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Megaupload N. Zealand extradition case delayed Megaupload boss Kim Dotcom's extradition case against US authorities has been delayed until next year amid legal wrangling in New Zealand over evidence disclosure.
10 July 2012
A painting of Mahatma Gandhi as part of Independence Day celebrations. ©REUTERS/Babu Babu India buys Gandhi archive to halt auction The Indian government has stepped in to buy a collection of thousands of letters, papers and photos relating to Indian independence icon Mahatma Gandhi ahead of its planned auction in London.
10 July 2012
Kenki Sato of Japan riding Hop and Skip competes. ©REUTERS/Caren Firouz Olympics: Meditating Buddhist monk saddles up for London He'd prefer enlightenment to a medal, but when Japan's horse-riding Buddhist monk Kenki Sato saddles up for London 2012, he'll be representing one of the Olympics' more unusual families.
10 July 2012
Dictator's daughter runs for S. Korea presidency Park Geun-Hye, the daughter of a former South Korean dictator, Tuesday formally announced her bid to become the country's first woman president and vowed to work for a fairer economy.
10 July 2012
Suu Kyi makes Myanmar parliamentary debut Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi made her historic parliamentary debut Monday, marking a new phase in her near quarter century struggle to bring democracy to her army-dominated homeland.
10 July 2012
Clinton in Mongolia as parties dispute vote results US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Mongolia Monday as part of an Asian tour aimed at promoting democracy, as local politicians were locked in dispute over recent elections.
10 July 2012
Photo courtesy of advisorone.com Australians being fleeced by fake investment schemes Australians have been fleeced out of more than Aus$113 million (US$115 million) in the last five years by complex fake investment schemes run by overseas criminal gangs.
09 July 2012
WHO finds virus link to Cambodia mystery disease Health experts working to identify an illness that has killed dozens of children in Cambodia found a link to a virus that causes hand, foot and mouth disease.
09 July 2012
Japan reactor back to full power after nuke shutdown A nuclear reactor in western Japan began full operations Monday, the first restart since the country shut down its atomic stations in the wake of last year's crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant.
09 July 2012
Afghan President hails aid, calls for help on graft Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai on Monday hailed international donors for pledging $16 billion in aid to the war-torn nation, but called for more help to clamp down on corruption.
09 July 2012
Jesse Owens. Photo courtesy of runrun.es Olympics: Champions suffer bitter twist of fate Olympic Games medallists don't always live happily ever after.
08 July 2012
Photo courtesy of whitegadget.com Japan's pursuit of cute spawns $30 billion industry Police forces use them; shops can't do without them; power companies have them -- and sack them when they become unpopular.
07 July 2012
©REUTERS/Yuriko Nakao Toshiba fined in US antitrust case Japanese electronics giant Toshiba said Tuesday a jury has ordered it to pay $87 million in a price-fixing case on LCD displays, but that it ultimately may not end up paying damages.
07 July 2012
Electricity flows from restarted Japan reactor Electricity generated from nuclear fission began flowing in Japan on Thursday, ending a nearly two-month hiatus in the aftermath of the Fukushima meltdowns.
06 July 2012
South Korea to start 'scientific' whaling South Korea said Wednesday that it planned to start whaling through a loophole that allows the killing of whales for scientific research, following the lead of Japan's controversial expeditions.
06 July 2012
Cuba's Castro set to meet China's leaders Cuban President Raul Castro begins talks with China's leaders on Thursday during which he is expected to win backing from his country's longtime ally in helping to implement historic economic reforms.
06 July 2012
©REUTERS/Stringer Taiwan Taiwan's HTC pleased with UK court victory over Apple Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC Thursday hailed as a victory a British court ruling that it did not infringe on a patent owned by the US technology giant Apple.
06 July 2012
The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev. ©REUTERS Nazarbayev opened Kazakhstan Equestrian President’s Cup Nursultan Nazarbayev has officially opened one of the stages of Equestrian World Cup - Kazakhstan President's Cup.
05 July 2012
Fresh tensions cloud India, Pakistan peace talks Top Indian and Pakistani foreign ministry officials met Wednesday to bolster a fragile peace dialogue undermined by fresh tensions over the 2008 Mumbai attacks and political flux in Pakistan.
05 July 2012
A rare earth smelting plant. China starts stockpiling rare earths: report China has started stockpiling rare earths for strategic reserves, a state-backed newspaper said Thursday, in a move which may raise more worries over Beijing's control of the coveted resources.
05 July 2012
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