Tag: international
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November 07, 2009 06:03 AM EST --
KABUL (AP) — Afghan Defense Ministry says mistaken NATO airstrike kills 4 Afghan soldiers, 3 police.
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November 07, 2009 06:04 AM EST --
BRUSSELS (AP) — A top Pentagon official says President Obama's new plan for Afghanistan will certainly involve an increase in the number of international troops.
Undersecretary of Defense Michele . . .
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November 07, 2009 06:04 AM EST --
LONDON (AP) — European lottery officials say two British ticketholders have shared a jackpot of 90 million pounds ($150 million) — the largest lottery prizes ever paid out in the United Kingdom. . . .
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November 07, 2009 07:49 AM EST --
KABUL (AP) — The U.N. says hundreds of its staffers will be temporarily pulled out of Afghanistan in the wake of an Oct. 28 attack that killed five of its workers, but it's still determining exactly . . .
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November 08, 2009 12:38 AM EST --
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say suicide attack in goat market in northwest Pakistan kills 8.
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November 08, 2009 12:38 AM EST --
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Police say a suicide bomber has attacked a goat market in northwest Pakistan, killing eight people.
The Sunday morning attack appeared to be aimed at a local mayor. It . . .
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November 08, 2009 12:38 AM EST --
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber struck a goat market in northwest Pakistan, killing eight people in an attack apparently aimed at a local mayor, police said.
The attack took place Sunday . . .
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November 08, 2009 01:13 AM EST --
TAWANG, India (AP) — Indian television says Dalai Lama has begun contentious visit to town near Tibetan frontier.
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November 08, 2009 01:13 AM EST --
TAWANG, India (AP) — The Dalai Lama has arrived in the northeastern Indian town of Tawang for a five-day visit that has heightened tensions between India and China.
The Tibetan spiritual leader . . .
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November 07, 2009 06:05 AM EST --
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A top Iranian lawmaker has rejected the possibility of Iran shipping uranium abroad for further enrichment.
The call by prominent conservative lawmaker Alaeddin Boroujerdi . . .
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November 07, 2009 06:39 AM EST --
EL-BIREH, West Bank (AP) — The Palestinian uncle of Fort Hood shooting suspect Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan says his nephew loved America and wanted to serve his country.
Hasan allegedy shot 13 people . . .
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November 07, 2009 07:51 AM EST --
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian police have detained 109 people for "disturbing public order" during an opposition rally this week, the official IRNA news agency reported Saturday.
Azizollah Rajabzadeh, . . .
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November 07, 2009 08:27 AM EST --
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — The Saudi health minister said Saturday that the kingdom will not ban anyone considered high risk for swine flu from performing the hajj pilgrimage this year.
Abdullah . . .
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November 07, 2009 02:27 PM EST --
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities have released three journalists who were among more than 100 people arrested during pro-government and opposition street demonstrations this week, the country's . . .
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November 07, 2009 04:15 PM EST --
SAN'A, Yemen (AP) — Saudi warplanes and artillery bombarded a Shiite rebel stronghold in northern Yemen Saturday for a third straight day, according to the rebel fighters, and Yemen's president . . .
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November 07, 2009 11:34 AM EST --
The Story of International Calling Cards
Traveling has become an essential part of the work culture today, and this has necessitated the use of international calling cards . Cards that are meant for . . .
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November 07, 2009 06:01 AM EST --
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — British treasury chief Alistair Darling urged the world's top finance officials on Saturday to reach an agreement on bearing the cost of fighting climate change before . . .
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November 07, 2009 06:37 AM EST --
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Some women strode the catwalk in vicious spiked bracelets and body armor. Others had their heads covered, burqa-style, but with shoulders — and tattoos — exposed. . . .
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November 07, 2009 11:28 AM EST --
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Scores of relatives of the 228 people killed in the June 1 Air France jet crash dedicated a memorial in an upscale beach neighborhood Saturday amid strong criticism that the . . .
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November 07, 2009 11:28 AM EST --
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Recent arson attacks and shootings in this violence-wracked South American nation are the work of a mastermind living in the United States, Guyanese President Bharrat Jagdeo . . .
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