In Rural India, Entertainment Comes Via Cellphone |
- In Rural India, Entertainment Comes Via Cellphone
- EU's Weakest Members Draw Scrutiny
- Pakistani militant group an intractable Indian foe (Reuters)
- Indonesian ferry with over 200 people on board sinks (Reuters)
- Cambodia's Duch trial nears end
- FACTBOX - Obama's Dec 3 jobs forum
- Iraqi parliament fails to reach election deal
- Hundreds in south China oppose waste incinerator
- U.S. investigates radiation leak at Three Mile Island
- China quake dissident jailed for 3 years - family
- US sailor cleared of assaulting Sydney prostitute (AP)
- Houston, we have a baby (Reuters)
- 'Army without weapons' fights back after attacks (AFP)
- Japan mulls F-35 purchase as next main fighter jet (AFP)
- Australia battles wildfires as threat eases: officials (AFP)
- Police probe motive of Northern Marianas gunman
- Cambodia set for final arguments in KRouge jail chief trial
- 'Good progress' in Karabakh talks
- Benefits lost 'because of Facebook'
- EU's Weakest Members Draw Scrutiny
| In Rural India, Entertainment Comes Via Cellphone Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:24 PM PST In the furthest reaches of India's rural heartland, the cellphone is bringing something that television, radio and even newspapers couldn't deliver: Instant access to music, information, entertainment, news and even worship.
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| EU's Weakest Members Draw Scrutiny Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:02 PM PST Greece, in particular, has faced the pinch of investors' risk-aversion. The bloc's executive arm has chastised its finances.
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| Pakistani militant group an intractable Indian foe (Reuters) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:39 PM PST Reuters - The Pakistan-based militant group that attacked the Indian city of Mumbai a year ago remains an implacable Indian foe and could strike again despite Pakistani efforts to rein it in.
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| Indonesian ferry with over 200 people on board sinks (Reuters) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:34 PM PST
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| Cambodia's Duch trial nears end Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:32 PM PST Court begins final arguments in trial of Khmer Rouge prison chief.
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| FACTBOX - Obama's Dec 3 jobs forum Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:32 PM PST Ideas likely to surface include extending unemployment insurance and financial aid to cash-strapped states, although the White House says attendees from business, labor, finance and the nonprofit world will specifically focus on six topics:
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| Iraqi parliament fails to reach election deal Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:30 PM PST BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could affect the U.S. military's plans for a partial pullout next year.
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| Hundreds in south China oppose waste incinerator Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:14 PM PST HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hundreds of residents in China's southern city of Guangzhou protested outside government offices on Monday, opposing plans for a major garbage incinerator that they say will endanger their health and the environment.
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| U.S. investigates radiation leak at Three Mile Island Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:14 PM PST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal officials are investigating a radiation leak at Three Mile Island, scene of the worst U.S. nuclear power accident, but said on Sunday there was no threat to public health or safety.
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| China quake dissident jailed for 3 years - family Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:14 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Huang Qi was sentenced to three years' jail on Monday on charges of illegally possessing state secrets, his wife said, decrying the verdict as revenge for his activism after last year's huge earthquake.
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| US sailor cleared of assaulting Sydney prostitute (AP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:54 PM PST AP - A U.S. Navy serviceman was found not guilty Monday of sexually assaulting a prostitute at a brothel while on shore leave in Australia's biggest city.
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| Houston, we have a baby (Reuters) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:10 PM PST Reuters - Shuttle Atlantis astronaut Randy Bresnik awoke early on Sunday to a much-anticipated call that his new daughter had been born.
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| 'Army without weapons' fights back after attacks (AFP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST
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| Japan mulls F-35 purchase as next main fighter jet (AFP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:33 PM PST
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| Australia battles wildfires as threat eases: officials (AFP) Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:17 PM PST
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| Police probe motive of Northern Marianas gunman Posted: 22 Nov 2009 07:13 PM PST SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands -A Chinese gunman who went on a deadly shooting rampage in the Northern Mariana Islands before killing himself appeared to be suffering financial and emotional problems, police said.
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| Cambodia set for final arguments in KRouge jail chief trial Posted: 22 Nov 2009 05:17 PM PST PHNOM PENH -Cambodia's Khmer Rouge war crimes court on Monday begins final arguments in its first trial, bringing the regime's prison chief closer to justice for the "Killing Fields" atrocities 30 years ago.
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| 'Good progress' in Karabakh talks Posted: 22 Nov 2009 08:50 PM PST Azeri and Armenian leaders have made important progress in talks on disputed Nagorno-Karabakh, a mediator says.
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| Benefits lost 'because of Facebook' Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:02 PM PST A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook, in which she appeared to be having fun.
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| EU's Weakest Members Draw Scrutiny Posted: 22 Nov 2009 09:02 PM PST Greece, in particular, has faced the pinch of investors' risk-aversion. The bloc's executive arm has chastised its finances.
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