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Baby giant panda’s death in Tokyo sparks grief
The death of a baby panda in Japan stopped regular television programming and brought a Tokyo zoo director to tears on Wednesday, a week after its birth sent ripples of excitement across the nation. Newscasts had dedicated a nightly segment to the male cub’s daily activities since his birth on…
Russian parliament to vote on ‘web censorship’ bill
The Russian parliament was Wednesday set to vote into law a contentious bill that activists fear will introduce Internet censorship by blacklisting sites deemed as undesirable. The amendments to an existing information law are being promoted as a crackdown on child pornography, creating a federal register that would rule out…
Warlords enslave huge armies of child soldiers
UNITED NATIONS — More than 11,000 child soldiers were freed from military slavery last year, but the United Nations believes hundreds of thousands around the world remain at the mercy of warlords like Thomas Lubanga. The 14-year jail term ordered against Lubanga by the International Criminal Court on Tuesday is…
Mexico arrests two alleged Sinaloa drug cartel members
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — Two alleged senior members of the powerful Sinaloa Cartel who are wanted by the US Drug Enforcement Agency were arrested in Mexico’s crime capital Ciudad Juarez, officials said. The two suspects, identified as Fernando Arellano Romero and Daniel Franco Lopez, were arrested by a special Chihuahua…
Democracy still ‘preferable’ in Muslim nations, survey says
WASHINGTON — Democracy is still popular in six Muslim-majority countries, over a year after the Arab Spring, and the majority in some countries favors laws based on the Koran, according to a poll published Tuesday. The first two Muslim-majority nations to overthrow a dictator still “desire” democracy, with some 67…
U.S. regulators sue Peregrine Financial Group for fraud
NEW YORK — Eight months after the shock bankruptcy of MFGlobal, another respected futures brokerage, PFG, is being sued for fraud by US regulators in the latest black eye to confidence in futures trading. In a complaint filed Tuesday in an Illinois federal court, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission…
Megaupload offers U.S. deal on N. Zealand extradition
WELLINGTON — Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom on Wednesday offered to voluntarily leave New Zealand for the United States if prosecutors agree to release funds to bankroll his defence against online piracy charges. The deal would bypass lengthy extradition proceedings under way in New Zealand, which the German national complained were…
Romney says ‘nothing hidden’ in his taxes
WASHINGTON — White House hopeful Mitt Romney insisted Tuesday he had “nothing hidden” in his taxes as he tried to fend off a slew of attacks from President Barack Obama’s campaign over his offshore accounts. In an interview with Radio Iowa, the presumptive Republican nominee said his finances were legitimate…
Republicans: Health care repeal has bipartisan support
WASHINGTON — US lawmakers began five contentious hours of debate Tuesday over repealing the health care law, with Republicans insisting there is bipartisan support for wiping President Barack Obama’s landmark reforms from the books. Democrats have slammed the effort — the 31st vote to repeal part or all of the…
Mexico’s ruling party to demand vote buying probe
MEXICO CITY — President Felipe Calderon’s conservative National Action Party (PAN) will formally request that electoral officials probe allegations of vote buying in Mexico’s July 1 presidential election. Enrique Pena Nieto from the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) won the ballot by a solid margin, but opponents claim he engaged in…
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