Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Merkel announces new defense minister

Merkel announces new defense minister

Merkel announces new defense minister

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:52 AM PST

German Chancellor Angela Merkel will make a statement Wednesday afternoon, her office said, the day after Defense Minister Karl-Theodor Freiherr zu Guttenberg resigned in a plagiarism scandal.

Mexico's Calderon visits Washington

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:05 PM PST

Mexican President Felipe Calderon travels to Washington Thursday to meet with President Barack Obama, House Speaker John Boehner and others during a two-day visit likely to include discussions on organized crime, immigration, and commerce.

Petraeus apologizes after 9 Afghan civilians die

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 08:02 AM PST

The commander of U.S. and NATO-led forces in Afghanistan has apologized after an investigation concluded that coalition troops accidentally killed nine civilians.

Designer apologizes after anti-Semitic remarks

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 11:04 AM PST

Designer John Galliano apologized Wednesday after a video that showed him praising Adolf Hitler and making anti-Semitic remarks caused international outrage.

Rights groups accuse Kenya of patient abuse

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:51 AM PST

Kenya is breaking an international convention on the treatment of disabled people, according to human rights groups.

Police: 2 killed in Germany airport shooting

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 01:53 PM PST

A 21-year-old man from Kosovo is in custody after two U.S. airmen were killed and two others were wounded Wednesday in a shooting incident on a U.S. military bus at Germany's Frankfurt Airport, authorities said.

Pakistani minister gunned down

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:00 AM PST

Shahbaz Bhatti, the federal Minister of Minorities Affairs, was shot and killed in Islamabad Wednesday, Pakistani police and hospital officials said.

Royal wedding website launches

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:35 AM PST

The official website for the wedding of Britain's Prince William to Kate Middleton launched Wednesday, the royal family announced.

Report: Threats close Ivory Coast newspapers

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 05:25 AM PST

Eight newspapers shut down in Ivory Coast to protest threats and hefty fines by officials supporting the nation's disputed president, press freedom groups said.

Ancient Afghan artifacts salvaged from black market

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 06:51 AM PST

Feared lost forever, 20 ancient ivory artifacts looted from Afghanistan's national museum were presented to the country's president, Hamid Karzai, in London Tuesday.
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