Effort to Rehabilitate Suharto’s Reputation Grows in Indonesia

Effort to Rehabilitate Suharto’s Reputation Grows in Indonesia


Effort to Rehabilitate Suharto’s Reputation Grows in Indonesia

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:22 PM PDT

Two years after the death of the military strongman who ruled Indonesia for decades, an effort is under way to redefine his legacy.


Man arrested over stabbing death

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:43 PM PDT

An 18-year-old man is arrested in connection with the death of a man who was stabbed in a Glasgow street just over a week ago.


Canada court press sources ruling

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 11:58 AM PDT

The Supreme Court of Canada sends a case involving a reporter who refused to reveal his source in a federal sponsorship scandal back to a lower court.


British Nuclear Sub Is Freed After 10 Hours

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:30 PM PDT

The H.M.S. Astute had been stuck on a rocky bank all day, embarrassing the Royal Navy.


Your Money: Lending to Children Poses Pitfalls for Parents

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:33 PM PDT

Parents can help their children, but when lending them money, Mom and Dad should think like professionals.


L.I.R.R. Plans Sharp Service Cuts

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:33 PM PDT

For some, it will mean long delays, as service will be curtailed or replaced by buses, and for others, it will mean no service at all.


French Senate OKs retirement reform in tense vote

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:26 PM PDT

PARIS -- The French Senate, pushed into an early vote, approved on Friday a hotly contested bill raising the retirement age to 62, hours after riot police forced the reopening of a strategic refinery to help halt growing fuel shortages amid nationwide strikes and protests.


Gen. Petraeus says progress is faster than expected in Afghanistan operation

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:33 PM PDT

Gen. David H. Petraeus, the top U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, said allied forces are in the "final stages" of a large operation to clear insurgent fighters from key regions just to the west of Kandahar, the country's second-largest city and principal focus of the coalition's military campa



Council leader dressed as Hitler

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:19 PM PDT

The Conservatives start an investigation after a Tory council leader is pictured giving a Nazi salute while wearing an Adolf Hitler costume.


W.T.O. Rejects Chinese Claims in Dispute Over Duties

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:10 PM PDT

The ruling supports an importer's right to set duties on goods from non-market economies, where the state sets or influences prices.


NASA finds water resource on the moon

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:08 PM PDT

There are oases of water-rich soil that could sustain astronauts on the Moon, according to Nasa.


Disputed attack jets seen by U.N. envoys in Darfur

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:14 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Ground attack jets of the kind that a U.N. report says may have been used by Sudan's government in strikes in Darfur in violation of an arms embargo were in plain view of Security Council diplomats during their visit this month to Sudan's conflict-torn region.


WikiLeaks Iraq files to be released

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:47 PM PDT

Al Jazeera coverage will begin on Friday, October 22, at 2100 GMT, with full coverage starting at 2200 GMT.


US 'lost' nuclear codes in 2000

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:20 PM PDT

Ex-US general says in book that codes went missing after Clinton aide in charge of nuclear "biscuit" lost track of them.


Cholera Reported in Several Areas in Haiti

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 11:36 AM PDT

Relief agencies had long feared a major outbreak of diarrheal diseases among people living in tent cities.


Film: Client 9 and Other Interested Parties

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 11:31 AM PDT

In "Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer," the documentary maker Alex Gibney considers a governor, his scandal and his enemies.


American former beauty queen defending foreigners stuck in Afghan legal system

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:02 PM PDT

KABUL - The former Miss Wisconsin didn't seem to notice the stares as the car bounced down the narrow dirt road that leads to Kabul's infamous Pol-e-charki prison.


Typhoon Weakens on Path to China, Kills 3 In Taiwan

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 11:00 AM PDT

TAIPEI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - A typhoon initially feared to be among the worst in 50 years weakened on a course to southern China after killing at least three people in Taiwan and stranding hundreds more.


Pakistan Struggles to Hold Gains Against Taliban

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 11:24 AM PDT

For Pakistan's army, ejecting militants from safe havens near the Afghan border has proven to be the easy part. The problems come later: The guerrillas creep back and carry out attacks. Civilians never return.


Sudan arrests Darfuris after U.N. visit: U.S. official

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 11:40 AM PDT

UNITED NATIONS/KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudanese security officials have arrested two Darfuri refugees who were seen speaking to envoys from the U.N. Security Council during a visit to the region, a U.S. official said on Friday.


Asian Games safety contingency plan unveiled

Asian Games safety contingency plan unveiled


Asian Games safety contingency plan unveiled

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:18 AM PDT

GUANGZHOU, Friday 22 October 2010 (Bernama) -- The Guangzhou Quality Supervision Bureau launched a contingency plan to deal with any emergencies around the clock if the host Guangzhou is threatened by any disasters, Xinhua news agency reported.

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New US envoy calls on Muhyiddin

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:16 AM PDT

Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today received newly-appointed United States Ambassador to Malaysia Paul W. Jones to discuss the US-sponsored Peace Corps.

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Opposition's anti-govt tactics overseas

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:14 AM PDT

A representative of an Umno club overseas said that opposition leaders are trying to turn Malaysian students abroad against the government.

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Delegate calls for a stop to psychological war by BN parties

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:13 AM PDT

A delegate at the Umno General Assembly has called on Barisan Nasional (BN) component parties to put a stop to their psychological war and cease questioning the rights of the Malays.

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Don't be shy to defend Malay rights, Umno members told

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:11 AM PDT

Umno members should not be timid or reluctant to defend Malay rights which are enshrined in the Federal Constitution, just to care for the feelings of the other communities, said Sabah Umno delegate Datuk Seri Mohd Salleh Tun Said.

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Call to suspend media bent on arousing racial sentiments

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:08 AM PDT

An Umno delegate from Kedah today urged the government to immediately suspend those media which have been arousing racial sentiments as this could disrupt unity in the country.

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Chinese smelter found leaking thallium into river

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:07 AM PDT

BEIJING, Friday 22 October 2010 (AFP) - A major state-owned industrial conglomerate in China said Friday it had been ordered to stop production at one of its smelters after it was found to be leaking highly toxic thallium into a river.

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Currency skirmishes as G20 powers meet

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:06 AM PDT

GYEONGJU, Friday 22 October 2010 (AFP) - The United States urged G20 powers to alter their currency regimes to shore up fragile global growth, but faced resistance Friday to its ideas to reorder the post-crisis world economy.

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The Great California ShakeOut

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:04 AM PDT

Choppers clattering in the sky above, bloodstained students watch in shock as blaring ambulances screech into the schoolyard, disgorging paramedics with medicine packs and gurneys. At least that's what it looked like, as one California school put on a graphic display of what will happen when -- not if -- the Big One hits this earthquake-prone western US state. Nearly eight million Californians were signed up for Thursday's drill, the most ever, after 6.9 million took part last year.

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Cambodian ex-monk gets 17 years for filming naked girls

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:46 PM PDT

PHNOM PENH, Friday 22 October 2010 (AFP) - A Cambodian court has sentenced a former Buddhist monk to 17 years in jail for secretly filming two teenage girls as they bathed naked at a temple, a prosecutor said Friday.

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Q+A - Will the worst Thai floods in decades hurt crops?

Posted: 22 Oct 2010 12:17 AM PDT

BANGKOK (Reuters) - At least 17 people have been killed in the worst flooding for decades in Thailand, which has swamped thousands of acres of farmland.


Dozens dead in Haiti outbreak

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 09:00 PM PDT

A suspected outbreak of cholera has killed at least 135 people in central Haiti, officials have said.


Moon crash kicks up ice, silver, mercury - NASA

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:22 PM PDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A rocket sent crashing into the Moon last year kicked up several hundred pounds (kg) of water, silver, mercury and other surprising chemicals, scientists reported on Thursday.


U.N. envoy defends Falun Gong, "evil cult" for China

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:22 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. special rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on Thursday spoke out against intolerance toward religious groups such as Falun Gong and the Baha'is, remarks that irritated China.


Following Cambodia's restored railway

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 07:25 PM PDT

In Cambodia the first section of the country's newly-restored railway is ready to be unveiled.


Cuba to release five more political prisoners

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 11:00 PM PDT

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba will set free and send to Spain another five political prisoners who are not part of the 52 dissidents the government agreed in July to release as President Raul Castro continued emptying the communist-led island's jails of opposition members.


M'sian restaurant in New York awarded Michelin star

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:30 PM PDT

"Laut", the Malaysian restaurant in New York City, has been awarded the prestigious "Michelin" star for its achievements in Malaysian cuisine.

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Kuala Nerang rep not a bankrupt - aide

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:25 PM PDT

An aide to the Kuala Nerang assemblyman has refuted a report by a news portal that the assemblyman, Datuk Syed Sobri Syed Hashim, has been declared a bankrupt.

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Singapore offers to help Indonesia put out forest fires

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:20 PM PDT

SINGAPORE, Friday 22 October 2010 (AFP) - Singapore on Friday stepped up the pressure on Indonesia to put out forest fires in Sumatra that have caused severe air pollution and health problems in neighbouring countries.

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Death toll from Philippine typhoon rises to 36

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 10:19 PM PDT

MANILA, Friday 22 October 2010 (AFP) - The death toll in the Philippines from Typhoon Megi, which roared across the country earlier this week, rose to 36 on Friday, the government and Red Cross reported.

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