Wednesday, May 25, 2011

Obama: Western leadership is 'essential'

Obama: Western leadership is 'essential'

Obama: Western leadership is 'essential'

Posted: 25 May 2011 08:59 AM PDT

American and British leadership of the world remains "essential to the cause of human dignity," President Barack Obama said Wednesday in a speech to British Parliament. FULL STORY | TRANSCRIPT OF SPEECH

France's finance minister wants IMF job

Posted: 25 May 2011 05:46 PM PDT

French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde announced her bid to become head of the International Monetary Fund Wednesday, after its former managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn resigned in the wake of charges he tried to rape a hotel maid in New York.

Holes feared in 2 of Japan's nuclear reactors

Posted: 25 May 2011 02:16 AM PDT

Two of the damaged reactors at the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan may be riddled with holes, according to the facility's owner.

German airports reopen as ash cloud dissipates

Posted: 25 May 2011 08:38 AM PDT

A cloud of volcanic ash will force all airports in Berlin to cancel all flights in and out starting at 11 a.m., the German aviation safety agency said Wednesday.

China: 'Urgent problems' with Three Gorges Dam

Posted: 25 May 2011 02:44 AM PDT

The Three Gorges Dam -- the world's largest hydropower plant -- is having "urgent problems," said China's State Council in a statement approved by Premier Wen Jiabao this week. Government representatives warned of environmental, construction and migration "disasters" in the midst of the worst drought to hit southern China in 50 years.

Clashes lead to closure of Yemen airport

Posted: 25 May 2011 12:45 PM PDT

Clashed erupted in a neighborhood in Sanaa Wednesday morning between tribesman and government officials, as unrest continued in Yemen, witnesses said.

Suicide bomber rams police station in Pakistan

Posted: 25 May 2011 12:53 AM PDT

A suicide bomber in an explosive-laden car rammed into a police station in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Wednesday, in a Taliban attack that killed four police officers and injured 21 people, a senior police official said.

Foreign fighters entering Afghanistan?

Posted: 25 May 2011 04:50 AM PDT

Coalition forces in Afghanistan say that a recent security operation in the southeast part of the country suggests an influx of foreign fighters may be underway, just as the Taliban begins its "fighting season" against NATO troops.

Denmark halts Marmite sales

Posted: 25 May 2011 07:04 AM PDT

A savory spread popular with British expatriates has found itself at the center of an unsavory furor in Denmark after authorities pulled it from shop shelves.
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