Bosnian police find girl who through puppies into river
A girl shown in a video throwing puppies into a river has been traced, police in Bosnia said today.
3 Sep 2010 at 7:50am

Revealed: Afghan lie test flops
They are supposed to be Afghanistan's bravest, straightest legal minds - the men leading President Hamid Karzai's charge to rid the land of corruption.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm

First tentative steps to Middle East peace deal?
Israeli and Palestinian leaders last night agreed to produce a framework for a permanent peace deal and to hold a second round of direct talks this month.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm

Independents set to deliver new minority Australian government
Prime minister Julia Gillard edged closer to retaining power in Australia yesterday when an independent politician said he would support her centre-left Labour Party to form A
2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm

Move to force Roma into camps
A FAR-RIGHT Hungarian party has called for gypsies considered a threat to public order to be forcibly settled in camps outside towns and subject to curfew.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm

Analysis: Another awkward moment in a strained, distrustful alliance
IT IS not difficult to imagine what went through the mind of at least one passenger as she sat waiting for United Airlines Flight 727 to take off from Washington Dulles Airpor
2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm

World News: We'll keep on talking, say Israeli and Palestinian chiefs
Israeli and Palestinian leaders said they would keep talking and produce a framework for a permanent peace deal following their first session in two years.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm

Floor prices for alcohol applied across the globe
MINIMUM pricing policies already in place in other parts of the world include those in Ontario in Canada and Russia.
2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm

Opposition magazine is raided by riot police
Armed and masked Russian police raided an opposition magazine yesterday, pressing journalists to hand over interview recordings used in reports on alleged abuses by the much-f
2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm

Gunman 'hated TV message on population'
A GUNMAN police shot dead after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as Kate Plus 8 because they promoted popula
2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm

BBC World

Portugal child sex abuse 'proved'

People's Daily Online

U.S. experts reflect on strategic lessons from Iraq war (2)
Still, it had been many years since the United States had embarked a mission of this scale --full-on regime change -- and the Bush administration did not anticipate having to stay for that long. "If a future president is serious about overthrowing a foreign government and replacing it with a government that we like better, it is going to be a long and costly enterprise," he said. The war and its strategic failures have given way to an "Iraq syndrome" -- a reluctance to engage in regime cha ...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:39pm

U.S. experts reflect on strategic lessons from Iraq war
As the U.S. combat mission in Iraq officially ended Tuesday, U.S. experts are wondering what strategic lessons the United States has learnt from a conflict that cost thousands of American lives and, according to some estimates, a few trillion U.S. dollars. One of the major blunders the United States made, the experts said, was falling into "mission creep" -- the expansion of a mission beyond its original objectives. While U.S. troops succeeded in the missions they were given, military plan ...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:39pm

U.S. gov't claims success of controversial Secure Communities program (4)
Meanwhile, some local law enforcement agencies are considering opt out of the federal Secure Communities program. San Francisco Sheriff Michael Hennessey said at a press conference Wednesday he had been trying to remove his county from the program by petitioning state attorney general Jerry Brown, but to no avail. "As you know, I sought to opt out, in writing, to both the California Department of Justice and Secure Communities," Hennessey said he wrote to Brown. Since 20 ...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:32pm

U.S. gov't claims success of controversial Secure Communities program (3)
Immigration and civil rights groups also complained that many non-criminal aliens have been deported. Travis County, Texas, so far has deported a higher percentage of non-criminals than any county in the federal government's new Secure Communities project. The controversial program, launched in 2008, automatically checks fingerprint records of jail and prison inmates to see whether they're in the United States illegally. According to an analysis of federal data collected by a coalitio ...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:31pm

U.S. gov't claims success of controversial Secure Communities program (2)
"The Secure Communities initiative reflects ICE's ongoing commitment to smart, tough enforcement strategies that help ensure the apprehension of dangerous criminal aliens," ICE Director John Morton told reporters. "Expediting removals decreases the amount of time these individuals spend in ICE custody, saving taxpayers money and strengthening public safety," he said. However, Immigration advocates complained that Secure Communities funnels people into the "mismanaged" ICE deten ...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:31pm

U.S. gov't claims success of controversial Secure Communities program
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Thursday described its Secure Communities program a success with the removal of more than 37,900 criminal aliens from the country since 2008. But immigration advocates said otherwise. The agency said since the program was activated in Los Angeles County a year ago, its biometric information sharing capability component has resulted in the identification and removal of more than 5,500 convicted criminal aliens from the United States. ...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:31pm

Death toll rises to 27 in shootout in Mexico
The death toll during a shootout on Thursday between Mexican army and a group of suspected gangsters in northern state Nuevo Leon has risen to 27, authorities said. Earlier reports said that 25 had died in the fighting. The clash was in the municipality of General Trevino, close to state capital Monterrey. A Defense Ministry spokesman told local media that all the dead were criminal suspects. However, officials so far have not been able to identify to which gang they belonged. The clash ...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:27pm

Thirty-one visionary companies selected as technology pioneers 2011
The World Economic Forum today announced its new class of Technology Pioneers, comprising 31 of the most innovative technology start-ups from around the world. These companies represent the cutting edge in innovation and are poised to have a critical impact on the future of business, industry and society. These innovators will be presented with their recognition during the Annual Meeting of the New Champions in Tianjin, People's Republic of China, from 13 to 15 September 2010. The identific ...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:15pm

EU reaches deal on new financial supervision architecture (3)
"We did not have the monitoring tools to detect the risk which was accumulating across the system. And when the crisis hit, we did not have effective tools to act," Barnier said. "With the new supervisory framework that we are creating, we will be equipped to face the future." "The reform of financial supervision is unique to Europe -- no where else in the world are we seeing the establishment of such a new supervisory framework," he added. The political deal was reached after ...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:10pm

EU reaches deal on new financial supervision architecture (2)
When specific financial legislation regulates these areas of activity, or in emergency situations, they may temporarily prohibit or restrict harmful financial activities or products, and may also ask the European Commission, the EU's executive arm, to introduce legislative acts to prohibit such activities or products permanently. Barnier said he was ready to present legislative texts in the coming days to regulate derivatives and short-selling which would build on the powers of the ne ...
3 Sep 2010 at 4:10pm

Guardian Unlimited World

Oil rig explodes in Gulf of Mexico

Thirteen workers flee drilling platform but oil company denies spill

Fresh fears about drilling in the Gulf of Mexico were raised today when fire forced workers to abandon an oil and gas platform, just six months after the BP explosion that created an environmental disaster in the region.

The company, Mariner Energy, said none of the 13 workers, who fled the platform and took to the sea in immersion suits, were injured. The coastguard said they ...

Israeli and Palestinian leaders begin framework talks on a peace deal which could encompass borders, Jerusalem, Jewish settlements and security

The Israeli and Palestinian leaders, Binyamin Netanyahu and Mahmoud Abbas, met for the first day of direct talks in Washington yesterday and agreed that a peace deal could be achieved within a year.

George Mitchell, the White House envoy who joined the negotiations, said the two leaders decided to begin ...

Warnings issued from North Carolina to Nova Scotia as storm nears landfall on east coast

Hurricane Earl pounded eastern North Carolina with heavy rains and strong winds early today, after tens of thousands of people were told to evacuate nearby islands.

Hundreds of thousands more were warned to prepare for severe weather across the north-eastern coast. The hurricane came within about 85 miles of the shore, but early signs suggested the ocean su...

Daniel Houghton, 25, offered sensitive information to Dutch agents for £2m

An MI6 worker has been given a 12-month jail sentence after attempting to sell intelligence to the Netherlands.

Daniel Houghton, 25, offered sensitive information to Dutch agents for £2m, the Old Bailey heard today.

The software engineer had pleaded guilty to two offences under the Official Secrets Act at an earlier hearing, after arranging to meet the agents at a London h...

I was thinking that we haven't done much literature in these quizzes. There's a reason for that, which is, compared to a lot of people I know, I haven't read a lot of things. I have some deeply embarrassing gaping holes. I've never read Jane Austen. Can you imagine? How could this be? I spent more time when I was a younger man reading history, political philosophy, political science and current events. Within history, I've read lots of intelle...

About 54,000 jobs lost, far fewer than the 100,000 expected, easing fears of a second US recession

Fears that the world's largest economy is spiralling back into recession eased today as US unemployment data came in stronger than expected.

Global stock markets rallied in relief as the US government said employers shed almost half as many jobs as markets had been expecting last month, while the picture in previous months was also brighter than fi...

Mexico drugs war

Comments came as cricketers Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir were being questioned by police

The head of the International Cricket Council's anti-corruption unit denied today that the ICC was failing to identify corruption within the sport, as the three Pakistan cricketers at the centre of an alleged betting scam were being questioned by police.

Speaking for the first time since the allegations surfaced, Sir Ronnie Flanagan, the form...

The growth and development of South Africa's cities gives pause for thought, says David Smith

Tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate islands off North Carolina and hundreds of thousands more warned to expect hurricane-force winds and heavy rain across the US north-eastern coast, as hurricane Earl brushes along the shore.

Toronto Globe and Mail: International

23 dead after blast targets religious rally in Pakistan
Explosion drives up toll from sectarian assaults in flood-battered country

The New York Times

Settlements in West Bank Are Clouding Peace Talks
Middle East negotiators agreed to keep talking, but the issue of West Bank settlements threatens to derail the negotiations.
by By MARK LANDLER and HELENE COOPER
3 Sep 2010 at 1:01am

Wiesenthal Worked for Israeli Spy Agency, Book Alleges
Simon Wiesenthal, who ran a one-man Nazi-hunting operation, worked for Israel?s spy agency, a new biography claims.
by By ETHAN BRONNER
3 Sep 2010 at 1:20am

Explosion at Shiite Protest Kills at Least 40 in Pakistan
The explosion, two days after an other attack, led to further protests as grieving mourners went on rampage, clashing with the police and setting fire to vehicles and motorcycles parked nearby.
by By SALMAN MASOOD
3 Sep 2010 at 8:24am

Depositors Panic Over Bank Crisis in Afghanistan
Afghanistan?s top bank official tried to calm fears of a meltdown at Kabul Bank, while scores of Afghans were unable to withdraw money from the bank.
by By DEXTER FILKINS
3 Sep 2010 at 7:58am

North Korea Takes Steps to Extend Dynastic Rule
North Korea?s leader is to convene a ruling party meeting where it is expected that his son will be given an official post, a step on the road to leadership.
by By CHOE SANG-HUN
3 Sep 2010 at 1:20am

Srinagar Journal: A Kashmir Hospital Is Witness to Conflict
Just getting to work is an ordeal for staff members, who have also had to face chanting protesters in their emergency room.
by By NIDA NAJAR
3 Sep 2010 at 1:20am

Rape Victims in Congo Raid Now More Than 240
Aid officials expected that number to rise in the four-day attack by Congolese and Rwandan rebels.
by By JOSH KRON
3 Sep 2010 at 1:20am

Turkish Action Film Depicts Israeli Raid
?Valley of the Wolves: Palestine? is built around the unsuccessful attempt in May by a six-boat Turkish flotilla to breach Israel?s naval blockade of Gaza.
by By SEBNEM ARSU
3 Sep 2010 at 1:20am

Attackers Strike Home of Iranian Opposition Leader
Attackers smashed windows and damaged security cameras at the home of Mehdi Karroubi a day before a rally that the authorities worry might reignite antigovernment protests.
by By REUTERS
3 Sep 2010 at 1:20am

Soldiers Kill 25 in Mexico Gun Battle
Mexico?s military says 25 suspects have been shot dead by soldiers in a gunbattle near the U.S. border.
by By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
3 Sep 2010 at 6:48am