Daily News Alert Thursday, September 30, 2010 12:02 AM PDT |
Inter-Korean military talks end with no progress Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:01 pm PDT AP - North and South Korea ended their first working-level military talks in two years Thursday with no progress as the meeting stumbled over the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship blamed on Pyongyang, Seoul's Defense Ministry said. Full Story | Top | India braces for violence amid holy site verdict Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:23 pm PDT AP - India braced for a spasm of violence Thursday ahead of a potentially explosive court verdict on whether Hindus or Muslims should control a disputed holy site over which deadly riots have broken out in the past. Full Story | Top | Union Protests Put Pressure on E.U. Leaders Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:10 pm PDT Time.com - Across Europe on Wednesday, union members took to the streets to protest the austerity measures being handed down by their governments. Meanwhile, the European Commission proposed rules that it hopes could stop the crisis from happening again Full Story | Top | Anglo Irish Bank bailout hits 29.3 bln euros Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:42 pm PDT AFP - The state bailout of Anglo Irish Bank stands at about 29.3 billion euros, and the nationalised lender could need an extra 5.0 billion euros under a worst-case scenario, the Central Bank said Thursday. Full Story | Top | US general: Iraq political limbo fuels violence Wed, 29 Sep 2010 02:11 pm PDT AP - The top U.S. commander for Baghdad warned Wednesday that Iraq's prolonged political crisis has encouraged militants to step up attacks and left civilians so frustrated they could be holding back crucial tips on suspected insurgent cells. Full Story | Top | Mexico: Landslide in another town kills 16 people Wed, 29 Sep 2010 07:48 pm PDT AP - Searchers recovered the bodies of four members of a family Wednesday during the hunt for 11 people missing after a huge hillside collapsed on a town in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca, while a landslide in a neighboring state killed 16 people. Full Story | Top | Canada to chair meeting of G7 finmins, bankers Wed, 29 Sep 2010 03:19 pm PDT Reuters - Canada will chair a meeting of finance ministers and central bankers from the Group of Seven major industrialized nations in Washington next month, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Wednesday. Full Story | Top | Aussie dollar's surge squeezes tourists Wed, 29 Sep 2010 09:00 am PDT AFP - German backpackers Christian Morbe and Kathrin Veith were prepared for their stay in Australia to be expensive, but the skyrocketing Australian dollar is catching tourists like them by surprise. Full Story | Top | Germany: Greens See Red Over Nuclear Power Extension Wed, 29 Sep 2010 11:10 pm PDT Time.com - The German cabinet approves plans to extend the lifespan of its nuclear reactors by an average of 12 years, back-tracking a promise by the previous government to shut them all down by 2022. As support slumps, has Merkel's coalition made a dangerous move? Full Story | Top | Colder Weather, Disease Threaten Pakistan's Displaced Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:57 pm PDT OneWorld.net - QUETTA, Sep 27 (IRIN) - Inside their tent at a camp on the outskirts of Quetta, capital of the southwestern province of Balochistan, Meraj Sindhu helps his wife wrap their six-month-old son and two-year-old daughter in thin cloths widely used in Sindh Province as head scarves or turbans. Full Story | Top |
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