 Talks with Taliban bolstered by Pakistan supportAfghanistan has praised Pakistan's offer to help mediate with the... | |
 Gates says Gulf countries are worried about IranU.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates has met lkeaders in Saudi Arabia and the UAE to garner support for increasing sanctions against... |
 Christian and Muslim sites being ignored by Israel, says U.S. State DepartmentThe U.S. State Department has scolded Israel for only recognizing Jewish holy... |
 10,000 New York City workers to be compensated for dust at Ground ZeroMore than 10,000 workers who cleaned up after the September 11 2001 attacks, and suffered from ailments caused by dust, will received more than $600 million in... |
 CIA allegedly engaged in LSD experiment in FranceThe UK newspaper The Telegraph has revealed allegations contained in a new book that the CIA engaged in a mind control experiment in a village in... |
 New Chile president takes office as earth continues to shakeSebastian Pinera has been sworn in as Chile's new president as the country still shakes from aftershocks following February's massive... |
 Proposal to outlaw salt in New York eateriesA state legislator in New York wants salt banned from pre-packaged and restaurant... |
 Ahmadinejad and Gates accuse each other of interferenceWith official visits overlapping in Afghanistan, Iran's outspoken president and the US defence secretary have accused each other of interfering in local... |
 Philippines police raid kidnappers den and released kidnapped Indian manPolice officers rescued an Indian businessman a day after he was kidnapped by four unidentified gunmen in the Philippines, a provincial police chief said... |
 Some US schools closed down after threat receivedA number of schools in the US were closed down on Wednesday after posted on a social networking... |
 Leaked UN report says food not going to the hungryA United Nations report, which is still to be released, has found that up to half the food aid in Somalia is diverted to corrupt contractors, local UN workers and Islamic... |
| Global Human Rights Report Sees Little Change Nicholas Kralev The Obama administration's first global report on human rights differed little from the reports issued during President George W. Bush's second term, with the most notable exception... |
| Obama Urges China To Cut Currency Patrice Hill President Obama is stepping up pressure on China to stop fueling the world's biggest trade imbalance by artificially depressing the value of its currency, and Beijing is signaling it... |
| With Ban, Gop Calls Duel On Earmarks Stephen Dinan In a move to break with the GOP's big-spending past, House Republicans voted Thursday to ban their members this year from requesting earmarks, the pork-barrel spending that directs... |
| Ex-chief Regrets D.c. Fire Merger With Ems Matthew Cella The former D.C. fire chief tasked with merging his firefighting and emergency medical services divisions to improve a beleaguered ambulance service now says the department should be... |
| Pay Raise Sought For Bilingual Fed Workers Stephen Dinan A key member of Congress says federal workers should be paid more for using their bilingual skills at work, and he's introduced a bill to boost those folks' pay by 5 percent. Rep.... |
| Partial Votes Show No Clear Iraq Winner By Lara Jakes ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD | Partial vote results in Iraq's election released Thursday showed a tight contest between the nation's prime minister and a secular challenger during a... |
| More Quakes Hit Chile As New President Takes Office By Michael Warren ASSOCIATED PRESS SANTIAGO, Chile | A series of strong aftershocks from last month's devastating quake rocked Chile on Thursday as a new president was sworn into office and... |
| Greek Protests Turn Violent; Strike Cripples Services By Elena Becatoros ASSOCIATED PRESS ATHENS | Clashes between riot police and rock-throwing, masked youths broke out during a demonstration Thursday in central Athens by tens of thousands of striking... |
| Gates Foresees Broad Agreement For Iran Sanctions By Anne Gearan ASSOCIATED PRESS ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates | Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said Thursday that Persian Gulf allies understand sanctions are the inevitable next step in... |
| Dodd To Offer Own Version Of Bank Regulation Bill By Jim Kuhnhenn ASSOCIATED PRESS Unable to muster bipartisan agreement on key banking provisions, Sen. Christopher J. Dodd, chairman of the Senate banking committee, said Thursday he will offer his... |
| Turkey Recalls Envoy After Sweden Recognizes Armenian 'genocide' Turkish Ambassador to Sweden Zergun Koruturk said Swedish lawmakers ''acted thinking that they were historians rather than parliamentarians, and it's very, very... |
| Google, Rsf Honor Iranian Women, Bloggers a collective of Iranian women bloggers for their reporting on women's issues and last year's postelection unrest.Journalists from the we-change.org website, which carries news and analysis on Iran's... |
| Kazakh Dams Break, Causing Evacuations And Deaths ALMATY (Reuters) -- Thousands of people have been evacuated and some killed in Kazakhstan after severe floods destroyed several dams in the south of the Central Asian state, the Emergencies Ministry... |
| Ooh-la-la! Sarkozys' Marriage Cools Amid 'amours' MARTIAL HEARTS: The glam marriage of Nicolas Sarkozy and Carla Bruni is reportedly in trouble, with stories that she's shacking up with pop star Benjamin Biolay and he's tomcatting with karate champ... |
| Conan To Take Show On Road Conan O'Brien is going from off the air to on the road. The former "Tonight Show" host will kick off a 30-city "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour" next month with stops at Radio... |
| Call It Glo-bull Warming: Poll WASHINGTON -- Nearly half of the country thinks global warming is exaggerated -- and even more Americans doubt that scientists' fears of severe environmental fallout will ever come true, according to... |
| Dykstra Hit With Sex Suit A woman who briefly worked for ex-Met Lenny Dykstra has filed legal papers accusing him of soliciting a sexual act, then groping her and tossing her on a bed in his Los Angeles mansion when she... |
| Smart Phones To The Rescue Is your smart phone smart enough to save your life? Future cellphones may be tricked out with James Bond-like technology capable of alerting users to fires, carbon monoxide or toxic chemicals,... |
| Lost Tweak-end All That's Left For Gop But even if the Republicans manage to win a technical ruling from the Senate parliamentarian, the Democrats can plow right over him by removing him from office or getting Joe Biden, who as vice... |
| Big Ben's Rendezvous With Co-ed Ben Roethlisberger The quarterback also said the accuser slipped and hit her head during the nightclub rendezvous. Big Ben's lawyer, Ed Garland, insists his client will be proven innocent. "We intend... |
| ‘post’ Story Leads To Shake-up At German-iran Business Group Head of German-Emirati Joint Council for Industry and Commerce discharges a female employee who posted the minutes of its “Working Group Iran” project on the council’s Web... |
| Russia Criticizes U.s., Nato Over Afghan Drug Trafficking Fight "(Russia) is losing 30,000 lives a year to the Afghan drug trade, and a million people are addicts," Rogozin said. "This is an undeclared war against our... |
| 9/11 Settlement Offer To Go Before Judge WTC Captive Insurance Co. announced settlements with more than 10,000 plaintiffs WTC Captive provides coverage to the city and its debris-removal contractors Settlement would provide system to pay... |
| Pm Ahead In Early Iraq Election Results Counting and data input workers at the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC) in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday, March 11, 2010, as data is calculated before an election result can be declared. The... |
| Cheese Rolls Off The Menu! Event Cancelled Due To Crowd Concerns The annual cheese-rolling event in Gloucestershire has been cancelled after concerns about safety because of the number of spectators it attracts.Organisers of the event at Cooper's Hill near... |
| Sutil Shines As New Season Begins Force India's Adrian Sutil stole the limelight in the first on-track running of the new season, leading Fernando Alonso's Ferrari in Bahrain.The German's lap of one minute 56.583 seconds led the... |
| Mogadishu Residents Told To Leave Mogadishu's mayor has told residents to leave the Somali capital's war zones, amid fierce battles with insurgents.At least 50 people have been killed in three days of Islamist insurgent attacks,... |
| Phil Spector 'denied Fair Trial' Lawyers for music producer Phil Spector, 70, are appealing his murder conviction on the grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.They claim Spector, who was jailed for at least 19 years... |
| Bomb Blasts Rip Through Crowds In Lahore download Flash from the Adobe download website. The blasts ripped through the RA Bazaar, which lies in a neighbourhood where several security agencies have facilities. More than 100 others... |
| China Calls U.s. A Hypocrite Over Human Rights (Reuters) - China accused Washington of hypocrisy on Friday for its criticism of Beijing's restrictions on the Internet and dissent, blaming the United States for the financial crisis and saying its... |
| Atheist Loses 2nd "under God" Court Appeal In this June 14, 2004 file photo, Michael Newdow looks down at the fax copy of the Supreme Court's ruling preserving the phrase "one nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance outside his... |
| Luminar Group Sees Fy09 Adjusted Profit In Line With Board View - Update News ), Friday, in its pre-close trading update for the year ended February 25, 2010, said it expects profit for the year from continuing operations, excluding exceptional items, to be in line with... |
| At Least Eight Dead In Lahore Blasts Reports from Pakistan say at least eight people have been killed and 25 others wounded in two explosions in the eastern city of Lahore. The blasts, which reportedly included at least one suicide... |
| Ground Zero Workers Reach Deal Over Health Claims A settlement of up to $657.5 million has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers at ground zero who sued the city over damage to their health, according to city officials... |
| Nurse In Bar-beat Nightmare A savage thug followed a nurse into a Hell's Kitchen bar bathroom early yesterday and brutally beat her in a stall after she rejected his advances on the dance floor, authorities said. The... |
| Mta Now Mulling A 2010 Hike Hold onto your wallets. MTA brass are considering a fare hike as early as this year as they struggle to fill a $750 million budget gap, The Post has learned. Increasing the cost of a ride on subways,... |
| 36 Hours In Goa, India India ’s popular seaside destination offers more than deadheads and clichés. For one thing, Goa is not a single beach, but a rich and varied state one that offers 63 miles of... |
| Deadly Blast Shakes Pakistan City Filed at 3:35 a.m. ET LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) -- Police say a suicide bomber targeting an army vehicle struck the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore, wounding at least 26 people. Police official... |
| O Chooses Nobel Cau$es WASHINGTON -- President Obama has announced which groups will get the $1.4 million he received for winning the Nobel Peace Prize. Obama said yesterday that $250,000 will go to Fisher House, a... |
