An employee of Australian mining giant Rio Tinto at the Shanghai offices of the firm. China has charged four employees of the Anglo-Australian mining giant with violating bribery and trade secret laws, state Xinhua news agency has reported.

China charges Rio Tinto employees: state media

AFP - Thursday, February 11

BEIJING (AFP) - - China has charged four employees of mining giant Rio Tinto including an Australian national with violating bribery and trade secret laws, the state news agency Xinhua reported Wednesday. Full Story »

Honda airbag fault fuels Japan's auto woes

AFP - Thursday, February 11

TOKYO (AFP) - - Honda, Japan's second-biggest carmaker after crisis-hit Toyota, Wednesday recalled more than 400,000 vehicles to fix airbags that it said can explode and spray out potentially deadly metal shards.

Greek public workers strike against austerity drive

AFP - Thursday, February 11
A poster by the main civil servants union (ADEDY) calling for the nationwide strike on February 10 hangs in front of the Greek parliament in Athens. Since the government revealed late last year that the country's finances were in much worse shape than had been thought, the markets have punished Greece as they fear unions will beat back any cost-cutting plans.

ATHENS (AFP) - - Thousands of Greek civil servants went on strike Wednesday against wage cuts, paralyzing flights and disrupting rail traffic as Athens grappled to fight a debt crisis that has shaken Europe.

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