U.S. envoy meeting with Netanyahu to keep peace talks on track Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:58 PM PDT The U.S. special Mideast envoy is scheduled to meet with Israel's prime minister Wednesday as part of a diplomatic push to help keep face-to-face peace talks with Palestinians on track. |
Rare meeting of N. Korean ruling party wraps up Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:54 PM PDT North Korea's ruling party wrapped up a rare meeting on Wednesday afternoon, state-run media said. |
Woman who admitted to faking acid attack to plead not guilty to theft Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:42 PM PDT A Washington woman who admitted to throwing a corrosive liquid on her own face is expected to plead not guilty to three counts of theft at her arraignment Wednesday. |
Assistant attorney general blogs against gay student body president Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:39 PM PDT For nearly six months, Andrew Shirvell, an assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan, has waged an internet campaign against college student Chris Armstrong, the openly gay student assembly president at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. |
Jimmy Carter to resume book tour after hospitalization Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:31 PM PDT Former President Jimmy Carter is expected to resume his book tour Wednesday after spending the night in a hospital with an upset stomach. |
European unions stage day of action over spending cuts Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:28 PM PDT Unions planned a day of demonstrations across Europe on Wednesday to express anger at austerity measures being adopted around the continent and to demand plans for more jobs and growth. |
Canadian judge strikes down prostitution law Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:24 PM PDT Key provisions of Canada's prostitution law were struck down Tuesday by an Ontario judge who said they endangered the people they were meant to protect. |
Accuser's message for Bishop Eddie Long: 'You are a monster' Posted: 28 Sep 2010 10:08 PM PDT One of the young men who has accused a Georgia pastor of sexual coercion told Atlanta television station WAGA that he wanted to send a message to Bishop Eddie Long: "You are not a man. You are a monster." |
75 brawl during Ohio party for 3-year-old girl Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:56 PM PDT The princess birthday cake for a 3-year-old girl was one of the few things left untouched after a brawl that police said involved 75 people at a hall in suburban Cincinnati, Ohio. |
Report: South, North Korea to hold military talks Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:51 PM PDT South Korea and North Korea on Thursday will hold military talks for the first time in nearly two years, according to the South's defense ministry, the Yonhap news agency reported. |
Army may have known in February about Afghan murder Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:30 PM PDT The Army may have known months ago about serious misconduct -- including the apparently unprovoked murder of a civilian -- by members of a platoon in Afghanistan but failed to act on it before at least one other murder occurred. |
Thousands in Pakistan protest scientist's prison sentence Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:18 PM PDT Hundreds of thousands protested in Karachi and Hyderabad Tuesday against the 86-year prison sentence for a Pakistani scientist convicted of attempting to kill Americans in Afghanistan. |
Kim Jong Il's son promoted to four-star general Posted: 28 Sep 2010 09:13 PM PDT The surprise announcement that the third son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il had been made a general has dashed hopes in South Korea that the junior Kim might prove more economically focused than his father, should he succeed him. |
North Korea -- outsourcing hub? Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:20 PM PDT As North Korea's ruling elite gather for a rare conference of the country's ruling Korean Worker's Party, the world is watching for clues on the future of this secretive country. |
North Korean leader's youngest son rising in leadership circles Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:16 PM PDT The youngest son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il was named vice chairman of the Workers Party of Korea's central military commission, North Korea's state news agency reported Tuesday. |
Explainer: Why Europe is on strike Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:14 PM PDT Simmering anger over government budget cuts will spill into the streets of 14 European countries Wednesday as tens of thousands workers fight state efforts to slash public debt. |
Swiss man remembers school with son of North Korean leader Posted: 28 Sep 2010 08:06 PM PDT One of the most secretive countries in the world seems to be putting a succession plan into place: North Korean leader Kim Jong Il promoted his youngest son to general. |
Obama team touts development policy Posted: 28 Sep 2010 07:48 PM PDT President Barack Obama's top cabinet members stressed Tuesday that devoting money and resources to overseas diplomacy and development is essential to U.S. national security. |
Obama team touts development policy Posted: 28 Sep 2010 07:45 PM PDT President Barack Obama's top cabinet members stressed Tuesday that devoting money and resources to overseas diplomacy and development is essential to U.S. national security. |
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