Saturday, August 21, 2010

Google Alert - World News

News12 new results for World News
 
Labor post-mortem blames leaks for poll pain
ABC Online
By online political correspondent Emma Rodgers Labor is blaming its failure to win power in its own right on damaging leaks that hit Julia Gillard during the election campaign. With party strategists today pondering what went wrong for Labor after it ...
See all stories on this topic »
Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant a small threat to Israel, for now
Ha'aretz
Iran began operating the plant on Saturday; The facility is under close supervision of the Russians and the International Atomic Energy Agency. By Yossi Melman After a delay of more than five years, Iran has begun operating its Bushehr nuclear reactor, ...
See all stories on this topic »

Ha'aretz
News Analysis: Palestinians doubt direct talks with Israel would succeed
Xinhua
by Emad Drimly, Osama Radi GAZA, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian analysts and observers ruled out on Saturday that the direct peace negotiations between Israel and the Palestinians, which would kick off on Sept. 2 in Washington, would succeed, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Aid flooded Pak by withdrawing Army
Times of India
Pakistan is suffering its greatest human tragedy since Partition. The floodwaters of the Indus are an incredible 20 miles wide, sweeping away entire towns, villages and farms. Over 20 million people have been displaced, far more than the nine million ...
See all stories on this topic »
Haiti Calm After Jean Is Rejected
New York Times
By DAMIEN CAVE MIAMI — The streets of Haiti remained calm on Saturday, a day after the country's election officials ended the singer Wyclef Jean's brief, electrifying run for president, suggesting that the distraction of politics had once again given ...
See all stories on this topic »
10 killed in drone, landmine blast in Pakistan
Times of India
PESHAWAR: Four militants were killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan's restive northwest tribal region, the second such strike in less than ten days, while five members of an anti-Taliban militia and a security personnel died when their vehicle was ...
See all stories on this topic »
The Islamic Center Controversy
New York Times
The News Republican Congressional candidates sought to inject the controversy over the planned Islamic center near ground zero in New York into the midterm elections, saying President Obama was out of touch with average Americans in defending the right ...
See all stories on this topic »
Yemen forces kill 5 al Qaeda fighters after clashes
Reuters
SANAA, Aug 21 (Reuters) - Yemeni troops have killed five al Qaeda militants after a string of attacks by militants on security personnel in south Yemen, the Defence Ministry said on Saturday. The five militants were killed in the restive province of ...
See all stories on this topic »
Pakistan Coordinates Health Teams Fighting Disease After Flood Disaster
Bloomberg
By Paul Tighe and Sandrine Rastello - Sun Aug 22 01:00:32 GMT 2010 Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani called a meeting of health officials, provincial leaders and international aid groups to coordinate the fight against disease after the ...
See all stories on this topic »
Uneasy neighbors across the sea
The Japan Times
August 22 is the 100th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Annexation between Japan and Korea that came into effect on Aug. 29, 1910 — commemorated now in North and South Korea as a day of shame. Fighting on: Former Korean "comfort women" ...
See all stories on this topic »

The Japan Times
Figures show 5pc of votes were informal
ABC Online
Early figures show about 5.65 per cent of ballots cast were filled out incorrectly or left blank. (ABC News: Giulio Saggin) The 2010 election appears to have had the highest number of informal votes in at least the last six federal elections. ...
See all stories on this topic »

ABC Online
Floods cause immense damage to Pakistani agriculture
Xinhua
By Jamil Bhatti ISLAMABAD, Aug. 21 (Xinhua) -- Massive floods in Pakistan that have killed up to 1600 people, left 20 million homeless and destroyed crops over an estimated area of more than 1.64 million hectares, farmers and officials told Xinhua. ...
See all stories on this topic »


Tip: Use site restrict in your query to search within a site (site:nytimes.com or site:.edu).Learn more.

Remove this alert.
Create another alert.
Manage your alerts.

No comments:

Post a Comment