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NATO Drive on Kandahar Begins, With Mixed Results last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:17:14 GMT
A long-delayed push by NATO forces has finally begun, but there has been no significant let-up in the Taliban’s campaign of terrorism and assassination.
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Blair Memoir a Hit, Despite a Few Hard Knocks last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:10:38 GMT
Some people may dislike the former prime minister, but that is not stopping record sales of his book.
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New Private Schools in South Africa Serve the Underserved last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:01:13 GMT
As many public schools have failed a post-apartheid generation of children from poor townships and rural areas, a budding movement is increasingly searching for alternatives.
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Prison Raid In Nigeria Releases Hundreds last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:37:07 GMT
More than 700 inmates in the northern Nigeria city of Bauchi were freed Tuesday night in a daring raid on a prison where members of an Islamist sect were being held, authorities and witnesses said.
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Clan Planned Philippine Massacre Over Dinner, Witness Says last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:37:07 GMT
The patriarch of the clan that has long controlled Maguindanao Province gathered family to discuss the plot six days before the killings of 57 political rivals last November, a housekeeper testified.
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Clinton Speech Offers Policy Overview last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:22:35 GMT
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s speech sought to showcase the successes of the Obama administration’s foreign policy.
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U.S. Student Became Mexico Drug Kingpin ‘La Barbie’ last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:50:09 GMT
The authorities in the United States and Mexico say Edgar Valdez Villarreal emerged as a leader of the Beltrán-Leyva drug gang.
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U.S. Says Killings Won’t Affect Iraq Mission last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:50:15 GMT
The killings of two American soldiers by an Iraqi soldier appear to have stemmed from an argument that escalated into gunfire, Iraqi officials said.
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Iran Lifts Sentence Of Stoning For Woman last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:22:37 GMT
An Iranian official confirmed that the government halted the death sentence by stoning of a woman charged with adultery, but said she was still facing murder charges.
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Halal Foods Expand Reach in France last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 01:10:49 GMT
The French market for halal goods is nearly twice as big as the market for organic food.
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Court Sides With C.I.A. on Seizure of Terror Suspects last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:22:02 GMT
A sharply divided federal appeals court dismissed a lawsuit involving the C.I.A.’s “extraordinary rendition” program.
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South Korea Aims Sanctions at Iran last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:21:41 GMT
The move came despite Tehran’s warnings that the penalties would endanger the countries’ ties.
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China and Japan Bristle Over Disputed Chain of Islands last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:21:41 GMT
The two nations are jostling elbows over one of their thorniest territorial disputes: control of a tiny, uninhabited island chain in the East China Sea.
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Sri Lanka Ends Presidential Term Limits last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:22:38 GMT
The decision paves the the way for the president, Mahinda Rajapaksa, to run for a third term.
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Portugal, on the Medical Map last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:41:04 GMT
A huge private donation for a cancer center could lure talent to an overlooked nation.
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German Plan to Integrate Immigrants Focuses on Schools last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:41:04 GMT
The government sought to tone down the debate over controversial remarks by a central bank official about Jews and Muslims.
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Maj. Gen. Israel Tal, Israeli Military Strategist, Is Dead at 85 last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 00:01:13 GMT
General Tal’s role in Israel’s wars and his work on the Merkava tank earned him recognition as one of the world’s greatest armor commanders.
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Police Station Opens in a Disputed Afghan District last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:02:38 GMT
The first police station has been opened in Marja, seven months after United States Marines started operations to take control of that Taliban stronghold in southern Helmand Province, military officials said on Wednesday.
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World Briefing | The Americas: Cuba: Communist Economic Model Loses a Stalwart Defender last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:21:35 GMT
Fidel Castro said Cuba’s economic model no longer worked, an American journalist reported Wednesday.
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Drone Strike Kills Six last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:22:28 GMT
A drone fired a missile at a house linked to a member of the Haqqani network, a militant group based in North Waziristan that often carries out attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan.
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World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Reporters Fall Victim to Crackdown on Drug Trafficking last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:21:36 GMT
More than 30 journalists have been killed or have disappeared in the nearly four years since Mexico began a bloody crackdown on drug trafficking organizations.
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World Briefing | Africa: Nigeria: President Ousts Officials last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:21:36 GMT
President Goodluck Jonathan replaced the heads of the military and security services on Wednesday, consolidating his hold on power months before elections.
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World Briefing | Asia: Pakistan: Three to Be Charged in Times Square Bombing Attempt last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:21:41 GMT
Pakistan will soon bring terrorism charges against three men alleged to have helped the failed Times Square bomber meet with militant leaders and to have sent him money to carry out the attack.
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World Briefing | Europe: Britain: Premier’s Father Dies last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:21:39 GMT
Prime Minister David Cameron’s father died Wednesday shortly after the British leader joined other family members at his hospital bedside in Toulon, France.
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Names of the Dead last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:25:03 GMT
The Department of Defense has identified 1,260 American service members who have died as a part of the Afghan war and related operations.
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Are Video Games About War Better Than Movies About War? last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:22:44 GMT
What does it mean that the most popular cultural depictions of America's current wars happen to be video games?
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A Ghost in Kandahar last updated on: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:50:57 GMT
It was an easy shot, but the grenade missed, exploding in a tree nearby. A figure in a white robe fell out of the tree and the policemen ran, yelling they had seen a ghost.
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A Bonfire in Danger of Spreading last updated on: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:51:15 GMT
Iraqi ambassador and general join in condemning a Florida pastor's plan to mark the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks with a bonfire of Korans.
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How a Captive Reporter Used Twitter last updated on: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 22:04:01 GMT
A Japanese journalist who was released this week after being held captive in Afghanistan for five months explained on Tuesday how he had managed to post two updates on Twitter from the phone of one of his captors.
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Pastor Says Koran Burning Still On last updated on: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 23:10:37 GMT
Terry Jones, the pastor of a tiny Florida church that has garnered worldwide attention for its plan to burn more than 200 copies of the Koran on Sept. 11, told reporters on Wednesday that, "as of this time, we have no intention of canceling."
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Florida Pastor, Master of P.R. last updated on: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 17:15:08 GMT
If nothing else, Terry Jones, the pastor of a tiny Florida church with just three or four dozen members, who is currently the subject of more than 4,000 news reports, has proved himself to be a master of public relations.
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British Police May Question Government Adviser last updated on: Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:59:10 GMT
Prime Minister David Cameron’s top media adviser may be told to respond to claims that he knew about hacking.
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Letter From China: Beijing's Vision for the Future last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:30:52 GMT
Chinese leaders are looking to make a city of 20 million people a glittering, efficient and architecturally distinguished city, appropriate for the capital of a rising world power.
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Guatemalan Ex - Soldiers on Trial In Landmark War Case last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:21:35 GMT
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Three former soldiers will go on trial for the 1982 massacre of more than 250 people, a judge ruled on Wednesday in the first such court case in Guatemala for crimes committed in its dark civil war past.
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Guatemalan Ex - Soldiers on Trial In Landmark War Case last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:22:33 GMT
GUATEMALA CITY (Reuters) - Three former soldiers will go on trial for the 1982 massacre of more than 250 people, a judge ruled on Wednesday in the first such court case in Guatemala for crimes committed in its dark civil war past.
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South Korea Imposes Independent Sanctions on Iran last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:21:41 GMT
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea said it will ban many financial dealings with Iran and impose other penalties as part of a U.S.-led campaign to enforce sanctions against the country over its disputed nuclear enrichment program.
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East Timor Deputy PM Quits Amid Spat With Boss last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:22:38 GMT
DILI, East Timor (AP) -- One of East Timor's deputy prime ministers said he has resigned after Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao publicly called him a ''liar'' for his outspoken critiques of the government's failure to tackle corruption and improve people's lives.
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NKorea Marks Key Anniversary Amid Succession Moves last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 03:19:44 GMT
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea marked its 62nd founding anniversary Thursday with patriotic songs and commentaries admiring leader Kim Jong Il, amid uncertainty over whether the secretive country has begun a rare political meeting believed aimed at promoting one of Kim's sons as his successor.
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Mexican Mayor Killed, Massacre Suspects Arrested last updated on: Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:30:40 GMT
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Hooded gunmen killed the mayor of a small town in the northern Mexico state of San Luis Potosi on Wednesday, and prosecutors announced the arrest of seven suspects in the massacre of 72 migrants in August.
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