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 FOXNews.com 16 Mar 2010 at 10:26am The Lockerbie bomber is at the center of a fresh row after it emerged he is taking a cancer drug that could keep him alive for five more years, The Sun reported on Monday. Somalia Signs Deal With Militia in Fight Against Insurgents 15 Mar 2010 at 1:50pm Somalia's government signed an agreement with a powerful militia on Monday that offers high-level militants senior government positions in return for their military support during a long-planned of... British Boy Kidnapped in Pakistan Freed 16 Mar 2010 at 5:54am Kidnappers released a 5-year-old British boy unharmed Tuesday almost two weeks after abducting him from his grandparents' house in central Pakistan, British and Pakistani officials said. Pope to Lend 'Decisive Voice' to Catholic Sex Abuse Debate 15 Mar 2010 at 8:45am A top Vatican official says Pope Benedict XVI will speak with a 'clear and decisive voice' when he addresses clerical sex abuses in Ireland in a forthcoming letter. German Diocese Suspends Priest Amid Sex Abuse Charges 15 Mar 2010 at 1:47pm Pope Benedict XVI's former diocese says it has suspended a priest convicted in 1986 of sexually abusing minors and accepted the resignation of his superior. Iran Bans Leading Pro-Reform Political Party 15 Mar 2010 at 12:59pm Iran's hard-line government says the country's largest pro-reform political party has been banned as part of the crackdown on the opposition. Rocket Attack Kills 1 at NATO Base in Afghanistan 15 Mar 2010 at 9:27am An early morning rocket attack on the largest U.S. military hub in Afghanistan killed one person Monday, NATO said. In the east, meanwhile, Afghan authorities thwarted three would-be homicide bombe... Yemen Launches Airstrike on Al Qaeda Hideout 14 Mar 2010 at 12:15pm Yemen's embassy in Washington says its nation's air force launched an airstrike on an al Qaeda hideout ahead of a likely terror attack. Pakistan Police Find Cache of Explosives in Lahore 15 Mar 2010 at 11:50am Pakistani police discovered a cache of bomb-making equipment and thousands of pounds of explosives Monday in an empty Lahore shop where authorities said a string of attacks on the eastern city may ... Drug Gang to Blame for Killings of U.S. Consulate Workers 15 Mar 2010 at 1:05pm A suspected Mexican drug gang gunned down two cars carrying families with ties to the U.S. consulate on Saturday, killing an American couple and a Mexican man in the country's deadliest city.  Reuters: World News 2 Sep 2010 at 7:46pm WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders agreed to a series of direct talks on Thursday, seeking to forge the framework for a U.S.-backed peace deal within a year and end a conflict t... Drug shootout with army kills 25 in Mexico 2 Sep 2010 at 9:03pm MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - At least 25 suspected drug gang members were killed in an army raid in rural northeastern Mexico on Thursday, the army said in a press release. Afghanistan assures bank customers amid graft fears 2 Sep 2010 at 4:26pm KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan's government sought to avert a run on the country's top private bank by nervous investors after directors at Kabulbank resigned, ostensibly to meet new rules but also ... Verdict due in high-profile Portuguese abuse case 2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm LISBON (Reuters) - A Portuguese court will render its verdict Friday in one of the country's highest profile legal cases, a shocking story of alleged child abuse at a state orphanage that has gripp... Pakistan gets IMF relief, tightens security 2 Sep 2010 at 5:33pm LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - The International Monetary Fund will give Pakistan $450 million in emergency flood aid, providing some relief for a government overwhelmed by the disaster and facing re... Mexico media czar's cousin briefly kidnapped: reports 2 Sep 2010 at 6:47pm MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Armed men abducted and held the cousin of the owner of Mexico's top broadcaster, Televisa, for four hours on Thursday in one of the hotspots of the country's drug war, local... Afghan leader condemns air strike as Gates arrives 2 Sep 2010 at 4:22pm KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai condemned on Thursday an air strike by NATO-led forces which he said killed 10 election campaign workers, although U.S. officials maintained it was a... Ivory Coast commission produces final voter list 2 Sep 2010 at 6:34pm ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's electoral commission said Thursday it had produced a final voter list for the first time, raising the chance that an election which has been delayed six times in f... Return to power within grasp for Australia's PM 2 Sep 2010 at 7:19pm CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard came within grasp of a return to power on Thursday after one of four "kingmaker" MPs backed her Labor Party's bid to form a minority gov... Iran opposition figure's house attacked: website 2 Sep 2010 at 4:35pm TEHRAN (Reuters) - Attackers smashed windows and damaged security cameras at the home of Iranian opposition leader Mehdi Karoubi, his website said Thursday, ahead of a rally authorities fear could ... AP Top International News At 8:25 p... Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border2 Sep 2010 at 8:55pm By 2010-09-03T00:55:45Z MONTERREY, Mexico (AP) -- A shootout between soldiers and purported drug cartel gunmen killed 25 suspects Thursday in northern Nuevo Leon state, near... Ecuadorean survivor urges migrants to avoid Mexico 2 Sep 2010 at 7:55pm By 2010-09-02T23:55:53Z QUITO, Ecuador (AP) -- One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migr... Hamas among intractable issues in Mideast talks 2 Sep 2010 at 4:06pm By 2010-09-02T20:06:54Z GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) -- To relaunch Middle East peace talks on Thursday, the Israeli and Palestinian leaders and their A... Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike 2 Sep 2010 at 6:21pm By 2010-09-02T22:21:33Z JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry - and erup... Afghan president says airstrike killed civilians 2 Sep 2010 at 2:42pm By 2010-09-02T18:42:29Z KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- NATO said an airstrike in northern Afghanistan on Thursday killed about a dozen insurgents, but President Hamid Ka... Book says Nazi hunter Wiesenthal worked for Mossad 2 Sep 2010 at 2:14pm By 2010-09-02T18:14:35Z JERUSALEM (AP) -- A new book claims renowned Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal worked for Israel's Mossad spy agency, providing information on war crimin... UN to release Congo 'genocide' report in October 2 Sep 2010 at 1:03pm By 2010-09-02T17:03:00Z GENEVA (AP) -- A report detailing hundreds of gruesome attacks against civilians in Congo over a 10-year period won't be released until October, t... China census highlights growing rights awareness 2 Sep 2010 at 1:47pm By 2010-09-02T17:47:52Z BEIJING (AP) -- Census takers counting China's more than 1.3 billion people already face a daunting task, and it's getting harder for the latest onc... Google, Skype targeted in India security crackdown 2 Sep 2010 at 3:00pm By 2010-09-02T19:00:15Z MUMBAI, India (AP) -- India has widened its security crackdown, asking all companies that provide encrypted communications - not just BlackBerry-ma... Uganda court charges 2 over deadly twin bombings 2 Sep 2010 at 12:43pm By 2010-09-02T16:43:03Z KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) -- A Ugandan court has charged two additional suspects in connection with the July bomb blasts that killed 76 people....  CNN.com - World 2 Sep 2010 at 7:20pm Direct talks between Israeli and Palestinian leaders resumed with pledges of support for a peace process leading to a comprehensive settlement within a year. Hamas, 10 groups vow to target Israelis 2 Sep 2010 at 7:09pm "Resistance operations" will continue against Israelis despite the arrests of Hamas activists in the West Bank, a Hamas official said Thursday. U.N. tackles discrepancies over Congo rapes 2 Sep 2010 at 7:37pm The United Nations appears to have been aware of rape by rebels in eastern Congo earlier than it originally said it was, according to an internal e-mail and a humanitarian bulletin. Russian held in Spain for nightclub fire that killed 156 2 Sep 2010 at 7:59am Investigators have arrested a suspect from Russia in connection with a fire that killed 156 people in a nightclub in Russia in 2009, the Spanish National Police said Thursday. Stephen Hawking: God didn't create universe 2 Sep 2010 at 3:41pm God did not create the universe, world-famous physicist Stephen Hawking argues in a new book that aims to banish a divine creator from physics. Petraeus: Taliban reconciliation holds promise 2 Sep 2010 at 4:02pm U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates arrived in Afghanistan Thursday to consult with political and military officials. At least 1 dead in second day of Mozambique riots 2 Sep 2010 at 3:47pm At least one person was killed Thursday as riots in the southern African nation of Mozambique continued into a second day, the director of a hospital told a local television station. Deadly rioting in Indonesia over death of prisoner 2 Sep 2010 at 7:54am The death of a man in police custody has led to deadly riots and six deaths in Indonesia, police said on Thursday. West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece, health officials say 2 Sep 2010 at 1:51pm West Nile Virus has killed 13 people in northern Greece and sickened another 143, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Taliban claim responsibility for Lahore blasts 2 Sep 2010 at 10:40am The death toll from a trio of suicide attacks during a Shiite processions in Lahore, Pakistan, grew to 31 Thursday, authorities said Thursday.  MiamiHerald.com: World 27 Aug 2010 at 1:00am This is what Anar Gul found when he came home: eight thin mattresses covered with polyester swirls; a dozen blankets; a broken tape player; and a large metal box buried deep in the mud. The clothes... Lifedogs swim to the rescue 24 Aug 2010 at 1:00am They leap from helicopters or speeding boats, bringing aid to swimmers who get into trouble off Italy's popular beaches.<p/> For these canine lifeguards, the doggie paddle does just fine. Ramadan at Guantánamo includes nightly force-feedings 24 Aug 2010 at 1:00am Here's a new twist in the U.S. military's Islamic sensitivity effort in the prison camps for suspected terrorists at the Guantánamo Bay Navy base: Unease lingers as formal battle mission ends 20 Aug 2010 at 1:00am Iraqis danced in the streets when U.S. troops withdrew from their cities a little more than a year ago. After the last American combat brigade trundled across the border into Kuwait early Thursday,... Flooding disrupts Pakistan's heartland 14 Aug 2010 at 1:00am The humanitarian and economic disaster caused by the worst floods in Pakistan's history could spark political unrest that could destabilize the government, dealing a major blow to the Obama adminis... In flood-ravaged Pakistan, army gains stature over government 9 Aug 2010 at 1:00am The Pakistan government's poor response to the worst floods in the country's history has damaged its fragile democracy, while the powerful military establishment has gained stature with its emergen... Dozens of candidates file for Haiti presidency 7 Aug 2010 at 5:57pm At least 20 candidates have filed to run for Haiti's critical post-quake presidential elections slated for this fall as registration wrapped up on Saturday. The hardest life: surviving Cuban jail 30 Jul 2010 at 11:00pm Boiled plantain-flavored water as soup. A greasy scoop of bland, yellowing beef fat as a side dish. A stew dubbed ``the giraffe'' because ``you had to stretch your neck to find something in it.'' A... Military documents on WikiLeaks show a testy U.S.-Pakistan bond 27 Jul 2010 at 10:20am The U.S. and Pakistani governments moved swiftly Monday to say that a trove of leaked U.S. military documents paints a dated and incomplete portrait of Pakistan as an untrustworthy partner against ... U.S. looks for damage after WikiLeaks exposed Afghanistan War secrets 27 Jul 2010 at 2:00am The publication of some 92,000 classified U.S. military reports on the Afghanistan war could complicate the Obama administration's strategy for ending the Taliban-led insurgency by hurting cooperat... RSS feed - channel BNewsWorld Harper swing through SW Ontario foreshadows themes of next election2 Sep 2010 at 7:45pm showered with affection during a campaign-style swing through southwestern Ontario in which he sprinkled money, buttered up the troops, bragged of Conservative achievements and took a... Verdict due in high-profile Portuguese abuse case 2 Sep 2010 at 7:00pm LISBON (Reuters) - A Portuguese court will render its verdict Friday in one of the country's highest profile legal cases, a shocking story of alleged child abuse at a state orphanage that... Man at centre of judge's sex scandal ordered to return photos, emails 2 Sep 2010 at 6:55pm that he was pressured to have kinky sex with a lawyer-turned-judge, Alexander Chapman was hit with a court order forcing him to return explicit photographs of the jurist. Chapman also...  Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike 2 Sep 2010 at 6:21pm A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry _ and erupting in anger _ in the world's poorest countries. A spike... Return to power within grasp for Australia's PM 2 Sep 2010 at 6:08pm CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard came within grasp of a return to power on Thursday after one of four "kingmaker" MPs backed her Labor Party's bid to form a... Cousin of Mexico media czar kidnapped: reports 2 Sep 2010 at 5:42pm MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Armed men abducted the cousin of the owner of Mexico's top broadcaster, Televisa, on Thursday in one of the hotspots of the country's drug war, local media reported. Ivory Coast electoral commission produces final list 2 Sep 2010 at 5:40pm ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Ivory Coast's electoral commission said Thursday it had for the first time produced a final voter list, raising the chance that an election which has been delayed six... Canada's shadow war ends when troops leave Kandahar in 2011, overseas commander 2 Sep 2010 at 5:00pm OTTAWA - The shadow war fought in Afghanistan by Canada's ultra- secret, special forces will also end next year when the army ceases combat operations in Kandahar, says the general in... Ex-justice minister Bellemare files lawsuit against former boss: Jean Charest 2 Sep 2010 at 4:52pm QUEBEC - Ex-Quebec justice minister Marc Bellemare has launched a $900,000 countersuit against his former boss: Premier Jean Charest. Bellemare's suit is in response to the $700,000... Video of feeding the bears goes viral, minister worries it sets a bad example 2 Sep 2010 at 4:38pm VANCOUVER - The notoriety of a group of bears who were watching over a marijuana grow operation in B.C.'s Interior has now hit the Internet. The province's environment minister is... |