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Olympic torch takes a wrong turn
The Olympic torch briefly took a wrong turn on Wednesday, delaying the flame’s relay across Britain by about ten minutes. The torch convoy muddled the route in Failand near Bristol, southwest England, a London Organising Committee of the Olympicand Paralympic Games (LOCOG) spokesman said. The relay was “in convoy mode” at the…
World Bank: China must act to prevent hard landing
China’s economic growth will ease further this year, presenting policy makers in Beijing with the challenge of preventing an excessively abrupt slowdown, the World Bank said in a report Wednesday. The bank warned slower expansion in China would ripple acrossAsia and the Pacific, but said the region remained resilient toEurope’s economic woes,…
U.S. Army Private goes on trial for planned base attack
A US soldier accused of plotting an attack on a military base after fleeing his post as a Muslim conscientious objector went on trial wearing a surgical mask and manacled to the floor. Courtroom security agents behind him wore protective goggles, an apparent reaction to an incident in which the…
Street lights disrupt ecosystem, says beetle study
Street lights have an unexpectedly strong effect on insect populations, favouring some species while punishing others, according to a study released Wednesday that raises new questions about human impact on wildlife. Researchers led by Thomas Davies at the University of Exeter, southwestern England, spent three days in August 2011 placing…
Cyber crooks cranking out new weapons, experts warn
Cyber criminals are cranking out new weapons at a brisk pace, tailoring malicious software for a spectrum of gadgets including smartphones, tablets, and Macintosh computers, a security firm said. A “threats report” released late Monday by McAfee showed that the number of new pieces of malicious code, or “malware,” targeting…
Egyptians vote in historic presidential election
CAIRO — Egyptians take to the polls on Wednesday in a historic presidential election contested by Islamists and secularists promising radically different futures for the country. The election is the final phase of a tumultuous transition overseen by the ruling military council after a popular uprising ousted longtime president Hosni…
‘Natural causes’ blamed for Peru dolphin deaths
LIMA — Nearly 900 dolphins that washed up along Peru’s northern coast since the start of the year died of natural causes, a top official said Tuesday, citing a government report. Environmental groups, however, remained unconvinced and said they were certain the massive dolphin die-off was linked to offshore oil…
Alert in Chile over half a million abandoned pigs
SANTIAGO — Chile declared a health alert at a site where 500,000 pigs, abandoned by a slaughtering company, were dying in large numbers until authorities stepped in Tuesday. Health Minister Jaime Manalich visited the plant in Freirina, 800 kilometers (500 miles) north of Santiago in the parched Atacama region, and…
U.S. regulators tell lawmakers of JPMorgan probes
WASHINGTON — Two US market regulators confirmed Tuesday they were investigating JPMorgan Chase’s $2 billion-plus trading loss in derivatives. In a Senate hearing on systemic risk in the vast market for derivatives, Gary Gensler, chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission, said the CFTC was pursuing a preliminary investigation…
Pictures show North Korea rocket launch upgrade
WASHINGTON — North Korea has undertaken a major upgrade of a launch pad that could pave the way for longer-range missiles, a research group said Tuesday, amid mounting concern over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. Satellite images show that North Korea has made “rapid progress” in the past year at its Musudan-ri…
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