AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Indonesia Monday to discuss potential sales of military aircraft and deeper military ties, despite wariness on the part of both US lawmakers and Jakarta.
Feeds
334236 items (308527 unread) in 109 feeds
- Dictionary.com Word of the Day (581 unread)
- Yahoo! News: Most Viewed (15712 unread)
Yahoo! News: World News (11 unread)
-
US defence chief in Indonesia talks on military ties (AFP)
Posted: February 25th, 2008, 1:36am EST
Tags: [edit]
-
Chinese say compulsory Peking Opera classes off key (Reuters)
Posted: February 25th, 2008, 1:34am EST
Tags: [edit]
Reuters - A programme launched in China to teach traditional Peking opera in schools has drawn criticism from some Internet users who said untrained teachers and forced instruction might put off students from the 200-year-old art. -
South Korea's new president takes office (AP)
Posted: February 25th, 2008, 12:52am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Hard-charging former businessman Lee Myung-bak took the oath of office as South Korea's new president Monday, vowing to revitalize the economy, strengthen relations with the U.S. and deal with nuclear-armed North Korea.
-
Cuba's communist system unshaken (AP)
Posted: February 25th, 2008, 12:50am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president on Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel but leaving the island's communist system unshaken.
-
Whalers hit by foul Antarctic weather, protesters say (AFP)
Posted: February 25th, 2008, 12:26am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - Militant animal rights activists chasing Japanese whalers in Antarctic waters said Monday they were battling raging seas and snow storms that had put the hunt on hold.
-
US military deaths in Iraq at 3,972 (AP)
Posted: February 24th, 2008, 11:25pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - As of Sunday, Feb. 24, 2008, at least 3,972 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,228 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers. -
A look at Raul Castro's life (AP)
Posted: February 24th, 2008, 9:18pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - NAME: Raul Castro Ruz -
7 re-charged in Israeli Embassy attack (AP)
Posted: February 24th, 2008, 8:05pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Seven men face new charges after being released from jail earlier this month for lack of evidence linking them to an attack on the Israeli Embassy in Mauritania, a judge said Sunday. -
ANALYSIS: Cubans used to Raul Castro (AP)
Posted: February 24th, 2008, 6:22pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Cuba's new President Raul Castro shuns the spotlight and often looks uncomfortable when he has to appear in public. Friends call him "the Prussian" for his cold, efficient style and describe his leadership as businesslike even boring.
-
Shiite pilgrims targeted in attacks (AP)
Posted: February 24th, 2008, 4:23pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up among Shiite pilgrims taking a break Sunday during their days-long march to a shrine for a major religious gathering. The blast killed at least 40 people and wounded 60, making it one of the deadliest this year.
-
Pakistan militants call for dialogue (AP)
Posted: February 24th, 2008, 3:26pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Taliban-style militants battling government forces in northwest Pakistan said Sunday they wanted dialogue with the winners of parliamentary elections and urged the new leadership to abandon President Pervez Musharraf's war on terror.
-
Turkish troops enter Iraq seeking rebels (AP)
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 5:05pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Supported by air power, Turkish troops crossed into northern Iraq on Friday in their first major ground incursion against Kurdish rebel bases in nearly a decade. But Turkey sought to avoid confrontation with U.S.-backed Iraq, saying the guerrillas were its only target.
-
Indian business empire eyes global role (AP)
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 4:46pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A dozen years ago, many believed that India's Tata Group the country's oldest and largest conglomerate was a bloated behemoth that would eventually go under. -
Search for Nazi plunder moving forward (AP)
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 4:42pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - There's something big and metallic 60 feet below the ground in this tiny town near the Czech border.
-
IAEA: Iran disputes atomic arms evidence (AP)
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 4:36pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said Friday that Iran is defying a U.N. Security Council ban on uranium enrichment and accusing the U.S. and its allies of fabricating information to back up claims that Tehran is making nuclear weapons.
-
Kosovo Serb protesters attack UN police (AP)
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 4:28pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Violent protests rocked Serb-dominated northern Kosovo on Friday, as mobs chanting "Kosovo is ours!" hurled stones, bottles and firecrackers at U.N. police guarding a bridge that divides Serbs from ethnic Albanians.
-
Turkey-Kurds: a timeline (AP)
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 4:10pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A look at recent major events in the fight between Turkish troops and Kurdish rebels: -
AU boss pushes for deal in Kenyan political crisis (AFP)
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 3:57pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - African Union Commission chief Jean Ping pushed Friday for a quick resolution of Kenya's political crisis, which has claimed more than 1,000 lives, as rival sides worked on a power-sharing deal.
-
US envoy sees Iran sanctions next week (AP)
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 3:50pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - The latest United Nations report on Iran's nuclear program should pave the way for passage next week of a new U.N. Security Council resolution tightening sanctions on Tehran, the American U.N. ambassador said Friday.
-
Mob kidnaps about 30 police in Guatemala (AP)
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 3:24pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - An angry mob took about 30 police officers hostage in Guatemala and threatened to kill them unless authorities release a jailed farm leader, a police official said Friday. -
Al-Sadr praised for extending cease-fire (AP)
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 2:58pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr opted Friday to keep the cease-fire order for his Mahdi Army militia in place for another six months, a step that will hold down U.S. and Iraqi casualties while bolstering al-Sadr's importance as a political player as Iraqi factions jostle for power.
-
East Timor extends state of emergency (AFP)
Posted: February 22nd, 2008, 2:32pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - East Timor extended Friday a state of emergency put in place after attacks last week on its top two leaders and boosted the hunt for the rebels thought responsible, officials said.
-
Bush: Kosovo should align with Europe (AP)
Posted: February 17th, 2008, 3:18am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - President Bush said Sunday it's in Kosovo's interest to be aligned with Europe, and that its status must resolved in order for the Balkans to be stable.
-
Bosses less likely to have cancer: Australian study (AFP)
Posted: February 17th, 2008, 3:04am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - Managers are less likely to have cancer, while shop assistants have a greater chance of suffering back pain and nurses have a higher rate of heart disease, according to a new Australian study.
-
3 dead after New Zealand air collision (AP)
Posted: February 17th, 2008, 2:51am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Three people were killed after a light plane and a helicopter collided in mid-air north of New Zealand's capital Sunday, police said. -
Hamas: Abbas aides plotted assassination (AP)
Posted: February 17th, 2008, 2:29am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Gaza's Hamas rulers on Saturday accused aides of moderate Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of being behind an alleged plot to assassinate a top Hamas official.
-
Albanian triumph, Serb anger as Kosovo secedes (Reuters)
Posted: February 17th, 2008, 2:16am EST
Tags: [edit]
Reuters - Kosovo Albanians will proclaim
independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in
the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia but cementing a bitter ethnic
frontline in the Balkans.
-
Dozens killed, wounded in Afghan attack (AP)
Posted: February 17th, 2008, 2:11am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A bombing at an outdoor dog fighting competition killed and wounded dozens of people in southern Afghanistan on Sunday, an official and a witness said.
-
Pakistan campaign rally bombing kills 40 (AP)
Posted: February 17th, 2008, 2:04am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a crowd following a rally for a candidate allied with the opposition, killing at least 40 people and heightening fears of Islamic militant violence during Monday's crucial parliamentary elections.
-
Australia to allow more migrants to ease skills shortage (Reuters)
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 10:31pm EST
Tags: [edit]
Reuters - Australia said on Sunday it was relaxing its migration program to allow more skilled workers into the country where the jobless rate is at a three-decade low and most companies face a labor shortage. -
China warns of new wave of coal mine disasters (Reuters)
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 10:27pm EST
Tags: [edit]
Reuters - China, home to the world's deadliest mining industry, could be faced with a new wave of accidents as collieries start operations again following severe winter weather which forced many to close. -
US military deaths in Iraq at 3,961 (AP)
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 7:18pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - As of Saturday, Feb. 16, 2008, at least 3,961 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,225 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
-
Singer, 104, takes stage amid protests (AP)
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 7:01pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Several dozen people protested outside a theater Saturday where a 104-year-old singer who once performed for Adolf Hitler took the stage in the Netherlands for the first time in four decades.
-
Pakistan campaign rally bombing kills 37 (AP)
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 6:20pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A suicide bomber rammed a car packed with explosives into a crowd following a rally for a candidate allied with the opposition, killing 37 people and heightening fears of Islamic militant violence during Monday's crucial parliamentary elections.
-
Bush discusses Kenya, terrorism and aid on Africa tour (Reuters)
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 6:07pm EST
Tags: [edit]
Reuters - U.S. President George W. Bush
discusses Africa's crises and a mounting terrorist threat on
Sunday but he will try to keep his tour of the continent
focused on the good news of projects to fight AIDS and malaria.
-
Gitmo interrogator describes tactics (AP)
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 3:51pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Interrogators got intelligence from detainees that helped U.S. troops in Afghanistan attack Taliban fighters last summer and they did it through casual questioning and not torture, the military's chief interrogator here said. -
In Kosovo, it's 'Independence Eve' (AP)
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 3:47pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Tiny Kosovo poor, mostly Muslim but feverishly pro-Western braced itself Saturday for a historic declaration of independence from Serbia, a decade after a war that killed 10,000 people and years of limbo under U.N. rule.
-
Pakistan votes; fears violence, rigging (AP)
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 2:57pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Eight weeks after Benazir Bhutto was slain, Pakistan is holding elections that could shepherd a troubled nation into a new era of civilian rule and gird it against the Islamic extremists suspected of her killing.
-
Haiti's efforts to save trees falters (AP)
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 2:48pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Far from the spreading slums of the Haitian capital, past barren dirt mountains and hillsides stripped to a chalky white core, two woodcutters bring down a towering oak tree in one of the few forested valleys left in the Caribbean country.
-
Kosovo PM hails slain rebel (AP)
Posted: February 16th, 2008, 2:33pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - On the eve of Kosovo's declaration of independence, its prime minister paid tribute Saturday to an ethnic Albanian family whose 1998 slaying became a rallying point for the province's struggle to break away from Serbia. -
Israel building plans anger Palestinians (AP)
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 12:12pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Israel is planning to build 1,100 new apartments for Israelis in east Jerusalem, a Cabinet minister said Tuesday, angering Palestinians who want the area as a capital of their future state and further troubling peace talks.
-
The US troop surge, a year later (AP)
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 12:08pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A year ago in Baghdad: Shiite militiamen and Sunni insurgents owned entire neighborhoods and key areas beyond. Iraq's government was adrift, and U.S. commanders weighed the real possibility of being trapped in a full-scale civil war. -
Kenyan politicians discuss power-sharing (AP)
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 12:06pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Peace talks to end postelection bloodshed in Kenya moved to a secret location Tuesday for a final push. Negotiators said the opposition has proposed sharing power with the government for two years and then holding new elections.
-
Russia: Bombers flight routine patrol (AP)
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 12:01pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - The Russian military said Tuesday that its bombers' flyover of a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Pacific was part of a routine patrol conducted in accordance with international rules.
-
US officials may travel to Okinawa to follow up rape case (AFP)
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 11:52am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - Senior US officials based in Japan may travel to the southern island of Okinawa to follow up on the alleged rape of a 14-year-old girl there by a US Marine, a US official said here Tuesday.
-
Pakistani troops fan out ahead of polls (AP)
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 10:54am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Tens of thousands of troops fanned out across Pakistan on Tuesday to bolster security ahead of next week's parliamentary elections, but senior military officials say they would not try to interfere with the vote.
-
Trial of 9/11 plotters faces hurdles (AP)
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 10:30am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Nearly 6 1/2 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, the U.S. is preparing to prosecute six of the men it says are responsible. But the trial and verdicts remain a long way off in the death penalty cases.
-
Puerto Rican may be extradited to Conn. (AP)
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 10:27am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A judge has ruled that an alleged member of a militant Puerto Rican independence group should be extradited to Connecticut to face charges in a 1983 robbery. -
Sadrists condemn journalists kidnapping (AP)
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 9:47am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Radical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr's office on Tuesday condemned the kidnapping of two CBS journalists in the southern city of Basra, while Iraqi police said an intensive search was under way for the men.
-
Troops patrol East Timor as president recuperates (AFP)
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 9:46am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - Troops and police enforced a state of emergency across East Timor on Tuesday as President Jose Ramos-Horta recuperated from an assassination bid that doctors said he was lucky to survive.
-
Danes nab suspects in cartoonist plot (AP)
Posted: February 12th, 2008, 7:49am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Danish police said Tuesday they have arrested three people suspected of plotting to kill one of the 12 cartoonists behind the Prophet Muhammad drawings that sparked a deadly uproar in the Muslim world two years ago. -
Scandal hits famed Oxford debating club (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 12:09pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Corrupt campaigning practices. Charges of sexual harassment. Racial and gender issues. A presidential election thrown out, the winner disqualified, the loser withdrawn. -
21 killed, 100 wounded in Somalia attack (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 11:44am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A grenade attack in northeastern Somalia killed 21 people and wounded 100, officials said Wednesday, raising the toll a day after the explosion. -
Militants declare cease-fire in Pakistan (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 10:16am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A coalition of Taliban militants in northwestern Pakistan declared an "indefinite" cease-fire Wednesday in fighting against security forces. The government said it was preparing for peace talks.
-
US says al-Qaida in Iraq using children (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 10:15am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Videotapes seized during U.S. raids on suspected al-Qaida in Iraq hide-outs show the terror group training young boys to kidnap and assassinate civilians, U.S. and Iraqi officials said Wednesday.
-
New Thai government takes office (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 9:30am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Thailand made an uneasy return to democracy Wednesday with the swearing-in of a Cabinet dominated by loyalists to the prime minister ousted nearly 17 months ago in a military coup.
-
Kenya opposition threatens new rallies (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 9:30am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Kenya's opposition threatened mass rallies Wednesday to stop a gathering of African foreign ministers in Nairobi because they were not consulted about the meeting.
-
US, Iraqi raids net 20 suspects (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 5:04am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - U.S. and Iraqi forces detained 20 suspected insurgents in four days of raids across Iraq, the U.S. military said Wednesday.
-
Shrine bombing kills 1 in south Thailand (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 5:02am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Suspected Muslim insurgents detonated a bomb near a Chinese shrine in southern Thailand on Wednesday, killing one soldier and wounding six other people. -
BSkyB chalks up net loss in first half (AFP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 4:44am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - British satellite broadcaster BSkyB, controlled by media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, on Wednesday posted a net loss in the first half of its financial year while seeing a gain in revenues.
-
BHP Billiton raises Rio Tinto takeover bid (AFP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 4:44am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - BHP Billiton sweetened its hostile takeover bid for Rio Tinto on Wednesday by lifting its valuation of the mining giant to 147.4 billion dollars as it seeks to exploit a resources boom driven by China.
-
Niger Delta militants kill policeman, kidnap politician 's wife (AFP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 4:37am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - Armed men killed a policeman in an overnight attack and kidnapped the wife of a prominent politician in southern Nigeria's oil hub Port Harcourt, a military spokesman said Wednesday.
-
Beatles guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi dies (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 4:03am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old.
-
Overseas voting: online for the 1st time (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 2:34am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Americans seeking a change in foreign policy and a new national image abroad flocked to churches in Rome, town halls in England and an Irish pub in Hong Kong on Tuesday to vote in a Democrats Abroad primary.
-
8 dead in Israeli strikes in Gaza (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 2:03am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Israel launched airstrikes against militants firing rockets from the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and vowed to maintain a war "on all fronts" until the territory's Hamas rulers halt attacks.
-
Chad soldiers block flight from capital (AP)
Posted: February 6th, 2008, 1:05am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Chad's president said his government was in control of the entire country Wednesday, speaking publicly for the first time since rebels tried to overthrow him.
-
Brazil's carnival ends with gay ball (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 10:45pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Revelers wrapped up Brazil's wild carnival bash with the popular Gala Gay ball Tuesday night on Rio de Janeiro's streets, littered with feathers and sequins after five days of partying.
-
Saudi activists' kin plead to king (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 9:07pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Families of several imprisoned pro-reform activists in Saudi Arabia have drafted a letter to King Abdullah asking him to either release their loved ones, jailed for over a year without charges, or bring them to trial. -
At least 3 Iraqis killed in US raid (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 12:19pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - About 50 dead bodies were discovered Tuesday in a mass grave northwest of Baghdad, Iraqi officials said.
-
Hamas claims credit for suicide attack (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 11:51am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Israeli attacks killed eight Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday and the Islamic militant group claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in Israel.
-
Bangladesh gas worker 'took 145 million dollars in bribes' (AFP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 11:44am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - An employee of Bangladesh's biggest state-owned gas company who earned a mere 100 dollars a month allegedly used his position to pocket a colossal 145 million dollars in bribes over 12 years, an official said Tuesday.
-
Kenya crisis causing economic downturn (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 11:43am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Business leaders warned Tuesday of an economic downturn in Kenya after weeks of political violence that has left hundreds of thousands homeless and scared off tourists.
-
Japan resumes whaling in Antarctic waters: reports (AFP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 11:42am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - Japan has confirmed resuming whaling in Antarctic waters after environmental protesters stopped obstructing Japanese whalers there, press reports said Tuesday.
-
France unveils super-fast train (AFP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 11:32am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - French engineering giant Alstom unveiled a new super-fast train on Tuesday which it claims will be quicker, cleaner and bigger than its Japanese and German rivals.
-
Chad rebels threaten new attack (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 10:22am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Chad's capital was mostly quiet Tuesday but rebels seeking to oust the president kept to the fringes of the city and threatened a fresh attack. France said it was prepared to intervene militarily to help the government repel the assault if necessary.
-
Chad rebels threaten new attack (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 10:22am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Chad's capital was mostly quiet Tuesday but rebels seeking to oust the president kept to the fringes of the city and threatened a fresh attack. France said it was prepared to intervene militarily to help the government repel the assault if necessary.
-
Brazil samba group in Rio finale frenzy (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 9:23am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Reigning champion Beija Flor closed out Rio's Samba parade Tuesday with gold-encrusted and winged dancers in a pre-dawn pageant honoring the Amazon state of Amapa and its pre-Columbian civilizations.
-
Aruba sees secret video in Holloway case (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 6:20am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A hidden-camera interview with a Dutch student saying missing teenager Natalee Holloway was dead and that he had a friend dump her body at sea is admissible in court, the chief Aruban prosecutor said.
-
World Bank urges counter-opium measures (AP)
Posted: February 5th, 2008, 5:00am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - The world needs to invest more than $2 billion in irrigation, roads and other rural development to wean Afghanistan off booming opium cultivation, a development bank report said Tuesday. -
US military deaths in Iraq at 3,945 (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 10:48pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - As of Monday, Feb. 4, 2008, at least 3,945 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians. At least 3,211 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
-
Australia raps Taiwan over UN vote plan: foreign minister (AFP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 10:40pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - Taiwan's proposed referendum on joining the United Nations is "completely inappropriate", Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Tuesday.
-
World launches talks on forest payoffs (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 12:02pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - For decades, a flood of aid and an army of conservationists couldn't save Indonesia's rain forests from illegal loggers, land-hungry peasants and the spread of giant plantations. Now the world is looking at a simpler approach: up-front cash.
-
European shares lifted by alternative energy (FT.com)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 12:00pm EST
Tags: [edit]
FT.com - European shares pushed higher on Monday after Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems lifted alternative energy stocks by raising its outlook for 2007 sales and profit margins. -
UN backs French help against Chad rebels (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 11:57am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - The U.N. Security Council on Monday strongly condemned the rebel attack on Chad and gave a green light for France and other countries to help the government repel the rebel force. -
Drugs flowing to Europe via West Africa (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 11:55am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - In one of this city's relatively posh neighborhoods, there is a compound full of specialists. -
Past suicide bombings in Israel (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 11:50am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - The suicide bombing that killed an Israeli woman Monday was the first such attack in Israel since Jan. 29, 2007, when three people were killed in the southern port of Eilat. Since 2000, 541 Israelis, tourists and foreign workers have been killed in 131 Palestinian suicide bombings in Israel. Here are some of the deadliest attacks: -
Brazil samba groups take over Rio (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 11:05am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A Brazilian samba group struck back at a decision banning its use of a float depicting the Holocaust by parading Monday in Rio's carnival with a float loaded with gagged men and women.
-
Fighting resumes in Chad's capital (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 10:10am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Government forces and rebels clashed for a third day in Chad's capital Monday with gunfire and shelling heard throughout the city, a U.N. official said.
-
US: 9 Iraq civilians accidentally killed (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 9:40am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - The U.S. military said Monday it accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians during an operation targeting al-Qaida in Iraq the deadliest known case of mistaken identity in recent months.
-
First suicide bombing in Israel in year (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 9:08am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - A suicide bomber blew himself up Monday in the southern town that houses Israel's secretive nuclear reactor, killing an Israeli woman and wounding seven other people, Israeli officials said. Police said they killed a second attacker before he had a chance to detonate his explosives belt.
-
Turkey says 70 Kurdish rebel targets hit (AP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 8:50am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Turkish warplanes on Monday bombed some 70 Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq, the military said. -
Chinalco says has no plans to raise Rio Tinto stake (AFP)
Posted: February 4th, 2008, 3:11am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - China's state-owned Chinalco said Monday it had no plans to increase its stake in miner Rio Tinto after acquiring 12 percent of the London-listed arm of the company in a joint share raid with Alcoa Inc.
-
Tadic wins Serb presidential election: pollsters (Reuters)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 3:43pm EST
Tags: [edit]
Reuters - Serbia's pro-Western president Boris
Tadic won re-election on Sunday, narrowly defeating nationalist
challenger Tomislav Nikolic, the independent polling
organization CESID said.
-
Israelis fire into Lebanon, killing 1 (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 3:42pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Israeli forces opened fire across the Lebanese border late Sunday, killing one person and wounding another, Lebanese security officials said.
-
Colombian rebels vow to release 3 (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 3:11pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - In its latest gesture to push for a high-profile prisoner swap, Colombia's main leftist rebel army says it will free three ailing politicians it has held for more than six years.
-
Egypt-Gaza border resealed (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 3:10pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Egyptian police sealed Gaza's border with huge metal spikes and shipping containers Sunday, restoring a tight blockade after a breach that allowed hundreds of thousands of Palestinians to cross freely for 12 days.
-
Ten-man Ghana battle back to reach African Nations Cup semi-finals (AFP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 3:07pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - Ghana had one man sent-off but still moved a step closer to a record-equalling fifth African Nations Cup title with a thrilling 2-1 quarter-final success over Nigeria here on Sunday.
-
Bhutto autobiography details threats (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 2:15pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - In an autobiography being published after her assassination, Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto says she was warned that four suicide bomber squads would try to kill her, one led by Osama bin Laden's 16-year-old son. -
Bullard gets his just rewards as Fulham win at last (AFP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 2:07pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - Jimmy Bullard ended Fulham's miserable winless run with a stunning late free-kick that clinched a 2-1 victory against Aston Villa on Sunday.
-
Chad rebels say they seized eastern town (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 1:41pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Tanks rolled through the streets of Chad's capital on Sunday, turning it into a battle zone littered with bodies while fighting between government forces and rebels also raged in an area that is home to some 420,000 refugees near the border with war-ravaged Darfur.
-
Kenya opposition wants AU peacekeepers (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 1:23pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Kenya's opposition leader on Sunday called for international peacekeepers to help restore calm in a country once considered one of the most stable on the continent, as weeks of violence linked to the disputed presidential election gathered frightening momentum.
-
Africa quakes kill at least 40: officials, hospitals (AFP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 1:16pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - Two strong earthquakes shook the African Great Lakes region on Sunday, killing at least 34 people in Rwanda and six in the Democratic Republic of Congo, according to officials and hospital sources.
-
New law allows Baathists to reclaim jobs (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 1:08pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Iraq's presidency council on Sunday issued a controversial law that allows lower-ranking former Baath party members to reclaim government jobs, the final step for the first U.S.-backed benchmark approved by parliament.
-
Kenya's divisions aren't only tribal (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 1:02pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - When Steve Maina finishes a round of golf at Kenya's exclusive Windsor club, a waistcoated waiter hurries over with a tall iced drink while armed guards watch discreetly from the shrubbery, a few minutes' drive from one of Nairobi's oldest slums.
-
Amazon research raises tough questions (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 12:08pm EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Julio Tota stood atop a 195-foot steel tower in the heart of the Amazon rain forest, watching "rivers of air" flowing over an unbroken green canopy that stretched as far as the eye could see.
-
Egypt closes breached border with Gaza (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 11:47am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Egyptian troops closed the last breach in Egypt's border with the Gaza Strip Sunday, ending 12 days of free movement for Palestinian residents of the blockaded territory, witnesses and Hamas security officials said.
-
Israeli defense minister won't resign (AP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 6:14am EST
Tags: [edit]
AP - Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Sunday that he would not pull his faction from the government over its handling of the 2006 war against Hezbollah guerillas, an announcement that removed any immediate threat to Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's administration.
-
Sydney bishops to boycott Anglican meet over gays (AFP)
Posted: February 3rd, 2008, 2:13am EST
Tags: [edit]
AFP - Bishops in Australia's largest city Sydney are pulling out of the Anglican Church's top global meeting this year in a dispute over gay bishops and same-sex marriages, their archbishop said.