Karzai to present new cabinet nominees Saturday

Karzai to present new cabinet nominees Saturday

Karzai to present new cabinet nominees Saturday

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:36 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's nominees for cabinet posts left vacant last week when lawmakers unexpectedly vetoed 17 candidates will be presented to Parliament on Saturday, an official said.

Britain mulls pullback from part of Afghan region: report (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:55 PM PST

Family and friends mourn as the body of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan is driven through the village of Wootton Bassett, in southern England, December 15. Britain's military may hand control of parts of Afghanistan's Taliban-invested Helmand province to their US counterparts, the Times reported Saturday citing unnamed military officials(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Britain's military may hand control of parts of Afghanistan's Taliban-invested Helmand province to their US counterparts, the Times reported Saturday citing unnamed military officials.

Swede picked for Afghan UN post: US envoy (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

The United Nations has offered the job of top representative to Afghanistan to veteran Swedish diplomat Steffan de Mistura, the US pointman on the country said.(AFP/File/Suhaila Sahmarani)AFP - The United Nations has offered the job of top representative to Afghanistan to veteran Swedish diplomat Steffan de Mistura, the US pointman on the country said Friday.

US denies jet flew over Venezuela

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:42 PM PST

Pentagon's reaction follows allegation by President Chavez of airspace violation.


Workers killed in China mine fire

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:43 PM PST

Latest fatal accident to hit mining industry leaves 12 workers dead in Jiangxi province.


NATO says 2 service members dead in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:29 PM PST

Family and friends mourn as the body of a British soldier killed in Afghanistan is driven through the village of Wootton Bassett, in southern England, December 15. Britain's military may hand control of parts of Afghanistan's Taliban-invested Helmand province to their US counterparts, the Times reported Saturday citing unnamed military officials(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AP - Officials say two NATO service members have died in Afghanistan, including a Danish soldier killed by a roadside bomb.

Britain faces toughest cuts for 20 years: Darling (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:26 PM PST

Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling poses for photographs with his pre-budget report outside the Treasury in December. Darling warned on Saturday that Britain faces its toughest spending cuts in two decades if the ruling Labour party wins this year's general election(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Chancellor Alistair Darling warned on Saturday that Britain faces its toughest spending cuts in two decades if Labour wins this year's general election.

Official says 12 people killed in China mine fire (AP)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:23 PM PST

AP - A fire in a southeastern China coal mine trapped and killed 12 workers, an official said Saturday, in the latest fatal accident for China's mining industry, the deadliest in the world.


China's lobbying efforts yield new influence, openness on Capitol Hill

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

Ten years ago, U.S. lawmakers publicly accused the China Ocean Shipping Co. of being a front for espionage and blocked plans to expand its Long Beach, Calif., port terminal over fears that Chinese spies would use it to snoop on the United States.


International cooperation a challenge for air security

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

As shock fades from the failed Christmas Day bombing of a transatlantic jetliner bound for Detroit, the Obama administration will find that the greatest challenge to tightening aviation security worldwide lies in persuading foreign governments and airports to adopt its proposals, current and form...


Clinton pushes to revive stalled Middle East peace talks

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, in back-to-back meetings with Jordanian and Egyptian diplomats, sought Friday to reinvigorate the Obama administration's push for Middle East peace by laying out the negotiating framework and starting point for talks between Israelis and Palestinians.



Portuguese parliament approves same-sex marriage bill

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

LISBON -- Portugal's parliament passed a bill Friday that would make the predominantly Catholic nation the sixth in Europe to permit gay marriage.


Yemen's internal divide complicates U.S. efforts against al-Qaeda, analysts say

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

ADEN, YEMEN -- A hatred of the government in southern Yemen is complicating U.S.-backed efforts to stem al-Qaeda's ambitions across the region, according to Western and Yemeni officials, analysts and human rights activists.


China again denounces U.S. arms sale to Taiwan

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:40 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Saturday again denounced U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, saying they were an intrusion in Chinese internal affairs that risked undermining its relations with the United States.


Arrest in Newark airport security breach

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:40 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Authorities on Friday arrested a man suspected of triggering a security scare that shut down Newark's international airport this week.


Airplane bomb suspect pleads not guilty

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 02:09 PM PST

Terror suspect Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab was due to be arraigned in a Michigan federal courtroom Friday afternoon for his alleged Christmas Day attempt to blow up an airliner.

Yemen university in focus in plane bomb case

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 08:44 PM PST

Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab disappeared in Yemen for more than two months before he allegedly tried to bring down a Northwest Airlines jet with explosives concealed in his underwear.

Hatoyama Scolds Finance Minister

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 08:53 PM PST

The new finance chief shifted tone a day after roiling currency markets after a rebuke from the prime minister.


China again denounces U.S. arms sale to Taiwan (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 08:32 PM PST

Reuters - China on Saturday again denounced U.S. arms sales to Taiwan, saying they were an intrusion in Chinese internal affairs that risked undermining its relations with the United States.


How cold is Europe? Even Norway's buses can't take it. (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 08 Jan 2010 09:41 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - After three years sans snow, Paris got hit twice this week. The city doesn’t do snow plows, and the novelty of icicles on the Eiffel is wearing off. Even city birds seem to be shivering. “Global warming I care about, but look outside,†offered a denizen of the 8th District.


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