Flights grounded by new ash risk

Flights grounded by new ash risk


Flights grounded by new ash risk

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:40 PM PDT

All flights in the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland are to be banned later amid fresh concerns over Icelandic volcanic ash.


Problems for BP as oil slick grows

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:53 PM PDT

As the massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico grows, so too are the problems for the BP.


Flights grounded by new ash risk

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:40 PM PDT

All flights in the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland are to be banned later amid fresh concerns over Icelandic volcanic ash.


Problems for BP as oil slick grows

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:53 PM PDT

As the massive oil slick in the Gulf of Mexico grows, so too are the problems for the BP.


Greek protesters drape banners at Acropolis (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:42 PM PDT

AP - Greek protesters unfurled banners over the defensive walls of the ancient Acropolis, the country's most famous monument, to protest harsh new austerity measures as strikes began Tuesday across the country.


Iraqis try to heal mental scars after years of war (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:24 PM PDT

AP - Jabar Abdul-Zahra's flashbacks are so vivid he can feel the asphalt against his cheek that night six years ago when he lay pinned to the ground between his two critically wounded brothers, the three of them caught in the crossfire as American troops and local militiamen fought in a Baghdad neighborhood.


Fire damages West Bank mosque, burns holy books (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:33 PM PDT

Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak (R) meets with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Egyptian Red Sea resort town of Sharm El-Sheikh. US President Barack Obama pressed Netanyahu on Monday on the urgent need for new talks with the Palestinians after the Jewish state's leader met his lead Arab diplomatic partner Mubarak.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)AP - A fire has damaged a mosque in a West Bank village, burning holy books and prayer carpets. The mayor says he thinks Jewish settlers are responsible for the arson.



Japan PM abandons plan to move US base off Okinawa (AFP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:44 PM PDT

The US Marine Corps Futenma airbase in Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture, April 24. Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Tuesday abandoned a plan to move an unpopular US airbase entirely off the southern island of Okinawa, backtracking on a key election pledge.(AFP/File/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Tuesday abandoned a plan to move an unpopular US airbase entirely off the southern island of Okinawa, backtracking on a key election pledge.



French set to approve return of Maori heads (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:30 PM PDT

AP - France's parliament is expected Tuesday to approve the return of tattooed, mummified Maori heads to New Zealand, wrapping up a years-long debate on what to do with the human remains acquired long ago by French museums seeking exotic curiosities.


Next Up For Chinese Real Estate

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Shopping malls may be China??s hottest property.


Red shirts consider Thai PM's offer

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:34 PM PDT

Protesters given until end of Tuesday to respond to early polls for ending siege offer.


Kim Jong-il 'to meet China leaders'

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:28 PM PDT

Reclusive North Korean leader seen in China amid tensions with South Korea.


U.S. says nuclear arsenal includes 5,113 warheads

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States disclosed for the first time on Monday the current size of its nuclear arsenal, lifting the veil on once top-secret numbers in an effort to bolster non-proliferation efforts.


Man who bought car in New York plot arrested - source

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have arrested a man of Pakistani descent who purchased the vehicle used in the failed car bombing attempt in New York's Times Square, a law enforcement official said early on Tuesday.


Voting begins in U.S. Senate on Wall Street reform

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate will cast its first votes on Tuesday on a sweeping Wall Street reform bill, with passage of a handful of uncontroversial amendments expected and a key procedural question still unsettled.


Thai red shirts to study PM's reconciliation plan

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:43 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - "Red shirt" protesters in Thailand will consider on Tuesday a proposal by Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva for an election on Nov. 14, aimed at ending a two-month political crisis in which 27 people have been killed.


Japan PM seeks compromise on U.S. base deal

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:43 PM PDT

Okinawa, JAPAN (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Tuesday urged residents of Okinawa island to accept a compromise involving partial relocation of a U.S. Marine base before a self-imposed end-of-May deadline.


Jewish settlers blamed for torching West Bank mosque

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:29 PM PDT

RAMALLAH, May 4 (Reuter) - Fire damaged a mosque in a Palestinian West Bank village on Tuesday and a mosque official blamed Jewish settlers in the latest such attack that could hamper renewed Middle East peace efforts.


French set to approve return of Maori heads (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:13 PM PDT

AP - France's parliament is expected Tuesday to approve the return of tattooed, mummified Maori heads to New Zealand, wrapping up a years-long debate on what to do with the human remains acquired long ago by French museums seeking exotic curiosities.


Environmentalists warn Jordan River drying up (AP)

Posted: 03 May 2010 10:16 PM PDT

AP - Christian pilgrims who flock to the Jordan River to immerse themselves in the water where Jesus was baptized may have nothing left to dunk in next year.


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