Hamas says it plans to join Abbas's PLO |
- Hamas says it plans to join Abbas's PLO
- Republicans 'agree' to tax vote
- From the Magazine: The Lives They Lived
- New Newt’s Biggest Rival May Be Old Newt
- The Lives They Lived: Vann Nath, b. 1946
- These American Lives: One Day in May
- Ailing Fujimori to ask Peru's Humala for pardon
- U.S. Erred in Deadly Pakistan Strike
- VIDEO: US admits to air strike mistakes
- VIDEO: Turkey retaliates for French bill
- Judge Blocks Parts of South Carolina’s Immigration Law
- U.N. assembly holds "minute" of silence for Kim Jong-il
- Italy Passes $40 Billion Austerity Plan
- Pigeons Can Learn Higher Math as Well as Monkeys, Study Suggests
- Pakistan Demurs on Border Blockade
- German Consumers Buy Into a Recovery
- Live - Tottenham v Chelsea
- Multiple blasts rock two Nigerian cities
- Tunisia's post-revolution cabinet unveiled
- Wave of attacks kills dozens in Iraq
| Hamas says it plans to join Abbas's PLO Posted: 22 Dec 2011 01:13 PM PST GAZA (Reuters) - Rival Palestinian factions took a significant step towards reconciliation on Thursday as the Islamist group Hamas said it planned to join Western-backed President Mahmoud Abbas's Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO).    
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| Republicans 'agree' to tax vote Posted: 22 Dec 2011 01:07 PM PST Top US Republican John Boehner has agreed to a House vote on a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut passed by the Senate, US media reports.
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| From the Magazine: The Lives They Lived Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:37 PM PST In a year with no shortage of notable deaths, Ira Glass and his team from "This American Life" helped us compile readers' stories of the ordinary people they lost. 
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| New Newt’s Biggest Rival May Be Old Newt Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:18 PM PST Those closest to him say Newt Gingrich's late-life maturity and mellowness help explain how he has avoided the self-destructiveness that undermined him in the past. 
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| The Lives They Lived: Vann Nath, b. 1946 Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:12 AM PST Who would you be if you'd been born to farmer parents in Battambang province, in the country of Cambodia, and been given the name Vann Nath? 
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| These American Lives: One Day in May Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:12 AM PST Three servicemen's stories. 
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| Ailing Fujimori to ask Peru's Humala for pardon Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:25 PM PST LIMA (Reuters) - Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori, in prison for corruption and human rights crimes, is in poor health and will ask President Ollanta Humala for a pardon, his family and lawyer said on Thursday.   
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| U.S. Erred in Deadly Pakistan Strike Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:18 PM PST The U.S. conceded that it bore significant responsibility for last month's American airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani troops.
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| VIDEO: US admits to air strike mistakes Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:56 AM PST The US military has admitted it bears significant responsibility for last month's air strike on the Afghan border that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
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| VIDEO: Turkey retaliates for French bill Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:00 PM PST The Turkish prime minister has announced measures against France after MPs passed a bill criminalising denial of the 1915-16 Armenian "genocide".
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| Judge Blocks Parts of South Carolina’s Immigration Law Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:33 AM PST The ruling blocks the most controversial parts of South Carolina's new immigration law from taking effect next month, including requiring authorities to check the status of certain suspects. 
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| U.N. assembly holds "minute" of silence for Kim Jong-il Posted: 22 Dec 2011 01:07 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly granted a request from North Korea and held a few moments of silence on Thursday for Kim Jong-il, the country's former leader who died on Saturday, though Western delegations boycotted it.   
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| Italy Passes $40 Billion Austerity Plan Posted: 22 Dec 2011 12:22 PM PST Italy's Senate voted overwhelmingly in favor of a package aimed at eliminating Italy's budget deficit by 2013 and stimulating its economy as part of a broader plan to stabilize the euro. 
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| Pigeons Can Learn Higher Math as Well as Monkeys, Study Suggests Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:33 AM PST It has been known that pigeons can count, but a recent experiment showed they can perform a higher math task that had been demonstrated only in primates: ranking groups of items from fewest to most. 
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| Pakistan Demurs on Border Blockade Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:38 AM PST Pakistan's government said Thursday it would demur to the nation's Parliament over whether the country should lift a blockade on NATO supplies in the wake of the U.S.'s admission of culpability in a fatal airstrike last month along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border last month.
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| German Consumers Buy Into a Recovery Posted: 22 Dec 2011 01:04 PM PST German consumers, once considered a drag on the country's export-focused economy, are emerging as a ray of light in the bleak euro-zone outlook.
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| Posted: 22 Dec 2011 11:00 AM PST Third-placed Tottenham take on fourth-placed Chelsea in what promises to be a cracking final top-flight fixture before Christmas.
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| Multiple blasts rock two Nigerian cities Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:56 AM PST Six blasts and gunfire rock Maiduguri, after explosions and shooting earlier broke out in another northeastern city.
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| Tunisia's post-revolution cabinet unveiled Posted: 22 Dec 2011 10:38 AM PST Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announces his new cabinet lineup, with key posts going to Islamist Ennahdha party.
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| Wave of attacks kills dozens in Iraq Posted: 22 Dec 2011 08:56 AM PST A wave of explosions across Baghdad killed dozens of people Thursday and spread fears that Iraq's government could collapse in the wake of the U.S. military's departure.      
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