China's Liu leads Kohl and EU in Peace Nobel race: report

China's Liu leads Kohl and EU in Peace Nobel race: report

China's Liu leads Kohl and EU in Peace Nobel race: report

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:31 PM PDT

OSLO (Reuters) - Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is the leading candidate to win the Nobel Peace Prize with the European Union and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl also among the contenders, Norway's main television networks said on Thursday.

China's Liu leads Kohl and EU in Peace Nobel race: report (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:31 PM PDT

Reuters - Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo is the leading candidate to win the Nobel Peace Prize with the European Union and former German Chancellor Helmut Kohl also among the contenders, Norway's main television networks said on Thursday.


Afghan security contractor oversight poor: Senate report (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:26 PM PDT

Reuters - A Senate inquiry into private security contracting in Afghanistan concluded on Thursday that funds had sometimes been funneled to warlords who were linked to the Taliban, murder and kidnapping.


Afghan security contractor oversight poor: Senate report

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 10:26 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Senate inquiry into private security contracting in Afghanistan concluded on Thursday that funds had sometimes been funneled to warlords who were linked to the Taliban, murder and kidnapping.

U.N. delegation underscores Sudan vote

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:37 PM PDT

Members of the U.N. Security Council wrapped up their visit to southern Sudan, underscoring support for the January referendum vote that could lead to the region's independence.

Pentagon blasted over security contractors

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:20 PM PDT

A Senate report released Thursday rips into the Pentagon for failing to keep track of tens of thousands of private security contractors in Afghanistan, a failure that places both the mission and U.S. troops at grave risk.

Mexico: US wavers in drug war with Calif. pot vote (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:57 PM PDT

Mexico's President Felipe Calderon listens to a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Tijuana, Mexico, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - President Felipe Calderon said Thursday that a California ballot measure to legalize marijuana represents hypocrisy in U.S. drug policy for encouraging consumption while at the same time demanding that Mexico and other countries crack down on drug trafficking.

Afghan Talks May be Underway, But Peace Is Not at Hand (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:20 PM PDT

Time.com - The U.S.-led coalition is unlikely to defeat the Taliban militarily, but neither side is ready to accept the other's peace terms. Instead, expect more talking and more fighting to shape the eventual deal


(AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:32 PM PDT

AP - Mexico pres: Vote to legalize pot in California shows 'terrible inconsistency' in US drug war.


Playboy Indonesia's former editor at large (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:31 PM PDT

AP - Prosecutors were searching for the former editor-in-chief of Playboy Indonesia on Friday after he failed to show up to begin his two-year jail sentence for publishing pictures of scantily clothed women.


Hungary Continues to Battle Its Toxic Flood (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:20 PM PDT

Time.com - As chemical sludge seeps into the Danube, Hungary fights to contain the worst environmental disaster in its history


Israel signs F-35 fighter jet deal

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:23 PM PDT

Around 20 radar-evading Joint Strike Fighter jets - worth $2.75bn - to be delivered to Israel from 2015 through 2017.


The Recording Industry's Piracy-Proof Business Plan

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:26 PM PDT

Out of the 85 million people who watched Beyonce bail Lady Gaga out of jail in the duo's "Telephone"


Embraer says still mulling China factory status (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:18 PM PDT

AP - Brazilian aircraft maker Embraer said Friday it is still discussing plans for its aircraft factory in northern China, denying reports it will close the plant.


Best Bargains For Homebuyers

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:00 PM PDT

Trulia's Tara-Nicholle Nelson on the top five cities to buy homes.


Chinese dissident hot bet for Nobel Peace Prize (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:31 PM PDT

FILE - In this Oct. 23, 2009 file photo, pro-democracy activists hold pictures of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, who was arrested after co-authoring a bold manifesto urging civil rights and political reform, outside the U.S. Consulate General in Hong Kong. Hong Kong police arrested five pro-democracy protesters after demonstrators scuffled with officers guarding the central Chinese government's local liaison office Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. The clash broke out when about 100 protesters marked National Day by marching to the liaison office denouncing Beijing's 'authoritarian rule' and demanding the release of dissident Liu, who is serving an 11-year jail term for inciting subversion. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)AP - Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo tops speculation for the Nobel Peace Prize — one betting site has already declared him the winner — though some experts expect a more low-key choice on Friday.

German militants training in Pakistani border area (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:59 PM PDT

In this undated image made from a video by the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, German speaker Mounir Chouka, who goes locally by the name Abu Adam al-Almani, 'Abu Adam the German', speaks from an unknown location. Between 15 and 40 Germans and a smaller contingent of other Europeans are believed to be getting militant training in Pakistan's lawless border region, intending to join the Taliban's fight against NATO forces in neighboring Afghanistan or return to Europe and strike at the soft underbelly of those countries. (AP Photo/Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan)AP - The video at first seems like many others filmed in Pakistan's tribal areas: The bearded militant sits cross-legged on the floor, an AK-47 propped against the wall behind him. But as he applauds his three companions' decision to join jihad, the words come out in fluent German: "Wir sind die Soldaten Allahs," he says — "We are the soldiers of Allah."

Israelis, Palestinians signal deal on settlements (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:02 PM PDT

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and Israeli official Ilan Harari attend a meeting during Netanyahu visit in the Israeli town of Lod, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010. Netanyahu has agreed to hold a vote on a controversial citizenship bill in what appears to be a move aimed at garnering support for an extension of a West Bank settlement slowdown. (AP Photos/Jack Guez, Pool)AP - In the clearest sign that a deal may be emerging to keep the troubled U.S. Mideast peace push alive, a top Palestinian official said Thursday that his side would accept an American proposal for Israel to curtail settlement construction for two months.

Marines in Marjah face full-blown insurgency (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 09:00 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2010 photo, hospital Corpsman Matthew Heger, foreground, 24, of Seattle, Wa., fires on insurgents during a gunbattle in Marjah, Afghanistan. Heger is serving with the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines' Echo Company, which arrived in Marjah in July. Eight months on, the Taliban are still in Marjah in force, waging a full-blown guerrilla insurgency that rages daily across a bomb-riddled landscape of agricultural fields and irrigation trenches. (AP Photo/Todd Pitman)AP - The young Marine had a simple question for the farmer with the white beard: Have you seen any Taliban today?

China launching search for domestic potash sources (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2010 08:06 PM PDT

AP - China has launched a search for domestic sources of potash to ensure stable supplies of the mineral used in fertilizer, a state news agency said Friday, amid official concern about mining giant BHP's bid to acquire a major Canadian producer.


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