Archive for December 2012
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China's plan to board and search ships that illegally enter what it considers its territory in the disputed South China Sea could spark naval clashes and hurt the region's economy, Southeast Asia's top diplomat warned
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India's top court Friday slammed the government for failing to curb sexual harassment of women and said undercover female police should be stationed in public places. Judges at the Supreme Court urged action to stop
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Tens of thousands of Egyptians protested against President Mohamed Morsi on Friday after an Islamist-led assembly raced through approval of a new constitution in a bid to end a crisis over the Islamist leader's newly
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A former Brazilian banker agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission charges of insider trading in Burger King Holdings Inc options before the restaurant chain agreed to a September
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A former Brazilian banker agreed to pay nearly $5.2 million to settle US Securities and Exchange Commission charges of insider trading in Burger King Holdings Inc options before the restaurant chain agreed to a September
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A rail bridge collapsed on Friday over a creek in southern New Jersey, causing a Conrail freight train to derail and spill hazardous chemicals into the air and water, authorities said. One of four tanks
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Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan region said on Friday that talks on reducing tensions with the federal government have stalled over the contentious issue of a newly-established northern military command. Talks between federal and Kurdish security officials
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Nepalese-born Bollywood star Manisha Koirala has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer, a news report said Friday. "The cancer is in preliminary stage and can be cured through operations", the Himalayan Times quoted her father Prakash
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A British anti-EU party has polled more votes than the ruling Conservatives in two elections for parliamentary seats, in the latest sign that Prime Minister David Cameron's party faces a threat from the right. The
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Thousands of teachers and policemen demonstrated across Bosnia's Serb Republic on Friday against a 10 percent pay cut planned for non-government public workers next year, the first major protest in years against government spending cutbacks.
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