Nigeria issues fraud blacklist

Nigeria issues fraud blacklist


Nigeria issues fraud blacklist

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:54 PM PDT

Nigerian anti-fraud police publish a list of 100 people - almost half of them politicians - who they say should be banned from running for political office.


Indian amber yields ancient bug haul

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:49 PM PDT

More than 700 new species of ancient insects, preserved in 50-million-year-old amber, were found in India.


Saracens close in on Henson deal

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:35 PM PDT

Saracens believe they are not far from signing Wales' two-time Grand Slam winner Gavin Henson from Ospreys.


Hodgson called up for Wilkinson

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:53 PM PDT

Charlie Hodgson becomes the fifth player added to England's autumn Tests squad as cover for injuries after Jonny Wilkinson reports a shoulder problem.


Haiti cholera death rate slows

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 01:12 PM PDT

Health minister says only six new deaths reported since Sunday in outbreak that has killed 259 and made 3,342 ill.


New Brazil poll shows Rousseff lead steady

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:55 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian ruling party candidate Dilma Rousseff maintained her lead over opposition challenger Jose Serra ahead of a presidential runoff vote on October 31, an opinion poll showed on Monday.


Guantánamo Detainee Pleads Guilty, Averting Trial

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:30 PM PDT

Omar Khadr's plea to terrorism-related charges means he will not be the first to stand trial before a military commission.


China campaigning against international probe of possible war crimes in Burma

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:13 PM PDT

The Chinese government has launched a high-octane diplomatic campaign during the past two months aimed at thwarting the Obama administration's proposal to back an international probe into possible war crimes by Burma's military rulers.


Naples magistrates see mafia role in waste protest

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:27 PM PDT

NAPLES (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Naples are investigating whether members of the local mafia are involved in protests against a new rubbish dump near Italy's third biggest city, a judicial source said on Monday.


The Caucus: Democrat in Rhode Island Tells Obama Off

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 10:56 AM PDT

Frank T. Caprio made clear that he isn't seeking the president's endorsement in the governor's race.


Lustful Opera, Censored, Befuddles Chinese

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 12:31 PM PDT

The depiction of a sexually aroused donkey and references to capital punishment nearly derailed an ambitious re-interpretation of Handel's "Semele."


Karzai Rails Against America in Anti-Western Diatribe

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:31 AM PDT

President Hamid Karzai accused the U.S. of exporting killing, the latest salvo in a bitter battle between the president and his allies that has taken on an increasingly anti-Western tone.


Critics Say the Cost of Forgiveness Too High in East Timor

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 10:57 AM PDT

The government's release of rebel leaders to bring about reconciliation has been criticized by rights groups and the United Nations who say the commutations undermine the rule of law.


Iran set to load fuel to core of first atomic plant

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:45 AM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will load fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant on Tuesday, a senior MP said, and celebrations will be held to mark what is one of several important steps in the Islamic state's nuclear program.


German Foreign Ministry Confronts Nazi Past

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:45 AM PDT

Germany's diplomats were much more deeply involved in carrying out the Holocaust than previously known, according to a new report about the Foreign Ministry's Nazi past published Monday.


Rwanda terror charge for Ingabire

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:38 AM PDT

Rwanda's opposition leader Victoire Ingabire appears in court accused of working with a terrorist group, after her arrest earlier this month.


"Toronto 18" bomb plotter Ahmad gets 16 years

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:14 AM PDT

TORONTO (Reuters) - Fahim Ahmad, one of two ringleaders in the 2006 "Toronto 18" plot to detonate bombs and attack landmarks in major Canadian cities, was sentenced on Monday to 16 years in prison.


Guantánamo Detainee Pleads Guilty, Averting Trial

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:59 AM PDT

Omar Khadr's plea to terrorism-related charges means he won't be the first to stand trial before a military commission.


Lull in Violence in Tijuana Is Broken by Massacre

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:42 AM PDT

The killing of 13 on Sunday raised alarm in a city that had seemed to turn a corner after years of atrocities.


New Rules to Cut Emissions for Trucks

Posted: 25 Oct 2010 11:36 AM PDT

New medium- and heavy-duty trucks will have to cut fuel consumption and emissions by 10 to 20 percent under the standards proposed by administration.


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