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| IPCC told to stop lobbying and restrict role to explaining climate science Telegraph.co.uk An independent investigation into the UN's climate change body has warned it to stop lobbying and to restrict its role to explaining the science behind any changes in global temperature. By Stephen Adams and Robert Winnett Senior officials at the UN ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama Widens Sanctions Against North Korea in Bid to Cut Off Nuclear Funds Bloomberg By Flavia Krause-Jackson - Mon Aug 30 18:12:33 GMT 2010 President Barack Obama widened US financial sanctions on North Korea today in an effort to cut off sources of income that fund the nuclear weapons program of the regime's leader, Kim Jong Il. The ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Sarkozy's crackdown on Roma camps adds fuel to criticism at home and abroad Washington Post By Edward Cody PARIS - Much of France has returned from summer vacation in a rancorous mood, disturbed by a crackdown ordered by President Nicolas Sarkozy against illegal gypsy camps and naturalized immigrant youths who attack police in troubled ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Indonesian volcano erupts after 400 years of quiet The Associated Press TANAH KARO, Indonesia — Tens of thousands of people packed emergency shelters Monday after a long-dormant volcano in western Indonesia spewed clouds of hot ash and smoke more than a mile (several kilometers) into the air — an eruption that caught ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Putin denies rumors about running Russia RIA Novosti AMUR HIGHWAY (Chita region), August 30 (RIA Novosti) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has dismissed rumors about him still running Russia as "a complete nonsense" and said he was fed up with foreign policy affairs. "It is a complete nonsense ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hostage drama pics of Manila cops on Facebook stir anger Hindustan Times Philippine police said on Monday they may punish officers who posted Facebook photos of themselves posing and smiling beside a hijacked bus where Hong Kong tourists were shot dead during a hostage crisis. The pictures, which were taken after the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Mortar Kills AU Peacekeepers in Somalia Voice of America Photo: AP A mortar attack on the presidential palace in the Somali capital has killed at least four African Union peacekeepers and critically wounded nine others. For the past week, the peacekeeping force, protecting the country's UN-backed government ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hamas looms large over US peace talks Financial Times By Tobias Buck in Ramallah When the leaders of Israel and the Palestinian Authority take their seats on Wednesday at a White House dinner marking the start of a new round of Middle East peace talks, the ghost at the table will be Hamas. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Iran paper calls Bruni prostitute BBC News By Christian Fraser BBC News, Paris An Iranian newspaper has called Carla Bruni, France's first lady, a 'prostitute' after she attacked Iran's plan to stone a woman to death. The President's wife is part of a campaign to save the life of 43-year-old ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama Builds a Big Tent . . . for Conservatives Wall Street Journal The rally demonstrated how the Obama administration's excesses have brought different strands of the conservative movement together. By JOHN FUND It will drive liberals crazy, but Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" Rally probably outdrew Rev. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Europe should convert to Islam: Gaddafi Times of India ROME: Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi's visit to Rome to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy stumbled into controversy on Monday after he said Europe should convert to Islam. Gaddafi made the comments on Sunday ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Dillard University, five years after Katrina Washington Post (blog) To commemorate the five-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, I offer a guest blog post by Marvalene Hughes, president of Dillard University. Dillard, a private, historically black liberal arts college in New Orleans, was heavily damaged by flooding ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| National Broadband Network top priority for independent Wilkie The Australian KEY independent Andrew Wilkie has named completion of Tasmania's National Broadband Network in a list of requirements to win his support. Mr Wilkie, the member for Denison, is one of a clutch of independents set to decide the outcome of the federal ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 7 US troops die in bombings in violent south The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Roadside bombs killed seven American troopers on Monday — including five in a single blast in Kandahar — raising to more than a dozen the number who have died in the last three days. The spike in deaths comes as President Hamid ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japan-South Korea ties / Food, once divisive, now brings neighbors closer The Daily Yomiuri This is the third installment in a series on Japan-South Korean relations marking the centennial of the Japan-Korea Annexation Treaty of 1910. Food was once a symbol of division between Japan and South Korea; today, it is one of the things bringing ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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