Why the minor parties may be key

Why the minor parties may be key


Why the minor parties may be key

Posted: 07 May 2010 10:54 PM PDT

The small parties could find they have a big part to play if power-sharing talks between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were to collapse.


Pakistan tests two nuclear-capable missiles

Posted: 07 May 2010 11:03 PM PDT

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan successfully test-fired two short-range, nuclear-capable missiles on Saturday as part of efforts to boost defense capabilities, the military said.


EU leaders pledge to defend euro

Posted: 07 May 2010 11:07 PM PDT

Eurozone nations create emergency fund to defend currency amid fears of Greek contagion.


Philippine fears over machine poll

Posted: 07 May 2010 11:09 PM PDT

Many question reliability of scanning machines to be used to speed up counting of votes.


Why the minor parties may be key

Posted: 07 May 2010 10:54 PM PDT

The small parties could find they have a big part to play if power-sharing talks between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats were to collapse.


'Severe consequences' for Pakistan over terror plots:US

Posted: 07 May 2010 09:36 PM PDT

WASHINGTON -Pakistan faces "very severe consequences" if a terror plot like the failed Times Square bombing was traced to that country, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said in remarks made public on Saturday.

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Bosnian Serb war criminal attacked in British jail

Posted: 07 May 2010 09:16 PM PDT

LONDON -The first Bosnian Serb convicted of genocide for his part in the Srebrenica massacre was savagely attacked in a British prison, police said Saturday.

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Kim Jong-Il committed to disarmament talks: Pyongyang

Posted: 07 May 2010 08:27 PM PDT

SEOUL -North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il has said the communist state remains committed to disarming through dialogue, Pyongyang's official media said Saturday.

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Karzai says allies have 'miles to go' in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 10:30 PM PDT

Afghan President Hamid Karzai is pictured addressing local elders in Kunduz, Afghanistan, in April. Karzai has said in an op-ed piece in The Washington Post that the United States and its allies still have a long way to go before their security operations are successful in his country.(AFP/Pool/File/Dusan Vranic)AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai said that the United States and its allies still have a long way to go before their security operations are successful in his country.



Chavez critic jailed for corruption

Posted: 07 May 2010 10:37 PM PDT

Raul Baduel, ex-defence minister, dismissed the charges as politically motivated reprisal.


Lib Dems consider Tory power deal

Posted: 07 May 2010 10:38 PM PDT

David Cameron has invited Nick Clegg's Lib Dems to join a Tory-led coalition, after voters delivered the first hung parliament in 36 years.


SA glee as World Cup goes on show

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Excited South Africans have queued for hours to catch a glimpse of the World Cup, after it went on show in Cape Town.


Lib Dems consider Tory power deal

Posted: 07 May 2010 10:38 PM PDT

David Cameron has invited Nick Clegg to break the mould of British politics by joining a Tory-led coalition, after voters delivered the first hung Parliament in 36 years.


SA glee as World Cup goes on show

Posted: 07 May 2010 05:53 AM PDT

Excited South Africans have queued for hours to catch a glimpse of the World Cup, after it went on show in Cape Town.


Containment dome suspended just above U.S. Gulf leak

Posted: 07 May 2010 10:29 PM PDT

ROBERT, La. (Reuters) - BP Plc engineers using undersea robots had a massive metal chamber hovering just above a gushing, ruptured oil well in the Gulf of Mexico on Saturday in a mission seen as the best chance yet to contain what could be the most damaging U.S. oil spill.


Bosnian Serb war criminal attacked in Yorkshire jail (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 10:25 PM PDT

Bosnian Serb Radislav Krstic is pictured at the International Criminal Tribunal in April 2004. Krstic, 62, was taken to hospital after being attacked by three inmates Friday at the high-security Wakefield Prison in Yorkshire where he is serving a 35-year sentence for aiding and abetting genocide(AFP/Pool/File/Paul Vreeker)AFP - The first Bosnian Serb convicted of genocide for his part in the Srebrenica massacre was savagely attacked in a Yorkshire prison, police said Saturday.



Thousands rally against US base in Japan (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 10:16 PM PDT

The US Marine Corps Futenma airbase in Ginowan, Okinawa prefecture. As part of his effort to AFP - Thousands of people rallied in southwestern Japan on Saturday to protest against a government plan to move part of an unpopular US airbase to Kagoshima prefecture.



NY bomb suspect's family knew key militants: report (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 09:44 PM PDT

A New York City Police Department Counter Terrorism Unit officer patrols in Times Square. Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad's family knew at least two key Pakistani militants who were involved in terrorist activities, The Los Angeles Times reported(AFP/Timothy A. Clary)AFP - Times Square car bomb suspect Faisal Shahzad's family knew at least two key Pakistani militants who were involved in terrorist activities, The Los Angeles Times reported.



Kim Jong-Il committed to disarmament talks: Pyongyang (AFP)

Posted: 07 May 2010 09:10 PM PDT

A TV grab from CCTV taken on May 7 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il during a luncheon in Beijing on May 5. Kim has said the communist state remains committed to disarming through dialogue, according to Pyongyang's official media.(AFP/Cctv/File)AFP - North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il has said the communist state remains committed to disarming through dialogue, Pyongyang's official media said Saturday.



Euro leaders to set up urgent crisis fund

Posted: 07 May 2010 02:21 PM PDT

BRUSSELS -European leaders launched plans Saturday to create a new crisis fund aimed at all troubled euro countries, as the Greek debt chaos put the eurozone into a "state of emergency."

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