Yemen agrees truce with Shi'ite rebels to end war

Yemen agrees truce with Shi'ite rebels to end war
Haiti judge: Free US missionaries
Magazine Preview: How Christian Were the Founders?
Whistle-Blowing Nurse Is Acquitted in Texas
Mid-Atlantic States Dig Out, Again
Yemen announces truce with Houthis
Video Takes on China's Web Policies
South Africa honors Mandela
BA suspends staff over web posts
Report Faults Binghamton’s Leaders in Basketball Scandal
New Poll Shows Support for Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'
Albright says Russia has nothing to fear from NATO
Bosnia region "faces collapse" over veterans' demands: PM
Yemen announces truce with rebels
Minister sparks repossession row
Gay clergy get pensions equality
Haitian Judge Says Americans Should Be Freed for Now
British designer McQueen found dead
Yemen agrees to end war with Shi'ite rebels
US east coast digs out after snow

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:07 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - The Yemeni government and northern Shi'ite rebels agreed on Thursday to end a war that has raged sporadically since 2004 and drawn in neighboring Saudi Arabia, officials from both sides said.

Haiti judge: Free US missionaries

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:23 PM PST

A Haitian judge recommends that 10 US missionaries detained in Haiti for alleged child smuggling should be released.

Magazine Preview: How Christian Were the Founders?

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:30 AM PST

Conservative activists on the Texas Board of Education say that the authors of the Constitution intended the United States to be a Christian nation. And they want America's history textbooks to say so, too.

Whistle-Blowing Nurse Is Acquitted in Texas

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:37 AM PST

A jury quickly acquitted a nurse who had anonymously complained that a doctor was endangering patients.

Mid-Atlantic States Dig Out, Again

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:33 AM PST

For the fourth straight day this week, all United States governmental employees were told to stay home, and school children in the area got yet another day off.

Yemen announces truce with Houthis

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:19 AM PST

Declaration follows northern group's acceptance of government's six conditions.

Video Takes on China's Web Policies

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:44 AM PST

The latest battle over Internet freedom in China is playing out in an online movie that pits an armored blue beast and his band of antiauthoritarian rogues against a sinister force called Harmony that seeks to clean up the Web.

South Africa honors Mandela

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:10 AM PST

Former South African freedom fighter-turned-president Nelson Mandela made a rare public appearance Thursday as parliament met to honor him on the 20th anniversary of his release from prison. l Triumph over flaws l

BA suspends staff over web posts

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:47 AM PST

British Airways says staff have posted "inappropriate comments" the Unite union website.

Report Faults Binghamton’s Leaders in Basketball Scandal

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:55 AM PST

The report described how a lack of oversight from the university president and athletic director allowed the basketball program to spin out of control.

New Poll Shows Support for Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:14 PM PST

But the wording of the question in a new New York Times/CBS News survey demonstrates the way people respond to polls.

Albright says Russia has nothing to fear from NATO

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:04 AM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright deployed charm and humor as she tried to convince a dubious Russia on Thursday that NATO is not its adversary.

Bosnia region "faces collapse" over veterans' demands: PM

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 10:59 AM PST

SARAJEVO (Reuters) - Unless war veterans accept laws toughening the criteria to receive state benefit payments, Bosnia's Muslim-Croat region will face economic collapse, its prime minister warned on Thursday.

Yemen announces truce with rebels

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 12:10 PM PST

The Yemeni authorities say a ceasefire with Shia rebels fighting government forces in the north is to come into effect shortly.

Minister sparks repossession row

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 08:24 AM PST

Housing Minister John Healey tells the BBC that for some people, having their home repossessed "can be the best option".

Gay clergy get pensions equality

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:44 AM PST

The ruling body of the Church of England votes to extend equal pension rights to the civil partners of deceased clergy.

Haitian Judge Says Americans Should Be Freed for Now

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:59 AM PST

If prosecutors raise no objections, the 10 Americans charged with child abduction would be freed from jail but must remain in the country.

British designer McQueen found dead

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 11:22 AM PST

One time "enfant terrible" of fashion industry found dead at his London home.

Yemen agrees to end war with Shi'ite rebels

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 10:44 AM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen agreed with northern Shi'ite rebels on Thursday to end a war that has raged on-and-off since 2004 and drew in neighboring Saudi Arabia. A truce was to begin at midnight (2100 GMT), a Yemeni official said.