Libyans Fleeing Sirte Face Scrutiny

Libyans Fleeing Sirte Face Scrutiny

Libyans Fleeing Sirte Face Scrutiny

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:52 PM PDT

Families who managed to escape Col. Moammar Gadhafi's hometown as fighters supporting Libya's interim leadership pushed to capture the city faces scrutiny by siege forces searching for suspected loyalists.


Iraq signs deal to buy 18 F-16 warplanes

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 02:04 PM PDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq has signed a contract to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16 warplanes to bolster its air force, an adviser to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Monday.

Syrian unrest blamed on foreign intervention

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:33 PM PDT

Foreign minister tells UN that President Assad had to shift priorities from reforms to containing external conspiracies.


Colombians seize $2m drug sub

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:42 PM PDT

Colombian police find a submarine they say was probably used to transport cocaine to Central America, the second such seizure in as many days.


Strauss-Kahn Seeks Dismissal of Civil Suit by Maid

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:30 PM PDT

Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn asked a judge on Monday to dismiss a civil suit filed by a hotel maid, saying he had immunity under international law when it was filed.

Analysis: U.S., Palestinians race for votes at U.N. council

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:40 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The Palestinians' initiative to seek U.N. recognition as a state, which goes to the Security Council on Monday, faces an uphill struggle to secure the nine votes needed for approval.

Mourning a 'true African heroine'

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 10:12 AM PDT

World leaders have paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Wangari Maathai who passed away while having treatment for ovarian cancer on Monday.

DW Wilson lands short story prize

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:03 PM PDT

Canadian writer DW Wilson is named winner of this year's BBC National Short Story Award, the youngest recipient in its history.


Wangari Maathai: Death of a visionary

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 03:23 AM PDT

Richard Black on Nobel laureate Wangari Maathai


TIMESCAST: TimesCast | September 26, 2011

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:27 PM PDT

The Senate votes to stem a government shutdown; Netflix cuts a streaming deal with DreamWorks; and a sit-in protest near Wall Street persists with no end in sight.

Pakistan bus crash kills dozens of students

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:07 PM PDT

Vehicle on the Lahore-Islamabad highway falls into salt mine, killing at least 37 and injuring 70.


Wall Street Rebounds on Europe Hopes

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:08 PM PDT

Traders were responding to reports that suggested German and French officials were developing plans to confront the Continent's fiscal crisis.

Bolivian Police Free Protesters

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:21 PM PDT

Bolivian police freed hundreds of Amazon Indians detained during a protest march over a proposed highway, after Defense Minister Cecilia Chacon resigned, saying she didn't agree with the government's decision to break up the march.


Ex-president's killing plotted abroad - Afghan agency

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:25 PM PDT

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's intelligence agency said on Monday it had arrested a key figure in last week's assassination of ex-President Burhanuddin Rabbani and suggested the Taliban's senior leadership may have been involved.

Frog killer immune genes revealed

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:54 PM PDT

Scientists take a big step toward understanding why some frogs are able to survive the fungal disease chytridiomycosis while others quickly die.


UN council discusses Palestinian UN membership bid

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:50 PM PDT

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council met behind closed doors on Monday for a preliminary discussion of last week's Palestinian application for full U.N. membership, a move seen as certain to fail.

Israel releases Palestinian reporter for Al Jazeera

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:41 PM PDT

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel freed a Palestinian correspondent for Al Jazeera from custody on Monday, saying he had confessed to links with Hamas and had received a suspended prison sentence.

Europe Attempting Stronger Response to Debt Crisis

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 01:08 PM PDT

Financial markets are clearly eager for a plan that would isolate Greece's problems from the rest of the Continent and ensure that Italy and Spain do not also fall victim.

DealBook: Berkshire Hathaway to Buy Back Shares

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 12:05 PM PDT

Some of Berkshire Hathaway's $43 billion cash hoard, usually intended for acquisitions, will be used to bolster the flagging shares of Warren E. Buffett's company.

Cardinal anger at Italy scandals

Posted: 26 Sep 2011 11:47 AM PDT

A Roman Catholic cardinal hits out at Italy's political class, saying the country needs to "purify the air" of sex and corruption controversy.


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