U.S. fears more Afghan document leaks Canoe By DAVID ALEXANDER, Reuters | WASHINGTON - U.S. officials are worried about what other secret U.S. documents the whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may possess and have tried to contact the group without success to avoid their release, the State Department said on Friday. | The shadowy group publicly...
China aims to make yuan convertible: Official China Daily | BEIJING - The ultimate goal of China's exchange rate reform is to make the yuan a fully convertible currency, Yi Gang, head of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), said Friday. | Yi, also deputy governor of the People's Bank of China, the central bank, made the remarks in an interv...
Pakistan floods toll reaches 800 London Evening Standard Flooding in Pakistan has killed more than 800 people in a week, a government official said as rescuers struggled to reach marooned victims. | The flooding caused by record-breaking rainfalls has caused massive destruction in the past week, especially...
Sydney 1 Blackburn 2: Brett Emerton and Morten Gamst Pedersen win it for Rovers The Daily Mail | Brett Emerton and Morten Gamst Pedersen got the goals as finished their Australia tour with a win over Sydney FC. | With 37 minutes gone Gael Givet hit a long ball which Steven N'Zonzi flicked on and Emerton controlled before firing in the opener. ...
Singapore FM to visit New Delhi for Nalanda varsity meet Zeenews Singapore: Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs George Yeo will visit New Delhi on Sunday to participate in a key meeting to operationalise the ancient Nalanda University in Gaya. | During the working five-day visit to participate in the 6th meet...
China’s oil spill may be bigger than reported The Columbus Dispatch | BEIJING — China’s worst known oil spill is dozens of times larger than the government has reported — even bigger than the Exxon Valdez spill two decades ago — and some of the oil was dumped deliberately to avoid further disaster from a pote...
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Motorsport: Vettel sets pace at Hungary practice NZ Herald 11:00 AM Saturday Jul 31, 2010 Email Print | BUDAPEST - Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel had the best times during both 90-minute practice sessions for the Hungarian Grand Prix on Frida...
U.N. Removes Taliban Members from Sanctions List The New York Times | UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations Security Council removed five members of the Taliban from its sanctions list on Friday, in a nod toward the kind of reconciliation consid...
400 Killed in Flooding in Pakistan, Officials Say The New York Times | PESHAWAR, Pakistan — More than 400 people have died and thousands of others were made homeless as some of the worst floods in Pakistan’s history hit this northwestern...
India to back New Zealander for top ICC post The Times Of India NEW DELHI: India's cricket chiefs on Saturday endorsed New Zealand's Alan Isaac as the next vice-president of the world governing body after former Australian Prime Minister John Howard was snubbed for the job. | Isaac, who heads New Zealand Cricket,...
U.N. Removes 5 Taliban From Its Sanctions List Herald Tribune | UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations Security Council removed five members of the Taliban from its sanctions list on Friday, in a nod toward the kind of reconciliation considered crucial for Afghanistan’s future stability. | The five w...
'Black box' found in Pakistan plane crash wreckage Herald Tribune | ISLAMABAD - Recovery workers found the "black box" flight data recorder Saturday in the wreckage of Pakistan's worst-ever plane crash, and it appeared to be in good condition, officials said. | An analysis of the data on the recorder could provide ...
PayPal making belated foray in Japan, without eBay Herald Tribune | TOKYO - PayPal, the online payment unit of Internet commerce firm eBay Inc., is planning to break into the Japanese market - the first time it has entered a region without eBay's powerful auction business. | Acquired by eBay in 2002, PayPal in most markets relies on its parent company's online auction behemoth for a steady supply of buyer and sel...
Philippines swimming in rice amid high imports Herald Tribune | MANILA, Philippines - The world's biggest rice importer, the Philippines, is now "swimming" in the staple grain because of massive imports by the previous government that drove world prices to record highs and possibly enriched corrupt officials. | With government-run warehouses full and some flood-damaged rice stocks rotting, the National Food A...
