Missing teenage sailor found safe

Missing teenage sailor found safe


Missing teenage sailor found safe

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 12:08 AM PDT

Searchers make contact with US girl trying to sail around the world alone.


Mandela relative's death clouds Cup start (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:43 PM PDT

Reuters - Nelson Mandela's great grand-daughter was killed in a car crash on Friday hours before the World Cup kicks off in South Africa, a tragic note amid revelry for the biggest sports event the continent has held.


Bomb kills 9 in Afghan south: provincial official (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:56 PM PDT

Afghan policemen patrol in Kandahar in August 2009. A roadside bomb ripped through a mini bus in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing nine civilians and wounding eight others, a provincial spokesman told AFP.(AFP/File/Banaras Khan)AFP - A roadside bomb ripped through a mini bus in southern Afghanistan on Friday, killing nine civilians and wounding eight others, a provincial spokesman told AFP.



Mandela great grandchild killed in car crash

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:57 PM PDT

mandela_nelsonOHANNESBURG – Nelson Mandela's 13-year-old great granddaughter was killed in a car crash early Friday after South Africa's World Cup concert, his office said.

"Zenani Mandela, 13, was travelling in a car returning from the World Cup kick-off concert at Orlando Stadium

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Belgians Just Don't Speak Same Language

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 12:15 AM PDT

The euro zone is in turmoil, and Belgium's debts are drawing comparisons with those of Greece. But the main issue before Belgians in their election is what to do about Dutch-speaking Flemish suburbs.


Kan Stresses Fiscal Overhaul

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:22 PM PDT

Japan's prime minister proposed setting up a panel to discuss fiscal reform, underscoring concerns over the country's financial health as European sovereign debt worries grow.


Greeks Look Abroad as Jobs Dry Up

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 12:21 AM PDT

Faced with unemployment and salary cuts, Greece's middle class is quietly looking for jobs abroad. Experts say the exodus of the most-skilled part of Greece's work force has barely begun.


Chen's Sentence Reduced

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 09:21 PM PDT

Taiwan's High Court rejected former President Chen Shui-bian's appeal of his conviction on graft charges Friday, but cut his life sentence to 20 years.


Rudd: Resource Tax Talks to Take Months

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:48 PM PDT

The Australian government signalled a swift end to its increasingly bitter row with mining companies was unlikely, as BHP Billiton called for a planned tax on resource profits to be either revamped or scrapped completely.


Mandela Grandchild Dies in Crash

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Nelson Mandela's 13-year-old great-granddaughter was killed in a car crash on the way home from a concert in Soweto on the eve of the World Cup.


Mandela relative's death clouds Cup start

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:43 PM PDT

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Nelson Mandela's great grand-daughter was killed in a car crash on Friday hours before the World Cup kicks off in South Africa, a tragic note amid revelry for the biggest sports event the continent has held.


New Japan PM vows to reduce debt

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:54 PM PDT

Naoto Kan's pledge comes as banking minister, an advocate of big spending, quits.


S Africa crash kills Mandela kin

Posted: 11 Jun 2010 12:21 AM PDT

Great-granddaughter of ex-president dies while returning from World Cup concert.


Standard Chartered lists in Mumbai (AFP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:20 PM PDT

British bank Standard Chartered listed its Indian Depository Receipts at 105 rupees in debut trading on the Mumbai stock exchange on Friday, marginally above its issue price of 104 rupees.(AFP/File/Punit Paranjpe)AFP - Standard Chartered bank listed its Indian Depository Receipts (IDRs) at 105 rupees in debut trading on the Mumbai stock exchange on Friday, marginally above its issue price of 104 rupees.



Searchers contact teen lost at sea (AP)

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:54 PM PDT

FILE - In this Saturday, Jan 23, 2010 picture, Abby Sunderland, 16, looks out from her sailboat, Wild Eyes, as she leaves for her world record attempting journey at the Del Rey Yacht Club in Marina del Rey, Calif. Rescuers searched Thursday, June 10, 2010 for her somewhere between Africa and Australia. He says emergency beacons were activated overnight and there has been a loss of communication. She was feared in trouble in the southern Indian Ocean. (AP Photo/Richard Hartog)AP - A family spokesman says searchers have contacted a 16-year-old Southern California girl who was feared lost at sea and she is alive and well.



Pope defends celibacy rule for priests

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:57 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI called the church's rule of celibacy for priests 'a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world'.


Belgium heads for another coalition

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:01 PM PDT

The Belgian election looks likely to result in another coalition government


Experts double estimate of BP oil spill size

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:52 PM PDT

BP is coming under increasing pressure as new estimates suggest spill was worse than previously thought


Pope defends celibacy rule for priests

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 10:57 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI called the church's rule of celibacy for priests 'a sign of faith in an increasingly secular world'.


Belgium heads for another coalition

Posted: 10 Jun 2010 11:01 PM PDT

The Belgian election looks likely to result in another coalition government


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