India's China Panic: Seeing a 'Red Peril' on Land and Sea (Time.com)

India's China Panic: Seeing a 'Red Peril' on Land and Sea (Time.com)


India's China Panic: Seeing a 'Red Peril' on Land and Sea (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:20 PM PDT

Time.com - The Indian media is in an uproar over what it perceives to be Beijing's expansionism. Underneath the brouhaha, a serious tension raises real concerns for the future


Car lovers start to dream again at Frankfurt show (AFP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 10:01 PM PDT

The Frankfurt auto show buzzed with an amusement park atmosphere as it opened to the public amid signs that Europe's biggest economy could soon pull out of a historic recession.(AFP/DDP/Patrick Sinkel)AFP - The Frankfurt auto show buzzed with an amusement park atmosphere as it opened to the public amid signs that Europe's biggest economy could soon pull out of a historic recession.



Bear in Japan injures 9, shot dead at tourist area (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 10:18 PM PDT

AP - A bear injured nine people at highway rest stop in central Japan before being shot dead in a souvenir shop, a firefighter said Sunday.


Cambodian-American Deportee Breakdances to Success (Time.com)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:20 PM PDT

Time.com - Cambodian-American Deportee Breakdances to Success


Sticky U.S.-Japan issues loom for Hatoyama in New York

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:05 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, faces his first diplomatic test this week when he meets President Barack Obama in New York as the two allies grapple with disagreements that investors fear could damage ties.


Yemen ceasefire breaks down

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 10:31 PM PDT

Conflict continues in the north as fighters show footage of alleged civilian casualties.


Fracture healed by US forces, Afghan boy goes home (AP)

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:42 PM PDT

Malik, age 2, and his father Khodadad smile as a Special Forces soldier does a trick to make the child smile at the team's camp in Afghanistan Friday, Sept. 18, 2009. The rooftop fall that cracked Malik's skull Aug. 19 set in motion a chain of events that took the boy from his remote village to the U.S. military hospital in Kandahar, where doctors patched the tear in his brain and replaced the bone. On Saturday, his crescent-shaped wound healed, Malik, the baby in the family of five children, headed home with his father, Khodadad. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)AP - The Afghan father left the mountains on foot, carrying his 2-year-old son, but the health clinic could not treat the skull fracture that blinded the toddler and immobilized his left side. By chance the next day, two American medics stopped by the clinic in Day Kundi Province to check on another patient.



Obama to host Israeli-Palestinian talks

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 05:23 PM PDT

U.S. President Barack Obama will host meetings with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday, the White House announced.


Alleged U.S. terror plot suspect arrested

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:19 PM PDT

FBI agents late Saturday arrested Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old Colorado resident and Afghan national questioned in an alleged terrorist plot in the United States.


Obama to meet Middle East leaders

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:18 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday to try to relaunch peace talks.


Obama to hold joint meeting with Netanyahu, Abbas

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will hold a joint meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas on Tuesday to try to restart peace talks between the two sides, the White House said.


PREVIEW - Sticky U.S.-Japan issues loom for Hatoyama in New York

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama, faces his first diplomatic test this week when he meets U.S. President Barack Obama in New York as the two allies grapple with disagreements that investors fear could damage ties.


Gates lashes out at critics of U.S. missile plan

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Saturday lashed out at critics of a new missile defense plan for Europe and insisted it was not a concession to Russia, as some charge.


U.N. probes use of its vehicles in Somalia bombing

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

NAIROBI (Reuters) - The United Nations is investigating the use of its vehicles by suicide bombers who killed 17 African Union peacekeepers at their main base in Somalia, a senior official said on Saturday.


Japan to propose green technology, funding - minister

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama will unveil a plan to support developing countries in technology and funding to fight climate change at a U.N. meeting this week, Japan's environment minister said on Sunday.


Saudi, most Gulf Arabs start Eid feast on Sunday

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

KUWAIT (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, the birthplace of Islam, and most fellow Gulf Arab states will celebrate the Muslim Eid al-Fitr feast on Sunday to mark the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, regional media said on Saturday.


Suspect in anti-terror probe arrested in Colorado

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

DENVER (Reuters) - Federal agents on Saturday arrested a Colorado man who had been under surveillance as part of an anti-terrorism investigation that came to light in a series of New York City raids this week, a spokeswoman for his attorney said.


Russia's Putin brings leopards back to Caucasus

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

SOCHI, Russia (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin released two leopards into the wild on Saturday in a bid to revive the fortunes of the rare cats in the Caucasus and soothe ecological worries over 2014 Sochi Games.


Pope calls synod on Mideast for 2010

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:52 PM PDT

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Saturday announced he would hold a special meeting next year of Roman Catholic bishops to discuss the concerns and challenges of the Church in the Middle East.


Obama to meet Middle East leaders

Posted: 19 Sep 2009 09:18 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama will meet Israeli and Palestinian leaders on Tuesday to try to relaunch peace talks.