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Indonesian maids in Hong Kong claim they are abused and underpaid
Hong Kong - Indonesian maids working in Hong Kong are physically and psychologically abused and paid illegally low wages, organizers of a campaign to punish rogue employers said Friday. Many of the city's 135,000 Indonesian maids are beaten by their ...

[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

Vietnam to discuss Mekong River with Thailand
Hanoi - Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung is to meet Friday with Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejajiva and plans to discuss the exploitation and use as well as the protection of the Mekong River, state media reported. The talks in Hanoi are al...

[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

ANALYSIS: Can world powers walk the climate walk fast enough?
L'Aquila, Italy - The world's greatest powers at last began to talk the talk on climate change when they met in the earthquake-ravaged Italian town of L'Aquila on Thursday. Now the question is whether they can walk the walk fast enough as they build ...

[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Europe (World) ]

300 hurt, thousands homeless after southwest China quake - Update
Beijing - An earthquake with a magnitude on the Richter scale of 6.0 struck south-western China, with an initial casualty toll of 336 injured included about 30 people in serious condition, Chinese state-run radio reported Friday. The quake struck Thu...

[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

No end in sight in talks on resolving Honduran crisis - Summary
San Jose - Meetings aimed at ending the political crisis in Honduras began Thursday at the home of Costa Rican President Oscar Arias, but hours later there was sign of any headway. Arias, who has taken on the role of mediator, hosted ousted Honduran ...

[Posted on : 2009-07-10 ] Category : [ World ]

EU official: Possible sanctions unless Iran resolves election issue
New York - European Union External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said Thursday that sanctions should be considered if Iran rejects talks to settle the dispute over results of last month's presidential elections. If nothing will happe...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

More than 300 injured quake in south-west China
Beijing - An earthquake with a magnitude on the Richter scale of 6.0 struck overnight in south-western China, with an initial casualty toll of 336 injured included 56 people in serious condition, China Daily reported early Friday on its website. The ...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ Asia (World) ]

US deports Bolivia's 'cocaine minister'
La Paz - A former interior minister of the dictatorship that ruled Bolivia from 1980-81 arrived in the South American country Thursday to serve a 30-year prison sentence in La Paz, after being deported from the United States. We acknowledge the work...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

US releases Iranian diplomats in Iraq - Summary
Tehran - The United States has released five Iranians it arrested in 2007 in Iraq, Iranian and US officials said Thursday. Iran's ambassador in Baghdad, Hassan Kazemi-Qmi, said the five were handed over to the Iraqi government and would later Thursda...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ Middle East (World) ]

US lawyer named registrar for Lebanon's Hariri tribunal
New York - David Tolbert, a lawyer with extensive experience in international criminal law, was Thursday appointed a registrar for the special tribunal prosecuting the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafik Hariri. Tolbert will begin w...

[Posted on : 2009-07-09 ] Category : [ US (World) ]

 

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