Pakistani Scientist Convicted of Trying to Kill Americans |
- Pakistani Scientist Convicted of Trying to Kill Americans
- New Tumult Roils a Battered Sudan
- Switzerland Freezes Freed Duvalier Assets
- Bernanke Takes Oath at Fed, Quietly
- Amazon Is Said to Buy Start-Up
- Hamas hosts Fatah leader for unity talks
- Israel: Peace talks to resume soon
- Exoplanet gas spotted from Earth
- Sculpture fetches £65m at auction
- EU Backs Greek Spending Cuts
- Panel Absolves Climate Scientist
- Pakistani Scientist Convicted of Attempted Murder
- Nepal Struggles to Integrate Army
- Bill Clinton to coordinate Haiti aid efforts
- Report: Gangs tied to paramilitaries spur Colombia violence
- Iran arrests rights activist, campaign group says
- Obama bid to rally ruffled party
- UK car scrappage scheme extended
- Scientist guilty of US murder attempt
- Obama to meet with Dalai Lama this month
| Pakistani Scientist Convicted of Trying to Kill Americans Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:04 PM PST Prosecutors say she shot at FBI agents and U.S. soldiers who tried to question her in Afghanistan.
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| New Tumult Roils a Battered Sudan Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:54 PM PST Political tumult in Sudan is deepening, as the oil-rich nation prepares for a rare presidential ballot and its leader attempts to fend off war-crime charges while seeking re-election.
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| Switzerland Freezes Freed Duvalier Assets Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:06 PM PST Fending off a public relations disaster, the Swiss government froze at least $4.6 million held in Swiss bank accounts rather than comply with a court order to return the money to the family of Haiti's former leader Jean-Claude Duvalier.
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| Bernanke Takes Oath at Fed, Quietly Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:02 PM PST The ceremony marking a second four-year term as Fed chief had none of the pomp and praise of four years ago. 
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| Amazon Is Said to Buy Start-Up Posted: 03 Feb 2010 01:05 PM PST Amazon acquired Touchco, a touch-screen start-up, in a sign that it wants to upgrade the Kindle to compete with Apple's iPad.
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| Hamas hosts Fatah leader for unity talks Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:48 PM PST GAZA (Reuters) - A leader of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah group traveled to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip Wednesday for rare talks with the Islamist rival faction on an Egyptian-proposed reconciliation deal.
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| Israel: Peace talks to resume soon Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:33 PM PST Prime minister Netanyahu says negotiation with Palestinians to restart within weeks.
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| Exoplanet gas spotted from Earth Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:53 PM PST Astronomers have used a new ground-based technique to study the atmospheres of planets outside our Solar System.
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| Sculpture fetches £65m at auction Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:54 PM PST A life-size bronze sculpture by Alberto Giacometti is sold at auction for the world record price of £65,001,250.
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| Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST The European Commission accepted Greece's plan to slash its budget deficit, but warned that further spending cuts and new taxes might be needed to fix the country's public finances.
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| Panel Absolves Climate Scientist Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:30 PM PST An academic board has largely cleared Dr. Michael E. Mann of misconduct arising from the unauthorized release of more than 1,000 e-mail messages.
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| Pakistani Scientist Convicted of Attempted Murder Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:17 PM PST A Pakistani neuroscientist was convicted on Wednesday of attempted murder charges for trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan.
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| Nepal Struggles to Integrate Army Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:30 PM PST Within months, Nepal must complete the final, and most difficult, piece of the 2006 peace agreement: integrating Maoist fighters into the country's security forces.
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| Bill Clinton to coordinate Haiti aid efforts Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:03 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations on Wednesday assigned former U.S. President Bill Clinton, now U.N. special envoy to Haiti, to coordinate international relief efforts in the earthquake-devastated country.
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| Report: Gangs tied to paramilitaries spur Colombia violence Posted: 03 Feb 2010 11:55 AM PST Criminal gangs that emerged from Colombia's former paramilitary organizations are carrying out massacres, rapes and extortion, a human rights group said Wednesday.
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| Iran arrests rights activist, campaign group says Posted: 03 Feb 2010 11:15 AM PST A leading Iranian human rights activist and journalist was arrested Wednesday, activists said.
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| Obama bid to rally ruffled party Posted: 03 Feb 2010 11:42 AM PST US President Barack Obama seeks to rally Democratic senators, following the loss of a key seat in a recent election.
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| UK car scrappage scheme extended Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:09 PM PST The car scrappage scheme is to be extended for a month, the BBC learns - but no extra money will be provided.
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| Scientist guilty of US murder attempt Posted: 03 Feb 2010 12:39 PM PST A US court finds a Pakistani female scientist guilty of attempting to murder US agents while detained in Afghanistan.
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| Obama to meet with Dalai Lama this month Posted: 03 Feb 2010 11:02 AM PST The Dalai Lama is scheduled to visit Washington on Feb. 17-18 and, despite China's opposition, is expected to meet President Obama at some point during those two days, sources close to the exiled Tibetan leader said Wednesday. 
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