Archive for July 7th, 2009

Judge denies motion to fast-track GM sale appeal (AP)

Written by on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 in Latest News.

A bankruptcy judge late Tuesday denied a motion by a group who claim they were injured as the result of defective General Motors products to directly appeal GM’s asset sale to the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals, and skip making their case to district court.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Chinese troops flood into restive Urumqi (AFP)

Written by on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 in 325619.

Chinese riot police watch a Muslim ethnic Uighur woman protest in Urumqi in China's far west Xinjiang province. Chinese authorities put on a huge show of force in Xinjiang's capital Urumqi as hundreds of trucks full of armed police and soldiers poured in to prevent further deadly riots.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP – China poured troops into its restive Urumqi city in a massive show of force, as President Hu Jintao abandoned a G8 summit in Italy to deal with a deadly outbreak of ethnic unrest.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back

Federal Web sites knocked out by cyber attack (AP)

Written by on Tuesday, July 7th, 2009 in 325556.

AP – A widespread and unusually resilient computer attack that started July 4 knocked out the Web sites of several government agencies, including some that are responsible for fighting cyber crime, The Associated Press has learned.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back



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