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Experts have said that a string of suicides at a Chinese plant making iPads for Apple highlights the need for the country to examine its economic development ambitions.

Xinhua has reported that an employee of Foxconn attempted suicide on Thursday by slitting his wrists, but survived after medical treatment.

Strike talks at British Airways have broken up without an agreement, the conciliation service Acas has said.

BA cabin crews were set to begin a five-day walkout Sunday. . "BA and Unite met (Friday) ... Talks were adjourned without the parties reaching an agreement and Acas will be in contact with both parties to arrange future talks," Sky News quoted an Acas spokesperson as saying.

It has been reported that healthier candy may seem like an oxymoron but manufacturers look like they just may be going that route.

Old staples like chocolate, peanut brittle and gummy bears still take up a whole lot of shelf space but if the offerings at the Sweets and Snacks Expo last week in Chicago are any indication, there's real interest in making candy not so bad for you.

Several exhibitors have agreed that it's a matter of ingredients.

BP had a "vested financial interest" in understating the flow of oil into the Gulf of Mexico in initial reports, a White House official suggested on Sunday.

Carol M. Browner, the White House climate and energy adviser, said on CBS's "Face the Nation", "It's important to understand that BP has a financial interest in what those flow rates are. They will ultimately pay a fine based on those rates."

It has been reported that an American lawyer defending a Rwandan Hutu politician accused in the 1994 Tutsi genocide has been arrested in what critics say is a political move.

Radio France Internationale reported on Sunday that the Rwandan government has accused Peter Erlinder, who heads a group of defense lawyers at the U. N. Rwanda tribunal, of being a genocide denier.

It's important to conduct a detailed review of the effects of repealing "don't ask, don't tell," says U. S. Adm. Mike Mullen, the Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman.

He would prefer Congress hold off on passage of repeal until completion of a Defense Department review of the policy change expected to be completed in December, Mullen further said.

Mullen said on "Fox News Sunday", "Ideally, I would like the legislation to wait until we've completed the review so we can look at how to implement it when the legislation goes."