Somali pirates hijack two ships over weekend

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• Somali pirates hijack two ships over weekend
• Iraq’s High Court Orders Parliament Back to Work
• U.N.: Cholera in Haiti's capital 'worrying'
• In Hurricanes’ Wake, but Still Standing
• Bitter tastes 'could ease asthma'
• Nature's gift
• G-20 Sketches Out New Currency Measures
• Karzai Stands By Private Security Ban
• Italy arrests alleged mafia boss
• U.N. will help, but not discuss, Afghan peace talks
• Westlink closed in security alert
• G-20 Agreement Lifts Emerging Nations
• Leaked Documents Roil Iraqi Leadership
• Cyclone Damage Isolates Parts of Myanmar
• Sarkozy: 'Scandal' Africa Not on U.N. Security Council
• Typhoon Kills 12 More in Taiwan
• Iraqi Parliament Ordered to Resume
• EU to Italy: Clean Trash in Naples
• French Strikes Cause Travel Strife
• Bahrain's Shiites Win Slight Gain in Parliament

Somali pirates hijack two ships over weekend Posted: 24 Oct 2010 12:58 PM PDT MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Somali pirates seized control of the German-owned merchant vessel Beluga Fortune in the Indian Ocean Sunday, the second hijacking in the region in as many days, a regional maritime official said.

Iraq’s High Court Orders Parliament Back to Work Posted: 24 Oct 2010 12:23 PM PDT Parliament, which was elected in March and convened only once, was told to resume its sessions.

U.N.: Cholera in Haiti's capital 'worrying' Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:24 AM PDT The confirmation of five cholera cases in Haiti's capital is a "very worrying development," a U.N. spokeswoman told CNN.

In Hurricanes’ Wake, but Still Standing Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:35 AM PDT Successive hurricanes have wrecked the landscape and driven away people, but they still play football at South Cameron High School in Louisiana.

Bitter tastes 'could ease asthma' Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:39 AM PDT Scientists have discovered 'taste receptors' in the lungs - not on the tongue - which could pave the way for new asthma treatments.

Nature's gift Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:12 AM PDT The economic benefits of preserving the natural world

G-20 Sketches Out New Currency Measures Posted: 24 Oct 2010 12:27 PM PDT The Group of 20 nations are pursuing an accord to end battles over currencies that relies on goodwill and peer pressure to persuade countries to comply with internationally agreed norms, rather than enforceable sanctions.

Karzai Stands By Private Security Ban Posted: 24 Oct 2010 12:34 PM PDT Afghan President Hamid Karzai is standing by his decree to dissolve private security companies, although a delegation of Western diplomats warned Sunday that aid and development money could be affected.

Italy arrests alleged mafia boss Posted: 24 Oct 2010 11:04 AM PDT Italian police have arrested a top mafia boss who has been on the run for more than ten years. Gerlandino Messina was arrested in the Sicilian town of Favara.

U.N. will help, but not discuss, Afghan peace talks Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:52 AM PDT HERAT, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The United Nations' top diplomat in Afghanistan said on Sunday he will help with efforts to find a negotiated end to a war he believes has no military solution, but he will not discuss progress.

Westlink closed in security alert Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:46 AM PDT The Westlink in Belfast has been closed in both directions after a suspicious object was found.

G-20 Agreement Lifts Emerging Nations Posted: 24 Oct 2010 07:20 AM PDT Finance officials of the world's leading industrial powers agreed to reshape the International Monetary Fund to give fast-growing countries like Brazil, China and Turkey a bigger stake.

Leaked Documents Roil Iraqi Leadership Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:39 AM PDT Critics of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, who has struggled to form a governing coalition since March, are using the cache of nearly 400,000 classified documents as fuel to keep him from another term.

Cyclone Damage Isolates Parts of Myanmar Posted: 24 Oct 2010 08:32 AM PDT Aid workers struggled to determine the scale of destruction caused by a massive cyclone that knocked out phone communications with much of western Myanmar, with some fearing thousands of people may have been left homeless.

Sarkozy: 'Scandal' Africa Not on U.N. Security Council Posted: 24 Oct 2010 10:32 AM PDT French President Nicolas Sarkozy said it was a "scandal" that Africa was not given a permanent seat on the U.N. Security Council as he outlined his aims for France's presidency of the G-20 and G-8 nations.

Typhoon Kills 12 More in Taiwan Posted: 24 Oct 2010 08:46 AM PDT Typhoon Megi, which earlier killed 28 in the Philippines, caused 12 more deaths in Taiwan before moving up to China's Fujian province, where it was downgraded to a strong tropical storm.

Iraqi Parliament Ordered to Resume Posted: 24 Oct 2010 04:30 AM PDT Iraq's highest court has ordered parliament back in session after a seven-month political impasse that has blocked formation of a new government.

EU to Italy: Clean Trash in Naples Posted: 23 Oct 2010 09:49 AM PDT The European Commission warned Italy it may face sanctions if it doesn't remove the 2,400 tons of trash that have piled up in the streets of Naples in the country's latest garbage crisis.

French Strikes Cause Travel Strife Posted: 24 Oct 2010 02:48 AM PDT Families hoping to get away for France's school holidays faced train delays and gas shortages as strikes against the government's pension reform stretched into a 12th straight day.

Bahrain's Shiites Win Slight Gain in Parliament Posted: 24 Oct 2010 08:57 AM PDT Bahrain's main Shiite opposition group won a slight gain in representation in the country's parliament, but the polls have been criticized as unlikely to translate into more power for the country's majority Shiite sect, living under the rule of a Sunni monarch.

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