Archive for January 2010
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Thousands of protesters from across Japan marched Saturday in central Tokyo to protest the US military presence on Okinawa, while a Cabinet minister said she would fight to move a Marine base Washington considers crucial
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A Tunisian court on Saturday rejected an appeal by journalist Taoufik Ben Brik against his six-month prison sentence for assault, his lawyer Radhia Nasraoui told Reuters. Ben Brik was found guilty in November of assaulting
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A second US citizen who was detained by North Korea for crossing the border has sought political asylum in the communist state, a South Korean newspaper said Saturday. The report by the conservative Dong-A Ilbo
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The German government's top academic advisory panel is to call on Monday for Islamic theology to be taught at German universities in the same way as Christian and Jewish theology are currently, Islamic studies in
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The world needs a treaty to prevent cyber attacks becoming an all-out war, the head of the main UN communications and technology agency warned Saturday. International Telecommunications Union secretary general Hamadoun Toure gave his warning
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The Obama administration has begun looking for places other than the heart of New York City to prosecute the accused September 11 attack plotters in the face of fierce criticism tied to security and costs,
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Police in Sri Lanka shut down the offices of an opposition newspaper on Saturday, the weekly said, as international rights groups accused the authorities of a vendetta against critical media. Police went to the offices
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Ashes of Indian independence hero Mahatma Gandhi, kept for decades by a family friend after his assassination, were scattered Saturday off South Africa's coast, his family said. "About 200 people attended. Everything went well, it
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Literature lovers around the world on Friday held celebrations and paid tribute to Anton Chekhov on the 150th birthday of Russia's most universally acclaimed playwright. Chekhov fans said the author famed for combining a raw
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Libya has signed an arms deal with Russia worth 1.3 billion euros ($1.8 billion), Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin was quoted as saying on Saturday. "Only yesterday we signed a contract worth 1.3 billion euros,"
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