Katrina breach sites nominated for National Register of Historic Places Posted: 26 Jan 2012 11:10 PM PST A grassroots group is pushing to have the sites of two levee breaches during Hurricane Katrina placed on the National Register of Historic Places. |
Obama to talk price of college at Michigan Posted: 26 Jan 2012 11:04 PM PST President Barack Obama will talk about keeping college affordable during the final leg of his road trip focusing on themes announced in the State of the Union address. |
Aborigine leader criticizes protesters' behavior toward Australian prime minister Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:45 PM PST An Australian Aborigine leader on Friday criticized the actions of a group of angry protesters toward Prime Minister Julia Gillard, who had to be hauled to safety out of a Canberra restaurant. |
Rockets fired at Pakistani military school Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:40 PM PST Nine rockets were fired at the Pakistan Military Academy Kakul Friday about 500 meters from the infamous compound of Osama Bin Laden in Abbotabad, Syed Imtiaz, Hussain Shah a senior police official said. |
4 killed in protests in Bahrain, opposition group says Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:35 PM PST Bahrain police on Friday denied opposition claims that security forces were responsible for the death of an anti-government protester, saying the man died from natural causes. |
Beijing's New Year surprise: PM 2.5 readings Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:30 PM PST Beijing ushered in the Year of the Dragon with a bold move. |
Twitter to delete posts if countries request it Posted: 26 Jan 2012 10:01 PM PST Online social networking site Twitter said Thursday it will begin deleting users' tweets in countries that require it -- but it will still keep those deleted tweets visible to the rest of the world. |
VP Marco Rubio?: The man in demand Posted: 26 Jan 2012 09:01 PM PST Will he or won't he? And would it matter? |
'Soccer mamis' could sway Florida race, affect general election Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:52 PM PST When it comes to courting the Latino demographic, there's a demo within that demo that might be worth listening to. |
Muslim groups: 'Third Jihad' should cost NYC commissioner his job Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:29 PM PST Two prominent Muslim civil liberties groups called for Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to resign on Thursday because of his participation in a film that they say paints all Muslims as terrorists. |
U.N. urges Yemen to have peaceful elections Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:26 PM PST The U.N. Security Council urged Yemen to have "credible, non-violent and peaceful elections " but said it is "gravely concerned by the humanitarian situation" in the Middle East country. |
U.N. Security Council to hold closed talks on Syria situation Posted: 26 Jan 2012 08:20 PM PST The U.N. Security Council will hold closed-door talks Friday afternoon on the situation in Syria, the British and French delegations reported Thursday night on their respective Twitter feeds. |
Cameron: Britain no closer to joining European fiscal treaty Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:47 PM PST Prime Minister David Cameron acknowledged Thursday there had been no movement on renegotiating Britain's inclusion in a treaty thrashed out by European leaders last month in a bid to stave off a debt crisis. |
Nigerian police battle new attacks Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:30 PM PST Nearly a week after a spate of bombings and shootings in northern Nigeria killed more than 200 people, authorities are fighting to stay ahead of the militants blamed for the attacks. |
Head of Papua New Guinea military freed after mutiny Posted: 26 Jan 2012 07:13 PM PST The head of the Papua New Guinea military has been freed from detention by rebel soldiers, the Australian government said Thursday, as an attempted mutiny appeared to unravel. |
RBS halves chief's annual bonus Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:54 PM PST Royal Bank of Scotland has sought to defuse mounting political and public pressure in awarding chief executive Stephen Hester a bonus of just under £1m, less than half the amount he received for 2010. |
Freed aid workers arrive at U.S. military base in Italy Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:47 PM PST Freed hostages Jessica Buchanan and Poul Thisted arrived at a U.S. base in Sicily Thursday, a day after being rescued in a U.S. military raid in Somalia, a spokesman for the base said. |
Judge clears Transocean of some damages in Deepwater Horizon spill Posted: 26 Jan 2012 06:46 PM PST A federal judge in New Orleans ruled Thursday that Transocean is not liable for Deepwater Horizon compensatory damages sought by third parties in the worst oil spill in U.S. history. |
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