Tight security as Yemen hosts Cup

Tight security as Yemen hosts Cup

Tight security as Yemen hosts Cup

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 11:10 PM PST

Some 30,000 troops deploy to protect Gulf Cup football tournament after threats from al-Qaeda and other armed groups.


Congo leader faces war crimes trial

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 11:07 PM PST

Former Democratic Republic of Congo vice-president accused of allowing his troops to commit atrocities in 2002-2003.


Ireland urged to stop sham marriages

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 05:43 PM PST

Latvia's government appeals to the Irish authorities to clamp down on human trafficking.


Man rescued from pipe after three days

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 03:00 AM PST

A construction worker in China has been rescued after being trapped underwater in an iron pipe for more than three days.


Poland's rival to Rio's iconic statue

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 06:46 PM PST

Catholic priests in Poland consecrate their own huge statue of Jesus, which they say is even bigger than Rio's iconic Christ the Redeemer


Ex DR Congo rebel leader trial begins

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 07:42 PM PST

The former Congolese rebel leader, Jean Pierre Bemba, is to go on trial in The Hague.


NZ miner on surviving the blast

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 03:50 AM PST

One of the men who survived the blast in the Pike River mine and walked out, has spoken about his ordeal and given some idea of the scale of the explosion.


Only 3,000 tigers left in the world

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 03:11 AM PST

Leaders from the 13 countries where tigers still live in the wild are meeting in Russia to discuss how to keep the species going.


Ireland urged to stop sham marriages

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 05:43 PM PST

Latvia's government appeals to the Irish authorities to clamp down on human trafficking.


Obama on full body airport scans

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 06:30 AM PST

President Obama has asked US officials to investigate less intrusive ways of screening travellers in the debate over airport scanners which show security guards naked images of passengers.


China says it has capacity to curb inflation (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 10:16 PM PST

AP - Beijing has the capacity to control surging prices while keeping economic growth on track, China's main planning agency said Monday, in the latest effort to quell public anxiety about simmering inflation.


Rescuers preparing robot for New Zealand mine

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 10:26 PM PST

Rescuers in New Zealand were testing a high-tech robot Monday that they hope will provide key information in their search for 29 miners trapped underground.

Chinese Miners Rescued

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:56 PM PST

All 29 miners trapped in a flooded Chinese coal mine were lifted to safety, ending a day-long rescue drama.


A Name You Need to Know in 2011: Warby Parker

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:48 PM PST

Warby Parker is doing for global vision what TOMS Shoes did for bare feet: For every pair of eyeglas


Kabul 'safer than Western cities'

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 10:21 PM PST

Children in Afghan cities are safer than those in New York or London, Nato's top civilian envoy to Afghanistan has said.


All 29 trapped in China mine rescued: state media (AFP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:58 PM PST

File photo shows paramilitary police standing guard at the entrance to a coal mine in China's Shanxi province. All 29 people trapped in a flooded coal mine in southwestern China were pulled to safety on Monday, state media reported, in a rare bit of good news for the country's accident-prone mining sector.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - All 29 people trapped in a flooded coal mine in southwestern China were pulled to safety on Monday, state media reported, in a rare bit of good news for the country's accident-prone mining sector.

China rescues trapped coal miners

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 10:36 PM PST

Emergency teams pull all 29 workers from shaft in Sichuan province a day after sudden flood in mine pit.


NZ mine rescuers 'planning for all options'

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:39 PM PST

Rescuers at a New Zealand mine where 29 men are missing after an explosion last week are preparing for all eventualities, including possible loss of life.


Trapped miners rescued in China

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:49 PM PST

Twenty-nine miners trapped in a flooded mine in China were being rescued after more than 24 hours, with crews lifting them out in rapid succession, state television reported Monday.

Another North Korea provocation, but no crisis: U.S. envoy

Posted: 21 Nov 2010 09:43 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States accused North Korea of being a danger to the region after it showed off its latest advances in uranium enrichment but its envoy said on Monday Washington was open to talks with the isolated state.
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