Pakistan defends Wagah ritual

Pakistan defends Wagah ritual

Pakistan defends Wagah ritual

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:50 PM PST

Pakistan has refused to tone down the decades-old border ceremony at the Wagah Border Crossing that links the two the countries.


French object to 'Zoe Renault' car name

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 07:18 PM PST

The French car maker Renault has defeated a legal challenge to its plan to call its latest model the "Zoe".


Myanmar's top court rejects Suu Kyi's final appeal (Reuters)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:04 PM PST

Members of the National League for Democracy (NLD) set up a poster of Myanmar's democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi in front of their office in Yangon November 10, 2010. REUTERS/Soe Zeya TunReuters - Myanmar's top court rejected a final and largely symbolic appeal by detained Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi against her house arrest, her lawyer said on Thursday, two days before her scheduled release.

Official: Pakistan detains US man at airport (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:51 PM PST

AP - A Pakistani official says an American man suspected of carrying weapons cartridges in his luggage has been detained at one of the country's main airports.


Asia-Pacific ministers extend freeze on trade barriers

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:46 PM PST

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific ministers on Thursday agreed to extend a freeze on trade barriers and pledged to work toward creating a vast free trade area in the world's fastest growing region.

EASA calls for inspection of A380 Rolls-Royce engines (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:11 PM PST

File photo shows a visitor looking at a Rolls Royce Trent 900 jet engine at the Farnborough Air Show. The European Aviation Safety Agency has ordered airlines to carry out new inspections of the Rolls-Royce engines on the Airbus A380 superjumbo after analysis of one which blew up on a Qantas flight.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - The European Aviation Safety Agency has ordered airlines to carry out new inspections of the Rolls-Royce engines on the Airbus A380 superjumbo after analysis of one which blew up on a Qantas flight.

Aung San Suu Kyi loses court battle (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:13 PM PST

A member of Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy party looks at a portrait of the detained leader outside the party's headquarters Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010, in Yangon, Myanmar. Myanmar's military-backed party has so far captured 77 percent of the parliamentary seats contested in weekend elections, a senior party leader said Wednesday, following polling widely decried as manipulated and unfair. (AP Photo/Khin Maung Win)AP - Myanmar's democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi suffered her latest courtroom loss Thursday but close aides remained optimistic that she will soon be granted freedom from house arrest in the military-ruled country.

Iraqi official: leaders have framework to form new government (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 03:07 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Iraqi political leaders have reached the framework of an agreement for a new government that would end the country’s eight month-long political deadlock, a senior Iraqi official said late on Wednesday.


China to mold future world energy use: IEA (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 01:17 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - China’s increasing appetite for energy will drive rising global energy demand over the coming decades, putting the country in position to mold the future of both energy security and alternative energy sources.


Mexican drug violence sparks exodus

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:09 PM PST

About 300 families flee Cuidad Meir following days of gang battles triggered by killing of Tony the Tormenta.


Myanmar's top court rejects Suu Kyi's final appeal

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:19 PM PST

YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's top court rejected a final and largely symbolic appeal by detained Nobel peace prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi against her house arrest, her lawyer said on Thursday, two days before her scheduled release.

Moody's Upgrades China's Debt Citing "Resilient Performance"

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PST

A day after a Chinese rating agency downgraded U.S. debt Moody's upgraded China's debt citing the co


U.S., South Korea Extend Trade Talks

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:39 PM PST

The U.S. and South Korea will keep working on a free-trade deal as they attend the G-20 and APEC meetings.


Iraq's Christians Vow to Survive -- With Muslim Help (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:10 PM PST

Time.com - After the horrific church invasion on Halloween, Baghdad's Christians suffer another day of assaults. But they have also won the sympathy of their Muslim countrymen


Nicaraguan VP: No border zone troop withdrawal (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:22 PM PST

AP - Nicaragua's vice president said Wednesday he is not planning to comply with a diplomatic deadline to withdraw troops from a border zone with Costa Rica, as tensions flared over a two-century-old territorial dispute.


South Korea Roars Again (Time.com)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:10 PM PST

Time.com - Why South Korea Is Asia's Latest Economic Miracle


South Korea-US hold last-ditch trade talks (AP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 09:05 PM PST

South Korean protesters wearing masks of U.S. President Barack Obama, left, and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak perform during a rally opposing Free Trade Agreement (FTA), talks between South Korea and the United States, in front of the Government Complex in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korea and the United States made last ditch-efforts Thursday to salvage a free trade agreement that has stalled because of differences over autos and imports of American beef

Abbas seeks Security Council meeting on settlements

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:50 PM PST

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has asked for a U.N. Security Council meeting to discuss Jewish settlement building on occupied land in the West Bank where the Palestinians aim to found a state.

G20 leaders head into trade showdown (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 08:27 PM PST

A policeman with a sniffer dog patrols a subway station during G20 Summit security operations in Seoul on November 11, 2010. The world's 20 biggest rich and emerging economies intensified a war of words hours before the start Thursday of a summit devoted to recalibrating huge distortions in the global economy.(AFP/Ted Aljibe)AFP - The world's 20 biggest rich and emerging economies intensified a war of words hours before the start Thursday of a summit devoted to recalibrating huge distortions in the global economy.

Qantas grounds troubled A380s until further notice (AFP)

Posted: 10 Nov 2010 10:22 PM PST

A Qantas Airbus A380 lands at Sydney International Airport. Qantas grounded its Airbus A380 superjumbos until further notice Thursday, a week after a mid-air engine blast prompted serious safety worries over the world's biggest passenger jet.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Qantas grounded its Airbus A380 superjumbos until further notice Thursday, a week after a mid-air engine blast prompted serious safety worries over the world's biggest passenger jet.
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