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Bin Laden claims US bomb attempt
Osama bin Laden has claimed responsibility for a foiled Christmas day attack on a transatlantic passenger jet in the US and pledged that there will be further attacks... (Continue reading)
Afghanistan to postpone elections
Written on 24 Jan, 2010 at 14:09 in POLITICS | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Afghanistan has postponed parliamentary elections from May to September, a move that will appease Western allies anxious to avoid a repeat of the massive fraud that marred last year’s presidential polls... (Continue reading)
Security handover key for Afghan summit
Written on 23 Jan, 2010 at 21:46 in POLITICS | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Western powers plan to strike an agreement with Afghanistan’s government at a conference in London next week to ensure foreign troops can hand over responsibility for providing security to Afghan forces as quickly as possible... (Continue reading)
Official rescue efforts end in Haiti
Written on 23 Jan, 2010 at 19:28 in POLITICS | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Haiti has officially abandoned the search and rescue effort to find survivors from the earthquake which devastated much of the capital, Port-au-Prince... (Continue reading)
UN climate specialist defends glacier report
Written on 23 Jan, 2010 at 19:12 in POLITICS | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
The chief of the Nobel Prize winning United Nations climate change panel admitted that its dire warning that Himalayan glaciers could disappear by 2035 was ‘an error, but said the threat posed by global warming could not be ignored... (Continue reading)
Bernanke under pressure
Written on 23 Jan, 2010 at 6:30 in POLITICS | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Ben Bernanke’s prospects for a second term as chairman of the US Federal Reserve were thrown into doubt as the Obama administration scrambled to shore up faltering support among Democrats in the Senate... (Continue reading)
Obama ‘troubled’ at Google hacking
Written on 23 Jan, 2010 at 6:09 in POLITICS | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Weighing into a burgeoning row that threatens to damage bilateral ties, the White House says Barack Obama is ‘troubled by the cybersecurity breach’ on Google that has been attributed to China... (Continue reading)
Barclays to defer bonuses
Written on 23 Jan, 2010 at 4:47 in POLITICS | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Barclays Bank plans to defer up to 100 per cent of top staff’s bonuses to head off criticism of bankers’ pay stoked by a bonus supertax in the UK and bumper profits on Wall Street... (Continue reading)
Two US groups bring hope with results
Written on 23 Jan, 2010 at 3:40 in POLITICS | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
McDonald’s, the fast-food restaurant chain and General Electric a bellwether for the broader US economy, posted better-than-expected results... (Continue reading)
Man in the News: Paul Volcker
Written on 23 Jan, 2010 at 2:12 in POLITICS | viewed times and users have made 0 comments so far
Paul Volcker, the towering elder statesman behind Obama’s bank plan, is back. His return to policy influence is only the latest episode in a long career of public service... (Continue reading)