Dollar’s Decline Brings Troubles but an Upside for Exports

Dollar’s Decline Brings Troubles but an Upside for Exports
Iceland reaches savers' agreement
F1's number one
Two kidnapped Darfur aid workers freed: official
Third Arizona 'sweat lodge' death
In Praise of Amy Tan and San Francisco's Literary Life
Fighting Rages as Pakistan Army Pushes Deeper Into South Waziristan
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Remembering Afghanistan’s Golden Age
Pakistan Moves Further Into Taliban Land
Kerry Supports Troops Surge Coupled With Strategy
Sheriff Calls Balloon Chase a Hoax
Pakistan Moves Farther Into Taliban Land
Eight dead, 29 wounded in Baghdad bombings: police
US decision after Afghan result
Kerry Backs Troop Surge Coupled With Strategy
Balloon Saga: Sheriff's News Conference
US balloon boy case 'was a hoax'
Brilliant Button clinches title
Charges to Be Filed in Balloon Episode, Sheriff Says

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 12:04 PM PDT

As economists, pundits and politicians debate the reasons for the dollar's rapid fall, Robert Stevenson and his workers in Buffalo, N.Y., are watching the slide with glee.

Iceland reaches savers' agreement

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 12:42 PM PDT

Iceland says it has reached a new agreement over the repaying of $5bn (£3bn) lost by Dutch and UK savers.

F1's number one

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 11:31 AM PDT

Just how good is Jenson Button?

Two kidnapped Darfur aid workers freed: official

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 11:43 AM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Two kidnapped aid workers from the Irish agency Goal were released Sunday in Sudan's troubled Darfur region after more than 100 days in captivity, a government official said.

Third Arizona 'sweat lodge' death

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 01:20 AM PDT

A woman taken to hospital with multiple organ failure after attending a spiritual retreat in Arizona dies, the third person to do so.

In Praise of Amy Tan and San Francisco's Literary Life

Posted: 17 Oct 2009 11:30 AM PDT

An event to honor the novelist Amy Tan captured San Francisco literary life in a nutshell, especially its sense of community and school spirit.

Fighting Rages as Pakistan Army Pushes Deeper Into South Waziristan

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 11:43 AM PDT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The Pakistani army pushed further into a mountainous Taliban and al-Qaeda haven on Sunday, as civilians continued to flow out of an area that has become a full-fledged battleground.

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Posted: 18 Oct 2009 11:43 AM PDT

Remembering Afghanistan’s Golden Age

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 12:36 PM PDT

From the 1930s to the 1970s, Afghanistan had a semblance of a national government and Kabul was known as "the Paris of Central Asia."

Pakistan Moves Further Into Taliban Land

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:46 AM PDT

The Pakistani military moved deeper into South Waziristan, hitting Taliban targets with F-16 fighter jets as troops supported by helicopter gunships climbed higher into the terrain.

Kerry Supports Troops Surge Coupled With Strategy

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:42 AM PDT

Senator John F. Kerry said any surge in U.S. forces in Afghanistan must be carried out with assurances that government reforms there were under way.

Sheriff Calls Balloon Chase a Hoax

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 12:15 PM PDT

An episode that transfixed the nation — a balloon floating through the sky with a 6-year-old believed inside — was declared "a hoax" by the Larimer County sheriff's office.

Pakistan Moves Farther Into Taliban Land

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 12:10 PM PDT

The Pakistani military moved deeper into South Waziristan, hitting Taliban targets with F-16 fighter jets as troops supported by helicopter gunships climbed higher into the terrain.

Eight dead, 29 wounded in Baghdad bombings: police

Posted: 18 Oct 2009 10:23 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two separate bombings in Baghdad's mainly Sunni Muslim Adhamiya district on Sunday killed a total of eight people and wounded 29, police said.