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Four men are arrested after eggs and shoes are thrown at former Prime Minister Tony Blair at a book signing in Dublin. […]

An elderly man found dead at a house in Surrey had received a fatal stab wound to the heart, post-mortem tests reveal. […]

The Italian government is inviting private companies to sponsor the Colosseum to help fund repairs. […]

Seven children in County Armagh have been infected with E. coli 0157, the Public Health Agency has confirmed. […]

A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts are set to launch a dummy 30km into the sky as part of their quest to develop a private launch system. […]

The Hubble space telescope returns to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion first seen from Earth in 1987. […]

Wayne Rooney is still expected to travel to Switzerland for England's Euro 2012 qualifier despite allegations about his private life. […]

The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link. […]

Israel carries out three bombing raids on the Gaza Strip, killing one man and injuring another. […]

A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan kills five soldiers and wounds about 40 others. […]

Police in New Zealand name nine people, including four foreigners, who died when a light aircraft crashed after taking off from Fox Glacier on Saturday. […]

Officials assess the damage caused by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, as aftershocks continue. […]

A fourth Pakistan cricketer is being investigated by cricket's governing body, claims the News of the World. […]

Officers are trying to establish the identity of a badly-burnt body discovered by players on a golf course near Brighton. […]

The Indian businessman hoping to buy Blackburn Rovers, Ahsan Ali Syed, left a trail of debt from his time in the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals. […]

Escaping the hustle and bustle of city life in Ontario […]

An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery now faces being whipped for indecency, her son says. […]

Five-time champion Roger Federer cruises into the fourth round of the US Open with a straight sets win over Paul-Henri Mathieu. […]

Armed robbers in Barbados have set fire to a clothing shop in the capital, Bridgetown, killing six people who were inside. […]

Thousands of tonnes of US military equipment have been moved out of Iraq but plenty has been left behind - and not just for the troops who remain there. […]

Reuters - Five suicide bombers armed with rifles tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding 29 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over. […]

AFP - The cockpit of a United Parcel Service 747 cargo plane filled with smoke as pilots fought to maintain altitude and return to Dubai, where the plane crashed and both crew members died, a civil aviation statement said on Sunday. […]

AFP - The United States likely will need to keep thousands of troops in Iraq beyond 2011 to keep a lid on sectarian tensions and to bolster Baghdad's fledgling military, experts and former officers say. […]

Reuters - A Boeing 747-400 cargo plane operated by United Parcel Service Inc crashed shortly after takeoff into a military compound near Dubai's airport on Friday, killing two crew members, authorities said. […]

AFP - A cargo plane owned by US courier United Parcel Service caught fire shortly after take-off and crashed in a military base on the outskirts of the Gulf city of Dubai on Friday, killing both crew members, civil aviation authorities said. […]

AFP - The UN refugee agency on Friday urged European countries not to send Iraqi refugees back to central parts of Iraq, just days after the official withdrawal of US combat troops. […]

AP - Shares Esterline Technologies Corp. rose Friday after the defense contractor reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat analysts expectations and raised its annual outlook. […]

AP - The federal case against a Kuwait-based food supplier accused of defrauding the U.S. government of $68 million was dealt a stinging setback after a judge moved to block the charges. […]

AP - South Korea and the United States will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said Friday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills. […]

AFP - First Lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, wife of Vice President Joe Biden, in a Friday editorial urged Americans to "do something" to support US troops as they return from combat in Iraq. […]

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Sept. 2 (HealthDay News) -- Military veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD, are more likely to develop dementia than those without the disorder, according to researchers at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Texas. […]

AFP - US commanders have proposed spending up to 1.2 billion dollars over five years on Yemen's security forces, reflecting US worries about Al-Qaeda's presence in the region, officials said Thursday. […]

AFP - Iraq cannot yet sustain its army despite having managed to quell a violent insurgency, US and local commanders told AFP, raising the prospect that American troops will stay on beyond 2011. […]

AFP - Vice President Joe Biden launched a new American military mission in Iraq on Wednesday, opening up a fresh phase in a seven-year deployment that has cost the lives of more than 4,400 US troops. […]

AP - The suicide rate among soldiers at Fort Carson is on track to drop by about 45 percent this year compared with 2008, as the U.S. military takes steps to ease what has been an increasing problem. […]

AFP - Iraq is "close" to forming a new government nearly six months after elections, US Vice President Joe Biden told CBS on Wednesday during a visit to the country. […]

AFP - US Vice President Joe Biden said on Wednesday that American forces had begun a new mission in Iraq, a day after the US combat role in the war-torn country officially came to an end. […]

AFP - US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday that America's war in Iraq is over but admitted that the outcome will remain "clouded" by the reason it was waged in the first place. […]

AFP - Vice President Joe Biden and Defence Secretary Robert Gates were on Wednesday to preside over a change of US military command in Iraq, after President Barack Obama declared an end to combat operations. […]

Reuters - Pakistan's army said on Wednesday it scrapped talks with U.S. military officials after a military delegation sent to Washington had to go through "unwarranted" airport security checks. […]

AP - Israel's defense minister says a slowdown in West Bank settlement construction is unlikely to continue in its current form after it expires at the end of this month. […]

Reuters - The Palestinian Authority (PA) will be able to finance its budget without the need for foreign aid by 2013 thanks to improved tax collection and cost-cutting, the prime minister said. […]

Reuters - The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. […]

AFP - The Israeli cabinet on Sunday confirmed as armed forces chief Major General Yoav Galant, who directed Israel's 2008-2009 Gaza war, the prime minister's office said. […]

AFP - The body of a second Palestinian killed in Israeli air strikes on southern Gaza was recovered on Sunday, according to Palestinian medics and witnesses. […]

AFP - The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. […]

Time.com - No one really thinks much will come out of the direct talks with the Palestinians but, when the issue is Bibi, up come visions of Gorbachev -- and Nixon in China […]

Time.com - After a notable absence, the Secretary of State has been a very visible presence at the current negotiations. Will it pay off? […]

AP - Israel's military said Saturday that surveillance footage from drones shows that the explosions that rocked a village in southern Lebanon this week occurred at a residential building used by Hezbollah as a weapons depot. […]

AFP - UN rights officials investigating Israel's deadly raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla wrapped up their hearings in Jordan on Saturday after interviewing a total of 30 witnesses, one of the flotilla organisers said. […]

AFP - Palestinian militants fired a rocket from Gaza into Israel on Saturday without causing any casualties or damage, an army spokesman said. […]

AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton sought to inject urgency into Israeli-Palestinian peace talks Friday, warning the negotiations may be "the last chance for a very long time" to reach an agreement. […]

AP - One of the investors in a proposed Islamic center near ground zero is a Long Island medical clinic owner whose expressions of sympathy for Palestinians included a donation to a charity later shut down for links to Hamas. […]

AFP - Canadian Foreign Minister Lawrence Cannon on Friday praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian leader Mahmud Abbas for launching direct peace talks this week. […]

AFP - Israel's ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, warned Friday that Hezbollah has placed around 15,000 rockets along Lebanon's border with Israel, including some that could hit southern Eilat. […]

AFP - Israel's ambassador to Washington, Michael Oren, said Friday he saw reason for optimism following the relaunch of direct Israeli-Palestinian talks. […]

AFP - Observers across the Middle East expressed deep pessimism pierced with glimmers of hope on Friday after the launch of yet another round of Israeli-Palestinian talks in a 17-year-old quest for peace. […]

The Christian Science Monitor - When President Obama hosted the Israeli and Palestinian leaders together at the White House Sept. 1 for the resumption of direct Mideast peace talks, it was about a year after Mr. Obama had hoped to take this momentous step. […]

Reuters - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday urged Israel and the Palestinians to overcome the final obstacles to peace, saying their new talks may be a last chance to end the conflict. […]

AFP - US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday Israel and the Palestinians know they need to find a solution that turns Jerusalem into a "symbol of peace and cooperation" rather than a flashpoint. […]

Afghanistan’s Taliban said on Sunday they would attempt to derail elections this month and warned Afghans to boycott the vote, the first explicit threat against the poll by the hardline Islamists. […]

Now is the time to support our troops. You need to write your MP and demand an exit plan from Afghanistan by 2011 for all personnel. Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently stated that, after 2011, Canada would still provide secondary/technical support to the NATO forces. […]

A moderated panel discussion titled "Cultural Insights -- Afghanistan and Pakistan -- A Panel Discussion' will be held 7 pm September 16, Cokesbury Village, 726 Loveville Road, Hockessin. […]

KABUL, Afghanistan -- In a bid to fend off the threat of a nationwide financial crisis, the Afghan government scrambled to shore up Afghanistan's largest bank on Saturday after lines of frantic depositors mobbed the bank for a third day. […]

Reports of potentially corrupt loans from Afghanistan's largest bank to political insiders, undermining confidence in the banks strength, caused a bank run during the week. […]

Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai on Saturday announced establishment of High Peace Council to hold talks with the Taliban. […]

KABUL, Afghanistan, Sept. 3 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai said the government would guarantee deposits at stumbling Kabul Bank, which was rocked by a sudden government takeover. Afghanistan - Hamid Karzai - Kabul Bank - President of Afghanistan - Asia […]

PORTLAND — An Army chaplain killed in Afghanistan grew up in Hood River, where he graduated in 1986 from a Baptist Christian private school. Capt. Dale Allen Goetz, 43, is the 124th service member with ties to Oregon to die in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was one of five soldiers … […]

BAMIYAN, Afghanistan, Sept 3, 2010 (AFP) - Two empty niches facing over a lush green valley towards the snow-capped Hindu Kush mountains stand in silent testimony to Bamiyan's rich past -- and its uncertain future. […]

Afghanistan's government sought to avert a run on the country's top private bank by nervous investors after directors at Kabulbank resigned, ostensibly to meet new rules but also amid media allegations of graft. […]

AP - The Vatican on Sunday raised the possibility of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to spare the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery. […]

AFP - The Palestinian Authority lashed out Saturday at Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad over his remarks about the relaunching of direct Israeli-Palestinian peace talks. […]

AFP - Iranian security forces have killed four members of an outlawed Kurdish group in the western province of Kordestan, the hardline Kayhan newspaper reported on Saturday. […]

AFP - Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, has also been sentenced to 99 lashes for a photo published of her without a headscarf, according to her son. […]

AFP - A senior Iranian cleric, Grand Ayatollah Nasser Makarem Shirazi, dismissed the Nazi Holocaust of Jews during World War II as a new "superstition" for the West, media reported on Saturday. […]

AFP - A vocal female human rights activist and journalist went on trial in Iran Saturday on charges including "warring against God," which is punishable by death, her lawyer was reported as saying. […]

AP - The United States' top military officer stressed on Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb. […]

AP - A U.S. human rights group urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to secure the release of a prominent Iranian journalist and activist who goes on trial Saturday on charges that carry the death penalty. […]

AP - Pro-government crowds swarmed outside the battered home of a key Iranian opposition leader Friday after militiamen attacked with firebombs and beat a bodyguard unconscious in a brazen message of intimidation and pinpoint pressure on dissent. […]

Reuters - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad urged Palestinians to keep up their armed struggle against Israel a day after Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to continue talks on a U.S.-backed peace deal. […]

AFP - The United States praised Japan Friday for imposing new sanctions on Iran that include an asset freeze and tighter restrictions on financial transactions, part of a global response to Tehran's contested nuclear program. […]

AP - Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said. […]

AP - Iran's military chief of staff says Tehran could strike Israel's nuclear facility if the Jewish state were to attack Iran's nuclear sites. […]

AP - Egypt has canceled a visit by Iran's foreign minister to protest comments in which he accused Arab leaders of betrayal for attending the new round of Mideast peace talks in Washington. […]

AFP - Islamist militiamen and elite Revolutionary Guards surrounded the home of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karroubi on Friday to prevent him from joining a government-sponsored rally that last year saw opposition protests, his website said. […]

Reuters - Iran would retaliate by striking Israel's nuclear facility if Israel attacked its nuclear activities, armed forces chief of staff Hassan Firouzabadi said on Friday. […]

AFP - Hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Friday that the people of the Middle East are "capable of removing the Zionist regime from the world scene" in an annual Palestinian solidarity day address in Tehran. […]

AFP - Direct peace talks which Israel and the Palestinians relaunched in Washington on Thursday are "stillborn and doomed", hardline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told an annual Palestinian solidarity rally in Tehran. […]

AFP - Japan imposed new sanctions Friday against Iran, including an assets freeze on people and entities linked to its contentious nuclear programme and tighter restrictions on financial transactions. […]

AFP - The son of Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani, an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, pleaded Friday for sustained international pressure to save her life. […]

The Christian Science Monitor - North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il is expected to convene the first high-level conference of the ruling Workers’ Party in about 40 years amid widespread speculation that the world will finally get the answer to one great question: […]

AP - North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the strongest sign yet of a succession movement in the secretive communist country. […]

AP - South Korea's envoy to stalled North Korean nuclear talks is meeting with senior U.S. officials as China and the North reportedly are pushing for the disarmament negotiations to resume. […]

AP - South Korea and the United States will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said Friday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills. […]

AFP - About ten warships or submarines will join an upcoming US-South Korean naval exercise aimed at deterring North Korea following its alleged attack on a Seoul corvette, officials said Friday. […]

AP - China called Thursday for a compromise among the parties to talks aimed at disarming North Korea's nuclear program in order to get the negotiations back on track. […]

AFP - The United States said Wednesday it planned more consultations with its partners after hearing China's perspective on reviving stalled six-party nuclear disarmament talks with North Korea. […]

AFP - After months of rising tension, the United States is gingerly exploring how to launch talks with North Korea without loosening the screws on the isolated state, experts say. […]

AP - North Korea has changed the names of its trading companies and falsified trade documents to avoid international sanctions and continue exporting weapons, a news report and an intelligence official said Wednesday. […]

AFP - Scepticism is growing about the prospect of a second dynastic succession as North Korea prepares for a rare meeting expected to endorse the process, a welfare group with cross-border contacts said Wednesday. […]

Reuters - North Korea vowed to strengthen military ties with China on Wednesday, days after the North's leader Kim Jong-il finished a visit aimed at bolstering the bond with his isolated country's sole major supporter. […]

AFP - North Korea is forging trade documents and changing the names of its trading firms to try to dodge international sanctions, a Seoul intelligence official and a media report said Wednesday. […]

AFP - Former president Jimmy Carter on Tuesday gave a rundown on his visit to North Korea to the current US administration, which insisted that Pyongyang carry out commitments before any negotiations. […]

Reuters - China pressed regional powers on Tuesday to restart talks on ending North Korea's nuclear ambitions, and Seoul offered aid to its destitute neighbor despite a new round of U.S. sanctions against Pyongyang. […]

The Christian Science Monitor - Beijing is back to herding cats in its oft-frustrated efforts to relaunch six-nation talks aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear program. […]

AFP - China has pressed North Korea to speed up economic reforms in a summit encounter that underscored Beijing's concerns about its impoverished and wayward ally, experts said Tuesday. […]

AFP/File - The US government has slapped new sanctions on North Korea, targeting illegal trade in arms, drugs and luxury goods, as it steps up the pressure over the sinking of a South Korean warship. […]

AP - Japan rejected North Korea's apparent interest in a quick resumption of six-party talks on Pyonyang's nuclear program, saying Tuesday that the time was not right for fresh discussions. […]

AP - After Kim Jong Il's safe return, North Korea confirmed what for days had been clear: the Dear Leader was on a not-so-secret trip to northeastern China. […]

The Christian Science Monitor - The Obama administration on Monday slapped new sanctions on North Korea in an effort to clamp down on the varied illicit activities that keep the pariah state afloat. […]

AFP - NASA said it is developing a car-sized satellite that by "no later than 2018" will plunge into the sun's outer atmosphere for an up-close study of its super-hot corona, solar wind and lethal radiation. […]

SPACE.com - The former Hurricane Earl put on a striking weather display for astronauts on the International Space Station, impressing the crew with its strength even as it weakened to a tropical storm. […]

SPACE.com - Satellites are helping aid workers plan relief for flood-ravaged Pakistan by providing high-resolution maps of the destruction so rescue crews can reach the homeless, displaced and sick. […]

SPACE.com - Angelo Sosa's short ribs are destined for the International Space Station. […]

SPACE.com - A Chinese satellite may have intentionally nudged another spacecraft during secretive space maneuvers in near-Earth orbit, according to analysts. […]

SPACE.com - Ancient galaxies may be cosmic senior citizens today, but some have a wild streak in their past, one packed with frenetic star birth, astronomers say. […]

SPACE.com - Astronauts aboard the International Space Station won't be throwing any burgers on the grill this Labor Day weekend, but at least they'll get the U.S. holiday off — after they clean the space toilet. […]

SPACE.com - NASA is developing an ambitious new mission to plunge a car-sized probe directly into the sun's atmosphere, boldly going where no spacecraft has gone before. […]

SPACE.com - A new survey of asteroids near Earth by a NASA space telescope has found a much wider variety of the space rocks than previously thought, with some shiny and bright while others are dark and dull. […]

SPACE.com - NASA needs more funding for commercial spaceflight, technology development and robotic missions. So said a group of Nobel laureates, former astronauts and former space agency officials in a recent letter to Congress. […]

AFP - Astronaut Chris Hadfield in 2013 will become the first Canadian to command the International Space Station (ISS), the Canadian Space Agency announced Thursday. […]

SPACE.com - A long-time NASA engineer working on the Hubble Space Telescope  is now a full-fledged knight in the Netherlands due to his work to help keep the renowned 20-year-old space observatory in working order. […]

AFP - A pilotless NASA aircraft is set to overfly Hurricane Earl on Thursday, in a scientific first to gather data about the potentially-deadly storm front bearing down on the US east coast. […]

AFP - The morale of 33 miners trapped in Chile soared after music and hot meals were supplied, while NASA advisers praised their "courage" and provided advice on daylight deprivation, as a rescue drill inched closer. […]

SPACE.com - Astronomers peering at a large alien planet have found it to be covered by an atmosphere unlike that of any extrasolar planet yet seen. […]

LiveScience.com - Hurricane hunters crammed aboard a NASA DC-8 jetliner packed tight with a multitude of complicated instruments spent their Monday in a spot few probably envy: flying through the eye of Hurricane Earl. Repeatedly. […]

LiveScience.com - A healthy variety of good food and strong emotional support will be vital in the coming months for the 33 trapped Chilean miners awaiting rescue deep underground, a NASA physician said Tuesday. […]

Reuters - Already deprived of sunlight, fresh air and their loved ones for 26 days, NASA doctors say 33 miners trapped deep in a Chilean mine must continue to forego two other pleasures: alcohol and cigarettes. […]

SPACE.com - NASA may appear to have its pick of thousands of known asteroids for a manned mission, but only two are good targets within the next 20 years. […]

AFP - NASA experts advised Chilean officials to be frank with 33 miners trapped deep underground about how long their rescue will take, as a giant drill slowly burrowed toward the desperate men. […]

Four men are arrested after eggs and shoes are thrown at former Prime Minister Tony Blair at a book signing in Dublin. […]

An elderly man found dead at a house in Surrey had received a fatal stab wound to the heart, post-mortem tests reveal. […]

The Italian government is inviting private companies to sponsor the Colosseum to help fund repairs. […]

Seven children in County Armagh have been infected with E. coli 0157, the Public Health Agency has confirmed. […]

A group of Danish rocket enthusiasts are set to launch a dummy 30km into the sky as part of their quest to develop a private launch system. […]

The Hubble space telescope returns to view one of its favourite subjects - a giant stellar explosion first seen from Earth in 1987. […]

Wayne Rooney is still expected to travel to Switzerland for England's Euro 2012 qualifier despite allegations about his private life. […]

The group of miners in Chile trapped underground for a month have been talking to their families on a video link. […]

Israel carries out three bombing raids on the Gaza Strip, killing one man and injuring another. […]

A suicide car bombing at a military base in the southern Russian region of Dagestan kills five soldiers and wounds about 40 others. […]

Police in New Zealand name nine people, including four foreigners, who died when a light aircraft crashed after taking off from Fox Glacier on Saturday. […]

Officials assess the damage caused by a 7.0-magnitude earthquake in the New Zealand city of Christchurch, as aftershocks continue. […]

A fourth Pakistan cricketer is being investigated by cricket's governing body, claims the News of the World. […]

Officers are trying to establish the identity of a badly-burnt body discovered by players on a golf course near Brighton. […]

The Indian businessman hoping to buy Blackburn Rovers, Ahsan Ali Syed, left a trail of debt from his time in the UK, 5 live Investigates reveals. […]

Escaping the hustle and bustle of city life in Ontario […]

An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery now faces being whipped for indecency, her son says. […]

Five-time champion Roger Federer cruises into the fourth round of the US Open with a straight sets win over Paul-Henri Mathieu. […]

Armed robbers in Barbados have set fire to a clothing shop in the capital, Bridgetown, killing six people who were inside. […]

Thousands of tonnes of US military equipment have been moved out of Iraq but plenty has been left behind - and not just for the troops who remain there. […]

AP - The United States' top military officer stressed on Saturday the need for Turkey to help enforce United Nations sanctions against Iran aimed at deterring the Islamic Republic from obtaining a nuclear bomb. […]

AP - A U.S. human rights group urged U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to secure the release of a prominent Iranian journalist and activist who goes on trial Saturday on charges that carry the death penalty. […]

Reuters - More than two dozen children in the Democratic Republic of the Congo are among the hundreds of victims of a recent wave of rapes in the nation's conflict-torn east, the United Nations said on Friday. […]

AFP - The UN refugee agency on Friday urged European countries not to send Iraqi refugees back to central parts of Iraq, just days after the official withdrawal of US combat troops. […]

AFP - World tourism rebounded strongly this year from the global financial crisis, led by Asia and the Middle East, the United Nations World Tourism Organisation (UNWTO) said Friday. […]

AP - Japan approved fresh economic sanctions against Iran on Friday after the United Nations asked Tokyo to tighten restrictions against Tehran over its controversial nuclear enrichment program, an official said. […]

AFP - Lebanon has filed a complaint with the United Nations over what it says is an Israeli spy ring in the country, giving a list of 141 suspected agents, a diplomat said on Friday. […]

AP - Turkey is inviting leaders of the 14 other Security Council nations to a summit meeting to strengthen the council's primary mission — maintaining international peace and security in a world of new and complex threats. […]

Reuters - A U.S. judge on Thursday dismissed the case against a former U.N. employee accused of biting a U.N. security guard after complaining of nepotism at the world body. […]

Reuters - About 45 nations met on Thursday to seek ways to raise billions of dollars in aid to help the poor combat climate change as the United Nations warned them of a long haul to slow global warming. […]

AP - A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, the U.N.'s top human rights official said Thursday, after Rwanda angrily protested the findings in a draft version. […]

Reuters - Dismal conditions in flood-hit areas in southwest Pakistan could force thousands of Pakistanis and Afghan refugees to cross the border into Iran, the U.N. refugee agency warned Thursday. […]

Reuters - Congolese rebels attacked a group of aid workers at a remote airstrip in restive eastern Congo Monday, forcing six of them to flee into bush before being rescued, a spokesman for the aid group said Wednesday. […]

AP - The United Nations on Wednesday opened its first field office ahead of Southern Sudan's scheduled January referendum on independence. […]

Reuters - Rwanda is considering pulling out all its troops from United Nations peacekeeping missions, starting with Darfur, after a leaked draft U.N. report said Rwandan troops may have committed genocide in Congo. […]

AP - Maria Sanminiatelli, a veteran journalist who has covered news for The Associated Press in Europe and the United States, has been named North America editor, responsible for U.S. news coverage targeted for audiences outside North America as well as Canada and the United Nations. […]

AP - Israel's outgoing U.N. ambassador, Gabriela Shalev, calls her job "an almost impossible mission," but she's still heading home on a note of hope. […]

Reuters - More than a quarter of a million Ethiopians are at risk from severe flooding next month when heavy rain is expected in the country, according to government estimates issued by the United Nations on Monday. […]

AP - France's crackdown on Gypsies, which has been criticized by the Vatican and the United Nations, is now exposing cracks in President Nicolas Sarkozy's government. […]

OneWorld.net - UNITED NATIONS, Aug 28 (IPS) - As details emerged this week of the U.N.'s knowledge of rebel activity in the villages where nearly 200 women were systematically gang raped by armed groups in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) late last month, human rights groups are demanding an investigation into the U.N.'s failure t […]

Purported picture of a future iPad in testing with a front camera capable of FaceTime video calls. […]

After a teaser video briefly appeared on YouTube yesterday, Motorola has now unveiled the Milestone 2, a GSM version of the Droid 2. […]

This is a rumor about obama, public issue say obama is a muslim, what is true ?? read this on source […]

Watch Jersey Shore Season 2 Episode 5 The Letter – 26 August 2010 Watch Jersey Shore Season 2 Episode 4 Breaking Up –19 August 2010 Watch Jersey […]

Fire may be the biggest worry of most racing drivers, but high-speed accidents are a lot more common. This accident is a testament to the safety of modern race car and track design. Driving down the fast, slightly curved back straight at Mosport during this weekend's American Le Mans Series race... […]

A foulmouthed New Yorker set off a brawl at the U.S. Open tennis tournament Thursday, as Novak Djokovic and Philipp Petzschner played nearby. Here is a composite of the incident from three different angles, as caught by nearby spectators, and the simultaneous feed from the Djokovic/Petzschner match, as seen on television. […]

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales said in an interview with the Associated Press yesterday that paid apps like those found on the iPhone, Android and iPad could help financially troubled news organizations, but he didnt have anything positive to say about charging for content on the web.On the other hand, hes not optimistic about other micropayment plans wherein […]

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In order to celebrate 2 years, Google is releasing a new stable version (Chrome 6) that's even faster and more streamlined than prior versions. Chrome is now three times faster than it was two years ago on JavaScript performance. […]

It's terribly difficult to get reliable statistics, as numbers tend to vary drastically depending upon whom you ask, but if you're inclined to believe that Android is mopping up Apple and RIM's declining mobile mindshare in the US, you'll find nothing but corroboration from Quantcast. The analytics firm reckons a full one-quarter of mobil […]

Social media marketing is a new, free and very powerful tool and it can serve you very well when you are searching for free internet marketing methods to promote your internet home business online. […]

Time travel is by far one of the most popular subjects in science fiction and has almost always been found in the genre in books, movies, and TV shows […]

While Apple CEO Steve Jobs said on Wednesday that iOS 4.1 would be coming to iPhones and iPod touches this coming week, he didn't give a date. It seems the Apple U.K. site's webmaster has put up some different info that in the U.S., with their site giving an exact date: Sept. 8. The U.S. site continues to say "Coming Soon," but we'll […]

Google has settled a class-action lawsuit over Buzz, and has agreed to a $8.5 million payout which will help fund groups that focus on privacy issues. […]

Gilpin Family whisky is a new single malt whisky made from the urine of diabetics. Creator James Gilpin doesn't sell the stuff, but rather gives away bottles as a public health statement. From the product page: Sugar heavy urine excreted by diabetic patients is now being utilized for the fermentation of high-end single malt whisky for export. The Whisky […]

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We thought Nikon just wanted to join the burgeoning ranks of mirrorless interchangeable lens shooters that bridge the gap between full-fledged DSLR and pocket-friendly compact cameras. But oh no, as company president Makoto Kimura puts it, Nikon wants to create a whole "new market" with its next big idea. Noting that his lab lackeys have tested all […]

Sunrise on the Painted Hills at John Day Fossil Beds National Monument, Painted Hills, Oregon. I had to travel three hours on very rural winding country roads in the dark, with steep drop-offs to get there for this opening shot of the day! (This photo and caption were submitted to My Shot.) Oregon - United States - Rural area - John Day Fossil Beds National […]

It's easy to figure out why e-readers and tablets are the size that they are: They're all about the size of paperback books. But why are paperbacks that size? It all has to do with the sheep. […]

It will go down as one of the most painful openings to a political debate in recent memory. […]

Hispania Racing's Karun Chandhok gives the Korean Grand Prix venue the thumbs-up after being the first F1 driver to drive it. […]

Formula One's governing body says "a lot of work remains to be completed" before the Yeongam venue is ready for the inaugural Korean Grand Prix. […]

Formula 1's corporate sponsors have launched a new association to better represent their interests to the sport's governing officials. […]

The design for the Texas circuit which will stage the United States Grand Prix in 2012 is revealed. […]

Fernando Alonso is confident he can still win the F1 title for Ferrari despite losing ground in the championship. […]

Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel makes too many errors to be in contention for the world championship, according to his McLaren rival Jenson Button. […]

Lewis Hamilton believes title fight remains wide open despite himself and Mark Webber pulling clear at the top of the standings. […]

Mark Webber says Red Bull may soon have to start backing his world title bid ahead of team-mate Sebastian Vettel. […]

Jenson Button blames a "confused" Sebastian Vettel for the crash which took him out of the Belgian Grand Prix. […]

Lewis Hamilton rates winning the incident-packed Belgian GP as one of the best of his 14 Grand Prix victories. […]

McLaren's Lewis Hamilton wins the Belgian GP ahead of Red Bull's Mark Webber while Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso fail to finish. […]

Lewis Hamilton storms to victory in the Belgian Grand Prix after an incident-packed race at Spa-Francorchamps. […]

Robert Kubica has warned Formula 1's frontrunners that his revamped Renault could prove a threat in changeable conditions at the Belgian Grand Prix […]

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Five more acts from the semifinals advance to the top ten!Add this to your queueAdded: Thu Sep 02 23:53:06 UTC 2010Air date: Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 42:38Rating: 3.9 / 5.0 […]

The semifinalists perform for America's vote!Add this to your queueAdded: Thu Sep 02 23:53:06 UTC 2010Air date: Tue Aug 31 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 1:26:21Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 […]

The home cooks cater a high-end wedding.Add this to your queueAdded: Thu Sep 02 13:25:06 UTC 2010Air date: Wed Sep 01 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 1:25:23Rating: 4.2 / 5.0Closed captions available. […]

People from the past come back to haunt the lives of Carter and the gang.Add this to your queueAdded: Wed Sep 01 18:32:05 UTC 2010Air date: Fri Aug 27 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 43:53Rating: 4.4 / 5.0 […]

Watch Fighting Gravity's Tuesday night performance here!Add this to your queueAdded: Wed Sep 01 08:17:10 UTC 2010Air date: Tue Aug 31 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 03:49Rating: 4.3 / 5.0 […]

Andy faces the possibility that her father may have murdered someone.Add this to your queueAdded: Wed Sep 01 00:47:07 UTC 2010Air date: Thu Sep 02 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 42:36Rating: 4.0 / 5.0Closed captions available. […]

After Annie witnesses a suspicious purchase at an art auction, her follow-up brings a surprise visitor, Ben Mercer, back into her life.Add this to your queueAdded: Tue Aug 31 20:38:06 UTC 2010Air date: Tue Aug 31 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 43:04Rating: 4.1 / 5.0Closed captions available. […]

Hank treats a chatty socialite who disappears before he can diagnose her. Meanwhile, Divya is called to Adam's estate and finds herself surprised at how scared she becomes when his health begins to fail.Add this to your queueAdded: Tue Aug 31 04:20:07 UTC 2010Air date: Thu Aug 26 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 43:02Rating: 4.3 / 5.0 […]

Shawn and Gus help a prison guard locate his escaped inmates while on a ferry boat headed to the Channel Islands.Add this to your queueAdded: Mon Aug 30 19:22:07 UTC 2010Air date: Wed Aug 25 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 42:16Rating: 4.1 / 5.0Closed captions available. […]

Messing with Modern Family's Emmy-winning formula is a dangerous--and comical--idea.Add this to your queueAdded: Mon Aug 30 02:19:07 UTC 2010Air date: Sun Aug 29 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 02:12Rating: 4.4 / 5.0 […]

Nagato, having decided to believe in Naruto’s word, performs his last forbidden jutsu: Gedo Art Rinne Rebirth.Add this to your queueAdded: Sat Aug 28 03:48:05 UTC 2010Air date: Thu Aug 26 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 23:15Rating: 4.2 / 5.0Closed captions available. […]

Michael helps a criminal defense attorney rescue his daughter after she is kidnapped by one of his clients.Add this to your queueAdded: Thu Aug 26 18:42:09 UTC 2010Air date: Thu Aug 26 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 43:12Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 […]

An FBI Agent is accused of selling witness locations during criminal trials, and the U.S. Marshals ask Peter and Neal for help tracking down the suspect.Add this to your queueAdded: Wed Aug 25 12:31:09 UTC 2010Air date: Tue Aug 24 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 43:01Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 […]

Cal and Gillian dig into the porn industry to search for a missing girl; but they soon realize that there are far deadlier secrets to uncover.Add this to your queueAdded: Wed Aug 25 00:39:08 UTC 2010Air date: Mon Aug 30 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 43:45Rating: 4.3 / 5.0Closed captions available. […]

The Griffins pay homage to “The Empire Strikes Back.”Add this to your queueAdded: Tue May 11 23:40:07 UTC 2010Air date: Sun May 23 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 43:44Rating: 4.3 / 5.0Closed captions available. […]

Peter, Quagmire and Joe reunite with Cleveland.Add this to your queueAdded: Tue May 04 14:12:06 UTC 2010Air date: Sun May 16 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 21:53Rating: 4.1 / 5.0Closed captions available. […]

Sherry and her daughter Sarah have been plagued by paranormal activity in their New Jersey home for six years. They report footsteps, scratches, and fleeting glimpses of an elderly woman and a darker male entity.Add this to your queueAdded: Fri Apr 16 23:39:05 UTC 2010Air date: Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 21:52Rating: 3.3 / 5.0Expires in 1 day on M […]

Peter develops amnesia.Add this to your queueAdded: Thu Dec 17 20:51:06 UTC 2009Air date: Sun Jan 03 00:00:00 UTC 2010Duration: 21:37Rating: 4.3 / 5.0Closed captions available. […]

Best friends forever.Add this to your queueAdded: Sun Nov 08 12:43:03 UTC 2009Air date: Sat Nov 07 00:00:00 UTC 2009Duration: 04:09Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 […]

Brian tries to cheer Peter up with a little song and dance.Add this to your queueAdded: Tue Dec 30 00:54:48 UTC 2008Air date: Sun Nov 20 00:00:00 UTC 2005Duration: 01:25Rating: 3.7 / 5.0Closed captions available. […]

AP - A Russian news agency is reporting that three ancient icons, one of which contained relics of Russia's most venerated saint, have been stolen. […]

AFP - A suicide bomber rammed into a Russian firing range killing five people and wounding scores on Sunday in the volatile North Caucasus region of Dagestan, law enforcement sources said. […]

AP - A suicide car-bomber killed three soldiers and wounded 32 others in an attack on a military base in Russia's violence-plagued republic of Dagestan on Sunday, officials said. […]

Reuters - At least five people were killed and 35 wounded on Sunday when a suicide bomber attacked troops at a firing range in Russia's southern region of Dagestan, sources in official security agencies said. […]

Reuters - A senior official in the province of Dagestan in Russia's Caucasus was wounded on Saturday and his driver killed by a bomb planted in their car, a police spokesman told Reuters. […]

AFP - Forest and brush fires flared up again in Russia's southern farmlands, killing eight people and burning down more than 400 homes, officials said on Friday. […]

AP - The latest wave of forest fires in Russia has killed eight people and injured 17, authorities said Friday. […]

Reuters - Wildfires swept through dozens of villages in southern Russia, killing at least eight people and reducing more than 400 homes to smoldering ruins, officials said Friday. […]

AP - A peculiar sight greeted drivers in Moscow on Friday: zebras walking back and forth across some of the city's busiest intersections. […]

AP - Russia's Gazprom on Friday clinched a deal to double supplies from Azerbaijan in a bid to expand its control over gas produced by former Soviet republics. […]

AFP - Forest and brush fires have flared up again in southern Russia, killing two people and burning down nearly 500 houses and buildings, the emergencies ministry said Thursday. […]

AP - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Thursday he has extended Russia's ban on wheat exports until next year's harvest to ensure it has bounced back from a severe drought and wildfires that destroyed 20 percent of the crop this year. […]

Reuters - Armed and masked Russian police raided an opposition magazine on Thursday, pressing journalists to hand over interview recordings used in reports on alleged abuse of authority by the much-feared OMON riot police. […]

Reuters - Russia abruptly signaled Thursday it would extend a grain export ban until late 2011 and ordered authorities to prevent speculators driving up food prices after the worst harvest in years. […]

AP - Producers of Russia's new regional passenger aircraft, the Sukhoi Superjet, said Thursday that a leading U.S. leasing firm has committed to buy six aircraft and has an option for four more. […]

AP - Russia's gas giant Gazprom said Thursday its net profit tripled to 324.9 billion rubles ($10.6 billion) in the first quarter of the year as the company capitalized on a cold winter in Europe. […]

AP - German prosecutors have charged a 54-year-old Austrian man with feeding Russia's spy agency with information and technical materials from the military and civilian helicopter industries. […]

AFP - Thousands of mourners lit candles and laid flowers on Wednesday in this southern Russian town as they remembered over 330 people who died in Russia's most shocking hostage tragedy six years ago. […]

AP - Three Russians abducted by gunmen in Sudan's restive Darfur region were freed by security forces after a clash with their kidnappers, a Sudanese news website reported Tuesday. […]

The Christian Science Monitor - Defying a warning from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin that anybody trying to stage unsanctioned political rally would be "beaten on the head" by police, hundreds of mainly youthful protesters showed up Tuesday night at Moscow's fenced-off and police-barricaded Triumph Square to demand that Russian authorities hon […]

AFP - Oil giant BP has increased to nearly 25 billion pounds the amount it wants to raise from an asset sale programme in the wake of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the Sunday Times newspaper reported. […]

Reuters - BP Plc's ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well is secure with no threat of spewing crude again, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said […]

AFP - The Macondo well, which spilled an estimated 4.9 million barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, has been secured and no longer constitutes "a threat," a senior US official said. […]

Reuters - At least 18 people were killed in Guatemala on Saturday, including a dozen on a bus that was buried in a landslide, as heavy rains lashed the Central American nation and southern Mexico. […]

AFP - A Mexican suspect in the March drive-by shooting of a US consulate worker in the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez appeared at a closed-door hearing in a Texas court, the San Antonio News said Saturday. […]

AP - A claim by Arizona's governor that rising violence along the U.S.-Mexico border has led to headless bodies turning up in the desert came back to haunt her during a stammering debate performance in which she failed to back it up. […]

AFP - A Mexican federal judge has ordered 40 days of initial detention for Edgar Valdez, a notorious accused drug lord who police arrested this week, the attorney general said Saturday. […]

Reuters - A Mexican judge ordered Edgar "La Barbie" Valdez, believed to be one of the country's top drug bosses, held for 40 more days of investigation, the federal prosecutor's office said on Saturday. […]

AP - A judge has ordered a U.S.-born suspected drug lord known as "La Barbie" held for 40 days pending an investigation into organized-crime and other possible charges, authorities announced Saturday. […]

AP - A man who told Mexican authorities he ordered the March killing of a U.S. Consulate worker in Mexico has been extradited to the U.S. and appeared in a federal court in Texas, the San Antonio Express-News reported. […]

AFP - British oil giant BP has spent eight billion dollars to battle the Gulf of Mexico disaster, the company has revealed as its crews retrieved key evidence from the seabed. […]

Reuters - BP Plc successfully replaced a failed blowout preventer from atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well late on Friday, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said. […]

AP - Mexican police have arrested six suspects in a bar fire that killed eight in the resort city of Cancun. […]

AP - What now for the Gulf? News of another oil rig fire in the Gulf of Mexico, so soon after the BP oil spill, has set off a wave of anxiety along the Gulf Coast and prompted calls for the government to extend its six-month ban on deepwater drilling. […]

Reuters - U.S. government inspectors found no leaking oil at Mariner Energy Inc's burned platform in the Gulf of Mexico, officials said late on Friday, allaying fears about more environmental damage after BP's massive spill. […]

AP - A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico helped untie the only other survivor — a wounded Ecuadorean — and the two fled together, an official said Friday. […]

Reuters - Two members of Mexico's Congress were among six people killed on Friday when their private plane crashed near a popular Mexican Pacific beach resort, officials said. […]

AP - A Mexican man who prosecutors say headed a major drug-smuggling ring that shipped tons of marijuana into the U.S. was sentenced Friday to 27 years in prison and ordered to forfeit $4 million to the American government. […]

AFP - Aid groups welcomed Friday a US court ruling that leaving bottled water in the desert to help illegal immigrants hiking across into the United States from Mexico is not a crime. […]

AP - The Obama administration is withholding $26 million in aid to Mexico, recommending that the government give more power to its human rights commission and crack down on abusive soldiers. […]

Reuters - To sweeten their first day at primary school German children are normally given a cardboard cone filled with sweets, but schoolchildren in Essen this year opened their cones to find pens which project erotic images. […]

Reuters - Senegalese security forces have arrested seven Koranic teachers for forcing children to panhandle, a police official said on Friday, days after the West African state announced a crack down on public begging. […]

Reuters - A German company that fired a man for the theft of 1.8 euro cents (two U.S. cents) worth of electricity had no grounds for sacking him, a court ruled, dismissing the firm's appeal against his reinstatement. […]

Reuters - For tourists tired of traditional sightseeing tours, one Berlin tour guide is offering something altogether different: a tour of Berlin's public conveniences. […]

Reuters - The Dutch Finance Ministry Thursday acknowledged it was defrauded out of more than 160,000 euros ($204,800) earlier this year by an employee of the ministry unit that handles the state's financing needs. […]

Reuters - Canadian parents are more lenient with their children than mothers and fathers in France and Italy, according to a new study. […]

Reuters - Police arrested an 82-year-old man after he bit and kicked officers who had arrived to mediate in a dispute with a neighbor over a domestic pet. […]

Reuters - Vuvuzelas have been kicked out of European competitions after UEFA said that the controversial plastic trumpets drowned out supporters and detracted from the emotion of the game. […]

Reuters - A British airplane en route to Poland was forced to make an emergency landing in Germany after a 56-year-old woman spilled a hot cup of tea on herself, German police said on Wednesday. […]

Reuters - A number of Dutch colleges are considering legal action against the publisher of a move-in guide for new freshmen, after the company included an ad recruiting students for jobs as online sex workers. […]

Reuters - The Dutch are set to live longer -- good news for them but bad news for insurers that are expected to suffer from higher capital requirements and tighter profit margins as a result. […]

Reuters - Older people like reading negative news stories about their younger counterparts because it boosts their own self-esteem, according to a new study. […]

Reuters - A man appeared in court on Tuesday accused of trying to dazzle pilots with a laser beam as they were landing at France's second-busiest airport Paris Orly, aviation authorities said. […]

Reuters - A toilet that belonged to late Beatle John Lennon fetched 9,500 pounds ($14,740) at auction on Saturday, around 10 times its estimate, the sale organizers said. […]

Reuters - At least 18 mushroom-lovers have been killed in accidents while hunting for their favorite fungi in the mountains and forests of northern Italy. […]

Reuters - Malaysian airport security arrested a convicted wildlife smuggler after finding almost 100 live reptiles in his luggage, the country's Wildlife and National Parks Department said. […]

Reuters - A Venezuelan politician is offering breast implants as a prize in a raffle to raise funds for his parliamentary election campaign. […]

Reuters - Brazil's election is a laughing matter again, at least for now. […]

Reuters - The British government has declared war on the profusion of unnecessary road traffic signs, railings and advertising boards, saying they blight towns' English character. […]

Reuters - For Mike Monteiro, a transplanted Philadelphian who now lives in California, his T-shirt says it all. […]