Esa chief set to continue in role

Esa chief set to continue in role

Esa chief set to continue in role

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 01:12 PM PDT

The European Space Agency's director general Jean-Jacques Dordain is backed to stay in office.


Disney Puts Movie Tickets on a Facebook Site

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 12:46 PM PDT

With an application for "Toy Story 3", the company puts movie goers in touch with tickets and friends at the same time.

A Waiting Game on the Louisiana Water

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 12:50 PM PDT

"I'd rather have another hurricane than this," a fishing boat captain said of the Gulf Coast spill.

Magazine Preview: Spillonomics: Underestimating Risk

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 09:42 AM PDT

What the oil spill and the financial crisis have in common.

'First' Neanderthal tool evidence

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 01:17 PM PDT

Archaeologists have found what they say is the earliest evidence of Neanderthals living in Britain.


US base killings suspect in court

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 12:59 PM PDT

A US Army psychiatrist accused of murdering 13 of his colleagues at the Fort Hood base in Texas appears in court for the first time.


Ship Sinking Aids Ruling Party in S. Korean Vote

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 11:17 AM PDT

The national tragedy has buoyed the country's once embattled conservative, pro-American president, Lee Myung-bak.

Agatha storm death toll rises

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 12:44 PM PDT

At least 179 dead in floods and mudslides in Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras.


India sets terms for Maoist talks

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 12:44 PM PDT

India's home minister sets out a "road map" to initiate peace talks with Maoist rebels.


Al and Tipper Gore Split Up

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 10:24 AM PDT

The former vice president and his wife of 40 years decide to separate.

Cancun mayor faces drugs charges

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 12:42 PM PDT

The mayor of the Mexican beach resort of Cancun, Gregorio Sanchez, is charged with drug trafficking.


Oil culprits 'will face justice'

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 12:45 PM PDT

US president vows to bring those responsible for spill to justice if laws were broken.


For Karzai, Afghan peace meeting presents a key chance for legitimacy

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 11:46 AM PDT

KABUL -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai is to kick off a peace meeting here Wednesday, at which delegates from across this battle-scarred nation are expected to discuss a path to ending the war by bringing Taliban fighters into the mainstream.


Hamid Karzai - Afghanistan - Warfare and Conflict - Afghanistan Civil War - Peace Process


Sri Lanka hits out at UN chief

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 04:46 AM PDT

The Sri Lankan government hits out against UN human rights chief Navi Pillay, accusing her of "hounding the country".


Turkey condemns flotilla 'massacre'

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 12:15 PM PDT

Prime minister says Israel should be "punished" for deadly attack on Gaza convoy.


Transcript reveals last moments of doomed flight

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 11:04 AM PDT

Pilots were warned of potential danger at least eight times in about 30 seconds before a Polish jet crashed in Russia in April, killing President Lech Kaczynski and about 100 others.

Burundi ex-rebel chief quits poll

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 11:41 AM PDT

Five opposition candidates, including Burundi's ex-rebel leader Agathon Rwasa, pull out of forthcoming presidential polls.


Sea Border May Hold Key to Korea Strife

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 11:37 AM PDT

North Korea's alleged attack on a South Korean patrol ship is part of dictator Kim Jong Il's efforts to redraw the western sea border between the two countries, according to an increasingly held view.


EU Urges Russia to Modernize

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 09:09 AM PDT

Russia needs to modernize its economy and shun protectionism to gain access to Western investment, EU President Herman van Rompuy said after an EU-Russia summit.


'The Euro Zone Has Failed'

Posted: 01 Jun 2010 10:39 AM PDT

Václav Klaus, president of the Czech Republic, writes about the costs of the European single currency.


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