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- U.N.: Congo sex attacks exceed 500
U.N. officials estimated more than 500 rapes and other sexual attacks in eastern Congo in July and August, more tha ... - N. Korean gathering may set up handover of power
North Korea's political leaders are expected to meet this month in a rare gathering, possibly to set the stage for ... - 18 dead in shoe factory shooting in Honduras
Eighteen people died in a shooting Tuesday afternoon at a shoe factory in San Pedro Sula in northern Honduras, poli ... - Netanyahu eyes Mideast peace deal in year
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in a Jewish New Year greeting he promised to strive for a peace agre ... - 2 U.S. soldiers in Iraq killed
Two U.S. soldiers were killed in northern Iraq on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.
[Courtesy of CNN.com - World]
- NATO chief: Karzai must crack down on graft
Reports about endemic corruption in Afghanistan are undermining public support for the war among NATO allies, the ... - Iraqi soldier kills 2 U.S. troops
BAGHDAD - Two U.S. service members were killed and nine others were wounded when a Kurdish Iraqi soldier sprayed ... - Afghan police beat back mob of government workers at Kabul Bank branch
KABUL -- Fears over the future of ailing Kabul Bank grew violent Wednesday as state police beat back crowds of fru ... - As China finds bigger place in world affairs, its wealth breeds hostility
BISHKEK, KYRGYZSTAN - In a spasm of violence this spring, an angry mob toppled the Kyrgyzstan president, torched ... - Karzai's brother financed Dubai property purchases through embattled Kabul Bank
DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - The brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai made nearly $1 million on a Dubai prop ...
[Courtesy of Wash Post World]
- China: Journalist Attacks Hurt Investigative Reporting
China has long been an unfriendly place for journalists, but two attacks on journalists in Beijing this summer serv ... - Financial Sheriffs to Monitor Banks, Markets in European Union
A trio of financial sheriffs will oversee finance in the entire European market - Uganda: Democratic Reform and Security Top U.S. Agenda
Pushing for electoral reform is tricky when the strongman in power is also a key ally against extremist violence - Afghan Elections: Candidates Flock to Kabul for Safety
More than 600 candidates are running for office out of Afghanistan's capital because it isn't safe to campaign in t ... - Is China Planning a Broader South Pacific Strategy?
Beijing has entertained Fiji's pariah military dictator while doling out lots of cash and support to other impoveri ...
[Courtesy of TIME.com: Top World Stories]
- Georgia says Russian troops still fighting despite accord
An agreement was reached on Wednesday on a framework to end the war, but President Mikheil Saakashvili of Georgia s ... - France seeks to unite EU behind Georgia truce plan
France, flush with diplomatic triumph after negotiating a cease-fire in Georgia, sought Wednesday to unite the 26 o ... - After mixed U.S. messages, a war erupted in Georgia
Bush administration officials say they cautioned Georgia not to let Russia provoke it into a fight, but the warning ... - U.S. officials say they warned Georgia to avoid fight
Bush administration officials have been adamant in asserting that they warned the government in Tbilisi not to let ... - Russia still on offensive, Georgia president says
After agreeing to a cease-fire with Russia, Mikheil Saakashvili said Russian tanks were attacking Gori in central G ...
[Courtesy of IHT: Europe]
- RAJAN: How to Sell Global Re-Balancing
- ASIA: Japan As Number Three
- JAMES: Recession Geopolitics
- GROS: The Skills Deficit
- ASIA: Central Asia’s Perfect Storm
[Courtesy of Project Syndicate]
- BP spreads blame for Gulf spill
BP says a "sequence of failures" involving "multiple companies" led to the explosion and fire that killed 11 people ... - Bank of Canada rate hike seen before pause
The Bank of Canada should boost interest rates one more time on Wednesday and then could leave rates alone for as l ... - Qur'an burning plan a 'concern': White House
The Obama administration joins the U.S. State Department and Gen. David Petraeus in denouncing a plan by a Florida ... - Suspected U.S. missile strikes kill 10 in Pakistan
Two suspected U.S. missile strikes hit militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, bringing to six the ... - Autopsy confirms body is Orangeville woman
An autopsy has confirmed that the human remains found near Orangeville, Ont., on the weekend are those of Sonia Var ...
[Courtesy of CBC | Top Stories News]
- Allah, Army and America can't cleanse Pak mess
Sushant Sareen says that denial, obfuscation and stone-walling have become something of a national malaise in Pakis ... - 21 killed, 40 injured in suicide attack in Pak
A suicide bomber struck at a police residential colony, killing at least 21 people, including women and children, a ... - 26/11: Pak likely to send team to quiz witnesses
Pakistani prosecutors on Tuesday filed a petition in a Rawalpindi-based anti-terrorism court for the formation of a ... - Are Pakistan's youth giving up Islam?
A handful of Pakistani Muslim youths are beginning to question the existence of God and are in the process of givin ... - India open to Pak proposal on 26/11 commission
India is open to Pakistan's proposal to form a commission on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks that would visit New Delhi to ...
[Courtesy of rediff News: International]
- 'Many failures' caused BP spill
BP's internal investigation into the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico finds that "a series of failures" was to blame ... - Cameron flies to see ill father
David Cameron misses prime minister's questions, flying to be with his father in France after he suffered a stroke ... - Murder charge changes supported
Calls for different degrees of murder charges have received the backing of the director of public prosecutions, Kei ... - Church defiant over Koran burning
A small US church says it will defy international condemnation and go ahead with plans to burn copies of the Koran ... - Concern for missing girl and baby
Police are concerned about a 14-year-old girl from Bristol who has been missing with her 11-month-old daughter sinc ...
[Courtesy of BBC News - Home]
- PATROL LOST IN TRIANGLE ATTACK; Shias seek security ‘lead’; Saudis nudged
BAGHDAD (Agencies): The leader of Iraqs largest Shiite political party on Saturday called for a security agree ... - Majority of victims PPP workers; Gunbattles kill 34 in Karachi
KARACHI (AFP): Fierce gunbattles between rival Pakistani political activists killed 34 people Saturday in the worst ... - Town simmers as US battles to restore services; ‘Samara suffering sectarian siege’
SAMARRA, Iraq (AFP): As the sun set over Samarra, the US soldiers paced the dusty streets in battle formation while ... - Palestinian police to quit Gaza Strip after Hamas-Fatah deal; Jordan’s king to meet Abbas
GAZA CITY (Agencies): Palestinian national police are to be pulled from Gaza under a deal between president Mahmud ... - Afghan foreign minister ousted over refugees influx from Iran; 20 Taleban militants killed in fresh fighting
KABUL, Afghanistan (Agencies): Afghan lawmakers voted Saturday to oust the foreign minister over the mishandling of ...
[Courtesy of Arab Times: World]
- Qur'an burning plan a 'concern': White House
The Obama administration joins the U.S. State Department and Gen. David Petraeus in denouncing a plan by a Florida ... - BP spreads blame for Gulf spill
BP says a "sequence of failures" involving "multiple companies" led to the explosion and fire that killed 11 people ... - Suspected U.S. missile strikes kill 10 in Pakistan
Two suspected U.S. missile strikes hit militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, bringing to six the ... - Over 500 rapes in eastern Congo since July: UN
The United Nations reports more than 500 rapes have been committed by armed combatants in eastern Congo since late ... - Flood waters threaten parts of southern Pakistan
People in parts of Sindh province in southern Pakistan are bracing for more floods as water threatens to pour into ...
[Courtesy of CBC | World News]
- U.N. reports over 500 rapes in eastern Congo
The United Nations on Tuesday reported more than 500 systematic rapes were committed by armed combatants in eastern ... - Two suspected U.S. missile attacks rock Pakistan
Two suspected U.S. missile strikes hit militant targets in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, brin ... - FBI: Aircraft searched in L.A., no credible bomb threat found
Investigators found no explosives aboard a Los Angeles-bound Thai Airways flight in which a bomb threat was found s ... - Mexico: 2 bodies found likely migrant massacre investigators
Two dead bodies found in the northern state of Tamaulipas appear to be those of a state detective and local police ... - Gunman in uniform kills 2 U.S. soldiers in Iraq
A gunman wearing an Iraqi army uniform killed two American soldiers Tuesday in northern Iraq, the U.S. military sai ...
[Courtesy of USATODAY.com World News]
- Iraqi solder kills 2 Americans, wounds 9
An Iraqi soldier kills two U.S. soldiers and wounds nine more at an Iraqi military base. These are the first U.S. s ... - 6 killed in 2 separate bomb attacks in Baghdad
Iraqi police and health officials say at least six people have been killed and 35 wounded in two separate attacks i ... - Newsweek: A look inside al-Qaida
Nine years after 9/11, Osama bin Laden’s network remains a shadowy, little-understood enemy. The truth, as reveal ... - Newsweek: Why Bin Laden still matters
Bin Laden remains important as the guiding icon that is drawing people to jihad. Yet U.S. intelligence agencies hav ... - Gunmen burst into factory in Honduras, kill 15
Men armed with assault rifles burst into a shoe factory and opened fire Tuesday, killing at least 15 workers and wo ...
[Courtesy of msnbc.com: World news]
- NATO: Afghan Forces Can Take Control Next Year
NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen was in Washington Tuesday to meet with President Obama at the White Ho ... - Shanghai 5 Years Later: More Money, More Subways
In 2005, NPR's Rob Gifford left his post as Beijing correspondent to move to London. After five years, he has moved ... - Legal Gay Weddings Help Argentina's Businesses
Weeks after Argentina became Latin America's first country to approve gay marriage, wedding planners are retooling ... - Female Pilot Reflects On War And Evolving Army
Army Chief Warrant Officer Stephanie Rose was among the first women to fly the Apache attack helicopter. She is cur ... - Nigeria: Assault On Prison Holding Extremists Ends
A state government spokesman said gunmen thought to be members of a radical Muslim sect attacked in hopes of freein ...
[Courtesy of NPR Topics: World]
- Angelina Jolie Visits Pakistan Flood Victims - Sky News : International
- UN has failed Congo mass rape victims, says investigator - Guardian Newspaper : World
- Rwanda 'happy' at Ban visit, outraged by UN report - The Sydney Morning Herald : World
- Rwanda 'happy' at Ban visit but 'outraged' by report - The Sydney Morning Herald : World
- Investors promised more open, transparent market - People’s Daily : China
[Courtesy of United Nations : a NewsXS service feed]
- BP probe spreads blame for Gulf oil spill
Oil giant BP said in an internal report on Wednesday that multiple companies and work teams contributed to the mass ... - Holder calls Quran-burning plan 'idiotic'
Attorney General Eric Holder calls the planned burning of the Quran at a Florida church "idiotic and dangerous." Pa ... - N.Y. imam: Mosque project won't be stopped
The imam at the center of the controversy over a YMCA-like Islamic center proposed for a site near the World Trade ... - Fla. pastor has legal right to burn Qurans
Florida pastor Terry Jones will undoubtedly offend and infuriate many people around the world if he follows through ... - Protesters, police clash over L.A. immigrant death
Protesters on Tuesday night pelted a police station with eggs, rocks and bottles despite Police Chief Charlie Beck' ...
[Courtesy of msnbc.com: Top msnbc.com headlines]
- 125-yr-old Ayodhya case verdict on September 24
While Hindus claimed the land to be the site of the birthplace of their most revered Lord Ram, Muslims asserted the ... - Bihar hostage crisis: Police file FIR against 18 Maoists
The Bihar police have registered an FIR against 18 named Maoists and 150 unknown people in connection with the kill ... - Woman forced to choose which child to save from drowning
A mother was forced to choose between saving the life of one of her two children when the car she was driving met w ... - Bihar CM Nitish Kumar not to contest polls
"I will not contest the coming assembly polls in October-November. There is no need for it as I am a member of legi ... - Chinese string of pearls could choke India
A regional power struggle between India and China, however muted be it, will be more and more evident as China push ...
[Courtesy of rediff News]
- Man arrested as siege ends
A man has been arrested after barricading himself and a young girl in a house for nearly two days. - Stagg awarded £706,000 compensation
The man cleared of murdering Rachel Nickell has been awarded £706,000 damages, his solicitor said. - CCTV of murdered graduate released
Images of the last known movements of a Chinese graduate killed in Newcastle have been released. - Russian troops patrol Georgian town
Russian troops are patrolling Gori, contradicting claims Russia will not act outside South Ossetia. - Bank boss predicts economic gloom
The coming year "will be a painful and difficult one", the Bank of England governor has warned.
[Courtesy of ITV News: World]