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March 6, 2011

Jamaica’s 44 magistrates on strike for better remuneration and working conditions

Jamaica's 44 resident magistrates stayed off of the job on Thursday in a rare protest against working conditions, including security, and remuneration. The strike kept clerks of court across the island busy rescheduling cases and extending bail…

March 3, 2011

Oil prices in Asia stick near their recent high levels

Oil prices are hovering near recent highs after an air strike in Libya and fresh clashes…

March 3, 2011

Japanese and Korean firms look to Brazil for rare earth

A consortium of Japanese and South Korean firms are to take a share of a Brazilian rare earth miner. The group includes Japan's Nippon Steel and South Korea's Posco and National Pension Service (NPS). They will pay $1.95bn (£1.19bn) for a 15% stake…

March 3, 2011

Congress delays US government shutdown over budget cuts

The US Congress has passed a bill extending funding for the federal government by two weeks, staving off a possible government shutdown. It comes as politicians continue to tussle over Republican plans to cut federal domestic spending by a…

March 3, 2011

Brazil raises interest rates to 11.75%

Brazil's central bank has raised its key interest rate to 11.75% in a bid to hold down inflation in one of the world's fastest-growing economies. The rise, from 11.25%, is the second half-point increase since the start of the year. It is also the…

March 3, 2011

Serena Williams seeks summer return after emergency op

Wimbledon women's champion Serena Williams has…

March 3, 2011

Cricket World Cup: Brilliant Ireland shock England

Kevin O'Brien blazed the fastest century in Cricket World Cup history as Ireland pulled…

March 3, 2011

Libya: Spending oil money across the globe

In the span of a few years, Libya's financial tendrils have reached across oceans, across…

March 3, 2011

US Supreme Court allows anti-gay funeral protests

The US Supreme Court has ruled an anti-gay church has the right to picket military funerals under the US constitution's free speech protections. The court ruled 8-1 for the Westboro Baptist Church, throwing out an earlier $5m (£3m) judgement…

March 3, 2011

Ivory Coast: Power and water cut to pro-Ouattara north

Electricity and water have been cut to northern Ivory Coast - a region traditionally opposed to incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, the UN says. A UN official said the power company had said the supplies appears to have been cut for political…