CANBERRA, July 9, 2009 (Reuters) — Australia is adopting a cautious approach to dealing with Chinese allegations of spying against Shanghai-based staff of Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Friday. ... > full story
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
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/PERTH, July 8, 2009 (Reuters) — Chinese authorities are detaining Rio Tinto Ltd's top iron ore negotiator on suspicion of espionage and stealing state secrets, Australia said on Wednesday, threatening to strain already fraying ties. ... > full story
JAKARTA, July 8, 2009 (Reuters) — Indonesia's voters handed President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono a second five-year term on Wednesday, placing their faith in his firm hand on the economic tiller and his promises to quicken the pace of reform. ... > full story
LONDON, July 8, 2009 (Reuters) — Four employees of global mining giant Rio Tinto in Shanghai have been detained by Chinese authorities, the firm said on Tuesday. ... > 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 6, 2009 (Reuters) — Rioting in the China's restive far west region of Xinjiang killed 129 people, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Monday, sharply raising the government count of dead in the ethnic unrest. ... > full story
BEIJING, July 6, 2009 (Reuters) — China says a riot that shook the capital of western Xinjiang region Sunday was a plot against its power, after at least three people died in the eruption of ethnic unrest and authorities launched a crackdown. ... > full story
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Workers return to Granite City steel mill July 8, 2009 (St. Louis Business Journal) — About 800 workers are back to work at the U.S. Steel Corp. mill in Granite City, Ill., which had been idled since December.. . The steel industry ...
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 ...
Obama: Iran cannot be permitted to be nuke power July 2, 2009 (Boston Globe) — President Barack Obama says he is "not reconciled" to the idea of Iran obtaining a nuclear weapon within a year.. . The president told The ...
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