CAIRO Until a few weeks ago, state media described Mohamed ElBaradei, the Egyptian Nobel Peace Prize laureate and just-retired head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, as a credit to his country. He was seen as a man who had dared speak tru
House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, saying quality journalism was essential to U.S. democracy, said eventually government would have to help resolve the problems caused by a failing business model. Waxman, other U.S. lawmakers
Former Commons Speaker Lord Martin has said MPs were bullied into referring their expense claims for investigation.Lord Martin, who quit over his handling of the expenses crisis, spoke during a Lords debate on setting up a standards commissioner f
A group of developing nations has agreed a common position in a bid to pressure rich countries during crunch climate talks in Copenhagen after low-key talks in China, state media said Sunday. Representatives from China, India, Brazil, South Africa a
BEIJING - A Chinese court has started to hear the first civil lawsuit seeking compensation for last year's tainted milk scandal, state-run media reported Saturday. A district court in Beijing on Friday began hearing a case filed by Ma Xuexin, whose
US retailers will on Friday unleash a traditional barrage of post-Thanksgiving holiday shopping promotions, with the National Retail Federation expecting 134m Americans to head for the stores. This year however, the retailers have reinforced their t
FLORENCE, Nov 24 - It sounds fairly benign in English, but in Italian clandestino has become a term of hot debate. Clandestinosare the illegals in Italy's immigration debate. It's the word for thecountry's million-plus immigrants without papers.
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