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| Obama battles with advisers over Afghan exit plan detailed in Woodward book Washington Post By Steve Luxenberg President Obama urgently looked for a way out of the war in Afghanistan last year, repeatedly pressing his top military advisers for an exit plan that they never gave him, according to secret meeting notes and documents cited in a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN anti-poverty goals get new financial pledges The Associated Press UNITED NATIONS — A three-day summit to push global leaders to meet UN goals to significantly reduce poverty by 2015 wraps up Wednesday with new financial pledges from countries but no certainty there will be enough money and political commitment to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China-Japan fight goes deeper than islands CNN International By Kevin Voigt, CNN A torn apart Japanese 'Rising Sun' flag is placed on dead fish during a demonstration in front of the Japan Exchange Association - Japan's representative office on Taiwan- on September 14 over the continued island dispute between ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Gov't prepares 'contingency plans' if direct talks blow up Jerusalem Post By HERB KEINON Netanyahu says final agreement, if reached, "will have to come before the people for a decision one way or another." With five days left until the settlement construction moratorium ends, talks are continuing in the US between Israeli, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Deadly Pakistan double drone raid BBC News At least 14 militants have died in a suspected US drone strike in north-western Pakistan, local officials said. The two raids are said to have targeted a vehicle and a house in the Khund and Azam Warsak areas of South Waziristan. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| 13 killed, 33 missing in China after typhoon Fanabi Hindustan Times PTI Thirteen people were killed and 33 others went missing due to flooding and landslides caused by Typhoon Fanabi in China's Guangdong province. Thirty four people were injured in the heavy rains caused by Fanabi, which battered many parts of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Summit starts on race for Arctic BBC News An international meeting has begun in Moscow in an attempt to stop the Arctic becoming the next battleground over mineral wealth. One quarter of the world's resources of oil and gas are believed to lie beneath the Arctic Sea. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China confirms plans to build two more nuclear reactors for Pak Economic Times BEIJING: China has confirmed its plans of helping Pakistan in expanding its Chashma nuclear energy complex by building two reactors in addition to one already operating and another nearing completion. "This project is based on an agreement signed ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Titanic sunk by steering blunder: Book Times of India LONDON: The sinking of the Titanic on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in 1912 was not merely an accident - but a result of a basic steering blunder, a new book has claimed. For years, it's believed that the luxury liner sank as it was ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 3 police killed after Indon terror raids Sydney Morning Herald AP Heavily armed gunmen killed three police officers in western Indonesia early on Wednesday, officials said, just days after security forces made multiple arrests and killed suspects in anti-terrorism raids. Brigadier General Ketut Untung Yoga, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Clinton to visit NZ in November Sydney Morning Herald Last week, after meeting Australian Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd in New York, Clinton announced she and US Defence Secretary Robert Gates would come to Australia on November 8 for talks with Rudd and Defence Minister Stephen Smith. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Magna launches Russia push Toronto Star Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin attends opening ceremony of Hyundai Motor Co's first plant in Russia outside St. Petersburg, Russia, Tuesday. The plant will produce a small sedan optimized for the local market and have a capacity of 150000 cars a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Obama's aunt says US has "obligation" to grant her citizenship NDTV.com PTI, Updated: September 22, 2010 12:30 IST Boston: US President Barack Obama's aunt, who has lived illegally in America for nearly 10 years, says the US is obligated to grant her citizenship. Zeituni Onyango, half sister of Obama's father, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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