Iran bars 2 IAEA inspectors: report

Iran bars 2 IAEA inspectors: report


Iran bars 2 IAEA inspectors: report

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 11:02 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran will not allow two inspectors who authored the U.N. nuclear watchdog's last report about the Islamic Republic's nuclear program to enter the country, a senior official said on Monday in a report carried by the semi-official ISNA news agency.


With US help, miners dig in at former Taliban base (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 10:46 PM PDT

In this May 25, 2010 photo, Pakistani miner Mohammad Ramzan who uses a conventional method to quarry marble and granite, stands at a site in Buner, Pakistan. A year after the Pakistani army ousted the militants from Swat Valley and Buner, the U.S. government is helping marble and gem industry as a part of $7.5 billion package to Pakistan to create jobs in the region to dry up support for extremism and stop militants from returning. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)AP - Dusty and exhausted, the miners emerge from tunnels, blinking in the sunlight of this formerly Taliban-controlled valley. They carefully drop their emeralds into a hole in a padlocked wooden box and trudge home to their villages down below.



Indian ministers to submit Bhopal tragedy report (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 10:02 PM PDT

Activists shout slogans against the Indian government during a demonstration in New Delhi on June 10. Indian ministers probing the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy amid renewed outrage over the world's worst industrial disaster were due Monday to submit a new report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.(AFP/File/Raveendran)AFP - Indian ministers probing the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy amid renewed outrage over the world's worst industrial disaster were due Monday to submit a new report to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.



Dozens trapped in China mine

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:50 PM PDT

Twenty-six rescued after explosion rips through coal mine in Henan province.


46 workers killed in China mine blast

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 08:59 PM PDT

An underground explosion in a coal mine in central China's Henan province killed at least 46 miners early Monday, state media reported.


Polish liberal ahead in presidential election (AFP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:30 PM PDT

Parliament speaker, acting president and presidential candidate Bronislaw Komorowski greets supporters in Warsaw after acknowledging exit polls for the early presidential elections in Poland. Komorowski placed first in elections to replace head of state Lech Kaczynski after his air crash death, but faces a run-off against the late leader's twin, exit polls showed.(AFP/Janek Skarzynski)AFP - Polish interim president Bronislaw Komorowski was slightly ahead in the first round of a presidential election with 41.22 percent of the vote, early results showed.



Rights group calls to halt Zimbabwe diamond trade (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:33 PM PDT

AP - A leading international human rights group called on the global diamond industry's oversight body on Monday to remove Zimbabwe from its ranks because of alleged illicit trading and abuses in its diamond fields.


Soldiers fire on Kashmiri protesters; 1 killed (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:31 PM PDT

Kashmiri Muslim protesters shout slogans during Javid Ahamed Malla's funeral procession in Srinagar, India, Sunday, June 20, 2010. Malla was killed and five others wounded in Indian-controlled Kashmir after government forces opened fire Sunday at hundreds of stone-throwing Kashmiris protesting after the burial of 25-year-old Mohammed Rafiq Bangroo, who was wounded during an anti-India protest last week and died in a hospital late Saturday. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)AP - Indian troops fired on hundreds of demonstrators who tried to torch a paramilitary bunker in Kashmir on Sunday, killing one person and wounding at least five, police said. More were injured in subsequent clashes.



Acting leader heads Poland vote

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 08:45 PM PDT

Exit polls in Poland suggest the country's acting leader has won most votes in an election held after the death of the late President Lech Kaczynski.


46 killed in China coal mine blast

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 06:12 PM PDT

BEIJING – All 46 miners who were missing after an explosion in a central China coal mine on Monday have been confirmed dead, state television reported.

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Gunman kills 2 at California restaurant, takes own life

Posted: 19 Jun 2010 11:11 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES – A man in an apparent domestic dispute entered a southern California fast food restaurant Saturday and shot two handguns at his stepdaughter's family, killing her husband and six-year-old son before killing himself, reports said.

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Acting leader heads Poland vote

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 08:45 PM PDT

Exit polls in Poland suggest the country's acting leader has won most votes in an election held after the death of the late President Lech Kaczynski.


Old rate for new 'flexible' yuan

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 10:11 PM PDT

China keeps official exchange rate unchanged after announcing "exchange rate flexibility".


3 dead, more injured in Mexico rural disputes (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:05 PM PDT

AP - A man and his 12-year-old daughter were detained Sunday in southern Mexico for allegedly killing a neighboring land owner in a dispute over land.


For one woman, a different kind of World Cup dream (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:00 PM PDT

AP - Cecilia Dube's dream has taken her from dust-choked building sites to university classrooms, from the rubble of demolished food stands to cooking meals in a park in an upscale neighborhood where fans watch World Cup soccer on a giant screen.


Death toll from Myanmar floods, landslides hits 63 (AP)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:27 PM PDT

In this photo taken Wednesday, June 16, 2010, a resident wades through floodwaters in Maungdaw, Rakhine State in the western part of  Myanmar. 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, June 17, 2010. (AP Photo)AP - The military and humanitarian groups are aiding people in northwestern Myanmar, where days of flooding and landslides killed more than 60 people and affected 15,000 families, state media and the United Nations reported Monday.



Now in South Africa: Les Misérables

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 08:18 PM PDT

With McDowell's U.S. Open win, France barely misses a chance to take a break worrying about the World Cup.


Europe's Real Problem: Its Captains

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 07:10 PM PDT

Here in South Africa, the most notable feature of the 2010 World Cup so far is the annihilation of the big European sides.


PG&E, The Solar Banker

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 09:01 PM PDT

PG&E has created a $100 million fund with solar installer SunRun to finance rooftop solar insta


World Cup Time Out: China's Ron Artest Wins NBA Championship. (Or, Buh-Bye Yao Ming)

Posted: 20 Jun 2010 08:58 PM PDT

China loves Kobe Bryant and Michael Jackson. Now they love Ron "Ron Ron" Artest.