Latest News
China premier urges protection of farmers’ rights (AP)
december 27, 2011by latadmin
AP – Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has urged officials to share profits from the development of rural land with the millions of farmers who have to give it up.
Oil price above $100 on rising consumer confidence
december 27, 2011by latadmin
NEW YORK (AP) — The price of oil rose above $100 a barrel in light holiday trading on growing consumer confidence and prospects for stronger demand. Benchmark crude...
No-man’s land attests to Japan’s nuclear nightmare (AP)
december 27, 2011by latadmin
AP – Fukushima was just emerging from the snows of winter when the disaster hit — a 9.0-magnitude earthquake, the strongest in Japan’s recorded...
What to expect at NKorea funeral for Kim Jong Il (AP)
december 27, 2011by latadmin
AP – Wailing and sobbing mourners beat their chests and dropped to their knees as North Korean President Kim Il Sung’s hearse, draped with a red flag and...
Briton killed at Sri Lanka resort
december 26, 2011by latadmin
A British man has been killed in an attack at a Sri Lankan resort, local police say. They named him as Kuram Shaikah Zaman. The Foreign Office confirmed a man had died...
Japan ‘was unprepared’ for nuclear disaster
december 26, 2011by latadmin
The operators of the tsunami-stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant and government regulators were woefully unprepared for disaster, the first official probe into the...
‘No contact with Afghan Taliban’ over office
december 26, 2011by latadmin
Afghanistan has not made formal contact with the Taliban over the opening of a political office despite setting out conditions for peace talks to begin, a High Peace...
Kim Jong Il’s heir meets with SKorean delegation
december 26, 2011by latadmin
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea’s next leader burnished his diplomatic skills Monday, welcoming a private South Korean mourning delegation as state...
India’s Tata to replace starter on troubled Nano
december 26, 2011by latadmin
India’s Tata Motors offered Monday to replace the starter motor on all old Nano models, but said the move was not related to safety concerns surrounding the...
India’s patients suffer as doctors strike
december 26, 2011by latadmin
A five-day doctors’ strike in northwestern India has hit public hospitals hard, with patients left struggling to get care. An estimated 9,000 doctors in the...
