F-35 general sacked by Pentagon

F-35 general sacked by Pentagon


F-35 general sacked by Pentagon

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 01:01 PM PST

US defence chief Robert Gates sacks the marine general overseeing a $40bn strike fighter project following missed targets.


Gates Shakes Up Leadership and Funding for F-35

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:54 PM PST

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said he was replacing the general in charge of the Pentagon's largest weapons program and withholding millions from the contractor.


Israel disciplines two officers for artillery strike during Gaza Strip war

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:02 PM PST

JERUSALEM -- Israel has disciplined two army officers for ordering artillery fire into a populated area during last year's Gaza Strip war, the most serious penalties disclosed so far in the country's follow-up investigation into the brief but intense conflict.


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Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:02 PM PST


10 Americans Arrested in Haiti Await Charges

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:45 PM PST

The members of a Baptist group were arrested for trying to take 33 children across the border.


One On One: T.J. Creamer, Astronaut (Currently In Space)

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:25 AM PST

In an exclusive e-mail interview, astronaut T.J. Creamer talks about tweeting from space, diet and depth perception experiments on the space station, and a treadmill named Stephen Colbert.


Two Israeli Officers Reprimanded for Gaza Shelling

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:26 PM PST

The announcement by the Israeli military was a rare admission of high-level wrongdoing.


Presidential Condolences and Troop Suicides

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:11 AM PST

The White House is reviewing the "no-letter" policy for families of active duty service members who commit suicide.


Live - Monday football

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:30 AM PST

Sunderland host Stoke in Monday's sole Premier League match at the tail end of an intriguing transfer deadline day across Britain.


Officer Jabbed Man Between Buttocks, Colleague Testifies

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:46 AM PST

A police officer testified Monday that he saw the officer accused of abusing Michael Mineo jab a baton between Mr. Mineo's buttocks.


Northern Ireland parties hopeful deal can be done

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:13 AM PST

BELFAST (Reuters) - Rival Northern Irish parties both said on Monday they believed they could reach a deal to end a row over police and justice powers that threatened to bring down their fragile government.


Obama Calls for End to NASA’s Moon Program

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:43 AM PST

The budget would cancel the program to replace the space shuttles in favor of developing new technology.


Father of Terrorism Defendant Is Charged Again

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:54 AM PST

The father of Najibullah Zazi, the Denver shuttle bus driver arrested in September on terrorism charges after a visit to New York, was charged with obstruction of justice in an indictment unsealed Monday.


Grammys Attract Biggest Audience in Years

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:46 AM PST

The ratings dwarf other recent awards shows.


Manufacturing Expanded Last Month

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:17 AM PST

The January data renewed hope that rising activity at the nation's factories may help lead the economy out of its downturn.


Trial to Open in Concorde Disaster

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 08:41 AM PST

Nearly 10 years after a Concorde jet crashed on take-off from Paris, Continental Airlines and five individuals are due to stand trial Tuesday in a French criminal court.


Death toll at 16 in Juarez party shooting

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 10:37 AM PST

The death toll climbed to 16 Monday in the attack early Sunday on teens at a party in Mexico, Juarez Mayor Jose Reyes Ferriz said. The victims, aged 14 to 19, had no known criminal ties, he said.


Radar problems foil missile test

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 04:12 AM PST

A U.S. missile defense test failed Sunday when a long-range missile missed its target because of radar problems.


MPs set for electoral reform vote

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:51 AM PST

MPs are to be asked to vote next week on holding a referendum on electoral reform, the BBC learns.


Fico favorite as Slovakia sets June 12 poll

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 11:39 AM PST

BRATISLAVA (Reuters) - Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico's chances of winning a June 12 general election rose on Monday when his main rival, center-right ex-premier Mikulas Dzurinda, pulled out over accusations of money laundering.


Obama budget to cut Moon base plan

Obama budget to cut Moon base plan


Obama budget to cut Moon base plan

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:28 AM PST

US President Obama is set to announce his budget with more than 100 government programmes expected to be cut or reined in, including an ambitious plan to establish an American base on the Moon.


ANALYSIS - Stabilising Yemen will test stamina of donors

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:18 AM PST

BEIRUT (Reuters) - For once the world is attending to Yemen, thanks to a botched al Qaeda attack on a U.S. airliner.


Gunmen kill 14 at high school party in Mexico

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:01 AM PST

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (Reuters) - Suspected drug hitmen burst into a high school birthday party and killed 14 people in Ciudad Juarez on Sunday, the latest massacre in one of the world's deadliest cities.


Nine killed in China after man seizes bus

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:01 AM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - A man hijacked his employers' bus on Monday, knocking down pedestrians and killing nine people as he careened through the northern Chinese port city of Tianjin, state media reported.


Six reported killed in Somali capital fighting

Posted: 01 Feb 2010 12:01 AM PST

MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Islamist insurgents fired mortar bombs at the presidential palace in the Somali capital overnight, prompting return fire by troops that killed at least six people, medical officials and residents said on Monday.


U.S. arms may boost Taiwan leader; threaten trade

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:49 PM PST

TAIPEI (Reuters) - A U.S. arms sale to Taiwan is likely to give a short-term boost to the flagging popularity of the island's president by making him look strong in standing up to China, but may delay the critical trade deals he has pushed.


China fumes at latest U.S. arms sales to Taiwan

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:18 PM PST

BEIJING/TOKYO (Reuters) - Chinese state media blasted the United States on Monday for a planned $6.4 billion arms package for Taiwan, while a U.S. official said Washington was committed to helping the island defend itself.


Most Japan voters want party kingpin to resign - poll

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 11:18 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Three quarters of Japanese voters think ruling party kingpin Ichiro Ozawa should quit if a former aide is charged in a funding scandal, a poll showed on Monday, raising pressure on the master strategist ahead of an election.


Toxic risk from cigarette butts

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:37 PM PST

The National Institute of Technology in Italy has released a report the highlights the environmental and health risk from discarded cigarette butts.


Ban Ki-moon to visit Cyprus

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 10:15 PM PST

The UN secretary general is making his first visit to Cyprus where he will host separate and joint meetings with Greek and Turkish Cypriot leaders.


Chinese web users rebuke U.S for Taiwan arms sales

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:52 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Enraged Chinese web users are venting their anger at the United States after the Obama administration proposed its first arms sale to Taiwan, with some calling for a boycott of U.S. goods or even military action.


New Zealand to sign up to Copenhagen Accord

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:52 PM PST

WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand will join the Copenhagen Accord on climate change, maintaining its conditional target of a reduction in emissions of 10 to 20 percent by 2020 from 1990 levels, the government said on Monday.


China fumes after U.S. arms sales to Taiwan

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:18 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese state media laid into the United States on Monday after the Obama administration unveiled its first arms package for Taiwan, a move that prompted China to impose sanctions on the firms involved.


Row over Korean capital likely to block legislation

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:18 PM PST

SEOUL (Reuters) - A dispute over a proposal to move parts of South Korea's capital is likely to hinder parliamentary passage of economic reforms and a trade deal with the United States at a new session that opened on Monday.


UN deadline for climate plans

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 08:29 PM PST

The United Nations secretary general urged African nations among others to join the Copenhagen accord.


Egypt arrests 26 suspected of plotting terrorism

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 08:18 PM PST

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt has arrested 26 suspects who the prosecutor said belonged to a cell of militant group Islamic Jihad and were plotting "terrorist acts" against tourists and state installations, the official news agency MENA reported on Sunday.


Pope calls on business, govt to save jobs

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 08:18 PM PST

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Benedict on Sunday called on businesses and officials to stem job losses and made an explicit reference to two Italian plants to be shut soon, in a surprise boost to union efforts to keep the factories open.


U.N. political chief to visit North Korea next month

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 07:53 PM PST

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The top U.N. political official will travel to North Korea next month for wide-ranging talks with the reclusive communist state locked in a nuclear dispute with the West, the United Nations announced on Sunday.


China fumes after U.S. arms sales to Taiwan

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 07:18 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese state media laid into the United States on Monday after the Obama administration unveiled its first arms package for Taiwan, a move that prompted China to impose sanctions on the firms involved.


U.S. to resume Haiti medevac flights

Posted: 31 Jan 2010 07:18 PM PST

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The U.S. government said on Sunday it would resume military evacuation flights to the United States for badly injured Haitian earthquake victims after a four-day suspension over cost and treatment questions.