At War Blog: Discharged Gay Service Members Sue Over 'Half-Pay' Policy |
- At War Blog: Discharged Gay Service Members Sue Over 'Half-Pay' Policy
- Claims of 2012 boxing medal fix
- Scientists claim to break speed of light
- VIDEO: Mixed reaction as Pope visits Germany
- HP replaces its chief executive
- Facebook focuses on media sharing
- TIMESCAST: TimesCast | September 22, 2011
- Wait to identity woman's body
- Defiant Ahmadinejad prompts UN walkout
- Seventh arrest in terror inquiry
- French Campaign-Finance Probe Advances
- At Global Meeting, Haiti Tries to Turn a Page
- Bulgaria, Romania Blocked From Travel Zone
- United Nations Journal: Israeli-Palestinian Dispute Upstages Arab Spring at U.N.
- U.S.: Pakistani Intelligence Supports Militants
- Ex-Libyan Prime Minister Arrested in Tunisia
- Iranian Leader Attacks West at U.N.
- Himalaya Quake Death Toll Hits 104
- Greek Transit Workers Strike
- Afghan Agency Pins Death on Top Taliban
| At War Blog: Discharged Gay Service Members Sue Over 'Half-Pay' Policy Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:42 PM PDT Two days after the "don't ask, don't tell" policy ended, lawyers from the American Civil Liberties Union were in United States Court of Federal Claims in Washington Thursday arguing on behalf of service members who say they received only half their separation pay when they were discharged for their sexuality.
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| Claims of 2012 boxing medal fix Posted: 22 Sep 2011 02:01 PM PDT A BBC Newsnight investigation uncovers evidence of secret payments from an Azerbaijani to boxing organisers, which whistleblowers allege is part of a deal to secure two gold medals at London 2012.
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| Scientists claim to break speed of light Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:45 PM PDT Finding by CERN team, if confirmed, could overturn Einstein's theory of relativity and fundamental rules of physics.
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| VIDEO: Mixed reaction as Pope visits Germany Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:52 PM PDT Benedict XVI, the German head of the Roman Catholic Church, has begun his first official visit to his home country as Pope.
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| HP replaces its chief executive Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:35 PM PDT Troubled computer giant Hewlett-Packard replaces its chief executive Leo Apotheker with former eBay head Meg Whitman.
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| Facebook focuses on media sharing Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:39 PM PDT Facebook outlines plans to encourage users to share more of the media they consume, including music and movies.
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| TIMESCAST: TimesCast | September 22, 2011 Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:43 PM PDT Stock markets plunge on recession fears; the Op-Ed columnist Joe Nocera on investor confidence in Washington; and 20 percent of New Yorkers now live in poverty.
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| Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:15 PM PDT The family of Karen Coyles, who went missing in Ballycastle are waiting to hear if the body of a woman found off the coast of Scotland is their loved one.
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| Defiant Ahmadinejad prompts UN walkout Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:53 PM PDT Iranian leader accuses US and others of racism, colonialism, war-mongering and blames them for financial crisis.
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| Seventh arrest in terror inquiry Posted: 22 Sep 2011 11:09 AM PDT A seventh person is arrested by police in connection with an anti-terrorist operation in Birmingham.
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| French Campaign-Finance Probe Advances Posted: 22 Sep 2011 12:00 PM PDT A probe into alleged illegal financing of a political campaign in the mid-1990s has escalated a confrontation between opposition parties and the government of President Nicolas Sarkozy, eight months ahead of the next presidential election.
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| At Global Meeting, Haiti Tries to Turn a Page Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:25 PM PDT President Michel Martelly will address this year's U.N. General Assembly on Friday with promises of a fresh start for the earthquake-devastated nation. It will be a tough message to sell.
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| Bulgaria, Romania Blocked From Travel Zone Posted: 22 Sep 2011 11:26 AM PDT Bulgaria and Romania, the EU's newest members, were kept outside of the bloc's passport-free Schengen travel zone after the Dutch and Finnish governments blocked plans to let them in.
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| United Nations Journal: Israeli-Palestinian Dispute Upstages Arab Spring at U.N. Posted: 22 Sep 2011 01:30 PM PDT Tensions in the Palestinian-Israeli dispute have largely overshadowed the year of Arab uprisings at the General Assembly.
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| U.S.: Pakistani Intelligence Supports Militants Posted: 22 Sep 2011 10:01 AM PDT The top American uniformed officer told Congress that an extremist group considered responsible for high profile attacks in Afghanistan works as a "veritable arm" of Pakistan's intelligence service.
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| Ex-Libyan Prime Minister Arrested in Tunisia Posted: 22 Sep 2011 08:43 AM PDT Tunisia's Interior Ministry said Al-Baghdadi al-Mahmoudi, Libya's former prime minister, has been arrested.
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| Iranian Leader Attacks West at U.N. Posted: 22 Sep 2011 11:07 AM PDT President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran used his speech before the United Nations General Assembly to deliver a blistering and familiar attack on the U.S. and the West.
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| Himalaya Quake Death Toll Hits 104 Posted: 22 Sep 2011 03:31 AM PDT Rescuers finally reached villages in India's remote northeast that were cut off by a powerful earthquake that rattled the Himalayan region last weekend, as the death toll in the disaster climbed past 100.
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| Posted: 22 Sep 2011 04:35 AM PDT Thousands of Greek public-transport workers walked off the job in a 24-hour strike over austerity reforms, a day after the government approved new budget cuts to appease the country's international creditors.
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| Afghan Agency Pins Death on Top Taliban Posted: 22 Sep 2011 10:35 AM PDT Afghanistan's intelligence agency accused the Taliban's leadership in Pakistan of orchestrating the assassination of Afghanistan's most prominent peace negotiator.
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