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More problems for China’s Foxconn over workers’ pay (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Reuters - Chinese electronics maker Foxconn, a key manufacturer of iPhones and iPads for Apple, has been hit by a new staff dispute, with employees saying they protested this week…

Cuba to free two more political prisoners (Reuters)

November 13th, 2010

The Ladies in White, a group of family members of imprisoned dissidents, march during their weekly protest in Havana November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Desmond BoylanReuters - Cuba will soon release two of 13 political prisoners who had rejected a government deal to leave the country in exchange for freedom, the Catholic Church said on…

Europe faces prospect of more bailouts (AP)

November 11th, 2010

Ireland's Central Bank Governor Patrick Honohan  walks to The Irish Paliament in Dublin  Wednesday Nov. 10, 2010. Ireland's financial troubles loomed large Wednesday as investors  betting that the country soon could join Greece in seeking a bailout from the European Union  dumped Irish bonds and drove the interest rate on the country's borrowing to a new high. (AP Photo/Julien Behal/PA)  **  UNITED KINGDOM OUT    **AP - Europe’s government debt crisis intensified Thursday as worries grew that the continent’s most financially troubled countries, mainly Ireland and Portugal, will need a bailout to avoid bankruptcy just…

Jump in China inflation paves way for more tightening (Reuters)

November 11th, 2010

Reuters - Chinese inflation sped to a 25-month high in October and bank lending blew past expectations, highlighting the challenge faced by Beijing as it battles to keep a lid…

Obama: more effort needed to improve Muslim ties (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday much more needs to be done to repair frayed U.S. relations with the Muslim world in an acknowledgement of the difficulties in…

Palestinian groups hold more reconciliation talks (Reuters)

November 9th, 2010

Reuters - Representatives of the rival Hamas and Fatah groups met in the Syrian capital Damascus on Tuesday in a second round of talks designed to try and narrow divisions…

Palestinians to give U.S. peace effort more time (Reuters)

November 4th, 2010

Reuters - The Palestinians will give the United States several more weeks to try to relaunch direct peace talks with Israel, but will not buckle on their key demand for…

French union to propose more pension protests (Reuters)

November 3rd, 2010

French CGT labour union head Bernard Thibault listens during a Reuters interview at his offices in Montreuil, near Paris, November 3, 2010. Thibault said protests over a two-year increase in France's retirement age would not end until President Nicolas Sarkozy invites unions for talks on modifying the law.  REUTERS/Jacky Naegelen   (FRANCEPOLITICS - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT)Reuters - France’s CGT trade union will propose a new national day of protests against an unpopular pension reform, even as the government hopes to move on from the issue,…

Explosions kill more than 30 in Iraqi capital (Reuters)

November 2nd, 2010

Lebanese Christian priest and residents light candles for the victims of the attack on Our Lady of Salvation church of Baghdad, during a sit-in held in front of the Martyrs square in Beirut November 2, 2010. At least seven Iraqi Catholics died on Sunday when police stormed a Baghdad church where gunmen were holding dozens of parishioners hostage, threatening to kill them if al Qaeda prisoners were not released. REUTERS/Jamal Saidi   (LEBANON - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS RELIGION)Reuters - At least 10 explosions rocked mainly Shi’ite areas of the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, killing more than 30 people two days after al Qaeda militants caused a bloodbath…

Guantanamo Canadian to serve 8 more years in prison (Reuters)

October 31st, 2010

Reuters - A U.S. war crimes tribunal Sunday sentenced Canadian captive Omar Khadr to 40 years in prison for charges that included murdering an American soldier in battle, but his…