BP controversies stealing thunder from David Cameron’s trip to Washington
BP stealing thunder from Cameron’s US visit
WASHINGTON — On the way to Washington, British Prime Minister David Cameron said he wants to talk about Afghanistan, Middle East peace prospects and the global economy.
Everyone else wants to talk about BP.
Cameron’s first.Read more…
Hillary Rodham Clinton
Sec’y Clinton travels to Afghanistan for conference; Urges closer watch on aid programs
S Korea, US defense chiefs to finalize plans for joint drills
A showcase of unity amid discord in Afghanistan
Pakistan leaders praise aid promises, but public is wary
Karzai meets several foreign ministers ahead of Afghan conference
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American diplomats tell Cuban dissidents exile in Spain complicates US asylum requests
Jul 20th, 2010
Cuba dissidents told Spain exile muddles US asylum
HAVANA — The United States appears to have modified a pledge to take in freed Cuban political prisoners, telling their. -
British combat troops to withdraw from Afghanistan by 2014: foreign secretary
Jul 20th, 2010
LONDON, July 20 (Xinhua) — British Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Tuesday that the country’s combat troops should be out of Afghanistan by 2014.
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ASEAN foreign ministers convene ahead of regional security forum
Jul 20th, 2010
HANOI, July 20 (Xinhua) — Foreign ministers from ten member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) convened in Vietnam capital Hanoi Tuesday ahead.
China Port Reopens After Oil Spill, Cleanup Continues
Jul 20th, 2010
Officials at a port in northeast China say most maritime operations have resumed while crews work to clean up a huge oil spill.
Authorities in the city of Dalian lifted a partial ban on maritime traffic Tuesday.-
China energy use surpasses US. Who didn’t see that coming?
Jul 20th, 2010
Amid the hoopla over the International Energy Agency (IEA) announcing that in 2009 China surpassed the United States as the world’s biggest energy user, followers of Sino affairs are responding with a shrug.
70,000 Blogs Shut Down by US Law Enforcement
Jul 20th, 2010
Blogetery, a WordPress platform, has seen its entire community shut down by its host, BurstNET. Subsequent statements by BurstNET indicated that the service was suspended at the request of an unidentified law enforcement agency.
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Parasailing donkey stunt prompts animal cruelty probe
Jul 20th, 2010
Police in southern Russia have launched an animal cruelty investigation after a tour operator forced a donkey to parasail over the sea.
Video footage showed the beast being catapulted into the air after a group of men on a beach at Golubitskaya. -
Summary Box: UnitedHealth’s 2nd-qtr earnings grow 31 percent, health insurer raises outlook
Jul 20th, 2010
Summary Box: UnitedHealth 2Q earnings grow 31 pct
SECOND-QUARTER NUMBERS: UnitedHealth Group Inc. earned $1.12 billion, or 99 cents per share, on $23.26 billion in revenue, as the health insurer’s costs and enrollment came in better than expected. -
US, S. Korea to hold military exercise
Jul 20th, 2010
(CNN) — The United States and South Korea will conduct major joint military exercises starting Sunday just off the Korean peninsula, the U.S. military announced Tuesday.
The exercise.
China’s Three Gorges Dam Faces Flood Test
Jul 20th, 2010
Officials say China’s controversial Three Gorges Dam is standing up well to its toughest test since it was completed last year.
Weeks of torrential rain have raised the Yangtze River behind the dam to record levels.