Iran scientist seeks refuge in Pakistan embassy in U.S.

Iran scientist seeks refuge in Pakistan embassy in U.S.
Uganda makes arrests after twin bomb blasts
BP 'installs new cap' on oil well
France to vote on full veil ban
Apple, Google To Battle In China
BP 'installs new cap' on oil well
Fidel Castro appears on Cuban TV
France to vote on full veil ban
Fidel Castro appears on Cuban TV
Infosys Q1 disappoints and Europe woes dampen outlook (Reuters)
4 die in heavy rains in Honduras (AP)
North Korea calls off talks with U.N. officers over ship (Reuters)
Drunken Aussie tries to ride giant croc (AFP)
Pyongyang delays US military talks
Israel: Use of live fire justified
North Korea calls off talks with U.N. officers over ship
China's 'Generation X'
Fifty Missing in Chinese Floods
Uganda Police Foil Another Bomb Attack
Cuba dissidents leave for Spain

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:53 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's state radio said on Tuesday a missing Iranian nuclear scientist who Tehran says was kidnapped by the CIA, had taken refuge in Pakistan's embassy in Washington.

Uganda makes arrests after twin bomb blasts

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:44 PM PDT

KAMPALA (Reuters) - Uganda has made arrests after Somali Islamists said they detonated two bombs killing at least 74 people, and an unexploded suicide-bomb belt has been found at a new site, a government spokesman said on Tuesday,

BP 'installs new cap' on oil well

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:39 PM PDT

Oil giant BP says it has placed a new cap on a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, which it hopes will capture all the leaking oil.

France to vote on full veil ban

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:36 PM PDT

The French parliament is to vote on plans to ban women from wearing full Islamic veils in public.

Apple, Google To Battle In China

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:26 PM PDT

The iPhone and Android mobile platforms are posed for a major battle. While Google is likely to sell

BP 'installs new cap' on oil well

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:39 PM PDT

Oil giant BP says it has placed a new cap on a ruptured well in the Gulf of Mexico, which it hopes will capture all the leaking oil.

Fidel Castro appears on Cuban TV

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:33 PM PDT

Cuba ex-President Fidel Castro has made his first TV appearance in 11 months in an interview focusing on foreign affairs.

France to vote on full veil ban

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:36 PM PDT

The French parliament is to vote on plans to ban women from wearing full Islamic veils in public.

Fidel Castro appears on Cuban TV

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:33 PM PDT

Cuba ex-President Fidel Castro has made his first TV appearance in 11 months in an interview focusing on foreign affairs.

Infosys Q1 disappoints and Europe woes dampen outlook (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 09:46 PM PDT

Reuters - Infosys Technologies edged up its forecast on a revival in outsourcing demand from its mainstay financial clients, but its shares fell as markets worried a weak European economy could curb orders.

4 die in heavy rains in Honduras (AP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 09:29 PM PDT

AP - Four people have been killed and another injured following a week of heavy rains in Honduras.

North Korea calls off talks with U.N. officers over ship (Reuters)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Reuters - North Korea abruptly called off a talks set for Tuesday with the U.S.-led United Nations Command that oversees the Korean War truce, failing to show up for the first meeting to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship.

Drunken Aussie tries to ride giant croc (AFP)

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 09:07 PM PDT

AFP - An Australian man was lucky to be alive after drunkenly scaling the fence of a crocodile enclosure and trying to take a five-metre (16-foot) beast named "Fatso" for a ride, police said Tuesday.

Pyongyang delays US military talks

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:03 PM PDT

North Korea postpones meeting set to discuss deadly sinking of South Korean warship.

Israel: Use of live fire justified

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 09:49 PM PDT

Internal probe faults Israeli navy for poor planning but recommends no punishments.

North Korea calls off talks with U.N. officers over ship

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:09 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea abruptly called off a talks set for Tuesday with the U.S.-led United Nations Command that oversees the Korean War truce, failing to show up for the first meeting to discuss the sinking of a South Korean warship.

China's 'Generation X'

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:01 PM PDT

Imagining the world of one factory worker--a girl who with no memory of Tienanmen-era rationing--hel

Fifty Missing in Chinese Floods

Posted: 12 Jul 2010 10:36 PM PDT

A flash flood washed through a mountain town in southwest China, killing three people and leaving 50 missing, while crews raced to drain an engorged reservoir in another part of the country.