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| Sarkozy Stands Firm on Retirement Age Wall Street Journal By GERALDINE AMIEL And WILLIAM HOROBIN PARIS—French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Wednesday refused to drop plans to the raise the retirement age to 62 years old from 60, despite protests and nationwide strikes against a pension overhaul. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Relations between Labour, kingmaker MP in Australia hit snag over mining tax Daily News & Analysis Place: Melbourne | Agency: PTI Divisions appear to have cropped up in the ruling Labour's nascent alliance with a kingmaker independent MP over plans to make mining firms pay more tax, exposing the fragility of Julia Gillard's minority government which ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US drone attacks kill 10 militants in Pakistan Sify At least 10 militants were killed in two attacks by unmanned aircraft in Pakistan's tribal region along the Afghan border Wednesday, security officials said. Both airstrikes took place in North Waziristan district, known to be used by Taliban and Al ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Obama, Clinton call on US Jews, Muslims to back talks Jerusalem Post By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER Rabbis: US president indicated that understood recent Palestinian statements threatening to quit the peace process as political posturing. WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama indicated he understood recent Palestinian ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| UN hesitates as Nepal seeks extension of monitoring mission The Hindu Nepal has asked the UN to extend its peace monitoring mission which ends on Sept.15. The UN, however, feels it is being made a scapegoat in the political stand-off between teh government and the Maoists. Nepal's government has asked the United Nations ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US, China should not treat each other as rivals: Wen Jiabao Economic Times BEIJING: Trying to put away months of tension between them, China has told US that the two countries should not treat each other as "rivals", as Washington and Beijing began a high-level dialogue to prepare for a visit to America by President Hu Jintao ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Beijing protests as Japan arrests China boat captain Reuters By Yoko Nishikawa and Ben Blanchard TOKYO/BEIJING (Reuters) - Japan has arrested the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with two Japanese coast guard boats near disputed islets in the East China Sea, causing anger in Beijing and reigniting ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Autocracy fear as Sri Lanka votes BBC News Sri Lankan MPs are to vote on proposals to let President Mahinda Rajapaksa seek a third term, in a move critics say could lead to dictatorship. As well as abolishing the current two-term limit, the constitutional amendments would hugely increase the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Sleepless nights as aftershocks terrorise NZ ABC Online By Philippa McDonald It has been four days since an earthquake shook Christchurch, but the aftershocks have not abated and locals are now on edge. This morning terrified workers ran from office blocks fearing another earthquake, which turned out to be ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Bloomberg: Builders Have the Right to Islamic Community Center and Mosque ABC News Gen. David Petraeus has warned that Jones' plan could inflame some in the Muslim world, resulting in danger to US troops even as the 9th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks approaches. A proposed Islamic community center and mosque at Ground ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Strong quake strikes Fiji region ABC Online A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck the Fiji region early today, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued and there were no reports of any major damage. The quake hit at 4:13am (local time) and was centred 727 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Two US troops killed as Iraqi opens fire at base Washington Post By Leila Fadel and Marwan Anie BAGHDAD - Two US service members were killed and nine others were wounded when a Kurdish Iraqi soldier sprayed them with gunfire at an Iraqi army commando base north of Baghdad on Tuesday afternoon, Iraqi and US military ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China's CAAC Says Pilot Qualification Issue Resolved BusinessWeek By Bloomberg News Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) -- China's aviation regulator said cases of false pilot qualifications reported by Chinese media dated back to 2008 and had been resolved. The regulator provided details on the issue at a recent conference on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japan PM candidate Ozawa: may need more debt issue Reuters TOKYO, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Japanese ruling party powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa, who is challenging Prime Minister Naoto Kan, said on Wednesday the government may need to issue more debt to fund economic steps if conditions worsen. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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