Israel sees U.N. majority for Palestine status upgrade

Israel sees U.N. majority for Palestine status upgrade


Israel sees U.N. majority for Palestine status upgrade

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 11:17 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Palestinians' bid to upgrade their status at the United Nations would find majority support there but would not bring them closer to statehood and peace with Israel, Israel's U.N. envoy said on Sunday.


What Happens To Knight Capital Tomorrow?

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 07:09 PM PDT

Knight Capital survived the weekend thanks to a short-term financing deal but what happens to the firm on Monday is still unclear.


NZ soldiers among dead in Afghan firefight

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 10:59 PM PDT

Prime minister says deaths in central Bamiyan provine will not accelerate Auckland's plan to withdraw troops by 2013.


THE CROWD LIFTS

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 04:03 PM PDT

Britain's Mo Farah reacts as he wins gold in the men's 10,000-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)Britain's Mo Farah, gold medal winner in the 10,000 meter race.



Fitting finale: Phelps retires with one last gold

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 09:33 PM PDT

Michael Phelps, second from right, celebrates with members of the gold medal men's 4 X 100-meter medley relay team at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)Michael Phelps got up to leave his last news conference at the Olympic pool when his relay mates were asked if they thought he would really stay retired.



Bolt, Blake try to add to Jamaica's gold tally

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 09:34 PM PDT

Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce celebrates winning gold in the women's 100-meter final during the athletics competition in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012, in London.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)There's been a whole lot of hype at the 2012 Summer Games about Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake and the men's 100-meter final Sunday night. Yet Jamaica didn't need to wait for those two guys to resume the island nation's Olympic supremacy in sprint events.



Syrian leader Assad's planes pound vital prize of Aleppo

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

A Free Syrian Army fighter holds his rifle during clashes with Syrian Army soldiers in Salah al- Din neighbourhood in central AleppoALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad's forces used artillery, planes and a helicopter gunship to pound rebel positions in Syria's biggest city, witnesses said, in a battle that could determine the outcome of the 17-month uprising. After U.N. Security Council paralysis on Syria forced peace envoy Kofi Annan to resign last week, and with his ceasefire plan a distant memory, rebels were battered on Saturday by the onslaught they had expected in Aleppo and the capital Damascus. ...



EYES ON LONDON: Coronation for Britain's Ennis

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 05:03 PM PDT

Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:


Syrian leader Assad's planes pound vital prize of Aleppo

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 10:02 PM PDT

ALEPPO, Syria (Reuters) - President Bashar al-Assad's forces used artillery, planes and a helicopter gunship to pound rebel positions in Syria's biggest city, witnesses said, in a battle that could determine the outcome of the 17-month uprising.


Eye on Iran and Syria, Israel hardens missile shield

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 10:31 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is upgrading its Arrow II ballistic missile shield in a U.S.-backed "race" against Iran, Syria and other regional enemies, a senior Israeli defense official said on Sunday. The new "Block 4" generation of guided interceptor rockets, radars and technologies for synchronizing Arrow with U.S. systems was being installed in deployed Israeli batteries, a process that would take several weeks, the official said. ...


WEIGHING IN

Posted: 03 Aug 2012 05:30 AM PDT

Guam's Ricardo Blas Jr. and Guinea's Facinet Keita compete during the men's 100-kg judo competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)There are heavyweights and then there are heavyweights.



Eye on Iran and Syria, Israel hardens missile shield

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 10:31 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel is upgrading its Arrow II ballistic missile shield in a U.S.-backed "race" against Iran, Syria and other regional enemies, a senior Israeli defense official said on Sunday.


2D Stealth Returns In 'Mark Of The Ninja'

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 05:21 PM PDT

VideoUpcoming ninja stealth game 'Mark of the Ninja' sneaks its way toward Xbox Live Arcade. 2D side-scrollers aren't particularly common these days. 2D stealth games are especially rare. That's where Klei Entertainment's upcoming Mark of the Ninja comes into play. The game is all about stealth, and achieves this through lovely, stylized 2D sidescrolling (watch [...]


EYES ON LONDON: Bolt, Blake get in the mood

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 05:34 AM PDT

Jamaica's Usain Bolt, left, leads in a men's 100-meter heat during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavor and details of the games to you:



China Summons U.S. Diplomat

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 09:05 PM PDT

Beijing has summoned an American diplomat to express its dissatisfaction over U.S. criticism of China's new military garrison in the South China Sea.


Michael Phelps Has Left the Pool

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 08:31 PM PDT

In his final Olympic race, Michael Phelps added one more gold medal to his record-setting haul, as the U.S. men's and women's medley relay teams won the last swimming events of the London Games.


Surging British Team Wins Six Gold Medals

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 06:45 PM PDT

The British staged an exuberant triple-header in Olympic Stadium on Saturday night -- harvesting a motherlode of gold medals from distance runner Mo Farah, long jumper Greg Rutherford and heptathlete/golden girl Jessica Ennis.


Serena Williams: Golden and Unstoppable

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 05:15 PM PDT

It's both beautiful and strange to witness a sport in which the best athlete is twice as good as the next best. But this is where the Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams lives once more.


Ennis Headlines Night of British Track Triumph

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 04:59 PM PDT

Overcoming intense local scrutiny, Jessica Ennis won the women's heptathlon to spark an unexpected gold rush for Great Britain on the track.


China detains almost 2,000 in fake drug sweep

Posted: 04 Aug 2012 08:31 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained almost 2,000 people in a nationwide sweep on fake drugs, seizing more than $180 million worth of counterfeit products and destroying some 1,100 production facilities, the public security ministry said on Sunday. The operation, involving around 18,000 police officers, discovered fake or adulterated drugs purporting to deal with illnesses ranging from diabetes to high blood pressure and rabies, the ministry said in a statement on its website (www.mps.gov.cn). ...