KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Officials say a senior Pakistan Taliban commander who was hiding out in eastern Afghanistan has been arrested.
Xstrata unit wins environmental approval for $5.9 billion Philippine mine
MANILA (Reuters) – Global miner Xstrata Plc's $5.9 billion Tampakan mine in the Philippines has been granted an environmental c ompliance certificate by the government, the company said on Tuesday, removing one of the hurdles delaying work on Southeast Asia's biggest copper-gold prospect. The Tampakan project, the Philippines' single largest foreign direct investment and seen as a bellwether for overseas investors, has been held up by a 2010 ban on open-pit mining imposed by the provincial government of South Cotabato because of its harmful effects on the environment. … Eurotunnel says to challenge UK antitrust stance on ferries
PARIS (Reuters) – Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel said it would challenge a U.K. watchdog's view that its ta keover of three ships owned by failed ferry operator SeaFrance would hamper competition on cross-Channel services. The U.K. Competition Commission said earlier on Tuesday that passengers and freight customers could face higher prices with the arrival of MyFerryLink, a ferry service Eurotunnel launched using the three former SeaFrance vessels. … With source of fire that disabled Carnival cruise ship known, Coast Guard seeks to learn more
ATLANTA – Now that investigators have determined the origins of the engine-room fire that paralyzed a Carnival cruise ship at sea for five days, they will try to learn more about the cause, the crew’s response, and why the ship was disabled for so long.
Multi-million diamond heist at Brussels airport
BRUSSELS (AP) -- Police on Tuersday were looking for eight men who made a hole in a security fence of Brussels’ international airport, drove onto the tarmac and robbed tens of millions of dollars worth of diamonds from the hold of a Swiss-bound plane.
China rejects status as world's biggest trader
BEIJING (AP) -- China has a new status its government doesn’t want -- world’s biggest trader.
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