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| Rights Panel Criticizes France Over Roma Policy New York Times By MARLISE SIMONS GENEVA — A United Nations-backed committee of experts sharply criticized France on Friday for deporting large groups of Roma and said the government in Paris should do more to combat what it called a growing racist and xenophobic tone ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Putin to conquer Siberia in yellow Lada Herald Sun Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin refuels a Russian-made Lada Kalina car as he stops at the petrol station in the Khabarovsk region. Picture: AFP/Ria-Novosti/ Alexey Druzhinin Source: AFP RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has upped the stakes ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Secrets and Lies: Kim Jong Il's Shadowy Visit to China TIME By Bill Powell Friday, Aug. 27, 2010 In this handout from North Korea's Central News Agency, Leader Kim Jong-Il waves from a train leaving China's capital on May 7, 2010. The international man of mystery boarded the midnight train from Pyongyang, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN DR Congo 'genocide' draft report - key excerpts BBC News A UN report into massacres of Hutu civilians in DR Congo after the Rwanda's 1994 genocide has been leaked ahead of its official publication. Experts say it is the first rigorous investigation - the researchers required two independent sources for each ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Coalition backs down on costings The Australian But he will do this on the condition they not be provided to Julia Gillard or Wayne Swan, as part of a deal to open the books of the government and opposition to the three rural independents who hold the key to power. As part of the deal the government ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Why do some US officials believe talks will succeed? Jerusalem Post By HERB KEINON Israel and the PA are going into next week's direct talks with very low expectations. Imagine a wedding arranged by parents, where neither the bride nor the groom wants to get married to the other, but both reluctantly agree to stand ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Homemade bombs kill 3 US troops in Afghanistan The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Homemade bombs killed three US troops in southern and eastern Afghanistan on Friday, and a roadside blast tore through a crowded market in the increasingly volatile north, killing three police and two civilians. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Myanmar generals resign to contest polls Sify Myanmar's defence minister and other top generals resigned their junta and military posts Friday to contest the upcoming polls as civilians, officials said. Defence Minister General Thura Shwe Mann has retired both his ministerial and army posts to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| CIA paying numerous Afghan officials, report says Christian Science Monitor Mohammed Zia Salehi, one of President Hamid Karzai's senior national security advisers, is reportedly one of numerous Afghan officials on the CIA's payroll. By Huma Yusuf, Correspondent / August 27, 2010 • A daily summary of global reports on security ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Japan's jobless rate falls, but deflation persists The Associated Press TOKYO — Japan's government released a mixed bag of economic indicators Friday that did little to inspire confidence in the country's fragile recovery. The unemployment rate in July improved for the first time since January, but families made less money ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Lanka to suspend visa on arrival facility from September 30 Times of India COLOMBO: Indians planning to visit Sri Lanka will no longer get their visas on arrival from September 30, with the government scraping the facility to foreigners, except visitors from Singapore and Maldives. "Sri Lanka has decided to suspend the on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| David Cameron Afghanistan 'attack' base is revealed BBC News New information about Taliban plans to shoot down the prime minister's helicopter in Helmand in June has been given to the BBC. The Taliban have revealed the base from which they planned to launch the attack in Washir, north west of Helmand. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| ANP criticises MQM MSN India Peshawar, Aug 27 (PTI) The Awami National Party, part of Pakistan''s ruling coalition, today criticised the MQM for calling for "martial law-like action" to tackle corruption, saying the party had always conspired against democracy. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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