US offers Pakistan expanded partnership: report (AFP)

US offers Pakistan expanded partnership: report (AFP)

US offers Pakistan expanded partnership: report (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:30 PM PST

US President Barack Obama has offered Pakistan an expanded strategic partnership, including additional military and economic cooperation, The Washington Post reported Monday.(AFP/File/Saul Loeb)AFP - US President Barack Obama has offered Pakistan an expanded strategic partnership, including additional military and economic cooperation, The Washington Post reported Monday.

EU pushes for stronger yuan

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 09:43 PM PST

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Sale of Dubai property bonds frozen

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:27 PM PST

Market drops after Nakheel property developer asks Nasdeq to stop trading its bonds.


Thai king's birthday address postponed - palace

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:41 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - A traditional birthday eve address by Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej scheduled for Friday, Dec. 4, has been postponed indefinitely, the royal palace said on Monday.


Nazi death camp trial begins

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:08 PM PST

After a 32-year legal battle, John Demjanjuk will face charges of helping to murder more than 27,000 Jews at the Sobibor concentration camp, at a court in Munich on Monday.


Dubai banks given extra liquidity

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:13 PM PST

The UAE central bank says it will offer banks extra liquidity, as the troubled stock market there prepares to reopen.


Nazi death camp trial begins

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:08 PM PST

After a 32-year legal battle, John Demjanjuk will face charges of helping to murder more than 27,000 Jews at the Sobibor concentration camp, at a court in Munich on Monday.


Dubai banks given extra liquidity

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:13 PM PST

The UAE central bank says it will offer banks extra liquidity, as the troubled stock market there prepares to reopen.


Tiger: I'm solely to blame for crash

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:00 PM PST

MIAMI Tiger Woods finally spoke up over the mystery car crash he was involved in outside his mansion on Friday.

The world No1  said he only had himself to blame for the crash. But he continued to turn down an interview with police officers for a third time amid claims

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Three Spaniards kidnapped in Mauritania

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:47 PM PST

NOUAKCHOTT -Three Spanish humanitarian workers were kidnapped in northwestern Mauritania on the road linking the capital Nouakchott to the city of Nouadhibou, officials and aid workers said.

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Indians still haunted by worst industrial accident (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:10 PM PST

In this Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 photograph, a physiotherapist holds the leg of a seven year old child at a clinic run by a non governmental organization to cater to victims of the gas tragedy in Bhopal, India. The Bhopal industrial disaster killed about 4,000 people on the night of Dec. 3, 1984. The death toll over the next few years rose to 15,000, according to government estimates. A quarter century later, many of those who were exposed to the gas have given birth to physically and mentally disabled children. (AP Photo/Saurabh Das)AP - Hazra Bi wishes she could forget. But her damaged family is a living reminder of that December night 25 years ago when lethal gas leaked from a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India, in the worst industrial disaster the world has ever seen.

Report urges sanctions against Sudan ruling party

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:11 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United States and other world powers should impose sanctions on key members of the Sudanese government for refusing to end violence in Darfur and south Sudan, a report by an anti-genocide group said on Monday.


Saudi crown prince ends treatment, back soon -son

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:11 PM PST

DUBAI (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Sultan bin Abdul-Aziz is in "excellent health" after being treated for an illness and will return home "after a few weeks", his son, Prince Khaled bin Sultan, was quoted as saying.


Hajj pilgrimage comes to an end

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 09:18 PM PST

The biggest annual pilgrimage in the world has just finished in Saudi Arabia.


Hajj pilgrimage comes to an end

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 09:18 PM PST

The biggest annual pilgrimage in the world has just finished in Saudi Arabia.


Europe's post-Soviet greening — gains and failures (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 09:01 PM PST

This Oct. 14, 2009 photo shows Zina Bakhareva, left, on her plot of land in Konstantinovka, Ukraine. Today, there are two segments of Eastern Europe, one that has been largely cleaned up due to a massive infusion of Western funds and the prospect of EU membership; another that still looks as though the commissars never left. The land Bakhareva cultivates has astonishing levels of contamination, lead was 285 times higher than the norm, zinc was 38 times higher and cadmium 17 times higher. (AP Photo/John McConnico)AP - Twenty years ago, when the Iron Curtain came down, the world gagged in horror as it witnessed firsthand the ravages inflicted on nature by the Soviet industrial machine.

Gunmen kill three in restive Thai south: police (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 09:23 PM PST

A Thai soldier stands guard atop an armoured vehicle in Thailand's restive province of Yala. Suspected Islamic separatists shot dead three men on Monday morning in the latest bout of violence in the country's troubled south, local police have said.(AFP/File/Muhammad Sabri)AFP - Suspected Islamic separatists shot dead three men on Monday morning in the latest bout of violence in Thailand's restive south, local police said.

Conservative 'wins Honduran poll'

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:33 PM PST

Ousted president Zelaya insists voter turnout was low and calls vote illegitimate.


Asia stocks up as Dubai fears ease

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 09:52 PM PST

Shares regain some lost ground as UAE pledges support for banks amid fears over debt.


Nuke plant workers poisoned

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 07:17 PM PST

BANGALORE Workers at a nuclear power plant in southern India were treated for poisoning after drinking water was deliberately spiked with radiation, senior government officials said on Sunday.

Routine tests showed 55 employees from the plant in Kaiga in the state of Karnataka had increased levels of the

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Four Police Officers Killed in Ambush

Four Police Officers Killed in Ambush

Four Police Officers Killed in Ambush

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 12:55 PM PST

Four uniformed police officers were shot to death as they sat in a coffee shop near Tacoma, Wash., in what one law enforcement official said was an apparent ambush.

Swiss Vote to Ban New Minarets

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 12:52 PM PST

Switzerland's political right scored a surprising win, denting the nation's image as a bastion of tolerance.

Living the dream - Susan Boyle album breaks UK chart record

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:05 AM PST

Singer Susan Boyle's album is number one after it became the best-selling debut in UK chart history.


Democrats expect U.S. healthcare overhaul to pass

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 12:30 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Leading Democrats on Sunday said they expect Congress to pass a major healthcare reform backed by President Barack Obama, but supporters may have to accept legislation that falls short on some issues.

McCartney makes meat CO2 appeal

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 12:00 PM PST

Sir Paul McCartney urges people to cut out meat consumption one day a week to reduce CO2 emissions.


Nets Fire Coach After 0-16 Start

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 12:10 PM PST

Assistant Tom Barrise will coach the team Sunday night in Los Angeles against the Lakers, when the Nets could tie the record for the worst start if they lose.

Barca leapfrog Real with key win

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:56 AM PST

Barcelona beat Real Madrid 1-0 to overtake their arch rivals at the top of La Liga


Concert backs 'Gandhi of Sahara'

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 12:07 PM PST

Spanish singers stage a concert in support of a Western Sahara activist on hunger strike in the Canary Islands.


Explorer: Hiking the Australian Desert Near Ayers Rock

Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:55 PM PST

Five days on a 139-mile bushwalking route, called the Larapinta Trail, with ovenlike heat and dingoes poaching the water.

Swiss vote to ban construction of mosque minarets

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:21 AM PST

PARIS -- Voters in Switzerland decided Sunday to ban the building of minarets in a referendum that showed an unexpected level of resentment against Muslim immigrants in a country long known for discretion and tolerance.


Fatal flat fire 'not suspicious'

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:55 AM PST

Police investigating the cause of a fire in a south-west London flat which killed a mother and her daughter say it is not suspicious.


Senators Show Doubts on Afghanistan

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:02 AM PST

With President Obama scheduled to explain his new Afghan strategy, senators of both parties laid out a range of reservations.

Tiger Woods hits out at 'false rumours'

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:51 AM PST

Tiger Woods hits out at "unfounded rumours" circulating since he was involved in a car accident in the early hours of Friday morning.


Honduras holds election, hopes to emerge from political turmoil

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 11:13 AM PST

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras -- This Central American country held presidential elections on Sunday in a bid to regain international legitimacy after a coup that has rattled the hemisphere and frustrated the Obama administration's efforts to improve relations with Latin America.


Senators Show Doubts on Afghanistan

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 12:03 PM PST

With President Obama scheduled to explain his new Afghan strategy, senators of both parties laid out a range of reservations.

Local Stop | Inwood: One Foot in the Past

Posted: 27 Nov 2009 05:17 PM PST

Inwood, at the northern tip of Manhattan, is home to history and nature, including the island's only remaining forest, as well as a burgeoning arts community.

Storm exposure

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:39 AM PST

Could insuring for weather damage become impossible?


News Analysis: Cambodian Trial, Though Grim, Broke New Ground

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:31 AM PST

The first trial to showcase the atrocities of the Khmer Rouge three decades ago may have helped Cambodia begin to move beyond the horrors of its past.

Giants’ Manning Dealing With Injury

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 12:57 PM PST

A stress reaction in Eli Manning's right foot is caused by plantar fasciitis but is not expected to keep him from play.

4 Children Die in Louisiana Crash

Posted: 29 Nov 2009 10:36 AM PST

Four children, ages 2 to 14, were among five people killed when a minivan rolled on a Louisiana interstate. Seven others remained in critical condition, state police said.
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