VIDEO: World watches as Gaddafi falls

VIDEO: World watches as Gaddafi falls


VIDEO: World watches as Gaddafi falls

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 07:40 PM PDT

Leaders from around the world, including Ban Ki-moon and Barack Obama, give their reaction to the news of Colonel Gaddafi's death.


Spain hails ETA end to Basque separatist violence (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:45 PM PDT

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero makes a statement on the announcement by the Basqie separtist group ETA, in the Moncloa Palace in Madrid Thursday Oct. 20, 2011. The Basque daily Gara says the armed group ETA has issued a statement Thursday saying it is ending its armed campaign and calls on Spain and France to open talks.  (AP Photo/Paul White)AP - Spain is claiming an end to four decades of violent bombings and shootings after the Basque separatist group ETA announced it would lay down its arms and try to negotiate its demand for a separate nation.



Chinese girl dies in hit and run that sparked outrage (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:07 PM PDT

Reuters - A two-year-old Chinese girl run over by two different vehicles and ignored by passersby has died, state media reported Friday, in a case which ignited public uproar over what some called the immorality of modern society.


Al-Shabab claims peacekeepers' killings

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:33 PM PDT

Somali anti-government fighters display what they say are bodies of more than 70 Burundian soldiers killed in battle.


Guatemala leader apologises for 1954 coup

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:52 PM PDT

President "requests the forgiveness" of the family of Jacobo Arbenz, a leftist who was violently removed from power.


Weak European Characters, And High-Priced Credit

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:16 PM PDT

Trust? Character? When was the last time you heard these terms applied to anything, whether in Washington, Wall Street or Europe's political class? And what would "character" mean when credit is extended to countries?


Clinton warns Pakistan over fighters

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:12 PM PDT

Islamabad faces pressure to take action against armed groups like the Haqqani network by visiting US officials.


World looks warily to Libya's future post-Gadhafi (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:51 PM PDT

Taken with a fisheye zoom lens, Liybans react to the death of Moammar Gadhafi outside the Libyan Embassy in London, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. (AP Photo/Sang Tan)AP - European leaders hailed it as a victory, Libyan exiles celebrated in the streets and the mother of one of Moammar Gadhafi's many victims said she was treating herself to an expensive bottle of champagne.



News Corp.: A Healthy Company With One Great Big 'But'

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:16 PM PDT

To talk about News Corp. right now while setting aside anything to do with phone-hacking brings to mind that old joke: "But other than that, how did you enjoy the play, Mrs. Lincoln?"


Asian markets cautious ahead of Europe summit (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:47 PM PDT

An employee of the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) looks up at monitors displaying stock market indices at the bourse in Tokyo September 5, 2011. REUTERS/Yuriko NakaoReuters - Asian shares inched up while the euro clung to overnight gains on Friday, but markets largely stayed within range, as investors awaited a weekend meeting of European leaders for signs of progress in resolving the region's debt crisis.



Guatemala apologizes to ex-president's family (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:00 PM PDT

AP - Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom has apologized to the family of former President Jacobo Arbenz who was ousted in a 1954 coup backed by the United States.


Central Taiwan seen as election key as China frets (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:11 PM PDT

Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou (R) and his wife Christine Chow Mei-ching wave to participants after National Day celebrations in front of the Presidential Office in Taipei October 10, 2011. REUTERS/Pichi ChuangReuters - Taiwan's semi-rural central plains, dotted with rice paddies and brightly coloured temples, is the battleground in a presidential poll that will set the tone of the island's prickly relations with China for the next four years.



Central Taiwan seen as election key as China frets

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:11 PM PDT

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan's semi-rural central plains, dotted with rice paddies and brightly coloured temples, is the battleground in a presidential poll that will set the tone of the island's prickly relations with China for the next four years.


Chinese girl dies in hit and run that sparked outrage

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 10:07 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - A two-year-old Chinese girl run over by two different vehicles and ignored by passersby has died, state media reported Friday, in a case which ignited public uproar over what some called the immorality of modern society.


China Plans to Allow Local-Bond Issuance

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:53 PM PDT

China will allow local governments to issue bonds directly to help them begin repaying more than $1 trillion worth of loans, which could help ease fears such debt could hobble the world's No. 2 economy.


Zambian Miners Fired for Striking

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:53 PM PDT

Chinese-owned NFCA Mining fired at least 1,000 miners at Zambia's Chambishi Copper Mines for participating in a strike over wages, a union official said.


Movin' On Up: Inflation May Translate to Lower Tax Bills

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:08 PM PDT

If you think that the cost of living is increasing, it?s not your imagination. Everything is getting more expensive from gas to milk to peanut butter. Fortunately, that might translate to a drop in your tax bill. The IRS has announced a number of adjustments to tax exemptions and deductions as a result of rising ...


In Quake-Hit Christchurch, All Eyes Are on the All Blacks (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 09:15 PM PDT

Time.com - A win at this weekend's Rugby World Cup would be a much needed morale boost for residents of the New Zealand city rocked by not one but two earthquakes in little over a year


Asian stocks mixed as Europe debt crisis lingers (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 08:43 PM PDT

A man takes a nap at a quiet brokerage house in Nanjing in east China's Jiangsu province, Thursday, Oct. 20, 2011. World stock markets fell Thursday over renewed fears that European leaders are struggling to agree on a rescue plan to resolve the continent's debt crisis. In mainland China, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.9 percent to 2,331.37. (AP Photo) CHINA OUTAP - Asian markets were mixed Friday as European leaders haggled over a strategy to deal with the continent's debt crisis once and for all.



Australia to intervene on 109-year-old war crimes (AP)

Posted: 20 Oct 2011 07:56 PM PDT

AP - Australia's attorney general says he will tell Britain that two Australian soldiers who were executed more than a century ago for war crimes in South Africa had likely been denied fair trials under the British military justice system.