Bus plunges off bridge in India, kills 26 |
- Bus plunges off bridge in India, kills 26
- Tropical Cyclone Tomas slams Fiji
- U.S. sees improved relations with Pakistan
- Widespread power blackout hits Chile
- Car bomb in Iraq's Falluja kills 7, wounds 13: police
- EU assessing Greek debt measures
- EU assessing Greek debt measures
- Uribe allies win Colombia vote
- A Tale of Two Taliban Reveals U.S. Afghan Dilemma (Time.com)
- U.S. official set up unit to kill Afghan militants: report (Reuters)
- Deep-sea volcanoes play key climate role - scientists
- Thai PM rejects protesters' demand
- Peter Graves dies
- World Digest: Israel's Netanyahu feeling political heat on housing plan
- Power blackout hits Chile two weeks after quake
- FEATURE - Australian cities must transform for population growth
- Reports: US wants Israel to cancel building plan (AP)
- Australian says Aborigine recognition is tokenism (AP)
- Britain's Miliband visits China amid rancor (AP)
- Britain looks to China to pressure Iran
| Bus plunges off bridge in India, kills 26 Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:37 PM PDT A bus plummeted 70 feet into a dry riverbed in northwestern India on Monday, killing at least 26 passengers and injuring 34 others, police said.
|
| Tropical Cyclone Tomas slams Fiji Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:16 PM PDT Tropical Cyclone Tomas battered Fiji on Monday evening as the powerful storm roared into the chain's northern islands, emergency officials said.
|
| U.S. sees improved relations with Pakistan Posted: 14 Mar 2010 10:05 PM PDT The relationship between the United States and Pakistan has seen a "significant improvement" under the Obama administration, the U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan said.
|
| Widespread power blackout hits Chile Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:20 PM PDT Much of Chile was in the dark Sunday after a blackout knocked out power to 90 percent of the country, CNN's sister network in the country reported.
|
| Car bomb in Iraq's Falluja kills 7, wounds 13: police Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:35 PM PDT FALLUJA, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb in Iraq's western Anbar province killed seven civilians and wounded 13 on Monday, police said.
|
| EU assessing Greek debt measures Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:20 PM PDT EU Finance Ministers are assessing whether Greece's programme of austerity measures is succeeding in getting its budget back on track.
|
| EU assessing Greek debt measures Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:20 PM PDT EU Finance Ministers are assessing whether Greece's programme of austerity measures is succeeding in getting its budget back on track.
|
| Uribe allies win Colombia vote Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:35 PM PDT Partial results show president's party and supporters ahead in congressional race.
|
| A Tale of Two Taliban Reveals U.S. Afghan Dilemma (Time.com) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:00 PM PDT Time.com - Mullah Zaeef and Mullah Zakir are both former Gitmo inmates. While one is now leading the Taliban insurgency, the other is suing for peace -- but warning that this would require an American withdrawal
|
| U.S. official set up unit to kill Afghan militants: report (Reuters) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:07 PM PDT Reuters - A Pentagon official set up a unit of private contractors in Afghanistan and Pakistan to help track and kill suspected militants, The New York Times reported on its website, citing military officials and businessmen in Afghanistan and the United States.
|
| Deep-sea volcanoes play key climate role - scientists Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:36 PM PDT SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A vast network of under-sea volcanoes pumping out nutrient-rich water in the Southern Ocean plays a key role in soaking up large amounts of carbon dioxide, acting as a brake on climate change, scientists say.
|
| Thai PM rejects protesters' demand Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:04 PM PDT BANGKOK – Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Monday rejected an ultimatum by tens of thousands of protesters to dissolve parliament as they marched on a military barracks sheltering the government. The demonstrators, loyal to ousted premier Thaksin Shinawatra, demanded Abhisit call new elections or face mounting protests, prompting military officials to boost troop
|
| Posted: 14 Mar 2010 10:23 PM PDT LOS ANGELES – Peter Graves of Mission: Impossible fame was found dead yesterday at his home. He was 83 years old.
|
| World Digest: Israel's Netanyahu feeling political heat on housing plan Posted: 14 Mar 2010 09:00 PM PDT ISRAEL The spat between the United States and Israel over planned construction in an East Jerusalem neighborhood is causing political problems for Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, who is being criticized for his mismanagement of the issue.
|
| Power blackout hits Chile two weeks after quake Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:08 PM PDT SANTIAGO, (Reuters) - A major blackout left most of Chile without power for hours on Sunday, two weeks after a massive earthquake that killed hundreds and weakened infrastructure.
|
| FEATURE - Australian cities must transform for population growth Posted: 14 Mar 2010 11:08 PM PDT Australia has one of the world's highest home ownership rates, but the generational dream of a suburban home and garden looks set to be shattered.
|
| Reports: US wants Israel to cancel building plan (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 10:26 PM PDT
|
| Australian says Aborigine recognition is tokenism (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 10:55 PM PDT AP - A government routine of acknowledging Australia's indigenous people was criticized as mere political correctness Monday by the federal opposition leader, offending some Aborigines and sparking a political debate.
|
| Britain's Miliband visits China amid rancor (AP) Posted: 14 Mar 2010 10:40 PM PDT AP - Britain's foreign secretary is in China to lobby for further nuclear sanctions on Iran and will seek to smooth rancor with Beijing over climate change talks and the execution of a British drug smuggler thought to be mentally ill.
|
| Britain looks to China to pressure Iran Posted: 14 Mar 2010 10:36 PM PDT SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China and Britain agree on pressing Iran about its nuclear activities while also seeking engagement, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said at the start of a visit likely to focus on the nuclear dispute.
|
| You are subscribed to email updates from "World_Merged" via xBlog® in Google Reader To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubscribe now. | Email delivery powered by Google |
| Google Inc., 20 West Kinzie, Chicago IL USA 60610 | |
No comments:
Post a Comment