En masse resignations hit Gingrich campaign

En masse resignations hit Gingrich campaign

En masse resignations hit Gingrich campaign

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 11:20 PM PDT

Ex-House speaker's bid for 2012 Republican nomination threatened as top aides walk out.


Indian police killed in Maoist attack

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:55 PM PDT

At least 10 killed in explosion that hit security vehicles in state of Chhattisgarh.


Japan Bills Stall Amid Political Stalemate

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 11:04 PM PDT

Japan appeared no closer to having a new leader a week after Prime Minister Naoto Kan announced he would quit, leaving a crucial bill to finance the budget and additional quake-reconstruction measures up in the air.


US: China worried by disruption in Korean talks (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:54 PM PDT

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell listens to South Korean chief nuclear envoy Wi Sung-lac, not in the photo, during their meeting at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, June 10, 2011. (AP Photo/Jo Yong-hak, Pool)AP - A senior U.S. diplomat says that China is worried and surprised by the latest disruption in talks between the two Koreas and hopes to see improvement in their ties.

Renewed NATO air strikes rock Tripoli

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:28 PM PDT

Military alliance pounds Libyan capital a day after US secretary of state says Gaddafi's days are "numbered".


Moose on loose barges into Swedish retirement home (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:11 PM PDT

The slightly injured moose on its way out in to freedom after his visit to a geriatric care home in Alingsas east of Goteborg, Sweden, Thursday June 9, 2011. The moose jumped through a canteen window into the building in Alingsas in western Sweden Thursday. The residents were evacuated and the moose locked into a small room next to the entrance. Since the moose's injuries were concluded to be minor it was released into freedom. (AP Photo / Adam Ihse , SCANPIX) ** SWEDEN OUT **AP - Officials say a moose burst through the dining room window of a retirement home in southwestern Sweden, knocking over furniture and flower pots before taking off into the wild again.

China's May imports accelerate, exports weaken (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:07 PM PDT

AP - China's import growth accelerated in May despite government efforts to cool an overheated economy, while exports weakened.


Libyan rebels get aid, blast heard in capital

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 10:10 PM PDT

TRIPOLI (Reuters) - NATO warplanes pummeled a town west of Libya's capital, state media said soon after Western and Arab powers promised more than $1 billion to help rebels fighting to end Muammar Gaddafi's four-decade rule.

Tech-savvy Iceland online for new constitution (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:40 PM PDT

FILE - In this Friday Jan. 8, 2010 file photo Iceland's parliament, debates a bill to hold a referendum over repayment of US$5.7 billion demanded by Britain and the Netherlands for depositors' money lost in failed Icelandic banks in the Althingi (parliament) in Reykjavik . How do you write a new constitution in the 21st century? You go where the people are online. That was the decision of tiny but tech-savvy Iceland, which is overhauling its constitution in the wake of an economic catastrophe, and has turned to the Internet to get input from citizens. The 25-member council drafting the new constitution is reaching out to Icelanders online, especially through social media sites Facebook and Twitter, video-sharing site YouTube and photo site Flickr. (AP Photo/Brynjar Gauti, File)AP - How do you write a new constitution in the 21st century? You go where the people are — online.

New round of NATO strikes hits Tripoli outskirts (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:28 PM PDT

A Libyan rebel fighter looks through the telescopic sight of his weapon at the southern front line of the city of Misrata, Libya Thursday, June 9, 2011. On Wednesday pro-Gadhafi forces renewed their shelling near the western city of Misrata, killing 10 rebel fighters and on Thursday NATO airstrikes rattled the Libyan capital with clusters of bombing runs believed to have targeted the outskirts of Tripoli. (AP Photo/Luis Hidalgo)AP - NATO airstrikes rattled the Libyan capital Thursday with clusters of bombing runs believed to have targeted the outskirts of Tripoli.

US delegation meets with American jailed in Cuba (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:28 PM PDT

Former Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Donna Brazile, left, and Sarah Stephens, director of the Center for Democracy, speak with journalists prior to their departure at Havana's International airport in Cuba, Thursday, June 9, 2011. Members of a visiting U.S. delegation have met with jailed U.S. contractor Alan Gross and report that he has lost weight in captivity but is otherwise doing well. Gross, a 61-year-old Maryland native, was arrested in December 2009 and charged with undermining Cuba's government by bringing communications equipment onto the island illegally. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)AP - Members of a visiting U.S. delegation met with a jailed U.S. contractor Thursday and reported that he has lost nearly 100 pounds in captivity but is otherwise doing well.

Bus accident in Pakistan kills at least 7 children (AP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:54 PM PDT

AP - A government official says a bus carrying school children has fallen into a canal in Pakistan-held Kashmir, killing at least seven children.


Conviction in Danish cartoon attack plot

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:45 PM PDT

Jury finds Chicago man guilty of plotting attacks against Danish newspaper, but clears him in 2008 Mumbai rampage.


The Self Corruption of Climate Science

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:31 PM PDT

As one of the Forbes.com contributors who believes the science behind global warming is settled, it


Malaysia arrests Indonesian terror suspect (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:19 PM PDT

A poster outlining the Straits Times' story on the capture of fugitive Mas Selamat bin Kastari is seen in Singapore. Malaysia has re-arrested Indonesian Agus Salim who slipped back into the country after being deported for harbouring bin Kastari, police have said.(AFP/File/Roslan Rahman)AFP - Malaysia has re-arrested an Indonesian who slipped back into the country after being deported for harbouring one of Southeast Asia's most wanted terror suspects, police said Friday.

One in six Australian women students raped: survey (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 09:11 PM PDT

About one in six Australian female university students have been raped, and many more sexually assaulted or harassed, during their life, a survey released Friday showed.(AFP/File)AFP - About one in six Australian female university students have been raped, and many more sexually assaulted or harassed, during their life, a survey released Friday showed.

China Imports Jumped in May

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:40 PM PDT

China reported significantly faster than expected growth in imports in May, a jump that could somewhat ease concerns about the possibility of a sharp slowdown in the world's second-largest economy.


Powers plot 'post-Kadhafi' Libya as rebels eye cash (AFP)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 08:23 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton gives Turkey's Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu a high five during a meeting on the sidelines of the third meeting of the International contact group on Libya. Key powers have vowed to unlock a billion dollars for hard-pressed Libyan rebels in talks to map out a AFP - Key powers have vowed to unlock a billion dollars for hard-pressed Libyan rebels in talks to map out a "post-Kadhafi Libya" as a fresh volley of NATO air strikes rocked the capital early Friday.

Fleeing violence, Syrian refugees warn of potential massacre (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 02:38 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - Syrian refugees continued to stream into Turkey Thursday, fleeing an expected revenge attack from the regime against their town of Jisr al-Shughur.


UK, France build case for UN resolution against Syria (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 09 Jun 2011 12:39 PM PDT

The Christian Science Monitor - With thousands of Syrians fleeing to Turkey in fear of more attacks by government forces, Europe is intensifying diplomatic pressure on the regime of President Bashar al-Assad to stop using violence against civilians.


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