Hariri tribunal to accuse Hezbollah members: Nasrallah

Hariri tribunal to accuse Hezbollah members: Nasrallah


Hariri tribunal to accuse Hezbollah members: Nasrallah

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 01:11 PM PDT

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said Thursday he had been told that members of his group would be indicted by a U.N. tribunal investigating the 2005 killing of Lebanon's former prime minister Rafik al-Hariri.


US sanctions three senior Taliban

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 10:22 AM PDT

The US says it is applying sanctions to three Taliban leaders and financiers, which will freeze their assets and travel, officials say.


Griffin ban

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 12:41 PM PDT

What was the mood like on the Palace lawn?


Finding Many Ways to Say It’s Too Darn Hot

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 12:47 PM PDT

There are many ways to measure the cumulative, quantifiable effects of 90-degree day after 90-degree day.


Pakistan Army Chief Granted 3-Year Extension

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 12:30 PM PDT

The government granted a three-year extension to Pakistan's army chief on Thursday, an extraordinary move that reflected his enormously powerful influence in the country.


Iraq 'Green Zone' Attack Kills 3

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:26 AM PDT

Rockets fired into the heavily fortified International Zone in central Baghdad killed three people and injured 15, including two hurt Americans, all of whom worked for a private security company contracted to the U.S. government.


Venezuela Cuts Ties With Colombia

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 12:10 PM PDT

President Hugo Chavez severed all diplomatic ties with neighboring Colombia and ordered "maximum alert" on the border, following charges by Bogota that Colombian rebel leaders were stationed in Venezuela.


India Seeks Sponsors for Games

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:48 AM PDT

With sponsors slow to sign on ahead of October's Commonwealth Games in New Delhi, India's sports authorities have asked state-owned firms to step in.


U.S. sends two Guantanamo detainees to Spain, Latvia

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 12:20 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon said on Thursday it transferred two detainees from the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba to the governments of Spain and Latvia but did not reveal their identities.


Chelsea hit by Alex injury blow

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:29 AM PDT

Chelsea defender Alex is expected to be sidelined for around a month because of a thigh injury suffered in training.


Frozen in time

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 07:07 AM PDT

Shackleton's Antarctic whisky slowly thaws


Democrats Abandon Sweeping Energy Plan

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 12:29 PM PDT

Democratic leaders say they will pursue a more limited measure focused on responding to gulf oil spill.


House Passes Jobless Benefit Extension

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 12:19 PM PDT

The White House said it would immediately sign the legislation restoring unemployment pay.


International sanctions taking toll on Iran's South Pars gas field

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:36 AM PDT

ASALOUYEH, IRAN -- Increasingly tough international sanctions over Iran's nuclear program have significantly slowed the county's most prestigious economic project, scheduled to rake in more than $130 billion in annual sales of natural gas after its completion.


Iran - South Pars / North Dome Gas-Condensate field - Middle East - United States - United Nations


Gorillas fight for survival

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:57 AM PDT

Uganda has crept back into our consciousness lately with synchronized bomb attacks that took the lives of 76 people in the nation's capital Kampala during the World Cup festivities.


Corrie cat's ashes smash auction target

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 08:19 AM PDT

The ashes of Frisky the Coronation Street cat, who died ten years ago, raise almost six times the expected auction price.


Murder trial halted for cigarette

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:51 AM PDT

A man accused of murdering his girlfriend in Canterbury halts a trial because he says he needs a cigarette.


Venezuela breaks relations with Colombia

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:56 AM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Thursday that he is breaking off relations with Colombia and called his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, "crazed."


N. Korea agrees to talks on sinking

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:13 AM PDT

North Korea has agreed to hold talks Friday with the U.S.-led U.N. Command on the peninsula over the sinking of a South Korean warship.


Lab eyes more time for Higgs hunt

Posted: 22 Jul 2010 11:18 AM PDT

A US "atom smasher" may get three more years of life in order to continue its hunt for the so-called God particle.


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