EU to Pick President Within Days

EU to Pick President Within Days


EU to Pick President Within Days

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:08 PM PST

European Union leaders are days away from picking their first president and foreign minister, and their decision should be finalized before a summit scheduled here on Nov. 19.


Obama Will Hold Southeast Asia Meeting

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:56 PM PST

Obama will hold a first-ever summit with the leaders of Southeast Asia as the U.S. tries to regain its dominance in a region that plays a crucial role in global trade but has rapidly expanded ties with China in recent years.


Husband of Retired Justice O'Connor Dies

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:50 PM PST

John J. O'Connor III, a lawyer and the husband of retired Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, died of complications arising from Alzheimer's disease.


Libya repatriates hundreds of rebels to Niger: report

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:58 AM PST

NIAMEY (Reuters) - Libya has begun repatriating hundreds of Nigerien Tuareg rebel fighters, state television in Niger reported on Wednesday, the latest sign of progress in pacifying Niger's north after two years of revolt.


Johnson agrees new drugs protocol

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:24 PM PST

The Home Secretary has agreed a number of concessions to his drugs advisers after walkouts by committee members.


After Arafat

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:20 AM PST

Palestinian dream of independence is remote as ever


Lula defensive over Brazil blackout

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:04 PM PST

President plays down criticism over power cuts that left millions in darkness.


Maclaren will probe buggy claims

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:44 PM PST

Maclaren agrees to investigate new complaints that children have been injured by pushchairs after parents contact the BBC.


Obama Will Hold Southeast Asia Meeting

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:08 PM PST

Obama will hold a first-ever summit with the leaders of Southeast Asia as the U.S. tries to regain its dominance in a region that plays a crucial role in global trade but has rapidly expanded ties with China in recent years.


Obama faces question of how to define U.S., China relationship

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:04 PM PST

When President Obama arrives in Shanghai and Beijing next week, he will face a prickly question that has vexed presidents since Richard Nixon first visited Mao Zedong in 1972: How exactly does the United States define its relationship with China?


Pakistan Rock Rails Against the West, Not the Taliban

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:23 AM PST

Pakistan's pop musicians are propelling anti-American conspiracy theories, and their fans -- educated young people -- believe them.


Obama makes Veterans Day pledge

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 10:56 AM PST

President Barack Obama says the US will not betray its armed services as ceremonies mark 91 years since World War I ended.


Safin bows out with loss in Paris

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 06:19 AM PST

Marat Safin bows out of tennis with a defeat at the hands of Juan Martin del Potro in the second round of the Paris Masters.


At Arafat Memorial, Abbas Looks Ahead

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:58 AM PST

President Mahmoud Abbas told an audience of backers from his Fatah movement that it was time for the Palestinians to reach their goal of an independent state.


City to Buy 7 Acres in Coney Island, Hoping to Spark a Revival

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 12:26 PM PST

The Bloomberg administration has agreed to pay $95.7 million to a developer for land in the heart of the Coney Island amusement area.


Speech Gene Shows Its Bossy Nature

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 11:29 AM PST

Laboratory tests in which the chimp version of a speech gene was put into human neurons confirmed suspicions that FOXP2 is a maestro of the genome.


Modern Warfare 2 breaks UK record

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 10:30 AM PST

Much-hyped video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 smashes UK sales records on its first day of release.


Nations honor war dead

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 09:07 AM PST

Nations honored those who sacrificed their lives in wars on Wednesday, in many cases for the first time without any surviving veterans of World War I.


Former Blackwater exec: Unaware of any bribery plot

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 10:45 AM PST

A former vice president of the Blackwater private security company said he was "unaware of any plot or guidance for Blackwater to bribe Iraqi officials" as rage erupted over the killings of 17 civilians by the company's security guards more than two years ago.


Activist 'beaten' after BBC story

Posted: 11 Nov 2009 09:42 AM PST

An Uzbek activist says he is attacked after contributing to a BBC report on the use of child labour in the cotton industry.


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