World

United Kindom can’t afford sweeteners for overseas investors

While foreign investment will form an important part of Britain’s recovery from the worst recession in decades, Cable said the coalition government …
Reuters

Uzbeks tortured by Kyrgyz police

Human Rights Watch said that Uzbeks are being "disproportionately" arrested — and at times choked and burned with cigarette butts — as part of a …
interns

United Kindom jobless claims fall

But figures from the Office for National Statistics also showed a marked slowdown in earnings growth, which should reassure the Bank of England that …
Reuters

Gunmen storm cleric’s home in Iraq, kill four

The attackers, who were carrying machine guns, struck in the pre-dawn hours in a small town near the city of Falluja in an attempt to kill the three …
Reuters

World Cup chill was a moneymaker for poor grannies

Project Gogo (meaning grandmother in Zulu), which teaches knitting to elderly unemployed women in impoverished neighbourhoods of Johannesburg, sold …
Reuters

European Union executive clears British Airways, American, Iberia deal

The European Commission, the EU competition watchdog, also cleared a British Airways’ merger with Spain’s Iberia. The Oneworld members want to broaden …
Reuters

U.S. to consider Sea Launch reorganization plan

She said the consortium expects the court to approve its reorganization plan at its meeting on July 27. In June 2009 the company filed voluntary …
Interfax-Ukraine

Turkey becomes global power in construction

Frustrated by slow progress toward joining the European Union, Turkey’s Islamic-rooted government is pursuing a strategy intertwining political …
Interns

Israel: Libyan aid ship loiters in waters off Gaza

Egypt said late on Tuesday that the Moldovan-flagged Amalthea had asked to dock in its El Arish port instead of Gaza, but the Israeli spokeswoman …
Reuters

Clampdown rumoured as China ‘twitter’ sites down

Although Twitter has been banned for more than a year in China, Chinese Internet companies have been quick to fill the void, providing microblogging …
Reuters

Fears grow as millions lose U.S. jobless benefits

"It’s too late for me now," she said, fighting back tears at the Freestore Foodbank in the low-income Over-the-Rhine district near downtown …
Reuters

Blagojevich to take stand at U.S. corruption trial

t’s an open question whether the tarring of Illinois’ political culture — the state’s last two governors have been charged with corruption — will …
Reuters

Cuba frees prisoners, but Fidel steals spotlight

The 83-year-old comandante met with economists in Havana’s Center for Research on the World Economy to ask them to think about how to create a "new …
Reuters

Uganda finds suicide vest, makes several arrests

Somali al Shabaab Islamists linked to al Qaeda said they had carried out the attacks on a crowded restaurant and a rugby club in the Ugandan capital …
Reuters

New global AIDS focus: careful budgets?

Even Bill Gates, the multi-billionaire Microsoft founder who has used his foundation’s fortune to kick-start many an AIDS program, said money is too …
Reuters

Venezuela hands suspected Colombia drug lord to U.S.

The United States had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to the capture of Renteria, the last free leader of Colombia’s top drug …
Reuters

Europe’s Dalli defiant on genetically modified crop proposals

"I will be backing member states with the United States, with the WTO, with whoever will be challenging if a challenge is coming on these issues, …
Reuters

Factbox: HIV/AIDS numbers from around the world

An estimated 33.4 million people worldwide are infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS, according to figures issued by …
Reuters
Repeater ? Photo cut-in with a button ? Photo cut-in without button ? Full-width cut-in with buttons ? Blockquote with button ? Social link to Twitter ? Stories with manual related posts ? Stories with related posts in chosen category ?