Ex-ministers in spat over Trident

Ex-ministers in spat over Trident

Ex-ministers in spat over Trident

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:17 PM PDT

Shadow defence secretary Bob Ainsworth hits out a former aide who accuses him of being "more right wing than the Tories" on Trident at a Labour fringe meeting.


Iran's flying boats go on display at sea

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:18 PM PDT

Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have taken delivery of three squadrons of flying crafts named ''Bavar 2'', according to the country's state TV.


Drones as Occupational Hazard

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:24 PM PDT

A Times correspondent ponders why the Taliban seemed so unconcerned about the drones overhead.

Netanyahu Says Mideast Peace Talks Must Go On

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:30 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Tuesday agreed to meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at a summit in Paris next month, a joint effort to overcome the threat of their peace talks collapsing.

EU to Propose Budget Sanctions

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:36 PM PDT

The European Commission will propose tough sanctions for euro-area countries to prevent the buildup of public debt, deficits and macroeconomic imbalances, a senior commission official said.


Iran Touts Gasoline Exports

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Iran said it has started exporting domestically produced gasoline, drawing skepticism from oil-industry experts but representing Tehran's latest show of defiance amid international sanctions aimed at curbing its nuclear ambitions.


Key posts for N Korea leader's son

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:01 PM PDT

The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is awarded key party posts, in a move seen as part of a gradual transfer of power.


U.S.-led forces, Pakistan discuss cross-border attack

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan tried but failed to notify Pakistan before launching rare cross-border air strikes last week that killed some 30 insurgents on Pakistani soil, a Pentagon spokesman said on Tuesday.

Key posts for N Korea head's son

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:13 PM PDT

The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is awarded key party posts, in a move seen as part of a gradual transfer of power.


North Korea leader son takes key party post: report

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 01:14 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-il's son and heir-apparent to the dynastic state, Kim Jong-un, has been named vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party's powerful Central Military Commission, state media said on Wednesday.

Taliban Reject Karzai's Peace Council

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:37 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday appointed the members of a new council that aims to negotiate a peace settlement with Taliban insurgents. The Taliban, who earlier Tuesday assassinated the deputy governor of a key province, immediately rebuffed Mr. Karzai's latest overtures.


German Finance Minister Admitted to Hospital

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 11:50 AM PDT

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble was admitted to hospital for an expected four-week stay, a blow to Germany's government that is likely to raise questions about his ability to oversee the finances of Europe's biggest economy.


Judges Question California Execution

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:26 PM PDT

The move comes amid concerns about a shortage of one of the drugs used in the lethal injection process. Albert G. Brown Jr. had been scheduled to die by lethal injection on Wednesday.

Whitman and Brown Set to Debate

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:02 PM PDT

With polls showing the race tied and the number of undecided voters rising, candidates for governor of California will meet tonight in the first of three debates, with the economy, jobs, and spending likely to dominate.

Poll Finds Ohioans Especially Angry

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:01 PM PDT

A poll finds people in Ohio much more likely to call themselves angry than Americans do in general.

Connecticut Senate Race Tightening

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:10 PM PDT

Support for Connecticut's Democratic candidate for the Senate slips in a recent poll.

In Russia, BP Sees a Second Act

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:25 PM PDT

Reviled in the United States, the oil giant has mended its once-caustic relations with Russia at an opportune time.

Eiffel Tower evacuated with no bomb found

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:56 PM PDT

PARIS (Reuters) - The Eiffel Tower and the surrounding Champ de Mars park were briefly evacuated on Tuesday because of a bomb alert, the fourth in the Paris region in as many weeks, but a search turned up nothing, police said.

Castro attacks U.S. while reading from 50-year-old speech

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 12:16 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro blasted the U.S. government for warmongering on Tuesday with the same kind of rhetoric he used half a century ago at the outset of his ideological feud with the United States.

Petraeus Fights Time, Enemy in Afghanistan

Posted: 28 Sep 2010 11:39 AM PDT

Gen. David Petraeus trudges across a gravel helicopter landing area with his aides, looking purposeful but a bit grim, as he reaches a village outpost in the violent Afghan province of Helmand. He's here to chart progress, or lack thereof, in a war that's running at the pace of a horse cart, in a world that runs at the speed of a text message.

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