Archive for September, 2009

Police patrol after China unrest

Riot police are deployed again in Urumqi, western China, to try to stop more protests over a spate of stabbings.

EU mulls Afghan stability plans

EU ministers seek ways to promote stability in Afghanistan by focussing on civilian reconstruction.

Bonus row opens up G20 divisions

Divisions appearing among G20 finance ministers, meeting in London, about how to curb excessive bank bonuses.

Top Bush-era lawyer ‘can be sued’

A former US attorney general can be sued by a US citizen held as a witness in a terrorism case, a court rules.

Delays hit Aboriginal homes plan

A report into a housing scheme for Australia's Aboriginals finds not one dwelling has been built in a year since it began.