Tropical Storm Shary forms south of Bermuda

Tropical Storm Shary forms south of Bermuda


Tropical Storm Shary forms south of Bermuda

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:03 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Shary formed south of Bermuda, the 18th named storm of the busy 2010 hurricane season, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Friday.


Wikipedia to open first office outside US in India (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:51 PM PDT

People browsing the net at a cyber cafe in Calcutta. Wikimedia, the owners of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, plans to open its first non-US office in India as it seeks to take advantage of the country's open Internet culture, the group told AFP Friday.(AFP/File/Deshakalyan Chowdhury)AFP - Wikimedia, the owners of online encyclopedia Wikipedia, plans to open its first non-US office in India as it seeks to take advantage of the country's open Internet culture, the group told AFP Friday.



Indonesia tsunami deaths near 400

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:49 PM PDT

Following Monday's tsunami that hit islands off Sumatra, questions raised over efficacy of early warning system.


China and Japan vow to improve ties

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:59 PM PDT

Foreign ministers meet on sidelines of regional summit in Vietnam in bid to calm worst diplomatic row in years.


Thailand hit by severe flooding

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:54 PM PDT

More than three million people have been affected by flooding which has hit Thailand.


Thailand hit by severe flooding

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:54 PM PDT

More than three million people have been affected by flooding which has hit Thailand.


Death toll climbs to 394 from Indonesia quake

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:41 PM PDT

The toll climbed to 394 dead and 312 missing four days after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck off Indonesia's coast, triggering a tsunami, officials said Friday.


China dissidents under lockdown as Nobel tensions linger

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:09 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Dozens of Chinese dissidents and human rights activists remain under house arrest as a wary government seeks to stifle support for jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, a New York-based human rights group said.


China dissidents under lockdown as Nobel tensions linger (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:25 PM PDT

Reuters - Dozens of Chinese dissidents and human rights activists remain under house arrest as a wary government seeks to stifle support for jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, a New York-based human rights group said.


EU leaders succumb to treaty change demands (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:19 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel speaks to media prior to a European Union summit at the European Council headquarters in Brussels. European Union leaders succumbed Friday to German demands to tackle a AFP - European Union leaders succumbed Friday to German demands to tackle a "limited" rewrite to the EU bloc's guiding Lisbon Treaty in order to learn from the Greek debt crisis.



Indonesia battles to aid tsunami survivors (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:32 PM PDT

A woman searches for her belongings in a collapsed house in Taparaboat village in the Mentawai islands, West Sumatra, on October 28, 2010 after a 7.7-magnitude quake triggered a tsunami that hit the area.(AFP/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - Indonesia battled to deliver aid to remote islands where a tsunami has killed over 400 people, as bodies lay strewn on beaches and buried in debris days after the wave hit.



Pittsburgh prepares for mid-terms poll

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:17 PM PDT

The BBC's Steve Kingstone travels to Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, where voters who two years ago backed President Obama have seen their loyalties severely tested.


Pittsburgh prepares for mid-terms poll

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 10:17 PM PDT

The BBC's Steve Kingstone travels to Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, where voters who two years ago backed President Obama have seen their loyalties severely tested.


How Credit Cards Affect Your Credit Rating

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:40 PM PDT

?I tell you Doris, he was making $150,000 a year and had been working at the same place for a


China, Japan meet amid territorial tensions (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:50 PM PDT

AP - China and Japan met Friday in an attempt to repair soured relations over a maritime territorial dispute, with Japan asking for the lifting of a block on rare earth exports that has hampered its high-tech manufacturing.


In Burma's rare elections, fresh faced candidates run against the grain (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 01:20 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Megaphone in hand, Yan Kyaw rounds the corner of another soot-blackened city block. Ahead of him, a gaggle of young volunteers in red T-shirts printed with their candidate’s symbol, a yellow lantern, pass out leaflets in shops and teashops. Others attach leaflets to the colored strings that dangle from apartment balconies, a combination of postbox and buzzer in a city starved of electricity.


As US seeks Iran nuclear deal, Iranian traders load up on Cheerios, Heinz ketchup (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 01:08 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - As US and European leaders fine-tune a new offer for Iran nuclear talks, Iranian traders are busy figuring out how to circumvent the sanctions Western powers hoped would push Iran toward a nuclear deal.


US for UN probe into Myanmar abuses

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:51 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton throws weight behind calls for investigations into rights violations in military ruled country.


9 policemen killed in ambush in western Mexico (AP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:31 PM PDT

Handout picture released by Mexico's Attorney General Office in May 2010 shows gold and silver-plated, diamond-incrusted guns believed to belong to allies of the powerful Sinaloa drug gang. At least six people were shot dead in the capital and five factory workers were killed on the border, officials said Thursday, amid a string of particularly violent attacks, even for Mexico.(AFP/PGR/File)AP - Unidentified gunmen ambushed a convoy of five police vehicles in the western Mexico state of Jalisco on Thursday, killing nine officers and leaving one missing.



Insider trading claims hit Tokyo Stock Exchange (AFP)

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:16 PM PDT

The Tokyo Stock Exchange said it was looking into allegations of insider trading in firms that recently announced capital raising plans, dealing a possible blow to investor confidence.(AFP/Toshifumi Kitamura)AFP - The Tokyo Stock Exchange said it was looking into allegations of insider trading in firms that recently announced capital raising plans, dealing a possible blow to investor confidence.