N Korea sanctions top summit agenda

N Korea sanctions top summit agenda

N Korea sanctions top summit agenda

Posted: 28 May 2010 10:37 PM PDT

Leaders of China, Japan and S Korea meet amid rising tensions over sinking of warship.

Death toll mounts in Maoist train sabotage (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 10:51 PM PDT

Indian rescue workers remove bodies from an overturned train carriage in Sardiha, some 135 km west of Kolkata, on May 28. Suspected Maoist rebels derailed a high-speed train packed with sleeping passengers into the path of a freight train in eastern India, killing at least 90 people, according to the latest count provided by officials.(AFP/File)AFP - Indian rescue workers Saturday resumed the gruesome search for victims of a train wreck blamed on Maoist saboteurs, with fears that the final death toll could exceed 150.

Options studied for a possible Pakistan strike

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT

The U.S. military is reviewing options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan in the event that a successful attack on American soil is traced to the country's tribal areas, according to senior military officials.


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What sites such as Facebook and Google know and whom they tell

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:00 PM PDT

When Disa Powell's husband and brother were badly burned in an electrical explosion while conducting maintenance at a Wal-Mart store and the family sued, the defense went after something she never expected: her online life.



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Suspected sabotage derails train in India; 90 dead (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 10:19 PM PDT

Indian rescue workers search for the victims from a compartment at the site of a train crash near Sardiha, West Bengal state, about 150 kilometers (90 miles) west of Calcutta, India, early Friday, May 28, 2010. Suspected Maoist rebels derailed an overnight passenger train Friday in eastern India, triggering a crash with an oncoming cargo train. Officials disagreed on the cause of the derailment, with some saying it was caused by an explosion but others blaming sabotaged rail lines. A top government official said a number of people have been killed and scores injured. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)AP - Railway authorities canceled all night trains in an eastern Indian state on Saturday after a passenger express train derailed and was hit by a cargo train, killing at least 90 people and injuring hundreds. The government accused Maoist rebels of sabotaging the tracks.

90 dead in India train wreck (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 10:03 PM PDT

Indian rescue workers remove bodies from a train in Sardiha on May 28. The death toll from a train wreck in eastern India blamed on Maoist saboteurs rose to 90 on Saturday, with rescuers saying more bodies remained trapped in the mangled carriages.(AFP)AFP - The death toll from a train wreck in eastern India blamed on Maoist saboteurs rose to 90 on Saturday, with rescuers saying more bodies remained trapped in the mangled carriages.

UN push for nuclear-free Middle East

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:58 PM PDT

Signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty have agreed to work towards a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East.

Hunt for Pakistan's mosque attackers

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:36 PM PDT

Pakistani security forces are searching for militants who fled after attacking two mosques in Lahore, killing at least 80 people.

UN push for nuclear-free Middle East

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:58 PM PDT

Signatories of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty have agreed to work towards a nuclear-weapons-free zone in the Middle East.

Hunt for Pakistan's mosque attackers

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:36 PM PDT

Pakistani security forces are searching for militants who fled after attacking two mosques in Lahore, killing at least 80 people.

Nuclear treaty conference backs steps to disarm (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:27 PM PDT

In this photo released by the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency, Iranian President Ahmadinejad speaks to a public gathering in the city of Kerman, about 625 miles (1040 kilometers) southeast of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, May 26, 2010. Iran's president on Wednesday urged Barack Obama to accept a nuclear fuel swap deal, warning the U.S. leader will miss a historic opportunity for improved cooperation from Tehran if the offer is rejected. (AP Photo/Fars News Agency, Hamed Malekpour)AP - The 189 member nations of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty on Friday adopted a detailed plan of small steps down a long road toward nuclear disarmament, including a sharply debated proposal to move toward banning doomsday arms from the Middle East.

China faces pressure to act over N.Korea at summit (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:28 PM PDT

South Korean Navy Patrol Combat Corvettes stage an anti-submarine exercise off the western coast on May 27, 2010. Regional tensions have risen sharply since international investigators said the March 26 sinking was caused by a North Korean torpedo, with South Korea announcing reprisals that have sparked threats of war from the North.(AFP/Pool/Kim Jae-Hwan)AFP - China was due to face renewed pressure from Seoul at a three-way summit with Japan starting Saturday to sign up to global efforts to punish North Korea over the sinking of a South Korean warship.

U.S. out to make China feel awkward, says North Korea

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:09 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea said the United States was blaming it for sinking a South Korean warship in order to keep a U.S. Marine base in Japan and make China, the North's only major ally, feel "awkward."

U.S. studies options for possible Pakistan attack: report

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:13 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military leaders are reviewing options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan if there is a successful attack on American soil tied to the country's tribal areas, The Washington Post reported in its Saturday edition.

Report: US weighs military option in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:38 PM PDT

Ahmadi Muslim women mourn the death of their relative, who was killed a day earlier in an attack on worshippers of a minority sect in a mosque in Lahore, during the funeral in Chanab Nagar about 200 km (124 miles) from the eastern city of Lahore May 29, 2010. Gunmen attacked worshippers from a minority sect in two mosques of the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on Friday, taking hostages and killing at least 70 people, government and police officials said. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS)AP - The U.S. military is developing plans for a unilateral attack on the Pakistani Taliban in the event of a successful terrorist strike in the United States that can be traced to them, The Washington Post reports.

Stone: Film an intro to Chavez and his movement (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 08:19 PM PDT

AP - American filmmaker Oliver Stone said Friday he deeply admires Hugo Chavez but suggested the Venezuelan president might consider talking a bit less on television.

Mexico offers rewards for 33 drug gang suspects (AP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 07:33 PM PDT

Policemen stand guard outside the police headquarters of the municipality of Escobedo, neighbouring Monterrey May 28, 2010. Drug hitmen tried to kill retired army general and secretary of public security of Escobedo Hermelindo Lara outside the police headquarters, according to local media. The confrontation left two men wounded, one of them a soldier, broken windows and several vehicles damaged by bullets. REUTERS/Tomas Bravo (MEXICO - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW POLITICS SOCIETY)AP - Mexico's government unveiled a list of 33 wanted drug suspects Friday, including three men allegedly tied to a cartel responsible for much of the bloodshed in the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez.

5.4 quake hits northwest China: USGS (AFP)

Posted: 28 May 2010 09:04 PM PDT

Yaks and sheep graze on grasslands outside of Gonge in Hainan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture on the Qinghai-Tibet plateau, earlier this year. A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit China's remote northwestern Qinghai province on Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, in the same region where a strong quake killed more than 2,000 people last month.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - A 5.4-magnitude earthquake hit China's remote northwestern Qinghai province Saturday, the US Geological Survey said, in the same region where a strong quake killed more than 2,000 people last month.

Uranium enrichment not discussed in Iran deal: Brazil

Posted: 28 May 2010 06:56 PM PDT

RIO DE JANEIRO -Iran's decision to enrich 20 percent its stock of uranium was never part of the negotiations behind the nuclear fuel swap deal Brazil and Turkey struck with Tehran last week, Brazil's foreign minister said.

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Jamaica leader under fire as bodies pile up

Posted: 28 May 2010 10:44 AM PDT

KINGSTON - Jamaica's leader faced growing criticism over a nearly week-long assault on a slum to capture a powerful drug don as decomposing bodies of civilians lay unclaimed for days.

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