NATO Airstrike Reported to Kill 7 Afghan Soldiers

NATO Airstrike Reported to Kill 7 Afghan Soldiers


NATO Airstrike Reported to Kill 7 Afghan Soldiers

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 12:17 PM PST

The Afghan Defense Ministry and local officials in Badghis Province said that seven members of the Afghan security forces had been killed in a NATO airstrike the day before.


Overweight Americans Push Back on Health Debate

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:45 AM PST

Heavier Americans are lobbying legislators and trying to move public opinion to recognize their point of view: that thin does not necessarily equal fit, and that people can be healthy at any size.


Windfall Is Seen as Bank Bonuses Are Paid in Stock

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 12:03 PM PST

Bankers are likely to make unusually large gains on the stock grants and options they received after shares in their companies fell sharply during the financial meltdown.


When Soldiers’ Minds Snap

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 12:02 PM PST

War and mental trauma have a long history. Even Homer depicted it. Handling the emotional shards is still a mystery.


NATO Airstrike Reported to Kill 7 Afghan Soldiers

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:52 AM PST

The Afghan Defense Ministry and local officials in Badghis Province said that seven members of the Afghan security forces had been killed in a NATO airstrike the day before.


Creationism finds fertile ground in Turkey

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:36 AM PST

Sema Ergezen teaches biology to Turkish students interested in teaching science themselves, and she has long struggled with her students' ignorance of, and sometimes hostility to, the notion of evolution.


Lukewarm reaction to UK tax plan

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 12:23 PM PST

Prime Minister Gordon Brown's idea of a financial transactions tax receives a lukewarm response from G20 countries.


AU imposes sanctions on Guinea

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:13 AM PST

The African Union has slapped sanctions on Guinea's rulers over stadium deaths.


Wales 12-19 New Zealand

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:01 AM PST

Wales' 56-year wait for a win against New Zealand goes on after they were beaten despite a gutsy effort in Cardiff.


Is economic recovery on its way?

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:17 AM PST

G20 ministers pledge to keep stimulus measures in place until world recovery is assured. Is recovery on its way?


U.S. officials hopeful for new nuclear treaty with Russia

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 10:51 AM PST

After months of negotiations with Russia, Obama administration officials are hopeful about a breakthrough -- possibly this week -- that would enable the two sides to sign a successor to their most extensive nuclear weapons treaty before it expires Dec. 5.



Obama Weighs In as House Debates Health Overhaul

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:22 AM PST

President Obama's rare appearance on Capitol Hill was part of an all-out bid to rally Democrats to support a sweeping health care overhaul.


House Jumps One Hurdle

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:17 AM PST

Lawmakers clear a procedural hurdle.


House Debate: Objections

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 09:49 AM PST

Republicans spent the first moments of the floor debate protesting the use of time by Democratic female lawmakers.


Marchers call for Saakashvili to go

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:21 AM PST

Georgia's opposition supporters mark anniversary of police crackdown in Tbilisi.


Iran media says foreign journalists released from custody

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 09:58 AM PST

TEHRAN -- Iran's judiciary has freed three foreign nationals who were arrested Wednesday during demonstrations on the 30th anniversary of the U.S. Embassy takeover here, state-run media reported Saturday.


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Posted: 07 Nov 2009 09:58 AM PST


British man provides photo for his own wanted poster

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 09:34 AM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - A British man on the run from police sent a picture of himself to his local paper because he disliked the mugshot they had printed of him as part of a public appeal to track him down.


Justices Weigh Life in Prison for Youths Who Never Killed

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 11:44 AM PST

There are just over 100 people in the world serving sentences of life without parole for crimes they committed as juveniles in which no one was killed. Seventy-seven are in Florida.


Chasing the Story on a Night That Changed All

Posted: 07 Nov 2009 12:01 PM PST

Recalling the joy of unexpected liberation at the Berlin Wall, let loose on a city that knew how to party, makes an editor tremble with emotion even now.


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