08 Dec 2009 09:46:51 GMT Al Qaeda group claims Africa kidnappings-Jazeera MADRID, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb said on Tuesday it was responsible for the kidnapping in November of three Spanish aid workers in Mauritania and one Frenchman in Mali, Al ...
08 Dec 2009 09:46:25 GMT Q+A-Should markets fear martial law in S.Philippines? (For a related Q+A on the Maguindanao massacre, click on [ID:nSP334762]
MANILA, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo has declared martial law in the southern ...
08 Dec 2009 09:42:16 GMT PHILIPPINES: Don't forget Mindanao IDPs, officials urge The government and international donors should not forget the crisis in southern Mindanao after a shift in focus to
flood-ravaged Manila and the main southern island of Luzon, officials say.
08 Dec 2009 09:15:10 GMT Death toll in Baghdad bombings rises to 80 - police BAGHDAD, Dec 8 (Reuters) - The death toll from a series of car bombs in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday rose to 80, with 128 people wounded, police said. (Writing by Mohammed Abbas ...
08 Dec 2009 09:12:08 GMT Pakistan Told To Ratchet Up Taliban Fight
WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration is turning up the pressure on Pakistan to fight the Taliban inside its borders, warning that if it does not act more aggressively the United States will use considerably more force on the Pakistani ...
08 Dec 2009 09:12:07 GMT Years Later, Destruction Of a Mosque Still Echoes
AYODHYA, India -- To reach the most hotly disputed religious site in India, a pilgrim must negotiate a maze of caged paths, designed so that worshipers can approach it only single file, pockets emptied of everything but lint. Only the ...
08 Dec 2009 09:12:07 GMT Pakistan and the War
President Obama has articulated a reasonably comprehensive strategy for Afghanistan, but there is no chance of defeating the Taliban and Al Qaeda unless Pakistan's leaders stop temporizing (and in some cases collaborating) and get fully ...
08 Dec 2009 09:12:02 GMT Post-Mortems Offer Clues To Swine Flu
Autopsies and hospital records from 34 people who died of swine flu show that the virus sometimes damaged cells deep in the lungs, as the viruses that caused the 1918 and 1957 flu pandemics also did, the National Institute of Allergy and ...
08 Dec 2009 09:12:02 GMT An Effort To Spread Green Power To Coasts
WASHINGTON -- For 40 years, the North American electric system has operated as three loosely linked grids, but a new transmission company is aiming to unite them. That union, if consummated, could have strong implications for renewable ...
08 Dec 2009 09:09:03 GMT Along with pep talk, Marines get warning; Mullen notes new combat rules for Afghanistan
Adm. Mike Mullen, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, cautioned troops on Monday to exercise greater discipline in Afghanistan to minimize civilian casualties and to win Afghans' support as they implement the administration's new war ...
