EU to Weigh Iran Oil Embargo |
- EU to Weigh Iran Oil Embargo
- Tom Wicker, Journalist and Author, Dies at 85
- ArtsBeat | Q. and A.: For Hallberg, a Month Inside the Bolshoi Pressure Cooker
- 'Memo' row tests Pakistan cabinet
- 'Foreigners kidnapped' in Mali's tourist city
- Community of Holocaust Survivors Dwindles in Queens
- Russia Takes Control of Belarus Pipeline
- Russia Pledges Budget Discipline
- S&P Cuts Belgium Rating
- U.S. defeated in bid on cluster bomb accord
- Live - Ferrer v Berdych
- Johnson defends World Cup regime
- Analysis: Bahrain digests inquiry as protests continue
- At War Blog: Cutting the Pain of War With a Punchline
- Aruba 'death' accused to be freed
- Unesco lists intangible heritage
- Key in front as New Zealand votes
- VIDEO: Final countdown to Mars launch
- Strike means delayed operations
- Arms smugglers thrive on Syrian uprising
| Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:20 PM PST European Union officials will weigh next week a French-led effort to ban Iranian oil imports over its alleged nuclear-bomb program.
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| Tom Wicker, Journalist and Author, Dies at 85 Posted: 25 Nov 2011 01:24 PM PST Made prominent by his coverage of the Kennedy assassination, Mr. Wicker became Washington bureau chief for The New York Times and an iconoclastic columnist.
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| ArtsBeat | Q. and A.: For Hallberg, a Month Inside the Bolshoi Pressure Cooker Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:10 AM PST David Hallberg, the first American to be a principal dancer at the Bolshoi Ballet, discusses the pressure he faces and his ankle injury, which will force him to sit out for two weeks.
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| 'Memo' row tests Pakistan cabinet Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:24 PM PST Pakistan's "memogate" row has raised questions about the strength of the country's civilian government, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar tells the BBC.
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| 'Foreigners kidnapped' in Mali's tourist city Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:15 PM PST Three people taken hostage and a fourth killed in the ancient tourist city of Timbuktu, according to security sources.
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| Community of Holocaust Survivors Dwindles in Queens Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:47 PM PST The sense of loss that accompanies neighborhood change is especially acute for residents of a special building in Queens who lived through collective horror.
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| Russia Takes Control of Belarus Pipeline Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:46 PM PST Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced a $14 billion rescue plan for Belarus on Friday, taking complete control over Belarus' gas pipeline network, a major export route for Russian natural gas to Europe.
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| Russia Pledges Budget Discipline Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:12 AM PST Russia's finance ministry warned that the country faces risks from higher spending and urged strict budget discipline next year, despite a raft of social spending increases promised by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin ahead of next year's presidential elections.
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| Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:11 AM PST S&P downgraded Belgium one notch, citing renewed funding and market risk pressure that is increasing the likelihood of more sovereign support for the Belgian financial sector.
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| U.S. defeated in bid on cluster bomb accord Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:15 PM PST GENEVA (Reuters) - A U.S.-led push to regulate, rather than ban, cluster munitions failed Friday after 50 countries objected, following humanitarian campaigners' claims that anything less than a outright ban would be an unprecedented reversal of human rights law.
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| Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:58 AM PST Czech Tomas Berdych takes on world number five David Ferrer in his final round-robin match needing a victory to secure his place in the knockout stages at the expense of world number one Novak Djokovic.
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| Johnson defends World Cup regime Posted: 25 Nov 2011 06:52 AM PST Former England boss Martin Johnson defends his regime following leaked reports into their World Cup failure.
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| Analysis: Bahrain digests inquiry as protests continue Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:30 PM PST DUBAI (Reuters) - A report that slammed Bahrain for using systematic torture to crush pro-democracy protests has put pressure on the U.S.-allied Gulf Arab state to take some steps toward political reform but the opposition doubt anything substantive is in the works.
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| At War Blog: Cutting the Pain of War With a Punchline Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:09 AM PST Some wounded veterans use support groups to heal. Some use therapy. But a few are using humor to get through their struggles to heal.
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| Aruba 'death' accused to be freed Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:04 AM PST A judge on the Caribbean island of Aruba orders the release of a man held since August over the vanishing and presumed death of a US woman.
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| Unesco lists intangible heritage Posted: 25 Nov 2011 11:16 AM PST Traditional Bedouin weaving and indigenous Peruvian sung prayers are added to Unesco's 'intangible heritage' list for safeguarding
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| Key in front as New Zealand votes Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:51 AM PST New Zealanders are set to vote in a general election that could see the ruling National Party secure an historic outright majority.
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| VIDEO: Final countdown to Mars launch Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:54 AM PST Nasa is preparing to launch a vehicle the size of a car on a nine-month voyage to Mars.
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| Strike means delayed operations Posted: 25 Nov 2011 10:42 AM PST Hospital managers say Wednesday's public sector pensions strike means thousands of non-emergency operations will be postponed.
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| Arms smugglers thrive on Syrian uprising Posted: 25 Nov 2011 12:39 PM PST BAALBEK, Lebanon (Reuters) - Weapons dealer Abu Wael has traded guns in Lebanon's Bekaa valley since the last days of his country's civil war, nearly a quarter of a century ago.
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