31 - 40 of 88 results for "FT Island"

  1. 31. news | 28 Mar 2013

    Cyprus banks reopen calmly

    By AFP

    » NICOSIA - Cypriots stayed calm as banks reopened on Thursday after a nearly two-week lockdown, with the first capital controls of their kind in the eurozone saving the island from a catastrophic bank run.

  2. 32. news | 25 Mar 2013

    Sky's the limit for Froome in Criterium

    By AFP

    » Tour de France runner-up Chris Froome won the two-day Criterium International on the Mediterranean island of Corsica on Sunday.

  3. 33. news | 22 Mar 2013

    Fiji coup leader to contest election

    By AFP

    » Fiji's military leader Voreqe Bainimarama confirmed for the first time Friday that he will stand in elections scheduled for the Pacific island nation next year.

  4. 34. news | 15 May 2013

    Fukushima disaster could not happen in Taiwan: officials

    By AFP

    » Taiwan authorities attempted Tuesday to ease fears of a Japanese-style crisis at the island's nearly completed newest nuclear power plant, ahead of a mass protest this weekend.

  5. 35. news | 27 Mar 2013

    Cyprus imposes ATM controls

    By AFP

    » NICOSIA - Cypriot finance minister Michalis Sarris imposed capital controls on Wednesday following the island's international bailout, stipulating a maximum cash withdrawal of 300 euros a day.

  6. 36. news | 30 Mar 2013

    Taiwan president's confidant detained on graft claims

    By AFP

    » A Taiwanese politician known for her close ties with the president has been taken into custody on suspected corruption, a court said on Saturday, in the latest graft scandal to hit the island.

  7. 37. news | 24 Mar 2013

    Indonesia denies mutilation in circumcision traditions

    By AFP

    » Thrashing wildly, five-year-old Reta wails as she is hoisted onto a bed during a circumcision ceremony in a school-hall-turned-clinic on Indonesia's island of Java.

  8. 38. news | 10 May 2013

    Philippines admits to shooting at Taiwan boat

    By AFP

    » The Philippines admitted Friday that its coastguard fired at a Taiwanese fishing boat in an incident that authorities in Taipei said left a crewman dead and triggered widespread outrage on the island.

  9. 39. news | 26 Mar 2013

    'Survivor' rival dies during filming

    By AFP

    » PHNOM PENH - Filming of the French version of the hit reality TV show "Survivor" has been cancelled after a contestant died of a heart attack on a tropical Cambodian island on the first day.

  10. 40. news | 08 May 2013

    China scholars claim right to Okinawa

    By AFP

    » BEIJING - China's top newspaper on Wednesday published a call for a "reconsideration" of Japan's sovereignty over the island of Okinawa -- home to major US bases -- with the Asian powers already embroiled in a te...

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