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| French Ministers Defend Roma Policy Voice of America Photo: AP "Discrimination on the basis of ethnic origin or race has no place in Europe." - EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding The French government has defended itself against a top EU commissioner who criticized the mass expulsion of France's Roma ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Dozens Injured in Anti-American Protests in Kabul New York Times By ADAM B. ELLICK KABUL — A clash between anti-American protesters and Afghan police injured 35 police officers and 12 civilians here on Wednesday, as both sides accused each other of indiscriminately firing shots, police officials and witnesses said. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Contentious veil ban sails through French Senate Sydney Morning Herald PARIS: The French Senate has overwhelmingly passed a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil on public streets and other places, a measure that affects fewer than 2000 women but is widely seen as a symbolic defence of French values. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US drone strike kills Haqqani's cousin Hindustan Times An Afghan Taliban commander and close relative of Afghan warlord Sirajuddin Haqqani was among those killed in a recent US missile strike, Pakistani security officials said on Wednesday. A US drone fired two missiles into a vehicle in Qutabkhel village ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Trial for Americans detained in Iran may happen soon CNN By the CNN Wire Staff Muscat, Oman (CNN) -- An Iranian prosecutor said Wednesday a trial will soon commence for three American hikers, one of whom, Sarah Shourd, was released on bail the day before from a Tehran prison. Shourd, 32, was waiting with her ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Police: Eiffel Tower bomb threat was false alarm The Associated Press PARIS — The Eiffel Tower and its immediate surroundings were evacuated Tuesday evening after an anonymous caller phoned in a bomb threat, but explosives experts scoured France's most-visited monument and found nothing suspicious, Paris police ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pakistan's Musharraf Attempts Political Comeback Voice of America Photo: AP Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf at a news conference at the CLSA Investors Forum in Hong Kong, 15, Sept. 2010. The former military ruler announced his plans to re-enter Pakistani politics by launching a new party next month. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US GAS: Futures Rise, Stuck Near $4/MMBtu As Storm Threat Wanes Wall Street Journal By Brian Baskin Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES Natural gas futures were up slightly, hovering around $4 a million British thermal units Wednesday, though some doubted whether prices could stay at that level with high storage levels and the lack of a hurricane ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Can the Millennium Development Goals be saved? Mmegi Online NEW DELHI - The target date for fulfilling the Millennium Development Goals is 2015, and the world knows it is not on course to meet those goals. So world leaders are set to gather at the United Nations to undertake a comprehensive review, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| GOP unveils tax proposal Washington Post By Lori Montgomery Even as they hammer Democrats for running up record budget deficits, Senate Republicans are rolling out a plan to permanently extend an array of expiring tax breaks that would deprive the Treasury of more than $4 trillion over the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| US ban for schoolboy Luke Angel who insulted Barack Obama The Australian WHEN a sixth-form student from Bedfordshire, southern England, sent an insulting email to the White House, officials decided enough was enough. Luke Angel, 17, had decided to make his feelings known to the most powerful man in the world after watching ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Former Maoists rebels to be rehabilitated by Jan '11 Hindustan Times If things go according to plans, nearly 19000 former Maoist rebels in Nepal could get rehabilitated or integrated into the country's security forces within next four months. A decision to this effect was taken on Wednesday at a meeting of the special ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| US accuses Iran of intimidating nuclear inspectors The Associated Press VIENNA — The United States accused Iran on Wednesday of intimidating UN inspectors investigating its nuclear program in an effort to influence their findings — a move an American diplomat suggested allowed the International Atomic Energy Agency to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Analysis: Saudi deal could be first of more Gulf U.S. arms pacts Reuters By Ulf Laessing RIYADH (Reuters) - US arms manufacturers are capitalizing on fears of war with Iran to sell more weapons to Saudi Arabia and other nervous Gulf Arab neighbors of the Islamic republic. US plans unveiled this week to sell Saudi Arabia up ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Will floods sweep away Pak's democracy? Central Chronicle The, as now, it is the extremist organisations like Jamat-ud-Dawa and Jaish who claim credit for providing relief. Former President Gen Musharraf had encouraged them to do so in 2008 on the plea that if the administration and the Army could not do so, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Michael Auslin: Tokyo's Relationship Anxiety Wall Street Journal By MICHAEL AUSLIN Prime Minister Naoto Kan has survived the challenge of Democratic Party of Japan founder Ichiro Ozawa for the premiership, and now the real work begins. The party must focus on repairing its image with voters, crafting a clear policy ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Pak PM Gilani prepared to relinquish power Oneindia Islamabad, Sept 15 (ANI): Pakistan Prime Minister, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani, has said that he is mentally prepared to relinquish power, as he wants to "live politically" than dying while in politics. "I want to live politically rather than die ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Indian American loses New York primary to veteran Democrat IBNLive.com PTI | 03:09 PM,Sep 15,2010 Betwa Sharma New York, Sep 15 (PTI) Indian-American Democrat Reshma Saujani lost New York's Democratic Congressional primary to veteran Carolyn B Maloney after a keenly fought and sometimes vicious contest in which the two ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Gang jailed for sex trafficking BBC News Four people who admitted trying to make up to £150000 by offering trafficked women for sex have been jailed. They were caught in a covert operation after one of the gang left a letter at Jumeirah Carlton Hotel in Knightsbridge last August offering the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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| Keep government hands off the Internet Inquirer By Nick Farrell JUST AS the US has given its President the power to switch off the Internet if the US government is threatened by it, the president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) has called for governments to keep ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Genes, stress made Omar Bin Laden schizophrenic? Oneindia Washington, Sep 15 (ANI): Genes and stress may have led to Omar Bin Laden's schizophrenia, according to medical experts. They say that if Omar indeed has schizophrenia, it's no surprise he reported hearing his father Osama Bin Laden's voice. ... See all stories on this topic » |
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