Haiti presidential list delayed

Haiti presidential list delayed

Haiti presidential list delayed

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:47 PM PDT

Electoral commission to rule of presidential bid by Wyclef Jean and others on Friday.


Berenson Parole Revoked in Peru

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:27 PM PDT

A Peruvian court ordered that Lori Berenson, the American imprisoned on charges of collaborating with revolutionaries, complete five years left in her sentence.

Rasharkin return parade permitted

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:33 PM PDT

The Parades Commission accepts a revised application from a loyalist band for its parade through Rasharkin on Friday evening.


Khamenei: Iran won't talk with U.S. in current climate

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:48 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader said on Wednesday the Islamic Republic would not conduct talks with the United States about its nuclear program unless sanctions and military threats were lifted.

Exports to China stir German fears

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:44 PM PDT

Germany's resurgent export economy is presenting the country's policy makers with a new worry—a growing reliance on China.


Turkey Premier, Business Lobby Face Off

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:14 AM PDT

Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has warned Turkey's largest business lobby that it risks "elimination" if it doesn't take a stand on the country's Sept. 12 referendum on constitutional change, as the campaign to influence the vote turns increasingly hostile.


US military denies Wikileaks talks

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:21 PM PDT

Pentagon dismisses website's claims it wants talks on release of new Afghan war documents.


More missing in new China landslide

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:32 AM PDT

Roads, power and telecommunications in Yunnan in latest incident in flood-hit country.


Cholera threat to Pakistan's children

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Aid agencies are reporting a ten fold increase in deaths from cholera and dehydration in Pakistan.


All cafes ordered shut in Chechnya during Ramadan

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 12:17 PM PDT

GROZNY, Russia (Reuters) - The spiritual leader of the Muslim region of Chechnya has ordered that eateries shut down completely for the month of Ramadan, sparking outrage from activists and residents who say it violates Russian law.

Tory 'abuses' Hughes on Twitter

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:58 AM PDT

The Conservative deputy leader of the London Assembly makes "juvenile and abusive" insults towards a Lib Dem MP on Twitter.


Beyond Fossil Fuels: Gasoline Substitutes Researched With U.S. Funds

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:44 AM PDT

A new federal agency is financing attempts to find a renewable replacement for gasoline and diesel fuel, like a new liquid fuel or a much better battery.

Foxconn rallies workers in China

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 10:25 AM PDT

Taiwanese iPhone-maker Foxconn holds employee rallies in its factories in China after a string of workers' suicides


Live - Murray v Chardy

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:49 AM PDT

British number one Andy Murray opens his Cincinnati Masters campaign against world number 58 Jeremy Chardy of France.


US home glut 'hurting recovery'

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:52 AM PDT

President Barack Obama says an over-supply of homes is hindering the US economic recovery, but he says the situation is slowly improving.


Peruvian court revokes U.S. woman's parole, at least for now

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:06 AM PDT

A Peruvian court Wednesday temporarily revoked the parole of American Lori Berenson, who was convicted of aiding terrorists in that country, a spokesman for Peru's Supreme Court told CNN.

Amin al-Hindi, 70, Former Palestinian Intelligence Chief, Dies

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:01 AM PDT

Mr. Hindi was an associate of Yasir Arafat who was widely suspected of having played an organizing role in the deadly attack on Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics.

Japan analyzing damage to tanker in Hormuz Strait

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:32 AM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Checks on a Japanese oil tanker damaged by a mystery explosion near the Strait of Hormuz oil shipping route found a soot-like substance in a large dent in its hull, the Transport Ministry in Tokyo said on Wednesday.

CAA told of Kiss Flights concerns

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:02 AM PDT

Concerns about collapsed travel firm Kiss Flights emerged almost two years ago, the BBC has learnt.


Abducted Mexican mayor's body found, government says

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 11:08 AM PDT

The body of Edelmiro Cavazos Leal, the mayor of the city of Santiago in Nuevo Leon state, was found Wednesday, two days after he was abducted, Mexico's interior ministry announced.

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