Australia to tax country's worst polluters

Australia to tax country's worst polluters

Australia to tax country's worst polluters

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:50 PM PDT

Government to introduce carbon tax on country's 500 largest polluters, as it unveils largest such scheme outside Europe.


U.S. military chief, in China, says to maintain Asia presence

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:59 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - The United States is committed to maintaining its presence in the South China Sea, the top military official said in China Sunday, adding that Washington was worried disputes over the resource-rich waters could lead to serious conflict.

VIDEO: Close-Up: Georgia's cool costume

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:50 PM PDT

Twenty years after declaring independence from Soviet Russia, Georgia is rediscovering many of its cultural traditions - including the national costume, the Chokha.


US admiral visits Beijing to improve ties (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:39 PM PDT

AP - The top U.S. military officer has arrived in Beijing on a visit aimed at improving chilly military relations.


For Israel, a Balkan bloom despite Palestine chill

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:36 PM PDT

BUCHAREST (Reuters) - Stagnant peacemaking with the Palestinians has not stopped a blossoming of Israel's relations with Balkan states focused on liberalizing their societies and economies, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday.

Earthquake Rocks Northeastern Japan

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 07:04 PM PDT

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 hit Japan's northeastern coast on Sunday, prompting a tsunami warning for the area still recovering from a devastating quake and killer wave four months ago.


Australia Sets Carbon-Pricing Regime

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:19 PM PDT

Australia plans to close the country's biggest polluters and pledged billions of dollars for renewable-energy projects as the government rolls out one of the world's largest national carbon-pricing plans.


New Australian law to make Muslims lift veils (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 10:05 PM PDT

AP - Muslim women would have to remove veils and show their faces to police on request or risk a prison sentence under proposed new laws in Australia's most populous state that have drawn criticism as culturally insensitive.


Luxury brands riding high on stock market (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 09:42 PM PDT

Placards left by women's rights activists adorn a Prada storefront window in Hong Kong last month as the Italian luxury fashion house made its debut on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Purveyors of luxury and indulgence flirted with record stock market valuations this week as investors looked past a litany of bad economic figures and the eurozone debt crisis to focus on the fundamentals.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - Purveyors of luxury and indulgence flirted with record stock market valuations this week as investors looked past a litany of bad economic figures and the eurozone debt crisis to focus on the fundamentals.

Israel hopes to expel activists within 72 hours (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 09:46 PM PDT

An embroiderer from Lila Handicrafts - Ralli Quilts in Pakistan is shown in this undated handout. 132 artists from 50 different countries are gathering this weekend for the 8th annual Santa Fe International Folk Art Market, which is the largest in the world, said Market Executive Director Charlene Cerny. More than twenty thousand visitors come to see traditional artwork from Cuba to Kazakhstan, Oman to Ukraine, Venezuela to Palestine. REUTERS/Handout (PAKISTAN - Tags: SOCIETY) NO SALES. NO ARCHIVES. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY. NOT FOR SALE FOR MARKETING OR ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. IT IS DISTRIBUTED, EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY REUTERS, AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSAP - Israeli officials say they hope to expel within 72 hours the 118 foreign, pro-Palestinian activists who were jailed after being denied entry.

Police clash with strike supporters (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 09:50 PM PDT

AP - News reports say police in Bangladesh have fired tear gas shells to disperse thousands of Islamist activists trying to enforce an anti-government general strike.


Top al-Qaida ranks keep footholds in Iran (AP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 09:01 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 11, 2006 file photo, men return to Afghanistan from Iran at Islam Kala, the largest border crossing in western Afghanistan, near Herat. A former Bush administration official told the AP in 2008 that Iran had rounded up hundreds of Arabs who had crossed the border from Afghanistan, expelled many of them and made copies of nearly 300 of their passports in an effort to help the U.S. counter al-Qaida after Sept. 11, 2001. It was a moment of rare common purpose between Iran and Washington that could have opened doors for greater diplomatic overtures. (AP Photo/Hasan Sarbakhshian, File)AP - On a cold March morning last year, an Iranian diplomat was flown home nearly 15 months after being kidnapped by gunmen in an ambush on the Pakistani side of the Khyber Pass.

Small tsunami reaches Japan after major quake (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 09:21 PM PDT

File photo shows a collapsed concrete wall destroyed by the March 11 tsunami, in Ofunato city, Iwate prefecture of Japan. Small tsunami waves reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan Sunday after a major quake hit the region heavily damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Small tsunami waves reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan Sunday after a major quake hit the region heavily damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

News of the World hits newsstands for last time (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 08:28 PM PDT

News of the World editor, Colin Myler holds up a final edition of the paper as he poses with staff outside the newspaper's offices as they leave for the last time following News International owner Rupert Murdoch's July 7 decision to close the title following a phone-hacking scandal.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - Britain's News of the World hit the newsstands for the last time on Sunday, ending its 168-year history of scoops and scandal with the headline "Thank You and Goodbye."

Guest Post: "Creepy" invasion of pharma into patient-targeted social media space

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 07:56 PM PDT

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Celtic shrug off Rangers plane stunt (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 07:47 PM PDT

A group of local Rangers fans tried to goad their bitter rivals Celtic by organising a plane to fly over the stadium before kick-off of their Australian pre-season game in Perth trailing a banner boasting about Rangers' three consecutive Scottish League titles. AFP - Celtic manager Neil Lennon has shrugged off a light plane stunt by rival Rangers fans before their Australian pre-season game in Perth.

Colombia rebels vehicle bombs kill 3, wound 77 (Reuters)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 07:28 PM PDT

Reuters - Colombian rebels waged multiple attacks on Saturday, setting off a car bomb and detonating a bus packed with explosives, killing three people in a volatile southwestern province of the Andean nation, officials said.


Alastair Cook trumps critics after Sri Lanka triumph (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 07:22 PM PDT

England's Alastair Cook leaves the field after being dismissed for 31 runs on the fifth One Day International cricket match between England and Sri Lanka at Old Trafford Cricket Ground in Manchester, England, on July 9.(AFP/Paul Ellis)AFP - England's new one-day captain Alastair Cook had the ideal riposte to his detractors after being named man-of-the-series in a 3-2 win over Sri Lanka.

Earthquake jolts northeast Japan

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 07:34 PM PDT

Workers at Fukushima nuclear plant evacuated after an alert for a half-metre tsunami was issued.


Colombia rebels vehicle bombs kill 3, wound 77

Posted: 09 Jul 2011 07:28 PM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian rebels waged multiple attacks on Saturday, setting off a car bomb and detonating a bus packed with explosives, killing three people in a volatile southwestern province of the Andean nation, officials said.
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