Multiple bombings rock Baghdad

Multiple bombings rock Baghdad


Multiple bombings rock Baghdad

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:53 PM PDT

At least six people killed and many injured in attacks in the Iraqi capital.


Foxconn Increases Size of Raise in Chinese Factories

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:31 PM PDT

The salaries of workers could reach nearly $300 a month, about double what many were earning a few weeks ago.


Trove of Long-Lost Silent Films Returns to America

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:29 PM PDT

A John Ford film from 1927 is among the treasures found in a New Zealand archive that are being returned to the United States.


Foxconn Increases Size of Raise in Chinese Factories

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:31 PM PDT

The salaries of workers could reach nearly $300 a month, about double what many were earning a few weeks ago.


7 electrocuted in Pakistan as Cyclone Phet strikes Karachi

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:28 PM PDT

Heavy rains and strong winds continued to lash the southwestern coast of Pakistan early Sunday as Cyclone Phet approached landfall.


'Most beautiful tweet ever' winner announced at UK literary festival

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:43 AM PDT

The most beautiful tweet ever tweeted is announced by broadcaster Stephen Fry at the Hay Festival.


Colombian air force says kills six rebels in attack

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:27 PM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian military planes struck a leftist rebel camp on Sunday, killing six guerrillas in a raid in the south of the Andean nation, its air force said.


Babies injured during 'fox attack'

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 01:08 PM PDT

Nine-month-old twin girls are in hospital after reports they were attacked by a fox at their home in east London


Guetta and Johnson top UK charts

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT

French DJ David Guetta and Hawaiian singer-songwriter debut at the top of the UK's single and album charts.


Hungary, Despite Comparisons, Is No Greece

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:32 AM PDT

Hungary's budget deficit is about one-half that of Greece, and it is outside the euro zone. But its new leader is still finding it nearly impossible to satisfy both voters and international investors.


Afghan Leader Forces Out Top 2 Security Ministers

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT

President Hamid Karzai forced two of his three top security officials to resign over their failure to prevent attacks on a peace council, Afghan and American officials said.


The Freegan Establishment

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:33 AM PDT

How a group of Dumpster-diving, currency-scorning, society-rejecting outcasts came to embrace homeownership in Buffalo. Sort of.


Israel rejects international panel to study raid: envoy

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:35 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel does not want an international panel to investigate its commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship but is talking with Washington about how an inquiry of the incident should proceed, Israel's U.S. ambassador said Sunday.


Afghan Leader Forces Out Top 2 Security Ministers

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT

President Hamid Karzai forced two of his three top security officials to resign over their failure to prevent attacks on a peace council, Afghan and American officials said.


City Critic: Why Doesn’t New York City Have More Ferries?

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 08:30 PM PDT

Other cities have ferry lines sprouting from every pier like weeds from pavement. Why not New York?


Vatican Decries Plight of Mideast Christians

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 10:14 AM PDT

In a document presented by Pope Benedict XVI, bishops from Middle East decried the plight of Christians in the region.


DR Congo suspends police chief

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 10:05 AM PDT

Decision taken "to allow deeper investigation" into prominent rights activist's murder.


Yemen holds U.S., French students on security concerns

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 09:57 AM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni authorities have detained several U.S. and French students of Arabic on security grounds, a government official said on Sunday, shortly after an Australian woman was reported to be held for links to militancy.


Fans injured in SA stadium crush

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 08:51 AM PDT

Twelve people are injured and one policeman seriously hurt in a crush outside a South African ground hosting a World Cup warm-up game.


Israeli PM defends aid ship attack

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 01:15 PM PDT

Netanyahu blames "hostile group" in the face of international outcry over deadly Israeli raid.