 Talks with Taliban bolstered by Pakistan supportAfghanistan has praised Pakistan's offer to help mediate with the... | |
 Gates says Gulf countries are worried about IranU.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has met lkeaders in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to garner support for increasing sanctions against... |
 Christian and Muslim sites being ignored by Israel, says U.S. State DepartmentThe U.S. State Department has scolded Israel for only recognizing Jewish holy... |
 10,000 New York City workers to be compensated for dust at Ground ZeroMore than 10,000 workers who cleaned up after the September 11 2001 attacks, and suffered from ailments caused by dust, will received more than $600 million in... |
 CIA allegedly engaged in LSD experiment in FranceThe UK newspaper The Telegraph has revealed allegations contained in a new book that the CIA engaged in a mind control experiment in a village in... |
 New Chile president takes office as earth continues to shakeSebastian Pinera has been sworn in as Chile's new president as the country still shakes from aftershocks following February's massive... |
 Proposal to outlaw salt in New York eateriesA state legislator in New York wants salt banned from pre-packaged and restaurant... |
 Ahmadinejad and Gates accuse each other of interferenceWith official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local... |
 Philippines police raid kidnappers den and released kidnapped Indian manPolice officers rescued an Indian businessman a day after he was kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen in the Philippines, a provincial police chief said... |
 Some US schools closed down after threat receivedA number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking... |
 Leaked UN report says food not going to the hungryA United Nations report, which is still to be released, has found that up to half the food aid in Somalia is diverted to corrupt contractors, local UN workers and Islamic... |
| Slander Charges Against Armenian Activist Dropped Armenian police have dropped a controversial criminal case against a youth activist who publicized alleged sexual and other abuse at a Yerevan boarding school for disabled children, RFE/RL's Armenian... |
| Bashkortostan's Police Accused Of Beating Man Police in the Russian republic of Bashkortostan have been accused of extrajudicial violence, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports.A woman from the Bashkir city of Birsk today contacted the Committee... |
| Belarusian Tourists Killed By Avalanche In Russia MURMANSK, Russia -- Rescue workers have found the bodies of four Belarusian tourists killed by an avalanche in Russia's northwestern region of Murmansk, RFE/RL's Russian Service reports. Two other... |
| Google, Rsf Honor Iranian Women Bloggers website, which offers news and analysis about Iran's women's movement and the One Million Signatures Campaign against discriminatory laws, were given the Net Citizen award, a new prize presented by... |
| Top Reformist Politician On Prison Leave Receives Hero Welcome Mostafa Tajzadeh, a former deputy interior minister and a senior member of the Islamic Iran Participation Front and the Islamic Revolution Mujahedin Organization, was allowed to take leave from... |
| Twin Suicide Attacks Hit Military Sites In Pakistan LAHORE, Pakistan — Dozens of people, including Pakistani soldiers, died on Friday and many were seriously injured in two suicide bomb attacks directed at army personnel patrolling a busy market... |
| Pm Rep Must Be At Housing Meetings Following the hullabaloo caused by the announcement of an east Jerusalem construction plan during US Vice President Joe Biden’s visit, a ministerial committee has moved to try and prevent the... |
| Dozens Killed In Twin Lahore Suicide Bombing Police say the death toll in a twin suicide bombing in Pakistan's Lahore city has risen to 39 and that nearly 100 others have been wounded. Senior police official Tariq Saleem Dogar said both... |
| Us Troops To Take Over From British Forces In Musa Qala A town which played an iconic and controversial part in the British mission in Afghanistan is to be handed over to the Americans in a move signalling a major change in Western strategy. Musa Qala,... |
| Israel Seals Off West Bank Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has ordered the army to seal off the West Bank for 48 hours and tightened security around the old city of Jerusalem, Israeli officials said... |
| 37 Killed In Pakistan Bombings Lahore, Pakistan (CNN) -- Twin suicide blasts killed at least 37 people and injured 80 others Friday in a high security area with a dense military presence in the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, a... |
| Accused's Kin Blame Disabled Canadian Victim's mother offered free airfare WINNIPEG - The family of one of the teenage suspects in the severe beating of a disabled Manitoba man in Australia has blamed the victim for allegedly provoking... |
| No Expenses Charge For Baroness Labour peer Baroness Uddin will not face charges over her expenses, the Crown Prosecution Service has said.She had been accused of designating a rarely-used flat in Kent as her main home so she could... |
| Cook And Pietersen Dominate Against Bangladesh Alastair Cook scored a century on his debut as Test captain and Kevin Pietersen hit 99 as England made 374-3 in the first Test against Bangladesh.Cook led from the front with a supreme 158 not out... |
| Benitez Predicts Anfield Comeback Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has backed his players to recover from a goal down and advance from their Europa League last-16 tie against Lille.A late Eden Hazard goal inflicted a 1-0 first-leg... |
| Burma Election Laws A 'setback' The US says Burma's newly-enacted elections laws are a "setback" for political dialogue and the junta's engagement with Washington.The comments from Assistant Secretary of State Kurt... |
| Sarkozy To Meet Brown And Cameron French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be in London later for separate meetings with Gordon Brown and his Conservative rival David Cameron.Downing Street said the meeting with the PM would focus on... |
| Bomb Blasts Rip Through Crowds In Lahore download Flash from the Adobe download website. The blasts ripped through the RA Bazaar, which lies in a neighbourhood where several security agencies have facilities. More than 100 others... |
| Jogging Teacher 'mauled To Death By Wolves' Alaska Peninsula. Whilst the particular animal which killed the 32-year-old cannot be confirmed, Alaska State Troopers are certain that wolves were behind the attack. Colonel Audie Holloway said:... |
| Pakistan Suicide Attack: Death Toll Rises A twin suicide attack targeting the Pakistani military in the city of Lahore on Friday killed 39 people and wounded 95, a senior police official said. "Thirty-nine people were killed and 95... |
| Thaksin Supporters Out 'to Write History' Tens of thousands of supporters of deposed Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra began to mass on Friday in trademark red shirts ahead of weekend protests in Bangkok aimed at toppling the government. ... |
| Greek Jobless Rate Eases But Recession Entrenched Greece's 240 billion euro economy, about 2.5 percent of the euro zone, shrank at an annual rate of 2.5 percent in the fourth quarter of 2009, the same as in the third quarter, the statistics service... |
| Suicide Attack Targets Pakistan Army Pakistan Gets Role in Afghan-Taliban Talks (CBS/AP) Updated at 5:24 a.m. Eastern. A pair of suicide bombers targeting army vehicles detonated explosives within seconds of each other Friday,... |
| Japan Arrests Anti-whaling Activist Activists Hurl Acid at Japanese Whalers (AP) Japan's coast guard arrested an anti-whaling activist from New Zealand on Friday for illegally boarding a whaling ship last month in the latest incident... |
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| A New Home For Krimpets The new home of Butterscotch Krimpets at the Navy Yard in South Philadelphia is a study in contrasts. A larger-than-life-size 1920s image of a little girl eating a Tastykake hangs outside the... |
| Global Human Rights Report Sees Little Change Nicholas Kralev The Obama administration's first global report on human rights differed little from the reports issued during President George W. Bush's second term, with the most notable exception... |
| Obama Urges China To Cut Currency Patrice Hill President Obama is stepping up pressure on China to stop fueling the world's biggest trade imbalance by artificially depressing the value of its currency, and Beijing is signaling it... |
| With Ban, Gop Calls Duel On Earmarks Stephen Dinan In a move to break with the GOP's big-spending past, House Republicans voted Thursday to ban their members this year from requesting earmarks, the pork-barrel spending that directs... |
| Ex-chief Regrets D.c. Fire Merger With Ems Matthew Cella The former D.C. fire chief tasked with merging his firefighting and emergency medical services divisions to improve a beleaguered ambulance service now says the department should be... |
| Pay Raise Sought For Bilingual Fed Workers Stephen Dinan A key member of Congress says federal workers should be paid more for using their bilingual skills at work, and he's introduced a bill to boost those folks' pay by 5 percent. Rep.... |
| Partial Votes Show No Clear Iraq Winner By Lara Jakes ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD | Partial vote results in Iraq's election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation's prime minister and a secular challenger during a... |
| More Quakes Hit Chile As New President Takes Office By Michael Warren ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTIAGO, Chile | A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and... |
| Greek Protests Turn Violent; Strike Cripples Services By Elena Becatoros ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS | Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during a demonstration Thursday in central Athens by tens of thousands of striking... |
| Gates Foresees Broad Agreement For Iran Sanctions By Anne Gearan ASSOCIATED PRESS ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates | Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday that Persian Gulf allies understand sanctions are the inevitable next step in... |
| Dodd To Offer Own Version Of Bank Regulation Bill By Jim Kuhnhenn ASSOCIATED PRESS Unable to muster bipartisan agreement on key banking provisions, Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, chairman of the Senate banking committee, said Thursday he will offer his... |
| Turkey Recalls Envoy After Sweden Recognizes Armenian 'genocide' Turkish Ambassador to Sweden Zergun Koruturk said Swedish lawmakers ''acted thinking that they were historians rather than parliamentarians, and it's very, very... |
| Google, Rsf Honor Iranian Women, Bloggers a collective of Iranian women bloggers for their reporting on women's issues and last year's postelection unrest.Journalists from the we-change.org website, which carries news and analysis on Iran's... |
| Kazakh Dams Break, Causing Evacuations And Deaths ALMATY (Reuters) -- Thousands of people have been evacuated and some killed in Kazakhstan after severe floods destroyed several dams in the south of the Central Asian state, the Emergencies Ministry... |
