Taliban video shows captive US soldier (AFP) |
- Taliban video shows captive US soldier (AFP)
- Arms jet crew detention extended
- Taliban video claims to be of captured US soldier (AP)
- One year jail term for paedophile Briton in Cambodia (AFP)
- Netanyahu asks Livni to join Israeli government (AP)
- Christmas in camps for Philippines volcano evacuees (AFP)
- Pope knocked over at mass
- Pope knocked over at mass
- Taliban bomb schools in NW Pakistan
- Obama hails 'historic' passage of Senate health bill
- China jails dissident Liu Xiaobo for 11 years
- Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo sentenced to 11 years on 'subversion' charges
- Thailand may send Hmong back to Laos
- Attacks kill 19 in Iraq
- Tsunami recovery: numbers tell the tale (AP)
- Some struggles, a lot of hope, for tsunami orphans (AP)
- China Closes Down The Internet
- Woman causes pope to fall at start of Christmas mass
- Verdict due in China dissident case
- At least 40 dead in Peru bus crash
| Taliban video shows captive US soldier (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 11:03 PM PST
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| Arms jet crew detention extended Posted: 24 Dec 2009 10:51 PM PST Thai court accepts police plea for more time to investigate destination of seized weapons.
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| Taliban video claims to be of captured US soldier (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 10:24 PM PST
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| One year jail term for paedophile Briton in Cambodia (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 10:14 PM PST
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| Netanyahu asks Livni to join Israeli government (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 09:39 PM PST AP - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has again asked moderate opposition leader Tzipi Livni to join his government.
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| Christmas in camps for Philippines volcano evacuees (AFP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 10:31 PM PST
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| Posted: 24 Dec 2009 02:23 PM PST Pope Benedict XVI was knocked down as he walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican
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| Posted: 24 Dec 2009 02:23 PM PST Pope Benedict XVI was knocked down as he walked down the main aisle to begin Christmas Eve Mass at the Vatican
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| Taliban bomb schools in NW Pakistan Posted: 24 Dec 2009 08:12 PM PST PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The Taliban blew up Friday three schools in northwest Pakistan where troops are fighting against militants in the tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said.
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| Obama hails 'historic' passage of Senate health bill Posted: 24 Dec 2009 05:59 AM PST
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| China jails dissident Liu Xiaobo for 11 years Posted: 24 Dec 2009 10:10 PM PST BEIJING (Reuters) - China's most prominent dissident, Liu Xiaobo, was jailed on Friday for 11 years for campaigning for political freedoms, with the stiff sentence on subversion condemned by rights groups and Washington.
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| Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo sentenced to 11 years on 'subversion' charges Posted: 24 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST BEIJING -- China's leading dissident, Liu Xiaobo, was sentenced to 11 years in prison on Friday after a court found the 53-year-old literary scholar guilty of "inciting subversion to state power" through his writings and role in Charter 08, a petition advocating human rights, free speech and an ... 
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| Thailand may send Hmong back to Laos Posted: 24 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST An estimated 4,200 ethnic Hmong, many of whom fought for the CIA during the Vietnam War or are related to soldiers who worked with the agency, are set to be expelled from Thailand back to Laos, where they could face political persecution.
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| Posted: 24 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST BAGHDAD -- Violence escalated in Iraq on Thursday in advance of the Shiite religious festival of Ashura, with five attacks killing at least 19 people and wounding more than 100, including a provincial council member and a high-ranking Iraqi military official.
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| Tsunami recovery: numbers tell the tale (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST AP - On Dec. 26, 2004, a massive undersea earthquake off Indonesia triggered a tsunami that killed 230,000 people in 14 Asian and African countries.
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| Some struggles, a lot of hope, for tsunami orphans (AP) Posted: 24 Dec 2009 09:00 PM PST
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| China Closes Down The Internet Posted: 24 Dec 2009 09:01 PM PST Beijing issues rules to make the country more like North Korea.
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| Woman causes pope to fall at start of Christmas mass Posted: 24 Dec 2009 01:53 PM PST VATICAN CITY - A woman pushing against a barrier caused Pope Benedict XVI to fall on Thursday as he entered St Peter's Basilica to celebrate Christmas mass, the Vatican spokesman said.
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| Verdict due in China dissident case Posted: 24 Dec 2009 01:05 PM PST BEIJING - A Chinese court was due to deliver its verdict Friday in the subversion trial of high-profile dissident Liu Xiaobo, who has earned the support of the West, critical of what they say is a political case.
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| At least 40 dead in Peru bus crash Posted: 24 Dec 2009 10:01 AM PST LIMA - A passenger bus plunged into a ravine in the high Andes of southern Peru on Thursday, killing at least 40 people and wounding some 10 others, police said.
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WASHINGTON -US President Barack Obama hailed the "historic" passage through the Senate of a sweeping health care bill, saying it ended a "century-long struggle" to reform the flawed system.
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