U.S. Accounts Probed in Hamas Killing |
- U.S. Accounts Probed in Hamas Killing
- Niger Soldiers Stage Coup
- Two Taliban Leaders Arrested
- French Winemakers Convicted of Fraud
- Dutch Parliament Debates Afghanistan
- U.N. Climate Chief Plans to Resign
- Georgia Targets Track in Fatal Luge Crash
- Vonn Looks Set for Another Medal
- Moscow queries Sofia on US shield
- US panel summons Toyota's boss
- Small Plane Crashes Into I.R.S. Building in Texas
- Athlete Had Filed Warnings About Luge Track
- US plane 'attack on tax office'
- Haiti shelter emergency as rain turns camps to mud
- Journalist who predicted own death honored as 'hero'
- Embassy: 'Ongoing coup' in Niger
- Watchdog: Iran may be working on nuclear warhead
- Passions simmer over Moscow plans for Stalin V-Day
- Risking China’s Anger, Obama Meets With Dalai Lama
- Risking China’s Anger, Obama Meets With Dalai Lama
| U.S. Accounts Probed in Hamas Killing Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:40 PM PST U.A.E. authorities are probing five U.S.-issued credit card accounts, which officials say were used in the January killing of a top Hamas leader in Dubai.
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| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:34 PM PST Gunshots were heard in the capital of Niger on Thursday, violence which French and U.K. diplomats described as a coup attempt against Mamadou Tandja, president of the uranium-rich African country.
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| Posted: 18 Feb 2010 10:14 AM PST Pakistani authorities arrested a pair of senior Taliban leaders, Afghan officials said, as Pakistani and American intelligence agents step up the pressure on the militants' leadership
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| French Winemakers Convicted of Fraud Posted: 18 Feb 2010 10:15 AM PST A French court convicted a dozen wine producers and traders of fraud in a scheme that exported fake Pinot Noir from Southwest France to the U.S., duping Gallo among others. Industry statistics showed Thursday that France's high-end wines suffered their first drop in exports since 2004.
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| Dutch Parliament Debates Afghanistan Posted: 18 Feb 2010 08:51 AM PST The Netherlands' parliament called an emergency debate Thursday on whether to pull its 1,600 troops from Afghanistan, in a political fight that has threatened to pull down the government.
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| U.N. Climate Chief Plans to Resign Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:24 PM PST The U.N.'s top climate-change official, Yvo de Boer, is leaving to become a private consultant, a move that follows the failure of a U.N. climate summit to produce a binding agreement on greenhouse-gas emissions.
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| Georgia Targets Track in Fatal Luge Crash Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:48 PM PST The Georgian Olympic Committee blamed the track in the accident that killed luger Nodar Kumaritashvili.
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| Vonn Looks Set for Another Medal Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:18 PM PST With the best skiers down the hill, Vonn is in solid position for another medal, leading the women's super combined event by .33 second over Germany's Riesch, and .8 seconds over teammate Mancuso.
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| Moscow queries Sofia on US shield Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:31 PM PST Russia says it is asking Bulgaria to explain its plans to deploy US air defence missiles on its soil.
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| US panel summons Toyota's boss Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:26 PM PST The head of a US panel investigating Toyota's giant car recall has called on the firm's boss to testify next week.
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| Small Plane Crashes Into I.R.S. Building in Texas Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:40 PM PST There were indications that the pilot, who was killed in the crash on Thursday, had conflicts with the I.R.S. 
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| Athlete Had Filed Warnings About Luge Track Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:20 PM PST An athlete warned Canadian officials about hazards at the track months before a competitor was killed last week.
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| US plane 'attack on tax office' Posted: 18 Feb 2010 11:49 AM PST US officials probe whether a plane that crashed into a building in Texas was a deliberate attack on a tax office.
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| Haiti shelter emergency as rain turns camps to mud Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:03 PM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Providing shelter for hundreds of thousands of homeless earthquake victims in Haiti jumped to the top of the country's relief priorities on Thursday after heavy rain turned makeshift survivors' camps into muddy quagmires.
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| Journalist who predicted own death honored as 'hero' Posted: 18 Feb 2010 09:43 AM PST A Sri Lankan journalist who was fatally shot last year has been recognized by the International Press Institute as a hero for freedom of the press, the group announced Thursday.
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| Embassy: 'Ongoing coup' in Niger Posted: 18 Feb 2010 11:42 AM PST An "ongoing attempted coup d'état" was taking place Thursday in the Republic of Niger, according to the Niger Embassy in London, England.
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| Watchdog: Iran may be working on nuclear warhead Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:07 PM PST Iran began enriching uranium to a level at which it can sustain a nuclear reaction before United Nations inspectors arrived to monitor the process, and in defiance of a specific request that it not so do, the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency said Thursday.
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| Passions simmer over Moscow plans for Stalin V-Day Posted: 18 Feb 2010 11:12 AM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian liberals and communists clashed on Thursday over plans to set up information booths in central Moscow depicting Soviet ruler Josef Stalin's role in defeating Nazi Germany in 1945.
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| Risking China’s Anger, Obama Meets With Dalai Lama Posted: 18 Feb 2010 11:34 AM PST The meeting at the White House with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader on Thursday was low-key, but raised the hackles of China nonetheless. 
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| Risking China’s Anger, Obama Meets With Dalai Lama Posted: 18 Feb 2010 12:34 PM PST The meeting at the White House with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader on Thursday was low-key, but raised the hackles of China nonetheless.
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