Karzai calls for talks with Taliban

Karzai calls for talks with Taliban

Karzai calls for talks with Taliban

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 10:33 PM PDT

President issues new appeal to Mullah Omar on Eid to end fighting in Afghanistan and negotiate through 'peace council'.


China Inflation Picks Up

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 11:03 PM PDT

China's consumer prices rose the fastest in nearly two years in August and industrial-output growth rebounded, but the pickup doesn't look set to prompt Beijing to raise interest rates or drive the yuan higher.


Australia Ex-Prime Minister Tapped for Foreign Job

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:50 PM PDT

Julia Gillard appointed Kevin Rudd, the man she ousted as prime minister, as her new foreign minister, as she seeks to heal any remaining internal divisions from the coup.


China cancels Japan talks, warns on sea dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:58 PM PDT

Reuters - China called off planned talks with Japan over an undersea gas bed dispute and warned that worse repercussions may follow, state media said on Saturday, intensifying pressure in a rift between the two big neighbors.


China cancels Japan talks, warns on sea dispute

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:58 PM PDT

BEIJING (Reuters) - China called off planned talks with Japan over an undersea gas bed dispute and warned that worse repercussions may follow, state media said on Saturday, intensifying pressure in a rift between the two big neighbors.

N.Korea proposes new reunions for separated families (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:15 PM PDT

This file picture taken in 2000 shows North Korean youngsters performing in front of a huge portrait of Kim Jong-Il, staged for visiting South Korean family members for the second reunion in North Korea's captial Pyongyang. N.Korea has proposed the resumption of a programme of reunions for families separated by the division of the Korean peninsula despite icy inter-Korean relations.(AFP/File)AFP - North Korea has proposed the resumption of a programme of reunions for families separated by the division of the Korean peninsula despite icy inter-Korean relations, state media said Saturday.

85 prisoners escape jail on Mexico-U.S. border

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 08:43 PM PDT

MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Eighty-five prisoners escaped from a jail near the U.S. border on Friday, authorities and media said, the latest prison break underscoring the challenges Mexico faces as it battles powerful drug cartels.

China demands Japan release detained boat captain (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 07:33 PM PDT

In this photo released by Japan Coast Guard, a Japan Coast Guard boat, foreground, goes by a Chinese fishing boat which Japan Coast Guard officers are on board for inspection after it collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near a chain of disputed islands known as Senkaku in Japanese or Diaoyu in Chinese in the East China Sea, Tuesday, Sept. 7, 2010. The collisions occurred near the islands claimed by both countries after the ship received repeated warnings from Japan's coast guard to move out of the waters, officials said. (AP Photo/Japan Coast Guard) ** EDITORIAL USE ONLY **AP - China's foreign minister demanded that Tokyo immediately release the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands. But a Japanese court ruled he can be held 10 more days, deepening the diplomatic spat.

NATO denies shelling across Pakistan border (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 08:34 PM PDT

a US military helicopter is pictured taking off at US military Camp Wilderness in Khost province. The US embassy in Islamabad has denied claims that NATO soldiers in Afghanistan fired mortars across the Pakistan border, killing at least three people.(AFP/File/Massoud Hossaini)AFP - The US embassy in Islamabad has denied claims that NATO soldiers in Afghanistan fired mortars across the Pakistan border, killing at least three people.

Australian PM Gillard announces new cabinet (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:21 PM PDT

Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard speaks during a news conference with Treasurer Wayne Swan in Parliament House, Canberra, September 7, 2010. REUTERS/Andrew TaylorReuters - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled her new cabinet on Saturday, with Wayne Swan retaining his treasury portfolio and former climate minister Penny Wong moved to the senior finance portfolio.

Miners protest underground for pay

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 08:38 PM PDT

Dozens of miners in northern Spain have spent almost 10 days underground as part of a protest against unpaid wages.


Koran burning can badly damage U.S. abroad: Obama

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 08:31 PM PDT

WASHINGTON/GAINESVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Friday appealed to Americans to respect the "inalienable" right of religious freedom and expressed hope a Florida Christian preacher would abandon a plan to burn the Koran that could deeply hurt the United States abroad.

Australian PM Gillard announces new cabinet

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:21 PM PDT

CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled her new cabinet on Saturday, with Wayne Swan retaining his treasury portfolio and former climate minister Penny Wong moved to the senior finance portfolio.

Mexico lashes out at US after migrant massacre (AP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 08:08 PM PDT

AP - President Mauricio Funes of El Salvador said Friday he doesn't blame Mexico's government for the massacre of 72 mainly Central American migrants, and called for a joint effort to fight drug cartels.


Nuclear Scrutiny to Turn to Israel

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 07:38 PM PDT

Arab states are preparing to press for far greater U.N. controls over Israel's nuclear program, in a move that could complicate the Obama administration's broader nonproliferation campaign and Middle East peace drive.


A Weakened Russia Looks to Europe

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 07:23 PM PDT

The blow dealt to Russia by the financial crisis is prompting a recalibration of Russia's foreign policy. Among the ideas now surfacing in Moscow: a closer relationship with the EU.


Armani's Hotel Debut, Tailored for Dubai

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 07:43 PM PDT

The design is chic, the lunches are $44 and the door handles can be elusive.


Dozens killed in Mexico violence

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 07:31 PM PDT

Deadly day in border city as drug violence continues unabated.


Musharraf eyes Pakistan presidency in political comeback (AFP)

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 09:02 PM PDT

Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf (pictured in February) vowed to return to politics in a bid to restore the country's self-confidence and thinks he could become president again. The retired army general told BBC radio he would form a new political party and stand for parliament at the next general election in 2013.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)AFP - Pakistan's former military ruler Pervez Musharraf vowed to return to politics in a bid to restore the country's self-confidence and thinks he could become president again.

Canada's 'prince of pot' gets five years

Posted: 10 Sep 2010 06:38 PM PDT

The man once known as Canada's "prince of pot" is now a federal inmate in the U.S. system after a judge in Washington sentenced him Friday to five years in prison.
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