Insight: Cash crisis, Arab ferment threaten Jordan's stability |
- Insight: Cash crisis, Arab ferment threaten Jordan's stability
- Hague tribunal acquits former Kosovo leader Haradinaj in retrial
- Chinese police plan to board ships in disputed seas
- Two bombs kill 28 people in Iraq Shi'ite cities
- South Korean civil rocket launch called off, again
- U.N. set for implicit recognition of Palestinian state, despite U.S., Israel threats
- Bangladesh fire protests rage, supervisors arrested
- Indian government bows to pressure, agrees to vote on supermarket reform
- Pakistan doctor in bin Laden case starts hunger strike
- Palestinians certain to win recognition as a state
- Egypt crisis raises fears of 'second revolution'
- UN court acquits former Kosovo prime minister
- Israeli official downplays Palestinian UN bid
- Ruling in Concorde crash appeal expected Thursday
- Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt
- A look at scandals involving UK media
- Key players, positions on Palestinian statehood
- Factory owner says unaware of need for fire exits
- Wave of bombings south of Baghdad kills 16
- Who backs Palestine UN bid? Ehud Olmert, among others
- Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood sets constitution showdown for tomorrow
- Not just sexy Kim Jong-un: 5 times the Onion has fooled foreign media
- Red algae bloom closes Sydney's beaches, but probably not for long
- 'Death evictions'? Guatemala's violence takes an unusual toll
- Egypt's political turmoil dimming chances of democratic transition
- In Egypt and Tunisia, Salafis move from prisons to parliaments
- Is China coming to a city near you?
- Why one of China's richest men is squaring off against Obama in court
- Syria's stalemated conflict picks up speed again
Insight: Cash crisis, Arab ferment threaten Jordan's stability Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:03 AM PST
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Hague tribunal acquits former Kosovo leader Haradinaj in retrial Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:56 AM PST
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Chinese police plan to board ships in disputed seas Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:57 PM PST
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Two bombs kill 28 people in Iraq Shi'ite cities Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:10 AM PST
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South Korean civil rocket launch called off, again Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:07 AM PST
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U.N. set for implicit recognition of Palestinian state, despite U.S., Israel threats Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:07 PM PST
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Bangladesh fire protests rage, supervisors arrested Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:24 PM PST
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Indian government bows to pressure, agrees to vote on supermarket reform Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:50 AM PST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The Indian government bowed to intense opposition pressure and agreed on Thursday to a vote on its decision to let foreign supermarkets set up shop in India, taking a major step towards ending a deadlock that has paralyzed parliament for days. In finally conceding to a symbolic vote on its flagship economic reform, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's fragile coalition appears to have calculated that it has the numbers to overcome opposition demands for the measure to be rolled back. ... |
Pakistan doctor in bin Laden case starts hunger strike Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:09 PM PST
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Palestinians certain to win recognition as a state Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:02 PM PST |
Egypt crisis raises fears of 'second revolution' Posted: 28 Nov 2012 04:11 PM PST |
UN court acquits former Kosovo prime minister Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:09 AM PST A U.N. war crimes tribunal on Thursday acquitted the former prime minister of Kosovo and two of his former Kosovo Liberation Army comrades for the second time of murdering and torturing Serbs and their supporters in Kosovo's war for independence. |
Israeli official downplays Palestinian UN bid Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:04 AM PST |
Ruling in Concorde crash appeal expected Thursday Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:15 AM PST |
Myanmar cracks down on mine protest; dozens hurt Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:32 AM PST |
A look at scandals involving UK media Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:27 AM PST |
Key players, positions on Palestinian statehood Posted: 28 Nov 2012 03:02 PM PST The vote is largely symbolic, the outcome nearly assured: The Palestinians and Israelis are closely watching the evolving positions of a few key countries in Thursday's U.N. General Assembly resolution to raise the Palestinians' status from a U.N. observer to a nonmember observer state. The measure only requires a majority and is all but certain to pass. |
Factory owner says unaware of need for fire exits Posted: 29 Nov 2012 12:59 AM PST |
Wave of bombings south of Baghdad kills 16 Posted: 29 Nov 2012 01:04 AM PST Iraqi police and health officials say bombings in two cities south of Baghdad have killed at least 16 people and wounded over 65. |
Who backs Palestine UN bid? Ehud Olmert, among others Posted: 28 Nov 2012 05:57 PM PST Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas looks set for a rare diplomatic victory tomorrow: An upgrade of Palestine to "observer state" status at the UN. |
Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood sets constitution showdown for tomorrow Posted: 28 Nov 2012 01:56 PM PST At 10 a.m. in Cairo tomorrow (3 a.m. Eastern Standard Time), Egypt's battle between Islamists and a loose coalition of secular politicians and political activists over the country's new constitution looks set to come to a head. |
Not just sexy Kim Jong-un: 5 times the Onion has fooled foreign media Posted: 28 Nov 2012 01:04 PM PST When the People's Daily, the Chinese Communist Party's official newspaper, took as straight news The Onion's declaration that stout North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un was 2012's "Sexiest Man Alive," it became the biggest foreign media outlet to be fooled by the satirical American newspaper. But it is not the first. Here are several other foreign news sites that took Onion fiction as newsworthy fact. |
Red algae bloom closes Sydney's beaches, but probably not for long Posted: 28 Nov 2012 10:00 AM PST Don't worry. It's not blood. It's not even poisonous, just an irritant to skin and eyes and to anyone hoping for a swim now that summer's finally about to hit Sydney. |
'Death evictions'? Guatemala's violence takes an unusual toll Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:50 AM PST The epitaph on a simple bronze-colored tombstone in Guatemala City's main national cemetery reads: "Pray for your eternal peace." |
Egypt's political turmoil dimming chances of democratic transition Posted: 28 Nov 2012 09:39 AM PST Remember when there was a so-called "Egypt transition process?" An orderly series of democratic steps to set the country on a better path than the one it left behind? It went like this: A short period of military rule to be followed by parliamentary and presidential elections, a drafting of a new constitution, and a referendum to ratify it. |
In Egypt and Tunisia, Salafis move from prisons to parliaments Posted: 28 Nov 2012 08:12 AM PST Mehdi Mezmi rediscovered Islam eight years ago via a website, then illegal to access in his native Tunisia, called Minbar at-Tawheed wal Jihad – "The Forum for God's Oneness and Holy Struggle." |
Is China coming to a city near you? Posted: 28 Nov 2012 07:49 AM PST For 15 years Hong Kong has fought to maintain its local identity, language, and culture despite formal unification with mainland China. But as more and more wealthy mainland tourists flood the territory looking to shop, the Hong Kongers's way of life is being challenged. |
Why one of China's richest men is squaring off against Obama in court Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:17 AM PST One of China's richest men squares off against President Obama in a Washington federal court today, challenging the US leader's refusal, on national security grounds, to let him build a wind farm in the US. |
Syria's stalemated conflict picks up speed again Posted: 28 Nov 2012 06:01 AM PST • A daily summary of global reports on security issues. |
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