Thursday, October 7, 2010

Google Alert - World News

News17 new results for World News
 
Nato 'unaffected' by Pakistan row
BBC News
Nato says its war effort in Afghanistan has not been impeded by its supply problems in Pakistan. Attacks on convoys have soared since Pakistan shut a key border-crossing because of a Nato air-strike which killed at least two soldiers. ...
See all stories on this topic »
Hungary spill reaches Raba river, not yet Danube
Reuters
An elderly man tries to clean up his home in the flooded village of Devecser, 150 km (93 miles) west of Budapest October 6, 2010. BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A toxic red sludge spill from an alumina plant in western Hungary has reached the Raba river on ...
See all stories on this topic »
Taliban 'very serious' about finding a way out of war
National Post
Matthew Fisher, Postmedia News, with files from Agence France-Presse and news services · Thursday, Oct. 7, 2010 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The British general who has commanded NATO troops in southeastern Afghanistan gave guarded encouragement yesterday ...
See all stories on this topic »
Lady Gaga named youngest powerful woman
MSN India
Boston, Oct 7 (PTI) Pop sensation Lady Gaga, named among the world''s most powerful women by Forbes, is also leading the pack of the 20 youngest women on the power list for "single-handedly reinvigorating" pop music and culture. The 24-year-old singer, ...
See all stories on this topic »
Terror attack diplomat 'recovering'
The Press Association
The British diplomat injured in Wednesday's rocket attack in Yemen is recovering well and may soon leave hospital, ambassador Tim Torlot has said. Mr Torlot said he had visited the unnamed official and found him "in good spirits", although suffering ...
See all stories on this topic »
Lieberman: Zoabi is the reason we need a loyalty oath
Jerusalem Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF Arab MKs call proposed bill "the height of fascism," as well as "racist and stupid;" Israel Beiteinu denies law is in exchange for building freeze. Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said MK Haneen Zoabi's behavior is the reason ...
See all stories on this topic »
Obama trip a clear statement of US' support to India: Clinton
Hindustan Times
PTI The November trip to India by US President Barack Obama will be another clear statement of American support and commitment to the US-India relationship, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said. "The the President's visit in November will be yet ...
See all stories on this topic »
Presidential seal falls off podium as Obama speaks
NDTV.com
AP, Updated: October 06, 2010 16:10 IST Washington: The US presidential seal fell off Barack Obama's lectern on Tuesday and fell onto the stage as he delivered a speech at a women's conference in Washington. "That's all right, all of you know who I am ...
See all stories on this topic »

NDTV.com
Nepal's parliament fails to elect new PM for the tenth time
Times of India
KATHMAMDU: For the 10th time in a row, Nepal's Parliament on Wednesday failed to elect a prime minister rejecting NC leader Ram Chandra Poudyal, the sole candidate for the post, and is set to meet on Thursday for another run-off which may again prove ...
See all stories on this topic »
Floods continue to punish Asia, killing nearly 140
The Associated Press
HANOI, Vietnam — The death toll from vicious flooding in central Vietnam nearly doubled to 48 on Thursday as rains continued to punish swaths of Asia, forcing some 130000 from their homes in southern China and killing nearly 140 across the region this ...
See all stories on this topic »
IAF hits two Gaza targets; Palestinians claim four injured
Jerusalem Post
By JPOST.COM STAFF IDF says "exact hits focused on specific targets" are in response to earlier rocket attacks; Palestinians claim 3 sites hit. IAF planes hit two targets in Gaza on Wednesday night, according to a Thursday statement by the IDF ...
See all stories on this topic »
French Fos-Lavera Oil Depot Road-Blocked Since 0600GMT-Union
Wall Street Journal
PARIS (Dow Jones)--The access road to the oil depot at Marseille port's Fos-Lavera oil terminal in southern France was blocked Thursday by local refinery and port workers, preventing trucks from loading oil, a local CGT union representative said. ...
See all stories on this topic »
Briton killed by US drone 'had wanted to attack UK'
The Guardian
A Briton killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan last month was targeted after he was overheard boasting about wanting to attack the UK, senior counter-terrorism officials said today. Abdul Jabbar, whose links to Britain are being investigated by MI5, ...
See all stories on this topic »

The Guardian
China and U.S. defense chiefs will meet, resume military ties
CNN
By the CNN Wire Staff (CNN) -- China and the United States will resume high-level defense talks next week, signaling a warming of relations since Beijing broke off military ties early this year. Chinese Defense Minister General Liang Guanglie and US ...
See all stories on this topic »
Nobel peace prize: the contender who shares a cell with five people
The Guardian
Tomorrow morning, hours before the Nobel committee announces the recipient of this year's peace prize in Oslo, one of the leading contenders will awake in a prison bunk in China. Václav Havel and Desmond Tutu have campaigned for Liu Xiaobo to receive ...
See all stories on this topic »

The Guardian
Afghan trucks allowed up to Wagah
Hindustan Times
Pakistan has granted permission to Afghan trucks to carry export goods to the Wagah border for onward dispatch to India, a minister said. The federal government Wednesday approved a revised Afghanistan-Pakistan Transit Trade Agreement that allows ...
See all stories on this topic »
Death of matriarch lifts veil on Singapore's first family
Sin Chew Jit Poh
Photo taken on October 6, 2010 by the Straits Times newspaper shows Lee Yipeng (C), son of Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, comforting his grandfather, Minister Mentor Lee Kuan Yew (R) during the funeral of Lee's late wife Kwa Geok Choo at the ...
See all stories on this topic »


Tip: Use a minus sign (-) in front of terms in your query that you want to exclude. Learn more.

Remove this alert.
Create another alert.
Manage your alerts.

No comments:

Post a Comment