Monthly Archives: July 2011

SYDNEY (AFP) – The first shipment of Australian cattle to Indonesia following the lifting of a cruelty-linked ban will arrive in the second week of August, major exporter Elders said Friday. The 3,000-head consignment was approved under a strict new … Continue reading →

OTTAWA (Reuters) – Tobacco companies suffered a major defeat in Canada on Friday when the Supreme Court ruled the federal government is not liable for damages from health-related lawsuits, possibly amounting to many billions of dollars. The tobacco industry — … Continue reading →

QUETTA, Pakistan – Gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying minority Shiite Muslims in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, killing 11 of them in a sectarian attack, police said. Two people were also wounded in the attack in Quetta, the capital … Continue reading →

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras – Honduras authorities say they have recovered 7.3 tons (6.6 metric tons) of cocaine from a semi-submersible craft seized off the country’s Caribbean coast. Presidential guard chief Col. Rene Osorio says officials had earlier recovered 2.7 tons (2.5 … Continue reading →

This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in Tages Anzeiger. (ZURICH) – The view of Zurich from up here is … Continue reading →

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) – Gunmen opened fire on a vehicle in Pakistan’s southwestern Baluchistan province on Saturday, killing 11 Shi’ite Muslims and wounding three in a suspected sectarian attack, police said. A woman was also among the dead in the … Continue reading →

PARIS (Reuters) – The pilots at the helm of Air France flight AF447, which crashed into the Atlantic in 2009, could still have saved the situation after the jet lost its speed data, the head of France’s BEA authority said … Continue reading →

AMMAN (Reuters) – Syrian forces shot dead at least 20 civilians in attacks on pro-democracy demonstrations across the country Friday, the Syrian human rights organization Sawasiah said. Syrians in their thousands took to the streets nationwide for the 17th consecutive … Continue reading →

ISTANBUL (Reuters) – Turkey faced turmoil within its military on Saturday after the country’s four most senior commanders quit in protest over the detention of 250 officers on charges of conspiring against Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan’s government. Chief of General … Continue reading →