Hamas says it plans to join Abbas's PLO

Hamas says it plans to join Abbas's PLO


Hamas says it plans to join Abbas's PLO

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 01:13 PM PST

GAZA (Reuters) - Rival Palestinian factions took a significant step towards reconciliation on Thursday as the Islamist group Hamas said it planned to join Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).


Republicans 'agree' to tax vote

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 01:07 PM PST

Top US Republican John Boehner has agreed to a House vote on a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut passed by the Senate, US media reports.


From the Magazine: The Lives They Lived

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:37 PM PST

In a year with no shortage of notable deaths, Ira Glass and his team from "This American Life" helped us compile readers' stories of the ordinary people they lost.


New Newt’s Biggest Rival May Be Old Newt

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:18 PM PST

Those closest to him say Newt Gingrich's late-life maturity and mellowness help explain how he has avoided the self-destructiveness that undermined him in the past.


The Lives They Lived: Vann Nath, b. 1946

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:12 AM PST

Who would you be if you'd been born to farmer parents in Battambang province, in the country of Cambodia, and been given the name Vann Nath?


These American Lives: One Day in May

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:12 AM PST

Three servicemen's stories.


Ailing Fujimori to ask Peru's Humala for pardon

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:25 PM PST

LIMA (Reuters) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, in prison for corruption and human rights crimes, is in poor health and will ask President Ollanta Humala for a pardon, his family and lawyer said on Thursday.


U.S. Erred in Deadly Pakistan Strike

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:18 PM PST

The U.S. conceded that it bore significant responsibility for last month's American airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani troops.


VIDEO: US admits to air strike mistakes

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:56 AM PST

The US military has admitted it bears significant responsibility for last month's air strike on the Afghan border that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.


VIDEO: Turkey retaliates for French bill

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST

The Turkish prime minister has announced measures against France after MPs passed a bill criminalising denial of the 1915-16 Armenian "genocide".


Judge Blocks Parts of South Carolina’s Immigration Law

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:33 AM PST

The ruling blocks the most controversial parts of South Carolina's new immigration law from taking effect next month, including requiring authorities to check the status of certain suspects.


U.N. assembly holds "minute" of silence for Kim Jong-il

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 01:07 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly granted a request from North Korea and held a few moments of silence on Thursday for Kim Jong-il, the country's former leader who died on Saturday, though Western delegations boycotted it.


Italy Passes $40 Billion Austerity Plan

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:22 PM PST

Italy's Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of a package aimed at eliminating Italy's budget deficit by 2013 and stimulating its economy as part of a broader plan to stabilize the euro.


Pigeons Can Learn Higher Math as Well as Monkeys, Study Suggests

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:33 AM PST

It has been known that pigeons can count, but a recent experiment showed they can perform a higher math task that had been demonstrated only in primates: ranking groups of items from fewest to most.


Pakistan Demurs on Border Blockade

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:38 AM PST

Pakistan's government said Thursday it would demur to the nation's Parliament over whether the country should lift a blockade on NATO supplies in the wake of the U.S.'s admission of culpability in a fatal airstrike last month along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border last month.


German Consumers Buy Into a Recovery

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 01:04 PM PST

German consumers, once considered a drag on the country's export-focused economy, are emerging as a ray of light in the bleak euro-zone outlook.


Live - Tottenham v Chelsea

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:00 AM PST

Third-placed Tottenham take on fourth-placed Chelsea in what promises to be a cracking final top-flight fixture before Christmas.


Multiple blasts rock two Nigerian cities

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:56 AM PST

Six blasts and gunfire rock Maiduguri, after explosions and shooting earlier broke out in another northeastern city.


Tunisia's post-revolution cabinet unveiled

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:38 AM PST

Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announces his new cabinet lineup, with key posts going to Islamist Ennahdha party.


Wave of attacks kills dozens in Iraq

Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:56 AM PST

A wave of explosions across Baghdad killed dozens of people Thursday and spread fears that Iraq's government could collapse in the wake of the U.S. military's departure.


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