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| Obama Marks End of Iraq Combat Mission Voice of America Photo: AP US President Barack Obama is visiting troops at a Texas army base as he prepares to mark the end of the US combat mission in Iraq. He is meeting, Tuesday, with soldiers at the Fort Bliss post who were deployed to Iraq during the seven-year, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Authorities Were on High Alert for Possible Hijack Attempt ABC News By RICHARD ESPOSITO, BRIAN ROSS and RHONDA SCHWARTZ The arrests of two men in Amsterdam for questioning in a terrorism investigation comes at a time US law enforcement officials have been on a heightened state of alert to a possible hijacking of US ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Families place flags for Chile miners at 'Camp Hope' BBC News Engineers in Chile have begun drilling a shaft to rescue 33 miners who have been trapped several hundred metres underground for nearly a month. The drill will only bore down 20 metres per day and officials warn that it could be Christmas before the men ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China to put forward fresh measures to resume six-party talks Xinhua TOKYO, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- Visiting China's special representative on Korean Peninsula affairs Wu Dawei said Tuesday that Beijing plans to put forward fresh measures to resume the stalled six-party talks at an early date. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Hurricane Earl churns towards US BBC News Hurricane Earl is heading for the eastern coast of the US after causing power cuts and heavy rain across the eastern Caribbean. The category-four storm is already generating sustained winds of 215km/h (135mph). It could near the Outer Banks islands of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| PM backs independent speaker The Australian Julia Gillard, watched by her partner Tim Mathieson, cradles Zeke Crosby at the National Press Club. Picture: Ray Strange Source: The Australian JULIA Gillard will support an independent speaker in a bid to secure the backing of the crossbenchers who ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Situation Critical for Thousands in Somalia Voice of America Photo: AP The International Committee of the Red Cross says hundreds of thousands of people who have fled fighting in the Somali capital, Mogadishu are in a critical situation. A mass exodus of people from the Somali capital, Mogadishu has been going ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Three kidnapped Russian pilots in Sudan's Darfur freed Xinhua KHARTOUM, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) -- The Sudanese government on Tuesday announced the release of three Russian pilots who were kidnapped in Sudan's restive western region of Darfur on Sunday. "They have been released today. They are in good health and they ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Castro admits 'injustice' for gays and lesbians during revolution CNN International By Shasta Darlington, CNN Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said he acknowledges the persecution of gays and lesbians during the Revolution in his country, according to a newspaper interview published Tuesday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama poised to loosen rules on export of technology Washington Post By Howard Schneider The Obama administration is overhauling the decades-old rules for the export of sensitive military and other technology, jettisoning what industry groups criticize as an antiquated Cold War set of regulations for a more streamlined ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Germany marks reunification treaty's anniversary The Associated Press BERLIN — German leaders are marking the 20th anniversary of the treaty that sealed the reunification of West Germany with the former communist East Germany. German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Tuesday unveiled a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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