State of the Art: Not Yet the Season for the Nook |
- State of the Art: Not Yet the Season for the Nook
- In Iraq, Another Threat to Security: Politics
- Swipe it yourself
- 5 Americans Held in Pakistan Raid
- Bomb attacks wound 14 before visit by Malaysian, Thai leaders
- Thousands in Jerusalem protest settlement freeze
- Recruits Pour In After Afghan Army Offers a Raise
- 5 Americans Detained in Pakistan Raid
- Geithner Outlines Future for TARP
- Blizzard Paralyzes Much of Midwest
- Hunt goes international in three girls' kidnappings
- Petraeus: Violence to escalate as surge begins
- Indonesian Minister Defends Bailout
- Okinawa Plan May Be Late
- Terror suspect has roots in Pakistan, U.S.
- Baghdad security chief 'is fired' after bombings
- Nigeria ex-governor in fraud raid
- States Spending Less to Fight Smoking
- Rolls-Royce wins £1.2bn US order
- Briton guilty of trans-Atlantic airline bomb conspiracy
| State of the Art: Not Yet the Season for the Nook Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:52 PM PST Every one of the Nook's vaunted distinctions from Amazon's Kindle comes fraught with disappointing footnotes.  
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| In Iraq, Another Threat to Security: Politics Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:00 PM PST With Iraq reeling from a third wave of bombings, the investigations as much as the attacks themselves have undermined public faith in the government. 
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| Posted: 09 Dec 2009 04:38 AM PST The tyranny of the self-service store checkout
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| 5 Americans Held in Pakistan Raid Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:40 PM PST Pakistani police arrested five American men believed to have gone missing from the Washington, D.C., area last month, officials from both countries said. 
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| Bomb attacks wound 14 before visit by Malaysian, Thai leaders Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:09 PM PST BANGKOK -- A series of bomb blasts wounded 14 soldiers and police officers Wednesday as the Malaysian and Thai prime ministers staged a historic joint visit to Thailand's insurgency-plagued southern provinces.  
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| Thousands in Jerusalem protest settlement freeze Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:54 PM PST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Thousands of Jewish West Bank settlers and their supporters demonstrated near the official residence of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on Wednesday to protest his 10-month building freeze.    
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| Recruits Pour In After Afghan Army Offers a Raise Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:46 AM PST An increase in recruits for the Afghan Army was likely because of a pay increase that put salaries close to those of Taliban fighters, a U.S. commander said. 
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| 5 Americans Detained in Pakistan Raid Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:15 PM PST Pakistani police on Wednesday arrested five American men believed to have gone missing from the Washington, D.C. area last month, officials from both countries said. 
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| Geithner Outlines Future for TARP Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:44 AM PST The program will remain in place until next October to help community banks, small businesses and troubled homeowners. 
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| Blizzard Paralyzes Much of Midwest Posted: 09 Dec 2009 01:05 PM PST A storm dumped ice, snow and rain from Nebraska to Illinois, and Wisconsin and Iowa experienced record snowfalls. 
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| Hunt goes international in three girls' kidnappings Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:46 AM PST Christine Belford agreed to let her ex-husband take their three daughters to Disney World for a two-week vacation. In August 2007, the Delaware mother kissed her little blond girls goodbye.      
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| Petraeus: Violence to escalate as surge begins Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:38 AM PST Coalition forces can attain "success" in Afghanistan, but violence will likely increase as the approved troop surge moves forward in stabilizing the war-torn country, a top U.S. commander told a Senate committee Wednesday.   
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| Indonesian Minister Defends Bailout Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:19 AM PST Indonesia's finance minister said a parliamentary probe into the government's handling of a $700 million bank bailout is an attempt by rival politicians to unseat her because of her efforts to overhaul the country's bureaucracy.
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| Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:19 AM PST Japan warned that a sweeping plan to start reorganizing U.S. troops in Japan next year could be delayed, as disagreements over the realignment raise tensions in the trans-Pacific alliance.
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| Terror suspect has roots in Pakistan, U.S. Posted: 09 Dec 2009 09:51 AM PST David Headley, the Chicago, Illinois, man appearing in court Wednesday in connection with terror attacks in India, was born Daood Gilani, the son of a prominent Pakistani broadcaster, according to his half-brother.   
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| Baghdad security chief 'is fired' after bombings Posted: 09 Dec 2009 12:03 PM PST The Iraqi PM has fired the head of Baghdad's security forces after bombings killed 127 people on Tuesday, reports say.
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| Nigeria ex-governor in fraud raid Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:58 AM PST Nigerian anti-fraud officials raid a meeting of senior opposition politicians, arresting ex-governor Attahiru Bafarawa.
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| States Spending Less to Fight Smoking Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:22 AM PST States spent $567 million on smoking prevention and cessation programs in the latest fiscal year, a 15 percent decrease from the year before, a report said. 
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| Rolls-Royce wins £1.2bn US order Posted: 09 Dec 2009 11:04 AM PST Derby-based engineering firm Rolls-Royce wins a £1.2bn deal to supply aircraft engines to a US airline.
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| Briton guilty of trans-Atlantic airline bomb conspiracy Posted: 09 Dec 2009 10:39 AM PST LONDON (Reuters) - A British man was found guilty on Wednesday of conspiring with the ringleader of a suspected al Qaeda plot to blow up transatlantic airliners bound for North America using liquid explosives.   
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