Eight arrested in China over fake rabies vaccines (AFP)

Eight arrested in China over fake rabies vaccines (AFP)

Eight arrested in China over fake rabies vaccines (AFP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:22 PM PDT

Eight people have been arrested in southern China for producing and selling fake rabies vaccines that were used by local clinics and led to the death of a four-year-old boy, state media said Monday.(AFP/Rodger Bosch)AFP - Eight people have been arrested in southern China for producing and selling fake rabies vaccines that were used by local clinics and led to the death of a four-year-old boy, state media said Monday.

Military thwarted president seeking choice in Afghanistan

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:34 PM PDT

President Obama w was on edge. For two exhausting months, he had been asking military advisers to give him a range of options for the war in Afghanistan. Instead, he felt that they were steering him toward one outcome and thwarting his search for an exit plan. He would later tell his White House ...


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France ready for Mali hostage talks

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:56 PM PDT

Statement comes as official says the five French nationals in custody of al-Qaeda branch are alive.


North Korea military appears to back Kim succession

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:12 PM PDT

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's military has nominated the third son of ailing leader Kim Jong-il as a delegate to a rare meeting of the ruling party, a South Korean newspaper said, supporting reports he is his father's chosen successor.

British national missing in Afghanistan

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:28 PM PDT

A British citizen is missing in Afghanistan, but details about the person and the circumstances of the person's disappearance were unclear Monday.

Karadzic trial set to resume

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:31 PM PDT

The trial of former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic was set to resume Monday, after it was suspended earlier this month to give the defense time to review documents.

Former Australian troops charged in Afghan deaths (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:59 PM PDT

AP - Three former Australian commandos are facing serious charges in relation to a late-night raid on a compound in Afghanistan that killed five children, Australia's top military prosecutor said Monday.


Israeli settlers rev bulldozers as settlement freeze nears end (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:47 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - With Israel and Palestinian negotiators deadlocked over settlement expansion just hours before the expiration of a 10-month Israeli settlement freeze, Jewish settlers vowed to renew building during symbolic celebrations in the West Bank.


Venezuela election: Hugo Chávez's largest challenge yet (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:34 AM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is facing his biggest electoral challenge in years as opponents seek to gain seats in the legislature amid recession, and Venezuelans confront a crime wave that has touched most families.


U.S. Prosecutors Probe Karzai Brother

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:46 PM PDT

Federal prosecutors in New York have opened a criminal probe of one of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's brothers, raising the stakes in Washington's sometimes-contentious dealings with the Karzai government.


France 'ready to discuss' release of kidnapped nationals

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 07:52 PM PDT

France is "ready to discuss" the release of French nationals kidnapped in Niger earlier this month, according to a spokesman from President Nicolas Sarkozy's office Sunday.

Delegates gather in NKorea for political meeting (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:57 PM PDT

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 2009 file photo released by Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service , North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, meets with Wang Jiarui, not seen, head of the Chinese Communist Party's International Department, as North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju listens in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea said Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010 it promoted three senior officials involved in nuclear negotiations with the United States in a reshuffle ahead of its biggest political convention in decades. Kang Sok Ju, who negotiated a deal with the U.S. in 1994 to freeze and ultimately dismantle North Korea's nuclear reactor in exchange for economic aid, was promoted to vice premier, who oversees the country's foreign policy, the North's official Korean Central News Agency reported. (AP Photo/Korean Central News Agency via Korea News Service, File) ** JAPAN OUT **AP - Delegates to North Korea's biggest political meeting in decades gathered in the country's capital amid speculation that leader Kim Jong Il will appoint a son and other family members to key positions as part of a succession plan.

Chavez fights for control in congressional vote (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:09 PM PDT

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez casts his ballot during legislative elections in Caracas, Venezuela, Sunday, Sept. 26, 2010. (APPhoto/Leonardo Ramirez)AP - Opponents of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez tried to break his long-standing monopoly on power in congressional elections Sunday, and demanded electoral authorities release the results after an hours-long wait that put the country on edge.

Fortified border: Iraq on guard against Iran (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:00 PM PDT

AP - On any map, this castle-like fort is located in Iran. But war, time and drifting desert sands have blurred the border, and for now, Iraqi guards stoutly defend Qutaiba as theirs.


Fields of grass, soup kitchens at risk in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 09:00 PM PDT

In this Sept. 16, 2010 picture, Elisee Anderson, right, and his friends walk home after soccer practice next to a refugee camp for people displaced by the January 2010 earthquake at the sports complex L'Athletique D'Haiti in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. On the edge of a ruined city of concrete and tin, fallen walls reveal what for years was a hidden refuge: a field of well-trimmed grass. It is a physical embodiment of the grassroots aid experts say is needed in Haiti, yet despite the billions donated to Haiti after the earthquake, the athletic club that runs the field and many other small groups are scrambling to stay afloat. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)AP - On the edge of a ruined city of concrete and tin, fallen walls reveal what for decades was a hidden refuge: a field of well-trimmed grass.

Australian soldiers face Afghan manslaughter charges (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:56 PM PDT

Reuters - Three former Australian soldiers will be charged with manslaughter after six civilians were killed and four wounded in an Afghan operation last year, Australia's chief military prosecutor said Monday.


Australian soldiers face Afghan manslaughter charges

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:56 PM PDT

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Three former Australian soldiers will be charged with manslaughter after six civilians were killed and four wounded in an Afghan operation last year, Australia's chief military prosecutor said Monday.

ECB Teetering, 'Mr. Euro' Forced to Act

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 10:49 PM PDT

Jean-Claude Trichet, known as "Mr. Euro" for devoting much of his 40-year career to building the common currency, cobbled an uneasy pact to keep the euro zone from unraveling during the continent's fiscal crisis this spring.


U.S. to Bolster Afghan Training

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:05 PM PDT

The top U.S. general in charge of training in Afghanistan will ask allied leaders for about 1,000 more specialized trainers, with the aim of speeding up the buildup of the country's security forces.


Food Prices Rise as Asian Projects Lag

Posted: 26 Sep 2010 08:30 PM PDT

Failure to boost farm investment in poor countries after a global food crisis in 2007 and 2008 could prolong a recent jump in food prices, contributing to inflation in the developing world.


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