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Asia is world’s top weapons importer
Asia leads the world when it comes to weapon imports, according to a study released Monday by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI). Globally the volume of international transfers of majorconventional weapons was 24 percent higher in the period 2007-11 compared to the 2002-06 period, the report said. Over the past five…
China firm sacks four over diseased ducks scandal
A leading Chinese poultry company said on Monday it had sacked four employees suspected of being involved in a food safety scandal that saw diseased ducks sold to unsuspecting consumers. The case is the latest in a long list of high-profile food safety problems to hit China that have included pork deliberately laced with chemicals, dyed buns…
New York baseball team trial looms over Madoff money
The owners of the New York Mets baseball team were set to go on trial Monday in a crucial test of attempts to recoup billions of dollars lost during Ponzi conman Bernard Madoff’s fraud. The official trustee seeking to help defrauded investors will try to persuade a jury that the Mets owners were…
NATO must probe, pay for errors in Libya: Amnesty
NATO must investigate the killing of dozens of civilians during its air campaign in Libya last year and provide reparations to the people affected, Amnesty International said on Monday. “Adequate investigations must be carried out and full reparation provided to victims and their families,” said the rights group in a statement released one year after the first…
Web-apps key to Blackberry comeback: developer
By The Guardian How can RIM get its mojo back for developers? The company’s technical director of the BlackBerry Web Platform Laurent Hasson gave a keynote speech at the London Web Summit this morning outlining why web-apps may be the key to BlackBerry’s comeback. He started by admitting that a…
Gunman kills four at French Jewish school
A gunman burst into a Jewish school in France on Monday, shooting dead three children and a teacher in the third deadly gun attack in a week by a man who made his escape on a motorbike. The children, aged three, six and 10, and a 30-year-old religious education teacher were mowed down…
China ‘in for bumpy ride’ as new generation prepares to take power
The ousting of leadership contender Bo Xilai may be a sign of trouble ahead as once-a-decade power transition approaches. It was the greatest political upheaval in years, but it may not be the last. China’s dramatic ousting of the leadership contender Bo Xilai on Friday may have been an anomaly…
North Korea seeking to develop nuclear missile, Seoul says
South Korea accused North Korea on Monday of trying to develop a nuclear-armed missile through a satellite launch next month, after Pyongyang dismissed international calls to abandon the exercise. “Our government defines North Korea’s so-called working satellite launch plan as a grave provocation to develop a long-distance delivery means for…
Far-left firebrand Jean-Luc Mélenchon calls for a ‘civic insurrection’ in France
Leader of Leftist Front makes gains in French presidential race but François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy still likely to top polls. Jean-Luc Mélenchon, the charismatic far-left firebrand whose anti-capitalist stance has seen him rise sharply in the French presidential polls, on Sunday told a vast Paris street rally that France…
Romney wins Puerto Rico Republican primary
Mitt Romney scored a resounding win in Puerto Rico’s Republican primary, gaining momentum in the hotly contested White House race. With 34 percent of the precincts reporting, the former Massachusetts governor had more than 83 percent of the vote, according to the State Elections Commission, or CEEPR, in the US…
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