Markets rattled as woes of fragile countries such as Greece and Portugal start to infect other EU members; euro zone's growth outlook dims
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Obama's silent war shocks Pakistan
The latest Taliban bombing has uncovered America's low-profile funding of the Pakistan military To many Pakistanis the most shocking aspect of the latest bombing was not the death toll, or the injuries inflicted on survivors, but the question that it raised: what was a team of American soldiers doing in a tense corner of North West Frontier...
Clinton says no prisoner swap with Iran
WASHINGTON -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Wednesday ruled out Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's suggestion that three detained American hikers in Iran be swapped with Iranian citizens held in the United States. Clinton said that the hikers, along with other Americans jailed in Iran, should be released immediately on...
Obama vows to get tough with China on currency
Obama vows to get tough with China on currency President Barack Obama vowed to "get much tougher" with China on trade rules, including currency rates, to ensure that U.S. goods do not face a competitive disadvantage....
China hits back at US over trade
China has hit back at the US a day after President Barack Obama promised to take a tougher line with Beijing over trade. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu accused the US of "wrongful accusations and pressure", AFP reports. Mr...
China attacks Guantanamo Uighurs' asylum in Switzerland
China has criticised a Swiss offer of asylum for two ethnic Uighur Chinese inmates at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay. "The position of Switzerland will surely undermine China-Switzerland relations" a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman told the AFP news agency....
Haiti charges US missionaries with child kidnapping
Port-au-Prince: Ten US missionaries detained in Haiti were charged on Thursday with child kidnapping and criminal association for trying to take children illegally out of the earthquake-hit country. After announcing the charges, Haitian deputy prosecutor Jean Ferge Joseph told the Americans their case was being sent to an investigative judge....
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
