100 pilgrims killed in India stampede

100 pilgrims killed in India stampede
Brisbane clean-up drive under way
Fiat Mirafiori staff 'approve' deal with conditions (AFP)
Envoys to tour 2 key Iranian nuclear facilities (AP)
China to station troops in N. Korea: report (AFP)
Amnesty urges torture charges on Indonesia soldiers (AFP)
Hariri to help form new Lebanon cabinet
Police: Model admits strangling, castrating journalist
UN to call for aid to help Sri Lanka flood victims (AP)
Protests Drive Out Tunisia's Dictator, But What's Left Behind is Unclear (Time.com)
1 dead after police, protesters clash in Haiti (AP)
100 dead in Indian pilgrimage stampede (AFP)
BP, Rosneft reach 'historic' Artic deal (AFP)
U.S.-China summit must deliver real results: Clinton (Reuters)
Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia
Alcohol Hits Nerve In Turkey
New Prize in Cold War: Cuban Doctors
China Mints Two Wind Power Billionaires As It Overtakes The U.S. In Capacity
BP and Russia sign Arctic oil deal
Israel 'will not tolerate rocket attacks'

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:08 PM PST

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, India (Reuters) - A stampede sparked by a night-time road accident in dense forest has killed more than 100 Hindu pilgrims in the southern Indian state of Kerala, police and officials said on Saturday.

Brisbane clean-up drive under way

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:00 PM PST

Volunteers armed with mops and cleaning supplies supplement soldiers' efforts in Australia's third largest city.

Fiat Mirafiori staff 'approve' deal with conditions (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 10:24 PM PST

AFP - Staff at Fiat's historic Mirafiori plant approved a tough deal on working conditions that would save their factory and prove key for the future of the new Fiat-Chrysler auto giant, ANSA news agency reported Saturday.

Envoys to tour 2 key Iranian nuclear facilities (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 10:55 PM PST

AP - Seven international envoys are getting a look inside two key Iranian nuclear sites in a tour that Tehran hopes will build support ahead of more talks on its disputed atomic work.

China to station troops in N. Korea: report (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 10:52 PM PST

AFP - China is in discussions with North Korea about stationing its troops in the isolated state for the first time since 1994, according to a South Korean newspaper.

Amnesty urges torture charges on Indonesia soldiers (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 10:05 PM PST

AFP - Indonesian soldiers on trial for the alleged brutal abuse of two Papuans should be charged with torture rather than the minor offence of disobeying orders, says Amnesty International.

Hariri to help form new Lebanon cabinet

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 11:57 AM PST

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri returned to his crisis-plagued homeland Friday, pledging his cooperation in the forming of a new government.

Police: Model admits strangling, castrating journalist

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 01:38 PM PST

Police say a male model confessed to strangling and castrating a prominent Portuguese television journalist in his posh Manhattan hotel room, according to a court document released Friday.

UN to call for aid to help Sri Lanka flood victims (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 09:27 PM PST

AP - The United Nations said it will launch an emergency appeal for funds to help those affected by floods that have ravaged eastern Sri Lanka for days, as the death toll in the flooding rose to 32 on Saturday.

Protests Drive Out Tunisia's Dictator, But What's Left Behind is Unclear (Time.com)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 05:05 PM PST

Time.com - President Ben Ali has fled in the face of a popular uprising, but his regime remains intact and seeking to reinvent itself, while protests show no sign of abating

1 dead after police, protesters clash in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 08:50 PM PST

AP - A gunbattle broke out between police and protesters before dawn Friday, and a 30-year-old Haitian was killed, authorities said.

100 dead in Indian pilgrimage stampede (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 07:53 PM PST

AFP - More than 100 Hindu devotees were killed after a road accident triggered a stampede among thousands of pilgrims returning from an Indian religious festival, according to officials.

BP, Rosneft reach 'historic' Artic deal (AFP)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 07:13 PM PST

AFP - The heads of energy giant BP and state-run Russian oil firm Rosneft announced an "historic" deal to swap shares in a joint venture to exploit the vast untouched energy resources of the Arctic.

U.S.-China summit must deliver real results: Clinton (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 07:36 PM PST

Reuters - U.S.-China relations are at a critical juncture and a summit between their leaders next week must produce "real action, on real issues" such as trade, climate change and North Korean nuclear proliferation, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Friday.

Ben Ali flees to Saudi Arabia

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 09:51 PM PST

Riyadh confirms arrival of former Tunisian president who fled violent social protests over unemployment and corruption.

Alcohol Hits Nerve In Turkey

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 10:39 PM PST

In the running debate over whether Turkey's government is chipping away at the foundations of one of the region's few secular democracies, a new front has opened: alcohol.

New Prize in Cold War: Cuban Doctors

Posted: 14 Jan 2011 08:27 PM PST

Nearly 1,600 Cuban doctors have defected to the U.S. since 2006 under the little-known immigration program that targets Cuba's overseas medical "brigades."