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News for Wednesday, 17 Aug 2011

50,000 Bhutanese refugees to start new life in US

The 50,000th Bhutanese refugee to move from Nepal under a UN resettlement scheme will begin a new life in the United States, a statement said on Wednesday. “The departure of...

Iran, Russia seek nuclear crisis breakthrough

Russia and Iran pinned their hopes Wednesday on a new Kremlin-backed nuclear proposal aimed at reviving stalled negotiations with Western powers suspicious of Tehran’s weapons drive. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov...

First full post-disaster reactor restarts in Japan

Japan on Wednesday approved the full resumption of commercial operations of an atomic reactor for the first time since the March 11 quake and tsunami sparked the Fukushima nuclear accident. Hokkaido...

Biden heads to China under debt cloud

US Vice President Joe Biden arrives in China Wednesday to try to revive his country’s image after a historic debt downgrade and build a rapport with the man expected to...

British courts under fire for tough justice after riots

Campaigners criticised Britain’s courts Wednesday for imposing overly harsh sentences for last week’s unrest after two men were jailed for four years for using Facebook to incite riots that never...

EU’s Ashton bids to maintain Israeli settlement pressure

EU Foreign Affairs Chief Catherine Ashton sought to maintain pressure on Israel Wednesday after the Jewish state’s latest approval for settlement expansion inside the occupied West Bank. “I deeply regret...

Syrian forces make arrests sweep in stricken port city

Hundreds of Syrian security services raided homes in the port city of Latakia on Wednesday, pressing their crackdown on dissent in defiance of rising condemnation abroad, activists said. The Syrian...

Israel feeling US heat over Turkey crisis

Israel is coming under US pressure to apologise to Turkey over its 2010 commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine Turkish activists, an Israeli daily reported on...

China state media press US debt as Biden visits

The United States must ease Beijing's worries about its vast US debt holdings, China's media said on Wednesday, marking a visit by Vice President Joe Biden, who said his hosts...

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