-held city

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:06 PM PDT

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Four Yemeni soldiers were killed and dozens injured in what appeared to be an ambush as they were traveling to the al Qaeda-held city of Zinjibar, a security official said.

Peru presidential run-off remains tight

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:48 PM PDT

Surveys show rightist Keiko Fujimori has narrow lead, a week before presidential election.


Steve Forbes Interview: Mobile Technology Experts

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:46 PM PDT

A special edition of Intelligent Investing looks at leaders and followers of mobile technology. Read


ISAF apologises for Afghan civilian deaths (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:22 PM PDT

Afghan youths study amid the ruins of a building destroyed during the war in Afghanistan. Foreign forces in Afghanistan issued an apology Monday for the deaths of nine Afghan civilians in Helmand province after President Hamid Karzai criticised an air strike which he said killed 14.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Foreign forces in Afghanistan issued an apology Monday for the deaths of nine Afghan civilians in Helmand province after President Hamid Karzai criticised an air strike which he said killed 14.

Germany pledges nuclear shutdown by 2022

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:40 PM PDT

Angela Merkel's government agrees to shut down all nuclear reactors and seek alternative energy source.


Belgrade protest against Mladic arrest turns violent

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:32 PM PDT

BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbian nationalists attacked police in Belgrade on Sunday at a rally where about 10,000 protesters demanded President Boris Tadic and his government quit over the arrest of Bosnian Serb wartime general Ratko Mladic.

VIDEO: Will Sarah Palin bid to become president?

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:55 PM PDT

Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin launches a tour of the north-eastern states, increasing speculation that she may run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012.


Pakistan to launch operation in N. Waziristan: report (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:07 PM PDT

In this May 23, 2011 file photo, Pakistani troops drive past wreckage of a gutted aircraft destroyed by militants attacks at Pakistan Navy base in Karachi, Pakistan. Facing a surge in violence after the killing of Osama bin Laden, Pakistanis are taking comfort in conspiracy theories that allege Indian or American agents, not fellow Muslim countrymen, are behind the attacks, especially this week's brazen assault on a naval base. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil, File)Reuters - Pakistan has decided to launch an air and ground military offensive in North Waziristan, the main sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban on the border with Afghanistan, a newspaper reported on Monday.

Poll: Most Japanese distrust gov't on nuke crisis (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:02 PM PDT

AP - A new poll shows that more than three-quarters of Japanese voters do not trust government information on the country's nuclear crisis.


New Frontiers For Mobile Technology

Posted: 29 May 2011 09:00 PM PDT

Fred Tomczyk, Arkadi Kuhlmann, George Gilder and David Eiswert on banking in the cloud, new architectures in technology and profound changes for consumer IT.


Next Week's Guest: Robert Horrocks, CIO of Matthews Asia Funds

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:53 PM PDT

The Chief Investment Officer of the excellent Matthews Asia Funds sits down with Forbes Investing ed


Pakistan to launch operation in N. Waziristan: report

Posted: 29 May 2011 11:01 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has decided to launch an air and ground military offensive in North Waziristan, the main sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban on the border with Afghanistan, a newspaper reported on Monday.

Japan to finance quake-hit car parts makers (AFP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 08:17 PM PDT

Japan's government-owned bank is planning to set up a 50 billion yen ($617 million dollar) fund to support auto parts makers, including giants Toyota and Honda, hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Justin Sullivan)AFP - Japan's government-owned bank is planning to set up a 50 billion yen ($617 million dollar) fund to support auto parts makers hit by the March 11 quake and tsunami, an official said Monday.

Lagarde has G8 backing; hits back at inquiry call (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:46 PM PDT

France's Finance Minister Christine Lagarde arrives to attend the 17th Children's Parliament at the National Assembly in Paris May 28, 2011. REUTERS/Gonzalo FuentesReuters - G8 leaders all back French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's bid to run the IMF, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday, as the candidate attacked a call to investigate her role in a 2008 legal case that may harm her chances.

Chinese e-commerce giant opens furniture showroom (AP)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:55 PM PDT

In this Friday May 27, 2011, photo, a computer screen display various furniture items with selling price while Chinese shop inside the newly opened Taobao Mall in Beijing, China. China's e-commerce giant is stepping up its heated rivalry with bricks-and-mortar retailers with the launch of a five-story home furnishings showroom in Beijing. Alibaba Group's Taobao, an Internet platform through which an estimated 3 percent of all retail sales in China pass, opened the showroom Friday for customers to try out sofas, tables and other big-ticket items before placing an order with one of its merchants. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)AP - China's e-commerce giant is stepping up its heated rivalry with bricks-and-mortar retailers with the launch of a five-story home furnishings showroom in Beijing.

Wooden boat traditions live on in Australia (Reuters)

Posted: 29 May 2011 07:58 PM PDT

A boat is seen at the Wooden Boat Centre Boatbuilding School in Franklin, Tasmania April 17, 2011. REUTERS/Pauline AskinReuters - On the banks of the Huon River, a small Australian boat building school is looking to the past to keep a centuries-old tradition of local boat-building alive, producing unique Tasmanian timber boats that shipwrights hope will last hundreds of years.

Money talks: May 30th 2011

Posted: 29 May 2011 04:00 PM PDT

In this week's programme: Germany's nuclear dilemma, Big Data, and the 11 billion euros spent by French "ministries of fun"


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