Monday, November 8, 2010

Cholera fears in hurricane-struck Haiti

Cholera fears in hurricane-struck Haiti


Cholera fears in hurricane-struck Haiti

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 12:01 PM PST

Experts feared Monday that the hurricane that battered Haiti over the weekend could worsen the outbreak of cholera that has killed hundreds of people and hospitalized thousands since it began last month.

Former Argentine dictator dies

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 07:02 PM PST

Emilio Massera, a former admiral who was part of a military junta that ruled Argentina in the 1970s, died Monday in the hospital were he had been for some time, the state-run Telam news agency reported.

Two miners killed in Chile blast

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:07 PM PST

Two miners were killed and a third was injured in a dynamite explosion at a copper and gold mine in Chile's Atacama Desert, not far from another mine where 33 miners were trapped for 69 days.

Israeli PM: Iran the world's biggest threat

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 01:25 PM PST

In a speech before the general assembly of a major Jewish organization, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Iran the biggest threat to his country and the world.

US-born cleric rails against Yemen, Iran, United States

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:14 PM PST

An American-born cleric believed to be hiding in Yemen blasted Sunni leaders, Shiite Iran and the United States in a video posted on jihadist websites Monday.

U.S. makes conditional offer for improved relations with Sudan

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:11 PM PST

The Obama administration has offered to speed up Sudan's removal from its list of state sponsors of terrorism if the Khartoum government fulfills its obligations under a 2005 peace accord, senior State Department officials confirmed Monday.

Google redraws the Nicaraguan border

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 02:25 PM PST

Google Maps has retraced the border between two Central American countries after a territory dispute developed.

5 foreigners kidnapped in Nigeria rig attack

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 05:16 PM PST

An armed group raided an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria early Monday, kidnapping five foreigners and injuring two others, a spokesman for oil and gas company Afren PLC said.

Epic collision brings scientists closer to grasping universe's origins

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:14 PM PST

Scientists say they are a step closer to recreating the conditions at the birth of the universe and to understanding life as we know it, after the successful collision of heavy lead ions in a massive machine in Europe.

Second Russian journalist attacked

Posted: 08 Nov 2010 06:18 PM PST

A newspaper reporter was severely beaten on Monday, making him the second Russian journalist in two days to be attacked by unidentified assailants.

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