Sri Lanka president to appoint new cabinet (AFP) |
- Sri Lanka president to appoint new cabinet (AFP)
- N. Korea says it will seize 5 S. Korean assets (AP)
- China says monks advised to leave quake area (AP)
- Thai Potests Turn Violent as Explosions Hit Bangkok's Center (Time.com)
- Cathay says it has immunity in price-fixing case (AFP)
- As Russia Reclaims Its Sphere of Influence, the U.S. Doesn't Object (Time.com)
- Israel PM seeks new plan as U.S. envoy visits: report
- Australia's Black Saturday fire chief quits (AFP)
- Bill Gates Rethinks His War on Polio
- Deadly Explosions Hit Bangkok
- Iran Launches War Games
- U.K. Candidates Spar on Foreign Affairs
- Suit Against Pope, Vatican Details Wisconsin Abuse
- Jordan Probes Rocket Attack
- U.S. Envoy Arrives in Israel
- German Bishop Offers to Resign
- Court Denies Bid by Polanski for Special Review
- Chinese Officials Caution on Body Disposal
- Emirate Cracks Down on Unwed Couples
- Armenia Scraps Turkey Border Deal
| Sri Lanka president to appoint new cabinet (AFP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 10:45 PM PDT
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| N. Korea says it will seize 5 S. Korean assets (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 10:36 PM PDT
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| China says monks advised to leave quake area (AP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 10:41 PM PDT
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| Thai Potests Turn Violent as Explosions Hit Bangkok's Center (Time.com) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 10:20 PM PDT Time.com - Four to five m79 grenades hit the Skytrain commuter rail line station in Bangkok's financial district on Thursday, killing one person, wounding 75, and sparking a panic in the center of the city
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| Cathay says it has immunity in price-fixing case (AFP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 10:19 PM PDT
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| As Russia Reclaims Its Sphere of Influence, the U.S. Doesn't Object (Time.com) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 10:20 PM PDT Time.com - The so-called "color revolutions" that tilted former Soviet Republics away from Moscow are fading -- and Russia is re-establishing itself in its old backyard
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| Israel PM seeks new plan as U.S. envoy visits: report Posted: 22 Apr 2010 10:44 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed Palestinian statehood with temporary borders, to sidestep a deadlock over settlements ahead of talks on Friday with a U.S. envoy, a newspaper said.
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| Australia's Black Saturday fire chief quits (AFP) Posted: 22 Apr 2010 10:12 PM PDT
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| Bill Gates Rethinks His War on Polio Posted: 22 Apr 2010 08:05 PM PDT Polio's spread across Africa marks a setback for Bill Gates's career as full-time philanthropist. It also threatens one of the world's most ambitious health campaigns: the effort to destroy the disease once and for all.
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| Posted: 22 Apr 2010 08:28 PM PDT At least three people were killed and 75 more injured by a series of grenade attacks in Bangkok's central business district, pumping up tensions in a city already on a knife-edge.
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| Posted: 22 Apr 2010 08:22 AM PDT Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps started a large-scale, land, sea and air exercise, with state media reporting units would test-fire new missile capabilities during the drill, dubbed "Great Prophet 5."
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| U.K. Candidates Spar on Foreign Affairs Posted: 22 Apr 2010 07:35 PM PDT Cameron and Brown came out fighting on issues ranging from nuclear weapons to the U.K.'s relationship with Europe, but both failed to derail Nick Clegg, who had upstaged them in the first round.
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| Suit Against Pope, Vatican Details Wisconsin Abuse Posted: 22 Apr 2010 01:48 PM PDT The case of a Wisconsin priest accused of preying on boys at a school for the deaf was presented to the Vatican by one of the victims a year earlier than previously thought, according to documents revealed in a lawsuit.The federal lawsuit accused Pope Benedict XVI and senior Vatican officials of failing to protect children from a man the Vatican knew was a possible child molester.
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| Posted: 22 Apr 2010 07:10 PM PDT A rare missile attack in the Red Sea port city of Aqaba, Jordan caused no human casualties but intensified concerns about militant cells operating in a region at the nexus of Jordan, Israel and Egypt.
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| Posted: 22 Apr 2010 07:01 PM PDT U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell arrived in Israel for talks aimed at restarting Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
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| German Bishop Offers to Resign Posted: 22 Apr 2010 06:51 PM PDT One of Germany's most prominent conservative bishops tendered his resignation amid allegations that he routinely flogged children decades ago as a priest, becoming the most senior Catholic official to offer up his post in the country's widening clerical abuse scandal.
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| Court Denies Bid by Polanski for Special Review Posted: 22 Apr 2010 04:37 PM PDT An appeals court denied a petition by Roman Polanski to have a special counsel review his decades-old sex case.
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| Chinese Officials Caution on Body Disposal Posted: 22 Apr 2010 06:44 PM PDT China's top health body said Thursday that health workers who improperly dispose of dead babies will be "severely dealt with" following an investigation into the dumping of several bodies along a river in eastern China.
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| Emirate Cracks Down on Unwed Couples Posted: 22 Apr 2010 07:47 AM PDT Police in the conservative Sharjah emirate are hunting for unmarried couples sharing the same address.
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| Armenia Scraps Turkey Border Deal Posted: 22 Apr 2010 09:21 PM PDT Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan accused Ankara of stalling ratification of the agreement both countries signed last October in an effort to cut through a range of diplomatic and historical disputes.
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