 Terror principal Dulmatin shot down in Jakarta Indonesian police have confirmed the deaths of three terrorists in raids outside the capital,... | |
 Grenades thrown at World Vision employeesPakistani police have reported a militant incident at the offices of a US-based Christian aid... |
 Aung San Suu Kyi banned from election platformIn Myanmar, a new law may force the National League for Democracy leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, out of the... |
 Rohingya refugees finding life hard in BangladeshBangladesh has been accused of starving and blocking medical treatment for Rohingya... |
 Israeli settlement announcement riles BidenUS Vice President Joe Biden has told the Israeli prime minister that the US condemns an Israeli plan to build hundreds of homes in disputed east... |
 Apology issued to Libyan leader by USThe US State Department has apologised over comments made by a State Department official about Libyan leader Muammar... |
| China now able to sail through Sea of Japan China has been given direct access to the Sea of Japan for the first time since the 19th century, thanks to a lease deal with North... |
 Letterman blackmailer pleads guilty to get off lightlyA former television producer on the David Letterman show has admitted in a New York court that he tried to extract two million dollars from the famous television... |
 Prisoners allegedly raped by corrupt officialsTop prison officials in Saint Petersburg have been charged with the rape of two prisoners, one of whom was awaiting... |
 Senegal homosexuals condemned on all sidessenegal, africa,... |
| Sebelius warns insurance execs of demise Joseph Weber Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius warned insurance executives Wednesday that failing to support President Obama's comprehensive plan to reform U.S. health care... |
| New U.S. math, English standards drafted By Donna Gordon Blankinship ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE -- Math and English instruction in the United States moved a step closer to uniform -- and more rigorous -- standards Wednesday as a draft of new... |
| Google opens Web store for business applications By Michael Liedtke ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. will sell the online services of other business software makers in an effort to fill its own product gaps and persuade more... |
| Indictment of 'Jihad Jane' shows terrorism evolved UPDATED: PHILADELPHIA -- The self-described "Jihad Jane" who thought her blond hair and blue eyes would let her blend in as she sought to kill an artist in Sweden is a rare case of an American woman... |
| U.S. Embassy Honors Prosecuted Armenian Activist YEREVAN -- The U.S. Embassy in Armenia has publicly honored a young Armenian activist who was prosecuted for publicizing alleged sexual and other abuse at a Yerevan boarding school, RFE/RL's Armenian... |
| Daghestan Police Ask Medvedev To Fire Top Investigator to Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and to Federation Council Chairman Sergei Mironov to fire Aleksandr Bastrykin, head of the Investigative Committee of the federal Prosecutor-General's Office.... |
| 'Ukrainian Only' School In Crimea In High Demand SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine -- The only school in Simferopol where all subjects are taught in Ukrainian is seeking to offer new classes to meet high demand, RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service reports.Crimea is a... |
| European Parliament Condemns Belarus Clampdown On Poles STRASBOURG -- The European Parliament has condemned Belarus's clampdown on its ethnic Polish minority, in a row that has strained ties between Brussels and Minsk. In a resolution adopted at a session... |
| Restaurant exposed by Oscar-winning doc 'The Cove' under investigation SANTA MONICA, Calif. — Federal agents are investigating a high-end Santa Monica sushi restaurant for serving illegal whale, following a video sting orchestrated by the producers of the... |
| 6 Employees of U.S. Charity Killed in Attack in Pakistan Police inspected the offices of aid group World Vision in Oghi, Pakistan on Wednesday after militants killed at least six people there in an... |
| Berezovsky Wins Libel Suit in Litvinenko Murder Case Boris A. Berezovsky , a self-exiled Russian tycoon, won a libel suit in London on Wednesday against a Russian satellite broadcaster that had linked him to the murder in 2006... |
| EU Parliament backs Goldstone Report BRUSSELS — In a move likely to worsen EU ties with Israel, the European Parliament urged its 27-member states Wednesday to monitor the Israeli and Palestinian probes into alleged war crimes in... |
| Gunmen kill aid workers Gunmen attacked the offices of an international aid group in northwest Pakistan last night, killing five people working for the organisation, police said. The attackers hurled grenades during the... |
| Wheelchair assault in Sydney A man in a wheelchair was punched in the face, stomped on and hit on the head with metal bars at a train station in Sydney's west. The 35-year-old Canadian was trying to leave Mt Druitt station when... |
| Bank of America ruffles feathers Bank of America has apologised to a Pittsburgh-area woman after one of its contractors allegedly trashed her house and took her parrot while wrongly repossessing her home. Angela Iannelli has sued... |
| Amsterdam airport boosts security Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport - the departure site for the alleged Detroit underwear bomber - tightened security yesterday after journalists orchestrated a sting operation that smuggled bottles of... |
| Jumbo junior beats the odds Taronga's veterinary team immediately rushed to the elephant barn to assist Porntip and the calf." But he added: "While this is incredible news, the young calf still has a long way to go. Our vets... |
| Canberra seals closer ties with Indonesia CANBERRA - Australia and Indonesia have announced new moves to boost security, economic and other key relations during a three-day state visit by President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. The often... |
| Israel undermining trust - Biden Shrink The Israeli Government managed to overshadow a high-profile visit by US Vice-President Joe Biden with an announcement of controversial and politically highly sensitive plans to build 1600 new... |
| Tasmanian find offers hope for devils Shrink ADELAIDE - Australian scientists say the discovery of a genetically distinct colony of tasmanian devils may save the species from being wiped out by a contagious cancer that has decimated the... |
| Raids nab seven over cartoonist death plot Shrink Seven people were arrested in the Republic of Ireland yesterday as part of an international investigation into a conspiracy to murder a Swedish cartoonist whose work has led to death threats... |
| In-house hiding clouds Rudd's Indonesia gains CANBERRA - As Prime Minister Kevin Rudd was basking in the glow of successful diplomacy with Australia's biggest - and most sensitive - neighbour, Opposition Leader Tony Abbott yesterday continued to... |
| New law blocks Suu Kyi's electoral run YANGON - A new election law issued by Myanmar's ruling military bars pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus from running in elections, state-run newspapers said... |
| Australia wants man 27 years in country to go home CANBERRA - Australian authorities are seeking to deport a Cambodian-born man raised and educated in Australia since he arrived as a 9-year-old about 27 years ago. The unidentified man does not want... |
| Mandatory pet chips, insurance eyed LONDON - A chip for Spot? In a country where guns are tightly controlled and even carrying a kitchen knife can bring prison time, some thugs use dogs to menace their victims. Now, the British... |
| Drink-drivers face paying for in-car breath testers BRISBANE - Drink-drivers will be forced to pay to have breath testing devices fitted to their cars under new Queensland laws. Premier Anna Bligh said the legislation would be in force by Christmas... |
| Belfast signals 'end to decades of strife' The last piece of devolution to Northern Ireland was slotted into place in Belfast yesterday in a move hailed by British Prime Minister Gordon Brown as, "the final end to decades of strife". The... |
| Vote guarantees women slice of political power Shrink Indian politicians took a step towards making history when they voted to reserve a third of all legislative seats across the country for women. In what Prime Minister Manmohan Singh... |
| Europe united against foreign affairs chief PARIS - She is Europe's most powerful woman. But that's just in theory. Just 100 days into her job as the European Union's first foreign affairs chief, Baroness Ashton has been variously... |
| Cuban hunger striker refuses offer of asylum from Spain Shrink HAVANA - A Cuban dissident on a 14-day hunger strike to demand the release of ailing political prisoners has refused a Spanish offer of asylum, saying yesterday that he is determined to... |
| Gas firm uncovers old wrecks preserved at bottom of Baltic Shrink A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some of them unusually well-preserved - have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. The... |
| House Democrats ban earmarks to corporations WASHINGTON (AP) House Democratic leaders have announced that they will ban the much-criticized practice of using annual spending bills to direct pet projects to for-profit companies that often... |
| Ex-wife criticizes Mandela to U.K. newspaper Rev. Jesse Jackson, left, chats with Winnie Mandela, as they march to the Edmund Pettus Bridge during the 45th annual commemoration of Bloody Sunday in Selma, Ala., on March 7,... |
| IRS: $1.3 billion unclaimed for '06 (CNN) -- Some people who didn't file a federal tax return for 2006 have more than 1 billion reasons to reconsider, but they need to do it fast, according to the Internal Revenue... |
| Tearful Marie Osmond back on stage Marie Osmond's return to the stage Tuesday after her son's death was emotional Osmond dedicated the show to the 18-year-old, who committed suicide February 26 Despite their grief, Donny and Marie... |
| Muhammad cartoonist ready for death threats Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks poses before an interview with Reuters in Stockholm March 10, 2010. Irish police said on Tuesday that seven people had been arrested there in connection with a plot to... |
| Body found in missing mother hunt Police searching for a Dundee mother-of-three who went missing two weeks ago have found a body.The body was discovered in undergrowth near the Ladywell roundabout in the centre of the city at about... |
| Internet up for Nobel Peace Prize The internet is among a record 237 individuals and organisations nominated for this year's Nobel Peace Prize.The number of nominations surpasses last year's record of 205 nominations. The internet's... |
| Another runaway Toyota Prius reported (Reuters) - Federal regulators said they were looking into a report of another runaway Toyota Prius, this one in Westchester County, New York, where police said a woman pulling out of a driveway... |
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