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| ASEM members call for more effective global economic governance Xinhua BRUSSELS, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- ASEM members announced on Tuesday the Brussels Declaration, calling for more effective global economic governance. In the declaration, 48 ASEM members said the economic crisis has exposed the weaknesses in the global ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Netanyahu on Tightrope With Peace Talks in Jeopardy New York Times By ETHAN BRONNER JERUSALEM — As the Palestinians consider withdrawing from peace talks with Israel unless a freeze on Jewish settlement building in the West Bank is extended, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel is engaged in his own ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 3 explosions rock S. Afghanistan's Kandahar, killing 8, injuring 21 Xinhua KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Oct. 5 (Xinhua) -- Three explosions rocked Kandahar city, capital of southern Afghanistan's restive Kandahar province, late Tuesday, killing eight people and injuring 21 others, said a local hospital. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| China official raps Japan's handling of ship collisions The Daily Yomiuri A high-ranking Chinese official has called the Japanese government's handling of last month's incident near the Senkaku Islands "careless," according to Democratic Party of Japan sources. The official, who is among those in charge of Japanese affairs ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Nobel for miracle form of carbon Hindustan Times Andre Geim, 51, and Konstatin Novoselov, 36, formally received the 10 million Swedish-kronor (£1 million) prize in an announcement today by the Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. Novoselov is the youngest Nobel laureate since 1973 ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Three killed in Bangkok blast ABC Online By South East Asia correspondent Zoe Daniel A bomb explosion at an apartment building on the outskirts of the Thai capital of Bangkok has killed at least three people. Police speculate that a bomb of up to 50 kilograms in size may have cause the blast. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Drone strikes 'linked to EU plot' BBC News Officials have linked a recent increase in US drone missile attacks in Pakistan to efforts to disrupt a suspected al-Qaeda plot to attack European targets. The strikes include one on Monday which killed eight militants, among them five German nationals ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Furore continues over Henry suspension TVNZ A day after TVNZ suspended Breakfast host Paul Henry over comments he made about the Governor-General, debate is still raging over the course of action taken by the company. Henry was yesterday suspended for a fortnight without pay by TVNZ CEO Rick ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| IRA dissident car bomb hits Londonderry businesses Indian Express A car bomb blamed on Irish Republican Army dissidents damaged a hotel, bank and other businesses but caused no injuries on Tuesday in the Northern Ireland city of Londonderry, the sixth such attack this year in the British territory. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Video shows Israeli soldier dancing around prisoner ABC Online By Middle East correspondent Anne Barker The Israeli military is investigating a video which has surfaced on the internet showing a soldier dancing around a Palestinian woman prisoner who is bound and blindfolded. The video shows a soldier gyrating to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Jihad threatens Europe Ynetnews The travel advisory issued on Sunday by the US State Department in Washington is neither standard, nor exaggerated. It is based on concrete intelligence from agencies in the US, Pakistan, Britain, France, and Germany. A picture has come together in ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Israel expels Irish Nobel peace laureate Hindustan Times PTI Israel today expelled Irish Nobel peace laureate Mairead Corrigan Maguire, who was barred from the country for trying to bust the naval blockade of Gaza, after the country's Supreme Court rebuked her allegations of "ethnic cleansing" of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Release Fonseka: Wickramasinghe The Hindu Sri Lankan opposition leader Ranil Wickramasinghe on Tuesday requested President Mahinda Rajapaksa to release the former Army chief, Sarath Fonseka, from prison and restore his military honours. In a letter addressed to Mr. Rajapaksa, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Aung San Suu Kyi sues Burma junta BBC News The detained Burmese opposition leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, has filed a legal challenge against the dissolution of her political party, the National League for Democracy. Burma's military government formally abolished the NLD in May for failing to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| 'Danger' Akuku Dies and Leaves Behind 100 Widows ABC News By DANA HUGHES Kenya's most prominent polygamist has died having married more than 100 women in his lifetime and fathered nearly 200 children. Nicknamed "Danger" because women were so attracted by his handsome looks, Ancentus Akuku was in his late 90's ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Chávez vows to nationalise UK group's land Financial Times By Benedict Mander in Caracas Hugo Chávez, Venezuela's president, has backed up his promise to "radicalise" further his socialist revolution by vowing to seize land owned by a subsidiary of Vestey Foods Group, the British meat products company. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Aid groups say lead poisoning has killed 400 children in Nigeria CNN International By Salma Abdelaziz, CNN Children are dying of lead poisoning in Nigeria according to the aid group Doctors Without Borders. (CNN) -- As many as 400 children have died of lead poisoning-related illnesses in Nigeria since March, two international aid ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Transcript: CNN interviews Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan CNN International This is a transcript of an exclusive interview between CNN's Isha Sesay and Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan at the Presidential Palace in Abuja. Isha Sesay: President Jonathan, thank you, so much for sitting down to speak to CNN. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Irish woman's partner carrying quintuplets Irish Times AN AUSTRALIAN magazine has reported that the girlfriend of a 21-year-old Irish woman has conceived quintuplets following a sperm donation but without in-vitro fertilisation. The story of Melissa Keevers (27) and her Irish partner, Rosemary Nolan (21), ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
| Iran Reacts Positively to Accord on Resuming Cairo-Tehran Flights Voice of America Iran's Foreign Ministry spokesman has given a cautious thumbs up to an accord between Tehran and Cairo, to resume direct flights between both capitals for the first time in close to 30 years. A tentative deal to resume flights between Tehran and Cairo ... See all stories on this topic » |
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