Showing 61-70 of 77 results
-
Australian PM survives leadership challenge
AFP, Published on 27/02/2012
» Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard declared Monday the "political drama" was over after surviving a leadership challenge from Kevin Rudd, and vowed to re-focus on winning the next election.
-
S.Korea security unit on show before summit
AFP, Published on 27/02/2012
» Deploying a mixture of high-tech weaponry and high-kicking martial arts, an elite South Korean security force demonstrated Monday how it will protect dozens of world leaders at an upcoming Seoul summit.
-
HSBC net profit leaps 28% to $17 bn
AFP, Published on 27/02/2012
» Europe's largest bank HSBC announced surging annual net profits of almost $17 billion on Monday as growth in Asia and other emerging markets offset eurozone debt losses and costs linked to its US exit.
-
Global arms market hit $411 bn in 2010
AFP, Published on 27/02/2012
» The world's 100 largest arms dealers, excluding China, sold weapons and military services worth $411.1 billion dollars (310 billion euros) in 2010, a rise of one percent from 2009, a study published Monday said.
-
Bomb blast in Nepal capital kills three
AFP, Published on 27/02/2012
» At least three people were killed and seven wounded in an explosion near government offices in Kathmandu on Monday, police said, in the first bomb attack in the Nepali capital for three years.
-
S.Korea MP vows fast until death over N.Korea refugees
AFP, Published on 27/02/2012
» A South Korean legislator who has staged a week-long hunger strike outside China's embassy vowed Monday to fast until death unless Beijing ends its policy of repatriating North Korean refugees.
-
Nokia eyes China in smartphone comeback push
AFP, Published on 27/02/2012
» Mobile phone giant Nokia on Monday looked to a launch in China and a cameraphone "revolution" to help it stage a comeback in the fiercely competitive smartphone market after a dismal 2011.
-
Spanish judge Garzon acquitted in Franco-era crime probe
AFP, Published on 27/02/2012
» A court in Madrid acquitted Spain's renowned human rights judge Baltasar Garzon on Monday of breaching the terms of an amnesty by trying to investigate atrocities committed during the Franco era.
-
Terrorist Bashir jailed for 15 years
AFP, Published on 27/02/2012
» Indonesia's top court on Monday upheld a 15-year jail term against Islamist militant Abu Bakar Bashir for terrorist acts, reversing an earlier decision to slash the sentence to nine years.
-
Hunter Mahan in world golf top ten for 1st time
AFP, Published on 27/02/2012
» Hunter Mahan's win in the World Golf Championships Match Play in Arizona on Sunday has vaulted the American into the world top 10 for the first time.
Your recent history
-
Recently searched
-
Recently viewed links