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Beijing to get rid of 1,200 polluting enterprises
Wed, 09 May 2012 10:16 EDT
Authorities in Beijing said Wednesday they plan to get rid of 1,200 high-polluting enterprises by 2015 to improve air quality in the Chinese capital, one of the world's most polluted cities.
Court orders India to scrap hajj subsidies
Tue, 08 May 2012 15:23 EDT
India's Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the government to scrap subsidised travel for tens of thousands of Muslims on the annual hajj pilgrimage to Mecca.
'Where The Wild Things Are' author Sendak dies
Tue, 08 May 2012 11:56 EDT
Maurice Sendak, the author who introduced millions of children worldwide to mischievous Max and his monsters in "Where The Wild Things Are," died Tuesday, his publisher said. He was 83.
Clinton to leave China for Bangladesh cauldron
Sat, 05 May 2012 00:21 EDT
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves a diplomatic crisis in China for a difficult mission in Bangladesh on Saturday where violence and a crackdown on the opposition threaten new instability.
France jails 'Big Bang' scientist for Qaeda terror plot
Fri, 04 May 2012 12:42 EDT
A Paris court sentenced a Franco-Algerian nuclear physicist to four years in jail on Friday after he was convicted of plotting with Al-Qaeda's north African branch to carry out terror attacks.