Nebraska attorney general won't defend abortion law

Nebraska attorney general won't defend abortion law

Nebraska attorney general won't defend abortion law

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 09:00 PM PDT

Nebraska's attorney general will not defend a new state law requiring health screenings for women seeking abortions, because there is little chance that the controversial law will prevail in court, his spokeswoman said Wednesday.


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India finds a way to access BlackBerry emails: report (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 10:46 PM PDT

Reuters - India's telecoms ministry has suggested a formula by which security agencies can get access to corporate email on Research In Motion's Blackberry devices, the Economic Times reported on Thursday.


No sign of rivals as BHP starts clock on Potash Corp bid (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 10:36 PM PDT

Reuters - BHP Billiton is focusing on getting regulatory approval for its $39 billion hostile bid for Potash Corp before trying in earnest to win over the Canadian company's shareholders, a source said on Thursday.


Bogus cancer charity collectors uncovered

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 10:33 PM PDT

An investigation by the BBC has uncovered bogus charity collectors who falsely claim to donate to Britain's largest breast cancer charity.


North Korea confirms detaining South's boat

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 10:09 PM PDT

North Korean state media on Thursday confirmed the seizure of a South Korean fishing boat earlier this month with seven crew members aboard.

Radioactive boars on the rise in Germany (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 10:03 PM PDT

AP - It was a big shot. A big hog. And a big disappointment.


Malaysia boosts security corps accused of abuses (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 10:20 PM PDT

AP - Malaysia is expanding a volunteer security corps accused of human rights abuses and adding to its responsibities even though the new recruits won't be trained for now, the corps leader said Thursday.


UN meets on Pakistan aid as fears mount for survivors (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 09:43 PM PDT

An aerial view shows water covering huge areas in the southern Punjab province. Foreign aid has begun flowing to the 20 million victims of floods in Pakistan, but thousands remain without food or shelter as weather forecasts signalled there may be some let-up.(AFP/Marwan Naamani)AFP - Hundreds of thousands of Pakistanis remain without food and shelter as the UN prepared to meet Thursday to drum up aid for the flood-stricken nation amid criticism of the slow pace of the relief effort.

North Korea confirms Chinese among detained fishermen

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 09:32 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea confirmed on Thursday it was holding the seven-man crew of a South Korean fishing boat, including three Chinese, after they illegally entered its waters earlier this month.

Lenovo Reboots Earnings

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 08:55 PM PDT

China's largest PC maker returned to profitability last quarter.


N.Korea confirms seizure of S.Korean fishing boat (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 09:09 PM PDT

Map locating the port of Songjin in North Korea where a South Korean fishing boat was towed after it was seized off the northern coastline. North Korea said it had seized the boat for poaching in its exclusive economic zone(AFP/Graphic/Adrian Leung/Gal/Js)AFP - North Korea said Thursday its navy had seized a South Korean fishing boat for poaching in its exclusive economic zone.

Aid workers increasingly in firing line

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 08:47 PM PDT

Aid workers have been ambushed, bombed, assassinated or taken hostage in growing numbers worldwide. But that dangerous reality hasn't deterred many from staying in their humanitarian jobs.

Aid only trickles to Pakistan's disaster

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 08:32 PM PDT

Pakistan is reeling from a natural disaster affecting 20 million people but relief groups say donors have been painfully slow in helping.

Year since bomber freed, Lockerbie tries to move on (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 08:27 PM PDT

File photo shows some of the damage caused to the Scottish village of Lockerbie following the blowing up of a Pan Am airliner in late December 1988. The quiet Scottish town is determined to play down the forthcoming one-year anniversary of the freeing of the Libyan man convicted of bombing the airliner over its skies.(AFP/File/Letkey)AFP - The quiet Scottish town of Lockerbie is determined to play down Friday's one-year anniversary of the freeing of the Libyan man convicted of blowing up an airliner over its skies.

US raises Myanmar heat with war crimes panel call (AFP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 08:15 PM PDT

Myanmar soldiers take part in a military parade in the new capital Naypyidaw in March 2010. Critics of Myanmar are voicing hope for intensified global pressure on the military regime after the United States signaled it would support a UN inquiry into alleged war crimes.(AFP/File/Christophe Archambault)AFP - Critics of Myanmar are voicing hope for intensified global pressure on the military regime after the United States signaled it would support a UN inquiry into alleged war crimes.

Celebrating Lucky Number 19

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 07:53 PM PDT

Today we celebrate the anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitutio


Last U.S. combat convoy leaves Iraq

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 07:53 PM PDT

The last U.S. brigade combat team in Iraq has left the country, a move that helps U.S. President Barack Obama reach his goal of 50,000 troops in the country by September 1.

Moscow reduces hours for some alcohol sales

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 07:22 PM PDT

Moscow authorities have cut the daily sales hours for beverages with more than 15 percent alcohol, making it illegal to buy such beverages in stores between 10 p.m. and 10 a.m., according to Russian state-run news agency RIA-Novosti.

Wyclef Jean says his Haiti candidacy a 'wild card' (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 07:33 PM PDT

Haiti's presidential candidate and hip hop artist Wyclef Jean , center, is seen surrounded by security at his mother's house in Croix de Bouquets, Haiti, Wednesday, Aug. 18, 2010. Jean says he has received death threats, which is why he is in seclusion until the electoral list is released. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - Wyclef Jean's glamorous hip hop lifestyle seems far away as he sits in hiding in a white stucco building on a rutted, dirt road where chickens scurry and Haitian women carry sacks of laundry atop their heads.

iPhone-maker rallies workers after China suicides (AP)

Posted: 18 Aug 2010 07:29 PM PDT

Thousands of Foxconn workers attend a rally to raise morale at the heavily regimented factories inside the Foxconn plant in Shenzhen, south China, Guangdong province, Wednesday August 18, 2010. Following a string of suicides at its Chinese factories, Foxconn Technology Group raised workers' wages and installed safety nets on buildings to catch would-be jumpers. Now the often secretive manufacturer of the iPhone and other electronics is holding rallies for its workers to raise morale at the heavily regimented factories. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)AP - Young workers who normally spend their days assembling iPhones and other high-tech gadgets packed a stadium at their massive campus Wednesday, waving pompoms and shouting slogans at a rally to raise morale following a string of suicides at the company's heavily regimented factories.
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