China raises benchmark interest rates

China raises benchmark interest rates

China raises benchmark interest rates

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 04:19 AM PST

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Israel says it will not apologize to Turkey over flotilla incident

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:21 PM PST

Despite overtures from Turkey, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman said Sunday that his country will not apologize to Turkey over the deaths of nine Turkish activists aboard an aid flotilla headed for Gaza in May.

Supply truck headed for Afghanistan attacked

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:02 AM PST

Unidentified gunmen on motorbikes opened fire and killed the driver of a supply truck for NATO troops in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, a senior government official told CNN.

Carlos Andrés Pérez, Former President of Venezuela, Dies at 88

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:43 PM PST

Mr. Pérez tried to make Venezuela a leader of the developing world during a 1970s oil boom only to have his legacy upended.

Fresh clashes in central Nigeria

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:18 PM PST

Further violence between armed groups has broken out in the city of Jos in central Nigeria following bombings that killed 32 people.


Japan Proposes Budget

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:07 AM PST

The hard-pressed administration of Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has unveiled its budget for the fiscal year starting in April, narrowly abiding pledges to limit spending and borrowing.


Ukraine arrests ex-foreign minister

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:25 AM PST

Yuri Lutsenko detained on corruption charges is latest case of probes against members of former administration.


Dutch free 5 of 12 Somalis suspected of terrorism

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:21 AM PST

AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch prosecutors said on Sunday that five out of a group of 12 Somalis who were detained just before Christmas on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack had been released for lack of evidence.

Aston Villa 1-2 Tottenham

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:25 AM PST

Tottenham hold off Aston Villa for an hour with 10 men as Rafael van der Vaart's double helps secure the spoils.


Fresh clashes in central Nigeria

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:36 AM PST

Further violence has broken out in the city of Jos in central Nigeria following bombings that killed 32 people on Christmas Eve.


Shooting inside crowded Bullring

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:55 AM PST

A man is arrested after a teenager was shot in the leg inside Birmingham's Bullring Shopping Centre on one of its busiest days of the year.


Icy Czech Republic swim competition

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:29 AM PST

Competitors in Prague braved icy cold water in air temperatures of -6 degrees on Sunday for an anuual Christmas swimming competition.


Russians rally against racism

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:25 AM PST

More than 1,500 stage protest in central Moscow against xenophobia following wave of ethnic clashes.


Dog attack woman had head wounds

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:08 AM PST

A woman who was mauled to death by a dog in a house in south London died from head and neck wounds, police reveal.


Starving swans rescued from ice

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:12 AM PST

More than 20 swans are rescued from freezing conditions on a waterway on the Somerset Levels, but 10 are found dead on the ice.


Ivory Coast in civil war warning

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:42 AM PST

A spokesman for Ivory Coast's incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo warns that foreign intervention to oust him could ignite an "interior war".


Manchester United 2-0 Sunderland

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:55 AM PST

Dimitar Berbatov scores twice as Manchester United ease past Sunderland to stay in control of the title race.


Pakistan suicide bomber was woman covered in burqa

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 08:58 AM PST

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A woman covered in a head-to-foot burqa carried out a suicide bombing that killed more than 40 people in Pakistan, government officials said on Sunday, adding to security challenges confronting the U.S. ally.

Turkey's apology demand is "chutzpah": Israeli Finance Minister

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:22 AM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's ultranationalist foreign minister on Sunday dismissed as "chutzpah" a Turkish offer to restore ties if Israel apologizes for a deadly raid on a Gaza-bound ship, saying it was up to Ankara to make amends.

Eight Americans Killed in Egypt Crash

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:52 AM PST

A tour bus slammed into a truck in southern Egypt, killing eight Americans tourists and injuring 21 others, the state news agency said.


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Venezuela ex-president Perez dies in Miami: daughter

Venezuela ex-president Perez dies in Miami: daughter

Venezuela ex-president Perez dies in Miami: daughter

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:54 AM PST

CARACAS, Sunday 26 December 2010 (AFP) - Venezuela's former president Carlos Andres Perez, 88, who nationalized the oil industry and then survived a coup attempt by future leader Hugo Chavez, died Saturday in Miami, his daughter told local media.

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US shark fin restrictions carry little weight in Hong Kong

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:51 AM PST

HONG KONG, Sunday 26 December 2010 (AFP) - The US Senate's move to toughen laws on shark finning is unlikely to have much impact in Hong Kong, dubbed the "Grand Central Station" of the controversial trade, environmentalists say.

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Britain 'mulls law to fine airports after Heathrow chaos'

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:47 AM PST

LONDON, Sunday 26 December 2010 (AFP) - Britain wants to introduce new laws which could see airports heavily fined for disrupting passengers' travel in the wake of the pre-Christmas snow chaos that hit London Heathrow, a newspaper reported Sunday.

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Weather moderates in western Europe

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:44 AM PST

LONDON, Sunday 26 December 2010 (AFP) - An annual Christmas Day swimming race in London was called off Saturday after the water froze, while in Denmark, a midwife braved the freeze to ski to a mother-to-be on a snowbound island.

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India-China border tensions belie leaders' warm words

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:08 AM PST

NEW DELHI, Sunday 26 December 2010 (AFP) - The theme of Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's visit to India was "friends not rivals," but a border dispute remains a source of tension and, analysts warn, potential conflict between the Asian giants.

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Some flood victims make false claims

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:01 AM PST

Some flood victims in Kedah and Perlis are allegedly making false and overlapping claims, said Deputy Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Datuk Wira Mohd Johari Baharom.

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Moderate earthquake hits the Philippines

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:56 PM PST

An earthquake measuring 5.1 on the Richter scale hit the Philippines at 5.16 am today, according to the Meteorological Services Department.

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Police seek trio for armed robbery

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:55 PM PST

Penang police are looking for three men believed to be Indonesians who were involved in an armed robbery at a house in Bayan Baru yesterday.

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King cobra caught in Padang Besar village

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:52 PM PST

Civil defence volunteers caught a king cobra more than three metres long in a village in Padang Besar last night.

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Eight U.S. tourists killed in Egypt crash - agency

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:55 AM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Eight U.S. tourists were killed and 21 injured when their coach hit a stationary truck in southern Egypt, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday.

WWII bunker becomes art gallery

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:35 PM PST

A windowless building in Berlin does not look very impressive but it has seen a lot of uses since being built during the war. Now it has had yet another lease of life - as an art gallery.


Selangor's 1Malaysia logo ban "destructive" move, says Tsu Koon

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:50 PM PST

Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon said today Selangor Pakatan Rakyat (PR) government leaders should compete with the Barisan Nasional (BN) in promoting the spirit and substance of 1Malaysia rather than prohibit the use of the concept logo.

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Sports excellence not measured by number of gold medals, but valid data

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:47 PM PST

Although satisfied with the performance of the Malaysian athletes this year, Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek is expecting a much better performance in 2011.

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Horse trading in full swing in MTUC election campaign

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:40 PM PST

Intense campaigning and horse trading is now in progress among the various factions and individual contestants in the triennial Malaysian Trades Union Congress (MTUC) election to be held on Dec 29.

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KLIBOR futures to stay at current levels next week

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:30 PM PST

The three-month Kuala Lumpur Interbank Offered Rates (KLIBOR) futures contracts on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives are expected to stay at current levels next week, dealers said.

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MMEA foils cigarette smuggling attempt

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:23 PM PST

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here foiled the attempted smuggling of 802 cartons of cigarettes of various brandnames into Tawau last night.

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Sandakan MMEA saves fisherman

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:21 PM PST

The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) here rescued a fisherman whose boat experienced engine failure at about three nautical miles from Pulau Pamaguan last night.

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Hotel Seri Malaysia to begin operations in Perlis in February

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:15 PM PST

The number of hotel rooms in Perlis will increase next year with the completion of Hotel Seri Malaysia here, said Perlis Tourism Committee Chairman Ahmad Bakri Ali today.

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100-day reform: wait for opposition to rule, says Nik Aziz

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:13 PM PST

PAS spiritual leader Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat has asked Barisan Nasional (BN) to wait for the opposition pact to take over the federal government before their 100-day reform plan unveiled at the recent Pakatan Rakyat convention, can be implemented.

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Jheains to enforce apostasy law

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:10 PM PST

The Sabah Islamic Affairs Department (Jheains) will enforce the apostasy law once its faith rehabilitation centre in Kinarut is ready next year, said its director, Datuk Amri A.Suratman.

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