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Report details extensive Walmart bribery in Mexico
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Retail giant Walmart aggressively bribed Mexican officials to get the necessary permits to open more than a dozen supermarkets across the country, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
Philippine birth control fight not over: bishops
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Philippine Catholic church leaders vowed Tuesday to overturn a birth control bill after lawmakers passed landmark legislation to make sex education and birth control more widely available.
Six polio workers shot dead in Pakistan
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Gunmen in Pakistan have killed six health workers at the start of a nationwide polio vaccination drive, officials said Tuesday, highlighting resistance to a campaign opposed by the Taliban.
ICC acquits Congolese ex-militia boss of war crimes
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» The International Criminal Court acquitted Congolese ex-militia boss Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui of war crimes Tuesday, ruling prosecutors had failed to prove his commanding role in the murder of 200 villagers in a 2003 attack using child soldiers.
Messi, Xavi, Puyol renew Barca deals
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Barcelona's Argentinian three-time Ballon D'Or winner Lionel Messi has agreed to renew his contract at the Spanish giants until June 2018, the club said Tuesday.
David hurtles into world squash quarter-finals
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Titleholder Nicol David showed how much she likes the music and warmth of the bay-side venue at Grand Cayman on Monday with an in-tune performance which carried her to the quarter-finals of the World Open in less than half an hour.
Napoli docked two points in match-fixing probe
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Napoli have been docked two points and fined 70,000 euros ($92,000, 57,000 pounds) in connection with a long-running probe into illegal betting, the Italian football federation (FIGC) said on Tuesday.
Philippine bishops up in arms over birth control bill
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Philippine Catholic leaders vowed Tuesday to overturn a birth control bill after lawmakers passed landmark legislation to make sex education and contraceptives more widely available.
Fresh Myanmar protest against Chinese mine
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Opponents of a Chinese-backed copper mine in northern Myanmar have resumed their protest just weeks after a violent police crackdown on demonstrators at the site, an activist said Tuesday.
Malaysia rescues Rohingya survivors
AFP, Published on 18/12/2012
» Kuala Lumpur _ Malaysia's maritime agency on Tuesday said it "rescued" 40 Myanmar shipwreck survivors, who are thought to be Muslim Rohingya fleeing ethnic violence who had been denied entry to Singapore.