Pressure mounts on Indian activist to tone down demands |
- Pressure mounts on Indian activist to tone down demands
- Plane crash in Canadian Arctic kills 12
- Thinking Of Buying A $99 TouchPad? Don't
- Gunmen kill Afghan government prosecutor (AP)
- Libyan rebels claim to take 'revolution' inside Tripoli
- Human scars of Sri Lankan war neglected
- Europe's Unlikely Media Star: Yvonne, the Dairy Cow (Time.com)
- Heading for the Hills: Spanish Winemakers Adapt to Global Warming (Time.com)
- Death toll rises in Gaza-Israel violence
- Biden says China, US share global responsibilities (AP)
- VIDEO: Gale buffets Pope at Madrid vigil
- VIDEO: Tripoli resident: "Rebels take control"
- AUDIO: Tripoli hospital worker on fighting
- North Korean leader welcomed by Russian officials (AP)
- Fighting Erupts in Tripoli
- Israel Faces Crises on Two Fronts
- Plane Crash in Canadian Arctic Kills 12
- Swiss Franc's Strength Roils European Cities
- Bank Woes Take Center Stage
- Iran Sentences U.S. Men to Eight Years
| Pressure mounts on Indian activist to tone down demands Posted: 20 Aug 2011 11:08 PM PDT NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The fasting activist whose campaign for strict anti-corruption legislation has galvanized millions of Indians faced growing pressure on Sunday to show more flexibility amid signs that an embattled government was abandoning its hardline stance.
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| Plane crash in Canadian Arctic kills 12 Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:58 PM PDT Three survivors, one in critical condition, taken to hospital after charter flight crashes in Canada's far north.
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| Thinking Of Buying A $99 TouchPad? Don't Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:43 PM PDT The TouchPad is dead, but Hewlett-Packard is giving it a hell of a wake. HP has slashed the price of its $399 tablet computer to $99 after killing the product on Thursday, sparking a buying frenzy. Finally, an Apple competitor has found a price low enough to start a shopping stampede. And why not? Sure ...
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| Gunmen kill Afghan government prosecutor (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:44 PM PDT
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| Libyan rebels claim to take 'revolution' inside Tripoli Posted: 20 Aug 2011 10:27 PM PDT The Libyan government and rebel officials offered wildly disparate views of the situation on the ground Sunday as gunfire and explosions continued to rock Tripoli not far from the home of embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi.
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| Human scars of Sri Lankan war neglected Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:45 PM PDT Sri Lankans are rebuilding after decades of conflict but for many the traumas of war are still raw.
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| Europe's Unlikely Media Star: Yvonne, the Dairy Cow (Time.com) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:15 PM PDT Time.com - A cow has been hiding since May in the woods near Zangberg, a tiny Bavarian municipality. So far, she has eluded all attempts at capture -- but now it's Ernst the bull's turn to be trucked in, in the hopes he can woo her out
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| Heading for the Hills: Spanish Winemakers Adapt to Global Warming (Time.com) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:15 PM PDT Time.com - Heading for the Hills: Spanish Winemakers Adapt to Global Warming
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| Death toll rises in Gaza-Israel violence Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:26 PM PDT Arab League set for emergency talks as air strikes and rocket attacks kill at least 30 in Gaza and southern Israel.
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| Biden says China, US share global responsibilities (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:17 PM PDT
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| VIDEO: Gale buffets Pope at Madrid vigil Posted: 20 Aug 2011 06:54 PM PDT Sudden rain disrupts a keynote homily by Pope Benedict XVI before a million-strong crowd of pilgrims at an air base near Madrid.
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| VIDEO: Tripoli resident: "Rebels take control" Posted: 20 Aug 2011 06:48 PM PDT An engineer in Tripoli who has been helping the rebels as they fight to gain control of the city tells the BBC that 'the situation is under control'.
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| AUDIO: Tripoli hospital worker on fighting Posted: 20 Aug 2011 06:29 PM PDT A hospital worker on the outskirts of Tripoli talks to BBC Radio 5 Live's Adrian Goldenberg about the ongoing fighting in the Libyan capital.
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| North Korean leader welcomed by Russian officials (AP) Posted: 20 Aug 2011 09:55 PM PDT
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| Posted: 20 Aug 2011 08:45 PM PDT Fierce street fights broke out in Tripoli, according to residents and rebel fighters, as rebels took to the streets and clashed with heavily armed government forces. Pictured: Libyans in Benghazi celebrate the reported Tripoli uprising.
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| Israel Faces Crises on Two Fronts Posted: 20 Aug 2011 04:41 PM PDT Israel struggled with twin crises, as fallout from a militant strike on the Egyptian border two days ago spurred a deadly escalation with Hamas in the Gaza Strip and rattled diplomatic relations with Egypt.
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| Plane Crash in Canadian Arctic Kills 12 Posted: 20 Aug 2011 05:07 PM PDT A Boeing 737-200 carrying 15 crashed Saturday afternoon near the town of Resolute in Canada's Arctic North, killing 12, Canadian authorities and air-industry officials said.
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| Swiss Franc's Strength Roils European Cities Posted: 20 Aug 2011 01:18 PM PDT Municipal officials in the Mediterranean resort of Saint-Tropez are in a cold sweat: The rush into the Swiss franc is creating a time bomb for city finances.
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| Posted: 20 Aug 2011 12:21 PM PDT U.S. and Europe markets sank Friday as worries deepened about the vulnerability of banks to a possible recession and their exposure to shaky countries.
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| Iran Sentences U.S. Men to Eight Years Posted: 20 Aug 2011 08:31 AM PDT Iran's state TV reported that two American men already held for two years in Tehran have been sentenced to eight years in jail each on charges of espionage and illegal entry.
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