An Afghan Quandary: Fighting Corruption With Corrupt Officials |
- An Afghan Quandary: Fighting Corruption With Corrupt Officials
- Cables Depict a Roller-Coaster Trajectory for Karzai, From Exalted to Baffling
- City Room: Live Blog: The Rangel Censure Hearing
- Nigeria may charge Cheney in Halliburton bribery probe
- US prisoners 'may have to make own toilet paper'
- US House votes to keep tax cuts
- Dutch hostage freed in Afghanistan: foreign minister
- DealBook: Credit the Fed for Healthy Banks
- Suicide at Center of Publicist Mystery
- Ivory Coast army 'seals borders'
- Temperatures plunge amid warnings
- Cote d'Ivoire opposition chief wins
- Movie Review | 'Black Swan': On Point, on Top, in Pain
- Steaua Bucharest 1-1 Liverpool
- Neutron bomb inventor Cohen dies
- Spain art thieves steal 28 works
- Carpetbagger: A Visit From an Acting Deity
- Protest in Haiti capital demands rerun of elections
- Two bailed over 1988 murder case
- ‘I Destroyed Innocent Lives,’ Cheshire Killer Says
| An Afghan Quandary: Fighting Corruption With Corrupt Officials Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:31 PM PST Corruption in Afghanistan, leaked cables say, is pervasive and dispiriting for American officials trying to build support for the Afghan government. 
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| Cables Depict a Roller-Coaster Trajectory for Karzai, From Exalted to Baffling Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:30 PM PST Diplomatic reports show the trajectory of the Afghan president from a leader anointed by the West to an embattled one who baffles his allies. 
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| City Room: Live Blog: The Rangel Censure Hearing Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:23 PM PST Representative Charles B. Rangel's House colleagues are voting on whether to censure him for ethics violations. 
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| Nigeria may charge Cheney in Halliburton bribery probe Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST An Agence France-Presse wire out of Lagos, Nigeria, reports anti-corruption authorities there plan to file charges against former vice president Dick Cheney over a bribery scandal involving Halliburton, the oil services firm Cheney used to head.   
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| US prisoners 'may have to make own toilet paper' Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:38 PM PST Prisoners in the US state of Iowa could soon be making their own toilet paper, in what officials describe as a bid to save taxpayers money.
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| US House votes to keep tax cuts Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:07 PM PST The US House of Representatives passes a bill that would extend tax cuts for middle class Americans while letting them lapse for the wealthy.
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| Dutch hostage freed in Afghanistan: foreign minister Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:03 PM PST AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch aid worker and his Afghan driver, who were abducted in northern Afghanistan in October, have been freed, the Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Thursday.    
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| DealBook: Credit the Fed for Healthy Banks Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:17 AM PST The central bank's data dump shows it freely lent money during the crisis-which just may have been the right thing to do 
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| Suicide at Center of Publicist Mystery Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:57 PM PST A man apparently linked to the killing of Ronni Chasen, the Hollywood publicist, shot himself on Wednesday. 
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| Ivory Coast army 'seals borders' Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:04 PM PST The Ivorian military says it has sealed the country's borders, as tensions rise amid confusion over the outcome of Sunday's presidential election run-off.
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| Temperatures plunge amid warnings Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:42 PM PST Temperatures are expected to plunge once again across Wales into Friday as fresh warnings are issued about snow and ice.
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| Cote d'Ivoire opposition chief wins Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:35 PM PST Presidential poll is far from over because victory must be validated by the country's constitutional council.
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| Movie Review | 'Black Swan': On Point, on Top, in Pain Posted: 02 Dec 2010 12:22 PM PST In "Black Swan" Natalie Portman plays an ambitious ballerina straining to handle stardom. 
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| Steaua Bucharest 1-1 Liverpool Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:52 AM PST Liverpool secure their passage to the last 32 of the Europa League, despite a blunder from goalkeeper Pepe Reina in a draw at Steaua Bucharest.
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| Neutron bomb inventor Cohen dies Posted: 02 Dec 2010 09:29 AM PST The man who invented the neutron bomb, Samuel Cohen, has died in California, at the age of 89
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| Spain art thieves steal 28 works Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:51 AM PST Spanish police reveal that 28 works of art, including one by Picasso, have been stolen from a warehouse near Madrid.
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| Carpetbagger: A Visit From an Acting Deity Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:22 AM PST Javier Bardem couldn't stop gushing over the fact Al Pacino came to the party following a screening of "Biutiful." 
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| Protest in Haiti capital demands rerun of elections Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:54 AM PST PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Around 2,000 protesters marched in Haiti's capital on Thursday demanding a rerun of Sunday's elections they said were skewed by fraud, as the jittery Caribbean nation awaited results expected next week.   
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| Two bailed over 1988 murder case Posted: 02 Dec 2010 11:41 AM PST Two people arrested for alleged perjury and perverting the course of justice at a 1988 murder trial are bailed.
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| ‘I Destroyed Innocent Lives,’ Cheshire Killer Says Posted: 02 Dec 2010 01:20 PM PST At the hearing at which he was sentenced to die, Steven J. Hayes said he was deeply sorry for the murders. 
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LONDON: WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange has evaded arrest in Britain because Swedish authorities made a mistake when filling in his arrest warrant, The Times newspaper reported today. 
