Support lower for U.N. text on religion defamation |
- Support lower for U.N. text on religion defamation
- Tag Heuer 'to drop Woods image'
- Madagascarn president sacks PM
- China ends WTO dispute subsidies
- Mom pleads with Iran to free daughter
- Even at the DMV, corruption a way of life in Afghanistan
- Suspected drone strike kills 3 in Pakistan
- Ghanaians linked to drugs, terrorism flown to U.S. for trial
- Morocco yields to pressure, activist back home
- Mexico turns to navy to bolster flagging drug war
- Schumacher close to Mercedes deal
- Wynn Paid Record Price for a Rembrandt
- Google book service 'broke law'
- Colombia says Mexico capo death weakens cartel ties
- Egypt row over female polygamy
- Care home murder suspect charged
- China ends WTO dispute subsidies
- The Noughties
- Paris Court Convicts Google
- Local Stop | Madison and Fifth: Take a Taste, or a Big Bite, of Luxury
| Support lower for U.N. text on religion defamation Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:54 AM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly condemned defamation of religion for the fifth year running on Friday but support continued to erode for a resolution Western countries say threatens freedom of speech.
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| Tag Heuer 'to drop Woods image' Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:29 PM PST Swiss watch maker Tag Heuer says it is to drop troubled golfer Tiger Woods's image from its US adverts, a Swiss paper reports.
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| Madagascarn president sacks PM Posted: 18 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST Country falls into political turmoil as opposition attempts to set up unity government.
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| China ends WTO dispute subsidies Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:01 AM PST China agrees to end export subsidies that have been behind a dispute with the US at the World Trade Organization.
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| Mom pleads with Iran to free daughter Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:24 AM PST Saying that the bond among families "unites us as children of God," a mother pleaded Friday with Iran's supreme leader to release her daughter and two other hikers detained in the country.
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| Even at the DMV, corruption a way of life in Afghanistan Posted: 18 Dec 2009 07:53 AM PST In the Afghan capital's department of motor vehicles, the simple act of registering a car can turn into days, even weeks, of waiting and frustration. Unless you pay off the right people.
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| Suspected drone strike kills 3 in Pakistan Posted: 18 Dec 2009 05:39 AM PST A suspected U.S. drone strike killed three people Friday in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, a local official said.
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| Ghanaians linked to drugs, terrorism flown to U.S. for trial Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:15 AM PST Three African men suspected of ties to al Qaeda in North Africa have been arrested in Ghana and flown to New York to face charges that they engaged in drug trafficking and supported terrorism, federal officials said Friday.
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| Morocco yields to pressure, activist back home Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:49 AM PST RABAT (Reuters) - A Western Sahara independence activist returned home on Friday after a hunger strike at a Spanish airport, defusing a diplomatic spat between Spain and Morocco and potentially strengthening separatist campaigners.
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| Mexico turns to navy to bolster flagging drug war Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:57 AM PST MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Faced with ever-worsening drug cartel violence, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is turning to elite navy troops to help reignite his floundering army-led drug war.
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| Schumacher close to Mercedes deal Posted: 18 Dec 2009 09:30 AM PST Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo says Michael Schumacher has told him he intends to make a Formula 1 comeback with Mercedes next season.
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| Wynn Paid Record Price for a Rembrandt Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:33 AM PST The mysterious telephone bidder who paid $33.2 million for a Rembrandt portrait was buying the painting on behalf of the casino owner. 
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| Google book service 'broke law' Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:06 AM PST French court orders internet search engine to remove extracts of hundreds of books.
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| Colombia says Mexico capo death weakens cartel ties Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:42 AM PST BOGOTA (Reuters) - The death of Mexican drug lord Arturo Beltran Leyva will help disrupt trafficking ties between Mexican cocaine gangs and their Colombian counterparts, the Andean country's police chief said on Friday.
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| Egypt row over female polygamy Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:19 AM PST An Egyptian MP files a lawsuit over an article questioning why polygamy is allowed for men in Islam but not for women.
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| Care home murder suspect charged Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:14 AM PST An 82-year-old man is charged with murder following the death of a woman at a Devon care home.
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| China ends WTO dispute subsidies Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:01 AM PST China agrees to end export subsidies that have been behind a dispute with the US at the World Trade Organization.
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| Posted: 18 Dec 2009 10:40 AM PST Matt Frei looks back at an unnerving decade
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| Posted: 18 Dec 2009 11:43 AM PST A Paris court ruled Google is breaking French law with its policy of digitizing books, a ruling that could hinder the U.S search company's ongoing drive to create a giant global online library.
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| Local Stop | Madison and Fifth: Take a Taste, or a Big Bite, of Luxury Posted: 17 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST There's no need to spend money you don't have. You can still enjoy a little luxury here, whether it's serious window shopping or the truffle French fries.
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