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Taiwan police crackdown on illegal slaughterhouse The China Post/ANN | Sat Dec 22 2012 Six suspects were arrested for allegedly selling pork from dead and sick swine. Taipei, December 22, 2012 Police have cracked down on an illegal slaughterhouse in Pingtung, arresting six suspects for...

Dollar falls after Obama victory, losses seen limited By Jessica Mortimer LONDON | Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:37am EST (Reuters) - The dollar fell on Wednesday after U.S. President Barack Obama's re-election for a second term was seen ensuring Federal Reserve quantitative easing will stay in place...

Laos holds groundbreaking ceremony for contentious Mekong dam By Annie Chenaphun XAYABURI, Laos | Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:37am EST (Reuters) - Laos held a groundbreaking ceremony on Wednesday for a $3.5 billion hydropower dam on the Mekong River that is opposed by environmentalists and neighboring...

New Georgia government detains army general, ex-minister By Margarita Antidze TBILISI | Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:54am EST (Reuters) - The Georgian government detained the armed forces' chief of staff on Wednesday on suspicion of abuse of power, stepping up what the opposition says is political...

Unable to copy it, China tries building own jet engine By David Lague and Charlie Zhu HONG KONG | Tue Oct 30, 2012 6:05am EDT (Reuters) - China has designed nuclear missiles and blasted astronauts into space, but one vital technology remains out of reach. Despite decades of research and...

Pakistan PM asks Swiss to reopen graft case against president ISLAMABAD | Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:56am EST (Reuters) - Pakistan's prime minister has asked Swiss authorities to reopen an old corruption case against President Asif Ali Zardari, succumbing to pressure from the country's increasingly...

Bahrain revokes nationality of 31 over national security DUBAI | Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:59am EST (Reuters) - The Bahraini government, facing an uprising led by its Shi'ite majority, has revoked the nationality of 31 men for damaging national security, state news agency BNA reported on Wednesday...

Turkey to request NATO missile defense on Syria border ANKARA | Wed Nov 7, 2012 6:44am EST (Reuters) - Turkey is to make an imminent official request to NATO to station Patriot missiles along its border with Syria, a senior Turkish foreign ministry official said on Wednesday. NATO-member...

Obama victory spells trouble for Israel's Netanyahu By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM | Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:06am EST (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu faces an even more awkward time with Washington and re-energized critics at home who accused him on Wednesday of backing the...

Bangladesh boat carrying migrants sinks, many missing TEKNAF, Bangladesh | Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:22am EST (Reuters) - A boat carrying about 110 Bangladeshis and Rohingya Muslims from neighboring Myanmar sank in the Bay of Bengal on Wednesday as they were heading to Malaysia and about half of...

Czech government survives confidence vote over tax hikes PRAGUE | Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:47am EST (Reuters) - The Czech center-right government survived a confidence vote on Wednesday when the lower house of parliament approved a package of tax rises that will be used to cut the 2013 budget...

Daughter of Gaddafi's ex-spy chief says jailed father very sick By Hadeel Al Shalchi TRIPOLI | Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:54am EST (Reuters) - The daughter of Muammar Gaddafi's ex-spy chief is concerned her father may not be getting treatment for his cancer and has not seen a lawyer since being...

Libyan wartime leader Jalil faces questioning over killing By Ghaith Shennib BENGHAZI, Libya | Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:52am EST (Reuters) - A Libyan court on Wednesday ordered Mustafa Abdel Jalil, former political leader of rebels who toppled Muammar Gaddafi last year, to be questioned by military...

One dead, dozens trapped in Ghana shopping mall collapse By Kwasi Kpodo ACCRA | Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:52am EST (Reuters) - A four-storey building housing a department store in Ghana's capital Accra collapsed on Wednesday, killing at least one person and trapping dozens inside, emergency...

Greece faces protests as lawmakers vote on austerity By Karolina Tagaris and Renee Maltezou ATHENS | Wed Nov 7, 2012 8:31am EST (Reuters) - The Greek government overcame divisions on Wednesday to defeat an early challenge to an austerity package needed to secure vital international aid, but...

Fed to keep buying bonds despite firmer U.S. growth Reuters – 19 minutes ago U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke talks at the Economic Club of Indiana in Indianapolis October 1, 2012. REUTERS/Brent Smith By Pedro Nicolaci da Costa WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve...

Singapore Daily Bulletin – 08/10/12 Shares Investment Global Risks Flag Danger Of Entrenched Economic Weakness Apart from the wide affirmation that Singapore have entered into a “technical” recession, pending only the gross domestic product data to be released on Friday to confirm it, more...

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Obama Seeks Second Term on Harder Path to Better Place By Julianna Goldman - Sep 7, 2012 2:42 PM GMT+0800 Four years after the nation made history by electing him the first African-American president, Barack Obama asked for a second term with a pledge to keep rebuilding a battered economy in a...

Oracle to appeal U.S. copyright damages case: SAP The company logo is shown at the headquarters of Oracle Corporation in Redwood City, California February 2, 2010. Picture taken February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Robert Galbraith STUTTGART (Reuters) - U.S. business software maker Oracle has launched...