Iraq to Need Continued Oversight

Iraq to Need Continued Oversight

Iraq to Need Continued Oversight

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:38 PM PDT

As American military involvement in Iraq draws to an end, the watchdog agency that flyspecks reconstruction work there says the U.S. mission will require "robust" oversight after the troop withdrawal.


Democracy Is Tested in Kyrgyzstan

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 11:08 PM PDT

Voters in the turbulent Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan headed to polling stations Sunday to cast their ballots in a presidential election that could set a democratic precedent for the region.


Egyptian efforts at Gaza cease-fire fail (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:48 PM PDT

Thousands of Israelis protest against the high costs of living in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. According to police estimates over 30,000 participated in the Tel Aviv protest and thosands of others protested in Jerusalem on Saturday. A wave of social protests swept the country this summer as Israelis held mass protests to protest a wide range of social issues, especially high housing costs. (AP Photo/Maya Hasson)AP - Egyptian officials say efforts to persuade Palestinian militants in Gaza to hold their rocket fire on Israel have failed, after a day of deadly, escalated violence.

Voters in Kyrgyzstan cast presidential ballots (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:48 PM PDT

Election commission officials wait as an elderly Kyrgyz woman, left, casts her ballot at home in the village of Kizil Birlik, 25 km (14 miles) south of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Saturday, Oct, 29, 2011. The presidential election in Kyrgyzstan this weekend will be unusually free and democratic by Central Asian standards, but fears are mounting it could fuel ethnic tensions and regional divide. (AP Photo/Vladimir Voronin)AP - Voters in the turbulent Central Asian nation of Kyrgyzstan headed to polling stations Sunday to cast their ballots in a presidential election that could set a democratic precedent for the region.

Pilots criticise grounding of Qantas fleet

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:36 PM PDT

Pilots call decision to halt Australian airline's traffic over labour dispute a "calculated move" as negotiations begin.


Attack on NATO convoy kills 17 in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:13 PM PDT

CORRECTS DETAILS OF VICTIMS - Ahmad Fawad, 20, who was injured in a suicide car bomber, sits in a hospital bed after receiving treatment, in Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011. NATO says that of more than a dozen people killed when a suicide bomber rammed a military convoy in Kabul included five coalition troops and eight civilian contractors. The Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack, which also killed several Afghans, including a policeman. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - A Taliban suicide bomber rammed a vehicle loaded with explosives into an armored NATO bus Saturday on a busy thoroughfare in Kabul, killing 17 people, including a dozen Americans, in the deadliest strike against the U.S.-led coalition in the Afghan capital since the war began.

Gas explosion in Chinese mine kills 29

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:50 PM PDT

Chinese authorities say 29 dead and six injured in blast at colliery in southern China's Hunan province.


Thai soldiers surrender over killing of 13 Chinese sailors

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:05 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Nine Thai soldiers have turned themselves in to police over the killing of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong river near the Thai-Myanmar border, Thai police said Sunday.

Thai soldiers surrender over killing of 13 Chinese sailors (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:01 PM PDT

Reuters - Nine Thai soldiers have turned themselves in to police over the killing of 13 Chinese sailors on the Mekong river near the Thai-Myanmar border, Thai police said Sunday.


Kyrgyzstan votes in test of reforms

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 10:16 PM PDT

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan began voting on Sunday to elect a new president capable of bridging divisions that threaten stability in the former Soviet republic, a vital step to completing bold reforms to create Central Asia's first parliamentary democracy.

Peak tides test Thai capital's flood defenses

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:25 PM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Peak tides tested Bangkok's flood defenses on Sunday as hope rose the center of the Thai capital might escape the worst floods in decades, but that was little comfort for swamped suburbs and provinces where worry about disease is growing.

How Emerging Economies are Altering the World's Flow of Goods (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Time.com - Emerging Economies are Altering the World's Flow of Goods


Conservative, leftist up for Bulgaria presidency (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:32 PM PDT

AP - Bulgarians on Sunday are choosing between a member of the ruling center-right party and a leftist ex-foreign minister in an election run-off for the presidency of the impoverished, corruption-plagued country.


Score-settling after Libya's war casts shadow (AP)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:01 PM PDT

BEST QUALITY AVAILABLE - In this Friday, Oct. 28, 2011 photo, a road sign pointing to the town of Tawergha, a former bastion of support for Moammar Gadhafi, has been painted over with 'Misrata,' in Arabic, as part of score-settling following Libya's eight-month civil war. Tawergha's roughly 25,000 residents have fled, fearing retribution from the neighboring city of Misrata who suffered at the hands of Tawergha during the war and now vow not to let anyone return there. (AP Photo/Walid Mukhtar)AP - This town once loyal to Moammar Gadhafi is no more: its 25,000 residents have fled, fearing retribution from vengeful victors from the neighboring city of Misrata who have burned and ransacked homes, crossed out Tawergha's name on road signs and vowed not to let anyone return.

Bangkok's Pain: Floodwater Surges Into the Thai Capital (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 09:05 PM PDT

Time.com - The runoff from months of flooding in central Thailand, combined with this weekend's unusually high tides, has put parts of the city under stinking, chest-high water. And things may get worse.


VIDEO: Syrian head warns Western powers

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:47 PM PDT

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warns of an "earthquake" if the West intervenes in his country, where 3,000 people have died in the unrest since March.


VIDEO: New Swiss luxury complex hopes

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:48 PM PDT

A multi-million dollar scheme to build a luxury tourist complex in the Swiss Alps hopes to bring new prosperity to the tiny town of Andermatt.


VIDEO: Syrian head warns Western powers

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:47 PM PDT

Syrian President Bashar al-Assad warns of an "earthquake" if the West intervenes in his country, where 3,000 people have died in the unrest since March.


VIDEO: New Swiss luxury complex hopes

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:48 PM PDT

A multi-million dollar scheme to build a luxury tourist complex in the Swiss Alps hopes to bring new prosperity to the tiny town of Andermatt.


Germany Headed for Corporate Gender Quotas

Posted: 29 Oct 2011 08:43 PM PDT

Germany is seriously considering the imposition of gender quotas, with Labor Minister Ursula von der Leyen saying that she?s ?completely convinced? that German corporations will never reach gender parity unless legally forced to do so. According to the Atlantic, Social Democrat Andrea Nahles has also come out in favor of quota laws, while a ?working ...


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