Prayers, candles to remember Bali bomb victims
Published Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
Survivors and relatives of the victims of the 2002 Bali nightclub bombings said prayers and lit candles on Sunday during a small, private ceremony to remember the sixth anniversary of the deadly attacks.
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Leading Iran reformist to run in 2009 presidency vote
Published Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
A leading Iranian reformist said on Sunday he would run in next year's presidential election, challenging conservative President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad who is widely expected to seek a second four-year term.
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Israel's Livni set for key coalition deal: report
Published Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
Israel's Kadima and Labour parties are close to a deal on a coalition government led by Tzipi Livni, a move that sets her on course to form a new centrist administration, Army Radio said on Sunday.
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NATO not losing Afghan war, commander says
Published Monday, Oct. 13, 2008
NATO is not losing the war against the Taliban in Afghanistan, but there are not enough troops to provide sufficient security for the people, the commander of international troops in Afghanistan said Sunday.
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Israeli Jews, Arabs clash in fourth straight night
Published Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008
Rioters clashed for a fourth straight night on Saturday in northern Israel, police said, raising tensions in a city once a rare bastion of peaceful relations between Arabs and Jews. Read More |
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Pakistan tribes raze Taliban houses after bombing
Published Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008
Pakistani tribesmen exchanged fire with Taliban militants and destroyed their houses in a northwestern tribal region after a suicide attack killed at least 50 people, residents and officials said on Saturday. Read More |
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Russia says troops can stay in Akhalgori: reports
Published Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008
Russia's foreign minister on Saturday challenged criticism by his French counterpart that Russia had not fully complied with a ceasefire in Georgia, Russian news agencies reported. Read More |
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U.N. says credit crisis could enable "green growth"
Published Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008
Instead of sidelining the fight against climate change, the global credit crisis could hasten countries' efforts to create "green growth" industries by revamping the financial system behind them, the U.N. climate chief said on Friday.
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War-weary Saddam victims miss his iron rule
Published Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008
Saddam Hussein was hanged for killing 148 Shi'ite men and boys in Dujail in 1982. But today, some people in this town on the Tigris say they miss life under the Iraqi dictator because they felt more secure. Read More |
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Austrian far-right leader Haider killed in crash
Published Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008
Austrian far-right leader Joerg Haider, a charismatic populist who helped bring anti-immigrant politics into the European mainstream, was killed in a car accident on Saturday. He was 58. Read More |
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U.S. takes North Korea off terrorism blacklist
Published Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008
The United States on Saturday removed North Korea from its terrorism blacklist in a bid to revive faltering denuclearization talks in the final months of the Bush administration.
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Iraqis mourn slain politician, Sadr blames U.S.
Published Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr blamed the United States Friday for the assassination of a lawmaker who belonged to the cleric's parliamentary bloc, killed a day earlier in a bomb attack.
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U.S. may soon remove N.Korea from blacklist
Published Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
The United States may soon remove North Korea from a terrorism blacklist to try to salvage nuclear talks with Pyongyang but faces resistance from Japan, a source close to the negotiations on said Friday.
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Livni urges calm after Arabs, Jews clash in Israel
Published Saturday, Oct. 11, 2008
The Israeli prime minister-designate visited the ancient port of Acre on Friday to call for calm between Jews and Arabs after two nights of clashes which revived fears that go to the heart of Israel's identity.
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