Multiple bombings rock Baghdad

Multiple bombings rock Baghdad


Multiple bombings rock Baghdad

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:53 PM PDT

At least six people killed and many injured in attacks in the Iraqi capital.


Foxconn Increases Size of Raise in Chinese Factories

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:31 PM PDT

The salaries of workers could reach nearly $300 a month, about double what many were earning a few weeks ago.


Trove of Long-Lost Silent Films Returns to America

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:29 PM PDT

A John Ford film from 1927 is among the treasures found in a New Zealand archive that are being returned to the United States.


Foxconn Increases Size of Raise in Chinese Factories

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:31 PM PDT

The salaries of workers could reach nearly $300 a month, about double what many were earning a few weeks ago.


7 electrocuted in Pakistan as Cyclone Phet strikes Karachi

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:28 PM PDT

Heavy rains and strong winds continued to lash the southwestern coast of Pakistan early Sunday as Cyclone Phet approached landfall.


'Most beautiful tweet ever' winner announced at UK literary festival

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:43 AM PDT

The most beautiful tweet ever tweeted is announced by broadcaster Stephen Fry at the Hay Festival.


Colombian air force says kills six rebels in attack

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:27 PM PDT

BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombian military planes struck a leftist rebel camp on Sunday, killing six guerrillas in a raid in the south of the Andean nation, its air force said.


Babies injured during 'fox attack'

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 01:08 PM PDT

Nine-month-old twin girls are in hospital after reports they were attacked by a fox at their home in east London


Guetta and Johnson top UK charts

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT

French DJ David Guetta and Hawaiian singer-songwriter debut at the top of the UK's single and album charts.


Hungary, Despite Comparisons, Is No Greece

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:32 AM PDT

Hungary's budget deficit is about one-half that of Greece, and it is outside the euro zone. But its new leader is still finding it nearly impossible to satisfy both voters and international investors.


Afghan Leader Forces Out Top 2 Security Ministers

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT

President Hamid Karzai forced two of his three top security officials to resign over their failure to prevent attacks on a peace council, Afghan and American officials said.


The Freegan Establishment

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:33 AM PDT

How a group of Dumpster-diving, currency-scorning, society-rejecting outcasts came to embrace homeownership in Buffalo. Sort of.


Israel rejects international panel to study raid: envoy

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:35 AM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israel does not want an international panel to investigate its commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid ship but is talking with Washington about how an inquiry of the incident should proceed, Israel's U.S. ambassador said Sunday.


Afghan Leader Forces Out Top 2 Security Ministers

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 11:21 AM PDT

President Hamid Karzai forced two of his three top security officials to resign over their failure to prevent attacks on a peace council, Afghan and American officials said.


City Critic: Why Doesn’t New York City Have More Ferries?

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 08:30 PM PDT

Other cities have ferry lines sprouting from every pier like weeds from pavement. Why not New York?


Vatican Decries Plight of Mideast Christians

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 10:14 AM PDT

In a document presented by Pope Benedict XVI, bishops from Middle East decried the plight of Christians in the region.


DR Congo suspends police chief

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 10:05 AM PDT

Decision taken "to allow deeper investigation" into prominent rights activist's murder.


Yemen holds U.S., French students on security concerns

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 09:57 AM PDT

SANAA (Reuters) - Yemeni authorities have detained several U.S. and French students of Arabic on security grounds, a government official said on Sunday, shortly after an Australian woman was reported to be held for links to militancy.


Fans injured in SA stadium crush

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 08:51 AM PDT

Twelve people are injured and one policeman seriously hurt in a crush outside a South African ground hosting a World Cup warm-up game.


Israeli PM defends aid ship attack

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 01:15 PM PDT

Netanyahu blames "hostile group" in the face of international outcry over deadly Israeli raid.


Israel to deport Rachel Corrie activists

Israel to deport Rachel Corrie activists


Israel to deport Rachel Corrie activists

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 12:44 AM PDT

A group of activists detained for trying to sail an aid ship to Gaza in defiance of Israel's blockade will be deported soon, Israeli officials say.


Suicide bomber kills four police in Iraqi capital

Posted: 06 Jun 2010 01:08 AM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber drove a car packed with explosives into a crowd of police officers at shift change outside a police station in Baghdad on Sunday, killing four and wounding 12, a source in Iraq's Interior Ministry said.


DR Congo police chief suspended:minister

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 11:50 PM PDT

KINSHASA -The chief of police in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been suspended and several officers arrested in the probe into the death of leading human rights campaigner Floribert Chebeya, the interior minister said Sunday.

Read more...


Pope turns eyes to Mideast at end of Cyprus trip

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 11:39 PM PDT

NICOSIA -Pope Benedict XVI ends his visit to Cyprus on Sunday with his eyes to the Middle East, giving bishops from the troubled region the working paper for a synod to be held on the plight of Christians, ecumenism and inter-faith dialogue.

Read more...


Japan's new PM to curb power of kingmaker Ozawa

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 08:27 PM PDT

TOKYO -Japan's new premier Naoto Kan will likely take on his predecessor's cabinet with only minor changes but wants to curtail the influence of powerful backroom fixer Ichiro Ozawa, media reports said Sunday.

Read more...


Bangladesh lifts ban on Facebook

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 08:13 PM PDT

DHAKA -Bangladesh lifted a ban on Facebook on Sunday, a week after it blocked the popular social networking site over caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed and "obnoxious" images of its leaders.

Read more...


Porn actor jumps off cliff after samurai sword murder

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 04:59 PM PDT

LOS ANGELES, USA -A porn actor wanted for allegedly murdering a co-worker with a samurai-style sword died after jumping from a cliff edge following a standoff with Los Angeles police, police said.

Read more...


Flood situation critical in Hungary

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 08:13 AM PDT

BUDAPEST – Several thousands of people were still stranded Saturday in northern Hungary as the flooding situation remained critical after over a month of near-continuous rainfall, authorities said.

"Along the banks of the Hernad, Sajo and Boldva rivers some 2,300 people were evacuated due

Read more...


Obama names new spy chief

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 07:54 AM PDT

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Saturday named retired air force general and veteran intelligence expert James Clapper as his new spy chief in a drive to improve troubled US intelligence gathering.

Read more...


Cap device contains 6,000 barrels from Gulf oil spill

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 03:28 AM PDT

GRAND ISLE, Louisiana – BP's latest bid to contain the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill registered a first small success Saturday, capturing 6,000 barrels of oil in 24 hours, the US official overseeing the spill response said.

The figure is dwarfed by estimates

Read more...


Foreign troop death toll in Afghanistan hits 230

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 10:14 PM PDT

KABUL – A NATO soldier has been killed in southern Afghanistan, the alliance said Saturday, taking the number of foreign troops killed in the country this year to 230.

The soldier, a member of NATO's US-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), was killed by

Read more...


Japan's new PM scrambles to form cabinet

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 10:05 PM PDT

TOKYO – Japan's new leader Naoto Kan on Saturday huddled with aides to choose a cabinet lineup that will help him tackle pressing challenges, from reviving Asia's top economy to mending strained US ties.

Read more...


Bangladesh mourns after deadliest fire

Posted: 04 Jun 2010 09:58 PM PDT

DHAKA - The national flag flew at half-mast and people of all faiths joined in prayers Saturday as Bangladesh mourned the deaths of nearly 120 people in the country's deadliest blaze.

Read more...


Suicide bomber kills four Iraqi police officers

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 11:23 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb exploded in a crowd of police officers outside a police station in Baghdad on Sunday, killing four policemen and wounding 10 others, a source in Iraq's Interior Ministry said.


White hair a 'healing sign' with melanoma drugs

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 11:23 PM PDT

CHICAGO (Reuters) - When your hair turns white it is usually a sign of old age, but in advanced melanoma patients taking a new type of cancer treatment, it may be a very good sign, researchers said on Saturday.


Murdered Solidarity priest to be beatified

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 06:22 PM PDT

WARSAW – Up to 250,000 faithful are expected Sunday in Warsaw for the beatification of Jerzy Popieluszko, a Roman Catholic priest and opposition activist murdered 25 years ago by Poland's communist secret police.

Read more...


Defiant N. Korea poses 'dilemma' for US

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 04:16 PM PDT

SINGAPORE – The United States and its Asian allies demanded North Korea pay a price for the alleged sinking of a South Korean warship, even as Washington acknowledged diplomacy may have no effect on the reclusive regime.

Read more...


Peru promises a fair trial for Dutch murder suspect

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 12:32 PM PDT

LIMA – The Dutchman suspected in the murder of a Peruvian woman and the disappearance of a US teenager in Aruba five years ago is guaranteed a fair trial in Peru, the country's interior minister said Saturday.

The suspect, Joran Van Der Sloot, 22,

Read more...


BP chief vows to stay, progress seen in oil spill

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 10:53 PM PDT

VENICE, La./PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (Reuters) - BP Chief Executive Tony Hayward said he did not plan to quit over the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill, as the energy giant's bid to contain the crude appeared to reach a turning point.


BP will pay legitimate claims "as long as it takes"

Posted: 05 Jun 2010 10:53 PM PDT

MIAMI (Reuters) - BP has no specific pre-allocated budget amount to pay damage claims resulting from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, but will pay all those "hurt, harmed or damaged" until all legitimate claims are satisfied, a BP executive said on Saturday.