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Thursday, December 20, 2012

China cult targeted as ‘doomsday’ nears

China cult targeted as ‘doomsday’ nears


China cult targeted as ‘doomsday’ nears

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:38 AM PST

Eastern Lightning adherents, who claim persecution by the ruling Communist party, are preparing for doomsday, this Friday, December 21

Republicans stall cliff talks with House vote

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:20 AM PST

The Republican majority leader in the House said there was enough support from rank-and-file members to approve back-up legislation to avert the fiscal cliff

Gun control measures centre on ‘black rifles’

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 10:56 AM PST

Reinstating a ban on popular assault weapons will be politically difficult to achieve

Balance of military power shifts in Syria

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 07:13 AM PST

Predictions of imminent regime collapse may be overstated, but the mounting pressures on president present an opportunity to test diplomatic prospects

BoJ adds Y10tn to easing programme

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 05:09 AM PST

The Bank of Japan has stepped up its monetary easing, announcing it will expand its asset purchasing programme from Y91tn to Y101tn

Khodorkovsky to be freed early in 2014

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 11:01 AM PST

Any hope that his early release might signal a new leniency was crushed when prosecutors charged activist Alexei Navalny with fraud and money laundering

Spiralling drug war envelops São Paulo

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 09:52 AM PST

Conflict between leading gang and city's police raises questions about Brazil's place in Latin America's burgeoning drug trade

Rial’s woes lead to rise in Iranian crime

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:16 AM PST

US and European sanctions have taken their toll on the economy and purchasing power has fallen, with one online video of a street robbery fuelling a feeling of insecurity

Newest EU members go cooler on euro

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 08:23 AM PST

Latvia's prime minister, Valdis Dombrovskis, warns that his citizens are turning against the single currency after the eurozone crises

Monti meets workers as campaign forms

Posted: 20 Dec 2012 07:23 AM PST

Outgoing PM defends 13 months in office and tells staff at a Fiat factory in south Italy that work to overcome the national crisis has only just begun

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