• Asia gasoline ends four-day climb on slow-demand concern

    26/10/2009 05:00

    Asia gasoline on Monday snapped a four-day advance amid speculation crude oil’s climb above $80 a barrel isn’t justified. Benchmark 92-RON gasoline fell $1.15, or 1.4 percent, to $81.15 a barrel, the biggest drop since Oct. 5,...

  • Japan, Australia ‘test’ Asia leaders with trade plans

    26/10/2009 05:00

    Japan and Australia outlined competing visions for an East Asian trade bloc during a 16-nation summit in Thailand, offering plans that differ on what role the US will play. Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd discussed his idea for an...

  • Tunisia’s Ben Ali wins landslide election victory

    Tunisia’s Ben Ali wins landslide election victory

    26/10/2009 05:00

    Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has seized a strong lead over three other candidates in Sunday’s presidential election, the Interior Ministry said on Monday. Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife Leila (L) greet...

  • Obama vows to "never rush" Afghan troops decision despite growing pressure

    Obama vows to "never rush" Afghan troops decision despite growing pressure

    26/10/2009 05:00

    U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Monday that he “will never rush” on the decision on whether to send more U.S. troop to Afghanistan. U.S. President Barack Obama departs for a two-day trip to Florida from the White House in Washington,...

  • Merkel’s party nods coalition’s policy

    Merkel’s party nods coalition’s policy

    26/10/2009 05:00

    German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s party, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), on Monday approved the policy platform of the new coalition government for the next four years. German Chancellor and head of the conservative Christian Democratic...

  • De facto Honduran president’s nephew killed

    De facto Honduran president’s nephew killed

    26/10/2009 05:00

    The nephew of de facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti had been shot and killed in the north of the country, police reported Monday. Investigator examines body of de facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti’s nephew Enzo Micheletti at...

  • Thirty-one on gang crime trial in SW China

    Thirty-one on gang crime trial in SW China

    25/10/2009 05:00

    Thirty-one people went on trial Monday on charges of gang-related crimes in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality. Li Qiang (C) is escorted to Chongqing No. 5 Intermediate People’s Court in Chongqing, China, Oct. 26, 2009. Thirty-one...

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