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Summary Box: G20 meeting ends with currency deal (AP)

Published on October 25, 2010 | 0 Comment

THE DEAL: Top finance officials concluded the Group of 20 meeting in South Korea this weekend with an agreement to not use their currencies as economic weapons to boost exports. THE BACKGROUND: Prior to the meeting, some countries were seen intervening in markets to sell their own currencies and buy dollars in a bid to stem gains spurred by the inflow of foreign capital in search of better returns.

NY turns down Burress’ request for work release (AP)

Published on August 31, 2010 | 3 Comments

NEW YORK – Former New York Giants Super Bowl star Plaxico Burress has come up short in his bid for work release during his two-year prison sentence for accidentally shooting himself in the leg at a nightclub, prison officials said Tuesday. The state Department of Correctional Services said the nature of his November 2008 crime merited denying his request for a work furlough, which would have let him spend some portion of his time free and working.

Editorial: Phoney finger-wagging won’t talk Iran out of nukes

Published on August 16, 2010 | 0 Comment

This weekend Russian specialists will begin loading low-enriched uranium fuel rods into Iran’s Bushehr reactor , the initial step in getting its first nuclear power plant up and running. Though Hillary Clinton, the US secretary of state, has criticised the irreversible startup as “premature”, Bushehr is in fact a long-delayed fiasco predating the Iranian revolution.

Pakistan spy agency denies backing Afghan Taliban

Published on July 26, 2010 | 0 Comment

Taliban fighters pose with their weapons Pakistan ‘s spy agency today dismissed as “unsubstantiated raw intelligence” claims in the leaked war logs that it was supporting the Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan . The Inter-Services Intelligence agency (ISI) is accused repeatedly in the logs by coalition commanders of directing insurgent attacks or planning operations, though there is little evidence to to substantiate many of the most sensational allegations.

US increases sanctions against North Korea

Published on July 21, 2010 | 0 Comment

US secretary of state Hillary Clinton has visited the demilitarised zone separating North and South Korea to announce new sanctions against the north Link to this video The US intensified sanctions against North Korea today in a move designed to punish Pyongyang for sinking a South Korean ship and pursuing nuclear weapons. Hillary Clinton , the US secretary of state, announced a tightening of measures aimed at throttling North Korea’s atomic programme and choking off the supply of luxury goods to the country’s elite.