Police: Militants attack NATO trucks in Pakistan (AP)

Police: Militants attack NATO trucks in Pakistan (AP)


Police: Militants attack NATO trucks in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:49 PM PST

Britain's Prince Charles (L) speaks with Pakistan's Shah Mehmood Qureshi (R) whilst his brother Prince Andrew (2nd R) speaks with the Aga Khan during a reception for the delegates of Afghanistan: The London Conference, at St James's Palace in London January 27, 2010. The conference on Afghanistan which only a week ago was seen as the political stunt of an enfeebled British government could now mark the beginning of the end of the war in Afghanistan.  REUTERS/Luke MacGregor (BRITAIN - Tags: POLITICS ROYALS)AP - Police say suspected militants have staged a rare attack in southern Pakistan against trucks carrying supplies for NATO troops in neighboring Afghanistan, wounding three people.



Crashed jet's flight recorders located off Lebanon (AP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:37 PM PST

A Lebanese Customs boat searches an area of water attracting the attention of seagulls, for remains of the Ethiopian Airlines plane that crashed into the sea on Monday, along the shoreline south of Beirut in Lebanon, Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010. Emergency workers will expand their search radius for the wreckage of the Ethiopian Airlines jet if they do not find the black boxes Wednesday, an army official said. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)AP - A Lebanese army official says the flight recorders from a crashed Ethiopian Airlines jet are some 1,300 meters (4,265 feet) under the Mediterranean sea.



Climate change to triple Australia fire danger: report (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:45 PM PST

A bushfire burns out of control in the Victoria Alps in southeastern Australia in February 2009. Climate change could more than triple the risk of catastrophic wildfires in parts of Australia, a top environmental group warned Thursday, almost a year since savage firestorms that killed 173 people.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Climate change could more than triple the risk of catastrophic wildfires in parts of Australia, a top environmental group warned Thursday, almost a year since savage firestorms that killed 173 people.



View from Mt. Doud: Saudi Arabia says offensive against Yemen rebels over (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:48 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Saudi Arabia’s deputy defense minister Wednesday rejected Yemeni rebel claims that they had voluntarily withdrawn from Saudi territory, saying they had “been forced out†by the Saudi military.


This time, no "You lie!" during Obama speech

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:54 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - This time, there were no shouts of "You lie!" during President Barack Obama's speech to Congress.


Obama pushes jobs, vows to fight on after tough year

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:54 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama pushed job creation to the top of his agenda on Wednesday and vowed not to abandon his struggling healthcare overhaul after a political setback that raised doubts about his leadership.


Afghan talks set to open in London

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

Taliban "reintegration" to top agenda at meeting in British capital on Afghanistan.


Obama to angry Americans: I hear you

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:24 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama had a message for Americans frustrated at high unemployment and skeptical of his handling of the U.S. economy: I hear you.


Obama: will seek to end Pentagon policy on gays

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:24 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he would seek the repeal of the U.S. military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy that permits gays to serve in uniform as long as they hide their sexual orientation.


Obama on healthcare: Encouragement, but no priority

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:24 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama encouraged the U.S. Congress on Wednesday not to walk away from his stalled healthcare drive, but made it clear it would no longer be the focus of his legislative agenda.


Feathery dinosaurs cause a flap

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:05 AM PST

Scientists have uncovered startling new evidence which definitively show what color feathers certain dinosaurs had.


Iran faces consequences over nuclear program: Obama

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:29 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said his focus on nuclear disarmament had strengthened U.S. diplomacy in dealing with North Korea and Iran, and he warned Tehran faced "growing consequences" over its nuclear program.


Iran opposition says Ahmadinejad won't finish term

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 06:51 PM PST

LONDON -Iran opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi has said President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, whose disputed re-election sparked huge protests, will not survive his four-year term, a newspaper reported Thursday.

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Haiti girl saved from rubble after 15 days

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 03:28 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE -Rescuers Wednesday dragged a Haitian girl alive from the rubble 15 days after a devastating quake, in a rare moment of joy for a country where victims still face a desperate shortage of aid.

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Helicopters rescue tourists from Peru's Inca ruins

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 02:17 PM PST

CUSCO, Peru -Peruvian helicopters airlifted some 600 tourists from the Inca ruins of Machu Picchu where hundreds remained stranded by heavy rains and mudslides that have claimed seven lives.

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Three hurt as gunmen hit NATO supply convoy in Pak (AFP)

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 09:57 PM PST

Pakistani drivers secure NATO machinery to a truck bound for Torkham border in Peshawar in October, 2009. Gunmen in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi ambushed three vehicles carrying supplies for the NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan on Thursday, injuring three people, police said.(AFP/File/A Majeed)AFP - Gunmen in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi ambushed three vehicles carrying supplies for the NATO forces in neighbouring Afghanistan on Thursday, injuring three people, police said.



Iran faces consequences over nuclear program - Obama

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama said his focus on nuclear disarmament had strengthened U.S. diplomacy in dealing with North Korea and Iran, and he warned Tehran faced "growing consequences" over its nuclear program.


Former Indonesia anti-graft chief says victim of plot

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

JAKARTA (Reuters) - Indonesia's former anti-graft chief, accused of ordering the murder of a wealthy businessman, told a court on Thursday that he was the victim of a plot to frame him.


China eyes investment surge for restive Xinjiang

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will push for a surge of investment in its restive far-west Xinjiang region, seeking to boost control and ethnic unity there after deadly riots last year.


Q+A - How does Obama 2010 speech compare to 2009 address?

Posted: 27 Jan 2010 10:00 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama delivered his first State of the Union address on Wednesday.