US spies in Afghanistan 'ignorant'

US spies in Afghanistan 'ignorant'


US spies in Afghanistan 'ignorant'

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:31 PM PST

Intelligence community fails to understand the country it operates in, official says .


Iraqi linked to UK hostages 'freed'

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:37 PM PST

Leader of group blamed for abduction of five Britons released from jail, reports say.


Major blow

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:45 PM PST

CIA 'triple agent' killing embarrases US and Jordan


Giant Tuna Fetches $177, 000 at Japanese Auction

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:23 PM PST

A giant bluefin tuna fetched $177,000 in an auction at the world's largest wholesale fish market in Japan.


Small Plane Crashes Near Chicago

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:32 PM PST

Authorities said that a Royal Air cargo jet that was cleared for landing had crashed in a forest preserve near Chicago Executive Airport in the suburb of Wheeling.


MPs warned over expenses overhaul

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:38 PM PST

The man tasked with introducing a new system for MP's expenses says he is not bound to implement all proposed reforms.


City Selects Company for New Voting Machines

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:46 PM PST

The city's Board of Elections selects an Omaha company to provide electronic voting machines in time for the September 2010 primary.


Britain says had no warning of plane bomb plot

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:25 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's security services had no advance warning of an alleged al Qaeda plot to bomb a U.S.-bound plane and officials did not withhold intelligence from their American counterparts, the UK government said on Tuesday.


China Set to Become Top Exporter

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:28 PM PST

China took over the mantle of the world's top exporter from Germany in 2009, helped on its way by a global economic crisis that has taken a greater toll on other trading powers.


Apple v Google fight intensifies

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:00 PM PST

The two giants of communication take fight to each others' home turf.


Cold May Hurt Crops in Florida

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:39 AM PST

farmers in central and southern Florida were bracing for freezing temperatures overnight that could damage orange, strawberry and tomato crops.


Nigeria chafes at tougher U.S. air security rule

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:11 PM PST

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria urged the United States on Tuesday to reconsider its decision to require tighter security for Nigerian air travelers in the wake of the botched bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner.


South Sudan army-civilian clash kills 17: official

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:29 AM PST

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - Seventeen people were killed on Thursday when armed civilians ambushed south Sudanese soldiers trying to disarm tribes following heavy fighting in the semi-autonomous region last year, an official said on Tuesday.


US halts Guantanamo-Yemen moves

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:10 PM PST

The White House says it is suspending the transfer of prisoners released from Guantanamo to Yemen, following increasing insecurity.


Google Rolls Out Nexus One, Its Rival to the iPhone

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 12:57 PM PST

Google stepped up its attack on the wireless industry, unveiling a touchscreen phone that does not lock a consumer into one carrier.


Nasa finds five new planets

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 10:55 AM PST

Kepler telescope's first discoveries would be too hot to support life, scientists say.


Top officer rips U.S. spies in Afghanistan

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 09:02 AM PST

United States spies in Afghanistan spend too much time focusing on enemy groups and tactics and not enough on trying to understand Afghanistan's culture, people and networks, the top U.S. military intelligence officer in the country said.


Obama to get update on terror plot inquiry

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:58 AM PST

President Obama to question agencies on security lapses that allowed a bombing suspect to board a U.S.-bound flight.


UK to tighten airport security after failed bombing

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 11:33 AM PST

London's Heathrow Airport will introduce more body scanners within weeks, and all British airports must have equipment to detect explosives by the end of the year, British Home Secretary Alan Johnson said Tuesday.


Academic fraud 'booming' in China

Posted: 05 Jan 2010 08:20 AM PST

Research by a Chinese university suggests $100m changes hands every year for ghost-written academic papers.


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