Cholera cases still rising in Haiti

Cholera cases still rising in Haiti


Cholera cases still rising in Haiti

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:06 PM PDT

The death toll from a cholera outbreak in Haiti passes 250, health officials say, with more than 3,000 cases reported.


US Vote 2010: The real Glee club

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:46 PM PDT

The members of CounterParts, a Glee Club in Philadelphia, offer their opinions on the upcoming US mid-term elections.


Drug violence claims Mexico lives

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:44 PM PDT

A mother and her teenage children are shot dead after criminals attack police in northern Coahuila state.


Canadian at Gitmo faces trial or possible plea (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:59 PM PDT

Former U.S. Army sergeant Layne Morris, right, arrives at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba on Friday, Oct. 22, 2010, ahead of Omar Khadr's scheduled military commission hearing. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on Friday and talked about the fate of the last Western detainee at Guantanamo Bay, a Canadian government source said. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Colin Perkel)AP - A Canadian who has been in U.S. custody since he was a teenager could see an end to eight years of legal limbo on Monday as his war crimes trial resumes amid talk of a possible last-minute plea deal to spare him a life sentence.



Fourteen dead in oil well blaze in Myanmar (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Photo illustration of an oil well fire. At least 14 people have been killed and 58 more injured in a fire at an oil well in central Myanmar, an official in the military-ruled country said Monday.(AFP/File)AFP - At least 14 people have been killed and 58 more injured in a fire at an oil well in central Myanmar, but the cause was unknown, an official in the military-ruled country said Monday.



US Vote 2010: The real Glee club

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:46 PM PDT

The members of CounterParts, a Glee Club in Philadelphia, offer their opinions on the upcoming US mid-term elections.


Pakistan's Army Flexes Its Muscles (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Pakistan's Army Flexes Its Muscles


EU to help Greece counter clandestine immigration (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:09 PM PDT

An Iranian asylum seeker with his mouth sewn shut wears a shirt reading 'strike' referring to their hunger strike in Athens on October 18, 2010. A group of around 30 Iranian asylum seekers have been on hunger strike in Athens for weeks. The European Union will help Greece face its growing problem with clandestine immigration, Internal Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said.(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)AFP - The European Union will help Greece face its growing problem with clandestine immigration, Internal Affairs Commissioner Cecilia Malmstroem said.



Amid China's Economic Boom, Philanthropy Lags (Time.com)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:45 PM PDT

Time.com - Though China's number of billionaires is second only to the U.S., for most Chinese people, the idea of charity seems detached from their daily lives


A European Lynch Mob Is Coming For Bank of America

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:01 PM PDT

A European Lynch Mob is Coming For Bank Of America. Fannie and Freddie may lead the way.


Siddle, Haddin back for Australia's T20 with SLanka (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:59 PM PDT

Paceman Peter Siddle (L) and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin (R) have returned to Australia's squad for next weekend's Twenty20 match with Sri Lanka in Perth after injury, selectors said Monday.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP - Paceman Peter Siddle and wicketkeeper Brad Haddin have returned to Australia's squad for next weekend's Twenty20 match with Sri Lanka in Perth after injury, selectors said Monday.



U.N. will help, but not discuss, Afghan peace talks

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:57 PM PDT

HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The United Nations' top diplomat in Afghanistan said on Sunday he will help with efforts to find a negotiated end to a war he believes has no military solution, but he will not discuss progress.


Mothers Don't Let Your Daughters Grow Up to be Innocent Spouses

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:38 PM PDT

Suppose that wife does not work in 2010, or that she works but has enough income tax withheld and re


Haiti cholera toll tops 250

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:53 PM PDT

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - A multinational medical response has slowed deaths in a Haitian cholera epidemic that has killed more than 250 people so far, but the outbreak is likely to widen, a senior U.N. official said on Sunday.


Dump offer rejected by Naples mayors

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 05:53 PM PDT

The mayors of several towns around the city of Naples have rejected a move by the government to delay the opening of a new landfill site, after weeks of protests by local residents over pollution.


Deaths in Pakistan shrine attack

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:58 PM PDT

At least five people killed in a bomb blast after dawn prayers at famous Sufi shrine in eastern Punjab province.


Bomb kills 5 people at Sufi shrine in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

Map locating Pakpattan in Pakistan where at several people have been killed in a bomb blast after dawn prayers at a Sufi shrine.(AFP Graphic)AP - A bomb planted on a motorcycle exploded at the gate of a famous Sufi shrine in central Pakistan during morning prayers Monday, killing at least five people, officials said.



Loophole for security firms on offer in Afghanistan (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 09:03 PM PDT

Private security officers guard French Interior Minister Brice Hortefeux (C) during a visit to Kabul in May 2010. Private security firms in Afghanistan are employed by US and NATO forces, the Pentagon, the United Nations, aid and non-governmental organisations, embassies and foreign media.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)AFP - Afghan President Hamid Karzai signalled his willingness to backtrack on a blanket ban on all private security firms, asking the foreign community for a list of projects needing protection.



Project aims to halt loss of Aboriginal languages (AFP)

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 08:49 PM PDT

A portrait of Aboriginal child actor Brandon Walters by Australian artist Vincent Fantauzzo is seen at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney. At one point there were about 250 distinct languages spoken by Aboriginal people but harsh programmes including removing Aboriginal children from their families to assimilate with white Australians has decimated many native tongues.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Lorraine Injie smiles as she remembers the rich patchwork of Aboriginal languages used during her childhood in Australia's remote Pilbara region.



Safety Chief Warns China on Toys

Posted: 24 Oct 2010 06:43 PM PDT

Chinese toy makers will be hit with more U.S. recalls until they do a better job of attacking the root causes of safety defects, said the head of the U.S. agency that regulates product safety.