Andre Stahl, Fiona Smith, Mike Swanson Dublin/Brussels (dpa) – European Union finance ministers agreed Sunday on an 85 billion euros (112 billion dollars) rescue package to help Ireland overcome its debt crisis. An urgently called […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – Hope was fading for 29 men trapped underground in a New Zealand coal mine for six days as rescuers managed to Wednesday restart an army robot looking for signs of […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – The New Zealand mine drama went into its fourth day Monday with still no word of when a bid to rescue 29 men trapped after an underground explosion will be […]
By Laura King Los Angeles Times KABUL, Afghanistan – The Taliban scoffed Sunday at NATO plans to hand over most security responsibilities to Afghan forces in the coming three years while retaining an option to […]
Dublin (dpa) – An aid package for Ireland has been approved by European Union authorities, Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen confirmed Sunday. Eurozone finance ministers had confirmed the request for funding to help resolve Ireland’s […]
By John Byrne Chicago Tribune CHICAGO – Former President George W. Bush, in town to promote his memoir, said he worries that the 9/11 attacks will become a “distant memory.” “One of the things that’s […]
Ramallah (dpa) – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday he would hold United States President Barack Obama to his declaration at the United Nations in September, when he expressed hope that the state of Palestine […]
By Tom Lasseter McClatchy Newspapers SEOUL, South Korea – The Obama administration suffered a major setback Thursday with the announcement that it couldn’t break the impasse over a long-anticipated U.S.-South Korean trade accord, continuing a […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – Mozart has moved muggers away from a shopping mall in Christchurch, turning the once-crime-ridden centre into a peaceful haven, a newspaper reported on Monday. Beaming The Magic Flute and other […]
By Nadeem Sarwar dpa ISLAMABAD – Two U.S. drone strikes on Sunday killed at least 13 militants in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region near Afghanistan, intelligence officials said. The attacks, about an hour apart, took place […]
By Russ Britt MarketWatch LOS ANGELES – Roughly half the candidates endorsed by Sarah Palin during the 2010 election season ended up winning their races, but a closer look at the contests indicates the former […]
By Ashley Powers Los Angeles Times LAS VEGAS – When Sen. Harry Reid introduced Michelle Obama on Monday, he referred to the first lady as “the closer.” Reid and Pennsylvania Senate hopeful Joe Sestak certainly […]
By Celia Rivenbark McClatchy-Tribune News Service Poor Joe Biden. A video gone viral and produced by Yahoo News shows a series of man-on-the-street interviews in which the majority of people asked couldn’t recall the name […]
By Henry Chu Los Angeles Times LONDON – Britain and Germany stepped up their aviation security measures Monday to try to close gaps exposed by last week’s airplane bomb scare. Both countries were layover points […]
By Troy Wolverton San Jose Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif. – Google’s Android software continued its rocket-like ascent over the summer, ending the third quarter with the dominant market share in the United States among […]
By Britta Guerke dpa LONDON – Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was released Monday from hospital after a nearly two-week stay for a flu infection, with her spokeswoman saying she was completely recovered. Thatcher, […]
David Barber Wellington (dpa) – A two-hour meeting between New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and Warner Bros movie executives Tuesday failed to produce a decision on where two planned films of JRR Tolkien’s novel […]
Mike McCarthy Washington (dpa) – Iran’s use of a Russian-built nuclear reactor shows that the country does not need its own programme for producing nuclear fuel and enriched uranium, the US State Department said Tuesday. […]
By Wolfgang Dahlmann, Hubert Kahl and Jean-Baptiste Piggin dpa OBERHAUSEN, Germany – Paul, the German octopus who found fame during this year’s soccer World Cup by predicting eight correct successive match winners, has died, his […]
By Jerry Hirsch Los Angeles Times If you are in the market for an expensive German luxury car, think again, Consumer Reports warns in its annual ranking of auto reliability Tuesday. “The larger (European) manufacturers, […]
By Sheera Frenkel McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday made his first public offer to renew a moratorium on settlement construction, a move that Palestinians disparaged but that showed […]
By Stefan Korshak dpa (MCT) KIEV, Ukraine – Ukrainian police have detained a woman suspected of trying to sell her 2-year-old daughter to human organ traffickers, the Interfax news agency reported Monday. The woman, 28, […]
By Janet Stobart Los Angeles Times (MCT) LONDON – More than five years after a flurry of rush-hour bombings killed 52 people on London subway trains and a bus, an official inquest finally opened Monday […]
By Dion Nissenbaum McClatchy Newspapers (MCT) TORKHAM, Afghanistan – For more than a week since a U.S. helicopter strike killed two Pakistan paramilitary soldiers, Pakistan has blocked scores of Western supply convoys on the vital […]
By Lawrence J. Haas WASHINGTON – No one should expect allies to always agree. The United States and Britain tangled over strategy during World War II, and the Soviet Union did not always see eye […]
By Frank Rafalski and Jeff Black dpa (MCT) BERLIN – The assertion made by German President Christian Wulff last weekend that Islam “belonged” in Germany has unleashed a new wave of debate over immigration and […]
By Geraldine Baum Los Angeles Times (MCT) NEW YORK – During his sentencing Tuesday to life in prison, Faisal Shahzad – a Pakistani immigrant who gave up a secure suburban life in America to become […]
Jeff Abramowitz Tel Aviv (dpa) – Documents newly-published to mark anniversary of the 1973 October war have revealed how pessimistic leading Israeli military figures were at the start of hostilities with Egypt and Syria. Former […]
Eva Krafczyk, Helen Maguire Nairobi/Berlin (dpa) – A German terrorism suspect has been arrested in Kenya and deported home, the German Foreign Office confirmed on Tuesday. Kenyan media reported that police sources thought the Muslim […]
By Michael Muskal Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES – Guess what television star is floating a political trial balloon (certainly inflated a bit with his own hot air), looking ahead to the 2012 presidential […]
By Kim Geiger Tribune Washington Bureau (MCT) WASHINGTON – More than two decades after President Ronald Reagan had a solar water heating system removed from the White House roof, President Barack Obama will become the […]
By Thomas Burmeister dpa AMSTERDAM – Dutch far-right politician Geert Wilders goes on trial Monday for inciting racial hatred, as his party – the third largest in parliament following June elections – prepares to work […]
Wellington (dpa) – Former Fiji prime minister Mahendra Chaudhryhas been arrested and charged with breaching public emergency regulations which bar public meetings, according to reports from thecapital Suva on Sunday. Chaudhry, who was ousted by […]
By Ron Grossman Chicago Tribune (MCT) CHICAGO – Some might assume that the idea of a Rahm Emanuel candidacy for mayor would be cause for celebration along Devon Avenue, the longtime rialto of Chicago’s Jewish […]
By Jeff Black dpa (MCT) BREMEN, Germany – Germany on Sunday marked the 20th anniversary of reunification, and President Christian Wulff used the occasion to address a simmering controversy about immigration and integration. On Oct. […]
By Mery Mogollon and Chris Kraul Los Angeles Times (MCT) CARACAS, Venezuela – Despite a strong showing by opposition candidates, President Hugo Chavez’s supporters maintained control of Venezuela’s congress in national elections, according to preliminary […]
By Dan Gallagher MarketWatch (MCT) SAN FRANCISCO – Research In Motion Ltd. lifted the wraps Monday on a new touch-screen tablet device called the BlackBerry PlayBook, making it the latest wireless device maker to break […]
By Robert Faturechi Los Angeles Times (MCT) LOS ANGELES – Disneyland has agreed to allow a company intern to wear her religious headscarf at work, according to a Muslim rights group that intervened after the […]
By Henry Chu Los Angeles Times (MCT) LONDON – Pope Benedict XVI arrived Thursday in Britain to an enthusiastic reception by fellow Roman Catholics and promptly warned the country not to let rampant secularism swamp […]
MOSCOW (dpa) – Police are reopening the case of a Russian opposition journalist and politician seven years after his mysterious death, Interfax news agency reported Thursday. It quoted a spokesman for the investigators as saying […]
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