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Friday, July 20, 2012

Syrians flee as violence escalates

Syrians flee as violence escalates


Syrians flee as violence escalates

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:33 PM PDT

Gunfire from street clashes and shelling by pro-regime loyalists drive thousands of civilians from Damascus towards borders

US shocked by cinema mass shooting

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 01:06 PM PDT

Police have arrested a suspect in an attack that killed at least 12 people and injured 59 more at a Batman screening near Denver

Speculation mounts over Romney’s tax records

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:09 PM PDT

Romney's refusal to release more than a year of his tax records has opened the door to all sorts of theories about what might lie inside

Bank bailout fails to ease Spain concern

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:01 PM PDT

Approval of aid to Spanish banks comes as bond yields rise above 7.1 per cent and finance minister downgrades GDP forecast for 2013

Punk trial begins amid political crackdown

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 08:01 AM PDT

Critics say the weakness of the state's case and politicisation of the trial of three members of Pussy Riot band can only discredit Moscow

Chinese flock to see foreign films

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 03:49 AM PDT

Imported movies earn Rmb5.27bn from ticket sales in China in the first six months, over 90% more than sales during the same period in 2011

Head of Greek privatisation agency resigns

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 09:18 AM PDT

Weeks after TAIPED's chairman resigns, CEO Costas Mitropoulos, appointed in 2011, says he is standing down because of government lack of support

Ai Weiwei tax fine upheld in Chinese court

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 12:53 AM PDT

The dissident artist says the Rmb15m penalty imposed against his studio for tax evasion is a retribution for his political activities

Beijing exports weigh on Africa’s producers

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 05:46 AM PDT

African customers may welcome China's cheap wares but in some countries it has forced local factories to close and discouraged local producers

China launches anti-dumping probe against US

Posted: 20 Jul 2012 04:07 AM PDT

American exports of a key solar panel ingredient under investigation in what is being seen as a retaliatory move in the US-China trade dispute

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