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Sunday, April 29, 2012

Human rights loom over US-China talks

Human rights loom over US-China talks


Human rights loom over US-China talks

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 09:47 AM PDT

Dissident lawyer Chen Guangcheng's persecution casts a shadow over the meeting this week, which comes as Beijing struggles to contain its political crisis

German workers launch strikes over pay

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 07:37 AM PDT

German engineers launch warning strikes over pay demand

Saudi Arabia closes Cairo embassy

Posted: 28 Apr 2012 11:59 PM PDT

Worst diplomatic tiff between the countries in decades follows protests by Egyptian activists over the detention of lawyer Ahmed al-Gizawy

Greek voters urged to back euro

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 10:20 AM PDT

Socialist leader Evangelos Venizelos, trailing in polls, tells the country to support continued membership of the bloc despite painful austerity

US election noise obscures approaching fiscal precipice

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 10:27 AM PDT

More by paralysis than judgment, the US has adopted a gentle path of retrenchment

Syrian critics see election as a sham

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 11:18 AM PDT

President Assad's supporters say the poll next week is a signal of reform but opponents suggest an orchestrated regime deception

Dublin loses momentum on Yes vote

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 09:38 AM PDT

Opinion poll shows only 47 per cent of likely voters saying they will back the eurozone fiscal discipline pact. One in five Irish votes are still undecided

No grand deal with Murdoch, says PM

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 06:24 AM PDT

Cameron admits discussing BSkyB at Brooks' dinner, saying he only spoke about Cable, who had to surrender his role in judging the bid

Cubans court controversy in malaria battle

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 08:35 AM PDT

Advisers from a Havana-based company, using high-level diplomatic connections, push larvicide technology to fight the disease in Africa

Aid worker found dead in Pakistan

Posted: 29 Apr 2012 06:47 AM PDT

Body of kidnapped British doctor Khalil Rasjed Dale, who was working for the International Committee of the Red Cross, found by a Quetta roadside

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