European court turns down Abu Qatada request

European court turns down Abu Qatada request


European court turns down Abu Qatada request

Posted: 09 May 2012 12:55 PM PDT

UK-based Muslim preacher could be extradited to Jordan after he loses legal bid in the European Court of Human Rights.


Hairstylist Vidal Sassoon dies

Posted: 09 May 2012 01:37 PM PDT

British-born celebrity hair stylist Vidal Sassoon - who revolutionised haircuts in the 1960s - has died at his home in Los Angeles, aged 84, police say.


'Terminator' arms cache found

Posted: 09 May 2012 12:07 PM PDT

A massive arms cache is uncovered in DR Congo on the farm of renegade soldier Bosco Ntaganda, known as "The Terminator", the army tells the BBC.


Family lobbies for soldier to be included in Taliban prisoner swap

Posted: 09 May 2012 12:39 PM PDT

The parents of Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, captured by the Taliban nearly three years ago, have appealed to the Obama administration to swap Taliban prisoners detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in exchange for his freedom.

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Posted: 09 May 2012 12:39 PM PDT


Tortured Afghan girl: 'They will find me'

Posted: 09 May 2012 12:52 PM PDT

Sahar Gul was 13 when she was married off to a man who she says raped her. His parents were mad she didn't get pregnant so they tortured her for months. They were sentenced to 10 years. He remains free. What does her case reveal about the plight of women in Afghanistan more than a decade after the U.S. invasion?


Bomb explodes near Syria observers

Posted: 09 May 2012 01:02 PM PDT

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned a bomb blast Wednesday near a convoy of U.N. observers that was entering the southern Syrian city of Daraa.


Homs: A scarred and divided city

Posted: 09 May 2012 08:10 AM PDT

BBC reporter ventures inside Syria's protest city, Homs


Obama Says Same-Sex Marriage Should Be Legal

Posted: 09 May 2012 01:26 PM PDT

By publicly endorsing same-sex marriage in a television interview, the president took a definitive stand on one of the most contentious and politically charged social issues of the day.


The Caucus: Obama Expected to Address Gay Marriage

Posted: 09 May 2012 01:28 PM PDT

The Times is providing live coverage as supporters and opponents of same-sex marriage react to President Obama's interview with ABC News.


P.O.W. Is Focus of Talks on Taliban Prisoner Swap

Posted: 09 May 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Frustrated by stalled negotiations, the parents of an Army sergeant abruptly disclosed that he was the subject of secret negotiations.


Hairstyling Pioneer Vidal Sassoon Dies at 84 in LA

Posted: 09 May 2012 01:18 PM PDT

Vidal Sassoon used his hairstyling shears to free women from beehives and hot rollers and give them wash-and-wear cuts that made him an international name in hair care.


P.O.W. Is Focus of Talks on Taliban Prisoner Swap

Posted: 09 May 2012 12:57 PM PDT

Frustrated by stalled negotiations, the parents of an Army sergeant abruptly disclosed that he was the subject of secret negotiations.


Obama backs marriage for same-sex couples

Posted: 09 May 2012 01:45 PM PDT

Comments to ABC News signal shift from previous position that his personal views on the issue "were evolving".


Men jailed over UK underage sex ring

Posted: 09 May 2012 12:42 PM PDT

Nine men of Pakistani or Afghan origin sentenced for grooming UK girls as young as 13 for sex using alcohol and drugs.


Michele Bachmann becomes Swiss

Posted: 09 May 2012 10:09 AM PDT

Minnesota congresswoman and former US presidential candidate Michele Bachmann is now a dual citizen of Switzerland and the US.


Bomb strikes U.N. convoy escort in Syria

Posted: 09 May 2012 11:57 AM PDT

BEIRUT — A bomb struck a Syrian military convoy escorting the head of a U.N. observer mission on Wednesday, injuring several Syrian soldiers and illustrating the vulnerability of the unarmed and unprotected mission as it struggles to monitor a badly fraying cease-fire.

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Twelve decapitated near Guadalajara, drug gang suspected

Posted: 09 May 2012 12:03 PM PDT

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Police found the decapitated and dismembered bodies of at least 12 people dumped near Mexico's second largest city, Guadalajara, in what appeared to be the latest atrocity by the country's most brutal drug cartel, a local officer said Wednesday.


Bank of America Shareholders Protest, but Approve Pay

Posted: 09 May 2012 12:02 PM PDT

Despite protests inside and outside Bank of America's annual meeting, shareholders signed off on the $7 million 2011 pay package for the chief executive, Brian T. Moynihan.


Greek far-left ends coalition bid

Posted: 09 May 2012 01:29 PM PDT

Greece's far-left leader abandons efforts to form a government based on rejecting the EU bailout deal, after talks with mainstream parties fail.


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