VIDEO: Problem bears tagged in Slovakia

VIDEO: Problem bears tagged in Slovakia

VIDEO: Problem bears tagged in Slovakia

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:21 PM PDT

Conservationists are fitting a GPS collar to a bear that has lost its fear of humans in a bid to understand its behaviour.


VIDEO: Sci-Fi... but not as you know it

Posted: 19 May 2011 12:15 PM PDT

Science fiction author China Mieville takes a tour of a new exhibition at the British Library which aims to challenge visitors' perceptions of the genre.


Obama and Netanyahu face tense meeting on Mideast (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:30 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama's endorsement of a longstanding Palestinian demand on the borders of their future state sets the stage for what could be a tense meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday.


Qantas flight returns to Bangkok after engine shutdown (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:41 PM PDT

Reuters - A Qantas Airways flight returned to Bangkok on Friday after pilots were forced to shut down one of the aircraft's engines, the latest in a string of incidents involving Rolls-Royce engines.


Thai forces kill 4 Islamic militants in raid (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:47 PM PDT

AP - Thai police say security forces have killed four suspected Islamic militants during an operation in the country's restive south.


Pakistan blast strikes US consulate convoy

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:27 PM PDT

One passer-by killed and 10 other people wounded when bomb hits two US consulate vehicles in city of Peshawar.


Saleh 'ready to sign' power transfer deal

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:54 PM PDT

After two previous pullbacks from similar promises, Yemeni president says he will now sign deal on Sunday.


Macro News is Bad, But Japanese Companies are Getting Stronger

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:18 PM PDT

There is an outside chance that even as many Japanese companies will see reduced sales and profits t


Qantas flight returns to Bangkok after engine shutdown

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:41 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - A Qantas Airways flight returned to Bangkok on Friday after pilots were forced to shut down one of the aircraft's engines, the latest in a string of incidents involving Rolls-Royce engines.

Obama and Netanyahu face tense meeting on Mideast

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:30 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama's endorsement of a longstanding Palestinian demand on the borders of their future state sets the stage for what could be a tense meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday.

China to expedite delivery of 50 fighter jets to Pakistan: WSJ (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:49 PM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (L) speaks to China's Premier Wen Jiabao after a singing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 18, 2011. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters - China has agreed to expedite the delivery of 50 fighter jets to Pakistan, a newspaper reported on Friday, as Islamabad tries to deepen ties with Beijing as an alternative to increasingly fragile relations with the United States.

Last WWI veteran laid to rest in military funeral (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:59 PM PDT

Reuters - The last World War One combat veteran, British-born Claude Choules, who died aged 110, was laid to rest on Friday after a military funeral in the Australian port town of Fremantle.


Last WWI veteran laid to rest in military funeral

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:56 PM PDT

FREMANTLE, Australia (Reuters) - The last World War One combat veteran, British-born Claude Choules, who died aged 110, was laid to rest on Friday after a military funeral in the Australian port town of Fremantle.

Blast in Pakistan hits U.S. consulate vehicle (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:40 PM PDT

Reuters - A car bomb in the Pakistani city of Peshawar hit a U.S. consulate vehicle but caused no American deaths or serious injuries, a U.S. embassy spokesman said.


Bomb in Pakistan hits US vehicle; 1 Pakistani dies (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:48 PM PDT

Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani (L) speaks to China's Premier Wen Jiabao after a singing ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, May 18, 2011. REUTERS/Jason LeeAP - A roadside bomb exploded near a pair of U.S. consulate vehicles carrying Americans in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, killing a Pakistani passer-by and wounding several people including some of the passengers, officials said.

Australian funeral held for last WWI combat vet (AP)

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:56 PM PDT

AP - The last known combat veteran of World War I has been laid to rest at a funeral in Australia.


China to expedite delivery of 50 fighter jets to Pakistan: WSJ

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:49 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has agreed to expedite the delivery of 50 fighter jets to Pakistan, a newspaper reported on Friday, as Islamabad tries to deepen ties with Beijing as an alternative to increasingly fragile relations with the United States.

Blast in Pakistan hits U.S. consulate vehicle

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:40 PM PDT

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A car bomb in the Pakistani city of Peshawar hit a U.S. consulate vehicle but caused no American deaths or serious injuries, a U.S. embassy spokesman said.

VIDEO: Call for protest ban in Spain

Posted: 19 May 2011 09:14 PM PDT

Protesters in the Spanish capital, Madrid, have camped out in the city's central square for a fourth consecutive night.


Pakistan Taliban claim responsibility for attack on U.S. convoy (Reuters)

Posted: 19 May 2011 10:46 PM PDT

Pakistani security personnel stand at a damaged police checkpoint in Peshawar on May 18. One person was killed and 11 wounded, including two foreigners, when a bomb apparently targeting a bulletproof car exploded in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Friday, police said.(AFP/A. Majeed)Reuters - A spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for an attack on a U.S. consulate convoy in Peshawar on Friday that killed one Pakistani and wounded 10.

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