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| Turks vote to radically change military-era constitution Jerusalem Post By AP Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan: "We have crossed a historic threshold toward advanced democracy and the supremacy of law." ISTANBUL— A solid majority of Turkish voters approved sweeping changes to their military-era constitution — a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Party Congress to Start, but Where Is Kim Jong-il? The Chosun Ilbo Most provincial party leaders have arrived in Pyongyang for an extraordinary congress of the Workers Party this month, and preparations for the event are almost complete, a South Korean government source said Sunday. Since the congress was announced ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Factbox: Policies of Japan PM candidate Ozawa Reuters TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese ruling party powerbroker Ichiro Ozawa is challenging Prime Minister Naoto Kan in a party leadership vote on Tuesday that underscores a rift over fiscal priorities as Japan struggles with a strong yen and weak economy. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Newborn baby found alive in Manila airport garbage The Associated Press MANILA, Philippines — Authorities in the Philippines on Monday tried to trace the mother who gave birth then abandoned her newborn baby on a flight from the Middle East. The baby boy, covered in blood and wrapped in tissue paper, was found by an ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 2 killed in Afghan anti-Quran-burning protest The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghan soldiers fired on demonstrators trying to storm a government building to protest against a once-planned Quran burning in the US, and two protesters were killed, an Afghan official said. Four were injured. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gillard moving forward with a new frontbench The Australian Julia Gillard has named her frontbench, but it has a couple of holes in it. Julia Gillard has named her frontbench which will be sworn in tomorrow. Bill Shorten, Penny Wong and Kevin Rudd were the big winners from the re-shuffle, Chris Bowen, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| On 9/11, US stands divided at Ground Zero Times of India NEW YORK: First came the tears, the solemn bugle call and the recital of the names of the dead. Then came the chants, speeches and angry shouts. It was a September 11 anniversary unlike any other. For the first time, politics and rage were an overt ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Police capture drug cartel boss The Press Association Mexican marines have captured Sergio Villarreal Barragan, a presumed leader of the embattled Beltran Leyva cartel who appears on a list of the country's most-wanted fugitives, in a raid in the central state of Puebla, the government said. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Document Cites French Bid to Oust Roma New York Times By STEVEN ERLANGER PARIS — French officials insist that they are not singling out the Roma as an ethnic group in their summer-long move to dismantle illegal camps of travelers, but an Interior Ministry document suggests otherwise. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Won't quit till 120: Putin, Berlo joke about keeping jobs Times of India MOSCOW: Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and his Italian counterpart Silvio Berlusconi cracked jokes about clinging to power till they turn 120. Berlusconi dropped by in Moscow to meet his "pal" after attending an international forum in Yaroslavl, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Carla humiliated Sarko by inviting exes, says book Times of India The unflattering picture of the former Italian super- model has been portrayed in an unauthorised biography, 'Carla, A Secret Life', which claimed the 42-year-old hasn't changed her fast-living ways and is in touch with former paramours. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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