US troops attack Taliban stronghold

US troops attack Taliban stronghold


US troops attack Taliban stronghold

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 10:36 PM PST

US marines have been preparing for weeks for the offensive clearing the last major Taliban stronghold in Helmand and now action is finally under way.


New face of homeless America

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 04:20 PM PST

Homelessness in America is becoming increasingly educated, middle class and often with a family according to a United Nations report.


Canada's message to the games: We're Canadian, dammit

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 10:47 PM PST

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - Canada, politely annoyed when confused with its powerful neighbor to the south, laid claim to a distinct identity as its Olympic Games opened on Friday and asked the world to indulge its uncharacteristic patriotism.


US troops attack Taliban stronghold

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 10:36 PM PST

US marines have been preparing for weeks for the offensive clearing the last major Taliban stronghold in Helmand and now action is finally under way.


New face of homeless America

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 04:20 PM PST

Homelessness in America is becoming increasingly educated, middle class and often with a family according to a United Nations report.


Isolated and battered, Israeli doves hold protest (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 10:31 PM PST

AP - Israel's battered pro-peace camp is showing signs of life with a weekly Jerusalem protest by a motley collection of anarchists, intellectuals and radical rabbis, but they face a public increasingly hostile to their point of view.


N.Korea may take time to return to nuke talks: UN (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 10:40 PM PST

A US Apache helicopter takes to the air during a military exercise near the border which separates North and South Korea. More talks will be needed to bring North Korea back to nuclear disarmament negotiations but it does want to improve relations with South Korea, a top United Nations official said Saturday.(AFP/File/Jung Yeon-Je)AFP - More talks will be needed to bring North Korea back to nuclear disarmament negotiations but it does want to improve relations with South Korea, a top United Nations official said Saturday.



Al-Jazeera-says Yemen rebels deny assassination bid

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 10:26 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni Shi'ite rebels denied an assassination attempt on an Interior Ministry official which took place on Friday, only hours after a ceasefire agreement, Al Jazeera television reported on Saturday.


Sri Lanka's legendary doorman turns 90 (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 10:04 PM PST

Sri Lanka's legendary doorman K. Chattu Kuttan outside the Galle Face hotel in Colombo on February 6. In 70 years of greeting guests to Sri Lanka's venerable Galle Face hotel, Kuttan has hobnobbed with everyone from royal heads of state to Bond girls and Soviet cosmonauts.(AFP/Ishara Kodikara)AFP - In 70 years of greeting guests to Sri Lanka's venerable Galle Face Hotel, doorman K. Chattu Kuttan has hobnobbed with everyone from royal heads of state to Bond girls and Soviet cosmonauts.



Conservatives regain slim lead (Reuters)

Posted: 11 Feb 2010 05:47 AM PST

Reuters - The Conservative Party has regained a slim lead in support after a public lashing over his decision to have Parliament temporarily suspended, a poll released on Thursday showed.


Wild storms cause Sydney flash floods (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 10:04 PM PST

File photo shows a woman pushing her pram through wet and windy streets in Sydney. Flash flooding has hit parts the city after the heaviest rainfall in a decade to hit the centre, officials said Saturday, in a wild storm that felled trees and caused widespread blackouts.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Flash flooding hit parts of Sydney after the heaviest rainfall in a decade to hit the Australian city, officials said Saturday, in a wild storm that felled trees and caused widespread blackouts.



Anti-whalers accuse Japan of lying over injuries

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 07:46 PM PST

SYDNEY -Anti-whaling activists Saturday accused Tokyo of lying about an Antarctic clash in which three harpooners were hurt, claiming they had video proof the Japanese crew's injuries were self-inflicted.

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'Good shelter' unlikely in Haiti: UN official

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 05:15 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE -A top UN official in Haiti on Friday said many of those made homeless by the massive earthquake one month ago are unlikely to be provided "good shelter" before the coming rainy season.

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I.Coast premier sacks government ahead of election

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 12:24 PM PST

ABIDJAN -Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo on state television Friday dissolved parliament and dismissed the electoral commission because of a crisis sparked by alleged fraud by the commission's head.

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Yemeni cease-fire breached

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 09:10 PM PST

The same day a cease-fire agreement was to go into effect, a high-ranking Yemeni official accused rebels of trying to assassinate him.


NATO launches major Afghanistan offensive

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 09:52 PM PST

MARJAH, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S.-led NATO troops launched an offensive on Saturday against the Taliban's last big stronghold in Afghanistan's most violent province and were quickly thrown into a firefight with the militants.


Questions about adviser snag Americans in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 09:47 PM PST

FILE -  In this Feb. 8, 2010 file photo, Jorge Puello, left, a Dominican legal advisor who was hired by the relatives of the 10 Americans that were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, arrives to the court building in Port-au-Prince. Dominican officials said Friday that Puello has no license to practice law in his native country. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)AP - Questions raised Friday about a Dominican man serving as legal adviser and spokesman for 10 Americans detained in Haiti on child-kidnapping charges could stall movement toward their provisional release.



Lane takes clubhouse lead at Avantha Masters (AFP)

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 09:33 PM PST

England's Barry Lane posted a five-under-par 67 for a two-day total of 10-under-par 134 and the clubhouse lead after heavy rain forced play to be abandoned at the inaugural Avantha Masters on Friday.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - England's Barry Lane posted a five-under-par 67 for a two-day total of 10-under-par 134 and the clubhouse lead after heavy rain forced play to be abandoned at the inaugural Avantha Masters on Friday.



India's Holy Ganges Gets a Cleanup

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 07:49 PM PST

The spiritually cleansing waters of the River Ganges are about to get some cleaning of their own, as the Indian government embarks on a $4 billion campaign to treat the heavily polluted waters.


Civilians 'killed' in Iraq gunfight

Posted: 12 Feb 2010 09:30 PM PST

At least 10 reportedly dead as Iraqi-US forces are drawn into gunbattle during raid.