C.I.A. Kills Top Qaeda Operative in Drone Strike

C.I.A. Kills Top Qaeda Operative in Drone Strike


C.I.A. Kills Top Qaeda Operative in Drone Strike

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:08 PM PDT

It was the latest strike in the C.I.A.'s campaign of drone killings of Qaeda operatives that has intensified under the Obama Administration.


US factory output growth slowing

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:12 PM PDT

US factory output rose for a second straight month in August, but the rate of growth slowed slightly in comparison with July, official figures show.


NATO says ready to act to stop violence in Kosovo

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:00 PM PDT

PRISTINA/BELGRADE (Reuters) - NATO troops in Kosovo are ready to act to quell any violence when Pristina sends its police and customs officers to take over two border posts in the north of the former Serbian province on Friday, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said.


Malaysia to scrap strict security laws

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Two controversial laws which allowed indefinite detention without trial will be abolished, prime minister says.


Norway killer was filmed on CCTV

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:08 PM PDT

The man who confessed to killing 77 people in Norway in July was filmed by security cameras minutes before the attacks, it has emerged.


Malaysia to scrap strict security laws

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:14 PM PDT

Two controversial laws which allowed indefinite detention without trial will be abolished, prime minister says.


At War Blog: Video of Medal of Honor Presentation

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:47 PM PDT

President Obama is awarding Marine corporal Dakota Meyer with the U.S. Medal of Honor for his valor during a 2009 battle in Afghanistan's Kunar Province.


Egyptian steel magnate jailed for corruption

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Ahmed Ezz and former industrial development chief Amr Assal sentenced to 10 years in prison and joint fine of $110.9m.


'Killer phone number' fears eased

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 11:42 AM PDT

Nigeria's authorities are forced to reassure the public that a mobile phone number cannot kill, after a text message rumour sparks panic.


Woman, 30, faces slavery charges

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 11:42 AM PDT

A pregnant woman is the fifth person to face slavery charges after police raided a travellers' site near Leighton Buzzard.


Southern Yemen protesters wounded

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 11:24 AM PDT

Security forces fire on anti-government protesters in the southern Yemeni city of Taiz, activists say, in one of a several clashes around the country.


Denmark's "Red bloc" poised for win over center-right

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:48 PM PDT

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Denmark's center-left "Red bloc" was poised to win power on Thursday and oust center-right Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen in an election driven by voter anger over the state of the economy.


Russian Tycoon Abandons Bid to Lead Party

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:46 PM PDT

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov gave up his bid to lead a pro-business party in December's parliamentary vote, accusing the Kremlin of trying to turn him into a "puppet."


Egypt PM says peace deal with Israel not sacred

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:03 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's Prime Minister Essam Sharaf said a peace deal with Israel was not "sacred" and could be changed for the benefit of peace or the region.


Dengue fever spreads in Pakistan's Punjab

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 11:26 AM PDT

Central state struggles with outbreak of mosquito-borne disease, with panic increasing among the public.


Bin Hammam loses football lifetime-ban appeal

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 11:15 AM PDT

Ex-Asian football chief loses his FIFA appeal against a life ban for offering bribes to presidential election voters.


Memo From Somalia: Famine Hits Somalia in World Less Likely to Intervene

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 01:05 PM PDT

With hundreds of thousands at risk of starvation, the response from aid agencies and governments so far has been well short of what is needed to stem the crisis.


NASA’s Kepler Telescope Finds Planet Orbiting Two Stars

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 12:55 PM PDT

Astronomers say the Kepler telescope has found the first planet that has been definitively shown to be orbiting two suns at once.


House Approves Bill Restricting N.L.R.B.

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 11:34 AM PDT

On a party-line vote, the House approved a G.O.P.-backed bill that would prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from blocking Boeing from operating an aircraft assembly line in South Carolina.


Transit accident injures 90 in Buenos Aires

Posted: 15 Sep 2011 08:22 AM PDT

A collision between a bus, cement truck and a pre-metro (lightrail) train injured 90 people on Thursday during morning rush hour traffic in Buenos Aires, according to police.


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