WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's eight-day trip to Asia produced no tangible wins for the United States, though he is citing talks with Asian allies that he says could help create thousands of jobs and open new markets for American goods in the ...
Colombo, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- The Sri Lankan government said Saturday it will lift restrictions on thousands of war-displaced ethnic Tamils still residing in squalid internment camps.
Britain and Spain were embroiled in a diplomatic row yesterday over claims that a Royal Navy patrol off Gibraltar fired on a buoy bearing the colours of the Spanish flag.
Gordon Brown has pledged an extra £1 million of taxpayers' money to help flood-hit communities in Cumbria after the "Biblical" downpours that have devastated the area.
GAZA, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Hamas authorities agreed with Palestinian armed groups in the Gaza Strip not to fire rockets at Israel for the time being to avoid possible Israeli military reaction, a senior official said on Saturday.
Gordon Brown today visited flood-stricken communities in Cumbria hit by the heaviest rainfall since records began. The torrential downpour has destroyed homes, businesses and claimed the life of a policeman, swept away as he helped motorists off a ...
VATICAN CITY - The Vatican says the pope and the archbishop of Canterbury have agreed to press for closer relations between Catholics and Anglicans despite the jolt from the Vatican's unprecedented invitation to disaffected Anglicans.
ISLAMABAD, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 militants were killed while six soldiers lost their lives during the military operation in Pakistan's tribal area in the last 24 hours, an army statement said Saturday.
An A380 plane belonging to Air France touched down at New York's John F Kennedy Airport for the first time on Friday. The flight from Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport was the first time a European airline had made the transatlantic trip with an A380.
ROME - Italian police on Saturday arrested a Pakistani father and son accused of helping fund and providing logistical support for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India, authorities said.
HARBIN, Nov 21 (Reuters) - A gas explosion killed 42 miners in a Chinese mine on Saturday and 66 remain trapped hundreds of metres (yards) underground after the latest accident to hit the world's deadliest mining industry, ...
COCKERMOUTH, England, Nov 21 (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown visited flood-hit Cumbria in north west England on Saturday to see the damage caused by record rainfall and pay tribute to a policeman who died when a bridge ...
Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said he focused much of his recent week-long trip to Asia on exploring ways to increase US exports and thereby create jobs.
While embracing more talks over Iran's nuclear issue, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad rejects threats as part of a continuing campaign of psychological warfare against Tehran.
Greenpeace activists wearing masks of US President Barack Obama and Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono performs in front of large posters that read, "Enough to talks, its time to act to protect the forests for the future, " during a protest ...
The Archbishop of Canterbury is meeting with Pope Benedict XVI over the Vatican's contentious decision to invite disenchanted Anglicans into the Catholic Church.
by AP Enlarge AP Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, right, and Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, second right, attend a meeting of premiers of former Soviet states in the Crimean resort of Yalta, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.
Children's Rights Still Violated 20 Years After .. Nations are staging special events to mark the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which came into force on November 20, 1989.
Malaysia, no pass marks in the corrpution index - Mysinchew The ambivalence of Tun Mahathir to corruption during his 22 year administration was never in dispute. In a perverse sort of way, he was charmingly honest ...
'Feels right in my bones' to leave, says Oprah .. - Thestar Talk-show host Oprah Winfrey is at times tearful during a live broadcast in Chicago Nov. 20, 2009 as she announces that her show will end its run in 2011.
ICBC Obtained Banking License in Malaysia - Finchannel The FINANCIAL -- On November 20, 2009, Malaysian local time, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China was granted the banking license from BANK NEGARA MALAYSIA, the central bank to open a subsidiary bank in Malaysia.
Hadron Collider back online V3.co.uk - Phil Muncaster - V3 The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is back online after successfully completing its first test since the £6bn project was suspended for vital repairs around 14 months ago.
F News - Tech Stuff When the hackers called Comcasts technical contact to let him know all 200 Comcast domain names and Comcast homepage were vulnerable, he hung up on them. ...
Vaccine stocks low Canada.com - Derek Spalding - Canada By Derek Spalding, Daily newsnovember 21, 2009 12:00 AM People waiting for their H1N1 influenza vaccination yesterday were turned away as the supplies ran low but the Vancouver Island Health Authority held on to about 1200 doses for a Monday clinic in ...
Diplomats arrested for cigarette smuggling - Yahoo Reuters - Swedish police have arrested two North Korean diplomats on suspicion of smuggling 230,000 cigarettes into the Nordic country, the Swedish Customs Office said Friday.
