China to merge maritime patrol units

China to merge maritime patrol units
Foreign hostages feared killed in Nigeria
Vienna orchestra details Nazi-era past
Egypt hits problems over IMF loan
Europe’s woes leave Brics exasperated
Saudi jailings renew human rights fears
Kenyatta victory could test diplomats’ skills
Rival budgets sharpen divide over US cuts
Hospitalised Berlusconi plans next move
China adjusts approach to North Korea

Posted: 09 Mar 2013 10:26 PM PST

The restructuring is part of a broad government shake-up and could influence how Beijing handles multiple territorial disputes with its neighbours

Foreign hostages feared killed in Nigeria

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 12:41 PM PDT

Al-Qaeda-affiliated group Ansaru says it assassinated building company employees who were kidnapped in northeast of country three weeks earlier

Vienna orchestra details Nazi-era past

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 01:36 PM PDT

Vienna's Philharmonic Orchestra is poised to yield to years of criticism by revealing details about its history during the Nazi era

Egypt hits problems over IMF loan

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:48 AM PDT

IMF has expressed reservations over economic plan needed to seal a financial agreement two years in the making

Europe’s woes leave Brics exasperated

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:57 AM PDT

To many of the non-European participants at the Ambrosetti finance forum, Europe appears as a cause for concern more than a model worthy of emulation

Saudi jailings renew human rights fears

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 08:47 AM PDT

Two prominent activists have been sentenced to at least 10 years in prison for offences including sedition and giving inaccurate information to foreign media

Kenyatta victory could test diplomats’ skills

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 11:36 AM PDT

West seeing a steady erosion of influence as China steps up their courtship of Africa but relies on Kenya for critical military and economic ties

Rival budgets sharpen divide over US cuts

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 11:16 AM PDT

House Republicans and Senate Democrats will lay out partisan budgets that sharpen the political divide over across-the-board budget cuts known as sequestration

Hospitalised Berlusconi plans next move

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 10:58 AM PDT

Italy could return to polls after inconclusive elections as former PM's party debates response to what they view as judiciary's political persecution of leader

China adjusts approach to North Korea

Posted: 10 Mar 2013 09:55 AM PDT

Contrast between increasingly public challenges to Beijing's dated alliance with Pyongyang and its cautious official response highlights the dilemma