Monday, June 28, 2010
International Headlines
>TOP STORIES as of 0800 HKT -- 29 June, 2010
> U.S. FEDS ARREST 10 ACCUSED OF BEING RUSSIAN AGENTS
Ten individuals have been arrested in the United States on
charges of being Russian agents, the U.S. Justice Department has
announced.
> OUSTED KYRGYZ LEADER REBUTS PLEBISCITE
Ousted Kyrgyzstan President Kurmanbek Bakiev said Monday that
Sunday's referendum establishing a new constitution was
illegitimate and vehemently denied accusations that he was
behind recent violence that killed scores of ethnic Uzbeks.
> HOPE SLIM FOR 100 BURIED IN CHINA SLIDE
A landslide caused by heavy rain trapped or buried 107 people
from 38 families in southern China on Monday, China's state-run
Xinhua news agency reported.
> UK BOMB EXPERT KILLED IN AFGHANISTAN
A British soldier was killed in a gunfight in Afghanistan, the
Ministry of Defense said Monday.
> POPE REPRIMANDS CARDINAL OVER CRITICISM
In a rare display of dissent, Pope Benedict XVI publicly
chastised an Austrian cardinal for his criticism over the
Vatican's response to sex abuse claims.
> ATTORNEY: VAN DER SLOOT TO FIGHT COURT
Murder suspect Joran van der Sloot will fight all the way to the
Peruvian Supreme Court and international courts to get his
confession overturned, his attorney says.
> BP REPORTS PROGRESS ON RELIEF WELL
A relief well being drilled in an attempt to kill BP's runaway
oil well below the Gulf of Mexico is within 20 feet horizontally
of it, a company executive says.
> SHARK RESEARCHERS STUDY OIL IMPACT
They're at the top of the ocean's food chain -- but it is still
a mystery how the oil disaster is affecting the shark population
in the Gulf of Mexico.
BUSINESS
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> FOXCONN TO SHIFT APPLE PRODUCTION
Foxconn is preparing to shift part of its production of Apple
gadgets from Shenzhen to north and central China.
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> CHINA'S GROWING LABOR DISCONTENT
Hardly a day has gone by this year without news coming from
China of mass protests, labor strikes or violent attacks. In a
country where strikes and protests are taboo, these are bold,
desperate actions.
> BA WARNS CABIN CREW AS BALLOT NEARS
British Airways has warned its cabin crew they face the risk of
fresh legal action or even dismissal if they go ahead with a
strike vote that could see another round of walkouts at the
loss-making airline this summer.
