News 1st Look: Ecuador: Unrest was coup attempt

Monday, October 4, 2010

Ecuador: Unrest was coup attempt

Ecuador: Unrest was coup attempt
Israeli high court OK's Nobel laureate's deportation
Sidiqi family speaks out about arrest
France seeks extradition of al Qaeda suspect in Italy
Koreas discuss reuniting families separated by war
Far-right Dutch politician tried for inciting hatred
Bolivian president involved in soccer scuffle
Pakistan: Strike kills 'German militants'
Pakistani Taliban claims credit for attacks, warns drivers for NATO
Estimates increase Iraqi oil reserves by billions

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 04:47 AM PDT

Days after protesting police allegedly attacked Ecuador's president and held him at a hospital for hours, the country's interior minister says the government remains convinced the uprising was an attempted coup.

Israeli high court OK's Nobel laureate's deportation

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 02:59 PM PDT

The Israeli Supreme Court has upheld the deportation of Nobel Peace Prize winner Mairead Maguire, who had tried to visit Israel and the Palestinian territories last week, a spokeswoman for the Israeli judiciary said Monday.

Sidiqi family speaks out about arrest

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:13 PM PDT

Ahmed Sidiqi, the man allegedly at the heart of an al Qaeda plot to target European cities, was detained by a group of unidentified men in Afghanistan three months ago, his family has told CNN.

France seeks extradition of al Qaeda suspect in Italy

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 07:29 AM PDT

France has requested the extradition of an al Qaeda suspect arrested in Italy, a French court official said Monday.

Koreas discuss reuniting families separated by war

Posted: 03 Oct 2010 09:08 PM PDT

The two Koreas will meet in late October to discuss regularly reuniting families separated by the Korean War nearly 60 years ago, the Yonhap news agency in South Korea said.

Far-right Dutch politician tried for inciting hatred

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 09:00 AM PDT

Far-right Dutch politician Geert Wilders went on trial in the Netherlands on Monday, charged with inciting discrimination and hatred over a controversial film he made about Islam.

Bolivian president involved in soccer scuffle

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 06:58 PM PDT

It was the type of move that only a head of state could get away with.

Pakistan: Strike kills 'German militants'

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 11:16 AM PDT

Eight suspected German nationals were killed in a suspected drone strike in northwestern Pakistan, two Pakistani officials said Monday.

Pakistani Taliban claims credit for attacks, warns drivers for NATO

Posted: 04 Oct 2010 05:50 AM PDT

The Pakistani Taliban is claiming responsibility for two recent attacks on trucks carrying supplies for NATO, a central spokesman for the militant group told CNN by telephone Monday.