Phone-hack victims 'up to 5,800'

Phone-hack victims 'up to 5,800'


Phone-hack victims 'up to 5,800'

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 01:02 PM PDT

Almost 6,000 people may have had their phones hacked by the News of the World newspaper, police now estimate.


Berlusconi faces calls to step down

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 06:02 AM PDT

Italian premier's ex-parliamentary allies demand a "new political phase and a new government".


U.S. warns on new Gaza-bound activist flotilla

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:57 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States warned on Thursday that a new effort by pro-Palestinian activists to send a flotilla to challenge Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip was dangerous and urged U.S. citizens not to take part.


Malaysia Gay Festival Is Banned

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:11 PM PDT

Tannual festival had drawn fire from conservative politicians and religious leaders, and the authorities said the event "threatens national security."


Tibetan Nun Sets Herself on Fire in Sichuan Province, China

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:27 PM PDT

Qiu Xiang died Thursday after setting herself on fire in southwest Sichuan Province, becoming the 11th Tibetan to embrace a grisly protest against Chinese rule.


Oakland port opens after clashes

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:12 PM PDT

The port of Oakland reopens the morning after clashes in the centre of the city, as Occupy protesters question how Wednesday's violence flared.


Green Blog: House Panel Votes to Subpoena Solyndra Documents

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:41 AM PDT

Republicans assert that White House documents could show that it had extensive contact with a campaign donor who was also a Solyndra investor.


S Koreans protest against trade deal with US

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:56 AM PDT

Authorities detain at least 15 people after police clash with demonstrators in the capital Seoul.


Pakistan's murky cricket-fixing underworld

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:45 AM PDT

Pakistan's murky underworld of bookies and betters


Libyans want jobs from "grey men" of government

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 12:28 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - Jobs, normality and democracy are high on the wish lists of Libyans questioned on the streets of their capital, but after months of civil war, meeting their expectations is a challenging assignment for the "grey men" now trying to run the country.


Remote UK island to get airport

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 09:29 AM PDT

A remote British Island where the French Emperor Napoleon was exiled is to get an airport, the International Development Secretary has announced.


The Choice: Hard Decisions for Learning Disabled

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:52 AM PDT

Addressing the issues that students with learning impairments may face on the path to college.


S Koreans protest against trade deal with US

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 04:56 AM PDT

Authorities detain at least 15 people after police clash with demonstrators in the capital Seoul.


Major berg forming in Antarctica

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Scientists are monitoring a big rift in the Pine Island Glacier in western Antarctica that will eventually calve an iceberg the size of Berlin.


Extreme Poverty Is Up, Brookings Report Finds

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:25 AM PDT

The increase in the number of Americans living in extreme poverty has erased most of the gains from the 1990s, the Brookings Institution says.


'Moments of madness led to riots'

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:32 AM PDT

Young people joined the summer riots in a "moment of madness" on "a day like no other when normal rules did not seem to apply", a report suggests.


Cuba Legalizes Sale of Private Property

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:13 AM PDT

Cuba announced it will allow real estate to be bought and sold for the first time since the early days of the revolution, the most important reform yet in a series of free-market changes under President Raúl Castro.


Asia braced for Thai rice shock

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 05:03 AM PDT

Flood damage and government subsidies in the world's biggest rice exporter could push up prices across the continent.


Russia set to end 18-year wait to join WTO

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:21 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia is on the verge of ending its 18-year wait to join the World Trade Organization after accepting a trade deal with Georgia, the last big obstacle to membership of a club that will seal its integration into the global economy.


TIMESCAST: TimesCast | November 3, 2011

Posted: 03 Nov 2011 11:51 AM PDT

Greece calls off its referendum as the Group of 20 leaders meet in Cannes, France; and Herman Cain accuses his rival Rick Perry of a smear campaign.


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