Saudi Arabia, UAE funded jihadi networks in Pakistan - WikiLeaks |
- Saudi Arabia, UAE funded jihadi networks in Pakistan - WikiLeaks
- China says dialogue only way to solve Korea crisis
- Netanyahu says differences with Obama exaggerated
- VIDEO: Egypt counts the cost of revolution
- Spaniards stage mass protests into polling day
- Top Jewish Americans ponder support for Obama
- Majority of Americans support gay marriage in poll
- Eleven killed as Syrian funeral becomes protest
- Japan says leaders of China, Japan discuss North Korean leader's visit
- Seychelles re-elects President Michel
- Astronauts offer Pope unique view of Earth's woes
- Iceland volcano erupts, officials eye flight risks
- Palestinians set on U.N. statehood bid in September
- NATO strikes near Gaddafi's Tripoli compound
- ‘I don’t understand why nothing happened’
- Yemen opposition signs power transition deal
- Eleven killed as Syrian funeral turns protest
- VIDEO: North Sudan forces 'take control' of Abyei
- VIDEO: Britain backs Lagarde for IMF job
- VIDEO: Danish sperm 'in huge demand'
| Saudi Arabia, UAE funded jihadi networks in Pakistan - WikiLeaks Posted: 21 May 2011 11:37 PM PDT REUTERS - Islamic charities from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates financed a network in U.S. ally Pakistan that recruited children as young as eight to wage holy war, a local newspaper reported on Sunday, citing Wikileaks. 
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| China says dialogue only way to solve Korea crisis Posted: 21 May 2011 11:37 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Sunday that dialogue is the only way to resolve the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, but Japan stressed that North Korea must first show sincerity in addressing concerns over its uranium enrichment activities before talks can resume. 
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| Netanyahu says differences with Obama exaggerated Posted: 21 May 2011 11:37 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu denied, before a speech on Sunday by President Barack Obama to a pro-Israel group, they were locked in crisis after their public dispute on Middle East peace. 
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| VIDEO: Egypt counts the cost of revolution Posted: 21 May 2011 11:03 PM PDT Egypt's revolution sparked celebrations on the streets but it has had a disastrous impact on the nation's economy.
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| Spaniards stage mass protests into polling day Posted: 21 May 2011 09:34 PM PDT MADRID (Reuters) - Thousands of Spaniards filled city squares and camped out across the country to protest against government austerity before regional elections on Sunday which are likely to deal a blow to the Socialist government. 
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| Top Jewish Americans ponder support for Obama Posted: 21 May 2011 09:03 PM PDT CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some prominent Jewish Americans are rethinking their support for President Barack Obama's 2012 re-election bid after he effectively called on Israel to give back territory it has occupied since 1967 to Palestinians. 
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| Majority of Americans support gay marriage in poll Posted: 21 May 2011 09:03 PM PDT LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fifty-three percent of Americans support making gay marriage legal, according to a Gallup poll released on Friday, a marked reversal from just a year ago when an equal majority opposed same-sex matrimony. 
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| Eleven killed as Syrian funeral becomes protest Posted: 21 May 2011 09:03 PM PDT AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces shot dead 11 mourners in the central city of Homs on Saturday at a mass funeral for people killed in the latest crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad, a rights campaigner said. 
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| Japan says leaders of China, Japan discuss North Korean leader's visit Posted: 21 May 2011 09:03 PM PDT TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Prime Minister Naoto Kan and his Chinese counterpart Wen Jiabao discussed the visit of North Korean leader Kim Jong-il to China at the sidelines of an annual summit, a Japanese foreign ministry official said on Sunday, effectively confirming Kim's visit to Pyongyang's only ally. 
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| Seychelles re-elects President Michel Posted: 21 May 2011 08:33 PM PDT VICTORIA (Reuters) - Seychelles' President James Michel has been returned to office with an outright election victory, the Electoral Commission said on Sunday, in polls the opposition said were marred by bribery. 
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| Astronauts offer Pope unique view of Earth's woes Posted: 21 May 2011 08:33 PM PDT CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (Reuters) - The shuttle Endeavour and space station crews gathered on Saturday for an unprecedented conversation with Pope Benedict, who asked how the space program could promote peace and if the astronauts prayed while in orbit. 
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| Iceland volcano erupts, officials eye flight risks Posted: 21 May 2011 08:33 PM PDT REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Iceland's most active volcano erupted on Saturday, hurling a plume of ash and smoke far into the sky, which aviation officials were closely monitoring after another volcano shut European airspace for days last year. 
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| Palestinians set on U.N. statehood bid in September Posted: 21 May 2011 08:33 PM PDT RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinians will seek recognition as a U.N. member-state in September given the deadlock in U.S.-brokered peacemaking with Israel, a senior Palestinian official said on Saturday. 
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| NATO strikes near Gaddafi's Tripoli compound Posted: 21 May 2011 08:33 PM PDT TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO staged an airstrike near Muammar Gaddafi's compound in Tripoli late on Saturday, and an opposition website said Libyan government forces shelled residential areas outside the rebel-held city of Misrata. 
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| ‘I don’t understand why nothing happened’ Posted: 21 May 2011 06:44 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO, May 22 — With no sign of Judgment Day arriving yesterday as forecast by an 89 year-old California evangelical broadcaster, followers were faced with trying to make sense of his failed pronouncement. Harold Camping, the former civil engineer who heads the Family Radio Network of Christian stations, had been unwavering in his message ... 
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| Yemen opposition signs power transition deal Posted: 21 May 2011 04:22 PM PDT SANAA, May 22 — Yemen's opposition signed a Gulf-brokered transition deal yesterday that will ease President Ali Abdullah Saleh out of power within a month, provided he ratifies the agreement as promised on Sunday. Saleh, a shrewd political survivor who has outlasted previous challenges to his nearly 33-year rule, faces mounting diplomatic ... 
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| Eleven killed as Syrian funeral turns protest Posted: 21 May 2011 04:14 PM PDT AMMAN, May 22 — Syrian security forces shot dead 11 mourners in the central city of Homs yesterday at a mass funeral for people killed in the latest crackdown on protests against President Bashar al-Assad, a rights campaigner said. Human rights lawyer Razan Zaitouna said she had the names of at least 11 people killed when the funeral at Nasr ... 
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| VIDEO: North Sudan forces 'take control' of Abyei Posted: 21 May 2011 04:31 PM PDT A UN official says it appears that northern Sudanese forces have taken control of Abyei, a contested town on the border with South Sudan.
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| VIDEO: Britain backs Lagarde for IMF job Posted: 21 May 2011 03:56 PM PDT Britain has said it is formally backing Christine Lagarde for the job of new head of the International Monetary Fund.
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| VIDEO: Danish sperm 'in huge demand' Posted: 21 May 2011 01:28 PM PDT More British women than ever are going to Denmark to be inseminated, because there is a shortage of available sperm in the UK.
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