U.S., Europe target Iran investment, trade |
- U.S., Europe target Iran investment, trade
- Digest: Utah readies firing squad for condemned murderer
- Digest
- Secrecy over Australia oil probe
- Europe to unveil banking sector check-up (AFP)
- Deep space asteroid pod comes home to Japan lab (AFP)
- SKorean fighter jet crashes; 2 airmen killed (AP)
- Aussie man jailed for blowing bubble in court (AFP)
- US convict to die by firing squad
- Colombia rescuers fight to reach miners after blast
- China's leader-in-waiting to quiz Australia on mining tax (AFP)
- NZ lawmaker claims Chinese security attacked him (AP)
- Slaughterhouse Fave: Smithfield Rides Hog Shortage To Better Bottom Line
- Kobe Bryant: King of the Court
- Kyrgyz leader in turbulent south to ease tensions
- BP boss blasted over oil spill
- French leader in London 70 years after WWII appeal
- Pakistani-American charged over Times Square bomb
- EU invites Iceland to membership talks
- Shahzad indicted on 10 counts
| U.S., Europe target Iran investment, trade Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:00 PM PDT The United States and its allies are swiftly tightening an economic cordon around Iran by imposing new strictures that could inflict far more economic pain on the Islamic republic than previous sanctions. 
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| Digest: Utah readies firing squad for condemned murderer Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:00 PM PDT Utah was set to execute a condemned killer by firing squad Friday morning, reviving an Old West style of justice that has not been used for at least 14 years.
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| Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:00 PM PDT ISRAEL Tens of thousands of black-clad ultra-Orthodox Jews staged demonstrations Thursday in Jerusalem and elsewhere to protest a Supreme Court ruling forcing the integration of a religious girls' school.
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| Secrecy over Australia oil probe Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:52 PM PDT Officials say report into Timor Sea leak will stay secret pending "legal constraints".
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| Europe to unveil banking sector check-up (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:49 PM PDT
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| Deep space asteroid pod comes home to Japan lab (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:50 PM PDT
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| SKorean fighter jet crashes; 2 airmen killed (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:33 PM PDT AP - South Korea's Air Force says a fighter jet crashed into the sea after a training mission and its two pilots were killed.
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| Aussie man jailed for blowing bubble in court (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:16 PM PDT
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| US convict to die by firing squad Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:49 PM PDT Critics say Utah execution method is barbaric and reminiscent of "Wild West" justice.
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| Colombia rescuers fight to reach miners after blast Posted: 17 Jun 2010 10:24 PM PDT AMAGA, Colombia (Reuters) - Rescuers fought against gas and debris to reach up to 70 miners feared dead on Friday after a blast tore through a coal mine in one of Colombia's worst mining disasters.
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| China's leader-in-waiting to quiz Australia on mining tax (AFP) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:55 PM PDT
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| NZ lawmaker claims Chinese security attacked him (AP) Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:51 PM PDT AP - A New Zealand lawmaker accused the Chinese vice president's security staff of pushing him, hitting him with an umbrella and tearing from his grasp a Tibetan flag during a protest Friday.
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| Slaughterhouse Fave: Smithfield Rides Hog Shortage To Better Bottom Line Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:56 PM PDT Improved supply conditions, as well as other factors, help the food processor lose less.
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| Kobe Bryant: King of the Court Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:55 PM PDT His legend grows even greater with a fifth title for the Los Angeles Lakers.
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| Kyrgyz leader in turbulent south to ease tensions Posted: 17 Jun 2010 11:00 PM PDT OSH, Kyrgyzstan (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan's interim leader flew to the country's south on Friday to help ease tensions in the conflict-torn region after the worst ethnic violence in the Central Asian state in two decades.
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| BP boss blasted over oil spill Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:29 PM PDT WASHINGTON – Angry US lawmakers have skewered BP boss Tony Hayward, accusing him of stonewalling as he dodged a barrage of hostile questions seeking to lay bare the causes of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill. "I can't pass judgment on those decisions," Hayward told openly disbelieving members of
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| French leader in London 70 years after WWII appeal Posted: 17 Jun 2010 06:36 PM PDT LONDON – French President Nicolas Sarkozy is set to visit London on Friday to mark the 70th anniversary of Charles de Gaulle's rousing radio appeal to his compatriots to resist the Nazi occupation of France.
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| Pakistani-American charged over Times Square bomb Posted: 17 Jun 2010 02:26 PM PDT NEW YORK – The Pakistani-American arrested over last month's botched car bombing in New York's Times Square has been formally charged with attempted use of a weapon of mass destruction and terrorism.
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| EU invites Iceland to membership talks Posted: 17 Jun 2010 09:40 AM PDT BRUSSELS – European Union leaders agreed Thursday to open membership negotiations with Iceland despite differences over whale hunting and a bank collapse that hit British and Dutch investors.
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| Posted: 17 Jun 2010 03:59 PM PDT A U.S. grand jury indicted suspect Faisal Shahzad in the Times Square bombing attempt in New York on 10 counts, some of which carry a mandatory life sentence.
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