Google faces more questions over how it dealt with other search engines
A new complaint about Google's alleged anti-competitive behaviour has been filed by specialist French search engine 1plusV.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
New Zealand earthquake: Death toll rises to 75
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key has declared a national state of emergency as the death toll from Tuesday's earthquake in Christchurch rose to 75.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
G20 meeting urged to act on food price inflation
What to do about the rising price of basic goods like food is likely to preoccupy the G20 meeting
The G20 is being urged to tackle the issue of price inflation affecting basic goods ahead of a two-day meeting which kicks off later.
Brazil bishops say reality TV is bad for society
Gyselle Soares has modelled in Paris after appearing on Big Brother Brazil
Brazil's Catholic bishops have criticised the country's popular reality TV shows.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Scientists build the world's first anti-laser
Traditional lasers rely on gain mediums to produce beams of coherent light
Physicists have built the world's first device that can cancel out a laser beam - a so-called anti-laser.
Bahrain urged to show restraint after bloody clampdown
Protesters prayed for injured comrades outside Salmaniya hospital in Manama late on Thursday
Washington has urged Bahrain to show restraint in dealing with protesters and called for meaningful reform in the small Gulf state kingdom.
Japan ends Antarctic whaling season early
The BBC's Roland Buerk says the rights and wrongs of whaling is not debated publicly in Japan
Now the fisheries minister says the fleet will return home.
Sea Shepherd said the decision was "great news".
"We will however stay with the Japanese ships until they return north and make sure that they're out of the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary," Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd group, told the Agence France-Presse news agency.
Commercial whaling was banned in 1986 but Japan uses a regulation permitting hunting for scientific research.
Iceland and Norway have lodged official objections to the ban and continue to hunt commercially.
'Unjustified interference' Japan had said it had suspended its hunt on 10 February. Normally the season continues until mid-March.
Announcing that whaling was being abandoned for this season, Japan's Farm and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano said: "Even now the mothership is being chased, and it is difficult to ensure the safety of the crew members."
Japan's fleet involves 180 people on four ships, with the aim to kill up to 945 whales in Antarctic waters during the southern winter season.
Japan says the aim is to study their impact on fish stocks.
Few Japanese eat whale regularly, but many object to what they see as unjustified foreign interference in a cultural tradition, the BBC's Roland Buerk in Tokyo reports.
Anti-whaling nations, led by Australia and New Zealand, and environmental groups say the hunts are cruel and unnecessary.
Australia is taking legal action in the International Court of Justice against Tokyo over whaling.
Japan has stopped its annual Antarctic whale hunt before the end of the season, saying "harassment" by US activists had made it impossible to continue.
The hunt had been halted temporarily last week, after the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society chased the Japanese fleet's mother ship.Now the fisheries minister says the fleet will return home.
Sea Shepherd said the decision was "great news".
"We will however stay with the Japanese ships until they return north and make sure that they're out of the Southern Ocean whale sanctuary," Paul Watson, founder of the Sea Shepherd group, told the Agence France-Presse news agency.
Commercial whaling was banned in 1986 but Japan uses a regulation permitting hunting for scientific research.
Iceland and Norway have lodged official objections to the ban and continue to hunt commercially.
'Unjustified interference' Japan had said it had suspended its hunt on 10 February. Normally the season continues until mid-March.
Announcing that whaling was being abandoned for this season, Japan's Farm and Fisheries Minister Michihiko Kano said: "Even now the mothership is being chased, and it is difficult to ensure the safety of the crew members."
The Legalities of Whaling
- Objection - A country formally objects to the International Whaling Commission (IWC) moratorium, declaring itself exempt. Example: Norway
- Scientific - A nation issues unilateral "scientific permits"; any IWC member can do this. Example: Japan
- Aboriginal - IWC grants permits to indigenous groups for subsistence food. Example: Alaskan Inupiat
Activists' ships have been harrying the fleet for weeks in the icy seas of Antarctica.
The Sea Shepherd Conservation Society says one of its boats has been blocking the main ship's stern loading ramp, preventing any harpooned whales from being loaded on to the ship. Japan's fleet involves 180 people on four ships, with the aim to kill up to 945 whales in Antarctic waters during the southern winter season.
Japan says the aim is to study their impact on fish stocks.
Few Japanese eat whale regularly, but many object to what they see as unjustified foreign interference in a cultural tradition, the BBC's Roland Buerk in Tokyo reports.
Anti-whaling nations, led by Australia and New Zealand, and environmental groups say the hunts are cruel and unnecessary.
Australia is taking legal action in the International Court of Justice against Tokyo over whaling.
US geologist loses China appeal over 'spy' conviction
Mr Xue says interrogators burned his arms with cigarettes
The eight-year jail sentence of a Chinese-born American geologist has been upheld by a Chinese court.
Egypt after Mubarak: Three ex-ministers arrested
Habib el-Adly has been blamed for deadly police violence during the protests
The authorities in Egypt have arrested three ex-ministers for corruption including the former Interior Minister, Habib el-Adly, judicial sources say.
Australian town becomes SpeedKills in safety campaign
Speed is becoming SpeedKills and resident Phil Down becomes Phil Slow Down
A small town in the Australian has decided to change it name for a month in a bid to boost road safety.
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Japan and India sign free-trade deal after sales slide
India and Japan represent the fast-growing new and stagnating old guard of the global economy
Japan and India have signed a free-trade agreement that will see tariffs on 94% of goods scrapped within a decade.
Cyber war threat exaggerated claims security expert
Electronic attacks will play a part in conventional conflict, but they are not wars says Schneier
The threat of cyber warfare is greatly exaggerated, according to a leading security expert.
UK soldier killed in Afghanistan blast named
L/Cpl Marshall had led his team in the discovery of a bomb-making factory shortly before he died
A soldier killed in a blast in southern Afghanistan on Monday has been named by the Ministry of Defence.
UK unemployment total rises again
Many analysts expect unemployment to rise this year because of public sector job cuts
UK unemployment rose by 44,000 to almost 2.5 million in the three months to the end of December, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has said.
US Senator Kerry says Raymond Davis inquiry to go on
Raymond Davis says the men were trying to hijack his vehicle at gunpoint
US Senator John Kerry has said a US man arrested for killing two Pakistani men will be subjected to a criminal inquiry at home if Islamabad released him.
Libya: Protests 'rock city of Benghazi'
Fourteen people were reportedly injured during the clashes in Benghazi
Hundreds of people have clashed with police and pro-government supporters in the Libyan city of Benghazi, reports say.
US immigration agent shot dead in Mexico attack
The US government is working with Mexican authorities to investigate the shooting
A US immigration and customs agent has been shot dead and a second wounded in an attack on their car in Mexico.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Stock futures flat as retail sales data eyed (Reuters)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures were little changed on Tuesday as investors remained wary of indexes at loft levels, although retail sales later in the morning could drive markets.
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