L'AQUILA, Italy, July 9, 2009 (Reuters) — Africa takes center stage at the Group of Eight summit on Friday, with wealthy nations eager to reassure critics they will honor past aid pledges and approve a new $15 billion agriculture program. ... > full story
BEIJING, July 9, 2009 (Reuters) — Hundreds of people were injured and thousands of homes damaged by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake in southwest China's Yunnan province on Thursday, Xinhua news agency said. ... > full story
URUMQI, China, July 9, 2009 (Reuters) — Chinese President Hu Jintao, forced to abandon a G8 summit in Italy by ethnic violence in restive Xinjiang, said that maintaining social stability in the energy-rich region was the "most urgent task," state television reported on Thursday. ... > full story
BEIJING/SYDNEY, July 9, 2009 (Reuters) — China said on Thursday detained staff from Australian miner Rio Tinto had harmed China's economic interests in a case that has rattled currency markets and raised questions about China-Australia relations. ... > full story
OXFORD, July 7, 2009 (Reuters) — Public awareness about the "catastrophe" of climate change is not high enough to pressure politicians into taking action, former Vice President Al Gore said on Tuesday. ... > full story
UNITED NATIONS, July 6, 2009 (Reuters) — The U.N. Security Council on Monday condemned North Korea's latest ballistic missile launches as a violation of council resolutions and a threat to regional and international security. ... > full story
ROME, July 6, 2009 (Reuters) — Italy, France and Britain called on Monday for major developing economies like China and India to sign up for a goal of halving the world's greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 at this week's expanded G8 summit in Italy. ... > full story
WASHINGTON, July 6, 2009 (Reuters) — Israel has a sovereign right to decide what is in its best interest in dealing with Iran's nuclear ambitions whether the United States agrees or not, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden said in an interview on Sunday. ... > full story
BEIJING, July 5, 2009 (Reuters) — Flooding and heavy rain in southern China have forced 550,000 people to evacuate their homes and killed at least 15, Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday. ... > full story
SEOUL, July 3, 2009 (Reuters) — North Korea may test mid-range missiles or fire more short-range missiles to step up saber rattling that has raised regional tension, a South Korean daily said on Friday. ... > full story
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Mothballed Ferrochrome Capacity May Be Restored July 9, 2009 (AllAfrica.com) — STRENGTHENING demand for ferrochrome is encouraging SA's major ferrochrome producers to bring mothballed capacity back on line, they said ...
'Weapons-laden' N Korea ship expected home July 5, 2009 (Australian Broadcasting Company) — South Korean media says a North Korean ship suspected of carrying banned weapons is expected to return to its home port today.. . The Kang Nam 1 ...
Mullen: A strike on Iran would be 'very destabilizing' July 5, 2009 (Jerusalem Post) — Both a US strike on Iran, and the Islamic republic attaining nuclear weapons would be "very destabilizing," chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff ...
Missile tests 'isolate N Korea' July 3, 2009 (SkyNews, New Zealand) — North Korea must stop testing missiles, with the country's provocative actions only serving to isolate it further, Defence Minister John Faulkner ...
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