US rejects Israel's call for Iran

US rejects Israel's call for Iran

US rejects Israel's call for Iran

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:54 PM PST

Robert Gates, US defence secretary, rejects Benyamin Netanyahu's call for 'credible' military threat against Iran.


Myanmar poll dismissed as 'sham'

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:57 PM PST

Sporadic clashes break out on Thai border as the military junta is accused of practically re-electing itself to power.


Obama to push cooperation to India parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:50 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama met India's president on Monday ahead of talks with government leaders that will see him address parliament to rally momentum behind business and diplomatic ties with the rising global power.


Inside AT&T's Windows Phone 7 Launch

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:00 PM PST

To introduce Microsoft's new mobile operating system, AT&T rearranged its stores and sent its sa


Myanmar army-backed parties set to sweep rare poll (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:27 PM PST

Security personnel from Myanmar hold their weapons as they walk on the Moei river bank in Myanmar's Myawaddi town, from across border in Thailand, November 7, 2010. REUTERS/Chaiwat SubprasomReuters - Two military-backed parties looked set to prevail on Monday in Myanmar's first election in 20 years, a day after a choreographed vote marred by fraud charges and apathy, and condemned as flawed by Washington and London.

U.S. urges Iraq to form inclusive government (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:10 PM PST

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Iraq on Monday to develop an inclusive power-sharing government, but would not confirm the country was close to striking agreement on a national unity leadership.


Accused drug kingpin will go to Venezuela: Chavez (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:19 PM PST

Reuters - Colombia will extradite a businessman accused of being a major drug kingpin back to his native Venezuela to face justice, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday on Cuban television.


Job killing you? Stressed mob bosses seek help (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:00 PM PST

FILE - This undated photo provided by HBO shows a scene from a fourth season episode of 'The Sopranos' television show with James Gandolfini, right, playing Tony Soprano, and his character's therapist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi, played by Lorraine Bracco. One of a tiny corps of psychotherapists who have treated Italian organized crime bosses or their family members, Dr. Gabriele Quattrone, who said he has treated a mafioso's wife, scoffed at the notion her husband would ever consider psychotherapy himself. As Tony Soprano put it to his therapist in the TV show: 'I understand therapy as a concept. But in my world it does not go down.' (AP Photo/HBO) NO SALESAP - The mafia boss was having a dreadful time dealing with loss. But he wasn't struggling with the loss of lives, or even the loss of his freedom.

Cuba deadline to free political prisoners passes (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:06 PM PST

Members of the Cuban dissident group Ladies in White demonstrate during their weekly march in Havana, Cuba, Sunday Nov. 7, 2010. The wives and mothers of Cuba's most prominent political prisoners protested to demand the government honor an agreement to release their loved ones by the end of the day. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - The wives and mothers of Cuba's most prominent political prisoners marched through the leafy streets of the capital Sunday, but their demands that the government honor an agreement to release their loved ones by the end of the day went unheeded.

Japanese authorities investigate boat video leak (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:30 PM PST

AP - Authorities launched a criminal investigation Monday into the leak of a video of a collision between Japanese coast guard vessels and a Chinese fishing boat that appeared on the Internet and raised concerns of renewed Japan-China tensions.


Accused drug kingpin will go to Venezuela: Chavez

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:19 PM PST

HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia will extradite a businessman accused of being a major drug kingpin back to his native Venezuela to face justice, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday on Cuban television.

Donovan Data Systems Prez Batson Looks At The Digital Back Office And Agency DNA

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:09 PM PST

Donovan Data Systems Prez Batson Looks At The Digital Back Office And Agency DNA. JT Batson is Presi


U.S. urges Iraq to form inclusive government

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:10 PM PST

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Iraq on Monday to develop an inclusive power-sharing government, but would not confirm the country was close to striking agreement on a national unity leadership.

Afghan Forces Hurt by Attrition, NATO Finds

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 09:15 PM PST

Significant progress has been made in building up the Afghan security forces, but continuing attrition among police officers and a dearth of midlevel military leaders pose challenges, according to a NATO review.


Many flee Indonesia's erupting volcano; 141 killed (AP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:44 PM PST

A farmer ploughs his rice field in Sleman, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2010. (AP Photo / Achmad Ibrahim)AP - Frightened residents in a bustling city of 400,000 at the foot of Indonesia's rumbling volcano headed out of town Monday, cramming onto trains and buses and even rented vehicles to seek refuge with family and friends far away.

World Bank chief moots return to gold standard (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:07 PM PST

File photo of gold bullion bars in the vaults at the Bank of England, in London. World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Monday urged the world's leading economies to consider returning to a modified gold standard as fears of an upcoming currency war mount.(AFP/Ho)AFP - World Bank chief Robert Zoellick on Monday urged the world's leading economies to consider returning to a modified gold standard as fears of an upcoming currency war mount.

Army-backed parties poised to 'win' Myanmar vote (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 08:26 PM PST

A Myanmar policeman stands guard near a polling station in Yangon. The Myanmar military's political proxies on Monday looked poised to claim victory in an election condemned by the West as a farce but which could finally give pro-democracy parties a voice in parliament.(AFP/Hla Hla Htay)AFP - The Myanmar military's political proxies on Monday looked poised to claim victory in an election condemned by the West as a farce but which could finally give pro-democracy parties a voice in parliament.

Taliban Seek to Sway Congress

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 06:36 PM PST

In a rambling "open letter" to Congress, the Taliban's spokesman said he wanted to present American lawmakers with "a true picture of the ground realities" of the war in Afghanistan.


The 34th Miner (Time.com)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 06:55 PM PST

Time.com - How the Miners' Rescue Raised Up Chile's President


German police try to free blocked nuclear waste train (AFP)

Posted: 07 Nov 2010 07:15 PM PST

Protestors against the transport of nuclear waste from France to Germany use a burning vehicle as part of a barricade in Metzingen on November 7, 2010.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - German police Monday began dispersing activists who succeeded in peacefully blocking a train carrying nuclear waste from France to Germany after earlier protests erupted in violence.
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