Australia's original 'Crocodile Hunter' dies (AFP)

Australia's original 'Crocodile Hunter' dies (AFP)


Australia's original 'Crocodile Hunter' dies (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:28 PM PDT

Australia's original TV crocodile hunter Malcolm Douglas (pictured in 2002), whose hit Outback documentaries foreshadowed late global star Steve Irwin, has died in a car crash, reports said Thursday. AFP - Australia's original TV crocodile hunter Malcolm Douglas, whose hit Outback documentaries foreshadowed late global star Steve Irwin, has died in a car crash, reports said Thursday.



Farce Threatens as Athletes Pull Out of India's Showcase Games (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Time.com - Officials had promised a world-class Commonwealth Games to announce New Delhi's arrival as a global capital, but concerns over hygiene and safety have cast India in an unflattering light


China protesters' Sydney roof jump threat: activist (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:41 PM PDT

Detainees stage a rooftop protest at the Villawood detention centre near Sydney on September 22, 2010. One of nine Chinese nationals taking part in the protest at the detention facility have threatened to jump if officials do not agree to review their cases by Thursday afternoon, an activist has told AFP.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - One of nine Chinese nationals protesting on the roof of an Australian immigration centre will jump if officials do not agree to review their cases by Thursday afternoon, an activist told AFP.



Pullouts imperil New Delhi games

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:16 PM PDT

Commonwealth teams threaten not to compete unless security and hygiene conditions are met as others delay their arrival.


China rebuffs US criticism of yuan

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:50 PM PDT

Premier Wen rejects calls to revalue country's currency as US pushes for sanctions over alleged currency manipulation.


Philippines denies population data 'doctored' (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:31 PM PDT

The Philippines has denied allegations that it manipulated population data to support a controversial family planning campaign in one of the world's most populous Roman Catholic nations.(AFP/File/Jay Directo)AFP - The Philippines on Thursday denied allegations that it manipulated population data to support a controversial family planning campaign in one of the world's most populous Roman Catholic nations.



How to play Hamlet's famous lines

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:51 PM PDT

The actor Samuel West gives four interpretations of the famous 'To be or not to be' soliloquy.


How flies help homicide detectives

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Forensic Entomologist Amoret Whitaker of the Natural History Museum explains how the study of the fly's life cycle, can help homicide detectives catch murderers.


UK opens world's largest wind farm

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:57 PM PDT

The world's largest offshore wind farm off Thanet in Kent is to start producing electricity.


France braces for day of strikes Thursday (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 11:15 PM PDT

AP - Protesters are counting on people power to pressure the government to back down on its plan to up the retirement age from 60 to 62, with a second round of September strikes expected to hobble public transport, air traffic and schools across France.


ICC urged to take strong lead in 'fixing' probe (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:21 PM PDT

England captain Andrew Strauss (C) looks back at Pakistan players at the post-match presentation ceremony at the Rose Bowl in Southamptom on September 22. Strauss called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to leave AFP - England captain Andrew Strauss called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to leave "no stone unturned" in their probe into cricket corruption after his side ended a scandal-marred season with a one-day series win over Pakistan here on Wednesday.



Fantasy Baseball: Selling Low on Matt Kemp and Jimmy Rollins

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:51 PM PDT

Forbes provides plenty of insights into what stocks to buy or sell based on their being undervalued


World powers seek talks with Iran

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 10:01 PM PDT

US and other world powers announce diplomatic overture to come to "early negotiated solution" on nuclear issue.


UN promotes health campaign for women, children (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:02 PM PDT

AP - The world's nations pledged more than $40 billion to battle needless deaths among poor mothers and their children, and President Barack Obama spoke about what America can do to help the U.N.'s ambitious development goals.


China seeks to play down differences with US (AP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 08:28 PM PDT

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao addresses a dinner, hosted by the National Committee on US-China Relations and the US-China Business Council, at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010 in New York.  Premier Jiabao is scheduled to address the United Nations General Assembly on Thursday. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao expressed optimism Wednesday that the United States and China would resolve major trade frictions, even as he rejected U.S. claims that Beijing's currency policies cost American jobs.



China needs huge urban investment: state media (AFP)

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:42 PM PDT

A girl speaks on her phone in a neighborhood of traditional walled courtyard homes in Beijing. China may need to invest up to 3.6 trillion dollars in urban infrastructure by 2020 to accommodate the growing number of rural residents moving to the country's cities, state media reported Thursday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - China may need to invest up to 3.6 trillion dollars in urban infrastructure by 2020 to accommodate the growing number of rural residents moving to the country's cities, state media reported Thursday.



NZ tells athletes to delay Commonwealth arrival

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 09:22 PM PDT

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand became the latest country on Thursday to delay its arrival in New Delhi for the Commonwealth Games, as organizers scrambled to provide suitable athlete accommodation in time for the multi-sport event.


U.S. covert paramilitary presence in Afghanistan much larger than thought

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 07:47 PM PDT

The CIA has relied on Firebase Lilley, part of a constellation of agency bases across Afghanistan, as a hub to train and deploy a well-armed 3,000-troop Afghan paramilitary force collectively known as Counterterrorism Pursuit Teams. In addition to being used for surveillance, raids and combat operat


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At home, Iran's president faces political battle over efforts to widen his powers

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 05:36 PM PDT

TEHRAN - As Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad prepares to address the U.N. General Assembly on Thursday, he faces a defining political battle at home that is paralyzing the decision-making process in the Islamic republic.


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Generals in civilian posts were toughest critics of surge, Woodward writes

Posted: 22 Sep 2010 07:45 PM PDT

A new book by Bob Woodward on the Obama administration's Afghan war deliberations presents three generals in the White House and State Department as the military's toughest, most persistent and most skeptical critics.


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