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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

China confronts Indian navy vessel

China confronts Indian navy vessel


China confronts Indian navy vessel

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:48 AM PDT

Latest example of naval assertiveness by Beijing, which claims the South China Sea in its entirety, rejecting claims by its neighbours

Portugal promises biggest cuts in over 50 years

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 08:58 AM PDT

Lisbon has announced new austerity measures designed to cut Portugal's budget deficit to almost zero in under five years

Tripoli celebrates Eid without Gaddafi

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 10:57 AM PDT

Tripoli residents said this Eid, marking the end of the annual Ramadan fast, is an emotional staging point after an extraordinary 10 days

US defence contractors ‘waste’ $12m a day

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:37 AM PDT

Report says more than $60bn misspent in past 10 years, exacerbating fears in Washington over fiscal discipline ahead of looming budget cuts

Youth’s death stokes Bahrain unrest fears

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 05:47 AM PDT

Teenager dies on the island of Sitra, with activists claiming he was killed by police clamping down on protests, which the government denies

Syrian businessmen fear slow economic death

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:38 AM PDT

With fresh EU sanctions against Damascus about to be announced, anxiety among the country's powerful business elite is growing

China’s property boom fuels romantic revolution

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 07:20 AM PDT

So-called naked weddings – where a couple marries without traditional assets – are growing in popularity, encouraged by high real-estate prices

Poverty crisis in US gambling paradise

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 06:33 AM PDT

Joblessness in some parts of Las Vegas exceeds 20% and large numbers of people are focused on where their next meal will come from

Crisis exposes weakness of Italian coalition

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 11:33 AM PDT

Silvio Berlusconi's scandal-ridden coalition government is still in disarray, mired in squabbles over the shape of its austerity package

Sarkozy denies fresh Bettencourt cash claims

Posted: 31 Aug 2011 09:48 AM PDT

The office of the French president has denied new allegations that he took undeclared campaign cash from the heiress to the L'Oreal fortune

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