Casualties in blast in Afghan's Helmand: official |
- Casualties in blast in Afghan's Helmand: official
- Toyota boss pledges improvements
- NATO commander takes apology direct to Afghans (AP)
- Toll of US dead in Afghanistan hits 1,000
- Dalai Lama says feels love for China
- Iran arrests Sunni rebel leader Rigi: state TV
- Canada Wins Ice Dance Gold
- Radio: Iran arrests Sunni militant group leader (AP)
- Iran arrests Sunni rebel leader Rigi - state TV
- Northern Ireland Courthouse Bombed
- U.K. to Keep Taxes 'Competitive'
- Oman's Fresh Business Cycle
- Snoop Seeks to End His Ban in U.K.
- Haiti Prevents Six Children From Leaving for U.S.
- Skater Copes With Korea's Hopes
- The Company Car Goes Green
- Sun, Stimulus and a Sneeze
- Blame Evolution for Disease
- The Danger of Daily Aspirin
- It's Rivalry Week at the Games
| Casualties in blast in Afghan's Helmand: official Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:24 PM PST KABUL (Reuters) - An explosion caused an unknown number of casualties in the capital of Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Tuesday, a local government official said. "There was an explosion in Lashkar Gah. It's not clear whether it was a suicide attack but it has caused casualties," Dawud Ahmadi, spokesman for Helmand's provincial government, said without giving further details.
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| Toyota boss pledges improvements Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:15 PM PST Head of Japanese car maker says firm "must do better" responding to safety concerns.
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| NATO commander takes apology direct to Afghans (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:03 PM PST
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| Toll of US dead in Afghanistan hits 1,000 Posted: 22 Feb 2010 08:31 PM PST WASHINGTON -The number of US soldiers who have died in Afghanistan reached 1,000 on Monday, according to website icasualties.org, a grim milestone in the war launched more than eight years ago.
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| Dalai Lama says feels love for China Posted: 22 Feb 2010 07:04 PM PST LOS ANGELES -Tibet's exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama said he feels love in his heart for China, despite concerns about what he describes as Beijing's cultural suppression in his homeland.
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| Iran arrests Sunni rebel leader Rigi: state TV Posted: 22 Feb 2010 10:22 PM PST TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran arrested Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of Sunni Muslim rebel group Jundollah, on Tuesday, state television reported.
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| Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:17 PM PST Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir have won Canada's first Olympic ice dance gold medal, beating Americans Meryl Davis and Charlie White.
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| Radio: Iran arrests Sunni militant group leader (AP) Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:25 PM PST
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| Iran arrests Sunni rebel leader Rigi - state TV Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:57 PM PST TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has arrested Abdolmalek Rigi, the leader of Sunni Muslim rebel group Jundollah, state television reported on Tuesday.
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| Northern Ireland Courthouse Bombed Posted: 22 Feb 2010 08:13 PM PST No one was hurt when the car bomb exploded at a courthouse Monday night in a Northern Ireland border town, in an attack that appeared designed to rattle the peace process.
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| U.K. to Keep Taxes 'Competitive' Posted: 22 Feb 2010 08:36 PM PST The U.K. pledged to maintain a competitive regime of business taxes as the government wooed global executives at an investment conference in London.
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| Posted: 22 Feb 2010 08:10 PM PST The recent Tour of Oman showed off a new confidence in the sultanate. Its conservative business culture has shielded it from the worst of the Dubai fallout and its non-membership of OPEC has allowed it to make the most of the rise in oil prices.
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| Snoop Seeks to End His Ban in U.K. Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:42 PM PST The U.K. has assigned a special no-fly status to the famous rapper—invoking a rule that allows it to deny entry based on questions of character.
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| Haiti Prevents Six Children From Leaving for U.S. Posted: 22 Feb 2010 06:54 PM PST Officials in Haiti barred six children bound for adoption in the U.S. from boarding a flight to Miami over the weekend amid heightened fears of child trafficking. A U.S. government official said the six, who had been assigned to American adoptive families before the Jan. 12 earthquake, had all their paperwork in order, including permission to travel from the Haitian prime minister.
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| Skater Copes With Korea's Hopes Posted: 22 Feb 2010 08:02 PM PST In the glamour event of the Winter Olympics, a South Korean teenager leads an emerging group of stars from the East.
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| Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:01 PM PST German companies are pushing BMW, Mercedes and Audi to offer more fuel-efficient cars for employee use. The car makers, which rely on such sales for a big chunk of their profits, are scrambling to comply.
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| Posted: 22 Feb 2010 06:17 PM PST Jeremy Singer-Vine summarizes new medical findings drawn from journals, trials and studies. This week includes items on sunlight and sneezing; eczema; autism; diabetes and pregnancy and stuttering.
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| Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:08 PM PST Most scientists say humans are still evolving. But some evolutionary benefits have left us vulnerable to contemporary health problems like obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.
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| Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:42 PM PST Many middle-aged people take aspirin daily in hopes of reducing the chance of a heart attack or stroke. Now, medical experts say some people who are taking the drug on a regular basis should consider stopping.
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| It's Rivalry Week at the Games Posted: 22 Feb 2010 09:04 PM PST The first week of the Olympics was all about the individual stars. Now it's all about the team sports.
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