Cool reception for Australia's climate tax: poll
Australia's new carbon tax received a cool reception in a poll Monday, showing Prime Minister Julia Gillard's mechanism to tackle climate change is unpopular and her government on track to lose office.
Syrians bemoan failure of world talks on crisis
The opposition and state media on Sunday both branded an international plan for a transition in strife-torn Syria a failure, as the death toll for a weekend of violence topped 160.
03 July 2012 10:31
Nazarbayev invited to Macedonia
President of Macedonia Gjorge Ivanov personally invited his Kazakhstan counterpart to visit Macedonia.
Morsi takes Egypt helm, military pledges support
Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi began his first full day in office on Sunday with his powers circumscribed by the military as he tries to pick a new cabinet to carry out his campaign pledges.
Pena Nieto wins Mexico presidential vote: exit polls
Enrique Pena Nieto, the youthful candidate of the party that governed Mexico for decades, won a resounding victory Sunday in the country's presidential election, exit polls show.
02 July 2012 12:05
Kim Jong-Il ordered uranium bombs: reports
The late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il ordered his scientists to produce "a massive amount" of uranium bombs, according to internal regime documents, reports in Japan said Monday.
02 July 2012 11:32
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Natural riches at heart of Myanmar civil war
Poring over pictures of bullet-riddled bodies and charred villages, peace mediators say Myanmar's far north is writhing in the grip of a "resource war" with no end in sight.