Taliban 'won Rabbani's trust to kill him'

Taliban 'won Rabbani's trust to kill him'


Taliban 'won Rabbani's trust to kill him'

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:23 PM PDT

Armed group claims responsibility for Tuesday's assassination of ex-president Burhanuddin Rabbani in Kabul.


VIDEO: Riddle of 'forest boy' found in Germany

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:43 PM PDT

German police are still trying to figure out the identity of a teenager who walked into Berlin City Hall on September 5, claiming to have lived in a forest for five years.


Insight: China activists challenge power with election push

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:40 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Hundreds of independent candidates fighting for seats in China's usually tame local congresses are opening a new front in the nation's battle over political rights, courting voters on the streets and Internet despite political controls.


Longhorn Network, Small Oklahoma Markets, Revenue Reductions Per School Delay Pac-12 Expansion

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:42 PM PDT

On Tuesday, Pac-12 Commissioner Larry Scott reported that his conference would stay put with 12 teams for the time being and not expand. In short, he pulled the ultimate Lee Corso by telling Oklahoma and Texas not so fast my friends. In his statement, he noted that the Pac-12 has a strong conference structure and ...


Insight: China activists challenge power with election push (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 10:40 PM PDT

Reuters - Hundreds of independent candidates fighting for seats in China's usually tame local congresses are opening a new front in the nation's battle over political rights, courting voters on the streets and Internet despite political controls.


VIDEO: Treasures survive Libya conflict

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 08:09 PM PDT

During the fighting in Libya, there was concern over the fate of the countries historical treasures.


VIDEO: Afghan peace negotiator assassinated

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 03:00 PM PDT

Former President Rabbani of Afghanistan, the man chairing peace talks with the Taliban, has been assassinated at his home in Kabul.


Singapore's GIC concerned with UBS trading loss (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 11:08 PM PDT

AP - A Singapore state investment fund that is the biggest UBS shareholder said it is disappointed and concerned with lapses at the Swiss bank that led to a $2.3 billion rogue trading loss.


Typhoon nears Tokyo, Toyota to close plants (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 09:28 PM PDT

Residents are rescued from a flooded area in Nagoya, central Japan, in this photo taken by KyodoSeptember 20, 2011. More than a million people in the central Japan city of Nagoya were advised to evacuate on Tuesday as typhoon Roke approached the country, bringing heavy rain. Mandatory Credit REUTERS/KyodoReuters - At least four people died and two were missing in Japan as typhoon Roke bore down on Tokyo on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds and disturbing transport systems, public broadcaster NHK said.



IMF issues dire warning on world economy

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 09:33 PM PDT

Global financial body says world economy has entered "dangerous new phase" after its recovery weakened considerably.


Typhoon nears Tokyo, Toyota to close plants

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 09:28 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - At least four people died and two were missing in Japan as typhoon Roke bore down on Tokyo on Wednesday, bringing heavy rain and strong winds and disturbing transport systems, public broadcaster NHK said.


Back to School: Scholarships and Fellowships

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 09:03 PM PDT

With all of the focus on the cost of higher education, it?s easy to forget that there are a number of scholarships and fellowships available. Scholarships are generally funds paid to or for the benefit of a student at an undergraduate or graduate school who is studying for a degree. Fellowships are funds paid for ...


China says policies legal after U.S. challenge on chicken

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 09:06 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China said on Wednesday defended its duties on imports of U.S. poultry products as legal, after the United States said it would challenge the policies.


China says policies legal after U.S. challenge on chicken (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 09:06 PM PDT

Reuters - China said on Wednesday defended its duties on imports of U.S. poultry products as legal, after the United States said it would challenge the policies.


VIDEO: Treasures survive Libya conflict

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 08:09 PM PDT

During the fighting in Libya, there was concern over the fate of the countries historical treasures.


Lawyer Unlikely News Corp. Antagonist

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 09:30 PM PDT

British attorney Mark Lewis, who struck a lucrative settlement with News Corp. in one of the first lawsuits over phone hacking, has become one of the company's chief antagonists.


In bid to revive protests, Yemenis rush to martyrdom

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 09:42 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - As trucks screech past carrying bloody bodies and gunfire erupts up ahead, cheerful revolutionary songs blare out of loudspeakers -- and throngs of Yemeni protesters start marching toward to an unknown fate.


Yemen scrambles for ceasefire as death toll rises

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 08:54 PM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Bursts of shelling threatened a fragile new truce in Yemen's capital Sanaa late on Tuesday as politicians scrambled to end the bloodiest fighting in eight months of anti-government protests.


African Union recognizes Libya's new rulers (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 08:16 PM PDT

Fighters loyal to Libya's transitional leaders celebrate on a tank they said they captured from pro-Muammar Gaddafi forces, about 3 km (1.8 miles) from the centre of the toppled leader's hometown of Sirte September 20, 2011. Gaddafi's forces abandoned the tank after NTC fighters attacked them with heavy machine guns and other weapons, according to the NTC fighters. REUTERS/Anis MiliReuters - The African Union (AU) said it was recognizing Libya's de fact ruling council, removing another diplomatic support for the ousted leader Muammar Gaddafi.



Envoys from the 2 Koreas begin talks in Beijing (AP)

Posted: 20 Sep 2011 08:47 PM PDT

North Korea's nuclear envoy Ri Yong Ho arrives for talks with South Korean counterpart at the private Chang An Club in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2011.  Nuclear envoys from the rival Koreas started talks Wednesday in Beijing on setting terms for restarting stalled six-party nuclear disarmament negotiations. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)AP - Representatives from the rival Koreas held talks Wednesday in the Chinese capital on setting terms for restarting stalled international negotiations on ending North Korea's nuclear weapon's program.