Wednesday, October 27, 2010

French Parliament OKs pension reform

French Parliament OKs pension reform


French Parliament OKs pension reform

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:45 AM PDT

After weeks of protests that brought millions of demonstrators to the streets, a controversial French pension reform became law Wednesday.

Aid workers attempting to reach Indonesia quake victims

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:33 AM PDT

Rescuers prepared for the worst Wednesday, deploying with hundreds of body bags as they struggled to reach victims two days after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck off Indonesia.

3 killed, several wounded in Iraq explosions

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:30 AM PDT

Two separate explosions killed at least three people and wounded several others in Baghdad Wednesday morning, police said.

Ugandan anti-gay measure may be law soon

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 04:40 PM PDT

The member of the Ugandan Parliament behind a controversial "anti-gay" bill that would call for stiff penalties against homosexuality -- including life imprisonment and the death penalty -- says that the bill will become law "soon."

15 shot dead at carwash in Mexico, officials say

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 01:02 PM PDT

Fifteen people were killed Wednesday at a carwash in the western Mexican state of Nayarit, the state attorney general's office told CNNMexico.com.

Family 'shocked' by Aziz verdict

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 10:22 AM PDT

The daughter of former Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Tariq Aziz says an appeal will probably do nothing to stop her father's death sentence.

Sources: Militant killed after firing at Israel

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 09:33 AM PDT

A member of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad was killed and another was seriously wounded after Israeli tanks fired shells toward them in Gaza on Wednesday, Palestinian medical and security sources said.

Cholera death toll near 300 in Haiti

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 05:08 PM PDT

The death toll from Haiti's cholera outbreak has risen to 292, the Haitian government said Wednesday. There are 4,147 confirmed cases.

Extinction threat for fifth of vertebrates

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 08:21 AM PDT

A fifth of the world's vertebrates are facing extinction because of invasion and the effects of agriculture, a global study warned Wednesday.

Ship burns off coast of United Kingdom, France

Posted: 27 Oct 2010 12:43 PM PDT

A rescue operation was launched Wednesday to retrieve 111 people from a burning ship hundreds of miles off the coast of United Kingdom and France, authorities said.

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