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Ghana court rejects request to release Argentina warship
Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)
A judge in Ghana on Thursday rejected a bid by Argentina to have one of its warships released from a port near Accra, where it is being held under a court order...
A tactile glove provides subtle guidance to objects in the vicinity
Oct 11, 2012 (SPX)
Researchers at HIIT and Max Planck Institute for Informatics show how computer vision -based hand tracking and vibration feedback on the user's hand can be used...
Ghana 'violating intl norms' over ship: Argentina
Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)
Argentina's defense ministry on Thursday accused Ghana of violating "international norms" by refusing to release one of its warships and said it was sending two...
Zambian man arrested for Chinese mine manager murder
Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)
Police in Zambia said Thursday they arrested a shaft operator at Collum Coal mine in connection with the death of mine manager Wu Shengzai in August. Wu, 50, wa...
Guatemala arrests nine in wake of deadly protest
Oct 11, 2012 (AFP)
Guatemalan authorities have arrested a colonel and eight soldiers over the alleged extrajudicial killings of eight Indian demonstrators at a protest last week, ...
German foreign minister due in China for talks
Oct 10, 2012 (AFP)
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will travel to China on Wednesday with a delegation of major business figures to mark 40 years of diplomatic relations...
Japan current account surplus up 4.2% in August
Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)
Japan's current account surplus expanded 4.2 percent in August from a year earlier, official data showed Tuesday, the first monthly rise since last year's quake...
China tipped to be 2nd biggest luxury market by 2017
Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)
China is set to become the world's second biggest market for luxury goods after the United States in five years, overtaking France, Britain, Italy and Japan, an...
Huawei's global ambitions come under a cloud
Oct 09, 2012 (AFP)
Chinese telecom firm Huawei's ambitions to become a global brand rivalling Apple and Samsung have been hit by a US report claiming that the company, founded by ...
Paraguay hopeful of return to Mercosur
Oct 08, 2012 (UPI)
Paraguayan President Federico Franco said the landlocked country's restoration to Mercosur was only a matter of time because the neighboring countries that engi...
Australian PM Gillard urges Japan FTA
Oct 08, 2012 (AFP)
Australia and Japan should "seal the deal" on a free trade agreement (FTA), Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Monday, adding no trade pact would be more natural...
China auction house holds first sale in Hong Kong
Oct 07, 2012 (AFP)
China's oldest auction house held its first sale in Hong Kong Sunday, underscoring an intensified competition between Chinese auctioneers and their foreign riva...
US manufacturers bringing work home from overseas
Oct 05, 2012 (SPX)
Increasingly, U.S. firms are moving or considering moving their manufacturing operations back to domestic soil from overseas, finds a new study co-authored by a...
Argentine retailers told to cut prices
Oct 05, 2012 (UPI)
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner ordered retailers to slash prices of commodities and basic food items as part of the government's widely publ...
Japan insurers stop China riot coverage: report
Oct 05, 2012 (AFP)
Big Japanese insurers have stopped covering firms against riots in China, a report said Friday, a move seen likely to hit investment there as the countries rema...
Russia denies sending high-tech spies to US
Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)
Russian diplomats and security chiefs denied Thursday sending their spies to the United States to purchase high-tech military electronics and detonators in fake...
China, S. Korea seen to attend IMF meeting in Japan
Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)
China and South Korea are expected to send their financial chiefs to meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank in Japan, despite their diplomat...
Australia and Mongolia mining cooperation?
Oct 04, 2012 (UPI)
Mongolian President Tsakhia Elbegdorj has encouraged Mongolian-Australian cooperation in Mongolia's mining boom. Elbegdorj, noting that Mongolian-Australian rel...
China slowdown hits services sector
Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)
Activity in China's non-manufacturing sectors hit a near two-year low last month, official figures showed, adding to concerns over a slowdown in the world's sec...
EU unveils measures to combat biopiracy
Oct 04, 2012 (AFP)
The European Union on Thursday set out proposals aimed at thwarting the illegal use of genetic resources and traditional medicine, a practice known as bio-pirac...
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