Officials say Karzai rival may choose to boycott runoff

Officials say Karzai rival may choose to boycott runoff

Officials say Karzai rival may choose to boycott runoff

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:06 PM PDT

KABUL -- The challenger to President Hamid Karzai is considering boycotting the upcoming runoff if his demands are not met to remove the leaders of Afghanistan's election commission who he believes are biased against him, campaign officials said Sunday.


Israel to review its own Gaza war probe: source

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:40 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Hoping to defuse a U.N. report fiercely critical of its war in Gaza, Israel plans to set up a team to double-check internal inquiries that cleared its forces of serious wrongdoing, a political source said Sunday.

Sports of The Times: Fans Find Little Solace in Yankees’ Confidence

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:23 AM PDT

Before Game 6 of the A.L.C.S., Yankees fans are contemplating a nightmarish possibility: can the Angels come back the way they've come back in previous playoff series?

Parishioners Fondly Recall Priest and Suspected Killer

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:51 AM PDT

Parishioners at the New Jersey church of a priest who was stabbed to death in his rectory last week described the suspect as a warm, friendly family man.

H1N1, Emergency in U.S., Is Still Spreading Globally

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:36 AM PDT

Swine flu has continued to spread rapidly in parts of the Northern Hemisphere, though it has slowed in much of the Southern Hemisphere.

Nigeria rebels announce ceasefire

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:40 AM PDT

Fighters in Niger Delta say government appears ready for "meaningful dialogue".


Democrats Are Optimistic That Public Option Will Be Approved

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:58 AM PDT

Several Democratic senators voiced optimism that Congress would pass a health care bill containing at least the germ of a government-run insurance program.

Police arrest 18 at Jerusalem holy site

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 08:42 AM PDT

Police deployed tear gas and arrested 12 people on Sunday at Jerusalem's holiest site, known to Jews as the Temple Mount and to Muslims as Haram Al-Sharif.

Florida Is No. 1 Again in AP Poll, and ’Bama Falls

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:50 AM PDT

Florida regained the top spot Sunday in the Associated Press poll from Alabama, which had been ranked No. 1 for a week ahead of the Gators.

Birth Control Bill Has Enemies in Philippines

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:19 AM PDT

Religious figures say legislation that would expand the poor's access to birth control is contrary to Catholic teaching. But the idea has more support in Congress than ever before.

Clashes erupt at Aqsa compound

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 10:46 AM PDT

At least 21 injured as Israeli police and Palestinians clash in Jerusalem's Old City.


Developing nation Anglicans decline pope's offer

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 09:54 AM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - Conservative bishops who say they represent almost half the world's Anglicans urged fellow believers on Sunday to reform the Anglican Communion rather than take up Pope Benedict's invitation to join the Roman Catholic Church.

Cash probe after Israeli basketball boss's death

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 08:43 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's Tax Authority said on Sunday it had launched an investigation into suspicions a former basketball executive found hanged last week invested millions of dollars in players' money in a possible Ponzi scheme.

Opposition activist killed in Russia's Ingushetia

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 12:00 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - An opposition activist from Russia's Ingushetia region was shot dead in his car on Sunday in the latest sign of rising violence in the North Caucasus.

Protesters Clash at Jerusalem Temple Compound

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:12 AM PDT

The Israeli police clashed with stone-throwing Palestinians at a site sacred to Muslims and Jews in the latest sign of tension in Jerusalem.

In Ingushetia, Another Opposition Figure Is Killed

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 10:30 AM PDT

A longtime opposition figure in the North Caucasus was killed when his car was strafed with gunfire, adding another name to the list of activists who have been killed recently in the region.

'Freezer plan' bid to save coral

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 09:01 AM PDT

The prospects of saving coral reefs now appear so bleak that plans are being made to freeze samples for the future.


Prosecutors Turn Tables on Student Journalists

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 01:12 AM PDT

The Medill Innocence Project has been scrutinizing the work of law enforcement for decades. Now prosecutors say they want to scrutinize the students' methods.

Another Opposition Activist Is Killed in Russia

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 09:00 AM PDT

A prominent opposition activist in Ingushetia was killed by unidentified gunmen in at least the third such killing in the North Caucasus region in three months.

U.N. Inspectors Visit Once-Secret Iranian Site

Posted: 25 Oct 2009 11:50 AM PDT

U.N. inspectors got their first look inside a once-secret uranium enrichment facility that has raised Western suspicions about the extent of Iran's nuclear program.

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