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| Cancer Drug May Keep Lockerbie Bomber Alive for 5 Years 16 Mar 2010 at 10:26am The Lockerbie bomber is at the center of a fresh row after it emerged he is taking a cancer drug that could keep him alive for five more years, The Sun reported on Monday. Somalia Signs Deal With Militia in Fight Against Insurgents 15 Mar 2010 at 1:50pm Somalia's government signed an agreement with a powerful militia on Monday that offers high-level militants senior government positions in return for their military support during a long-planned of... British Boy Kidnapped in Pakistan Freed 16 Mar 2010 at 5:54am Kidnappers released a 5-year-old British boy unharmed Tuesday almost two weeks after abducting him from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan, British and Pakistani officials said. Pope to Lend 'Decisive Voice' to Catholic Sex Abuse Debate 15 Mar 2010 at 8:45am A top Vatican official says Pope Benedict XVI will speak with a 'clear and decisive voice' when he addresses clerical sex abuses in Ireland in a forthcoming letter. German Diocese Suspends Priest Amid Sex Abuse Charges 15 Mar 2010 at 1:47pm Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese says it has suspended a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing minors and accepted the resignation of his superior. Iran Bans Leading Pro-Reform Political Party 15 Mar 2010 at 12:59pm Iran's hard-line government says the country's largest pro-reform political party has been banned as part of the crackdown on the opposition. Rocket Attack Kills 1 at NATO Base in Afghanistan 15 Mar 2010 at 9:27am An early morning rocket attack on the largest U.S. military hub in Afghanistan killed one person Monday, NATO said. In the east, meanwhile, Afghan authorities thwarted three would-be homicide bombe... Yemen Launches Airstrike on Al Qaeda Hideout 14 Mar 2010 at 12:15pm Yemen's embassy in Washington says its nation's air force launched an airstrike on an al Qaeda hideout ahead of a likely terror attack. Pakistan Police Find Cache of Explosives in Lahore 15 Mar 2010 at 11:50am Pakistani police discovered a cache of bomb-making equipment and thousands of pounds of explosives Monday in an empty Lahore shop where authorities said a string of attacks on the eastern city may ... Drug Gang to Blame for Killings of U.S. Consulate Workers 15 Mar 2010 at 1:05pm A suspected Mexican drug gang gunned down two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate on Saturday, killing an American couple and a Mexican man in the country's deadliest city. WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, U.S. says 29 Jul 2010 at 6:52pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks may have blood on its hands, the Pentagon said on Thursday, warning its unprecedented leak of secret U.S. military files could cost live... Arabs back direct peace talks when Abbas sees fit 29 Jul 2010 at 2:29pm CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League said on Thursday it would back face-to-face peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel when the Palestinians believe the time is right. French mother confesses to killing eight babies 29 Jul 2010 at 4:17pm DOUAI/PARIS (Reuters) - A 47-year-old French woman confessed to suffocating eight new-born children and hiding her babies' bodies, a prosecutor said on Thursday, in what experts declared as the cou... Suspected Nazi guard charged over 430,000 killings 29 Jul 2010 at 10:13am BERLIN (Reuters) - Prosecutors in Germany have charged a suspected Nazi camp guard with helping to kill 430,000 Jews in the Holocaust and personally shooting 10 others. Gunmen and bombs kill at least 12 in Iraq 29 Jul 2010 at 1:46pm BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Attackers killed at least 12 people and wounded 31 in a series of shootings and explosions across Iraq on Thursday, security and hospital sources said. South Americans try to end Venezuela-Colombia rift 29 Jul 2010 at 2:34pm QUITO (Reuters) - South American foreign ministers meet in Ecuador on Thursday to discuss broken ties between Venezuela and Colombia, with sparks likely over the two Andean nations' clashing plans ... Heavy rains delay salvage of crashed Pakistan plane 29 Jul 2010 at 12:41pm ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Heavy monsoon rains in Islamabad on Thursday hampered recovery efforts at the site of a Pakistani plane crash that killed all 152 people on board a day earlier, a senior polic... Syria and Saudi say will work to stabilize Lebanon 29 Jul 2010 at 3:26pm DAMASCUS (Reuters) - Syria and Saudi Arabia pledged on Thursday to work on stabilizing Lebanon and Syria advised the United States against interfering with Saudi King Abdullah's visit to Damascus. Bolivian priest who blessed Morales found with cocaine 29 Jul 2010 at 6:37pm LA PAZ (Reuters) - The Aymara priest who blessed Bolivian President Evo Morales at an inauguration ceremony four years ago has been arrested in possession of 530 pounds (240 kg) of cocaine, police ... Warm words, trade challenges ahead as UK woos India 29 Jul 2010 at 12:47pm NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India and Britain spoke on Thursday of a new momentum toward closer trade and security ties, but a high-profile visit by Britain's prime minister was partly overshadowed by hi... AP Top International News At 5:25 p... Al-Qaida plants flag, burns bodies in Iraq attack29 Jul 2010 at 5:59pm By 2010-07-29T21:59:56Z BAGHDAD (AP) -- Militants flew an al-Qaida flag over a Baghdad neighborhood Thursday after killing 16 security officials and burning some of the... Body of 2nd Navy sailor recovered in Afghanistan 29 Jul 2010 at 5:35pm By 2010-07-29T21:35:36Z KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- The discovery of the body of a second U.S. sailor who vanished in Afghanistan last week only deepened the... Raging Russian fires destroy homes, people flee 29 Jul 2010 at 3:38pm By 2010-07-29T19:38:34Z MOSCOW (AP) -- Raging forest fires encircled a southern Russian city and tore through provincial villages Thursday, forcing mass evacuations as Mosc... Outspoken British PM embroiled in diplomatic rows 29 Jul 2010 at 3:15pm By 2010-07-29T19:15:54Z LONDON (AP) -- In just a few days, new Prime Minister David Cameron has openly declared Britain is no more than the "junior partner" of the U.S., ... Eternal City grapples with endless vandalism 29 Jul 2010 at 10:27am By 2010-07-29T14:27:25Z ROME (AP) -- They knock the noses off statues in a park that was a favorite haunt of poet John Keats and throw dye into the iconic Trevi Founta... Taliban stymie NATO push to bolster government 29 Jul 2010 at 1:07pm By 2010-07-29T17:07:36Z ARGHANDAB VALLEY, Afghanistan (AP) -- This strategic valley on the outskirts of Kandahar is on its third government boss in eight months. The first q... French woman admits to suffocating her 8 newborns 29 Jul 2010 at 2:19pm By 2010-07-29T18:19:01Z VILLERS-AU-TERTRE, France (AP) -- A French woman who admitted suffocating eight of her newborns and concealing their corpses in the garden and... Rivers burst, floods kill at least 60 in Pakistan 29 Jul 2010 at 11:35am By 2010-07-29T15:35:48Z PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) -- Rivers burst their banks during deadly monsoon rains lashing Pakistan, washing away streets, battering a dam and submerging... At least 80 dead after Congo boat disaster 29 Jul 2010 at 11:08am By 2010-07-29T15:08:46Z KINSHASA, Congo (AP) -- A boat ferrying about 200 passengers to Congo's capital capsized after hitting a rock, and a government spokesman said Th... Settlers seize home in Jerusalem's Muslim Quarter 29 Jul 2010 at 2:39pm By 2010-07-29T18:39:40Z JERUSALEM (AP) -- Jewish settlers on Thursday took over a building in the Muslim Quarter of Jerusalem's Old City and evicted dozens of Palestinian... How a boy's death brought a West Bank cinema back to life 29 Jul 2010 at 8:57am A cinema in the West Bank city of Jenin will open for business next week for the first time in 23 years, following a remarkable chain of events that began with the death of a Palestinian boy. Second U.S. sailor found dead in Afghanistan 29 Jul 2010 at 8:01am The second U.S. sailor who went missing in Afghanistan last weekend is dead, a Pentagon official said Thursday. Scores die of cholera in Cameroon 29 Jul 2010 at 12:52pm More than 100 people have died of cholera in Cameroon, according to Joseph Beti Assomo, a regional governor. Police: Woman buried 8 babies 29 Jul 2010 at 12:37pm French prosecutors said Thursday a woman admitted giving birth to and killing eight babies in northern France. The woman's husband had no idea what she had done, a prosecutor said. Study: Climate change 'undeniable' 29 Jul 2010 at 10:36am Read full story for latest details. At least 90 dead in Pakistan flooding 29 Jul 2010 at 11:22am At least 90 people have been killed since Wednesday due to floods caused by monsoon rains in northwest Pakistan, a provincial minister told CNN. 80 die in ferry accident 29 Jul 2010 at 12:58pm Eighty people were killed late Tuesday in a ferry accident in the Democratic Republic of Congo, a government spokesman confirmed Thursday. Indonesian woman gets 3 years for harboring terrorists 29 Jul 2010 at 9:10am An Indonesian woman was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for aiding and harboring terrorists accused of suicide bombings and other attacks. Anthrax kills 82 hippos, 9 buffalo in Uganda 29 Jul 2010 at 10:35am More than 90 animals in Uganda have died since June from a vicious strain of anthrax, officials said Thursday. Spanish judge issues arrest warrants for 3 U.S. soldiers 29 Jul 2010 at 11:04am A Spanish judge issued arrest warrants for three U.S. soldiers on Thursday in connection with the death of a Spanish TV cameraman in Iraq in 2003, reopening a long-running legal battle, according t... Military documents on WikiLeaks show a testy U.S.-Pakistan bond 27 Jul 2010 at 10:20am The U.S. and Pakistani governments moved swiftly Monday to say that a trove of leaked U.S. military documents paints a dated and incomplete portrait of Pakistan as an untrustworthy partner against ... U.S. looks for damage after WikiLeaks exposed Afghanistan War secrets 27 Jul 2010 at 2:00am The publication of some 92,000 classified U.S. military reports on the Afghanistan war could complicate the Obama administration's strategy for ending the Taliban-led insurgency by hurting cooperat... Hayward's next job in Russia? 27 Jul 2010 at 1:00am BP is jettisoning CEO Tony Hayward, whose verbal blunders made the oil giant's image even worse as it struggled to contain the Gulf oil spill, and will assign him to a key job in Russia, a person f... S. Fla.-based group gambles on Bimini Big Game Club 25 Jul 2010 at 10:56pm There is no casino here at the Bimini Big Game Club, but the people behind the rebirth of the historic hotel and marina are doing plenty of gambling. Political prisoners in Spain confronted with maze of immigration rules 25 Jul 2010 at 10:54pm Cuban refugee Jorge Pérez Fernández has the promise in writing: The Spanish government will grant him political asylum or residency within six months of his arrival in that country. 46 Iraqi militiamen are killed in twin suicide blasts 19 Jul 2010 at 1:00am Two suicide bombers killed 46 members of a U.S. backed anti-al Qaeda Sunni militia in Iraq, the highest such death toll in two months, an Iraqi Interior ministry official said Sunday. 11 Cuban prisoners, expatriated to Spain, are weary, ailing, defiant and free 17 Jul 2010 at 10:56pm Packed into a hostel named Welcome that advertises lodging for about $18 a night -- the same as a cab ride to this industrial hub 10 miles away from the city center -- the 11 freed Cuban prisoners ... Safe in Spain, Cuban dissidents vow to continue struggle 14 Jul 2010 at 1:00am Cuba's best-known political prisoner and nine others will refuse to leave for Spain if freed, relatives said, while the seven former prisoners who arrived in Madrid on Tuesday vowed to continue the... Woman's stoning halted `for now' 13 Jul 2010 at 8:01am The controversial death sentence of stoning given to an Iranian woman convicted of adultery will not be implemented for now, a judicial official said on Sunday. Israeli report: Mistakes were made 13 Jul 2010 at 1:00am An Israeli military investigation into Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound flotilla concluded Monday that there were ``no failures, but mistakes were made.'' RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld A-bomb epitaph's original documents with English translation found+29 Jul 2010 at 7:03pm (Kyodo) _ Documents containing the original of the famous epitaph composed by a Hiroshima University professor for the atomic bomb monument in the Peace Memorial Park in Hiroshima City... ADVISORY - Start of KWS news cycle for July 30+ 29 Jul 2010 at 6:05pm (Kyodo) _ Kyodo World Service now begins the news cycle for Friday, July 30. The news materials are handled by Kyodo World Service editors in Tokyo. For inquiries on news stories,... Kyodo news summary -12-+ 29 Jul 2010 at 6:04pm (Kyodo) _ ---------- Sumo: Musashigawa knew how crime boss obtained primo tickets TOKYO - Japan Sumo Association Chairman Musashigawa was aware of how a crime syndicate boss obtained... REFILING: India, Britain to enhance cooperation in trade, security, defense+ 29 Jul 2010 at 6:02pm NEW DELHI, July 29 (Kyodo) _ (EDS: FIXING FORMAT, NO CHANGE IN CONTENT) India and Britain agreed Thursday to enhance bilateral cooperation in the fields of trade, defense, security,... Whether road to justice in Pickton case hits dead end or fork decided Friday 29 Jul 2010 at 5:42pm OTTAWA - It's been a long, twisting road to justice for the women killed by a former British Columbia pig farmer. Whether the road has come to an end or whether it forks off in a new ... N.Y. stocks end lower on profit-taking, bleak jobs market+ 29 Jul 2010 at 5:36pm (Kyodo) _ New York stocks gave up early gains to end lower Thursday on profit-taking and the bleak employment situation in the United States. The 30-issue Dow Jones Industrial Average,... Fiscal position looking rosier, Ottawa could post surplus in five years: report 29 Jul 2010 at 5:15pm OTTAWA - Ottawa's battle to rein in record deficits could be won a full year ahead of schedule, the Conference Board of Canada says in a new analysis of how the economic recovery is... Cdn army turns to CSI methods to attack bomb-making networks in Afghanistan 29 Jul 2010 at 5:01pm OTTAWA - The Canadian army is dramatically upping the ante in its fight against networks that plant roadside bombs and booby traps in Afghanistan. National Defence has advertised for a U.S. official to visit Japan to discuss sanctions on N. Korea, Iran+ 29 Jul 2010 at 4:32pm (Kyodo) _ A U.S. official in charge of nuclear nonproliferation will travel to Japan and South Korea next week to discuss sanctions on North Korea and Iran, the State Department said... Ottawa's fiscal position looking rosier, could post surplus in 5 years: report 29 Jul 2010 at 3:20pm OTTAWA - Ottawa's battle to rein in record deficits could be won a full year ahead of schedule, says the Conference Board of Canada in a new analysis of how the economic recovery is... |