Ukraine's opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych has claimed victory in the presidential elections. But his rival, pro-western prime minister Yulia Tymoshenko, has refused to concede defeat. (8 Feb 2010)
If you experience technical problems viewing this video please download the latest Adobe Flash Player.
For decades the Toyota brand has been associated with quality, efficiency and good value. The latest recall of millions of vehicles for safety considerations has affected its sales and reputation. Inside Story asks will Toyota be able to restore public trust and has the drive for profit overwhelmed concerns about saftey?
If you experience technical problems viewing this video please download the latest Adobe Flash Player.
Palestinians and Israeli dissenters are getting together to fight Israel's plan to build another section of the separation wall in the occupied West Bank. According to environmentalists, the wall will stop water flow to the natural springs and thus threatens to dry out much of the Palestinian land. They also see the wall - illegal under international law - as a part of long-term Israeli policy to take more and more Palestinian land in the West Bank. But the Israeli government says their separation wall is for security reasons, in order to stop Palestinians carrying out attacks in Israel. Al Jazeera Sherine Tadros reports from Wadi Fukin, the village that is now at the centre of the legal battle.
If you experience technical problems viewing this video please download the latest Adobe Flash Player.
Debating whether President Obama's FDR-style war on business is sending the economy toward a double-dip, with Amity Shales, "The Forgotten Man" and Mort Zuckerman, US News & World Report.
If you experience technical problems viewing this video please download the latest Adobe Flash Player.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp President Akio Toyoda wrote in an article published on Tuesday that he has promised the top U.S. transportation official the troubled automaker will be more vigilant in the future about responding to safety regulators.
ZURICH (Reuters) - Swiss bank UBS posted its first quarterly net profit since Oswald Gruebel took the helm a year ago, but client withdrawals rose well above forecasts, signaling he may need more time to steady the ship.
SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil prices lingered below $72 a barrel Tuesday in Asia as investors remained uncertain about the strength of global economic growth and demand for crude....
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp will recall around 436,000 hybrid cars worldwide, including the 2010 Prius model, according to a document obtained by Reuters on Tuesday.
By Willy Lam While the furor over cyber-attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digital warfare is expected to intensify in the near future. This is particularly in light of the deterioration of bilateral ties due to issues ranging from the value of the renminbi to US arms sales to Taiwan. Even more significant is the fact that despite Washington's criticism of Beijing's censorship of the Internet - as well as China-originated sorties against the networks of American government agencies and multinationals - the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leadership is devoting unprecedented resources to strengthening...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia tightened its migration rules Monday in favor of English speakers and professionals, saying the country has been attracting too many hairdressers and cooks and too few doctors and engineers. Immigration Minister Chris Evans blamed the overrepresentation of lower skilled immigrants on a system put in place by Prime Minister John Howard, whose government lost power in 2007 elections. "Under the Howard government, we had a lot of cooks, a lot of hairdressers coming...
The Washington Post carried a story out of Port-au-Prince last week that was both flattering and alarming. “I want the Americans to take over the country,” a laborer told reporter Peter Slevin. “The Haitian government can’t do anything for us.” A medical student chimed in, “The American government should take care of us.” And at a food center where U.S. troops and U.N. peacekeepers distributed sacks of rice, a mother waiting with...
Afghanistan's president has demanded that Nato forces in his country stop all military raids on local villages. Speaking on Sunday at the annual Munich Security Conference, Hamid Karzai said civilian deaths and injuries inflicted during operations by international forces had caused deep anger among Afghans. "Ending operations in Afghan villages is what the Afghan people are seeking as a priority. "That means ending raids at night on Afghan homes, that means ending the arrests of Afghans in their homes and their villages, that means Afghanistan really gaining judicial independence completely and rather very very soon," he said. Karzai's comments come as US-led forces...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- First lady Michelle Obama says she loves burgers and fries, but she wants her daughters - and the rest of America's children - to learn about better nutrition and exercise....
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Rep. John Murtha, the tall, gruff-mannered former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday following complications from gallbladder surgery. He was 77....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Pennsylvania congressman and longtime friend of the late Rep. John Murtha says the congressman's large intestine was damaged during gallbladder surgery and the complications led him to be hospitalized....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Nebraska's Democratic senator says he will join Republicans in opposing a union lawyer's nomination to serve on the National Labor Relations Board....
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) -- Corey Perry had a goal and two assists, and the Anaheim Ducks snapped the Los Angeles Kings' franchise-record nine-game winning streak with a 4-2 victory in the latest Freeway Faceoff on Monday night....
BOSTON (AP) -- Barry Almeida scored to give Boston College a three-goal, third-period lead and the Eagles held off a late charge from Boston University to win 4-3 and claim the 58th Beanpot championship Monday night....
MONTREAL (AP) -- From his time as captain to his tenure as general manager, Bob Gainey has spent a lifetime providing leadership for the Montreal Canadiens....
NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- People lined up by the hundreds to buy Monday's Times-Picayune, which hollered "AMEN!" from its front page. The Saints' Super Bowl victory was a prayer answered in this struggling city, and New Orleans itself seemed different for it....
