Munich Olympics massacre man dies

Munich Olympics massacre man dies


Munich Olympics massacre man dies

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 07:58 AM PDT

The Palestinian mastermind of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre that killed 11 Israeli athletes dies.


Clinton warns about restricting civil-society groups

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 07:50 AM PDT

KRAKOW, Poland -- Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday warned that governments around the world are increasingly restricting civil-society groups, and pledged $2 million for a new fund to help the organizations.


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Biden makes surprise visit to Baghdad as Iraq leaders worry U.S. is shifting focus

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 07:50 AM PDT

BAGHDAD -- Vice President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to Baghdad on Saturday in the midst of a political deadlock nearly four months after Iraq's national election.



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Mexicans prepare to vote amid fear of violence

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 04:37 AM PDT

Mexicans in 15 states will head to the polls Sunday in elections that are widely considered to be a referendum on Mexican President Felipe Calderon's strategy of fighting drug cartels and organized crime.


Poland set to elect new president

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 07:31 AM PDT

Poland goes to the polls again on Sunday in a second round of voting that will determine the country's next president.


Obama Gives $2 Billion to Solar Plants

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 06:57 AM PDT

The government is handing out nearly $2 billion for new solar plants that President Obama says will create jobs and increase the use of renewable energy sources.


World Cup Live: Germany vs. Argentina

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 06:57 AM PDT

Will Diego Maradona's Argentina avenge its 2006 quarterfinal loss to Germany by booting Joachim Low's young tyros out of South Africa 2010?


Man shot at officers with airgun

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 02:40 AM PDT

A 19-year-old man escapes unscathed after shooting at armed police officers with an airgun.


Paris Hilton detained in S. Africa; drug charge dropped

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:44 PM PDT

A drug charge against Paris Hilton -- who was detained Friday in South Africa on suspicion of marijuana possession -- has been dropped, police said.


U.S. pledges $15 million to preserve remains of concentration camp

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:20 AM PDT

The United States will donate $15 million to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Foundation, pending Congressional authorization and appropriations, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Saturday.


Iraq rejects Turkish plea for intervention against rebels

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 06:56 AM PDT

The Iraqi government on Friday said it rejected Turkey's calls for intervention in its conflict with the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK.


Uneasy Kyrgyzstan installs new president

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 04:30 AM PDT

Roza Otunbayeva was inaugurated as president of Kyrgyzstan on Saturday, state media reported.


Two Admit Russian Identities

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 08:14 PM PDT

U.S. prosecutors said two alleged Russian secret agents have confessed their true Russian identities after they were arrested on charges of being part of an elaborate intelligence operation.


U.S., Poland Amend Missile Pact

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:30 AM PDT

The U.S. and Poland amended their missile-defense agreement to protect the U.S. and it allies from missile attacks -- especially from Iran.


Congo Explosion Kills at Least 220

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 06:35 AM PDT

A fuel tanker flipped over and exploded into flames in eastern Congo overnight, killing at least 220 villagers and wounding more than 100, many of whom had rushed to siphon leaking liquid from the vehicle illegally.


Helicopter Crashes In Hong Kong

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 05:29 AM PDT

Two pilots and 11 passengers on a helicopter to Macau survived an emergency landing into Hong Kong's Victoria Harbor.


Petraeus Calls for Afghan Unity

Posted: 03 Jul 2010 03:39 AM PDT

Gen. David Petraeus, the new commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, called for unity in the civilian and military effort to turn back the Taliban and stabilize the country.


Taliban Attack on U.S. Aid Group Kills 5

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:25 PM PDT

Suicide bombers attacked the offices of a contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development in Afghanistan, killing five people.


Kuwaiti Claim Thwarts Iraqi Airline's Revival

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 11:38 PM PDT

Iraq's national airline is still grappling with battles from the first Gulf War in 1990, when Saddam Hussein's forces invaded Kuwait and Iraqi Airways took 10 Kuwait Airways jetliners.


Violence Tests Mexico Voters

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 08:44 PM PDT

Voters in 14 Mexican states are scheduled to go to the polls Sunday, elections in which the country's longtime authoritarian ruling party, the PRI, is heavily favored.


Guinea's ex-PM Diallo and rival Conde in race for president

Guinea's ex-PM Diallo and rival Conde in race for president


Guinea's ex-PM Diallo and rival Conde in race for president

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:28 PM PDT

CONAKRY -Ex-prime minister Cellou Dalein Diallo and veteran opponent Alpha Conde will face up in a second round of voting to become Guinea's first freely-elected president, poll results showed Friday.

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Turning the MACC into a law unto itself

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 03:00 PM PDT

It surely is a monstrous idea for an MP to suggest that the MACC be given the power to prosecute cases investigated by it.

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Gulf oil cleanup resumes, new drilling rules awaited

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:15 PM PDT

HOUSTON, July 3 — Washington was preparing a revised offshore oil drilling moratorium and cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico returned to normal yesterday after hurricane Alex passed through the region without doing major damage. The US Interior Department, one of the departments spearheading the response to the BP oil spill, could issue a ...


Gulf oil cleanup resumes, new drilling rules awaited

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:43 PM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Washington was preparing a revised offshore oil drilling moratorium and cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico returned to normal on Friday after hurricane Alex passed through the region without doing major damage.


Six killed as Alex floods major Mexican city

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:43 PM PDT

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Intense rain from Hurricane Alex shut down Mexico's richest city, Monterrey, on Friday, as floods killed six people, swept away cars and swamped wealthy suburbs with mud and rocks.


ANALYSIS - BP clean-up leaves U.S. vulnerable to another spill

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 06:43 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Obama administration may succeed in pushing through its offshore drilling ban, despite fierce resistance from the oil industry, since a piece of machinery in short supply has left oil companies and the environment glaringly vulnerable to another oil spill.


Fence-mending on agenda for Obama-Netanyahu talks

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 05:44 PM PDT

JERUSALEM, July 3 — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking forward to a warmer White House welcome from President Barack Obama next week after their relationship hit a lowpoint over Jewish settlement policy. Due at the White House on Tuesday for talks postponed a month ago after a deadly raid on a Gaza aid flotilla, Netanyahu will be ...


Whale sharks may be latest Gulf oil spill victims

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 05:37 PM PDT

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (Reuters) - Whale sharks, the biggest fish in the sea, may be the latest victims of the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill.


Six killed by Egyptian building collapse

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:44 PM PDT

CAIRO (Reuters) - At least six people were killed on Friday when a four-storey residential building collapsed in Cairo's Shubra neighbourhood, the state news agency MENA said.


ANALYSIS - BP clean-up leaves U.S. vulnerable to another spill

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 04:04 PM PDT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Obama administration may succeed in pushing through its offshore drilling ban, despite fierce resistance from the oil industry, since a piece of


Gulf oil cleanup resumes, new drilling rules awaited

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 03:14 PM PDT

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Washington was preparing a revised offshore oil drilling moratorium and cleanup efforts in the Gulf of Mexico returned to normal on Friday after hurricane Alex passed through the region without doing major damage.


Fence-mending on agenda for Obama-Netanyahu talks

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 03:14 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is looking forward to a warmer White House welcome from President Barack Obama next week after their relationship hit a low point over Jewish settlement policy.


U.S. judge orders three accused Russian spies held

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (Reuters) - A U.S. judge on Friday ordered three suspects accused of being spies for Russia in the United States to be held pending trial, in a case that has renewed political tensions between Moscow and Washington.


U.N. creates new body on women, gender equality

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - After years of difficult negotiations, the U.N. General Assembly voted on Friday to set up a body that will seek to improve the situation of women and girls around the world.


Israelis, Palestinians narrowing differences - U.S.

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian officials have narrowed their differences in U.S.-sponsored indirect talks, the White House said on Friday, dismissing suggestions that little progress had been made so far.


Trash helps Canadian teens survive 7-storey fall

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

VANCOUVER (Reuters) - A pile of trash awaiting recycling helped two Vancouver teenagers survive a seven-storey fall from a building roof, police said on Friday.


Israel wants to stop Turkey ties worsening - Netanyahu

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Friday Israel could not apologise for a raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla in which nine Turks died, but stressed that he wanted to avoid further harm in relations with Ankara.


Russian cargo vessel misses space station

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:43 PM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - A faulty radio link forced an unmanned Russian cargo ship to abort its docking at the International Space Station on Friday, U.S. and Russian space officials said.


Ex-SA police chief guilty of corruption

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 01:01 PM PDT

A court in South Africa has found the country's former chief of police Jackie Selebi guilty of corruption.


US judge orders Russia spy suspects stay detained

Posted: 02 Jul 2010 11:57 AM PDT

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia -A US judge Friday ordered three Russian spying suspects to be kept detained, saying she considered "the defendants at risk of flight."

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