Wednesday, June 19, 2013   

British PM faces fresh test in Scotland by-election
07-24 23:51
Voters in Scotland have gone to the polls in a by-election, potentially holding the fate of their fellow Scot, Prime Minister Gordon Brown, in their hands....
Mandelson shrugs off French threat at WTO talks
07-24 23:42
European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson shrugged off French President Nicolas Sarkozy's threat to reject a WTO trade accord as it stood, saying th...
40 injured in Thai political clashes
07-24 23:25
About 40 political protesters were injured in violent clashes in Thailand's northeastern province of Udon Thani, police said. At least three protester...
Turkey bombs Kurdish targets in Iraq
07-24 21:30
Turkish warplanes bombed Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq overnight in the latest air raid in the region since mid-December, the military said. ...
50 Taleban, seven cops killed in Afghanistan
07-24 20:50
Afghan troops killed at least 34 Taleban in battle after militants ambushed an army convoy in the country's south, while 15 Taleban and seven police were kille...
British clampdown on illegal downloads
07-24 20:31
Britain's biggest internet providers have signed an agreement with the country's recording industry to clamp down on illegal downloading. Under the deal ...
EU to maintain Indonesian flight ban
07-24 20:21
The European Union will maintain a ban on all Indonesian airlines flying into its airspace because of safety concerns, the European Commission said. ...
Hurrican Dolly loses steam
07-24 19:24
Hurricane Dolly has been downgraded to a tropical storm after it lashed Texas with 160 kilometer ( per hour winds and left 250,000 people without drinking water...
Moseley wins damages
07-24 18:54
World motorsport chief Max Mosley won his privacy court case at London's High Court against a British newspaper which alleged he had taken part in a Nazi...
Cambodia urges withdrawing troops in Thai dispute
07-24 17:36
Cambodia called for all soldiers to be withdrawn from the disputed border area near an ancient temple at the center of a weeklong military standoff with Thaila...
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