Security Council puts pressure on Cypriots for deal |
- Security Council puts pressure on Cypriots for deal
- Statue honours Korea sex slaves
- China warship's picture 'emerges'
- Congo polls "seriously flawed": U.S. envoy
- VIDEO: 'I thought wearing a mask was stupid'
- VIDEO: Baby seal wanders into NZ home
- China warship's picture 'emerges'
- Deaf anger at DR Congo text ban
- Russian TV struggles with Kremlin control
- Ex-Ukraine President Cleared in Politically Freighted Murder Case
- Love story tested by war, four times
- Tunisia president asks for 6-month political truce
- At War Blog: Secret Military Documents, Straight From an Iraqi Junkyard
- China Imposes New Tariffs on Some Vehicles From the U.S.
- Israel approves steps to rein in settler violence
- Time names protesters 'Person of the Year'
- Obama Marks End of Iraq War
- In mountain camps, Pakistan Taliban train for death
- 'Welcome home,' Obama tells troops
- Panetta Says U.S. and Allies Have the Edge in Afghanistan
| Security Council puts pressure on Cypriots for deal Posted: 14 Dec 2011 02:14 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council threw its weight on Wednesday behind a push by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to clinch a Cyprus deal, urging the rival parties to speed up talks and be more constructive.
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| Statue honours Korea sex slaves Posted: 14 Dec 2011 10:13 AM PST South Korean women kept as sex slaves in World War II put up a statue outside the Japanese embassy at their 1,000th protest rally in Seoul.
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| China warship's picture 'emerges' Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:47 PM PST A commercial US satellite company says it has managed to take a picture of China's first aircraft carrier during its sea trials in the Yellow Sea.
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| Congo polls "seriously flawed": U.S. envoy Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:55 PM PST KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's elections, won by incumbent President Joseph Kabila according to provisional results, were seriously flawed and lacked transparency, the U.S. ambassador to the central African country said on Wednesday.
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| VIDEO: 'I thought wearing a mask was stupid' Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:33 PM PST Michael Jackson's daughter Paris discussed life with her late father and a budding acting career in an interview with Ellen DeGeneres.
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| VIDEO: Baby seal wanders into NZ home Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:14 PM PST A baby fur seal wandered into a New Zealand home and was found resting on a sofa
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| China warship's picture 'emerges' Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:47 PM PST A commercial US satellite company says it has managed to take a picture of China's first aircraft carrier during its sea trials in the Yellow Sea.
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| Deaf anger at DR Congo text ban Posted: 14 Dec 2011 11:14 AM PST Deaf people in the Democratic Republic of Congo say a ban on texting threatens their lives because they cannot receive warnings of violence.
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| Russian TV struggles with Kremlin control Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:45 PM PST MOSCOW (Reuters) - For one evening last week, Fox News was among Russian television's best sources of information on the swell of protest in Moscow against alleged fraud in a parliamentary election that handed victory to Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's party.
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| Ex-Ukraine President Cleared in Politically Freighted Murder Case Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:06 PM PST Criminal proceedings were dismissed Wednesday against the former Ukrainian president Leonid Kuchma in the killing 11 years ago of a prominent investigative journalist critical of his administration.
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| Love story tested by war, four times Posted: 12 Dec 2011 08:44 AM PST The pictures on the walls at the Dukellis home tell the story of the couple's time together -- and apart.
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| Tunisia president asks for 6-month political truce Posted: 14 Dec 2011 01:33 PM PST TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia's new president on Wednesday asked for a six-month political truce and a moratorium on street protests, warning that otherwise the country would be committing "collective suicide."
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| At War Blog: Secret Military Documents, Straight From an Iraqi Junkyard Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:56 PM PST In Iraq, the detritus of war holds some surprising secrets.
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| China Imposes New Tariffs on Some Vehicles From the U.S. Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:56 PM PST The new duties, which apply mainly to sport utility vehicles and large cars, signal an escalation in trade hostilities.
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| Israel approves steps to rein in settler violence Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:50 PM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday approved steps to crack down on violent ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers after a rampage at a West Bank military base and torching of a mosque's facade stirred public outrage.
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| Time names protesters 'Person of the Year' Posted: 14 Dec 2011 02:06 PM PST Magazine honours all the protesters, inspired by the Arab Spring, who took to the streets in 2011 to demand change.
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| Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:41 PM PST President Obama hailed U.S. troops and said the Iraq war will formally end Thursday, when an American flag signifying the U.S. military mission is ceremonially taken down.
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| In mountain camps, Pakistan Taliban train for death Posted: 14 Dec 2011 12:20 PM PST LADDA, Pakistan (Reuters)- Pakistan's Taliban say they have started peace talks, but in a mountain camp young recruits learn how to mount ambushes, raid military facilities and undertake the most coveted missions -- suicide bombings.
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| 'Welcome home,' Obama tells troops Posted: 14 Dec 2011 11:58 AM PST President Barack Obama welcomed home soldiers from Iraq, calling their service an example of what makes America great.
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| Panetta Says U.S. and Allies Have the Edge in Afghanistan Posted: 14 Dec 2011 11:50 AM PST Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta spoke in glowing terms of the progress made in battling insurgents and stabilizing the country.
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