Germany gives to Auschwitz fund

Germany gives to Auschwitz fund


Germany gives to Auschwitz fund

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:22 PM PST

Germany pledges to contribute $80m to a fund set up to preserve the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz as a symbol of the Holocaust.


Kenyan ministers named as suspects in vote violence

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:31 PM PST

THE HAGUE/NAIROBI (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court prosecutor named three Kenyan cabinet ministers and a former police chief on Wednesday among six suspects behind the east African country's post-election violence in 2008.


City Room: Lingering Scars of Park Slope Plane Crash

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:45 AM PST

Signs of the 1960 crash remain. Some are subtle, and some, like a piece of jet in a back yard, are stunning.


U.N. Lifts Sanctions on Iraq

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:33 AM PST

The U.N. Security Council lifted sanctions imposed on Iraq after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, including allowing Baghdad to build a civilian nuclear program, and formally ending the U.N.'s oil-for-food program.


Virgin Atlantic in tie-up talks

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:43 AM PST

Virgin Atlantic says it has received "a number of lines of enquiries" about potential tie-ups.


U.S. Sues BP and Other Companies Over Gulf Spill

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:36 PM PST

The Justice Department announced a suit on Wednesday that would hold the companies liable without limitation.


UN lifts sanctions against Iraq

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:30 AM PST

The UN Security Council lifts most international sanctions imposed on Iraq during the Saddam Hussein era, citing progress made in the country.


Live - Europa League

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:30 AM PST

Liverpool host FC Utrecht in the final round of Europa League Group K matches.


Ghana oil pumped for first time

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:29 AM PST

The West African nation of Ghana has begun to pump its first commercial oil after the discovery of the offshore Jubilee field three years ago.


For Red Cross, Afghanistan Situation Now at its Worst

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:20 AM PST

The International Committee of the Red Cross held a rare news conference to express concern that security is preventing aid groups from reaching victims of conflict.


Berlusconi seeks fresh start after bitter Italy vote

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:55 AM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi tried to woo rebel deputies on Wednesday, a day after surviving a confidence vote that provoked tumult in parliament and some of the worst street violence in Rome in years.


Iraq gets U.N. green light for civil nuclear program

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:53 AM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council on Wednesday gave Iraq the green light to develop a civilian nuclear program, ending 19-year-old restrictions aimed at preventing the country from developing atomic weapons.


US sues BP over Gulf oil disaster

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:39 PM PST

The US is suing BP and other companies in an effort to recover billions of dollars in connection with the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.


Tax-cut legislation includes $55 billion in benefits for a host of industries

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:56 AM PST

A host of industries, from Caribbean distilleries to Hollywood producers, would gain billions in tax breaks and other subsidies under compromise tax-cut legislation now moving its way through Congress.



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Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:56 AM PST


Senate Passes Compromise Tax Plan by Wide Margin

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:40 PM PST

The $858 billion tax plan was the first concrete product of a new era of divided government and acid compromise.


YouTube May Buy Video Production Company

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 12:08 PM PST

YouTube is said to be in talks to buy Next New Networks, a Web video production company, in what would be its first major foray into producing original content.


Protesters Detained in Nepal

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:08 AM PST

Police broke up demonstrations and arrested protesters who were demanding the release of Nepal's former crown prince, who was detained for questioning after he fired a gun into the air after an argument.


Europe Seeks Investigation into Kosovo Guerrillas

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 11:18 AM PST

A human-rights investigator for the Council of Europe is calling for an international probe into allegations that former Kosovo guerrilla fighters killed some prisoners in order to sell their internal organs on the black market as chaos engulfed the southern Balkans in 1999.


Canadian Highway Partially Reopens

Posted: 15 Dec 2010 10:22 AM PST

Canada has partially opened a stretch of highway in southwestern Ontario after rescuing 237 motorists stranded by a blizzard, but auto plants in the area are still crippled by a parts shortage.


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