Banks support India microfinance Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:00 PM PDT India's banking industry throws its full support behind microfinance lenders after weeks of upheaval and confusion.  
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US candidates make final vote push Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:06 PM PDT On Tuesday millions of Americans will vote in elections for the House of Representatives and the Senate and it looks like the Democrats are facing big defeats.  
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Clinton Urges Khmer Rouge Trials Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:06 PM PDT On a visit to Phnom Penh, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said that trials were necessary for Cambodia to "confront its past."  
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Survivors describle deadly attack on Baghdad church Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:05 PM PDT |
Tension mounts in Tanzania over delayed vote results Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:14 PM PDT DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian police fired tear gas to disperse opposition supporters in the commercial capital Monday as tension rose over delays in releasing the results of Sunday's presidential and parliamentary elections.  
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Sidebar: A First Amendment Case, Shrouded in Secrets Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:52 PM PDT After a failed effort to stop her from talking about a case, an activist was served with a sprawling subpoena. Now a brief filed in her support has been sealed.  
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Symbolic Term for Ex-Qaeda Soldier Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:53 PM PDT Omar Khadr was sentenced to 40 years in custody for war crimes, but he might be released in fewer than three years, the Defense Department said.  
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Appeals Court Weighs Immigrant Law Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:40 PM PDT Gov. Jan Brewer defended Arizona's strict new immigration law in federal appeals court, while lawyers from the Justice Department called it unconstitutional.  
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Kidney donor claims £14m damages Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:47 PM PDT A man who nearly died during an operation to donate a kidney to his sick father is claiming High Court damages of more than £14m.  
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Party leaders call for S4C review Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:59 PM PDT The leaders of the four main parties in Wales write a joint letter to Prime Minister David Cameron calling for an independent review of S4C.  
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Sudan arrests nine Darfur activists: civic leader Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:42 PM PDT KHARTOUM (Reuters) - Sudan arrested nine Darfur activists including a prominent human rights lawyer, just weeks ahead of a southern referendum on secession, a civil society leader said on Monday.  
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Plot sparks Europe flight crackdown Posted: 01 Nov 2010 01:10 PM PDT UK bans freight from Yemen and Somalia, as Germany extends Yemen ban to passenger flights in wake of US-bound bomb plot.  
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Live - Blackpool v West Brom Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:28 PM PDT West Brom travel to fellow promoted side Blackpool looking for a win which would take them up to fourth in the Premier League table.  
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Day in pictures: 1 November 2010 Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:52 PM PDT Some of the most striking pictures from around the world on 1 November 2010.  
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At War: Premonitions of Danger at Baghdad Church Held Hostage Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:00 PM PDT The Iraqi priest feared that he and his parishioners would be in need of deliverance, and his fears proved correct.  
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Doubts cast on India Olympic bid Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:15 PM PDT A leading Commonwealth Games official casts doubt on Delhi's ability to host the 2020 Olympics.  
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Mudslides kill three in Tuscany Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:18 PM PDT Mudslides triggered by heavy rainfall, have killed three people in central Italy.  
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Afghan Police Unit Defects en Masse to Taliban Side Posted: 01 Nov 2010 12:30 PM PDT In a volatile area southwest of Kabul, the police on duty Monday morning appear to have sacked and burned their own station and then disappeared.  
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Bats: How the Rangers Can Beat Lincecum Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:09 AM PDT Powered by a new, harder slider, Tim Lincecum showed the league that he remains an elite arm.  
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Girl, 8, impaled on metal fence Posted: 01 Nov 2010 10:50 AM PDT An eight-year-old girl is in a serious but stable condition after becoming impaled on a metal fence in Bedfordshire.  
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