Hopes Fade for Indonesian Quake Victims

Hopes Fade for Indonesian Quake Victims


Hopes Fade for Indonesian Quake Victims

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:50 AM PDT

Emergency workers struggled to reach remote villages buried beneath landslides triggered by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake, while a steady stream of bodies arrived at the morgue.


Hopes Fade for Indonesian Quake Victims

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:50 AM PDT

Emergency workers struggled to reach remote villages buried beneath landslides triggered by a 7.6-magnitude earthquake, while a steady stream of bodies arrived at the morgue.


Pakistan has forces,equipment for Taliban assault: U.S.

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:24 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pakistan has mobilized enough forces and equipment to launch a long awaited ground offensive against Taliban militants in their South Waziristan stronghold near the Afghan border, U.S. defense officials said on Sunday.


California Fire Grows to 3,500 Acres

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 12:04 PM PDT

A wind-driven wildfire has burned over 5 square miles in the San Bernardino Mountains and destroyed three homes.


Mending Fences for 2 Asian Leaders

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:50 AM PDT

The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-il, held talks with Prime Minister Wen Jiabao of China as his government tried to mend ties with Beijing.


Security Adviser Calls Troop Increase McChrystal’s Opinion

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:52 AM PDT

The national security adviser offered no endorsement of a recommendation by Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal to add 40,000 troops to the 68,000 Americans deployed there.


Fatah and Hamas eye truce deal, but hurdles remain

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:43 AM PDT

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas and Fatah, the warring parties that have divided the Palestinian territories, may agree this month to an Egyptian-brokered deal that sketches out a path to peace between them, but which also faces many further obstacles.


Report Says Iran Has Data to Make a Nuclear Bomb

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:49 AM PDT

A U.N. analysis says Iran has "sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable" bomb, going well beyond the public position taken by Washington.


Abroad | Critic’s Notebook: The Polanski Case: A Gallic Shrug

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:57 AM PDT

In France, which worships a privileged class of aesthetes and philosophers, some moral tension has arisen.


City Room: Complaint Box | Instant Enforcement

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:36 AM PDT

Maybe parking-enforcement officers wouldn't be able to dismiss your efforts to procure change if the city provided more Muni-Meters.


Palestinians slam Abbas over U.N. Gaza report delay

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 09:36 AM PDT

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Critics accused Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday of letting down his people by bowing to U.S. pressure and postponing action on a U.N. report that criticized Israel's offensive in Gaza.


Five hurt in south Yemen protests: reports

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:27 AM PDT

ADEN, Yemen (Reuters) - Five people, including three soldiers, were wounded in south Yemen as protesters marched to demand the release of comrades arrested in pro-separatist rallies last week, witnesses and a news website said Sunday.


Man is shot by firearms officers

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:33 AM PDT

A man is seriously ill in hospital after being shot by specialist firearms officers in London.


Mercedes Sosa, Argentine Folk Singer, Is Dead at 74

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:50 AM PDT

The music of Ms. Sosa, the "voice of Latin America," inspired opponents of South America's brutal military regimes and led to her forced exile in Europe.


Chelsea beat Liverpool to go top

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:00 AM PDT

Nicolas Anelka and Florent Malouda score as Chelsea move back to the top of the table with a 2-0 win over Liverpool.


Teenage boy killed in house fire

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 04:44 AM PDT

A 17-year-old boy dies after being trapped in a fire at a house on Romney Marsh in Kent.


Jones Plays Down Iran Nuclear Study

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 11:52 AM PDT

National Security Adviser Jim Jones played down an IAEA report that suggests Iran is closer to being able to make an atomic bomb than U.S. reports have indicated.


Study: 10% of Births Are Premature

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 09:11 AM PDT

Nearly 13 million babies, or about 10% of total worldwide births, are born prematurely each year, presenting a major and growing challenge for health systems and governments, according to a report by the March of Dimes.


Socialists Projected to Win in Greece

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 10:06 AM PDT

Greece's opposition socialist, or Pasok party, appears to have won snap elections, exit polls showed Sunday.


Iran 'co-operation' draws praise

Posted: 04 Oct 2009 12:01 PM PDT

The US and the UN give upbeat assessments of the possibility of resolving the dispute over Iran's nuclear programme.


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