Drug charge gets Paris banned from Japan

Paris Hilton was questioned for six hours over two days by Japanese immigration officials. Photo / AP

Governor unmoved by appeals for mercy

Teresa Lewis. Photo / AP

Despite appeals for clemency - and accusations of hypocrisy from none other than Iran - the state of Virginia seems set to go ahead tomorrow with the first execution of a woman in the United States since 2005, and only the 12th since capital punishment resumed in 1976.
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Italians seize military explosives

Italian police stand guard by a confiscated container, in the port of Gioia Tauro, near Reggio Calabria, southern Italy. Photo / AP

Israel flotilla raid broke international law - UN

 

UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, second from right facing camera, meets with members of the panel investigating the Gaza Flotilla incident.

10 bikies to be tried for airport murder

Ten Comanchero bikies will stand trial for murder over a "violent encounter" with rival gang the Hells Angels at Sydney airport, a magistrate has ruled.

Iberia approves BA pension recovery plan | Reuters

An Iberia jet (R) passes a British Airways jet at Barcelona Airport November 16, 2009.

Credit: Reuters/Albert Gea

By Tracy Rucinski

MADRID | Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:16am BST

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's Iberia approved British Airways Plc's funding plan for a multi-billion-pound pension deficit on Wednesday, removing the last major obstacle for the two airlines to merge before year-end.

Obama calls for new ways to tackle poverty | Reuters

U.S. President Barack Obama leaves after addressing the Millennium Development Goals Summit at the U.N. headquarters in New York September 22, 2010.

Credit: Reuters/Jason Reed

By Patrick Worsnip and Lesley Wroughton

UNITED NATIONS | Thu Sep 23, 2010 12:22am BST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - President Barack Obama called on Wednesday for new ways to tackle global poverty and said his administration would focus its help to the poor on promoting economic growth and fighting corruption.

England crush Pakistan to secure home sweep | Reuters

England's Paul Collingwood (C) celebrates with Steve Davies after dismissing Pakistan's Umar Akmal during the fifth one-day international cricket match at the Rose Bowl in Southampton September 22, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Philip Brown
By John Mehaffey
SOUTHAMPTON, England | Wed Sep 22, 2010 11:02pm BST

Japanese equities struggle in grip of strong yen - London Stock Exchange

Fund managers have been tipping Japan as a recovery play for at least two decades and, apart from a few healthy rallies, there is still little sign of anything long-lasting.

The “miracle economy” of the 1970s and 80s is consigned to the history books and Japan now struggles with deflation, slow growth and higher levels of unemployment than politicians like.

Dow Jones Newswire - London Stock Exchange

CARDIFF, Wales -(Dow Jones)- Bank of England Chief Economist Spencer Dale said Wednesday that most people had been surprised by how little U.K. house prices had decreased, but there could be further falls to come.

Responding to questions following a speech at Cardiff Business School, Dale noted that while it was easy to point to asset bubbles in sparking the recent collapse in the U.S. housing market, in the U.K. it was less obvious.