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| Voting begins in cliffhanger poll Sydney Morning Herald Millions of Australians have begun voting in what is tipped to be the closest federal election in decades. Voting booths have opened in the eastern states as fresh media polls continue to show the election is up for grabs. An extensive Nielsen poll in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Five myths about the Iraq troop withdrawal Washington Post By Kenneth M. Pollack Early Thursday, less than two weeks before the president's Aug. 31 deadline for ending American combat operations in Iraq, the 4th Stryker Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division crossed the border from Iraq into Kuwait. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Romania, EU Concerned About Gypsy Deportations From France Voice of America Photo: AP Romania has expressed concern about the deportations of Gypsies, or Roma, from France, saying it could lead to "xenophobic reactions". Friday's statement came as French authorities put some 100 Gypsies, or Roma, on a charter flight headed to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A big break for US in case of reputed arms dealer The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Oh, the stories this Russian could tell! If Viktor Bout starts talking to US prosecutors, the man accused of supplying the weapons for civil wars on three continents could raise the roof in both Moscow and Washington. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Russia extends base lease The Hindu Russia has extended the lease of a key military base in Armenia through 2044 in a decisive move to strengthen its military clout in the strategic region of the Caucasus and the Black Sea. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and his Armenian counterpart ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Obama is a Christian' Hindustan Times PTI The White House on Friday insisted that US President Barack Obama is a Christian and his faith is not a topic of conversation, a day after a poll showed that nearly 18 per cent of Americans think he is a Muslim. White House Deputy Press Secretary ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US calls for Lockerbie bomber to return to jail BBC News The White House has called for the man convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing to be returned to prison in Scotland. President Obama's counterterrorism adviser, John Brennan, said the US had expressed "strong conviction" to Scottish officials that ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| PPP to convene CEC to devise post-flood plan Daily Times ISLAMABAD: The top leadership of the ruling Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on Friday decided to convene separate meetings of the party's central executive committee and the parliamentary party to discuss steps to mobilise human and material resource in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| South begins blocking North Korean Twitter account Reuters By Martyn Williams at IDG News Service\Tokyo Bureau South Korea has begun blocking access to a Twitter account operated by a North Korean Web site. The site, Uriminzokkiri, launched the Twitter feed @uriminzok last week and has been providing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Wyclef not on Haiti candidates list-electoral source Reuters PORT-AU-PRINCE, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Haiti hip-hop star Wyclef Jean is not on the list of approved candidates who satisfy legal requirements to run in a Nov. 28 presidential election, a member of the provisional electoral council told Reuters on Thursday ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Manmohan receives mangoes from Gilani The Hindu Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday was the surprise recipient of five crates of mangoes from his Pakistani counterpart, Yusuf Raza Gilani. With mangoes having practically retreated from the markets, this would be the last exchange of this summer ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Karen Hughes: Move the New York City mosque, as a sign of unity Washington Post By Karen Hughes The national debate about building a mosque near Ground Zero in New York is less about our freedom of religion than about the common sense and uncommon courtesy sometimes required to come together as Americans. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Karachi erupts over leader's killing, 13 dead Times of India ISLAMABAD: At least 14 people have died in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi overnight following the target-killing of an Awami National Party (ANP) leader outside a cargo terminal. Obaidullah Yousafzai, a cargo operator employed with Pakistan ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Egg Recall: Frequently Asked Questions WebMD By Daniel J. DeNoon Aug. 20, 2010 -- It's the biggest egg recall in recent memory. Eggs contaminated with salmonella have sickened thousands of Americans. What do you need to know? Here is WebMD's FAQ on the ongoing egg recall and salmonella outbreak. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| KP donors conference seeks Rs 200bn to compensate losses Daily Times By Zeeshan Javaid ISLAMABAD: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government on Friday asked for aid worth Rs 200 billion from donors for rehabilitation of flood victims and warned that terrorists could take advantage of any delay in the reconstruction process. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Being second brings hope Hindustan Times India can be pleased it has been demoted to second place on a list of superlatives. An internal assessment of the Pakistan military's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) is reported to have conceded that domestic Islamicists pose a greater threat to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Saudi Arabia donates $80 mn more for flood-hit Pakistan Hindustan Times PTI Saudi Arabia will donate $80 million more for the flood relief operations in Pakistan, taking its total contribution to the flood-hit nation to over $100 million. Saudi King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz had, on August 16, announced the official ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Russian heat wave dents hopes of climate "winners" Reuters By Alister Doyle, Environment Correspondent OSLO (Reuters) - Russia's summer heat wave has dimmed prospects that northern countries will "win" from climate change thanks to factors such as longer crop-growing seasons or fewer deaths from winter cold, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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