Thai king, world's longest monarch, in hospital |
- Thai king, world's longest monarch, in hospital
- Former French PM's trial to start
- Entering Gaza: The Hard Way in from Egypt (Time.com)
- Police say attack on Pakistani minister foiled (AP)
- India's China Panic: Seeing a 'Red Peril' on Land and Sea (Time.com)
- Australian "exits life with dignity" - euthanasia advocates
- Report: General calls for more Afghanistan troops (AP)
- U.S. commander warns of "failure" in Afghanistan: report (Reuters)
- Huge crowd fills Havana square for peace concert
- More than 35 million globally have dementia - report
- New murders break 2008 record in Mexico
- US serviceman killed in helicopter crash
- Afghan president marks Eid with call for peace
- Three Afghans held over US plot
- Iran's supreme leader attacks 'Zionist cancer'
- FEATURE - Greying Briton looks to assisted suicide reform
- Blair touts 10 million jobs from climate action (AP)
- Philippine troops clash with Abu Sayyaf militants (AP)
- Concert for Peace Draws Hundreds of Thousands in Havana
- McChrystal: More Forces or 'Mission Failure'
| Thai king, world's longest monarch, in hospital Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:48 PM PDT Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej, the world's longest reigning monarch, has been hospitalized with fever and fatigue, the royal palace said Sunday.
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| Former French PM's trial to start Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:24 PM PDT The former French Prime Minister, Dominique de Villepin, goes on trial on Monday charged with plotting to discredit President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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| Entering Gaza: The Hard Way in from Egypt (Time.com) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:05 PM PDT Time.com - Rafah Crossing is open for two to three days every one to two months. It's crowded to the point of chaos -- but for Palestinians it's one of only two ways in or out of the Gaza Strip
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| Police say attack on Pakistani minister foiled (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:30 PM PDT
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| India's China Panic: Seeing a 'Red Peril' on Land and Sea (Time.com) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:05 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
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| Australian "exits life with dignity" - euthanasia advocates Posted: 20 Sep 2009 10:35 PM PDT SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian quadriplegic man who died on Monday after winning the legal right to refuse food and water had provided a means for people to end their life with dignity, said his lawyer and voluntary euthanasia advocates.
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| Report: General calls for more Afghanistan troops (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:59 PM PDT
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| U.S. commander warns of "failure" in Afghanistan: report (Reuters) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:56 PM PDT
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| Huge crowd fills Havana square for peace concert Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:56 PM PDT HAVANA (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people filled Havana's Revolution Square for a "peace" concert on Sunday in which Colombian singer Juanes and other musicians sought to bridge the political divide that has separated Cubans for 50 years.
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| More than 35 million globally have dementia - report Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:56 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 35 million people globally will suffer from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia in 2010, and few will get any treatment at all, according to a report released on Monday.
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| New murders break 2008 record in Mexico Posted: 20 Sep 2009 05:37 PM PDT CIUDAD JUAREZ - A new spate of violence has pushed the homicide rate in the Mexican border town of Ciudad Juarez to an unprecedented 1,701 murders, breaking the record set just a year earlier in 2008.
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| US serviceman killed in helicopter crash Posted: 20 Sep 2009 03:16 AM PDT BAGHDAD - One US serviceman was killed and 12 others were injured when a Blackhawk helicopter crashed inside a US base north of Baghdad, the military said in a statement on Sunday.
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| Afghan president marks Eid with call for peace Posted: 20 Sep 2009 02:04 AM PDT KABUL - Afghan President Hamid Karzai extended an olive branch Sunday to Taliban militants trying to overthrow his Western-backed government as he marked the start of the Muslim Eid al-Fitr festival.
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| Three Afghans held over US plot Posted: 20 Sep 2009 01:11 AM PDT WASHINGTON - Three men of Afghan origin have been arrested for making false statements to FBI agents investigating an alleged plot to launch an attack in the United States, US officials said.
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| Iran's supreme leader attacks 'Zionist cancer' Posted: 19 Sep 2009 11:01 PM PDT TEHRAN, Iran - Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Sunday that the "Zionist cancer" was gnawing into the lives of Islamic nations as he delivered the Eid sermon in Tehran.
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| FEATURE - Greying Briton looks to assisted suicide reform Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:39 PM PDT LONDON (Reuters) - It used to be an issue just for the terminally ill. Now as populations around the world age, governments are increasingly being confronted with the taboo idea of dying as something people can volunteer to do.
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| Blair touts 10 million jobs from climate action (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:24 PM PDT AP - Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair says he hopes to break the "deadlock" in global climate talks with evidence that 10 million jobs could be created by 2020, if developing nations agree to big cuts in greenhouse gases.
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| Philippine troops clash with Abu Sayyaf militants (AP) Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:30 PM PDT AP - Attempts by government troops to arrest three militant leaders wanted by the Philippines and the United States on kidnapping and murder charges sparked clashes that left up to 17 rebels dead, officials said Monday.
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| Concert for Peace Draws Hundreds of Thousands in Havana Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:00 PM PDT HAVANA, Sept. 20 -- Rock-and-roll diplomacy came to the communist isle on a smoldering afternoon, as hundreds of thousands of Cubans filled the Plaza of the Revolution on Sunday and sang along to a dozen international musical acts led by the Colombian singer and peace activist Juanes. 
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| McChrystal: More Forces or 'Mission Failure' Posted: 20 Sep 2009 09:00 PM PDT The top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan warns in an urgent, confidential assessment of the war that he needs more forces within the next year and bluntly states that without them, the eight-year conflict "will likely result in failure," according to a copy of the 66-page document obtained ...
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