Ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting integration ruling (AP)

Ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting integration ruling (AP)


Ultra-Orthodox Jews protesting integration ruling (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:15 PM PDT

AP - Ultra-Orthodox Jews have called mass demonstrations to protest a Supreme Court ruling forcing the integration of a religious girls' school.


Nepal's blind cricketers bat to dispel prejudice (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:47 PM PDT

A visually-impaired Nepalese woman during a match at the fourth National Blind Women's Cricket Tournament in Kathmandu on June 15. Nepal's Blind Cricket Association now counts 300 male players and 65 women among its members, some of whom are partially-sighted and some completely blind.(AFP/Prakash Mathema)AFP - Pawan Acharya, a major in the Nepalese army, only became aware of the difficulties faced by blind people after he lost his own sight in an ambush by Maoist rebels during the country's civil war.



BP to set up US$20bil oil spill fund

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:28 PM PDT

 

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BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg

WASHINGTON – BP agreed to pay 20 billion dollars into a fund to meet mounting oil spill claims, as US President Barack Obama

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Mexican police, teenagers killed in Monterrey

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 06:02 AM PDT

MONTERREY, Mexico – Seven police officers, one of them retired, were abducted from their homes and murdered in violence-wracked northern Mexico, local officials said.

The officers, aged between 30 and 48, were grabbed at dawn from their homes by armed men, Benito Caballero, mayor

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BP boss Hayward to face US Congress

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:52 PM PDT

BP has agreed to create a $20bn (£13.5bn) fund to compensate those affected by the Gulf of Mexico oil spill.


World Cup Photos From June 16

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:02 PM PDT

World Cup 2010 photo gallery for June 16.


Brother of rebel leader arrives in Nicaragua (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:59 PM PDT

AP - A Nicaraguan TV channel is reporting that the brother of a top Colombian guerrilla leader has arrived in Managua, where president Daniel Ortega had granted him political asylum earlier this month.


Flooding, landslides kill nearly 50 in Myanmar (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 10:12 PM PDT

AP - Floods and landslides have killed at least 46 people in northwest Myanmar and rescue workers are evacuating residents affected by the incessant rains, official media said Thursday.


US, Europe tighten screws on Iran nuke program

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:18 AM PDT

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration added Iranian individuals and firms to a blacklist, as the United States and Europe tighten the screws on Iran's nuclear program a week after the UN imposed new sanctions.

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Scottish lawmaker resigns over Filipino comments (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:21 PM PDT

The Houses of Parliament in London. A Scottish lawmaker has been forced to quit his role on a parliamentary committee after being caught on microphone saying a woman in the audience was AFP - A Scottish lawmaker was forced to quit his role on a parliamentary committee after being caught on microphone saying a woman in the audience was "very attractive" with "that Filipino look."



Sudan rebels surrender to war crimes court (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:16 PM PDT

Soldiers carry the coffins of their colleagues killed in an attack on an African Union base in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region in September 2007. Two Sudan rebel leaders have surrendered to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to answer to accusations of war crimes in Darfur, the court said.(AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Two Sudan rebel leaders surrendered to the International Criminal Court in The Hague to answer to accusations of war crimes in Darfur, the court said.



Toyota is latest car maker hit by strike in China (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:41 PM PDT

AP - Toyota Motor Corp., the latest automaker to be hit by a strike at a China parts supplier, said Thursday its car assembly operations were not affected by the short-lived dispute.


Kyrgyzstan violence spreads

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:26 PM PDT

Deadly ethnic unrest hits southern city of Jalalabad.


US troops charged in Afghan deaths

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:46 PM PDT

Five soldiers face possible death penalty over killings of three civilians in Kandahar.


Chavez: Venezuela looks to seize banker's assets (AP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:04 PM PDT

A woman stands outside a branch of Banco Federal where customers line up in Caracas, Monday, June 14, 2010.  Officials announced Monday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's government is taking over management of Banco Federal, the country's eighth-largest bank.  Recent nationalizations of banks have given Chavez's government direct control of about one-fourth of the country's banking sector. (AP Photo/Leonardo Ramirez)AP - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Wednesday said his government is looking to seize the assets of an opponent whose bank was taken over by regulators, and warned that might include his minority ownership stake in an anti-government television channel.



46 dead in landslides in Myanmar: state media (AFP)

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:02 PM PDT

A Rohingya child refugee stands in the doorway of a shelter in an unregistered camp on the Bangladesh-Myanmar border. At least 46 people have died in landslides triggered by heavy rain in western Myanmar close to its frontier with Bangladesh, state media have reported.(AFP/File/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - At least 46 people have died in landslides triggered by heavy rain in western Myanmar near the border with Bangladesh, state media reported on Thursday.



New Initiative Lets Taliban Keep Weapons

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 09:35 PM PDT

A new coalition initiative to lure Afghan insurgents away from the battlefield allows the Taliban and other militants to keep their weapons if they sign on to a government peace plan, a senior coalition official said.


US, Europe tighten screws on Iran nuclear program

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:18 AM PDT

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration added Iranian individuals and firms to a blacklist, as the United States and Europe tighten the screws on Iran's nuclear program a week after the UN imposed new sanctions.

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The plight of homosexuals in Indonesia

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:37 PM PDT

Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation and while being gay there is not illegal, many Muslims believe it is forbidden by their religion.


The plight of homosexuals in Indonesia

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 08:37 PM PDT

Indonesia is the world's most populous Muslim nation and while being gay there is not illegal, many Muslims believe it is forbidden by their religion.


U.S. adds new sanctions aimed at Iran's nuclear program

U.S. adds new sanctions aimed at Iran's nuclear program


U.S. adds new sanctions aimed at Iran's nuclear program

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:41 PM PDT

The United States is adding new sanctions to target Iran's nuclear and missile programs, identifying 22 entities and a number of individuals allegedly involved with those programs.


U.S. Blacklists Iranian Companies, Officials

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:11 PM PDT

The Obama administration placed on a U.S. financial blacklist more than a dozen Iranian companies and senior Iranian officials in a bid to augment United Nations economic sanctions approved last week.


China's Growth Shift Aids Migrant Workers

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:45 PM PDT

A more-even distribution of growth across China, as a boom in construction and infrastructure projects boosts inland provinces, has widened options for workers.


Royal Nuptials Reflect Swedish Rift

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:45 PM PDT

The Swedish royal family is gearing up for the lavish wedding of its crown princess Saturday, even as more citizens are saying the country should divorce itself from the monarchy.


Striking stewards

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Stadiums row threatens to steal World Cup show


San Francisco to pass phone radiation law

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:57 PM PDT

San Francisco is set to be the first US city to require mobile phone retailers to post radiation levels next to handsets they sell.


Soldiers killed in Helmand named

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 01:26 PM PDT

Two Fijian-born soldiers shot dead in separate incidents in Afghanistan are named by the Ministry of Defence.


Iran working on new nuclear reactor, official says

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:34 PM PDT

Iran is starting design work on a new nuclear reactor, the head of the country's Atomic Energy Organization said Wednesday, according to Iranian media.


U.S. Army charges 3 in Afghan killings

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:37 PM PDT

Three additional U.S. soldiers based in Washington state are facing charges in the deaths of three Afghan civilians between January and May and have been placed in pre-trial confinement, the Army announced Wednesday.


Turkish troops enter northern Iraq

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:33 PM PDT

Four PKK fighters reported dead as hundreds of soldiers mount cross-border operation.


With sanctions, U.S. targets more entities linked to Iran's nuclear programs

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:06 PM PDT

Acting quickly on a new U.N. Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on Iran, the Treasury Department on Wednesday targeted additional companies and individuals associated with Tehran's nuclear and missile programs.


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US expands sanctions on Iran

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:50 PM PDT

The US announces additional measures against Iran, days after fresh UN sanctions, amid concerns over Iran's nuclear programme.


Putting a Private Detective in Your Laptop

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:20 PM PDT

A number of good programs can locate a stolen computer through Internet information, monitor e-mail and even photograph an illegal user.


Magazine Preview | Smarter Than You Think: I.B.M.'s Supercomputer Challenges 'Jeopardy!' Champions

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:23 AM PDT

The category is artificial intelligence. This question-answering computer system is ready to challenge some flesh-and-blood "Jeopardy!" champions.


World Cup Live: South Africa vs. Uruguay

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:20 AM PDT

Round two of the group stage kicks off with host nation South Africa taking on Uruguay.


Fourteen killed in Russia's Dagestan region

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:05 PM PDT

MAKHACHKALA, Russia (Reuters) - Four police and ten gunmen were killed Wednesday, investigators said, in clashes in Russia's Dagestan region in the North Caucasus where the Kremlin is struggling to contain an Islamist insurgency.


Icy world measured in star pass

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:49 PM PDT

Astronomers work out the size of a distant icy object by watching it pass in front of a bright star.


BP agrees to spill claims fund

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 12:04 PM PDT

$20bn fund to be established to pay for Gulf of Mexico spill claims.


Pakistan 'funded banned charity'

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:53 AM PDT

Pakistan's Punjab province gave about $1m to institutions linked to a charity on a UN terror blacklist, it has emerged.


Israeli panel on Gaza raid says will work quickly

Posted: 16 Jun 2010 11:40 AM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel's committee of inquiry into a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla convened for the first time on Wednesday and said it hopes to finish its investigation as quickly as possible.