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Friday, April 12, 2013

China is urged to rein in Pyongyang

China is urged to rein in Pyongyang


China is urged to rein in Pyongyang

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 12:44 PM PDT

John Kerry will press Chinese leaders to use their influence during his Beijing visit, after Seoul eased its line and offered North Korea dialogue

Obama courts Congress for progress

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:29 AM PDT

The bipartisan dealmaking emerging in the Senate this week on the two issues that could easily founder at multiple hurdles that lie ahead

Acting president poised to win Venezuelan poll

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:10 AM PDT

Polls suggest Nicolás Maduro's lead has narrowed during the 10-day campaign – by some estimates, the shortest in Latin American history

Bailout countries given seven years’ grace

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:03 AM PDT

EU ministers have sought to ease pressure on Portugal and Ireland, but have made their move conditional on Lisbon hitting its budget targets

Russian minister warns of recession threat

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 11:26 AM PDT

Andrei Belousov has said that a broad slowdown risks turning into economic contraction later this year without efforts to stimulate production

Mexico vigilantes take law into own hands

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 05:44 AM PDT

Groups of residents fed up with the violent crimes that drugs gangs have inflicted on the population decide to restore law and order themselves

Teen golfer changes the face of Chinese sport

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:57 AM PDT

Teenage amateur's background far from the typical rags-to-riches, product-of-a-state-sporting-system story usually preferred by Communist party

Iraqis in Syria face a see-saw of strife

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 09:57 AM PDT

Many thousands of refugees are caught between two countries racked by vicious sectarian wars that are increasingly spilling over their borders

Ex-Trotskyite rocks French establishment

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 10:03 AM PDT

Veteran investigative journalist Edwy Plenel founded a crusading website which refused to cosy up to France's elite and has just toppled a minister

Satirists stoke surge of Spanish anger

Posted: 12 Apr 2013 07:40 AM PDT

A magazine called Mongolia and like-minded titles are channelling public discontent into biting satire aimed at traditional sources of authority

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