Tuesday 7 September 2010 Nearly 50 people were arrested when police broke up a meeting organized by a broad coalition of groups campaigning for political change in the country. Amnesty International has called for an end to the harassment of human rights defenders and political act...

Die österreichische Finanzmarktaufsicht (FMA) warnt erneut vor unseriösen Finanzdienstleistern. In einer Bekanntmachung im Amtsblatt der Wiener Zeitung wies die Behörde heute darauf hin, dass folgende Finanzdienstleister keine Konzession der FMA besitzen: die International Trade Corporation mit vermeintlichem Sitz in Oregon, die Lehman Co. Global Group Inc., angeblich aus Toronto sowie die Gold...

While Laurence Olivier was on the veranda petting the heads of one of his many pool boys, his wife Vivien Leigh was out leasing peen at the local gas station/whore house. This is according to a new ESCANDALOSO (not really) biography that claims the late Vivien Leigh was "a bi-polar and bi-sexual nympho." File this under: We were all Vivien Leigh in our past lives. Hell, I think most of you are ...

C'est à deux pâtés de maison de Ground zero, où se trouvaient les tours du World Trade Center, avant le 11 septembre, qu'est prévue la construction…

A review of Merchants of Doubt: How a Handful of Scientists Obscured the Truth on Issues from Tobacco Smoke to Global Warming, by Naomi Oreskes and Erik M. Conway. Extremist scientists, funded by trade associations and fearful of a regulatory state, have attacked all efforts to trace environmental maladies back to corporate chemicals, say Oreskes and Conway

Shake Weight hottie Lindsey Reese isn't just a model in those crazy commercials -- she "choreographed" the routine! Reese, who is a physical trainer by trade, gave us the hard sell outside Boa in West Hollywood last night -- and yes, she even… Read more

HE was dubbed the Tony Soprano of Australia's cocaine trade. Alen Moradian's home was decorated with loads of flashy bling.

This afternoon, after his Town Hall with young African leaders, the President met with high-level officials from thirty-two African countries, the African Union, and other regional organizations as part of the ninth annual African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) Trade and Economic Cooperation Forum.  The Forum brings together high-level officials and business leaders to advance trade and econ...

The campaign of national strikes is being drawn up by trade union leaders and will begin in the autumn - on the same day that chancellor George Osborne will disclose plans to cut £83billion off public spending.

In one of the most active trade deadlines in memory, a number of teams made pickups notable not just for their quality, but for their low price. At the other end of the spectrum, a number of contenders with holes sat out the deal-making, to their detriment, and one made themselves worse with a deal. Here are the trade deadline winners and losers:

Prime Minister David Cameron has called for a “stronger, wider and deeper” relationship between Britain and India.

La coque d'un navire a été trouvée mardi sur le site des attentats du 11 Septembre. Le bateau aurait servi lors des grands travaux de remblai de Manhattan, au XVIIIe siècle.

China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Machinery and Electronic Products, a national industry association, is assisting and organizing computer modem manufacturers in their defense against an ongoing European Union (EU) trade probe into the alleged dumping of their products.

Nearly nine years after 9/11, highest bidders on One World Trade Center may have ties to worst attack on U.S. soil• VIDEO: World Trade Center Controversy• YOU DECIDE: Should Arab Royals Bid on WTC Site?

Public sector unions to hold rallies around country in protest against spending cuts.

Her name is Emiko and she's a genetically modified sex slave programmed by Japanese gene rippers to serve and obey. Also known as the "Windup Girl," Emiko inhabits the surreal, but not entirely far-fetched, bioengineered futurescape created by first-time novelist Paolo Bacigalupi. His book captivated sci-fi aficionados last year, when it was named one of 2009's best novels by Time magazine...

While Asus is making headlines in the tablet category, it’s also revamping its netbook offerings.The company announced today that it will be opening an app store for netbooks…

Lorises, tiny nocturnal primates found in southern Asia, are increasingly at risk due to illegal wildlife trade and their use in traditional Asian medicine, a new study finds.Every year, according to research published in the American Journal of Primatology , thousands of lorises are caught for use in traditional medicine. In countries like Cambodia it is believed that eating loris fl...

Italy’s main leftwing trade union federation threatened to call a one-day general strike next month in protest against the centre-right government’s austerity package that Silvio Berlusconi declared was necessary to defend the euro

Left parties today attacked the government for trying to open up retail trade to foreign direct investment, saying the Congress itself had opposed this in 2006.

South Korea’s President unleashed a stinging trade salvo against his northern neighbour yesterday, severing almost all business ties between the two countries as the US announced naval exercises off the Korean peninsula.

South Korea on Monday halted trade with North Korea as part of a package of reprisals for the sinking of one of its warships, drawing strong US support but threats of attack from the communist state.

The United States will continue to pressure China on strengthening its intellectual property rights (IPR) protection and adjusting some industrial policies during the bilateral talks, U.S. Trade representative Ronald Kirk said on Tuesday in Washington DC. Washington's next step is to pressure Beijing on its IPR regime and better its industrial sector policies on areas like indigenous inn...

Thousands of Standard Chartered bankers will be able to swap their BlackBerrys for iPhones as Apple continues to make inroads into the corporate market.

The Yankees have an "Ace," and the Angels don't. Really, that's been the difference in this ALCS so far. The Yankees' CC Sabathia has dispensed two xerox masterpieces, a pair of dominant eight-inning, low-hit, one-run performances, and the guys who were runners-up in the off-season CC Sweepstakes have had no one to match him. So Mike Scioscia's overpowered guys...