Italy-Serbia football tie abandoned

Italy-Serbia football tie abandoned


Italy-Serbia football tie abandoned

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:02 PM PDT

The Euro 2012 qualifier between Italy and Serbia is abandoned after seven minutes of play because of crowd disturbances.


Judge Orders Injunction on ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:11 PM PDT

A federal judge issued a worldwide injunction stopping enforcement of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy, ending the military's 17-year-old ban on openly gay troops.


Silicon Valley’s Solar Innovators Forced to Retool

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:10 PM PDT

As California companies begin mass production of a new solar cell, the industry has been changed — by China.


Silicon Valley’s Solar Innovators Forced to Retool

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:10 PM PDT

As California companies begin mass production of a new solar cell, the industry has been changed — by China.


Afghan Peace Council Members Want Gesture From US

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:51 PM PDT

Releasing Taliban figures detained at Guantanamo Bay and scratching scores of others off the U.N. sanctions list would jump-start peace talks aimed at ending the 9-year-old war, members of Afghanistan's new peace council said Tuesday.


Huge pensions protests in France

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:04 PM PDT

Mass demonstrations against plans to raise retirement age are the biggest so far against the austerity measures.


Pakistan's judiciary threatens government stability

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:48 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN - After this country's former military dictator deposed the Supreme Court chief justice in 2007, a boisterous movement of protesting lawyers took to the streets and ushered in the return of democracy. Now that same court may be poised to bring about a premature end to Pakistan's...



In West Bank, olive groves are on the front line in struggle over land

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:44 PM PDT

TURMUS AYYA, WEST BANK - When members of the Shalabi family went out recently to harvest their olives, they discovered that a few dozen trees had been chopped down, their branches hacked by vandals. In other groves near this Palestinian village, there were scores of dead trees that had apparentl...


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Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:44 PM PDT


US judge rejects gay military ban

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:57 PM PDT

A US judge declares a nationwide halt to enforcement of the US ban on gay people serving openly in the military, in a landmark ruling.


Books of The Times: Not a Hint of the Storms in the Offing

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:07 PM PDT

Condoleezza Rice wrote a memoir about her family and her life before working for former President George W. Bush.


Italy's crackdown on Gypsies reflects rising anti-immigrant tide in Europe

Posted: 11 Oct 2010 09:25 PM PDT

MILAN - This venerable city, long known for savory saffron risotto and the leggy models of Fashion Week, is moving to establish itself as something else: a zero-tolerance zone for Gypsies.


White House Lifts Ban on Deepwater Drilling

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:10 PM PDT

The Obama administration lifted its deepwater drilling moratorium after imposing rules intended to prevent another disaster like the Gulf of Mexico rig explosion.


Chile mine rescue operation nears

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:00 PM PDT

The first of the Chile miners - trapped for more than two months - are due to be winched to the surface late on Tuesday.


Tsvangirai seeks help in Zimbabwe 'constitutional crisis'

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:33 AM PDT

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has made an international appeal to solve Zimbabwe's "constitutional crisis" following President Robert Mugabe's unilateral appointment of some senior government officials, his party said Tuesday.


Fed looks at more stimulus work

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 12:35 PM PDT

The Federal Reserve confirms it may have to carry out additional stimulus measures to boost the US economy "before long".


Chilean Miners---and the World---Await Rescue

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:55 AM PDT

Thirty-three miners trapped deep underground for 69 days are hoping to end the longest shift of their lives by rising from the chamber in a red, white and blue rescue capsule dubbed the Phoenix.


Chilean miners set to begin emerging today from 2 months underground

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 11:42 AM PDT

SAN JOSE MINE, Chile - After 68 days deep in a dank, hot purgatory, the first of 33 trapped miners will be hoisted to freedom Tuesday night, Chilean rescue officials told hundreds of reporters who have been covering a dramatic life-and-death struggle that has mesmerized much of the world.


Afghan Training Makes Gains, Though War Struggles

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:09 PM PDT

The training of Afghan troops has accelerated, and officials say it has improved, but the soldiers' performance in the field is sowing doubts.


Soldiers Killed By Blast At Iranian Military Base

Posted: 12 Oct 2010 01:10 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - An explosion at a Revolutionary Guards' base that was apparently triggered when a munitions cache caught fire by accident killed and injured several servicemen on Tuesday, Iranian news agencies reported.


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