Honduras' new leaders reject appeal for Zelaya's return
The head of the Organization of American States said Friday he has found no willingness among leaders of Honduras' interim government to return President Jose Manuel Zelaya to power.
Fears over student place shortage
Ministers must fund more university places in England, or risk forcing tens of thousands of teenagers onto the dole, an MP warns.
China has developed its own operating system for cyber war with U.S.
A leading cyber security specialist said last week that China has developed its own ultra-secure operating system for a strategic edge in its cyber warfare with U.S. computer systems. Kevin G. Coleman, a specialist with the Technolytics Institute and
Clinton congratulates Amano on appointment as next IAEA chief
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton congratulated veteran Japanese diplomat Yukiya Amano on Friday on his appointment as the next International Atomic Energy Agency director general. I would like to offer my congratulations to Yukiya Amano of Japan
Lu tells media in US of the perils Taiwan is facing
Former vice president Annette Lu (fq) said in Washington on Thursday that step by step and day by day Taiwan was being changed into Chinese Taipei. There was a danger, she said, that Taiwan would lose its democracy and become a province of China. She
Tech Innovation USA: From Resilient Networks To Self-Scheduling Devices
The Transportation Security Agency's crowdsourcing application, Idea Factory, is now featured on the White House Web site as a model of transparency and open government. Two years ago, former TSA administrator Kip Hawley stumbled upon a new site called
China statistics chief sees no inflation risk this year
BEIJING, July 4 - China's chief statistician said on Saturday that he saw no risk of inflation... economy 2 BEIJING, July 4 - China's chief statistician said on Saturday that he saw no risk of inflation for the country in the second half of 2009,
Asian markets mixed after grim US jobs data
HONG KONG: Asia's markets were mixed Friday as investor confidence took a blow from worse-than-expected jobs figures out of the United States that suggest a global recovery may not be as close as hoped. Job losses in the world's largest economy surged to
Municipal bonds issuance possible: central banker
China is considering letting local governments issue municipal bonds to help bankroll urban infrastructure construction, the central bank chief said on Saturday. 'Relevant rules are in discussion and debate about the issue is very heated,' Zhou
Asia Olympic Council backs Tokyo's 2016 bid
SINGAPORE: The Olympic Council of Asia has endorsed the bid of Tokyo to host the Summer Games in 2016. 'Asia will always support any city from Asia,' Kuwait's Ahmad Fahad al-Sabah, the council president, said after a general assembly meeting in
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