Record numbers get behind UN drive against poverty

Record numbers get behind UN drive against poverty


Record numbers get behind UN drive against poverty

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 05:23 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS -More than 173 million people in 120 countries attended weekend meetings to press governments to do more to end poverty, in what the United Nations has called the biggest mobilization in history.

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Credit Suisse has $2.4 billion gain in 3Q (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:29 PM PDT

AP - Credit Suisse Group reported a 2.4 billion Swiss franc ($2.4 billion) net income during the third quarter Thursday as it continued strengthening its position following losses caused by the economic crisis.

Philippines buys time as typhoon hovers off coast (AFP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:28 PM PDT

Graphic showing the path of Typhoon Lupit, which has slowed and now likely to make landfall in northern Philippines Saturday.(AFP/Graphic)AFP - Typhoon Lupit slowed and hovered just off the north coast of the Philippines on Thursday, buying the cyclone-devastated nation more time to prepare, officials said.


Afghan opium 'causes global chaos'

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:19 PM PDT

Afghanistan provides 92% of the world's opium, with devastating global consequences, according to the UN.

Goldstone dares US on Gaza report

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:30 PM PDT

Gaza war crimes report author says US must justify claims his findings are flawed.

Afghan opium 'causes global chaos'

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:19 PM PDT

Afghanistan provides 92% of the world's opium, with devastating global consequences, according to the UN.

China's economy picks up steam

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:02 PM PDT

Officials say latest data puts economy on target to top 8 per cent growth for the year.

Gates says moving ahead on Afghan troop decision (Reuters)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:55 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Thursday he is moving ahead with a decision on whether to send more U.S. troops to Afghanistan and he would first tell the president before a NATO defense ministers meeting in Bratislava.

Murders in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, at all-time high (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:21 PM PDT

Soldiers escort drug hitman Carlos Adrian Martinez, 32, as he is presented to the media at the military zone on the outskirts of Monterrey October 21, 2009. Martinez, a member of the Zetas, armed-wing of the Gulf cartel, was detained by the army during an operation in Apodaca, according to local media. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO CRIME LAW)AP - A violent and ongoing battle between two powerful drug cartels has pushed this northern border city's murder rate — already one of the highest in the world — to new records in 2009, according to a government report issued Wednesday.


U.S. pressures Japan on military package

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT

Worried about a new direction in Japan's foreign policy, the Obama administration warned the Tokyo government Wednesday of serious consequences if it reneges on a military realignment plan formulated to deal with a rising China.

Crimes highlight corruption within Iraqi security forces

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT

BAGHDAD -- After helping to stanch a stubborn insurgency and harrowing sectarian fighting, security forces in Baghdad now worry they could face a challenge no less difficult: their own men.

Afghan witness, detained 14 months, finally testifies in bribery case

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT

A gaunt Afghan man detained in the United States for 14 months without criminal charges as a witness in a federal bribery case finally told his story Wednesday, disavowing any knowledge of kickbacks that paved the way for contracts at Bagram air base.

Despite H1N1 fears, many worry about vaccination

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT

Americans have become increasingly alarmed about the swine flu, but many are wary about getting vaccinated against the disease, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.

Delay in Iraqi elections may slow pace of U.S. troop pullout

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT

U.S. commanders may have to slow the pace of the U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq if Baghdad delays national elections scheduled for Jan. 16 or if other political instability develops, senior Pentagon officials said Wednesday.

U.S. forces asylum on Mexican human rights activist Gustavo de la Rosa

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY -- Gustavo de la Rosa looks over his shoulder, notes suspicious license plates, changes his routine. As one of the most prominent human rights officials in Ciudad Juarez, he says he would be a fool not to. On Wednesday, his home town reached a milestone: more than 2,000 people slain this...

Iranian officials accept draft agreement on uranium transfer

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:00 PM PDT

Iranian negotiators on Wednesday accepted a draft agreement that would transfer the bulk of Iran's enriched uranium stockpile out of the country, providing a major boost for the Obama administration as it seeks to engage the Islamic republic.


Drug-related killings surge in Juarez, Mexico

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 07:50 PM PDT

Has Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, been lost to the drug cartels?

Bangladesh blast targets MP

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:09 PM PDT

Fifteeen injured as attackers throw bomb at car belonging to member of parliament.

Fidelity Pumps Up Foreign Trading

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 09:13 PM PDT

Fidelity's brokerage arm is expanding its online services to allow investors to trade foreign stocks and currencies directly.

Judge orders retrial in Travolta extortion case (AP)

Posted: 21 Oct 2009 10:00 PM PDT

File photo of US actor John Travolta who testified in a Bahamas court that he was the victim of an alleged 25 million dollar extortion scheme concerning the death of his son, local media reported.(AFP/File/Stephane de Sakutin)AP - The trial of two people accused of trying to extort John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas ended in a mistrial Wednesday after a lawmaker suggested the still-deliberating jury had acquitted one of the defendants.


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