Drone attack hits Pakistan village

Drone attack hits Pakistan village


Drone attack hits Pakistan village

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:30 PM PST

Up to 10 deaths reported as suspected fighters in N Waziristan's tribal region are targeted.


Two held over Hong Kong acid attack

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:07 PM PST

Arrests made over acid attack that injured six people in busy commerical district.


Ex-IAEA chief injects life into Egypt's politics (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:24 PM PST

AP - The U.N.'s former nuclear chief has yet to return home to his native Egypt after almost a quarter century monitoring the world's atomic programs, but the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winner has already created the biggest political stir in his homeland in years by hinting at a new career in politics.


Prehistoric building found in modern Israeli city (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:23 PM PST

Yoav Arbel of Israel's Antiquities Authority holds pieces of stone artifacts at the excavation site of the Neolithic period in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 11, 2010. Israel's Antiquities Authority say the remains of a prehistoric building as well as ancient flint tools have been discovered in the modern city of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - When Tel Aviv marked its centennial last year, part of the festivities honoring 100 years since the founding of the first modern Hebrew city included restoration of its oldest buildings.



China official's comments on Internet control

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:43 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official told companies to support the government's Internet controls on Thursday, suggesting scant room for compromise with Google after the company threatened to quit China over censorship and hacking.


Johnson picks England's Six Nations rugby squad (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:03 PM PST

Martin Johnson's (pictured last February) selection, made with 2003 World Cup winner Mike Tindall injured, means England could field an all New Zealand-born midfield combination of Shontayne Hape and Riki Flutey in their Six Nations opener against Wales on February 6.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Martin Johnson insisted he'd no qualms in selecting former New Zealand rugby league international Shontayne Hape for England's Six Nations squad.



Chavez suspends rolling blackouts in Caracas (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:25 PM PST

AP - President Hugo Chavez indefinitely suspended rolling blackouts in Venezuela's capital just a day after they began, and sacked his electricity minister saying he was responsible for mistakes in the way the rationing plan was applied.


Hymns, children's cries fill Haiti's night

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:12 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - In the frightening pitch black of quake-stricken Haiti's night, religious songs rise from groups of people huddled in open spaces for safety and solidarity.


Tens of thousands feared dead in Haiti quake

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:12 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Traumatized Haitians slept out in parks and streets on Thursday, fearing aftershocks to the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people.


Obama to announce bank fee plan

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:34 PM PST

Announcement follows questioning of top bank executives over their role in financial crisis.


Iranian academic's death condemned

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:20 PM PST

Khatami and Rafsanjani call killing of physics professor Ali Mohammadi "act of terrorism".


Retailers: Adapt Or Die

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

Stores need to cater to frugal, utilitarian shoppers in the new economy.


The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

Will investors move out of their ''safe haven'' markets?


The True Meaning Of Martyrdom

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

Robert Park vs. the underwear bomber.


Malaysian Catholics' lawyers offices targeted

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 07:06 PM PST

KUALA LUMPUR -Malaysia's Catholic Church said Thursday the offices of its lawyers have been burgled and ransacked, in the latest of a spate of attacks triggered by a row over the use of the word "Allah."

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US to take lead role in southern Afghanistan: report

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 06:58 PM PST

LONDON -United States forces are to take over the main role in southern Afghanistan from the British in a shake-up of the region's command structure, a newspaper reported Thursday.

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Songs and prayers in Haiti's darkest hour

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:35 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE -Mournful songs and prayers rose above the ruins of the Haitian capital Wednesday as night plunged the quake-hit Caribbean nation into darkness, blanketing the view of lines of corpses.

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Court halts broadcast of California gay marriage case

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:24 PM PST

WASHINGTON -The US Supreme Court barred the live broadcast of audio and video from a California court where rights activists are challenging a state ban on gay marriage.

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Hymns, children's cries fill Haiti's night

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:38 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - In the frightening pitch black of quake-stricken Haiti's night, religious songs rise from groups of people huddled in open spaces for safety and solidarity.


Officials: Alleged US missiles kill 10 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:18 PM PST

Pakistan's fundamentalist Islamic party Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) supporters protest against the US in Lahore in December 2009. Washington is increasing pressure on Pakistan to tackle militants who use its soil to launch attacks in Afghanistan(AFP/File/Arif Ali)AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least 10 alleged militants Thursday at a compound formerly used as a religious school in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, officials said, the eighth such attack in two weeks.



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