Arrest over rare bird skin theft

Arrest over rare bird skin theft


Arrest over rare bird skin theft

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:58 PM PST

A US citizen is arrested in connection with the theft of 299 rare bird skins from the Natural History Museum at Tring in Hertfordshire.


H.I.V. Discrimination Law Fails in Chinese Court

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:40 PM PST

A court ruled against a man who said he was denied a teaching job after his H.I.V. status was known.


Obama Seeks to Reassert U.S. Sway

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:44 PM PST

Obama asserted America's "special role" on the international stage, arguing that U.S. leadership had fostered global economic cooperation at the Group of 20 summit despite also provoking strenuous opposition.


G-20's Host Pushes Seoul Consensus

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:08 AM PST

South Korea used the largest diplomatic event in its history to push for a reshaping of the economic relationship between advanced and developing nations.


Sarkozy Takes Over G-20 Leadership

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:04 AM PST

French President Nicolas Sarkozy kicked off his yearlong leadership of the Group of 20 by playing down prospects for the group after a disappointing meeting in Seoul. "Our work is colossal and won't be completed in a year," Mr. Sarkozy told reporters after the conclusion of the summit, which produced limited agreement on currencies and global imbalances.


Chinese Law Against H.I.V. Discrimination Fails in Court

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:24 PM PST

Court rules against a man who said he was wrongly denied a teaching job after his status was known.


Keeper of Indonesian Volcano Becomes Posthumous Lightning Rod

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 10:58 AM PST

Mbah Maridjan has come to symbolize tensions between tradition and modernity that is pulling at the unique fusion of beliefs that characterizes Javanese culture.


The Lede: Beck Sees Soros as Iran Does

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:25 PM PST

Perhaps the oddest part of Glenn Beck's critique of George Soros is that the Fox News host appears to agree with the autocratic leaders of countries like Iran and Myanmar.


Mexico hunting 12-year-old drug gang hitman

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:18 PM PST

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Soldiers are hunting a 12-year-old suspected drug gang hitman accused of helping wage a gruesome turf war in central Mexico, a state prosecutor and Mexican media said on Friday.


Power-sharing agreement leaves some Iraqis bitter, saying nothing will change

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:57 AM PST

BAGHDAD - The mood in Baghdad's Sunni neighborhood of Adhamiyah was one of quiet but bitter resignation Friday, a day after Iraq's Shiite incumbent prime minister kept his post during a chaotic parliamentary session marred by a walkout by a largely Sunni- and secularist-backed bloc.


Some 200,000 at risk of cholera in Haiti, U.N. says

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:03 PM PST

GENEVA (Reuters) - Up to 200,000 Haitians could contract cholera as the outbreak which has already killed 800 is set to spread across the battered Caribbean nation of nearly 10 million, the United Nations said on Friday.


Live text - Murray v Monfils

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:57 AM PST

British number one Andy Murray takes on home favourite Gael Monfils at the Paris Masters with a semi-final against Roger Federer at stake.


The Big Squeeze

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 12:22 PM PST

New Yorkers in their 20s are living in ever smaller spaces and moving to neighborhoods once considered dicey.


Assembly members agree pay freeze

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 08:31 AM PST

Assembly members agree to a pay freeze for four years after the assembly election on 5 May next year.


Kosovo 'organ trafficking' exposed

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 10:45 AM PST

Five people including doctors and a former senior health offical are charged in connection with international network.


Lebanon cleric sentenced to life

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 10:55 AM PST

Military court convicts Omar Bakri Mohammed of terrorism charges and sentences him in absentia to life in prison.


Glittering opening to Asian Games

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:40 AM PST

Chinese prime minister declares the games open after a spectacular opening ceremony in Guangzhou.


No local 'costumes' for APEC leaders

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 11:06 AM PST

As Japan hosts the Asia-Pacific summit, the tradition of leaders wear local 'costumes' is not taking place.


Police: Man kills himself on internet

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 06:04 AM PST

A 24-year-old man committed suicide live on the Internet, Japanese police said Friday.


Hunt for bin Laden missed 'real opportunity'

Posted: 12 Nov 2010 10:59 AM PST

Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden watched the bombing of Tora Bora, Afghanistan, where he was in hiding in 2001, says the man who was serving as Germany's foreign intelligence chief at the time.


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