Slovenian local polls seen as warning to government (Reuters)

Slovenian local polls seen as warning to government (Reuters)

Slovenian local polls seen as warning to government (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:33 PM PDT

Reuters - Slovenia's ruling party scored poorly in Sunday's local elections but analysts said gains by some opposition and independent candidates were not a serious threat to the center-left government.


Women's 100m champion Oludamola fails dope test (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:14 PM PDT

Commonwealth Games women's 100m winner Osayemi Oludamola (pictured), who claimed gold when Australia's Sally Pearson was disqualified for false-starting, has failed a drugs test, said Games president Mike Fennell.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - Commonwealth Games women's 100m gold medal winner Osayemi Oludamola has failed a drugs test, it was announced on Monday.

Slovenian local polls seen as warning to government

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:33 PM PDT

LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - Slovenia's ruling party scored poorly in Sunday's local elections but analysts said gains by some opposition and independent candidates were not a serious threat to the center-left government.

Mountain sculpture to honour chief

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:16 PM PDT

As parts of the USA mark Native American Day BBC News gets a close up look at the sculpture of Chief Crazy Horse that could one day eclipse Mount Rushmore.


Russia blows up inflatable army

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:17 PM PDT

Steve Rosenberg blows up a tank as he investigates the Russian army's new range of inflatable decoys.


Sparks fly in Brazil debate, Rousseff on offensive

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:05 PM PDT

SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's ruling party presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff lashed out at rival Jose Serra in a debate on Sunday, striking her most aggressive tone of the campaign as she sought to halt Serra's momentum in the lead-up to the runoff vote.

Kyrgyzstan counts votes after landmark election

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:56 PM PDT

BISHKEK (Reuters) - Kyrgyzstan counted votes on Monday to establish the first parliamentary democracy in Central Asia, a region dominated by post-Soviet strongmen, four months after the worst bloodshed in the country's modern history.

Seoul pays tribute to North Korean defector (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 10:05 PM PDT

South Korea paid tribute on Monday to the highest-ranking North Korean defector ever to flee, praising the late Hwang Jang-Yop -- pictured here speaking at a roundtable discussion in Washington on March 31, 2010 -- for his efforts to speak out against rights abuses by Pyongyang.(AFP/File/Jewel Samad)AFP - South Korea paid tribute on Monday to the highest-ranking North Korean defector ever to flee, praising the late Hwang Jang-Yop for his efforts to speak out against rights abuses by Pyongyang.

Freud coming into fashion in China

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 06:07 PM PDT

BEIJING - On a recent morning, Danille Drake flipped on her computer and sat down to wait in the home office of her two-story Bethesda house. As the screen flickered to life, she explained how she has spent her whole career learning and practicing the teachings of Sigmund Freud. And how, for dec...


Workers reinforce rescue tunnel for Chilean miners

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 06:08 PM PDT

SAN JOSE MINE, CHILE - Rescue workers on Sunday rushed to reinforce an escape tunnel that will be used to free 33 trapped miners in Chile. If all goes according to plan, the first miner is expected to be lifted to safety early Wednesday morning, more than two months after the accident that left ...


Maldives President Nasheed seeks a low-carbon path

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 02:43 PM PDT

Prosecutors in Guantanamo Bay suspect's terror trial won't appeal ban on witness

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 04:30 PM PDT

NEW YORK - Prosecutors said Sunday that they will not appeal a U.S. judge's refusal to let a key witness testify in the first criminal trial of a terrorism suspect from the Guantanamo Bay military prison in Cuba.



Israeli bill would require new citizens to pledge loyalty to Jewish state

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 08:15 PM PDT

The Israeli cabinet approved on Sunday the submission of a bill to parliament that would require new citizens to pledge loyalty to Israel as a "Jewish and democratic state."


Japan to seek arms export ban review: report

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:48 PM PDT

HANOI (Reuters) - Japanese Defense Minister Toshimi Kitazawa said he will strive for a review of Japan's ban on arms exports, Kyodo news agency reported, a step that could add tension to already strained relations with China.

A Beverly Hills Broker Shot J.R.'s Retirement Portfolio

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:34 PM PDT

Who shot JR's portfolio? A Beverly Hill stock broker with some impressive credentials.


Hearings to probe MI5 over 2005 bombings (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:01 PM PDT

The remains of a double-decker bus that was blown up by jihadists in Tavistock Square, are seen in central London in early July, 2005. Long-awaited inquests are set to open on Monday into the deaths of 52 people in the 2005 London bombings to probe alleged failings by police and intelligence services before the attacks.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Long-awaited inquests are set to open on Monday into the deaths of 52 people in the 2005 London bombings to probe alleged failings by police and intelligence services before the attacks.

Palestinian dream city hits snag from Israel (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:00 PM PDT

In this Oct. 5, 2010 photo, Israeli soldiers stand guard at the site for the Palestinian urban project Rawabi in the village of Atara, near the West Bank city of Ramallah. It is billed as a symbol of the future Palestine: a modern, middle-class city of orderly streets, parks and shopping plazas rising in the hills of the West Bank, ready for independence, affluence and peace. But the $800-million project has hit a snag: Palestinians say construction of the city of Rawabi depends on getting an access road, which can't go ahead without Israeli permission. (AP Photo/Dan Balilty)AP - It is billed as a symbol of the future Palestine: a modern, middle-class city of orderly streets, parks and shopping plazas rising in the hills of the West Bank, ready for independence, affluence and peace.

AP Enterprise: Questions raised on Congo slaughter (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:19 PM PDT

FILE - In this April 21, 2010 file photo, Rwandan President Paul Kagame takes part in a media event with Canadian Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean, unseen, at the Urugwiro Village in Kigali, Rwanda. The discovery of mass graves in Congo prompted investigations that led to a controversial U.N. report published on Oct. 1, 2010, which accuses invading Rwandan troops of killing tens of thousands of Hutus in 1996 and 1997.(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Sean Kilpatrick, File)AP - The mass graves are hidden in the darkening shade of a hard-to-reach banana plantation, high up a mountain above the cloud line, at the end of a treacherous dirt track slippery with mud and animal dung.

Asiad: One month ahead, Guangzhou ready to go (AFP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:02 PM PDT

A Chinese worker affixes a sign to a stadium on September 28, for the upcoming 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou. Organisers say they hope the 2010 Asiad -- the world's second-largest sporting event after the Olympics -- will help the booming metropolis once known as Canton to join the ranks of the world's elite cities.(AFP/File/Mike Clarke)AFP - After seven years of painstaking preparations, Guangzhou -- the southern city at the heart of China's economic miracle -- has reinvented itself and is ready for next month's Asian Games.

Tiny East Timor declares war on leprosy (AP)

Posted: 10 Oct 2010 09:00 PM PDT

This July 7, 2010 photo shows the feet of Luis Siqueira Aforn, 65, who's toes were chewed by rats while he was sleeping on the ground in Hauana, East Timor, south of Oe-cusse town. The loss of sensation led him to be oblivious to the nibbling of the rodents. East Timor is one of just two places worldwide where leprosy is still widespread, and the country has now declared war on the age-old scourge. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)AP - If there really was a place so remote it could be called the end of the earth, Adelino Quelo's shabby little hut would be prime real estate.
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