Drone attack hits Pakistan village

Drone attack hits Pakistan village

Drone attack hits Pakistan village

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:30 PM PST

Up to 10 deaths reported as suspected fighters in N Waziristan's tribal region are targeted.


Two held over Hong Kong acid attack

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:07 PM PST

Arrests made over acid attack that injured six people in busy commerical district.


Ex-IAEA chief injects life into Egypt's politics (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:24 PM PST

AP - The U.N.'s former nuclear chief has yet to return home to his native Egypt after almost a quarter century monitoring the world's atomic programs, but the 2005 Nobel Peace Prize winner has already created the biggest political stir in his homeland in years by hinting at a new career in politics.


Prehistoric building found in modern Israeli city (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:23 PM PST

Yoav Arbel of Israel's Antiquities Authority holds pieces of stone artifacts at the excavation site of the Neolithic period in Tel Aviv, Israel, Jan. 11, 2010. Israel's Antiquities Authority say the remains of a prehistoric building as well as ancient flint tools have been discovered in the modern city of Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - When Tel Aviv marked its centennial last year, part of the festivities honoring 100 years since the founding of the first modern Hebrew city included restoration of its oldest buildings.

China official's comments on Internet control

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:43 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A senior Chinese official told companies to support the government's Internet controls on Thursday, suggesting scant room for compromise with Google after the company threatened to quit China over censorship and hacking.


Johnson picks England's Six Nations rugby squad (AFP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:03 PM PST

Martin Johnson's (pictured last February) selection, made with 2003 World Cup winner Mike Tindall injured, means England could field an all New Zealand-born midfield combination of Shontayne Hape and Riki Flutey in their Six Nations opener against Wales on February 6.(AFP/File/Ian Kington)AFP - Martin Johnson insisted he'd no qualms in selecting former New Zealand rugby league international Shontayne Hape for England's Six Nations squad.

Chavez suspends rolling blackouts in Caracas (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:25 PM PST

AP - President Hugo Chavez indefinitely suspended rolling blackouts in Venezuela's capital just a day after they began, and sacked his electricity minister saying he was responsible for mistakes in the way the rationing plan was applied.


Hymns, children's cries fill Haiti's night

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:12 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - In the frightening pitch black of quake-stricken Haiti's night, religious songs rise from groups of people huddled in open spaces for safety and solidarity.


Tens of thousands feared dead in Haiti quake

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:12 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Traumatized Haitians slept out in parks and streets on Thursday, fearing aftershocks to the catastrophic earthquake that flattened homes and government buildings and buried countless people.


Obama to announce bank fee plan

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:34 PM PST

Announcement follows questioning of top bank executives over their role in financial crisis.


Iranian academic's death condemned

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:20 PM PST

Khatami and Rafsanjani call killing of physics professor Ali Mohammadi "act of terrorism".


Retailers: Adapt Or Die

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

Stores need to cater to frugal, utilitarian shoppers in the new economy.


The Coming Sovereign Debt Crisis

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

Will investors move out of their ''safe haven'' markets?


The True Meaning Of Martyrdom

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:01 PM PST

Robert Park vs. the underwear bomber.


Malaysian Catholics' lawyers offices targeted

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 07:06 PM PST

KUALA LUMPUR -Malaysia's Catholic Church said Thursday the offices of its lawyers have been burgled and ransacked, in the latest of a spate of attacks triggered by a row over the use of the word "Allah."

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US to take lead role in southern Afghanistan: report

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 06:58 PM PST

LONDON -United States forces are to take over the main role in southern Afghanistan from the British in a shake-up of the region's command structure, a newspaper reported Thursday.

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Songs and prayers in Haiti's darkest hour

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:35 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE -Mournful songs and prayers rose above the ruins of the Haitian capital Wednesday as night plunged the quake-hit Caribbean nation into darkness, blanketing the view of lines of corpses.

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Court halts broadcast of California gay marriage case

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 04:24 PM PST

WASHINGTON -The US Supreme Court barred the live broadcast of audio and video from a California court where rights activists are challenging a state ban on gay marriage.

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Hymns, children's cries fill Haiti's night

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 09:38 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - In the frightening pitch black of quake-stricken Haiti's night, religious songs rise from groups of people huddled in open spaces for safety and solidarity.

Officials: Alleged US missiles kill 10 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:18 PM PST

Pakistan's fundamentalist Islamic party Jamaat-i-Islami (JI) supporters protest against the US in Lahore in December 2009. Washington is increasing pressure on Pakistan to tackle militants who use its soil to launch attacks in Afghanistan(AFP/File/Arif Ali)AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least 10 alleged militants Thursday at a compound formerly used as a religious school in Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal region, officials said, the eighth such attack in two weeks.
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U.S. military dispatches aircraft carrier, other assets to help in Haiti

U.S. military dispatches aircraft carrier, other assets to help in Haiti

U.S. military dispatches aircraft carrier, other assets to help in Haiti

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:03 PM PST

The U.S. military is urgently dispatching a Navy aircraft carrier and large-deck amphibious ship, as well as military transport aircraft and assessment teams, to Haiti to assist with the earthquake relief effort, a senior U.S. military official said Wednesday.


Three arrests over 'hero' murder

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:53 PM PST

Police make three arrests after a man who chased bag-snatchers in east London was stabbed to death.


Expert testimony may boost case against Demjanjuk

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:17 AM PST

MUNICH, Germany (Reuters) - Many prisoners of war who were made to work at Nazi death camps tried to flee despite the risk of execution, a court heard on Wednesday, in testimony that could bolster the case against camp guard John Demjanjuk.

Turkey accepts Israel's apology

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 12:07 PM PST

Tel Aviv officially apologises for official's humiliation of Turkish ambassador.


Clinton delays trip to help with Haiti earthquake response

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:45 AM PST

HONOLULU -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Wednesday that she was going to delay her trip to the Asia-Pacific region because of the earthquake in Haiti and spend time at a U.S. military base in Hawaii helping to coordinate the U.S. response to the disaster.



McKinnon granted judicial review

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:40 AM PST

A judge is to rule whether the home secretary was wrong to allow the extradition of computer hacker Gary McKinnon to the US.


Israel 'sorry' over Turkey snub

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:47 AM PST

Israel apologises to Turkey in a bid to defuse a row over the treatment of Turkey's envoy in Tel Aviv.


Cold Snap Is Another Blow to Florida’s Farmers

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:36 AM PST

The state's longest cold stretch in decades has taken a harsh and unpredictable toll up and down the food chain.

Haitians in U.S. wait for news, worry

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:01 AM PST

With phone lines down and communication cut, Haitians living in America are "sick with worry" and scrambling for information about loved ones who experienced Tuesday's 7.0 earthquake on the island nation.

U.N.: More than 100 staff missing

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:32 AM PST

More than 100 employees of the United Nations' mission in Haiti were unaccounted for Wednesday after the earthquake that caused massive damage to the country's capital, Port-au-Prince, U.N. officials said.

Aid groups scrambling to join rescue effort

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:54 AM PST

Aid organizations have deployed emergency response teams to Haiti and appealed for donations after the Caribbean nation was struck by a devastating earthquake described by local officials as a "catastrophe of major proportions."

Google eases self-censorship in China after reported attack

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 08:39 AM PST

Within hours of Google's announcement that it was no longer willing to self-censor in China, Google.cn was retrieving results for sensitive topics including the 1989 crackdown at Tiananmen Square, the Dalai Lama and the banned Falun Gong spiritual movement.

Women, kids targeted by human traffickers in Mexico

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 07:57 AM PST

Even before her 18th birthday, Maria had already been enslaved by a gang of human traffickers and held in captivity for four months in her homeland of Mexico.

Britain to fight ruling on police searches

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 05:50 AM PST

The British government said Wednesday it will appeal a European court ruling that certain police stop-and-search powers are a breach of human rights.

'Missing' president breaks silence, denies death rumors

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 02:57 AM PST

Nigeria's ailing president has broken two months of silence to assure his countrymen that contrary to speculation he is alive and intending to return to power soon.

Live - Wednesday's FA Cup

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 11:00 AM PST

Liverpool entertain Reading and Newcastle host Plymouth in two FA Cup third round replays.


Nigeria VP 'can take head duties'

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:48 AM PST

Court rules Goodluck Jonathan can take over presidential duties in leader's absence.


Greece rules out quitting euro zone

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:58 AM PST

Prime minister excludes leaving currency as country wrestles with its economic problems.


Nigeria to allow U.S.-trained air marshals on flights

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:26 AM PST

ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria will soon allow U.S.-trained air marshals on its flights to the United States to boost air security after a botched bombing attack on a U.S.-bound airliner, a federal minister said.

Iraqi fights graft, crime in Interior Ministry

Posted: 13 Jan 2010 10:24 AM PST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Outside the office of Aqeel al-Turaihi, inspector general at what is seen as a corrupt country's most corrupt government agency, hangs a 'Board of Honour' showing photos of slain colleagues. Since he began probing theft, human rights abuses and police infiltration by militias in Iraq's Interior Ministry in 2006, more than 40 members of Turaihi's team have been assassinated.
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