French PM criticises newspaper attack

French PM criticises newspaper attack


French PM criticises newspaper attack

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:31 PM PDT

Francois Fillon condemns firebomb attack on French weekly after it publishes controversial Islam-themed edition.


Rebels say still fighting in Sudan oil state

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:41 PM PDT

KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese insurgents in the country's main oil-producing state South Kordofan battled government forces in a volatile border region for a second day Wednesday, a rebel spokesman said.


Pakistan cricketers await sentence

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 10:11 AM PDT

Al Jazeera's Lee Wellings reports as Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir face sentencing over corruption.


Three blasts kill at least 8 in Iraq's Basra

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:19 PM PDT

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - At least eight people were killed and dozens wounded in three explosions in Iraq's southern oil hub Basra Wednesday, officials said.


Arab League Says Syria Accepts Plan for Talks

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:48 PM PDT

The plan aims to start talks with the opposition amid a continuing crackdown and reports of sectarian killings.


Floods in Cambodia Affect More Than a Million

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:01 PM PDT

The United Nations estimates that 1.2 million Cambodians have been affected by flooding that has also ravaged neighboring Thailand.


VIDEO: Can China save the world economy?

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:39 PM PDT

As the G20 leaders gather in the south of France and Europe's economies slide towards another crisis, the search for a solution has led many to look towards China.


Floods in Cambodia Affect More Than a Million

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:01 PM PDT

The United Nations estimates that 1.2 million Cambodians have been affected by flooding that has also ravaged neighboring Thailand.


At War Blog: Propaganda in the Heat of the the Libyan Battlefield

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:55 PM PDT

The battlefield claims of a doctor working with anti-Qaddafi forces are so easily refuted that making them only harmed his cause.


Bursts of Fission Detected at Fukushima Reactor in Japan

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:44 PM PDT

After telltale radioactive elements were detected at Fukushima, workers raced to stop a chain reaction.


Purging Senescent Cells May Postpone Diseases of Aging, Study Finds

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:02 PM PDT

Bad actors known as senescent cells promote aging in tissues, scientists have discovered, but a drug can force their self-destruction.


The Choice Blog: After Storm, Some Early Decision Deadlines Are Extended

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:24 PM PDT

From New Jersey to Massachusetts, students scrambled to meet early application deadlines, some by candlelight, after a Northeaster stripped many towns of electricity. Dozens of colleges granted them more time.


Gadhafi's son challenges Interpol warrant

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 11:37 AM PDT

One of slain Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi's surviving sons is challenging an Interpol arrest warrant on the grounds that it is politically motivated and was sought by a new Libyan leadership that lacks legitimacy, a lawyer for Saadi Gadhafi said Wednesday.


Bursts of Fission Detected at Fukushima Reactor in Japan

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:32 PM PDT

After telltale radioactive elements were detected at Fukushima, workers raced to stop a chain reaction.


Sexual harassment's slow evolution

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Sexual harassment and the legacy of Clarence Thomas


Predappio Journal: Tourists Still Drawn to Tomb of Mussolini, ‘Il Duce,’ in Italy

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:31 PM PDT

Italian authorities sought to hide the burial site of Benito Mussolini after he died, in 1945. But the grave's location rapidly became a matter of intense interest.


Alleged Arms Dealer Convicted

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:32 PM PDT

A suspected Russian arms dealer was convicted Wednesday of conspiring to sell surface-to-air missiles, machine guns and other weapons to government informants during a U.S. sting operation.


Khamenei accuses U.S. of "terror" attacks in Iran

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:29 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday he had 100 "undeniable documents" proving the United States has been behind "terrorist acts" in the Islamic state and elsewhere in the Middle East.


Saif al-Islam Gaddafi may aim to flee Libya: ICC

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 01:21 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court continues to receive information that Muammar Gaddafi's son Saif al-Islam might try to flee Libya with the help of mercenaries, the court's chief prosecutor said on Wednesday.


Viktor Bout found guilty by US jury

Posted: 02 Nov 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Prosecutors said the ex-Soviet military officer stood to make millions from supplying weapons to Colombian group FARC.


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