2.6 million Afghans at risk of hunger from drought (AP)

2.6 million Afghans at risk of hunger from drought (AP)

2.6 million Afghans at risk of hunger from drought (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:49 PM PST

In this Thursday, Nov. 24, 2011, Afghan women clad in burqas sit near their packed bags of humanitarian aid donated by International Organization for Migration (IOM) for drought-hit families in Mazar-e-Sharif, Balkh province, north of Kabul, Afghanistan. The United Nations appealed for $142 million on Oct. 1 to help those hit by the drought in 14 northern provinces where up to 80 percent of non-irrigated fields yielded little to no crops. So far, about $49 million has been pledged by aid groups, the U.S. and European nations. (AP Photo/Mustafa Najafizada)AP - Zara, an Afghan mother of seven, doesn't know what to tell her children when they ask about dinner.

Dear Santa - 3 Stock Wishes for Christmas

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:02 PM PST

Dear Santa, I know it is one month away from the holidays, but since others are capitalizing on holiday sales, I thought it wouldn't be too early to ask for a few 'STOCK'ing stuffers.?? Here are my requests: Please stop insider selling.?? I watch stocks with insider selling and it bothers me.?? I understand most ...


Afghan woman, jailed for being raped, wins pardon

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:20 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan has pardoned a woman who was raped by a family member but then jailed for adultery, a statement from the presidential palace has said, in a case that highlights deep concerns about women's rights in the country.

Kabul's poor demand attention of Bonn delegates (Reuters)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:20 PM PST

Reuters - Kabul's residents have called on delegates at next week's international talks on Afghanistan in Bonn to put their needs on the agenda, saying the government is not doing enough to alleviate poverty and hunger in the Afghan capital.


Bhopal outrage at Dow Chemical Olympics' deal

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:49 PM PST

Nearly three decades after disaster, Union Carbide still haunts victims as parent company becomes sponsor of 2012 games.


VIDEO: Anger over Peru jail expansion

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:04 PM PST

At least one person has been killed and 20 others injured during clashes between protesters and police in Peru.


Kabul's poor demand attention of Bonn delegates

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:20 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Kabul's residents have called on delegates at next week's international talks on Afghanistan in Bonn to put their needs on the agenda, saying the government is not doing enough to alleviate poverty and hunger in the Afghan capital.

Official: Green Zone bombing was targeting Iraq PM (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:13 PM PST

FILE - In this April 2, 2011 file photo, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki speaks during an interview with the Associated Press at his office in the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad, Iraq. An explosion earlier this week in the Green Zone, a protected area in the center of the Iraqi capital, was an assassination attempt against the Iraqi prime minister, an Iraqi spokesman said. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)AP - An explosion earlier this week in the Green Zone, a protected area in the center of the Iraqi capital, was an assassination attempt against the Iraqi prime minister, an Iraqi spokesman said.

VIDEO: Anger over Peru jail expansion

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:04 PM PST

At least one person has been killed and 20 others injured during clashes between protesters and police in Peru.


VIDEO: X-rays reveal Rembrandt painting

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:30 PM PST

A new Rembrandt painting has been discovered after scientists used X-rays to confirm the identity of the artist as being that of the Dutch master.


VIDEO: Egypt 'has 62% poll turnout'

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:29 PM PST

Election officials in Egypt say 62% of eligible voters turned out to vote in the initial stage of the country's elections earlier this week.


The Elder Scrolls Skyrim with the Dovahkids

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:26 PM PST

This is what Skyrim would be if it were made into an 80?s cartoon. (via The Mary Sue) I so badly want this to be a real show: But wait, there?s more? This is what Skyrim would be if it was put into the time-slot between Family Guy and American Dad. You can follow me ...


South Sudan's Returning Exiles: Can the Young Country Accommodate them? (Time.com)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 01:05 PM PST

Time.com - As soon as it was clear Juba would be independent of Khartoum, the exiles began to return. But is there room for them as the country figures out its future?


Mexico activist in Juarez women killings wounded (AP)

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:38 PM PST

FILE - In this photo taken Oct. 25, 2004, Norma Andrade, right, mother of Lilia Alejandra Garcia Andrade, a 17-year-old girl whose body was found murdered in Juarez in 2001, shows reporters a report presented by Maria Lopez Urbina, the top federal investigator in the case, during a news conference in Mexico City. According to Chihuahua state prosecutors, Norma Andrade was shot twice Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 outside. Andrade survived the attack and is in stable condition. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)AP - An activist representing relatives of women slain or missing in the border city of Ciudad Juarez was shot Friday in what authorities called an apparent robbery attempt.

VIDEO: X-rays reveal Rembrandt painting

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:30 PM PST

A new Rembrandt painting has been discovered after scientists used X-rays to confirm the identity of the artist as being that of the Dutch master.


VIDEO: Egypt 'has 62% poll turnout'

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:29 PM PST

Election officials in Egypt say 62% of eligible voters turned out to vote in the initial stage of the country's elections earlier this week.


'Counter-Strike: Global Offensive' Heading to Consoles in 2012

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 08:07 PM PST

The popular first person shooter is headed to consoles in new-and-improved form in 2012. I?ve played a ton of video games, but if I had to choose I?d have to say that no other first-person-shooter even comes close to Counter-Strike: Source. It?s the perfect game. Indeed, it?s hard to imagine how Valve could improve upon ...


Should Jon Huntsman Join the Donald Trump Debate?

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:18 PM PST

We live in bewildering times. It wasn?t so long ago that the Donald was himself running in the Republican primary. Now he?s hosting a GOP primary debate for conservative publisher Newsmax in Iowa. Not all the candidates are showing up, however. is sitting the debate out. His campaign told Insider,???Lol. We look forward to watching ...


Regional Group Launches, but U.S. Isn't Invited

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 06:27 PM PST

In launching the inaugural Community of Latin American and Caribbean States assembly, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez referred to regional leaders by their first names like old friends during an opening address.


Banks Ponder Scenarios if Countries Drop Euro

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 06:31 PM PST

Wall Street banks are predicting severe pain for the euro if Europe's 12-year-old currency union breaks apart.


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German City to Evacuate

German City to Evacuate

German City to Evacuate

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 01:19 PM PST

Nearly half the residents of the German city of Koblenz are being forced to leave their homes this weekend after the discovery of a 2-ton, unexploded World War II bomb, marking the biggest bomb-related evacuation in Germany's post-war history.


Italy plans 20-25 billion euro austerity measures: sources

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:39 PM PST

ROME (Reuters) - Mario Monti's government will unveil austerity measures totaling 20-25 billion euros over the next two years on Monday, government sources said, as Italy seeks to shore up public finances but also help growth to head off an acute debt crisis.

DealBook: A Top Goldman Sachs Executive Departs

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:15 AM PST

Edward C. Forst, co-head of asset management, is retiring — the highest-ranking executive to leave the firm in recent months.

Names proposed for new elements

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 05:47 AM PST

Scientists suggest Flerovium and Livermorium as names for the newest additions to the periodic table.


Platini supports winter World Cup

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 07:05 AM PST

Uefa president Michel Platini is happy to move European competitions to allow 2022 Qatar World Cup to be played during winter.


Winds disrupt power in western US

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:33 AM PST

Fierce winds leave hundreds of thousands without power, close schools and down trees in a once-in-a-decade weather event in western US states.


Mitt Romney attacks Newt Gingrich

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:55 PM PST

Republican front-runner Mitt Romney turns his fire on surging rival New Gingrich, as Herman Cain faces crucial talks over his campaign's future.


ICC prosecutor seeks Sudan defense minister's arrest

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:54 AM PST

AMSTERDAM/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor requested an arrest warrant for Sudan's defense minister on Friday as part of the court's investigation into atrocities in the Darfur conflict, a move that Khartoum dismissed as "political."

Kabila leads Congo poll: partial vote tally

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:43 AM PST

KINSHASA (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila had an early lead in partial election results released on Friday, after a poll marred by confusion, violence and fraud allegations.

UN rights body condemns Syria violations

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:25 PM PST

Council urges tougher international action and establishes new post of a special human rights investigator on Syria.


U.N. Rights Body Says Syria Nears Civil War

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:36 AM PST

The United Nations top human rights body criticized Syria's crackdown on opposition protesters and appointed a special investigator to probe abuses in the country that it considers to be on the verge of a civil war.


Belgium Government May Finally Be Formed

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:34 AM PST

Belgian parties prepared for the final stretch of approving the coalition text and allocating cabinet positions as they drew closer to having a federal government nearly 18 months after elections.


Minister: China Can't Rescue Europe With Reserves

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:48 AM PST

China can't use its $3.2 trillion of foreign reserves to rescue other countries including Europe, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported Vice Foreign Minister Fu Ying as saying.


Yemen PM warns transition at risk, eight dead in Taiz

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 11:04 AM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - At least five civilians and three soldiers were killed in the protest hotbed city of Taiz on Friday, and the head of a new government meant to prevent civil war in Yemen said a week-old political pact might unravel if the bloodshed went on.

Turnout reaches 62 per cent in Egypt poll

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:17 PM PST

Highest turnout in country's history since pharaonic times, says Abdel Moez Ibrahim, the head of the election body.


Payroll Tax Exposes Rift in House Republican Caucus

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 01:21 PM PST

Rank-and-file members and their caucus leaders are split over whether to extend the cut in Social Security taxes for another year, as President Obama has asked.

The Lede Blog: A Glimpse of Death Row in China

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 12:12 PM PST

Pictures of women on death row in China, republished online this week, provide a rare but officially approved glimpse of capital punishment in a country that executes more people each year than the rest of the world combined.

T Magazine: Viggo Talks and Talks

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:39 AM PST

The actor Viggo Mortensen is not the strong, silent type he always seems to play. In his new role, as Sigmund Freud, he finally gets to speak his mind.

Saline case nurse sacked from job

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 09:07 AM PST

A nurse investigated over the contamination of saline solution at Stepping Hill Hospital in Greater Manchester has been dismissed, the BBC understands.


Watchdog to review Lynette trial

Posted: 02 Dec 2011 10:30 AM PST

The Independent Police Complaints Commission launches an investigation into the collapse of a police corruption trial in south Wales.


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