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| Putin blames row with Medvedev for Luzhkov's dismissal RIA Novosti SYKTYVKAR, September 28 (RIA Novosti) - Ex-Moscow mayor Yury Luzhkov should have taken measures to normalize relations with President Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. The long-serving Luzhkov was fired earlier in the day ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Mexico governor says hundreds hit by landslide Reuters MEXICO CITY, Sept 28 (Reuters) - A landslide in the mountains of the southwestern Mexican state of Oaxaca may have killed, injured or buried 500 to 600 people, Oaxaca Governor Ulises Ruiz told local network Televisa on Tuesday. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Israel navy halts Gaza-bound boat without violence The Associated Press ASHDOD, Israel — Israeli naval forces seized a sailboat Tuesday carrying nine Jewish activists toward blockaded Gaza without meeting any resistance and then escorted it safely to shore, the military said. The incident came four months after a deadly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| PMO: Netanyahu is one that conducts talks in Israel's name Jerusalem Post By JORDANA HORN AND JPOST.COM STAFF Comments come in response to Foreign Minister Lieberman's proposal at General Assembly for "two-staged" solution; FM says peace deal could take decades. Following a speach by Minister of Foreign Affairs Avigdor ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Business worried about Miliband tax and wage calls BBC News Business leaders have expressed concerns after Ed Miliband urged higher bank taxes and more agency worker protection. In his first conference speech as opposition leader, he said Labour must be the party of small business. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| A tearful Karzai appeals for peace after provincial official's slaying Washington Post By Ernesto Londoño KABUL - President Hamid Karzai on Tuesday lamented the slaying of a provincial official and renewed his appeal to insurgents to reconcile with the government, weeping openly when he said he worries that his son might not be able to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Segway millionaire Jimi Heselden died from a fall - police Yorkshire Post YORKSHIRE millionaire and Segway scooter boss Jimi Heselden died from injuries consistent with a fall, police said today. Mr Heselden, 62, was out riding a two-wheeled electric Segway scooter which plunged off a 30ft cliff into a river. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US missile strike 'kills al-Qaeda chief' in Pakistan BBC News A senior al-Qaeda leader has been killed in a suspected US drone missile strike in Pakistan, officials say. Pakistani security officials said Egyptian national Sheikh Fateh was killed on Saturday in North Waziristan. The officials said Sheikh Fateh ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Brawling exposes the 'false consensus' The Australian Harry Jenkins is escorted to the chair after being elected Speaker. Picture: Gary Ramage Source: The Australian BICKERING has dominated the first sitting of the 43rd parliament, with Labor and the Coalition accusing each other of welshing on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Venezuela's Chavez Claims Popular-Vote Win In Election Wall Street Journal By Dan Molinski Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES CARACAS (Dow Jones)--Venezuela President Hugo Chavez says his party, which won a commanding 59% of the seats in the legislature in Sunday's elections, also beat the opposition by a slight margin in the overall ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| French MPs debate immigration crime law Sydney Morning Herald French lawmakers debated a controversial immigration bill Tuesday which would expand the state's power to strip foreign-born citizens of their nationality if they commit major crimes. The government says the bill is aimed at bringing French law into ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Ransom demand after gunmen seize Nigeria schoolchildren BBC News Gunmen have seized 15 children who were on their way to their international school in the south-eastern Nigerian state of Abia, say police. "The abductors have contacted [the owner of the private school] and asked for 20 million naira [$130000; ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Minister quits over police strike BBC News Romanian Interior Minister Vasile Blaga has announced his resignation after last week's strike by thousands of police officers. Mr Blaga, who called the strike illegal, said he was resigning "as a gesture of honour". At least 5000 police marched on ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China Urges No Nobel Peace Prize for Chinese Dissident Voice of America Photo: AP China says jailed dissident Liu Xiaobo should not be considered for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, which will be announced in Oslo next week. There are reports that Chinese officials have warned the Nobel committee that giving Liu the prize ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Norway Says Three Planned Attack Over Cartoons New York Times By ALAN COWELL PARIS — The Norwegian police said Tuesday that three suspected militants arrested in July had been planning an attack on a Danish newspaper whose publication of cartoons lampooning the Prophet Muhammad in 2005 ignited fury in much of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 6 convicted in Austria temple shooting The Associated Press VIENNA — A court on Tuesday convicted six men for an attack at a temple in Vienna that killed a Sikh sect leader and wounded more than a dozen people. Worshippers used a frying pan and microphone stands to fend off assailants wielding knives and a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Pak govt gets breather in NRO standoff with Supreme Court Sify In what may have come as a breather to the Pakistan government, the Supreme Court has accepted its plea to decide the National Reconciliation Ordinance review petition before hearing the NRO implementation case. The three-member bench, headed by Chief ... See all stories on this topic » |
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