Italian ban on plastic bags in New Year |
- Italian ban on plastic bags in New Year
- Europe Learns No Nation is Immune to Terror (Time.com)
- Government warned to wise up over WikiLeaks (AFP)
- WikiLeaks show US frustrated with Egypt military (AP)
- Singapore group challenges same-sex attraction (AFP)
- The Ivory Coast Crisis: A Turning Point for West Africa? (Time.com)
- Wenger eyes victory over beleaguered Birmingham (AFP)
- Report: Torturing suspects 'the norm' in Indonesia (AP)
- Bomb explodes outside closed night club in Greece (AP)
- Scientists aim to map and save endangered habitats (AP)
- US fights to open school in Taliban area (AP)
- US Homeland Security chief arrives in Afghanistan
- Ban 'deeply alarmed' over Ivory Coast
- Khodorkovsky faces more years in prison
- Australia floods cover area the size of France/Germany (Reuters)
- 200,000 people affected by flooding in Australia (AP)
- Harvest Momentum With AGCO
- Australia floods cover area the size of France/Germany
- Yemen frees insurgents under peace deal
- Swede jailed over Auschwitz theft
| Italian ban on plastic bags in New Year Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:37 PM PST At the start of the new year, the Italians will no longer be able to buy plastic bags that are not biodegradable.
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| Europe Learns No Nation is Immune to Terror (Time.com) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:55 PM PST Time.com - The recent spate of foiled terrorist plots in Europe shows that even those nations who thought they were safe now realize everyone is a potential target
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| Government warned to wise up over WikiLeaks (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:49 PM PST
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| WikiLeaks show US frustrated with Egypt military (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:15 PM PST AP - Egypt's military, the biggest recipient of U.S. military aid after Israel, is in decline, according to American diplomats, who blame the Arab nation's top brass for failing to modernize and adapt to deal with new threats.
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| Singapore group challenges same-sex attraction (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:17 PM PST
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| The Ivory Coast Crisis: A Turning Point for West Africa? (Time.com) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:55 PM PST Time.com - The future of democracy in the region of 300 million people may hinge on whether one president peacefully leaves power.
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| Wenger eyes victory over beleaguered Birmingham (AFP) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:08 PM PST
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| Report: Torturing suspects 'the norm' in Indonesia (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:34 PM PST AP - Law enforcement officials from police to prison wardens routinely torture Indonesian suspects and convicts to extract confessions or obtain information, a new report asserted Friday.
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| Bomb explodes outside closed night club in Greece (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:50 PM PST AP - Police in Greece say a powerful bomb has exploded outside a closed night club in Athens, causing no injuries, in an attack linked with criminal extortion groups.
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| Scientists aim to map and save endangered habitats (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:16 PM PST AP - From mangrove swamps in Venezuela to lowland forests in Indonesia, entire communities of plants and animals are under threat. Now scientists are figuring out how to catalog and map the world's most threatened ecosystems — just like their familiar list of endangered species.
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| US fights to open school in Taliban area (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 09:08 PM PST AP - Over the past six months, U.S. troops have wrested the school away from insurgents. They have hired Afghan contractors to rebuild it, and lost blood defending it.
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| US Homeland Security chief arrives in Afghanistan Posted: 30 Dec 2010 08:49 PM PST WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (neh-pahl-ih-TAN'-oh) has arrived in Kabul, Afghanistan, to spend New Year's Eve with U.S. troops and the Homeland Security officers who have been working with the Afghan government to try to secure that country's porous borders from...  
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| Ban 'deeply alarmed' over Ivory Coast Posted: 30 Dec 2010 10:55 PM PST U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said U.N. security forces are "authorized to use all necessary means to protect its personnel" and any others at the location where Ivory Coast's president-elect is based.
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| Khodorkovsky faces more years in prison Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:46 PM PST A judge in Moscow sentenced Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the former head of the Russia's Yukos oil company, and his business partner to 14 years in prison on corruption charges.
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| Australia floods cover area the size of France/Germany (Reuters) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:29 PM PST Reuters - Flood water rose across Australia's northeast on Friday, covering an area bigger than France and Germany combined, inundating 22 towns and stranding 200,000 people, and closing one of the country's major sugar export ports.
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| 200,000 people affected by flooding in Australia (AP) Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:56 PM PST
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| Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:30 PM PST AGCO Corp. recently hit a new all-time high after rallying for most of the last five months on highe
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| Australia floods cover area the size of France/Germany Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:29 PM PST SYDNEY (Reuters) - Flood water rose across Australia's northeast on Friday, covering an area bigger than France and Germany combined, inundating 22 towns and stranding 200,000 people, and closing one of the country's major sugar export ports.
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| Yemen frees insurgents under peace deal Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:15 PM PST Yemen is releasing hundreds of jailed insurgents after the president's directive to free 500 detainees as part of a peace agreement, the country's embassy in Washington announced.
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| Swede jailed over Auschwitz theft Posted: 30 Dec 2010 07:02 PM PST Man sentenced to nearly three years for masterminding theft of "Arbeit macht frei" sign from former Nazi death camp.
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