U.S. Boosts Southeast Asia Efforts

U.S. Boosts Southeast Asia Efforts


U.S. Boosts Southeast Asia Efforts

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:07 PM PDT

Hillary Clinton called for deeper U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia to help bolster its poorest countries, while the region's leaders worked to broker what they hoped would be progress in one of Asia's other hot spots: North Korea.


Nine, perhaps 10, killed in Norway shooting

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:52 PM PDT

OSLO (Reuters) - A gunman killed nine or 10 people in a shooting at a meeting in Norway of the youth wing of the ruling Labor Party Friday, police said.


Forty foot hole opens under Guatemalan woman's bed

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:39 PM PDT

GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Guatemalan pensioner Inocenta Hernandez ran for her life when a hole 12 meters (40 feet) deep suddenly opened up under her bed.


Chavez Says 'First Cycle' of Chemo Completed

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:48 AM PDT

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Friday he has completed his "first cycle" of chemotherapy in Cuba and plans to begin a second phase. He spoke from Cuba in a telephone call carried live on state television.


Moody's Upgrades Bulgaria Debt One Notch

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:36 AM PDT

Moody's Investors Service Inc. on Friday upgraded its first European country since January 2010, raising Bulgaria's government debt one notch to Baa2.


Jailed American appeals in Cuba

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:12 PM PDT

US contractor Alan Gross, sentenced in Cuba to 15 years in prison for crimes against the state, appeals to the Supreme Court in Havana for his release.


Cameron condemns Norway attacks

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:48 PM PDT

Prime Minister David Cameron expresses his "outrage" at the attacks in Norway which have reportedly left at least 11 people dead.


Republican cuts plan voted down

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:13 PM PDT

The Democratic-led US Senate rejects a "cut, cap and balance" bill passed by the Republican-led House, as a debt limit deadline nears.


Witness says saw 20 dead at Norway youth camp

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:09 PM PDT

OSLO (Reuters) - A witness said he saw at least 20 bodies after a shooting at a youth camp of the Norwegian Labour party on Friday. Police declined comment on the toll and there was no independent confirmation.


News Analysis: E.C.B. May Be Winner in Debt Talks

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:58 AM PDT

Jean-Claude Trichet appeared to have gotten governments to reclaim the task of preventing collapse of the Greek economy, as well as wider responsibility for fiscal performance of the euro area.


Last Serbian War Crimes Fugitive Handed Over to Tribunal

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:32 AM PDT

Goran Hadzic entered the high-security prison compound near The Hague in The Netherlands on Friday afternoon after being on the run for seven years.


Warner gave cash to official, document claims

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:43 AM PDT

The BBC obtains a document detailing claims that Jack Warner handed a senior Caribbean football official a locked case containing cash to be distributed to members of the Caribbean Football Union at a special meeting promoting Mohamed Bin Hammam's Fifa presidential bid.


VIDEO: Petraeus on US Pakistan relations

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:22 AM PDT

Mark Urban asks US General David Petraeus - who acted as Nato's US commander in both Afghanistan and Iraq - about the state of relations between Pakistan and the United States.


Russia starts raising riverboat, 2 suspects charged

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:44 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia began Friday lifting to the surface a tourist boat that sank in the Volga River, killing at least 114 people, and two suspects were charged with criminal negligence.


Hot topic

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 09:33 AM PDT

Does weather really change beliefs on climate change?


Twin terror attacks shock Norway

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 12:14 PM PDT

At least 11 people are reportedly killed as Norway is hit by a huge bomb in the capital, Oslo, and a shooting at a Labour Party youth camp.


Factbox: Norway security outlook: "Increased uncertainty"

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:41 AM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - A bomb devastated the main government building in Norway's capital Oslo Friday, killing seven people, and a gunman wounded five people hours later in a shooting at a Norwegian youth camp, state media reported.


Hundreds of Thousands Continue Protests Across Syria

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:23 AM PDT

Friday's demonstrations, under the slogan of unity, came a week after a wave of sectarian bloodshed in Homs, Syria's third-largest city, claimed the lives of at least two dozen people.


7 dead and 2 injured after Oslo blast: police

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:05 AM PDT

OSLO (Reuters) - Seven people have been killed and two are seriously injured after a blast rocked the center of Oslo, Norwegian police said on Friday.


Pietersen puts England in control

Posted: 22 Jul 2011 11:05 AM PDT

Kevin Pietersen hits an unbeaten 202 as England declare on 474-8 in the first Test against India, with the tourists 17-0 at the close.


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