Merkel Shifts on Greek Aid

Merkel Shifts on Greek Aid

Merkel Shifts on Greek Aid

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:25 PM PDT

German Chancellor Angela Merkel signaled a more-flexible stance on how to involve bondholders in an aid package for Greece, a move that could help to break Europe's deadlock over how to prop up the country.


Deadline to End Afghan Surge

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:36 AM PDT

The military is asking Obama to hold off on ending the Afghanistan troop surge until the fall of 2012, in a proposal that would keep a large portion of the 33,000 extra forces in the country through the next two warm-weather fighting seasons.


Agencies See Decade of High Food Prices

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:27 AM PDT

Food prices will be up to 30% higher on average over the next decade as slowing grains production fails to keep pace with rising demand, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development said.


G-20 Ministers to Seek Ways to Avoid Food Crisis

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:29 AM PDT

Agriculture ministers of the Group of 20 countries are hoping to unveil ambitious projects next week to stabilize and sustain world food supplies, France's agricultural minister said.


Saudi Women Defy Driving Ban

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 11:33 AM PDT

Several Saudi women, inspired by revolutions in the Middle East, got behind the wheel Friday to challenge restrictions against female drivers in the ultra-conservative kingdom.


Turkish Ship Pulls Out of Gaza Flotilla

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 07:39 AM PDT

The Mavi Marmara, the Turkish ship at the center of a diplomatic storm last year when Israeli soldiers boarded to stop it reaching Gaza and killed nine passengers, has pulled out of a repeat aid flotilla on June 25, the Turkish charity that owns the ship said.


Bin Laden's No. 2 to Lead al Qaeda

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 02:38 AM PDT

Al Qaeda has named a new leader, Ayman al Zawahiri, an Egyptian who managed the group during a period of deadly innovation but is said to lack the charisma of his predecessor, Osama bin Laden.


U.S. Formally Drops Charges Against bin Laden

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:35 AM PDT

Federal prosecutors formally dropped criminal charges against Osama bin Laden following his death last month in a raid by U.S. forces.


Gadhafi Offer to Hold Vote Rejected

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 08:12 PM PDT

Col. Moammar Gadhafi's son said the strongman was willing to hold free elections and step aside if he loses, while Russia and China urged the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to "meticulously adhere" to United Nations' resolutions authorizing force in the war-torn country.


Italy Signs Immigrant Accord With Libya Rebels

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:34 AM PDT

Italy signed an agreement with Libyan rebels meant to stem a stream of migrants fleeing unrest, prompting concerns at the United Nations refugee agency that people seeking asylum won't have proper protection.


Chinese Floods Force Evacuations

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 09:48 AM PDT

A flooded river in eastern China is at its highest level in more than 50 years, as thousands of train passengers were stranded after landslides buried parts of a railway line in the southwest.


Japan Plant Starts Treating Radioactive Water

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 08:31 AM PDT

A system for decontaminating highly radioactive water incorporating U.S. and French technology began full operations at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear complex.


Beijing Stages Drills in South China Sea

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 10:39 AM PDT

China said it had staged maritime defense exercises in the South China Sea, just after Vietnam conducted live-fire drills in the same disputed waters, adding to tensions in the region


Pakistan Forces Kill 12 Militants

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 06:34 AM PDT

Pakistani security forces backed by artillery killed 12 Islamist militants in a northwestern tribal region where insurgents have been mounting cross-border attacks from Afghanistan, a government administrator said.


Greenpeace Again Scales Oil Rig

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:39 AM PDT

The head of Greenpeace has scaled an oil rig off Greenland, defying a court order aimed at stopping activists from disrupting a controversial Arctic drilling campaign.


Vancouver Tallies Damage After Hockey-Fan Rioting

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 07:07 PM PDT

Officials were left reeling after a spasm of violence and rioting following a loss by the local hockey in the Stanley Cup final game left more than 100 injured, at least one critically, and a smoldering, looted city center.


U.K. Attacks EU on Banking Rules

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 04:30 AM PDT

British officials are waging an increasingly aggressive fight to impose banking regulations as they see fit -- even if they go further than rules elsewhere in the EU.


Medvedev Pledges Economic Reforms

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 03:53 AM PDT

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev promised Friday to implement more and bolder economic reforms and liberalization in the country.


Turkish Premier to Drop Lawsuits

Posted: 17 Jun 2011 01:46 AM PDT

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan will drop all lawsuits he has lodged against private individuals, politicians and journalists for insulting him, a spokesman said.


Report Sees Danger in Afghan Allies

Posted: 16 Jun 2011 06:21 PM PDT

The killings of American soldiers by Afghan troops are turning into a "rapidly growing systemic threat" that could undermine the entire war effort, according to a classified military study.


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