US missile kills 3 people in northwest Pakistan (AP)

US missile kills 3 people in northwest Pakistan (AP)

US missile kills 3 people in northwest Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:36 PM PDT

Pakistani flood affected residents pass by the still smoldering oil trucks in Shikarpur, southern Pakistan on Friday Oct. 1, 2010. Suspected militants set ablaze at least 27 tankers carrying fuel for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan on Friday, police said. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)AP - Pakistani intelligence officials say a suspected American missile strike has killed at least three people in northwest Pakistan.

Armed forces stuck in Cold War era, says chancellor (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:32 PM PDT

Members of the Royal Artillery fire towards insurgents from their base in Helmand, Afghanistan. The country's armed forces are stuck in the Cold War era and ill-equipped for 21st-century warfare, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said in an interview published Saturday(AFP/File/Bay Ismoyo)AFP - The country's armed forces are stuck in the Cold War era and ill-equipped for 21st-century warfare, Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne said in an interview published Saturday.

Nigerian independence day car bombs kill 10 (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:42 PM PDT

Bodybags containing the remains of victims are removed from the site of a blast in Abuja during 50th independence anniversary ceremonies. Twin car bombings claimed by Nigeria's most prominent militant group MEND killed at least 10 people near ceremonies for 50 years of independence in the first such attack in the capital.(AFP/Pius Utomi Ekpei)AFP - Twin car bombings claimed by Nigeria's most prominent militant group MEND killed at least 10 people near ceremonies for 50 years of independence in the first such attack in the capital.

Up to 22 killed in Indonesia train crash: police (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:35 PM PDT

Indonesian policemen evacuate a dead body after a train crash in Pemalang, on October 2. Up to 22 people were killed when a passenger train smashed into the back of another train on Indonesia's Java island, according to an official.(AFP/Agus Wijanarko)AFP - Up to 22 people were killed Saturday when a passenger train smashed into the back of another train on Indonesia's Java island, an official said.

Dozens killed in train collision in Indonesia

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:03 PM PDT

Police confirm that 31 people have been killed after a train traveling from Semarang to Jakarta was struck from behind by another train early Saturday in Central Java.

CIA Escalates Campaign in Pakistan

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:05 PM PDT

The U.S. military is secretly diverting aerial drones and weaponry from the Afghan battlefront to significantly expand the CIA's campaign against militants in their Pakistani havens.


Hackers Siphoned $70 Million

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:29 PM PDT

An international computer-crime ring that was broken up this week siphoned about $70 million in a hacking operation targeting bank accounts of small businesses, municipalities and churches.


The Luzhkov Thaw

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 06:05 PM PDT

The ouster of Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov has unleashed a flurry of criticism and rallies. But few of the former mayor's critics have hopes it will last.


Bank Aid Rankles Irish Voters

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:03 PM PDT

Ireland's failure to stem the costs of its banking rescue is stoking citizens' ire at the bankers and politicians they hold responsible for the country's property bust, and fueling debate about how the government should pay its debts.


Sarkozy Looks to Boost Image Via China

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:51 PM PDT

France's President Nicolas Sarkozy has an ambitious plan for his Group-of-20 presidency: Get China to talk about exchange rates.


China Warns Travelers About Japan

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:55 PM PDT

China issued a travel warning for Japan, reflecting continued strains between the two neighbors despite efforts to ratchet down tensions.


Brazil's Surging Currency Figures in Election

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 07:34 PM PDT

Ahead of elections in Brazil, policy makers are wrestling with a new problem: a currency so strong it may hinder the country's export-driven economic boom.


India Seeks Positive Spin at Games

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 05:42 PM PDT

India hopes to turn the tide of negativity over its hosting of the Commonwealth Games with an opening ceremony Sunday that will feature an Oscar-winning composer and high-tech helium balloon.


Suspect in Swiss Data Theft Found Dead

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 02:06 PM PDT

A man suspected of stealing Swiss bank account information and selling it in Germany was found dead in his Swiss prison cell after what police said appeared to be suicide.


Ryders on the Storm

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 07:46 PM PDT

After a seven-hour rain delay, the contest is on between Team USA and Team Europe, in a race to finish on Sunday.


Chile miners could be rescued this month: minister

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 10:13 PM PDT

COPIAPO, Chile (Reuters) - The 33 Chilean miners trapped for almost two months could be freed in the second half of this month as rescuers drill closer to their refuge deep below the Atacama desert, Chile's mining minister said on Friday.

Japan arrest two senior prosecutors over tampering (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:41 PM PDT

Motoaki Saga, head of an investigative department of the Kobe district public prosecutors office, was arrested by Supreme Public prosecutors on October 1 on suspicion of hindering the prosecution of Tsunehiko Maeda who was arrested last month.(AFP/JijiPress/File)AFP - Two senior Japanese prosecutors have been arrested on suspicion of covering up alleged evidence-tampering, in a case that has sparked widespread outrage in the law-abiding country.

NATO claims insurgent captures; 2 Romanians killed (AP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:14 PM PDT

U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sgt. William Dixon, left, holds the hands of retired Marine Corps Col. Thomas Minion, and Janet Minion, after delivering the flag to them at the reinternment ceremony for their son, U.S. Marine Corps 1st Lt. Travis Manion, of Doylestown, Penn., at Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va. on Friday, Oct. 1, 2010. Manion was buried in Pennsylvania after being killed in Iraq in 2007, and is being reinterned at Arlington so that he can be buried next to his best friend, Marine Corps Lt. Brendan Looney, who was killed in Afghanistan and will be buried on Monday. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)AP - NATO said Friday it captured several insurgent leaders in recent days and detained at least 438 suspected militants over the last month, as three coalition soldiers were killed in southern Afghanistan.

French unions hope to bring millions onto streets (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:31 PM PDT

Dockers from Marseille block the way to the harbour during a strike on October . French unions hope Saturday to bring millions onto the streets, shunning strikes for mass protests in their latest salvo against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age(AFP/Anne-Christine Poujoulat)AFP - French unions hope Saturday to bring millions onto the streets, shunning strikes for mass protests in their latest salvo against President Nicolas Sarkozy's plan to raise the retirement age.

Thai queen recovering in hospital after heart problem (AFP)

Posted: 01 Oct 2010 09:28 PM PDT

Well-wishers pray as they wait for King Bhumibol Adulyadej's arrival at the King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital where his wife Queen Sirikit has been admitted, in Bangkok, on October 1. The queen was taken the hospital late Thursday with AFP - The Thai palace said Saturday that the kingdom's 78-year-old queen was recovering after being admitted to a Bangkok hospital with a heart problem.
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