Ukip rides wave of discontent across eurozone

Ukip rides wave of discontent across eurozone
Prosecutor in Bhutto case shot dead
Chinese gang held for selling rat meat
Rana Plaza a catalyst for workers’ rights
EU economies to breach deficit limits
Court challenge to Venezuelan poll result
South Korean workers quit Kaesong complex
Rushdie leads calls for China to free dissidents

Posted: 03 May 2013 10:10 AM PDT

UK Independence party has stamped its image on British politics in a manner comparable to populist, anti-establishment movements across Europe

Prosecutor in Bhutto case shot dead

Posted: 03 May 2013 05:28 AM PDT

Gunmen fired at Chaudhry Zulfikar, the government's lead prosecutor in several high-profile cases, as he drove to court in the capital Islamabad

Chinese gang held for selling rat meat

Posted: 03 May 2013 06:13 AM PDT

The latest food scandal to hit China comes as the country's citizens grapple with a looming bird flu epidemic and a steady stream of food and safety scandals that the Chinese authorities seem unable to curtail

Rana Plaza a catalyst for workers’ rights

Posted: 03 May 2013 09:38 AM PDT

Changing the culture of the garment industry will be challenging, but this latest disaster and international pressure will force safety improvements

EU economies to breach deficit limits

Posted: 03 May 2013 11:23 AM PDT

Brussels has signalled its willingness to relax austerity across the eurozone as EU forecasts showed the bloc's recession was becoming longer and deeper

Court challenge to Venezuelan poll result

Posted: 03 May 2013 02:07 AM PDT

Opposition leader Henrique Capriles challenges President Nicolas Maduro's narrow election victory before the Supreme Court

South Korean workers quit Kaesong complex

Posted: 03 May 2013 05:12 AM PDT

For the first time in 15 years there are no South Korean workers at the Kaesong industrial complex in North Korea as the final seven people leave

Rushdie leads calls for China to free dissidents

Posted: 03 May 2013 02:13 AM PDT

A group of prominent writers led by Salman Rushdie presses for the release of dozens of imprisoned authors and for freedom of speech in the country