Chinese envoy to meet Syrian leader after U.N. condemnation (Reuters) |
- Chinese envoy to meet Syrian leader after U.N. condemnation (Reuters)
- U.S., EU welcome Iran nuclear letter, suggest talks (Reuters)
- Afghanistan hopeful of Pakistan's help in peace drive (Reuters)
- China's Xi sells U.S. trade elixir, personal chemistry (Reuters)
- Collapse of arms trade treaty talks narrowly averted (Reuters)
- The Mess in Angela Merkel's Own Backyard: Who Will Be Her Third President? (Time.com)
- Eastern Europeans fuel fight for Internet freedoms (AP)
- 400 Iran exiles reluctantly move to new Iraq home (AP)
- Panama Indians again blockade Pan-American Highway (AP)
- Flags and hope on Libya's uneasy anniversary (Reuters)
- Taiwan's Foxconn raises wages for Chinese workers (AP)
- Conservatives hope to present budget by end of March (Reuters)
- Forget about preventing default in Greece, control it says Europe (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Vatican Confidential: Why Are So Many Rumors Coming out of the Holy See? (Time.com)
- What would happen if Iran had the bomb? (+video) (The Christian Science Monitor)
| Chinese envoy to meet Syrian leader after U.N. condemnation (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:23 PM PST Reuters - Syrian government forces, disregarding U.N. condemnation, renewed their bombardment of the opposition stronghold of Homs on Saturday as a Chinese minister prepared for talks with embattled President Bashar al-Assad. |
| U.S., EU welcome Iran nuclear letter, suggest talks (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 11:18 AM PST Reuters - The United States and European Union expressed cautious optimism on Friday over prospects that Iran may be willing to engage major powers in new talks, but underscored any resumed negotiations must be sustained and focus on the nuclear issue. |
| Afghanistan hopeful of Pakistan's help in peace drive (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 12:39 AM PST Reuters - Afghanistan is optimistic that regional power Pakistan will help the Kabul government advance a reconciliation process with the Taliban, the Afghan president's spokesman said on Saturday. |
| China's Xi sells U.S. trade elixir, personal chemistry (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 10:25 PM PST Reuters - China's leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping on Friday swiped away fears that his country's economic growth could stumble, and turned to courting American companies, film-makers and governors hungry for a slice of that growth on the final day of his U.S. visit. |
| Collapse of arms trade treaty talks narrowly averted (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:06 PM PST Reuters - Negotiators on Friday narrowly averted the collapse of talks on a world arms trade treaty to regulate the $55 billion global weapons market, agreeing on ground rules for negotiations after days of procedural wrangling. |
| The Mess in Angela Merkel's Own Backyard: Who Will Be Her Third President? (Time.com) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:05 PM PST Time.com - The ceremonial post of President of Germany has been tainted by allegations of financial impropriety. Now, the Chancellor has to find yet another person to fill the job |
| Eastern Europeans fuel fight for Internet freedoms (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 12:44 AM PST
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| 400 Iran exiles reluctantly move to new Iraq home (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 01:10 AM PST
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| Panama Indians again blockade Pan-American Highway (AP) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 07:55 PM PST AP - Members of an Indian tribe in Panama are again blocking the Pan-American Highway after a breakdown in negotiations with the government over new dams. |
| Flags and hope on Libya's uneasy anniversary (Reuters) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 12:24 AM PST Reuters - Flags flew on Martyrs Square in Tripoli and crowds across Libya gave voice on Friday to joy at being free of Muammar Gaddafi, as the anniversary of their revolt offered brief respite from fears that it has brought them only chaotic paralysis. |
| Taiwan's Foxconn raises wages for Chinese workers (AP) Posted: 18 Feb 2012 01:07 AM PST AP - Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group said Saturday that it has raised wages by up to 25 percent in the second major salary hike in less than two years, as the world's largest electronics contract manufacturer comes under intensive scrutiny after a spate of suicides. |
| Conservatives hope to present budget by end of March (Reuters) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 08:12 AM PST Reuters - The Conservative government hopes to present its next budget by the end of March, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Friday. |
| Forget about preventing default in Greece, control it says Europe (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 05:41 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Greece’s European partners are increasingly skeptical that Athens can avoid default. The highly indebted country is working feverishly to secure a debt write-off to avoid default, but international investors see even that as a default of sorts. |
| Vatican Confidential: Why Are So Many Rumors Coming out of the Holy See? (Time.com) Posted: 17 Feb 2012 09:05 PM PST Time.com - Even as Pope Benedict XVI prepares to elevate more than a score of prelates into the College of Cardinals, the church's bureaucracy seems to be in disarray |
| What would happen if Iran had the bomb? (+video) (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 16 Feb 2012 02:04 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Are you afraid of Iran yet? Shrill warnings of war or imminent apocalypse over Iran's nuclear program have never been so strident, or so ominous. |
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