New Test for China as Torch Protests Loom in Hong Kong 2008-04-29 06:01 - The Olympic torch relay in Hong Kong this Friday, the first on Chinese soil, is turning into a broader struggle over Hong Kong’s evolving role as an autonomous territory of China.
In Australia, From Reconciliation, a Hit Grows 2008-04-29 06:01 - An overtly political song about racial reconciliation with Australia’s disadvantaged Aboriginal minority became the fourth biggest-selling recording in Australia last week.
13 Shot Dead in Mexico in Drug Traffickers’ Clash 2008-04-29 06:01 - A series of gun battles between drug-trafficking suspects speeding down the crowded streets of the violent border city killed 13 people and wounded nine on Saturday.
Arts, Briefly: Iran Versus Barbie 2008-04-29 06:01 - Iran’s prosecutor general railed on Sunday against the invasion of Barbie, Batman, Spider-Man and Harry Potter and demanded that the country’s young be protected against them.
Legislators End Toronto Transit Strike 2008-04-29 05:52 - A bill ordering 8,900 striking transit workers to return to work provides fines of 2,000 Canadian dollars a day those who refuse to do so.
Negotiations Put Europeans Closer to Pact With Serbia 2008-04-29 05:52 - The E.U. is moving closer to signing a pact with Serbia after the Netherlands and Belgium said Sunday that they would drop their opposition under certain conditions.
Kremlin Joins Russians Keeping an Eye on Prices 2008-04-29 05:52 - The Kremlin is keenly sensitive to rising food costs as the country begins to succumb to a global trend that has sparked riots in poorer countries.
Indonesian Mosque Attacked by Hardliners 2008-04-29 05:51 - Hundreds of hardline Indonesian Muslims burnt a mosque early on Monday belonging to a sect that has been branded heretical by most Muslims, police said.
