Kazakhstan revives hunting with eagles

Kazakhstan revives hunting with eagles

Kazakhstan revives hunting with eagles

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:33 PM PST

Enthusiasts in Kazakhstan are attempting to revive their county's ancient tradition of hunting with eagles.


Kazakhstan revives hunting with eagles

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:33 PM PST

Enthusiasts in Kazakhstan are attempting to revive their county's ancient tradition of hunting with eagles.


South Korea to stage firing drills off coasts

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:45 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will conduct live-fire drills at sea on Monday, The latest in a series of military exercises taking place against a backdrop of heightened tension with North Korea, a military official said on Sunday.

Israel: settlements not an obstacle

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:48 PM PST

Despite talks with the Palestinians being deadlocked over the issue, an Israeli ambassador denies building is a problem.


Colombian 'military plan for FARC'

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:28 PM PST

Latest US cable revealed by WikiLeaks say former Colombian president mulled sending troops to capture Venezuelan rebels.


Knox says conviction a 'mistake'

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 06:43 PM PST

Amanda Knox tells an appeal court her conviction for murdering Meredith Kercher was an 'enormous mistake'.


Envoy Holbrooke in Critical Condition

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 03:26 PM PST

Richard Holbrooke, the U.S.'s special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan, is in critical condition at a Washington hospital after undergoing emergency heart surgery Saturday, according to the State Department.


Kosovo holds first election

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:00 PM PST

In a bid to heal ethnic division and join the EU, citizens of Europe's youngest nation vote for new parliament.


Israeli troops kill 2 Palestinians on Gaza border (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:52 PM PST

Palestinian security officers march next to Yasser Arafat's mausoleum in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she is frustrated by the latest setback in efforts to get Israel and the Palestinians back to the peace table, but she insists the Obama administration will keep pushing.(AP Photo/Majdi Mohammed)AP - The Israeli military says troops have killed two unarmed Palestinians trying to cross into Israel from Gaza.

Explosions Kill One in Sweden

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 03:38 PM PST

Two explosions in central Stockholm killed one person and injured two others on Saturday, causing panic among Christmas shoppers.


Gunbattle Kills 11 in West Mexico Town

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:14 PM PST

A gunbattle between rival gangs killed 11 people during a Virgin of Guadalupe celebration in a western Mexican town.


Royal photos show relaxed, loving William and Kate (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:55 PM PST

This is one of two official portrait photographs taken on Nov. 25, 2010 in the Cornwall Room in St James's Palace, London and released by Clarence House Press Office on Sunday Dec. 12, 2010 to mark the engagement of Britain's Prince William, left, and Catherine Middleton, right. (AP Photo/Clarence House Press Office/Copyright 2010 Mario Testino, ho). MANDATORY CREDIT, NO SALES , EDITORIAL USE ONLY, NOT APPROVED FOR SOUVENIRS AND MEMORABILIA. THE PHOTOGRAPHS MUST NOT BE DIGITALLY ENHANCED, MANIPULATED OR MODIFIED AND MUST BE USED IN THEIR ENTIRETYAP - Prince William and Kate Middleton look relaxed, poised and very much in love in official photos released to mark their engagement.

A noble feud reflects India's royal ambivalence (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 09:00 PM PST

In this photo taken on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010, Jaffar Mir Abdullah stands outside the crumbling royal palace known as Sheesh Mahal, in Lucknow, Utter Pradesh, India. The tale begins in the 18th century, with an ancestor who served a Mogul emperor and an aristocratic family's rise to immense wealth and power. It ends with Abdullah and his brother-in-law, white-haired men living in adjoining apartments in a palace that long ago passed the point of crumbling, and both claiming the throne of a kingdom that hasn't existed for 150 years. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - Their tale begins in the 18th century, with an ancestor who served a Mogul emperor and an aristocratic family's rise to immense wealth and power.

Cables Show Ireland Irked Vatican

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 10:01 PM PST

Newly released U.S. diplomatic cables indicate that the Vatican felt "offended" that Ireland failed to respect Holy See "sovereignty" by asking high-ranking churchmen to answer questions from an Irish commission probing decades of sex abuse of minors by clergy.


Explosions kill 1, injure 2 in central Stockholm (AP)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:49 PM PST

Police forensics expert at the scene of an explosion in Stockholm on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010. Two explosions in central Stockholm killed one person and injured two on Saturday, causing panic among Christmas shoppers. Police spokeswoman Petra Sjolander said a car exploded near Drottninggatan, a busy shopping street in the center of the city. (AP Photo/Fredrik Persson) SWEDEN OUTAP - A car explosion and what appeared to be a suicide attack injured two people, killed the apparent bomber, and caused panic among Christmas shoppers in Stockholm Saturday.

Explosions kill 1, injure 2 in central Stockholm

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 08:49 PM PST

STOCKHOLM -- A car explosion and what appeared to be a suicide attack injured two people, killed the apparent bomber, and caused panic among Christmas shoppers in Stockholm Saturday.


WikiLeaks' advocates are wreaking 'hacktivism'

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 07:01 PM PST

In England, a 26-year-old advertising agency employee caters to multinational clients but on the side has been communicating with a secretive band of strangers devoted to supporting WikiLeaks.



Has Shanghai Lost Its Artsy Edge? (Time.com)

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 07:20 AM PST

Time.com - Forget aspiring to rival New York and London in culture. Today Shanghai, once the undisputed seat of China's art scene, is having trouble keeping up with Beijing, where artists enjoy more freedoms and the art and music scenes are flourishing


Climate talks end with modest steps, no Kyoto deal

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 07:34 PM PST

CANCUN, Mexico (Reuters) - The world's governments agreed on Saturday to modest steps to combat climate change and to give more money to poor countries, but they put off until next year tough decisions on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Mourners pay tribute to Edwards

Posted: 11 Dec 2010 06:10 PM PST

More than 1,200 mourners, including hundreds who loved and admired Elizabeth Edwards from a distance, packed a Raleigh church Saturday to pay respects to the activist and estranged wife of a failed aspirant to the presidency.
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