Russian spies board deportation plane

Russian spies board deportation plane


Russian spies board deportation plane

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:00 PM PDT

The US has deported 10 Russian agents as part of a prisoner exchange deal with Moscow.


Italian media strikes over wiretaps

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:15 PM PDT

Journalists in Italy are staging a one day stoppage in protest at plans to restrict wiretapping.


Official: Deadly blast hits Pakistan tribal area (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:30 PM PDT

Pakistan's army soldier takes position on a hilltop post Khajore Kut, an area of Pakistan's South Waziristan tribal region along Afghan border, Thursday, July 8, 2010. Pakistan's army has waged a major ground offensive against the Pakistani Taliban in South Waziristan. The operation appears to have cleared much of the rugged region of the militants, though many have simply fled to other parts of the semiautonomous tribal belt. (AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)AP - A large explosion ripped through a village in a tribal area bordering Afghanistan where the Pakistani army has fought the Taliban, killing several people Friday, an official said.



Mattis named overall US commander of Iraq, Afghan wars (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 10:25 PM PDT

File picture shows General James Mattis at Kandahar International Airport, Afghanistan, in 2001. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates named Mattis Thursday as the new head of US Central Command or CENTCOM, which has overall control of the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan.(AFP/Pool/File/Dave Martin)AFP - General James Mattis was named as the new head of US Central Command, or CENTCOM, which has overall control of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.



Australian ISPs agree to block child pornography (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:57 PM PDT

AP - Three of Australia's biggest Internet service providers agreed Friday to voluntarily block child pornography online before the government introduces its mandatory filter, Communications Minister Stephen Conroy said.


US policeman escapes murder rap

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:55 PM PDT

Racially charged case in California ends in manslaughter conviction, sparking anger.


China finds more milk tainted with deadly melamine (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:48 PM PDT

AP - Chinese authorities have found dairy products in at least two provinces tainted with an industrial chemical that killed six babies and sickened thousands more in 2008, state media said Friday.


Advance in Quest for HIV Vaccine

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:43 PM PDT

In a significant step toward an AIDS vaccine, U.S. government scientists have discovered three powerful antibodies, the strongest of which neutralizes 91% of HIV strains, more than any AIDS antibody yet discovered.


US court rejects halt to drilling

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:14 PM PDT

Temporary reprieve for oil companies pending hearing of federal appeal in August.


U.S. expels Russian intelligence gatherers

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:10 PM PDT

Ten Russians allegedly involved in intelligence gathering where expelled from the United States Thursday night, leaving on a flight chartered by the Russia government to Vienna, Austria, a federal law enforcement official told CNN.


U.N. to condemn sinking of S. Korean warship

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:46 PM PDT

The United Nations is set to formally condemn the action -- but not a particular nation -- for the March sinking of a South Korean warship, the Cheonan.


'Bookworm' conquers mountains

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 08:49 PM PDT

When one meets a woman who says she had just climbed Mt. Everest, you get curious.


Indian couple slain in 'honor killing'

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 07:46 PM PDT

Asha Saini and Yogesh Kumar were in love and wanted to get married. But Saini's family did not approve of Kumar: As a taxi driver, they said, he did not have the right kind of job. But more importantly for them, he was from a lower caste.


Monk arrested in slayings of priest, nun in China (AP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:18 PM PDT

AP - A Catholic monk has confessed to killing a priest and a nun whose bodies were found at the hospice in northern China where they worked, state media said Friday.


U.S. and Russia to swap spies after 10 plead guilty (Reuters)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:19 PM PDT

Reuters - Ten people pleaded guilty on Thursday to being agents for Russia while living undercover in the United States as part of a spy swap between the U.S. and Russian governments that revived Cold War-era intrigue.


China seizes melamine-tainted milk powder (AFP)

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:03 PM PDT

File photo shows Chinese enforcement officers checking the dates on tins of milk powder in Tongzi, China's Guizhou region. Chinese authorities have seized 76 tonnes of milk powder tainted with the same chemical responsible for the deaths of six babies two years ago, state media said Friday.(AFP/File)AFP - Chinese authorities have seized 76 tonnes of milk powder tainted with the same chemical responsible for the deaths of six babies two years ago, state media said Friday.



Pakistan claims Taliban victory

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:11 PM PDT

Authorities in Pakistan say they have turned a corner in their fight against the Taliban after military successes in the Kurram region.


UN to condemn sinking of SKorean warship

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 06:25 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS -The UN Security Council was set to condemn the sinking of a South Korean warship but stop short of strongly censuring North Korea as demanded by Seoul and Washington, a draft statement said.

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Ahmadinejad says sanctions will not alter nuclear drive

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 06:40 AM PDT

ABUJA -Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has said that new sanctions slapped on his country will not alter Tehran's nuclear drive, remaining defiant in the face of growing Western pressure.

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Pakistan claims Taliban victory

Posted: 08 Jul 2010 09:11 PM PDT

Authorities in Pakistan say they have turned a corner in their fight against the Taliban after military successes in the Kurram region.