US missionaries released in Haiti

US missionaries released in Haiti


US missionaries released in Haiti

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:29 PM PST

Eight of the 10 Americans accused of kidnapping children in Haiti after January's earthquake are freed from custody.


Tiger Woods set to break silence

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:51 PM PST

Tiger Woods will speak publicly on Friday for the first time since the scandal surrounding his private life erupted in late November last year.


US missionaries released in Haiti

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:29 PM PST

Eight of the 10 Americans accused of kidnapping children in Haiti after January's earthquake are freed from custody.


Obama to meet Dalai Lama

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:31 PM PST

The Dalai Lama has arrived in the US ahead of talks with President Barack Obama on Thursday, despite Chinese objections.


Croatia inaugurates new president Thursday (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:36 PM PST

European Union aspirant Croatia will inaugurate its new president, leftwing intellectual Ivo Josipovic, seen here on January 10, in a ceremony in Zagreb on Thursday.(AFP/File/Hrvoje Polan)AFP - European Union aspirant Croatia will inaugurate its new president, leftwing intellectual Ivo Josipovic, in a ceremony in Zagreb on Thursday.



Bangladesh under fire from MSF for refugee crackdown (AFP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:48 PM PST

Rohingya refugees at a camp in Kutupalong, some 400kms south-east of Dhaka, in September 2009. Bangladesh has unleashed a crackdown of unprecedented violence against Muslim refugees from neighbouring Myanmar, a report by humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres said Thursday.(AFP/File/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - Bangladesh has unleashed a crackdown of unprecedented violence against Muslim refugees from neighbouring Myanmar, a report by humanitarian group Medecins Sans Frontieres said Thursday.



Offensive 'secures' key Afghan town

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:45 PM PST

Marjah declared "ready for transfer of power" as forces focus on last pocket of resistance.


Global cyberattacks hit firms, govts

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:36 PM PST

SAN FRANCISCO – Coordinated cyberattacks launched from Europe and China breached computers at firms and government agencies worldwide in the past 18 months, The Wall Street Journal reported.

The Journal quoted computer security firm NetWitness as saying the attacks made mountains of data vulnerable to mining by hackers, although

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Afghans raise flag as US says offensive 'going well'

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 06:31 AM PST

MARJAH, Afghanistan -Afghan troops raised their flag over a badly damaged market in the Taliban stronghold of Marjah on Wednesday as Washington said a major offensive to take control of the town was "going well."

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Mossad chief won't quit over Dubai hit - confidant

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:48 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Mossad chief Meir Dagan sees no reason to resign over a scandal-fraught assassination in Dubai, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to ask him to, a confidant of the Israeli spymaster said on Thursday.


Obama to meet Dalai Lama despite Chinese warning

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:48 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will host the Dalai Lama at the White House on Thursday despite China's warning that the meeting with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader could further damage strained ties.


Q+A - Does Dalai Lama meeting help or hurt Obama?

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:48 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's meeting with the Dalai Lama on Thursday comes at a time of increased tension between the United States and China, which has warned that the get-together will hurt Sino-U.S. ties.


Obama to meet Dalai Lama

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:31 PM PST

The Dalai Lama has arrived in the US ahead of talks with President Barack Obama on Thursday, despite Chinese objections.


South Africa 164-5 (&296) v India 643-6d - lunch (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:22 PM PST

Captain and wicket keeper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C) jumps in the air to stop the ball hit by South Africa's Hashim Amla on the final day of their second test cricket match in Kolkata February 18, 2010. REUTERS/Arko DattaReuters - South Africa were 164 for five in their second innings at lunch on the last day of the second and final test against India on Thursday.



Whalers, activists clash again in Antarctic waters (AP)

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:11 PM PST

In this photo taken Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2010 released by the Institute of Cetacean Research of Japan, anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd's ship Steve Irwin, background, and the Japanese whaling ship Nisshin Maru use water cannons to each other in Antarctic Sea. The U.S.-based activist group, sends vessels to confront the Japanese fleet each year, trying to block them from firing harpoons at the whales. (AP Photo/Institute of Cetacean Research)AP - A group of conservationists threw bottles of butyric acid at Japanese whalers and blasted their ship with paint balls, while the Japanese fired water cannons in their latest Antarctic Ocean clash, both sides said Thursday.



Miserable Cities: Stockton's Makeover

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 10:00 PM PST

The northern California city aims to improve its image.


Dealing With A More Assertive China

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 09:55 PM PST

Successfully surviving a downturn has bolstered Beijing's confidence.


Mossad chief won't quit over Dubai hit: source

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 09:44 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Mossad chief Meir Dagan sees no reason to resign over a scandal-fraught assassination in Dubai, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is unlikely to ask him to, a confidant of the Israeli spymaster said on Thursday.


ICC prosecutor arrives in Guinea for massacre probe

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 08:02 PM PST

CONAKRY -The deputy prosecutor of the International Criminal Court arrived in Guinea on a three-day visit to assess whether it can try those responsible for a 2009 opposition massacre if the government fails to do so.

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Christmas Day bomber 'in over his head:' passenger

Posted: 17 Feb 2010 07:15 PM PST

WASHINGTON -When explosives hidden in his underwear failed to detonate, would-be jet bomber Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab seemed shocked and "in over his head," a college student who sat next to him on the US plane said.

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