Thursday, October 28, 2010

Bin Laden tape authentic, French say

Bin Laden tape authentic, French say


Bin Laden tape authentic, French say

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 09:56 AM PDT

A tape of a man claiming to be Osama Bin Laden warning France to get its troops out of Afghanistan appears to be authentic, the French Foreign Ministry says. FRANCE MAY BEGIN PULLOUT IN 2011 | FULL STORY

Aid trickles into Indonesia quake and tsunami zone

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:25 PM PDT

Help trickled in Thursday, three days after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck off Indonesia, triggering a tsunami that has killed at least 311 people and left more than 400 missing.

Indonesian volcano erupts again

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:28 PM PDT

The death toll from an Indonesian volcano that exploded this week has climbed to 32, medical officials say, as rescue efforts continue to unfold, with tens of thousands of residents displaced by the eruption.

U.S.: $56 million worth of heroin seized in Afghanistan

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 12:11 PM PDT

Almost $56 million worth of high-quality heroin has been seized in a series of drug busts in Afghanistan, according to senior Drug Enforcement Administration officials.

Obama's Asia trip highlights region's growing importance

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:05 PM PDT

President Barack Obama will meet on U.S. Veterans Day with Chinese President Hu Jintao -- while both men are in South Korea -- as part of a hectic schedule of summit meetings, news conferences and cultural events on his upcoming four-nation trip to Asia, top administration officials said Thursday.

Official: China won't use 'rare earths' as a bargaining chip

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 08:26 PM PDT

China bid to defuse a percolating crisis Thursday, vowing not to use "rare earth" minerals as a bargaining chip in world trade discussions and not to cut exports any more next year, state-run media reported.

Factory workers targeted in Mexico shooting

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:11 PM PDT

In a rare attack against factory workers, gunmen in Mexico shot three trucks carrying a company's workers, killing five and injuring 14 others, the state-run Notimex news agency reported, citing local police.

French unions stage last-ditch strikes

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 11:18 AM PDT

Nearly 200,000 people turned out across France Thursday in a last-ditch effort to derail a pension bill that raises the retirement age from 60 to 62. FULL STORY l BOISTEROUS PROTESTS l BACK ON STREETS

World's fastest supercomputer belongs to China

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 07:06 AM PDT

Unveiled Wednesday at the Annual Meeting of National High Performance Computing (HPC China 2010) in Beijing, Tianhe-1A is the world's fastest supercomputer with a performance record of 2.507 petaflops, as measured by the LINPACK benchmark.

Two teenage girls executed by Somali militants

Posted: 28 Oct 2010 05:35 AM PDT

A Somali militant group publicly executed two teenage girls Wednesday after accusing them of being spies for the Somali government, according to the group, eyewitnesses and a relative of one of the girls.

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