'I'm surprised we were duped like this' Posted: 08 Aug 2010 04:18 PM PDT An unwary consumer is stung by hidden fees when she buys a will package, one of many financial pitfalls BBC Panorama has uncovered in the unregulated will industry.  
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Conservationists begin mass 'frog hunt' Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:30 PM PDT Conservationists are preparing to scout the world for traces of amphibian species that are believed to be extinct, but may just be clinging to existence.  
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Indonesian cleric in terror arrest Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:30 PM PDT Abu Bakar Bashir held over alleged links to new al Qaeda-linked armed group.  
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Rwandans hit the polls in presidential election Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:51 PM PDT Voters in Rwanda went to the polls Monday in the country's second presidential election since the 1994 genocide.  
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Libya frees Israeli spy suspect: Israel Radio (Reuters) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:45 PM PDT Reuters - Libya has freed an Israeli photographer it held for five months as a suspected spy, following secret Austrian-mediated negotiations with Israel's government, Israel Radio reported on Monday.  
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US slams murders of medics in Afghanistan (AFP) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:04 PM PDT AFP - The United States has condemned the "despicable" murders of eight foreign medics mown down in a forest attack claimed by the Taliban, including a British woman who was about to return home to get married.  
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Iranian lawyer in stoning case flees to Norway Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:12 PM PDT OSLO (Reuters) - An Iranian lawyer who defended a woman facing death by stoning in Iran said on Sunday he had fled to Norway to seek protection from his country's authorities.  
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India Gears Up For Growth Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:35 PM PDT The grand idea of building 'self-sufficient industry' should be discarded in the current landscape of international commerce.  
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Libya frees Israeli photographer in Gaza aid deal Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:35 PM PDT JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Libya has freed an Israeli photographer detained by its security services for five months, as part of a secret Austrian-mediated deal, an Israeli official said on Monday.  
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Landslides cut off Swat Valley Posted: 08 Aug 2010 10:10 PM PDT Dozens of homes buried in northern Pakistan as floodwaters sweep towards Sindh province.  
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Presidential polls open in Rwanda Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:40 PM PDT Incumbent Paul Kagame expected to win easily as opposition claim intimidation.  
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Who is the New Guerilla Group Threatening Chaos in Greece? (Time.com) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:05 PM PDT Time.com - Since it emerged early last year, the deadly Greek terrorist group Sect of Revolutionaries has been targeting journalists and police. Now it says it will turn the country into a "war zone" to scare away tourists and keep the country's economy hurting  
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Indonesia cleric Bashir arrested over 'terror links' (AFP) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:14 PM PDT AFP - Indonesian police have arrested radical Islamist preacher Abu Bakar Bashir for alleged terrorist links, a police source said Monday, following the arrests of five terror suspects over the weekend.  
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Fidel in Fatigues: Castro Returns to the Podium (Time.com) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 09:05 PM PDT Time.com - Cuba's former leader addressed its National Assembly in a rare public appearance that analysts say is a bid to bolster the Communist party faithful amid challenging times  
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At least 8 dead in multiple Iraq bombings Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:23 AM PDT A roadside bomb exploded Sunday morning at an Iraqi police patrol north of Falluja wounded 10 people, including six police officers, Falluja police said.  
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Can Gas ?Fracking? Pollute Groundwater? Unlikely. Posted: 08 Aug 2010 08:55 PM PDT Can hydraulic fracturing of oil and gas wells pollute groundwater? The anti-drilling crowd wants you  
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Actress Jodie Fisher Named In Mark Hurd Flap: Here?s Some Of Her Work [Video] Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:43 PM PDT The New York Times named Jodie Fisher as the actress turned hostess for high-end Hewlett-Packard mee  
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Why Verizon Could Get The iPhone In January Posted: 08 Aug 2010 07:07 PM PDT If you?re going to recycle an old rumor, here?s how to do it. Check it out, think it out  
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Does Apple Need Another iPhone Model? Posted: 08 Aug 2010 06:31 PM PDT Here?s the news: Mark Papermaster, the engineer Apple fought so hard to pry away from IBM, is  
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Everything?s Fine at HP! (today) Posted: 08 Aug 2010 12:10 PM PDT You can't blame them. Top execs at Hewlett Packard just gave a hurried press conference to assure pe  
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