Analysis: Peru's indigenous losing faith in reformed Humala

Analysis: Peru's indigenous losing faith in reformed Humala


Analysis: Peru's indigenous losing faith in reformed Humala

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:38 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - Indigenous leaders and rights groups in Peru are expressing disappointment with President Ollanta Humala's plan to encourage oil exploration in the Amazon and want the leftist leader to safeguard tribal lands.


Hezbollah: Hariri indictment lacks evidence

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:53 PM PDT

Hezbollah leader dismisses UN tribunal indictment as "pure speculation" and chides it for relying only on phone records.


Cruelty and control

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:16 PM PDT

Forty years on, Stanford prison experiment still shocks


Swiss cheese

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 04:12 AM PDT

Strong Swiss franc punches holes in exporters' purses


Turkish warplanes attack PKK targets in Iraq

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:16 PM PDT

DIYARBAKIR, Turkey (Reuters) - Turkey sent warplanes to attack Kurdish targets in northern Iraq on Wednesday, military sources said, hours after a rebel attack in southeast Turkey killed a dozen soldiers.


Thousands Rally on Behalf of Jailed Indian Activist

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:01 PM PDT

Hundreds gathered waiting for the possible release of Anna Hazare, whose campaign against corruption has attracted significant national support.


Turkey Vows Retaliation for Kurdish Ambush

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:06 PM PDT

An attack left seven soldiers and one guard dead, wounded at least 14 and infuriated Turkish leaders.


Pakistan ex-MP killed in shooting

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:42 PM PDT

At least 13 people, including a former parliamentarian, are killed in politically-motivated violence in Pakistan's southern port of Karachi.


Israel firm on not apologising over flotilla

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:25 PM PDT

Israel sticks to refusal to apologise to Turkey for killing nine of its citizens on Gaza-bound aid ship last year.


T Magazine: Profile in Style | Erica Reid

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 10:30 AM PDT

Inside the house and closet of a budding author who happens to be married to the record executive L. A. Reid.


City Room: A Tribute to Ads That Made an Impression and Then Wouldn't Leave

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 08:50 AM PDT

Low-budget, low-concept, low-quality commercials are finally getting their due. We visit with some of New York's masters: Uncle Majic and Alice and Michael Halkias of Grand Prospect Hall.


Analysis: Peru's indigenous losing faith in reformed Humala

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:18 PM PDT

LIMA (Reuters) - Indigenous leaders and rights groups in Peru are expressing disappointment with President Ollanta Humala's plan to encourage oil exploration in the Amazon and want the leftist leader to safeguard tribal lands.


Rallies grow across India for jailed activist

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 01:41 PM PDT

Protestors come out in force to support jailed anti-corruption campaigner who has cornered the government.


VIDEO: Life in Tripoli as rebels close in

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Libyan rebels are fighting forces loyal to Colonel Gaddafi for control of a coastal oil refinery in Zawiya, a town just 50km (30 miles) west of Tripoli.


VIDEO: US tobacco firms sue over warnings

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:41 AM PDT

The US Food and Drug Administration is facing a lawsuit from several tobacco companies over a rule calling for graphic health warnings on their products.


Chavez to nationalize Venezuelan gold industry

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:38 AM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday he will nationalize the gold industry, including extraction and processing, and use its output to boost the country's international reserves.


Judge Rules for Bloomberg L.P. in Class-Action Bias Lawsuit

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:34 PM PDT

A federal judge ruled that the class-action case on behalf of pregnant women at the company lacked evidence.


The Remake of AOL Is Still Being Written

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:24 PM PDT

Despite lackluster quarterly earnings, AOL's executive is confident that his company can regain some of its former glory.


Clearing hope for A-level pupils

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:28 AM PDT

Universities in Wales expect to have several hundred places available for students who fail to get the A-level grades for their preferred course.


Nigeria launches two satellites

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 11:27 AM PDT

Nigeria has successfully launched two Earth observation satellites which could be used to monitor weather in a region seasonally ravaged by disasters.


Four shot dead in Thai south

Four shot dead in Thai south


Four shot dead in Thai south

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:37 AM PDT

Gunmen have shot and killed four people, including an elderly school bus driver, in separate attacks across the violence-plagued Thai south, police said Wednesday.

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Urgent action needed to save Mekong dolphins: WWF

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:33 AM PDT

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) calls for an urgent action to protect the critically endangered Irrawaddy dolphin population in the Mekong River, WWF's new research said.

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Perol, diesel main items of smuggling

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:32 AM PDT

Petrol and diesel are still the main items being smuggled out through the Malaysia-Thailand border as their prices in Thailand are almost twice of that in Malaysia.

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Research firms raise MAHB's earnings forecast

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:31 AM PDT

Research firms have raised Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd's (MAHB) earnings forecasts for the next few years following the latter's announcement of implementing new international passenger service charge (PSC) and aircraft landing and parking charges at airports operated by the group effective Sept 15.

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Singapore to elect new president Aug 27

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:30 AM PDT

Singaporeans will go to the polls to elect their new president on Aug 27, following a four-cornered fight involving candidates with the surname Tan, who are eyeing the republic's highest public office.

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Advertising director to apply for open apology on minister's defamation suit

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:29 AM PDT

The High Court here today set Sept 15 for Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen to be in court to hear an application for open apology by a director of an advertising agency, who allegedly defamed her.

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MAS, AirAsia to feel impact of MAHB's charges hike

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:29 AM PDT

Both Malaysia Airlines and AirAsia, are expected to see a direct impact on earnings from the higher aircraft parking and landing charges, announced by Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) on Tuesday.

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AirAsia charges RM10 check-in fee from Sept 21

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:28 AM PDT

No frills airline, AirAsia Bhd, will charge a RM10 check-in fee per passenger for all flights whose bookings are made from Sept 21 onwards to check in via conventional check-in counters.

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First full post-disaster reactor restart in Japan

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 12:09 AM PDT

Japan on Wednesday neared the first full resumption of commercial operations of an atomic reactor since the March 11 quake and tsunami sparked the Fukushima nuclear accident.

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China remodels ancient Silk Road city

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:48 PM PDT

(China-AFP) - Chinese authorities are turning Kashgar into a modern metropolis, re-modelling the ancient Silk Road city in a bid to make it an economic powerhouse, to the dismay of some members of the mainly Muslim Uighur minority there who feel left behind. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.

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Russia re-enters race to become caviar king

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:47 PM PDT

(Russia-AFP) - Russia has returned to the caviar market. The country stopped exporting the black eggs from sturgeon for 9 years because the Caspian sea fish was facing extinction. Now Russia has turned to fish farming to regain its place at the top of the world's caviar tree. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.

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China awash with counterfeit vintage wine

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:46 PM PDT

Long known for its fake designer handbags, China is now battling a flood of counterfeit vintage wine amid a growing zest for bottles from famed wineries as a sign of social standing. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS/ AFPTV), 2011.

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Australian court rules sperm donor not parent

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:41 PM PDT

An Australian court on Wednesday ruled that the name of a man who donated sperm to two lesbians should be removed from their child's birth certificate because he was not legally her parent.

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S. Koreans file class action suit against Apple

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:36 PM PDT

More than 20,000 South Korean iPhone users filed a class action lawsuit Wednesday against US technology giant Apple for alleged privacy violations over the collection of location data, a law firm said.

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Indian PM slams hunger striker's tactics

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:27 PM PDT

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Wednesday slammed a hunger strike campaign by anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare as "totally misconceived" and deliberately confrontational.

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Leaked "rape" report sparks new Strauss-Kahn furore

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:18 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Opposing lawyers disputed the meaning of a medical report that said "rape" caused injuries sustained by the woman who has accused former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault.



China's likely next premier emerges from shadows in Hong Kong

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:18 PM PDT

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Bearing gifts for the people of Hong Kong, the man tipped to be China's next premier is wooing the southern financial boomtown this week in a political warm-up lap to assuming power from popular Premier Wen Jiabao.



VIDEO: Swiss warn of recession

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:46 PM PDT

Swiss government ministers meet later on Wednesday to discuss the continued strength of the franc.


Flexible strategy

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:54 PM PDT

If they fail to implement the reform because of malicious confrontations, the people would then judge who is actually playing politics.

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Anti-graft activist heaps pressure on Indian govt

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 10:29 PM PDT

The Indian government was locked in a high-stakes battle of wills Wednesday with a veteran anti-corruption activist after his arrest ahead of a planned hunger strike sparked nationwide protests.

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