Israel's Netanyahu proposes Egypt peace summit

Israel's Netanyahu proposes Egypt peace summit

Israel's Netanyahu proposes Egypt peace summit

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:35 PM PST

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has proposed an Egyptian-hosted summit with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas as a possible way to resume stalled peace talks, Israeli officials said on Thursday.

Yemen Shi'ite rebels ready for talks with Saudi

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:54 PM PST

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemen's Shi'ite rebels said on Thursday they were ready for talks to end fighting with neighboring Saudi Arabia, and issued a taped message from their leader to disprove reports he had been killed.

Federal Court Limits the Use of Tasers

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:15 PM PST

A court in California ruled that a police officer could be held liable for using the device against an unarmed man during a traffic stop.

Choice Tables: In Miami, Chefs Are the New Stars

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:01 AM PST

Food lovers no longer have to trade great meals for good weather in this sun-kissed American playground.

Advice Taken, and How It Turned Out

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:32 AM PST

A few end-of-year updates from readers who asked nuts and bolts questions and got very specific answers.

Leading dissident, 82, detained at Moscow rally

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:17 PM PST

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Police detained dozens of anti-Kremlin protesters, including an 82-year-old Soviet-era dissident dressed as Santa Claus' female helper, at a New Year's Eve rally on Moscow's main shopping street on Thursday.

Steelmakers, Union File Petition

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 11:08 AM PST

The United Steelworkers and four U.S. steel manufacturers filed a case seeking duties on drill pipe imported from China.

What You Need to Know for New Year's Eve in Times Square

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:26 PM PST

Even if you're not planning to be in Times Square, what you need to know about this year's celebration.

Major rescue after trawler fire

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 11:59 AM PST

Four crewmen from a Cornish trawler are airlifted to hospital after their fishing boat caught fire off the Isles of Scilly.

CIA confirms deaths in Afghanistan

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 01:01 PM PST

Taliban claims responsibility for attack while five Canadians die in separate incident.

'No evidence' hostage held in Iran

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:15 AM PST

London and Tehran repudiate claim that UK hostage released in Iraq was held in Iran.

Yemeni officials eye Abdulmutallab link to radical cleric

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 11:35 AM PST

SANAA, Yemen -- Yemeni investigators believe the Nigerian man who allegedly attempted to bomb a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day might have met with suspected al-Qaeda operatives in a house used by a radical Yemeni American cleric, a senior Yemeni official said Thursday.


Starting the New Year with a Classic

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 11:54 AM PST

Seems appropriate, on New Year's Eve, to consider for a moment how what's old can become new again. I'm thinking specifically of brown butter sauce, of my pal Sam Sifton's review of La Grenouille, of optimism.

Polar Pressure, Snowstorms and Sea Ice

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 08:50 AM PST

Unusual pressure patterns around the North Pole are shaping wintry weather and possibly summer sea ice.

Cue the Chorus: The Musical Endures

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:51 AM PST

The first decade of the new century marked no great epoch of the Broadway musical, but there have been occasional, heartening sparks of aesthetic regeneration.

Questions Emerge on Kidnapping of Briton in Iraq

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 09:55 AM PST

Peter Moore was preparing to return home Thursday as the British government denied reports that Iran was involved in his 2007 kidnapping.

Iranian authorities vow "no mercy" to opponents

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:27 AM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian hardline authorities accused opposition leaders on Thursday of links to "foreign enemies" and warned they would be shown no mercy unless they changed course.

Preservation Groups Find Bargains in Housing Bust

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 11:15 AM PST

Conservation organizations have taken advantage of depressed property prices, foreclosures and derailed development projects to protect open space.

Bloomberg Plans a Muted Inauguration

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 10:24 AM PST

With many New Yorkers struggling, officials have planned less pomp around the mayor's third inauguration party.

Book reviews of 'Worse Than War' by Daniel Goldhagen and 'Stripping Bare the Body' by Mark Danner

Posted: 02 Jan 2010 09:00 PM PST

Two new releases deconstruct the decisions and convoluted logic behind the large-scale destruction of human beings.

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Air strike kills Afghan civilians - provincial official

Air strike kills Afghan civilians - provincial official

Air strike kills Afghan civilians - provincial official

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:50 AM PST

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - An air strike by foreign forces in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province on Wednesday killed civilians, although the number of victims is unknown, a spokesman for the provincial governor said. "A patrol of foreign troops came under Taliban ambush at 3 pm. After the ambush, planes came and bombed the area, which caused civilian casualties," said Dawud Ahmadi, spokesman for the Helmand governor. He could not yet give further details.


Afghan attacks kill 8 CIA employees, 5 Canadians

Posted: 31 Dec 2009 12:18 AM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide bomber penetrated a foreign army base in Afghanistan to kill eight U.S. CIA employees on Wednesday, one of the spy agency's largest death tolls, and a separate attack killed four Canadian troops and a journalist.


Plot exposes fissure in U.S. intelligence community

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 11:49 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last week's failed plot to bomb a U.S. passenger jet has exposed lingering fissures within the U.S. intelligence community, which had information from interviews and clandestine intercepts but did not put the pieces together, officials said.


New book explores Clinton, Palin candidacies

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - When Hillary Clinton made a strong showing and Sarah Palin was named to the Republican ticket in the 2008 U.S. presidential race, the election of the first female president seemed not so far off.


Plot exposes fissure in US intelligence community

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Last week's failed plot to bomb a U.S. passenger jet has exposed lingering fissures within the U.S. intelligence community, which had information from interviews and clandestine intercepts but did not put the pieces together, officials said.


Suicide attacker was Afghan army officer - Taliban

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 10:48 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban on Thursday claimed responsibility for a suicide attack inside a U.S. army base that killed eight CIA agents, saying that the attacker was a "well-dressed" officer in the Afghan army.


Times Square, Nasdaq reopened after scare

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 07:52 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's Times Square was closed briefly and three buildings including a Nasdaq building were evacuated in a security scare on Wednesday, a day before the traditional New Year's Eve festivities in the famed intersection.


China arrests 4 foreigners over heroin haul - report

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 07:52 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Four foreigners may face execution in China over a big seizure of heroin, a Hong Kong newspaper reported on Thursday, after China and Britain clashed over the execution of a Briton found guilty of drug smuggling.


Afghan insurgents kill CIA agents, Canadians

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 07:17 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Insurgents intensified their campaign against military targets and U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, killing eight U.S. CIA agents at a base and four Canadian servicemen on patrol and a journalist accompanying them.


Eight killed in Afghan suicide blast were CIA agents

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:55 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The eight American civilians killed in a suicide bombing at a military base in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday were all CIA agents, U.S. officials said.


Eight killed in Afghan suicide blast were CIA - CNN

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:17 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The eight American civilians killed in a suicide bombing at a military base in southeastern Afghanistan on Wednesday were all CIA agents, CNN reported, citing an unnamed senior U.S. official.


Slumdog star's home demolished

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:36 PM PST

For the third time in months Indian authorities have demolished the home of one of the stars of Slumdog Millionaire.


Iran government supporters rally

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 06:00 PM PST

Tens of thousands of Iranians have protested in favour of their government in major cities.


Times Square security a preview of Sept. 11 trials

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:47 PM PST

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A plan to protect New Year's Eve revelers in Times Square is a template for how New York City will secure Manhattan during the trials of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and other suspected Sept. 11 plotters, police say.


Dutch, Nigerians to use full-body scans for flights

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:47 PM PST

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands and Nigeria said on Wednesday they would use full-body scanners at airports after a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound plane by a 23-year-old Nigerian suspect who passed through both countries.


Blast kills 5 Canadians in southern Afghanistan

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:47 PM PST

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Four Canadian soldiers and a Canadian journalist were killed when their armored vehicle was hit by a bomb in southern Kandahar province on Wednesday, the Canadian Defense Ministry said.


U.S. spy chief in spotlight after botched plane attack

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 05:17 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. intelligence chief Admiral Dennis Blair faced tough questions about his future on Wednesday as the Obama administration fended off criticism over the attempted bombing of a Detroit-bound airliner on Dec. 25.


Mother Teresa, Katharine Hepburn to get U.S. stamps

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 04:16 PM PST

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. Postal Service on Wednesday said Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa and Hollywood actress Katharine Hepburn will be honored in 2010 with their own mail stamps.


Chavez mocks Venezuela coup, Castro death forecast

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 03:16 PM PST

CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez scoffed on Wednesday at U.S. magazine Newsweek's predictions that he would be toppled by a military coup and his Cuban mentor Fidel Castro would die in 2010.


Dutch, Nigerians to use full-body scans for flights

Posted: 30 Dec 2009 03:05 PM PST

THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The Netherlands and Nigeria said on Wednesday they would use full-body scanners at airports after a failed Christmas Day attack on a U.S.-bound plane by a 23-year-old Nigerian suspect who passed through both countries.


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