Saturday, January 1, 2011

Officials: Drones kill 17 in Pakistan

Officials: Drones kill 17 in Pakistan


Officials: Drones kill 17 in Pakistan

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 07:04 PM PST

Two drone strikes killed 13 militants in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, two intelligence officials said.

Pope rallies Christians amid attacks

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:07 AM PST

Pope Benedict XVI spoke out Saturday against a recent wave of religious attacks against Christians and rallied worshippers not to "cave into depression and resignation," hours after a bomb explosion outside a church in Egypt killed 21 people.

Security tightened after Egypt church blast

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 01:39 PM PST

An explosion outside a church in Egypt killed at least seven people and wounded 24 others early Saturday, the country's interior ministry said.

Deadlines pass in Ivory Coast

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:04 PM PST

A minister in self-declared President Laurent Gbagbo's Cabinet reiterates calls for Ivorians to surround challenger Alassane Ouattara's hotel, but says violence is not the gathering's goal.

Sudanese president says he will accept referendum results

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 06:52 AM PST

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has said he will accept the results of a referendum this month that could see the country split in two.

U.S. official talks security in Afghanistan

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 08:59 AM PST

The United States has made "significant progress" in combating terrorist threats to the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Saturday after meeting with the Afghan president and the minister of finance.

Report: North Korea calls for dialogue

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 01:46 AM PST

North Korea on Saturday urged better ties with South Korea, warning that a war in the peninsula would amount to a "nuclear holocaust," South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported.

Ship sinks off China; 15 missing

Posted: 31 Dec 2010 10:19 PM PST

Fifteen sailors remained missing Saturday after a North-Korean-registered cargo ship sank in the Yellow Sea, killing two, China's state media reported.

Smoking at Spanish restaurants, bars banned

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 09:38 AM PST

A law in Spain that goes into effect Sunday bans smoking in indoor bars and restaurants, and gives the nation some of the toughest smoking restrictions in western Europe.

Inmates torch, smash windows at UK prison

Posted: 01 Jan 2011 07:59 AM PST

About 40 prisoners at an open prison in southern England started a rampage early Saturday, smashing windows, setting fires and forcing prison staff to retreat, the Ministry of Justice said.

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