Immigration Debate Defines G.O.P. Race in California

Immigration Debate Defines G.O.P. Race in California


Immigration Debate Defines G.O.P. Race in California

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:45 AM PDT

The extent to which immigration has dominated this primary has stirred worry that the Republican nominee chosen will be weakened in the general election.


Qaeda in Iraq struggling after leadership blow: U.S.

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 12:41 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. and Iraqi forces have killed or captured 34 of the top 42 al Qaeda leaders in Iraq in the past 90 days, severing the group from al Qaeda's senior leadership and leaving it struggling to regroup, Army General Ray Odierno said on Friday.


Iranian attacks kill at least 2 in Kurdish region of Iraq

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 12:52 PM PDT

BAGHDAD -- At least two people have been killed and dozens of families have fled in the mountains of the semiautonomous Kurdish region during two weeks of heavy air strikes and artillery attacks that come from neighboring Iran.



Iraq - Kurdistan - Middle East - Ethnicity - Asian


Obama makes third visit to Gulf

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 12:19 PM PDT

US President Barack Obama makes his third visit to the oil-hit US Gulf coast, amid growing political fallout from the spill.


Kurds say small unit of Iranian troops enters Iraq

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 12:09 PM PDT

ARBIL, Iraq (Reuters) - A small unit of Iranian soldiers has entered Iraqi territory in pursuit of Kurdish rebels in the north, officials in Iraq's semi-autonomous Kurdistan region said on Friday.


U.S. troubled by killing of Congo rights activist

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:58 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States said on Friday it was deeply concerned by the "apparent assassination" of a Congolese human rights activist and offered to help the Democratic Republic of the Congo investigate his death.


Mexico just hopes to survive World Cup opener against South Africa

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 09:00 PM PDT

The very first match of the 2010 World Cup will pit Mexico against the tournament's host, the underdog South African team playing before a huge home crowd in Soccer City Stadium in Johannesburg. Mexican fans are praying their team survives the encounter.


South Africa - World Cup - Sport - Soccer - Competitions


S Korea seeks UN action over ship

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:10 AM PDT

Seoul files complaint with Security Council over sinking of warship blamed on North.


Euro plummets below $1.20

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:21 AM PDT

The euro fell to a fresh four-year low below $1.20 Friday, as investors cast fresh doubts on the European debt crisis and a global recovery after gloomy economic statements out of Hungary and a disappointing U.S. jobs report.


Turkey close to severing ties with Israel over flotilla deaths

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:05 AM PDT

Turkey is on the brink of severing relations with Israel in the wake of killings of Turkish activists on board a Gaza-bound flotilla, the Turkish ambassador to the United States said Friday.


Israel - Turkey - Government - Gaza - United States


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Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:05 AM PDT


S Korea seeks UN action over ship

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:10 AM PDT

Seoul files complaint with Security Council over sinking of warship blamed on North.


Geithner Tells G-20 That World Can't Rely on U.S. Consumer

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 12:49 PM PDT

In unusually blunt terms, U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner told his foreign counterparts this week they can no longer count on the American consumer to absorb the world's exports and lift the global economy.


Turkey Threatens to Cut Ties With Israel

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:39 AM PDT

Turkey threatened to formally cut diplomatic ties with Israel if Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu doesn't publicly apologize for Monday's flotilla raid, in which nine Turkish activists died.


U.S. Indexes Fall on Jobs Report Europe Falls on U.S. Jobs Report

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 12:00 PM PDT

The markets skidded, as the latest unemployment figures raised concerns about the strength of the economic recovery.


Honda Reports Agreement in China Labor Dispute

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:00 AM PDT

The settlement for "additional cash and benefits" covers about 1,900 workers who went on strike two weeks ago, crippling the automaker's production.


French minister fined for racism

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 11:06 AM PDT

A French court fines Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux for making racist comments to a man of Arab origin.


Sausage baby death woman jailed

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 10:17 AM PDT

A woman who fed a baby a piece of sausage, despite being told not to by the boy's mother, is jailed after he choked to death.


Lessons from world's worst spill

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 07:36 AM PDT

As oil continues to pour into the Gulf of Mexico from a ruptured well, comfort may come from an unusual direction: the world's biggest spill in Kuwait in 1991 in the aftermath of the first Gulf War.


BP begins capturing Gulf oil spill

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 10:30 AM PDT

Energy giant begins funnelling oil onto ship after cap is placed on leaking pipe.


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