Brazil court orders work on Amazon dam suspended A federal court in Brazil on Tuesday ordered that work on the huge Belo Monte dam in the Amazon be suspended, saying native communities affected by the controversial hydroelectric project must be heard.
17 August 2012
Addiction to heroin can be blocked: research Addiction to morphine and heroin can be blocked, according to research released Wednesday which could prove a major breakthrough in treating addicts and in pain relief treatments.
17 August 2012
Ecuador grants Assange asylum in confrontation with Britain Ecuador granted political asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Thursday, setting up a diplomatic confrontation with Britain, which angrily insisted it would extradite him to Sweden.
17 August 2012
Asylum-seekers 'force' Singapore ship to Australia A boatload of asylum-seekers picked up by a Singaporean merchant vessel after a distress call were Thursday accused of acting like pirates after forcing the captain to take them to Australia.
16 August 2012
US migrants sign up to Obama deportation deferral Long lines of undocumented immigrants sprang up across the US on Wednesday as thousands took advantage of President Barack Obama's decision to grant many of them temporary residency.
16 August 2012
US reality TV show accused of trivializing war An NBC television reality show featuring US celebrities competing in quasi-military drills is coming under fire from Nobel laureates and other critics who say the idea trivializes a deadly serious subject.
16 August 2012
Students occupy Chile schools in call for reforms Students demanding education reform briefly occupied two schools in the Chilean capital Monday, the latest move aimed at drawing attention to their cause.
16 August 2012
No decision yet on Assange asylum, Ecuador says Ecuador's President Rafael Correa on Tuesday denied a British media report that his country had granted asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
16 August 2012
Indian Sikhs push 'turban pride' The evening turban-tying class in the Sikh-dominated Indian city of Amritsar is packed with pre-teen boys learning a centuries-old tradition -- that religious leaders fear is under threat.
16 August 2012
Quadruple amputee prepares for Bering Strait swim Two silhouettes cut through the water a few hundred yards (metres) from a rainy, windswept beach bordering the flat grasslands near the small Inuit community of Wales, in the far west of Alaska.
15 August 2012
30 Chinese employees of Sinopec had a fight in dormitory in Atyrau 30 Chinese citizens working for Sinopec had a fight in a dormitory in Atyrau.
15 August 2012
Fukushima caused mutant butterflies: scientists Genetic mutations have been found in three generations of butterflies from near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant, scientists said Tuesday, raising fears radiation could affect other species.
15 August 2012
Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown dies at 90 Helen Gurley Brown, the saucy Cosmopolitan editor who delivered thousands of sex tips to single women and more than a few curious men, died Monday. She was 90.
14 August 2012
Russian Patriarch visits Poland as Pussy Riot verdict looms The first-ever visit by a Russian Orthodox Church head to deeply Catholic Poland begins Thursday, but the landmark trip risks being overshadowed by a verdict expected in Moscow in the Pussy Riot trial.
14 August 2012
Australia boatpeople plan wins crucial support Plans to transfer asylum-seekers who arrive in Australia by boat to Pacific states won crucial support Tuesday, with Prime Minister Julia Gillard saying they could be processed offshore within a month.
14 August 2012
Ecuador to respond to Assange asylum plea this week Ecuadoran President Rafael Correa said he expects to respond to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange's application for political asylum some time this week.
14 August 2012
In Europe, defences rise against Asian mosquito peril Behind air-tight doors in a lab in a southern French city, scientists in protective coveralls wage war against a fingernail-sized danger.
13 August 2012
Panel urges Australia to send boatpeople offshore Australia should transfer asylum-seekers offshore to places such as Nauru and Papua New Guinea to deter boatpeople from risking their lives at sea.
13 August 2012
Olympics: Fashion wins few medals in London Designer Giorgio Armani predicted that the London Olympics would be the most stylish ever, but fashion experts say there has been as much bad taste as elegance on display.
13 August 2012
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