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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...
Egypt's Mursi holds crisis talks over power grab
By Yasmine Saleh and Edmund Blair
CAIRO | Mon Nov 26, 2012 12:22pm EST
(Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi negotiated with senior judges on Monday to try to defuse a crisis over his seizure of new powers which set off violent protests...
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...