U.S. defense secretary arrives in Afghanistan

U.S. defense secretary arrives in Afghanistan

U.S. defense secretary arrives in Afghanistan

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:36 PM PST

U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday, a week after President Barack Obama announced he was sending 30,000 additional troops to the central Asian nation.

Reports: Russian nightclub fire toll reaches 117 (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:34 PM PST

Friends of Liliya Kalashnikova, 30, a victim of Lame Horse nightclub fire, grieve during a burial ceremony at a cemetery outside Perm, 1,150 km (720 miles) east of Moscow, December 7, 2009. Russia mourned 112 victims of a weekend nightclub inferno and dozens more fought for their lives in hospitals. REUTERS/Denis SinyakovAP - Russian news agencies are reporting that the death toll from last weekend's nightclub fire has reached 117 as four people died in hospital overnight.

At least 49 dead in market bombs: Pakistan police (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:38 PM PST

Pakistani security officials and residents assess the damage a day after two powerful bomb blasts hit at a market in Lahore. Police scoured the charred wreckage of a market in Pakistan's second biggest city Lahore on Tuesday for clues into twin bomb blasts blamed on Taliban rebels that killed at least 49 people.(AFP/Arif Ali)AFP - Police scoured the charred wreckage of a market in Pakistan's second biggest city Lahore on Tuesday for clues into twin bomb blasts blamed on Taliban rebels that killed at least 49 people.

Kabul mayor sentenced to 4 years prison for graft

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:57 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan authorities said on Tuesday the mayor of Kabul had been sentenced to a four-year prison term for abuse of power in what they described as a major corruption probe, but the mayor's office said he was at work as usual.


Top U.S. general, diplomat in Afghanistan face Congress

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:57 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. military commander and top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan face Congress on Tuesday to explain to skeptical lawmakers how a surge of 30,000 soldiers will turn around the eight-year-old war.


US nuclear envoy heads to Pyongyang

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:38 PM PST

Obama administration envoy hopes to persuade N Korea to return to disarmament talks.


N Korea grilled over rights record

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:00 PM PST

Envoys face charges of widespread abuses during rare appearance at UN rights council.


Top U.S. general, diplomat in Afghanistan face Congress (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:09 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates in Maryland November 19, 2009. Gates arrived in Afghanistan on Tuesday, saying he would press President Hamid Karzai to appoint Reuters - The top U.S. military commander and top U.S. diplomat in Afghanistan face Congress on Tuesday to explain to skeptical lawmakers how a surge of 30,000 soldiers will turn around the eight-year-old war.

Report: Indonesian colonel says reporters killed (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 09:57 PM PST

People watch the film Balibo which depicts the murders of Australian-based journalists during Indonesia's 1975 invasion of East Timor, Thursday, Dec 3, 2009, at a gallery in Jakarta. Indonesia's censorship board has banned the film from public screening. (AP Photo/Irwin Ferdiansyah)AP - A former Indonesian army colonel has told a magazine that soldiers deliberately killed five Western journalists in East Timor in 1975 — contradicting the government's longstanding assertion that the deaths were accidental.

U.S. envoy heads to North Korea to push nuclear talks

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 10:25 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's first envoy to North Korea flew to Pyongyang on Tuesday to try to coax the prickly state back to the nuclear talks it quit a year ago, but without offering it any new incentives.


Indonesia army 'killed Balibo Five'

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 09:38 PM PST

Retired officer says reporters were shot deliberately during East Timor invasion.


Coroner: self-help course led to woman's suicide (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 09:41 PM PST

Kate Lawrence-Haynes speaks to media at the Glebb Coroners Court in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2009, after a hearing on a coroners inquest into the death of her sister Rebekah Lawrence. Rebekah Lawrence suffered a psychotic episode in 2005 and leaped to her death from an office window. The coroner found that her participation in an intense self-help seminar called The Turning Point led to her psychotic breakdown and death. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)AP - An Australian coroner said Tuesday that participation in an intense self-help course led a woman to suffer a psychotic breakdown before she stripped naked and leaped to her death from an office window in front of horrified co-workers.

U.S. envoy heads to North Korea to push nuclear talks (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 09:52 PM PST

Pro-unification activists shout slogans at a rally demanding U.S.-North Korea summit in front of the foreign ministry's main office, where U.S. special envoy to North Korea Stephen Bosworth met South Korea's nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac, in Seoul December 7, 2009. REUTERS/Choi Bu-SeokReuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's first envoy to North Korea flew to Pyongyang on Tuesday to try to coax the prickly state back to the nuclear talks it quit a year ago, but without offering it any new incentives.

Gambler loses case against Australian casino (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 09:41 PM PST

File photo of the Crown Casio in Melbourne. A compulsive gambler who wagered close to 1.4 billion US dollars during a 16-month betting spree lost his lawsuit against Australia's largest casino Tuesday when a judge ruled he was not exploited.(AFP/File/William West)AFP - A compulsive gambler who wagered close to 1.4 billion US dollars during a 16-month betting spree lost his lawsuit against Australia's largest casino Tuesday when a judge ruled he was not exploited.

U.S. EPA moves on climate as Congress stalls

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 09:58 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday cleared the way for regulation of greenhouse gases without new laws passed by Congress, reflecting President Barack Obama's commitment to act on climate change as a major summit opened in Copenhagen.


Gay marriage bill passes key hurdle in New Jersey

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 09:58 PM PST

TRENTON, New Jersey (Reuters) - A proposal to legalize gay marriage in New Jersey narrowly passed a key state Senate committee on Monday, paving the way for a legislative showdown this week and boosting the possibility New Jersey will join the handful of U.S. states allowing gay couples to wed.


Magnitude 5.9 quake hits Malawi after earlier tremors

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 09:58 PM PST

BLANTYRE (Reuters) - More houses collapsed in Malawi's northern Karonga District on Tuesday when earth tremors hit the southern African country for a third day on Tuesday.


Barren woman stole babies for husband

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 09:32 PM PST

NEW DELHI A forlorn childless woman went on a kidnapping spree in the city, stealing baby boys to please her husband and in-laws, until police caught up with her on Sunday.

By the time she was arrested, the 26-year-old woman had snatched six newborn babies and at least

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Gates on surprise visit to Afghanistan

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 08:30 PM PST

KABUL - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates flew into Kabul on Tuesday for talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and commanders about Washington's new strategy to send 30,000 extra troops to fight the Taliban.

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US drone kills three in Pakistan: officials

Posted: 07 Dec 2009 06:46 PM PST

MIRANSHAH, Pakistan -A US missile attack on Tuesday killed three people and injured another three in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt, security and intelligence officials said.

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