Too early to say if Taliban behind French attack: NATO (Reuters)

Too early to say if Taliban behind French attack: NATO (Reuters)


Too early to say if Taliban behind French attack: NATO (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:30 PM PST

Reuters - The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Tuesday it was too early to conclude whether the Afghan Taliban were behind last week's killing of four French troops by an Afghan soldier.


Tel Aviv emerges as top gay tourist destination (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:34 PM PST

AP - Tel Aviv has long been a gay paradise, one of the few places in the Middle East where gays feel free to walk hand-in-hand and kiss in public.


Pakistan police suspect aid worker kidnapped (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:29 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2011 file photo, Syed Munawar Hasan, head of the Pakistani religious party Jamaat-e-Islami, addresses people gathered for a rally in Peshawar, Pakistan, to protest the NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistan army soldiers. Pakistan's army on Monday formally rejected a U.S. claim that American airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani troops last year were justified as self-defense, a stance that could complicate efforts to repair the troubled but vital relationship between the two countries.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad, File)AP - Pakistani police say a Kenyan aid worker has disappeared and is suspected of having been kidnapped in the country's south.



Brazil favela evictions turn violent

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:34 PM PST

Man critically injured in clashes after police knock down makeshift houses in Sao José dos Campos shanty town.


Chinese forces break up Tibetan protest with tear (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:59 PM PST

Reuters - Chinese security forces fired tear gas to break up a protest by Tibetans in the southwest province of Sichuan, an advocacy group said, the latest sign of volatile ethnic unrest in the region.


Two car bombs kill 10 in Iraq capital: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:32 PM PST

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich (R) arrives for a pre-trial hearing with his lawyer Neal A. Puckett and girlfriend Melissa Balcombe at Camp Pendleton, California in this file photo taken March 22, 2010. Wuterich, accused of leading a 2005 massacre of civilians in Haditha, Iraq, pleaded guilty on January 23, 2012 to one count of dereliction of duty, halting court-martial proceedings on manslaughter and other charges. REUTERS/Mike Blake/FilesReuters - Bombs in two parked cars exploded in a mainly Shi'ite area of Iraq's capital on Tuesday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 31, police and hospital sources said.



Japan task force kept no records of nuclear crisis response (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:24 PM PST

Reuters - Japan's energy minister admitted on Tuesday that no records were kept of top level discussions in the critical early days on how to respond to the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years.


Officials: Twin car bombs kill 8 in Baghdad (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:56 PM PST

Marine Corps Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich (R) arrives for a pre-trial hearing with his lawyer Neal A. Puckett and girlfriend Melissa Balcombe at Camp Pendleton, California in this file photo taken March 22, 2010. Wuterich, accused of leading a 2005 massacre of civilians in Haditha, Iraq, pleaded guilty on January 23, 2012 to one count of dereliction of duty, halting court-martial proceedings on manslaughter and other charges. REUTERS/Mike Blake/FilesAP - Iraqi officials say two separate car bombs have exploded in a Shiite district in eastern Baghdad, killing eight people and wounding 32 others.



7 Indian soldiers missing in Kashmir avalanche (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:24 PM PST

AP - The Indian army says seven soldiers are missing after being hit by an avalanche in the Himalayan heights of disputed territory of Kashmir.


Too early to say if Taliban behind French attack: NATO

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:30 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said on Tuesday it was too early to conclude whether the Afghan Taliban were behind last week's killing of four French troops by an Afghan soldier.


Deadly blasts in Baghdad's Sadr City

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:41 PM PST

At least six killed and 23 others wounded, officials say, as two car bombs explode in Iraqi capital.


Japan task force kept no records of nuclear crisis response

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 10:24 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's energy minister admitted on Tuesday that no records were kept of top level discussions in the critical early days on how to respond to the world's worst nuclear disaster in 25 years.


VIDEO: Spanish judge Baltasar Garzon on trial

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:35 PM PST

The Spanish Judge who indicted the former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet is himself going on trial.


VIDEO: Food shortage risk for West Africa

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:43 PM PST

International efforts are being stepped up to tackle the threat of a new food crisis in the Sahel region of West Africa.


US shifts embassy staff amid Bahrain unrest (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:32 PM PST

AP - The U.S. State Department says it is moving American Embassy employees to safer locations in Bahrain after ongoing political unrest elevated security worries in the strategic Gulf kingdom.


Sumatran elephants could be extinct in 30 years (AP)

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:22 PM PST

AP - Environmentalists say the Sumatran elephant could be extinct in the wild within the next three decades unless steps are taken to slow the breakneck pace of deforestation.


Chinese forces break up Tibetan protest with tear

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:59 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese security forces fired tear gas to break up a protest by Tibetans in the southwest province of Sichuan, an advocacy group said, the latest sign of volatile ethnic unrest in the region.


Who Won The NBC News Florida Republican Debate? -Media Training

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:37 PM PST

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Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:29 PM PST

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Law of Career Attraction: Get Seduced, Says Shelly Lazarus

Posted: 23 Jan 2012 09:17 PM PST

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