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News Corp. wins EU antitrust approval for controversial BSkyB deal
BRUSSELS — European regulators have cleared the controversial £7.8-billion takeover offer by Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp. for pay-TV giant BSkyB. The EU green light is purely concerned with competition issues, given the two companies have limited direct crossover. However the takeover remains subject to hot political debate given the highly…
US seeking to expand raids into Pakistan: report
Top US military commanders in Afghanistan are seeking to expand ground raids by Special Operations Forces across the lawless border in Pakistan’s tribal areas, The New York Times reported Monday. Amid growing US frustration with Pakistan’s lackluster efforts at removing militants from strongholds there, the officials are proposing to escalate…
South Korea stays on guard despite North Korea concessions
A wary South Korea stayed on guard against North Korea Tuesday, with jet fighters and warships deployed, a day after the communist state backed off from threats of attack over a live-fire exercise. Washington and Seoul expressed scepticism at another reported concession by Pyongyang — an agreement to reopen its…
Japan bio-scientists produce ‘singing mouse’
Japanese scientists said Tuesday they had produced a mouse that tweets like a bird in a genetically engineered “evolution” which they hope will shed light on the origins of human language. A team of researchers at the University of Osaka created the animal in their “Evolved Mouse Project”, in which…
Obama woos senators on START nuclear treaty
A landmark US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty faced a key test vote in the US Senate as early as Tuesday as President Barack Obama ramped up pressure on wary lawmakers to back the accord. Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton wooed Republicans by telephone, lawmakers…
Pentagon says no timeline yet on ending gay ban
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon on Monday said it was unclear how soon the repeal of a ban on openly gay troops could be carried out after Congress scrapped the law in a ground-breaking vote. Defense officials had to first review and revise policies and make other preparations to reflect the…
NY cabbies to wear bullet-proof vests
NEW YORK — A handful of New York cabbies are to wear bullet-proof vests as part of a pilot program in response to assaults on drivers, their representative said Monday. Initially, a dozen police-issue flak jackets, which fit under a shirt or jacket, will be given to drivers of livery…
Fatah asked Israel to attack Hamas: WikiLeaks
JERUSALEM — Members of Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas’ Fatah party asked Israel to attack rival Palestinian movement Hamas in 2007, diplomatic cables leaked by secrets site WikiLeaks show. The latest batch of cables quote the head of Israel’s Shin Bet security agency as telling US officials that “demoralized” Fatah officials…
US calls Belarus election results illegitimate, condemns crackdown on protesters
The United States said Monday it did not consider results of the elections in Belarus legitimate, as violence broke out after President Alexander Lukashenko was declared the winner by a landslide. The Obama administration also warned that treatment meted out to protesters by the authorities was “disproportionate” and warned escalating…
US to China: Don’t use rare earths as ‘weapon’
The United States called for China not to use controls over lucrative rare earth metals as a “weapon,” concluding that Beijing likely curbed exports to Japan due to political reasons. China produces more than 95 percent of rare earth products, which are critical to manufacturing 21st-century goods from iPods to…
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