England beat Pakistan by 24 runs

England beat Pakistan by 24 runs


England beat Pakistan by 24 runs

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 01:16 PM PDT

Steven Davies scores 87 at Durham's Emirates ground as England take one-day victory in first of five-match series.


Soldiers Charged With Killing Afghans

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:18 PM PDT

One of five American soldiers charged with killing three Afghan civilians earlier this year tried to alert the Army that his squad leader planned the murders, the soldier's father claimed this week.


Iran Cancels Release Of Detained American: Report

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:38 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has canceled the planned release of a detained American woman because the legal process is not completed, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted as saying on Friday.


Iran Cancels Release Of Detained American - Report

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:40 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has cancelled the planned release of a detained American woman because the legal process is not completed, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted as saying on Friday.


Two men jailed for hammer attack

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Two men are jailed over a hammer attack which left a teenager from Leicester brain damaged.


Iran 'delays US hiker's release'

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:57 PM PDT

Iran has delayed the release of Sarah Shourd, one of three US hikers arrested last year on suspicion of espionage, a Tehran prosecutor says.


Castro says comment on Cuban economy misunderstood

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:55 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Fidel Castro said on Friday his recent comment that communist-led Cuba's economic model does not work was badly understood and that what he really meant was that capitalism does not work.


Nokia Turns to Microsoft for New Chief

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:26 AM PDT

Nokia said it had appointed Stephen Elop, a Canadian who has run Microsoft's largest division, to replace Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo, a 30-year Nokia veteran.


Soldiers Charged With Killing Afghans

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:18 PM PDT

One of five American soldiers charged with killing three Afghan civilians earlier this year tried to alert the Army that his squad leader planned the murders, the soldier's father claimed this week.


Passive Aggressive Notes

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:19 AM PDT

In New York Online: a salute to the not-so-neighborly neighborly note.


Colombia rebels kill six police

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:42 PM PDT

Colombia's Farc rebels kill six policemen, in the latest in a surge of attacks that have killed more than 30 security personnel since President Juan Manuel Santos took office a month ago.


Iran cancels release of detained American: report

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:56 PM PDT

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran has canceled the planned release of a detained American woman because the legal process has not been completed, Tehran prosecutor Abbas Jafari Dolatabadi was quoted as saying on Friday.


Obama calls for settlement freeze

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:36 PM PDT

US president says moratorium on Israeli settlement construction should be extended beyond September 26 expiry date.


UAE gives Palestinian Authority $42 million: sources

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:15 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates has donated $42 million to the Palestinian Authority, boosting support for President Mahmoud Abbas' cash-strapped government as it embarks on direct peace talks with Israel, Arab officials said on Friday.


On Religion: Muslim Prayer Room Was Part of Life at Twin Towers

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:38 PM PDT

Muslim workers worshiped peacefully and without controversy for years in a room on the 17th floor of the south tower.


Financial Adviser to Stars Pleads Guilty to Fraud

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:00 PM PDT

The adviser, Kenneth I. Starr, admitting that he cheated wealthy and elderly clients out of tens of millions of dollars.


MPs 'held back' on phone inquiry

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:50 PM PDT

MPs held back in an inquiry into phone-hacking allegations for fear that their own private lives could be targeted, a former MP claims.


Castro quote 'was misinterpreted'

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:47 AM PDT

Fidel Castro says he was misinterpreted when he was quoted by a US reporter as saying that the Cuban economic model no longer worked.


Paratrooper to get Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:42 AM PDT

An Army paratrooper who risked his life to save fellow soldiers will become the first living service member to receive the Medal of Honor for service in Iraq or Afghanistan, the White House said Friday.


Quake shakes Bangladesh, no casualties reported

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:33 AM PDT

DHAKA (Reuters) - An earth quake shook central Bangladesh, including the capital Dhaka, around midnight on Friday but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, the fire service said.


Toll rises, region mourns after Russia suicide blast

Toll rises, region mourns after Russia suicide blast


Toll rises, region mourns after Russia suicide blast

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:35 AM PDT

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The death toll from a suicide bomb in Russia's restive North Caucasus rose to 18 on Friday as the stricken province observed a day of mourning and doctors fought for the lives of several critically wounded victims.


Gas explosion engulfs homes in San Francisco suburb

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 12:35 AM PDT

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A natural gas pipeline explosion ripped through a neighborhood in a San Francisco suburb on Thursday, starting fires that burned more than 50 buildings and killing at least one person, officials said.


Greek shoppers get militant over prices

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:56 PM PDT

Activists protesting against Greece's austerity measures are trying a new form of civil disobedience.


Erdogan facing crucial Turkey vote

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:49 PM PDT

Turkey's Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan's referendum on constitutional reform is being seen as a vote of confidence in his leadership.


Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 11:01 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has chosen Austan Goolsbee as the new head of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, U.S. administration officials said on Thursday, promoting a longtime adviser from his inner policy circle.


Australia’s Catholic church bans pop songs at funerals

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:47 PM PDT

MELBOURNE, Sept 10 — Football club songs and pop or rock music have been banned from funerals in Catholic churches in Australia under new guidelines distributed this week to priests and funeral directors. A funeral should not be a "celebration" of the deceased's life, Archbishop of Melbourne Denis Hart said in the rules, but a final sacred ...


Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:53 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 — President Barack Obama has chosen Austan Goolsbee to succeed Christina Romer as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, US administration officials said yesterday. Obama is to make the announcement at a White House news conference planned for 11:00 a.m. Eastern time (1500 GMT) today, the officials said. The ...


UN urges Kosovo and Serbia talks

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:40 PM PDT

The UN General Assembly has unanimously adopted a resolution calling for dialogue between Serbia and Kosovo.


China tells Japan to back down in sea dispute

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 10:28 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi demanded on Friday that Japan unconditionally free a Chinese fishing boat captain seized in disputed waters, raising the pitch of Beijing's latest territorial quarrel with Tokyo.


Obama taps Goolsbee as top White House economist

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:13 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama has chosen Austan Goolsbee to succeed Christina Romer as chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, U.S. administration officials said on Thursday.


Japan PM has edge in party race, outcome unclear

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 09:13 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has a slight edge over powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa ahead of a party leadership vote next week, NHK public TV said on Friday, but with many party lawmakers undecided the outcome is too close to call.


US troops charged with murder of Afghan civilians

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:52 PM PDT

WASHINGTON, Sept 10 — Twelve US soldiers have been charged with gruesome crimes in Afghanistan ranging from murdering civilians to keeping body parts as war trophies — revelations that the Pentagon said yesterday damaged America's image around the world. The infantry soldiers from the 5th Stryker Brigade based in Washington state deployed to ...


Homes set ablaze in San Francisco

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:44 PM PDT

Dozens of homes have been set ablaze near San Francisco International Airport, after a reported explosion.


Versailles cartoon art controversy

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:57 PM PDT

An exhibition by Japanese artist Takashi Murakami at the Palace of Versailles is surprising visitors.


Japan PM has edge in party race but outcome uncertain

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 08:24 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan has a slight edge over powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa ahead of a party leadership vote next week, NHK public TV said on Friday, but with many party lawmakers undecided the outcome is too close to call.


Why Koran burning was put 'on hold'

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:51 PM PDT

The pastor of a small US church who planned to burn copies of the Koran on the anniversary of 9/11 has said his plan is now on hold.


Iran to release US woman hiker

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 06:52 PM PDT

Iran is set to release on Saturday Sarah Shourd - one of three detained US hikers held since last July and accused of espionage, officials say.


Wary Japan seeks clarity on China military outlay

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:27 PM PDT

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan expressed concern over China's growing military activities on Friday and urged Beijing to be clearer about its defence spending, as discord over islets in the East China Sea raised tensions between the Asian economic powers.


Serbia backs compromise U.N. resolution on Kosovo

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:27 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - In a concession to the European Union that it hopes to join, Serbia supported a compromise U.N. resolution on Kosovo on Thursday that dropped its earlier demands to reopen talks on the status of its former province.


ANALYSIS - Cybersecurity bill on list for passage this year

Posted: 09 Sep 2010 07:27 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Capitol Hill staffers have made progress stitching together cybersecurity proposals into a huge bill, aides said, with Senate leadership putting it on their short list for passage this year.