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London FTSE 100 drops on weak European data
London's stock market slipped into negative territory on Monday as nervy investors reacted to a shock fall in eurozone business activity that offset positive news for Chinese manufacturing, analysts said. The benchmark FTSE 100 index lost 0.36 percent to 6,800.56 points, while Frankfurt's DAX 30…
AFP7 mins agoWorld stocks slip amid Iraq violence, growth data
LONDON (AP) — Global stock markets mostly fell on Monday amid concerns about turmoil in Iraq and as a weak European economic report offset a more upbeat one in China.
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By Manuel Mogato MANILA (Reuters) - A second senator, the son of a former president ousted in 2001 on corruption charges, turned himself in to authorities on Monday after an anti-graft court ordered his arrest for the misuse of congressional funds. President Benigno Aquino took office in 2010 on…
ReutersBillions at risk as West Coast port contract ends
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The West Coast ports that are America's gateway for hundreds of billions of dollars of trade with Asia and beyond are no stranger to labor unrest and even violence.
Associated PressSouth Korea blames defensive lapses for defeat
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — For the man who led South Korea's defense during its journey to the World Cup semifinals in 2002, the performance of the team's backline and goalkeeper against Algeria on Sunday must have been particularly hard to watch.
Associated PressUS draws, Belgium advances, Algeria wins
The goals kept coming at the World Cup Sunday and — unfortunately for the U.S. — the scoring didn't stop until the last 30 seconds of its 2-2 draw with Portugal. Both teams stayed alive, while Belgium advanced and Algeria won its first World Cup game in 32 years.
Associated PressAsia having a terrible World Cup; Russia too
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — At midway point, the World Cup went from bad to worse for Asia and the tournament's next host, Russia. But it went from great to even better for spectators hankering for goals.
Associated PressTwo million under-fives die each year in central, west Africa
Two million children under five die each year in central and western Africa, accounting for almost a third of all deaths worldwide in that age range, the UN children's agency said Sunday. Progress in reducing child mortality has not affected the overall number of deaths because of "enormous"…
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AdChoicestrivagoSponsoredThai police detain 8 anti-coup protesters
BANGKOK (AP) — Police in Thailand arrested eight people Sunday for demonstrating against the nation's increasingly repressive military junta, including a man who was dragged away by undercover officers for reading a copy of George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four" outside one of Bangkok's most…
Associated PressThais hit Cambodia casinos to sidestep junta betting blitz
Desperate for a flutter during a junta crackdown on gambling at home, Thais are making a beeline for casinos in a seedy Cambodian border town -- which has already been deluged by migrants also fleeing the kingdom. For over a decade Poipet, a scruffy, vice-ridden frontier town studded with casinos…
AFPAsia's Cup hopes increasingly rest on South Korea
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — The four Asian teams are having a dismal World Cup in terms of the win-loss ledger, and things will only get worse if South Korea doesn't beat Algeria on Sunday.
Associated PressAsia's hopes increasingly rest on South Korea
PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil (AP) — The four Asian teams are having a dismal World Cup in terms of the win-loss ledger so far — and things will only get worse if South Korea doesn't beat Algeria on Sunday.
Associated PressChinese police shoot dead 13 attackers in restive Xinjiang
By Adam Jourdan SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Chinese police shot dead 13 attackers in the restive far-western region of Xinjiang on Saturday after they rammed a car into a police station and detonated explosives, Xinhua news agency said, in the latest of a series of attacks to worry Beijing. China has…
ReutersS.African anti-apartheid hero awarded Tang Prize
Albie Sachs, the South African judge who rose to fame for his role in the anti-apartheid struggle, was Saturday awarded the Tang Prize, touted as Asia's version of the Nobels, for his contributions to human rights and justice. Sachs, who lost an arm and the sight of one eye in a car-bombing by…
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TOKYO (AP) — A Japanese panel confirmed the validity of a study that led to Japan's landmark 1993 apology for forcing Asian women into wartime prostitution, even as South Korea blasted the review as a move that "picks again at the painful wounds" of victims.
Associated PressMalaysia's tiny, strutting serama fowl gains fans
Marching imperiously with a puffed-out chest and soldier's ramrod posture, Mohamad Hatta Yahaya's tiny chicken strutted its rich yellow plumage for a stone-faced judge. "Yes my hero, puff out your chest!" Mohamad Hatta cried out above the din of fellow fowl-owners as his $10,000 bird pranced to…
AFPChina urges peaceful development of seas, says conflict leads to "disaster"
China, involved in a growing dispute with its neighbors over the energy-rich South China Sea, wants to promote peaceful development of the oceans, Premier Li Keqiang said, warning conflicts in the past had only brought "disaster for humanity". China claims almost the entire ocean, rejecting rival…
ReutersWorld Cup of big surprises smiles on Americas
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The World Cup of surprises is turning into a sweet samba party for teams from the Americas.
Associated PressLawyers say UN chief served with Haiti lawsuit in NY
Lawyers for more than 1,500 victims of Haiti's deadly cholera epidemic said Friday they had served UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon with a personal summons to appear in US court. Stanley Alpert, a lawyer for the plaintiffs, accused Ban and the United Nations of "ducking service in these lawsuits…
AFPUkraine crisis forces U.S. to bolster Europe forces
By Global Defense Correspondent Peter Apps WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Only last year, the U.S. European Command was facing some of the deepest cuts of any region in the U.S. military. Now, after Russia's annexation of Crimea, the Pentagon finds itself focusing on the continent in a way not seen in…
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