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| Europeans protest, strike against austerity moves Reuters By David Brunnstrom BRUSSELS, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of people marched through Brussels on Wednesday in a day of protests across Europe against government austerity measures, which unions say will slow economic recovery and punish the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pyongyang Promotions Draw Seoul's Attention Wall Street Journal By EVAN RAMSTAD SEOUL—North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, at the same time he was elevating his son and sister to new roles in the nation's military and political party, promoted three military officials believed in South Korea to have been involved in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Why is David Miliband walking out on Labour's top team? BBC News By Iain Watson Political correspondent, BBC News He's popular with the Labour party. He's served in the very front rank of politics, striding the world stage - pictured with Obama, feted by Hillary Clinton. He's still only 45 - relatively young for a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US Envoy Makes Last-Ditch Effort to Rescue Mideast Talks Voice of America US special envoy George Mitchell is making a final effort to broker a compromise between Israel and the Palestinians before Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas decides whether to continue with talks. Special envoy George Mitchell's aim is to convince ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Denmark seeks to avoid renewed cartoon uproar The Associated Press COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Denmark's foreign minister met Wednesday with ambassadors from 17 Muslim countries in a move to avoid tensions ahead of the five-year anniversary of the Prophet Muhammad cartoons. The drawings first appeared in the Danish ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Top Al Qaeda figures reported killed Los Angeles Times The leader of a group of Afghan fighters and an explosives expert have died in an airstrike, NATO says. Pakistan says an insurgent commander may have been killed in a missile strike. By Laura King and Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles Times An airstrike in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Abbott attacks PM over changing carbon tax policy The Australian JULIA Gillard has again declined to commit to a timetable for introducing a carbon price. The Prime Minister said yesterday she will allow the government's multi-party climate change committee to finish its deliberations at the end of next year before ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Paris on Alert After Bomb Threats Empty Eiffel Tower, Stations Bloomberg By Matthew Campbell - Wed Sep 29 11:09:49 GMT 2010 The Eiffel Tower was evacuated last night, for the second time this month, on a bomb threat that turned out to be false. Photographer: Lionel Bonaventure/AFP/Getty Images France is on "red alert" for a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ship hijacked off East Africa CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- Pirates have hijacked a ship sailing under a Panamanian flag off the coast of East Africa, authorities said Wednesday. The MV Asphalt Venture has a crew of 15 Indians, the European Union Naval Task Force Somalia said in a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Kids seized in Nigeria all locals, police say CNN International Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Police in Nigeria have confirmed that the 15 schoolchildren whisked away by kidnappers earlier this week were all Nigerian nationals. Four gunmen boarded a school bus carrying the nursery and primary school children from Apayi ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Iran's Bushehr electricity production hits two month delay Jerusalem Post By JPOST.COM STAFF AND AP Atomic chief Salehi says delay is the result of severe hot weather and safety concerns, not the complex computer worm that hit staff computers earlier this week. Iran's first nuclear power plant, Bushehr, will be ready to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Anti-outsourcing bill blocked in US Senate NDTV.com PTI, September 29, 2010 (Washington/ New Delhi) In a relief to the Indian IT industry, the Republicans in the US Senate blocked an anti-outsourcing bill that would have deterred American firms from shifting jobs to competitive locations overseas. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Obama faces pressure over Iran policy Financial Times By Daniel Dombey in Washington Barack Obama's policy to prevent Iran from achieving nuclear weapons capability is under pressure from members of Congress, who argue that Washington should make clear it will consider military action unless sanctions ... See all stories on this topic » |
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