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HSBC chairman to become trade minister
(AFP)
AFP - HSBC chairman Stephen Green is quitting to become a government trade minister, the bank and Downing Street announced on Tuesday.
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Top US commander: Burning Quran endangers troops
(AP)
AP - The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warned Tuesday an American church's threat to burn copies of the Muslim holy book could endanger U.S. troops in the country and Americans worldwide.
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Egypt reactor failed in April says nuclear chief
(AP)
AP - Egypt's nuclear chief says there was a breakdown in the country's small Russian-built reactor last April but no radiation leaked out.
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NKorea frees 7 detained SKorean, Chinese fishermen
(AP)
AP - North Korea freed the crew Tuesday of a South Korean fishing boat seized a month ago, a sign the rivals may be talking behind the scenes to improve relations that have plummeted to their lowest point in years since the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship.
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EU OKs new financial supervision deal
(AP)
AP - The European Union agreed to create new financial oversight institutions Tuesday, hoping to prevent a repeat of the government debt crisis that nearly left Greece bankrupt and brought the European banking system to its knees.
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Ancient city by the sea rises amid Egypt's resorts
(AP)
AP - Today, it's a sprawl of luxury vacation homes where Egypt's wealthy play on the white beaches of the Mediterranean coast. But 2,000 years ago, this was a thriving Greco-Roman port city, boasting villas of merchants grown rich on the wheat and olive trade.
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Congo police arrest 3 men carrying elephant ivory
(AP)
AP - Police in southeastern Congo say they have arrested three men carrying six suitcases full of elephant tusks.
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Australia PM Gillard handed power by independents
(AFP)
AFP - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard retained power by a tiny, one-seat majority Tuesday after winning the backing of two key independent MPs in the first hung parliament in decades.
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Study: Aid after 2005 quake won trust in Pakistan
(AP)
AP - The influx of foreign aid after the 2005 Kashmir earthquake significantly increased survivors' trust in the West, according to new research that also suggests hard-line Islamist charities did little to help despite the publicity they generated.
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Commuters walloped by strikes in France, London
(AP)
AP - Strikes hobbled public transit across France and in London on Tuesday, with tourists and commuters bearing the brunt of a wave of discontent over government austerity measures.
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Afghan Elections: Candidates Flock to Kabul for Safety
(Time.com)
Time.com - More than 600 candidates are running for office out of Afghanistan's capital because it isn't safe to campaign in the provinces
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Uganda: Democratic Reform and Security Top U.S. Agenda
(Time.com)
Time.com - Pushing for electoral reform is tricky when the strongman in power is also a key ally against extremist violence
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Chavez's base, the poor, wobbles as election looms
(AP)
AP - On a hilltop overlooking Caracas, dozens of shacks made of wood scraps and corrugated zinc have risen among tall weeds — a new slum tacked on to an old one as the poor face harder times in Venezuela.
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The glittering Gulf states' dark labor secret
(The Christian Science Monitor)
The Christian Science Monitor - The rise of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf is a now-familiar tale. Tiny societies of pearl divers, coastal merchants, and nomadic Bedouin were transformed in the last half of the 20th century by oil and natural-gas wealth. Sparkling office towers and hotels sprang into the muggy air, the monarchs that rule these tiny emirates became bywords for financial excess, and newspapers described the region's economic "miracle."
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New Two-Hour TB Test
(OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - JOHANNESBURG, Sep 3 (PlusNews) - A new, accurate, easy-to-use test can
diagnose tuberculosis (TB) - including drug-resistant strains of the
disease - in less than two hours. It has the potential to save thousands
of lives in developing countries, where current tests are often
unreliable, take weeks to process, or are simply unavailable.
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China tells state companies to explore Potash bid
(Reuters)
Reuters - Chinese officials have ordered state companies to meet investment bankers to explore ways to block BHP Billiton's $39 billion bid for Potash Corp, a source with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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Settlers defy Netanyahu with vow to begin construction
(McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - JERUSALEM — Jewish settlers across the West Bank have vowed to begin construction in more than 60 locations, posing a direct challenge to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as he returned home from Thursday's first round of direct peace talks in Washington.
