Beijing (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Paramilitary troops were dispatched to quell a riot in a southwest Chinese city that led to the injury of civilians and police officers, state media and a rights group said Thursday.
Tokyo (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Japanese firms NEC Corp and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co said Thursday they agreed to set up a new joint venture to develop mobile phone handsets operations.
Paris (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - French software group Dassault Systemes increased net profit in the second quarter by 14.0 percent, it said on Thursday, sparking an 11.76-percent rise in its share price.
Paris (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - French oil services group Technip raised net profit in the second quarter by 55.0 percent and raised its profit forecast for the year while warning on Thursday that it was encountering manufacturing problems.
New Delhi (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - India said Thursday it would not accept any changes by the US Senate to a controversial US-India nuclear energy agreement, a day after the US House of Representatives approved the deal.
London (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - An English judge has issued an arrest warrant for a gay man who was convicted for recklessly passing on the HIV virus but skipped sentencing, court officials said Thursday.
Phnom Penh (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Eleven people, including police and military officials, have been given stiff prison sentences over an enormous logging scandal in which tons of timber were taken from a key Cambodian park, court officials said Thursday.
Brussels (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - The European Commission sought Thursday to rally member states behind a proposal for new anti-dumping duties on Chinese and Vietnamese shoe imports, despite deep divisions, a spokesman said.
Jakarta (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - A 6.1-magnitude earthquake shook the Indonesian island of Nias on Thursday but there were no casualties or concerns for possible tsunamis, officials said
Geneva (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - World Trade Organisation nations tacitly endorsed on Thursday the suspension of the Doha Round talks on lowering barriers to global commerce, diplomats and trade officials said.
Paris (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Capgemini, a leading information services group, reported on Thursday an 8.6-percent rise of sales in the second quarter and increased its target for growth this year to 10.0 percent.
Paris (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - A total of 64 people have died in France from the record high temperatures that have scorched the country for most of July, the French health authority InVS announced on Thursday.
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - China's diplomatic skills and its reputed clout over North Korea are being put to the test this week as it makes frantic efforts to bring its reclusive neighbour back to nuclear talks.
Stockholm (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Swedish ice cream suppliers on Thursday reported shortages of their best-selling brands as Swedes upped their ice-cream consumption in the unusually warm summer weather.
Berlin (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - A German motorway was closed on Thursday after concrete sections cracked and lifted in temperatures well above 30 degrees Celsius, as forecasters predicted Germany was heading for its hottest July on record.
United Nations (AFP) Jul 27, 2006 - Six major powers on Thursday postponed a meeting on Iran's nuclear programme, with diplomats linking it to the UN Security Council's failure to pass a statement on the deaths of four UN peacekeepers this week.
