France Joins Bid to Rescue Hostage |
- France Joins Bid to Rescue Hostage
- Record water levels test giant dam
- Israel tells U.N. N.Korea hurting Mideast stability
- Television: Woofs and Meows Have It (at Least on Screens)
- Pakistan on brink of Test victory
- Bettencourt to be questioned by police: lawyer
- Turkey detains 102 in 'coup plot'
- LHC closes in on massive particle
- Ratings agencies threaten Hungary with downgrade
- Turkey orders 102 'plotters' held
- Road crash girl's mother 'to sue'
- Raid linked to huge drug seizures
- Vietnamese teens' thirst for college outpaces nation's educational system
- Oil Giant Fined for Shipping Sludge to Ivory Coast
- Pakistan on brink of Test victory
- Europe's big banks pass stress tests
- Entire France soccer squad suspended
- G20 man's family 'not giving up'
- Skull collector
- Riera completes Olympiakos move
| France Joins Bid to Rescue Hostage Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:52 PM PDT France said that it participated in a failed attempt this week to free a French national who is being held hostage in the Sahara desert by a group affiliated with al Qaeda.
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| Record water levels test giant dam Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:22 PM PDT Water behind China's giant Three Gorges Dam was backing up to record levels on Friday as water continued to flow into the swollen Yangtze River. FULL STORY l WET WEATHER BATTERS CHINA
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| Israel tells U.N. N.Korea hurting Mideast stability Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:57 PM PDT UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Israel has told the U.N. Security Council's North Korea sanctions panel that ballistic missile proliferation by Pyongyang is destabilizing the Middle East and urged countries to step up efforts to stop it.
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| Television: Woofs and Meows Have It (at Least on Screens) Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:16 PM PDT Humans have been ceding ground to cats and dogs for some time, and lately cute pets have been hypnotizing us with videos on screens big and small. 
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| Pakistan on brink of Test victory Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:25 AM PDT Pakistan are 40 runs short of earning their first Test victory against Australia in 15 years to the two-match series at Headingley.
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| Bettencourt to be questioned by police: lawyer Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:36 PM PDT PARIS (Reuters) - Liliane Bettencourt, France's richest woman at the center of a scandal over alleged tax evasion and illegal political funding, will be questioned by police next week, her lawyer said Friday.
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| Turkey detains 102 in 'coup plot' Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:33 AM PDT A court orders the arrest of 102 people, including senior military figures, for plotting to overthrow the government in 2003.
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| LHC closes in on massive particle Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:33 PM PDT Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have seen several candidates for the heaviest sub-atomic particle known to science.
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| Ratings agencies threaten Hungary with downgrade Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:12 PM PDT BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Two top ratings agencies said on Friday they might downgrade Hungary's sovereign debt after its prime minister snubbed the IMF and rejected austerity measures in favor of a pro-growth policy.
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| Turkey orders 102 'plotters' held Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:01 PM PDT Warrant accuses dozens of retired military officers of plotting against government.
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| Road crash girl's mother 'to sue' Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:07 PM PDT The mother of a teenager killed on a wet valleys road is considering pursuing legal action over the crash.
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| Raid linked to huge drug seizures Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:50 AM PDT A 33-year-old man is arrested following a police raid linked to a number of significant drug seizures earlier this year.
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| Vietnamese teens' thirst for college outpaces nation's educational system Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:39 AM PDT HO CHI MINH CITY -- To take the most important test of her life, Le Thi Hoai Thuong, 18, traveled 38 hours by bus with her father, a rice and corn farmer who doesn't want his daughter to become a rice and corn farmer. 
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| Oil Giant Fined for Shipping Sludge to Ivory Coast Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:30 AM PDT A Dutch court on Friday imposed the maximum fine of $1.28 million on Trafigura for illegally exporting highly toxic waste that ended up dumped in the African nation.
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| Pakistan on brink of Test victory Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:25 AM PDT Pakistan are 40 runs short of earning their first Test victory against Australia in 15 years to the two-match series at Headingley.
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| Europe's big banks pass stress tests Posted: 23 Jul 2010 12:14 PM PDT Most of Europe's biggest banks passed stress tests aimed at shoring up confidence in the region's economy, officials said Friday.
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| Entire France soccer squad suspended Posted: 23 Jul 2010 10:25 AM PDT New France coach Laurent Blanc choses not to select any of the 23-man World Cup squad, that refused to take part in a training session during their disastrous tournament, for next month's friendly against Norway.
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| G20 man's family 'not giving up' Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:30 AM PDT The widow of Ian Tomlinson, who died after being pushed by a police officer in London, says she will not "give up on justice".
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| Posted: 23 Jul 2010 10:41 AM PDT UK case highlights the global illegal trade in endangered species
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| Riera completes Olympiakos move Posted: 23 Jul 2010 11:12 AM PDT Spanish winger Albert Riera joins Greek club Olympiakos from Liverpool.
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