Basque guerrillas say ready to prove truce real

Basque guerrillas say ready to prove truce real

Basque guerrillas say ready to prove truce real

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 01:01 PM PDT

MADRID (Reuters) - Basque separatists ETA said on Saturday they were prepared to make "permanent and verifiable" a truce called earlier this month, even though the gesture was dismissed at the time by the Spanish government.

Brother Defeats Brother in Labour Vote

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:26 PM PDT

In a battle of the brothers for the leadership of Britain's Labour Party, Ed Miliband was elected on Saturday, beating his brother David by a slim margin.

The camp above trapped Chile miners

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:45 PM PDT

The BBC's Tim Wilcox gives a tour of the makeshift village that has sprung up around the Chilean mine where 33 men are trapped.

Obama in 20 minutes

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:26 PM PDT

BBC Persian's Bahman Kalbasi on interviewing the president

Petition Urges Nobel Prize for Jailed Chinese Writer

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:20 PM PDT

In a move sure to irk the Chinese government, a letter by scholars, lawyers, factory workers and retired officials calls for a Nobel Peace Prize for Liu Xiaobo.

Massive Afghan Iron Ore Deposit Up For Tender Again

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:40 AM PDT

HAJIGAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan put its Hajigak iron ore deposit back up for tender on Saturday, after taking it off the market last year, promising security for investors despite a worsening insurgency.

Massive Afghan Iron Ore Deposit Up For Tender Again

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:40 AM PDT

HAJIGAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan put its Hajigak iron ore deposit back up for tender on Saturday, after taking it off the market last year, promising security for investors despite a worsening insurgency.

Britain's Labor Party elects pro-union Ed Miliband to succeed Gordon Brown

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:54 AM PDT

LONDON - The fraternal fight to lead Britain's Labor Party culminated Saturday with Ed Miliband, a 40-year-old pro-union darling, narrowly upsetting his older brother to become the new face of the British opposition.


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State Secrets Cited in Effort by White House to Block Suit

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:06 PM PDT

In a legal brief, the Obama administration asks a federal judge to throw out a lawsuit seeking to stop the government from killing an American citizen accused of ties to Al Qaeda.

At Jil Sander, Raf Simons Raises the Volume

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 10:45 AM PDT

For Jil Sander, Raf Simons deals more assuredly with the fundamentals of fashion — shape, volume, proportion, new materials.

Petition Urges Nobel Prize for Jailed Chinese Writer

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:20 PM PDT

In a move sure to irk the Chinese government, a letter by scholars, lawyers, factory workers and retired officials calls for a Nobel Peace Prize for Liu Xiaobo.

David Miliband: This is Ed's day

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:31 AM PDT

David Miliband has said that the victory of his brother Ed in the Labour leadership contest is "a huge day for the Miliband family".

India considers downsizing Kashmir forces

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:25 AM PDT

The Indian government said Saturday it is considering scaling down security forces in the troubled Himalayan region of Kashmir and will advise state officials there to immediately release those who have been arrested in violent anti-India protests over the last few months.

Massive Afghan iron ore deposit up for tender again

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:31 AM PDT

HAJIGAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghanistan put its Hajigak iron ore deposit back up for tender on Saturday, after taking it off the market last year, promising security for investors despite a worsening insurgency.

India Unveils Steps for Kashmir Peace

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:26 AM PDT

India unveiled several measures aimed to bring peace to Kashmir, including appointing a group of interlocutors in the strife-ridden valley to develop dialogue.

Britain's Labour elects new leader in cliffhanger

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:08 PM PDT

MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Former cabinet minister Ed Miliband pipped his brother to win the leadership of Britain's opposition Labour Party on Saturday thanks to union backing and could take the party down a more left-wing path.

China’s Call for an Apology Is Met With Anger in Japan

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:10 PM PDT

Tensions between China and Japan over the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain flared anew Saturday, a day after his release, with Beijing demanding an apology for the detention, and Tokyo refusing.

India Makes Major Shift in Policy in Kashmir

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 12:00 PM PDT

The changes included a call to release protesters and an offer of compensation to the families civilians killed since the restive region erupted in protests in June.

Rally driver dies in competition

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:40 AM PDT

A driver is killed in Perthshire while competing at a car rally held in the memory of the late racing champion Colin McRae.

Miliband 'will help Labour win'

Posted: 25 Sep 2010 11:12 AM PDT

Senior Welsh Labour figures claim the party will begin to recover with Ed Miliband's leadership contest victory, and predict victory in next year's assembly election.

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