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| China demands apology from Japan BBC News China has demanded an apology from Japan following the return of a fishing boat captain who was detained for two weeks in Okinawa. Zhan Qixiong was arrested earlier this month after his trawler collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near disputed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Troubled US-Iran Relations Pre-Date 1979 Revolution Voice of America When did the problems begin between the United States and Iran? Many Iranians say it was nineteen fifty-three. That year the United States supported the military overthrow of Mohammed Mossadeq. He was the nationalist prime minister of an elected ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Tropical Storm Matthew reaches Central America ABC Online Tropical Storm Matthew has made landfall in Central America, threatening to bring new destruction to a region already suffering the consequences of an abnormally fierce rainy season. At 9:00pm GMT, Matthew's centre was located inland over north-eastern ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Judge Gives Pakistani Woman 86 Years Wall Street Journal By CHAD BRAY NEW YORK—A Pakistani woman trained as a scientist in the US was sentenced to 86 years in prison Thursday after she was convicted of trying to kill US Army soldiers and FBI agents in Afghanistan two years ago. Aafia Siddiqui, 38 years old, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Palestinians, Israeli police clash for 3rd day in East Jerusalem CNN Jerusalem (CNN) -- Palestinian youths and Israeli border police clashed Friday in a third day of violence sparked after a security guard shot and killed a Palestinian man in an East Jerusalem neighborhood. As they did Wednesday and Thursday, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Protests Sweep France Wall Street Journal By NATHALIE BOSCHAT PARIS—French unions staged a major showdown with the government Thursday, with demonstrations and strikes taking place across the country to protest a pension overhaul that will raise the retirement age to 62 years old from the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Walk that other way Hindustan Times Ask someone from the government or a United Nations-supported NGO to name any event in history that took place a millennium ago. You could draw a blank. Ask someone outside the governments and UN-supported NGOs what Millennium Development Goals are, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Queen tried to get UK poverty fund to heat palace The Associated Press LONDON — Even a monarch needs a little help from time to time — especially when the cost of heating those drafty old palaces spirals past $1.5 million a year. But a request for assistance from a government fund that provides subsidized heating to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China pledges continued, full support to Conference on Disarmament Xinhua UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- China has always and will continue to fully support the Conference on Disarmament, a senior Chinese official said here on Friday. China supports the Conference on Disarmament in concluding a comprehensive and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Peacekeepers failed to stop Congo rapes, UN says ABC Online By Africa correspondent Andrew Geoghegan The United Nations human rights chief has pointed to the failure of peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of Congo in preventing the rape of hundreds of people. A UN report has found that at least 300 men, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| * Gilani says president's trial possible only after completion of term Daily Times By Ali Hussain ISLAMABAD: Speaking in the Upper House, Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani on Friday defended President Asif Ali Zardari by saying that he enjoys immunity under Article 248 of the constitution. The PM shielded the president as the supreme ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Leggy girls & tiny man: new goodwill ambassadors of Nepal meet press Xinhua Khagendra Thapa, who is expected to be the world's shortest man next month when he turns 18, stands for photo graphs with Miss Nepal 2010 Sadichha Shrestha (C), first runner-up Sahana Bajracharya (R) and second runner-up Sanyukta Timsina (L) during a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Krishna, Qureshi meet by chance in UN parking lot Times of India WASHINGTON: It was a day of chance — and casual — encounters in New York. India's foreign minister SM Krishna ran into his Pakistani counterpart SM Qureshi in the UN parking lot and met US President Barack Obama at a diplomatic reception as mandarins ... See all stories on this topic » |
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