Severe disruption to rail routes |
- Severe disruption to rail routes
- With McChrystal out, difficult Afghan mission gets harder
- Afghanistan disappointed by McChrystal resignation, optimistic about Petraeus
- Live - World Cup
- NATO chief says strategy for Afghanistan unchanged
- Was Obama right to fire Gen McChrystal?
- Iran is ready for planned U.S. sanctions on fuel, analysts say
- Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged, Citing Overseas Threats
- At Community Colleges, Open Access Is Latest Cutback
- Wimbledon Live: Isner and Mahut in Epic Marathon
- Synthetic drugs use 'rising' - UN
- Picasso reaches £34.7m in auction
- Toll rises in Congo train crash
- Obama has free rein to act on McChrystal, but system is still complex
- Meet Dubai's 'Merchant of Marriage'
- Council of Europe opposes bans on Muslim face veils
- Hitler documents to be auctioned
- Syria jails leading rights lawyer
- 'Superstorm' rages on exoplanet
- Live - World Cup
| Severe disruption to rail routes Posted: 23 Jun 2010 01:17 PM PDT Mainline trains in and out of London Paddington are severely hit after 300ft (90m) of signalling cable is stolen in west London.
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| With McChrystal out, difficult Afghan mission gets harder Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:40 PM PDT President Obama's decision to relieve Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal of his duties will create new complications for the troubled U.S. effort to stabilize Afghanistan, but selecting Gen. David H. Petraeus to replace him represents an attempt to minimize disruptions resulting from a change in command. 
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| Afghanistan disappointed by McChrystal resignation, optimistic about Petraeus Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:50 PM PDT KABUL -- Afghan officials said they were saddened and disappointed by the dismissal Wednesday of Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, but they expressed high hopes for his replacement.
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| Posted: 13 May 2010 08:38 AM PDT Three-time World Cup winners Germany face Ghana's Black Stars - Africa's main hope of qualifying to the second round.
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| NATO chief says strategy for Afghanistan unchanged Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:40 PM PDT BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO will maintain its approach to Afghanistan after President Barack Obama on Wednesday relieved his top general in the country from command, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.
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| Was Obama right to fire Gen McChrystal? Posted: 23 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT President Obama has dismissed Gen McChrystal for publicly criticising his officials. Was he right?
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| Iran is ready for planned U.S. sanctions on fuel, analysts say Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:09 PM PDT TEHRAN -- As Congress prepares to target Iran's vital fuel imports as part of its most far-reaching sanctions package yet, observers say the Tehran government has already done much to deflect the impact of the new U.S. measures.
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| Fed Leaves Rates Unchanged, Citing Overseas Threats Posted: 23 Jun 2010 11:58 AM PDT The Federal Reserve's policy-making arm decided to keep short-term interest rates near zero for "an extended period." 
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| At Community Colleges, Open Access Is Latest Cutback Posted: 23 Jun 2010 11:58 AM PDT With states slashing budgets, many two-year colleges are unable to handle an influx of students.
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| Wimbledon Live: Isner and Mahut in Epic Marathon Posted: 23 Jun 2010 11:50 AM PDT Live coverage of the five set match between John Isner and Nicolas Mahut.
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| Synthetic drugs use 'rising' - UN Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:02 PM PDT Synthetic drugs are becoming increasingly popular while demand for opium and cocaine is dropping, a UN report says.
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| Picasso reaches £34.7m in auction Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:08 PM PDT A "blue period" Picasso has fetched £34.7m at a Christie's auction in London where receipts could total £230m.
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| Toll rises in Congo train crash Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:04 PM PDT Railway staff continue search for survivors of accident that killed at least 76 people.
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| Obama has free rein to act on McChrystal, but system is still complex Posted: 22 Jun 2010 09:00 PM PDT The Constitution spells it out clearly: Civilians are in control of the military, with one in particular deemed the "Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States when called into the actual Service of the United States."
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| Meet Dubai's 'Merchant of Marriage' Posted: 23 Jun 2010 03:58 AM PDT He is the self-styled "Merchant of Marriage" -- a Dubai matchmaker who says he has helped set up 3,000 weddings for the Emirate's Indian and Pakistani community.
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| Council of Europe opposes bans on Muslim face veils Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:19 PM PDT STRASBOURG (Reuters) - The Council of Europe human rights watchdog said on Wednesday it opposed an all-out ban on full face veils, under consideration by some European states, but also urged Muslims to reject customs that deny women equal rights.
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| Hitler documents to be auctioned Posted: 23 Jun 2010 09:31 AM PDT An auction house is putting several hundred papers relating to Hitler's nine months in a German jail in 1924 on sale at the beginning of July.
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| Syria jails leading rights lawyer Posted: 23 Jun 2010 11:17 AM PDT An award-winning lawyer and activist has been jailed for three years in Syria, human rights groups say.
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| 'Superstorm' rages on exoplanet Posted: 23 Jun 2010 12:42 PM PDT Astronomers measure high-speed winds in the atmosphere of a planet orbiting a distant star.
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| Posted: 13 May 2010 08:38 AM PDT Three-time World Cup winners Germany face Ghana's Black Stars - Africa's main hope of qualifying to the second round.
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