One dead as NATO tankers torched in Pakistan (AFP)

One dead as NATO tankers torched in Pakistan (AFP)
Saudi prince killed servant, London court told (Reuters)
Toyota Prius sales fall for 1st time in 17 months (AP)
Saudi prince killed servant, London court told
Gunmen attack NATO supply trucks in Pakistan
Rio: no 'final decisions' over iron ore merger (AFP)
Facebook Down Hours Before HQ Announcement
Facebook Billionaire Gives Money to Legalize Pot in Calif.
Flash floods in eastern Indonesia kill at least 75 (AP)
Soros blames Germany for Europe "deflation spiral" (Reuters)
9 killed, 26 wounded in 2nd day of Kandahar blasts (AP)
'Whale strike' downs Australian fishing boat (AFP)
Faisal Shahzad, French terror arrests, and drone strikes: evidence of a working strategy? (The Christian Science Monitor)
Mexico says still investigating reported Falcon Lake pirate attack (The Christian Science Monitor)
Fossilised Peruvian penguin found
State of emergency in Ecuador extended
European plot directed by senior al Qaeda leader
Massive floods kill 26 in Vietnam; 9 missing (AP)
More Nato trucks burnt in Pakistan
Gunmen Torch NATO Trucks in Pakistan

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 11:06 PM PDT

AFP - One person was killed Wednesday when at least 10 NATO oil tankers were set ablaze in the southwest Pakistan city of Quetta, senior police officials said -- the fourth such attack in six days.

Saudi prince killed servant, London court told (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:57 PM PDT

Reuters - A Saudi prince killed his servant in their room at a luxury London hotel in a ferocious beating which had a sexual element, a British court was told Tuesday.

Toyota Prius sales fall for 1st time in 17 months (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:53 PM PDT

AP - Sales of Toyota's Prius hybrid in Japan dropped for the first time in 17 months as government incentives for green cars expired, an auto industry group said Wednesday.

Saudi prince killed servant, London court told

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:57 PM PDT

LONDON (Reuters) - A Saudi prince killed his servant in their room at a luxury London hotel in a ferocious beating which had a sexual element, a British court was told Tuesday.

Gunmen attack NATO supply trucks in Pakistan

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:31 PM PDT

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Gunmen in Pakistan attacked and set fire to 20 trucks carrying supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday, police said, the latest in a series of attacks on the logistical backbone of the war in Afghanistan.

Rio: no 'final decisions' over iron ore merger (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:04 PM PDT

AFP - Mining giant Rio Tinto Wednesday denied making any "final decisions" on its controversial iron ore merger with BHP Billiton, as the massive deal appeared on the brink of collapse.

Facebook Down Hours Before HQ Announcement

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:53 PM PDT

Facebook experiences outages the night before a big event.

Facebook Billionaire Gives Money to Legalize Pot in Calif.

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:40 PM PDT

America's youngest billionaire, Dustin Moskovitz, has donated $70,000 in support of Proposition 19,

Flash floods in eastern Indonesia kill at least 75 (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:32 PM PDT

AP - A navy warship arrived in a remote corner of eastern Indonesia carrying tents and medical supplies Wednesday after flash floods and mudslides tore through mountainside villages, killing at least 75 people and leaving thousands homeless.

Soros blames Germany for Europe "deflation spiral" (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:41 PM PDT

Reuters - Billionaire investor George Soros blamed Germany for leading the implementation of austerity measures that will throw the euro zone into a "deflation spiral."

9 killed, 26 wounded in 2nd day of Kandahar blasts (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 10:44 PM PDT

AP - Two explosions killed nine people and wounded two dozen others in Kandahar, the second day of deadly blasts in the southern Afghan city where Taliban insurgents are fighting back against U.S. and Afghan forces pushing into areas long held by insurgents.

'Whale strike' downs Australian fishing boat (AFP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:21 PM PDT

AFP - Three Australian fishermen were rescued off the country's west coast after their boat apparently hit a whale and sank in rough seas, police said Wednesday.

Faisal Shahzad, French terror arrests, and drone strikes: evidence of a working strategy? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 03:01 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - In New York today, a smirking Faisal Shahzad was sentenced to life in prison for trying to bomb Times Square, while across the Atlantic in France, a counterterrorism operation resulted in the arrests of 12 men.

Mexico says still investigating reported Falcon Lake pirate attack (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 02:31 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Mexican authorities say they are still combing Falcon Lake for an American tourist who was allegedly ambushed by Mexican pirates last week while jet skiing with his wife.

Fossilised Peruvian penguin found

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:18 PM PDT

Palaeontologists discover the fossil of a penguin that lived 36m years ago in Peru.

State of emergency in Ecuador extended

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:03 PM PDT

A state of emergency in Ecuador has been extended to Friday, the country's government announced, as investigators watch videos and review photographs to identify officers involved in last week's police uprising.

European plot directed by senior al Qaeda leader

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 05:34 PM PDT

The man at the center of an alleged al Qaeda plot to bomb cities in Europe has told investigators the conspiracy was directed by one of the organization's most senior figures, according to European intelligence officials.

Massive floods kill 26 in Vietnam; 9 missing (AP)

Posted: 05 Oct 2010 09:07 PM PDT

AP - Helicopters dropped food aid Wednesday to people in villages cut off by high water as the death toll from flooding this week in central Vietnam rose to 26, with nine people missing, disaster officials said.