Philippine Muslim rebels hope for peace deal in a year (Reuters)

Philippine Muslim rebels hope for peace deal in a year (Reuters)

Philippine Muslim rebels hope for peace deal in a year (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:52 PM PST

Reuters - The largest Muslim guerrilla group in the Philippines hopes to conclude a peace deal with the government within a year despite the emergence of a breakaway faction that could put talks at risk.


Philippine Muslim rebels hope for peace deal in a year

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 11:15 PM PST

CAMP DARAPANAN, Philippines (Reuters) - The largest Muslim guerrilla group in the Philippines hopes to conclude a peace deal with the government within a year despite the emergence of a breakaway faction that could put talks at risk.

Torrential downpours pile misery on Australia (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:05 PM PST

A soldier patrols for looters next to damaged boats on a waterfront in Cardwell. Australia sent in 4,000 troops to help coastal towns left splintered by a monster cyclone, as officials urged stranded victims to stay calm until help arrives.(AFP/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Torrential rains and flash floods trapped scores of people in homes and cars following a massive cyclone, piling more misery on Australia after weeks of record inundations.

British soldier killed in Afghanistan accident (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:53 PM PST

British soldiers in Helmand province in March 2010. A British Army soldier was killed Friday in an accident in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London announced.(AFP/POOL/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - A British Army soldier was killed Friday in an accident in southern Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence in London announced.

Rebels admit major split ahead of Philippine talks (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:32 PM PST

Separatist Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) fighters are seen here conducting a field patrol in the southern Philippines. The group has began waging a rebellion since 1978 for an independent Muslim state on Mindanao, which makes up the southern third of the largely Roman Catholic Philippines.(AFP/File/Luis Liwanag)AFP - The Philippines' largest Muslim insurgent group said it has a potentially serious rebellion in its ranks after a key leader broke away ahead of peace talks with Manila.

France Plans New Search in 2009 Jet Crash

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:48 PM PST

French authorities next month will launch their fourth undersea search to locate wreckage of an Air France jetliner that crashed in the Atlantic almost two years ago.


IMF Warns on Inflation, Growth Risks

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 05:52 PM PST

Emerging market economies need to curb growth to prevent overheating and help calm food and energy price inflation that threatens to undermine the global recovery, the International Monetary Fund's No. 2 official said.


Hungary Blasts IMF Assessment

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 10:58 AM PST

Hungary harshly criticized the IMF for what it said was the fund's misleading assessment of the country, and it called on the IMF to publicly acknowledge it made an error about the country's 2010 budget assumptions.


Cuba Seeks 20 Years for Detained American

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:28 PM PST

Prosecutors are charging a jailed American contractor with "acts against the integrity and independence" of Cuba and requesting a 20-year jail term, state news media reported Friday, dimming hopes the 60-year-old Maryland native would be allowed to go home soon.


Bahrainis Hold Protest at Egyptian Embassy

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 03:56 PM PST

Hundreds of Bahrainis gathered in front of the Egyptian embassy in the capital Manama, in a rally organized in solidarity with Egypt's pro-democracy movement that also lent a voice to Bahrain's own opposition.


Withholding U.S. Aid Carries Some Risks

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:42 PM PST

The Obama administration, seeking to pressure the Egyptian government into an orderly political transition, has one big lever: Billions of dollars in U.S. economic and military aid.


Israel Leader Offers Palestine Gas Talks

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:52 PM PST

Israel offered to begin talks with Palestinian leaders on developing a natural-gas field off the coast of the Gaza Strip, saying stability in the Palestinian territories "is especially important now."


Egypt protesters hold their ground

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:49 PM PST

With protests demanding end to Mubarak's rule entering the 12th day, people in Tahrir Square prepared to wait him out.


Egypt protesters consolidate gains

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 09:13 PM PST

Pro-democracy protesters remain in Cairo's Tahrir Square after pitched battle with Mubarak supporters.


World Service Cuts: Why We Need the BBC (Time.com)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 06:00 PM PST

Time.com - As the BBC announces it's cutting its World Service in several parts of the globe, including Africa and the Balkans, a seasoned journalist in Serbia laments the hole it will leave behind


Ten more dead in Philippine floods (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:59 PM PST

Residents stand among mud and salvaged belongings near their houses after a flash flooding on southern Philippines island of Mindanao, on January 18. Ten more people have been killed in floods and landslides after nearly a week of heavy rains in the southern Philippines, raising the death toll to 20, according to the government.(AFP/File)AFP - Ten more people have been killed in floods and landslides after nearly a week of heavy rains in the southern Philippines, raising the death toll to 20, according to the government.

EU Leaders Clash in Summit

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:01 PM PST

Sharp disagreements opened up among EU leaders at a summit in Brussels over a German-led plan to boost the competitiveness of weaker euro-zone economies, threatening to unsettle European financial markets.


Court Overrules Canada's Support of Globalive

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 04:54 PM PST

The Federal Court of Canada has overturned the government's 2009 decision to allow Globalive Wireless Management ownership structure to stand and offer mobile phone services, dealing a blow to wireless competition in the country and the government's goal of achieving cheaper mobile phone pricing.


Reporter says Cameron's ex-aide knew about hacking (AFP)

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 08:12 PM PST

Andy Coulson, former Director of Communications to Prime Minister David Cameron and ex-editor of the News of the World, is seen leaving his London home. Cameron was AFP - Prime Minister David Cameron was "either a liar or an idiot" to believe that his former media chief was not involved in phone hacking, a reporter claimed in newly published evidence Friday.

Giffords' husband to lead space mission

Posted: 04 Feb 2011 07:48 PM PST

The husband of wounded US congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords has said he has decided to resume astronaut training in order to command the final flight of the space shuttle Endeavour in April.


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