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| Angelina is in Pakistan, but will it help? Hindustan Times The flood-hit Pakistan no longer needs to feel Godforsaken. Hollywood star Angelina Jolie, who is also the United Nations Goodwill Ambassador, flew in to Islamabad yesterday to issue fresh appeal for relief efforts. With 20 million displaced due to the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Religious leaders condemn plan to burn Koran on Sept. 11 Washington Post By Tara Bahrampour and Michelle Boorstein The plan by a tiny Florida church to burn Korans on Sept. 11 is drawing condemnation from top US officials and religious leaders, including the White House, the State Department and Gen. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| French strike over plan to raise retirement age Los Angeles Times By Devorah Lauter, Los Angeles Times Reporting from Paris-- More than 1 million people went on strike and into the streets of France on Tuesday to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's proposal to raise the legal retirement age. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Coalition MPs vent over duo's decision The Australian COALITION MPs have taken to the airwaves and Twitter to attack the Gillard government as illegitimate and the independents as traitors. The return to normal political service just 12 hours after Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor confirmed Julia Gillard as ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Oren urges Jewish leaders to support peace moves Jerusalem Post By HILARY LEILA KRIEGER Rightist ZOA head: If PM talks about giving away parts of J'lem, or if freeze partially continues, we and other groups will speak out. WASHINGTON – Israeli officials are indicating that they anticipate a backlash from the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Rare N. Korean gathering might set up handover of power CNN (CNN) -- North Korea's political leaders are expected to meet this month in a rare gathering, possibly to set the stage for the handover of power from Kim Jong Il to his youngest son. "He may not be unveiled as Kim Jong Il's successor. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Prachanda fails to make it as Nepal PM Oneindia Kathmandu, Sep 7 (ANI): Maoists leader Pushpa Kamal Dahal 'Prachanda' failed to become Nepal's new Prime Minister in the seventh round of voting held at the Constituent Assembly hall in New Baneshwor on Tuesday, as a breakaway group of Madheshi Front, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Nasa's health tip to Chile miners BBC News Experts from America's space agency Nasa have been speaking about tips they gave 33 trapped Chilean miners to keep up their psychological health. They said they advised the miners - trapped at the San Jose mine since 5 August - to regulate the number ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Flood funds still a trickle The Hindu Ten days ahead of the second appeal from the United Nations for assistance to help Pakistan deal with the devastating floods, the Pakistan Initial Floods Emergency Response Plan (PIFERP) remains under-funded; causing worry not just to the federal and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Tulfo: Police had no sense of urgency after Mendoza's threat Philippine Star By Dino Maragay (philstar.com) Updated September 08, 2010 12:48 PM Comments (2) MANILA, Philippines – TV reporter Erwin Tulfo, who had a chance to interview dismissed Capt. Rolando Mendoza, the man behind the hostage-taking incident in Manila last ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China-US ties improving, Hu to WHouse team Indian Express US Deputy National Security Adviser Thomas Donilon meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing. China and the United States said on Wednesday that their sometimes rocky relationship is sounder after talks in Beijing, with both putting an ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Soros to donate $100m to Human Rights Watch Financial Times By Jeremy Lemer in New York George Soros, the billionaire investor and philanthropist, will donate $100m to Human Rights Watch – one of the largest private charitable contributions so far this year. Mr Soros said the grant was in part a gesture to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| UN chief threatens to end role of UNMIN in Nepal peace mission Zee News United Nations: UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday warned that the world body may end its political mission in Nepal unless deadlocked political parties ended the the standoff over government formation and discussed the future of the UNMIN in ... See all stories on this topic » |
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