Google adds free GPS navigation to mobile phones
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Internet giant Google unveiled a free navigation system for mobile phones Wednesday in a move seen as a potential challenge to the makers of standalone GPS navigation devices.
Nations:Netherlands Source:(AFP)
2009-10-28
Iraq approves oil deal with BP-led consortium
BAGHDAD - The Iraqi government said Saturday it has approved a contract with a British-Chinese consortium to develop a prized oil field in southern Iraq, a significant achievement for a country that has struggled to attract foreign investors despite its vast natural resource wealth.
Nations:Iraq Russia Activities:Iraqi Oil Industry Source:(AP)
2009-10-17
Quake landslides wipe out 4 villages in Indonesia
PADANG, Indonesia - At least four Indonesian villages were obliterated by earthquake-triggered landslides that buried as many as 644 people including a wedding party under mountains of mud and debris, officials said Saturday.
Nations:Indonesia Denmark Switzerland Netherlands South Korea Australia Source:(AP)
2009-10-03
Indonesia police: bomb attacks have JI hallmark
JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesian police said on Sunday that deadly attacks on two Jakarta hotels used the same methods and equipment as previous bombings by the militant Jemaah Islamiah group.
Nations:Indonesia Canada India Netherlands South Korea Source:(Reuters)
2009-07-19
Liberia's Taylor rejects war crimes charges
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Charles Taylor retraced his rise to power in Liberia to war crimes judges Wednesday, casting himself as an anti-corruption fighter who ousted the military in a coup to restore democracy.
Nations:Sierra Leone Liberia Netherlands Activities:Charles Taylor War Crimes Source:(AP)
2009-07-15
Liberia's Taylor: War crimes case built on lies
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - Former Liberian President Charles Taylor testified at his war crimes trial Tuesday that the case against him was built on lies and misinformation, and he denied he had commanded and armed rebels who killed and tortured tens of thousands of civilians.
Nations:Sierra Leone Liberia Netherlands Activities:Charles Taylor War Crimes Sierra Leone 1991-2002 Civil War Darfur Genocide Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-07-14
Attack on Chinese embassy show Xinjiang riots organized
BEIJING - Demonstrations against Chinese consulates in Europe and the United States show that ethnic riots in Urumqi were orchestrated, China's state-run Xinhua news agency said on Monday.
Nations:Turkey Norway Germany Netherlands Activities:2009 Xinjiang Riot Source:(Reuters)
2009-07-12
Han Chinese protesters seek Muslim Uighur targets
URUMQI, China (Reuters) - Han Chinese armed with iron bars and machetes spilled down side streets and into the stairwell of an apartment building on Tuesday, looking for Muslim Uighur targets two days after bloody ethnic clashes killed 156 and wounded more than 1,000.
Nations:China Pakistan Afghanistan Netherlands Activities:2009 Xinjiang Riot Source:(Reuters)
2009-07-07
Police: Wanted Ga. professor's vehicle found
ATHENS, Ga. - Police said Friday they've found a vehicle that belongs to a former University of Georgia professor suspected of killing his wife and two other people outside a community theater last week.
Nations:U.S. Netherlands Source:(AP)
2009-05-01
Driver in Dutch royals attack dies: official
THE HAGUE (AFP) - The car driver who had sought to ram the Dutch royal family but killed five onlookers died from his injuries on Friday, the prosecution service said.
Nations:Netherlands Source:(AFP)
2009-05-01
Pirates seize Belgian ship; NATO frees 20 hostages
NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates attacked two ships off the Horn of Africa on Saturday, capturing a Belgian dredger and its 10-man crew. NATO forces intervened in the other assault, chasing the pirates down and freeing 20 fisherman on a Yemeni dhow.
Nations:Netherlands Kenya France People:John Curran Activities:Somalia Piracy Crisis Source:(AP)
2009-04-18
North Korea threatens to shoot down spy planes
SEOUL, South Korea - North Korea accused the United States of spying on the site of an impending rocket launch and threatened Wednesday to shoot down any U.S. planes that intrude into its airspace.
Nations:Japan North Korea South Korea Netherlands People:Lee Myung-Bak Gordon Brown Hillary Clinton Activities:2009 North Korea Rocket
2009-04-01
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