UN calls for 'scaled-up' Somalia aid effort

UN calls for 'scaled-up' Somalia aid effort


UN calls for 'scaled-up' Somalia aid effort

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 10:32 PM PDT

UN humanitarian chief says death toll from Horn of Africa drought and spreading famine will rise without urgent action.


VIDEO: Pakistan attacks leave 13 dead

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 04:39 PM PDT

At least 13 people, including a former parliamentarian, have been killed in ongoing politically-motivated violence in Pakistan's southern port of Karachi.


Financial Penalties, Law Enforcement, NFL Involvement Would Reduce Cheating in College Athletics

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:49 PM PDT

On Tuesday, Yahoo Sports posted an explosive investigative report which ? if accurate and corroborated ? could carry the sternest of consequences for the University of Miami football program. Late Tuesday night after reading the Yahoo story, I authored a piece which argued that ?The U? must receive the ?Death Penalty? if Nevin Shapiro?s claims ...


Kim Jong-il goes sailing as North Koreans seek food: report (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 10:13 PM PDT

Reuters - As a growing number of North Koreans battle food shortages, the impoverished country's leader has reportedly been sailing his luxury yacht in waters off his deluxe villa.


Pope arrives in Spain in time of economic turmoil (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 10:40 PM PDT

Pope Benedict XVI blesses the faithful during the weekly general audience at his summer residence of Castel Gandolfo, in the outskirts of Rome, Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. Benedict XVI lands Thursday in the Spanish capital of Madrid for a four-day visit to greet up to a million or more young pilgrims from around the planet for the Catholic Church's World Youth Day. (AP Photo/Riccardo De Luca)AP - When the pope arrives in Spain on Thursday it's not just sweltering heat he'll be stepping into. The economy's in a shambles. Jobless youths are filled with rage and frustration. Politicians are gearing up for early elections that will be dominated by these hard times.



Suicide bomber kills 2 at base in east Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 10:48 PM PDT

Servicemen and civilians line the route to pay respects as the remains of Colorado Army National Guardsman Chief Warrant Officer David R. Carter are transported from Buckley Air Force Base in Aurora, Colo., Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2011. Carter was killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Jack Dempsey)AP - A suicide bomber has detonated a small truck laden with explosives at the entrance to a military-civilian compound in eastern Afghanistan, killing two Afghan security guards.



Kim goes sailing as North Koreans seek food: report

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 10:32 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - As a growing number of North Koreans battle food shortages, the impoverished country's leader has reportedly been sailing his luxury yacht in waters off his deluxe villa.


Assad: Syria operations halted

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:54 PM PDT

President tells UN that police and military operations have ended, as world body set to discuss country's crackdown.


Messi fires Barcelona to Super Cup win

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 10:05 PM PDT

Argentine star strikes late volley to claim first silverware of Spanish season after another bad-tempered 'Clasico'.


Syria's Most Wanted: A Glimpse of Life on the Run with Army Defectors (Time.com)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:30 PM PDT

Time.com - TIME's reporter in Syria meets up with military defectors, even as the Assad regime is rushing to find and exterminate them


Biden, Chinese VP call for improved relations (AP)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:23 PM PDT

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden inspects a guard of honor during a welcome ceremony held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Stressing the importance of personal ties, Vice President Joseph Biden sat down Thursday with his Chinese counterpart and the country's leader-in-waiting for talks that will focus largely on U.S. economic woes.



Planet Under Siege: Family Planning Critics Soon To See Global Population Reach 7,000,000,000

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:19 PM PDT

On August 18th, 1920,?? the 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified as Tennessee clinched a necessary vote to become the 36th state to duly sign on to the groundbreaking legislation - thus ensuring a woman's right to vote throughout America. The 19th Amendment forbids discrimination against any voter on the basis of sex. ...


VIDEO: Madrid protests ahead of Pope's visit

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:03 PM PDT

Thousands of protesters have rallied in the Spanish capital, Madrid, against the cost of a visit by the Pope, hours before he is due to arrive.


VIDEO: Rubbish truck crashes through wall

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 06:53 PM PDT

A New York City rubbish truck crashed through the walls of a parking garage on Wednesday, leaving the truck and its driver dangling three stories above the ground.


VIDEO: Indian activist agrees hunger strike

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 08:25 PM PDT

Jailed Indian anti-corruption activist Anna Hazare has agreed to a police offer which will permit him to go on hunger strike in a park for 15 days, his aide says.


VIDEO: Madrid protests ahead of Pope's visit

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:03 PM PDT

Thousands of protesters have rallied in the Spanish capital, Madrid, against the cost of a visit by the Pope, hours before he is due to arrive.


Spanish protests over cost of Pope's visit

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:15 PM PDT

Critics say pope's four-day visit to Madrid will cost Spaniards $144m at time of economic hardship.


Chavez to nationalize Venezuelan gold industry

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:16 PM PDT

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela will nationalize its gold industry and is moving its international reserves out of Western countries, President Hugo Chavez said on Wednesday in a combative step ahead of his re-election bid next year.


Biden tells China's Xi that cooperation key for global stability (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 09:03 PM PDT

An exile Tibetan Buddhist monk holds a portrait of the Dalai Lama during a candle light vigil in Dharmsala, India for Tsewang Norbu, 29, a Buddhist monk who died Monday after setting himself on fire in China's Sichuan province's Garze Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Monday, Aug. 15, 2011. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia)Reuters - Global economic stability rests on the United States and China working together, U.S. Vice President Joe Biden told China's president-in-waiting Xi Jinping, in talks seeking to shore up confidence in the dollar and bond with Beijing's next leader.



Perry Not Letting Anyone Run to His Right

Posted: 17 Aug 2011 08:19 PM PDT

A frontrunner right out of the gate