Could a North Korean missile reach Hawaii? - Christian Science Monitor
MiamiHerald.com Could a North Korean missile reach Hawaii? Christian Science Monitor North Koreans on Thursday tested several short-range missiles, but their track record on longer-range missile technology has been poor. By Peter Grier | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor Washington - Could North Korea hit Hawaii with a ... US says North Korean missile launches are 'provocative act'Telegraph.co.uk Missile experts see Soviet parts in nkorean rocketThe Associated Press North Korea Launches Short-Range MissilesVoice of America Reuters -ABC Online -Newsweek all 1,820 news articles »
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:39:23 GMT

UN expert says Israeli seizure of aid ship a crime - Reuters
Times Online UN expert says Israeli seizure of aid ship a crime Reuters GENEVA, July 2 (Reuters) - A UN human rights investigator on Thursday called Israel's seizure of a ship carrying relief aid for the Gaza Strip "unlawful" and said its blockade of the territory constituted a "continuing crime ... 'IDF will struggle to destroy tunnels'Jerusalem Post Hospital: Teen killed by Israeli tank fireCNN IDF assessment changes: Gaza girl killed by armyYnetnews Jewish Telegraphic Agency -ABC Online -Times Online all 1,939 news articles »
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:01:37 GMT

Citizens oppose legalising gay sex - Times of India
Telegraph.co.uk Citizens oppose legalising gay sex Times of India AKOLA: Citizens from various walks of life have expressed opposition to Thursday's Delhi High Court order decriminalising homosexual sex, by holding that section 377 of Indian Penal Code violates the Constitution. Various Central ministers have ... Gay sex ruling: Views from IndiaBBC News Court decriminalizes gay sex in Indian capitalThe Associated Press Judgment on Section 377 welcomedHindu Chicago Tribune -TIME -Times of India all 718 news articles »
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:15:33 GMT

Saddam Hussein 'lied about WMDs to protect Iraq from Iran' - Telegraph.co.uk
Daily Mail Saddam Hussein 'lied about WMDs to protect Iraq from Iran' Telegraph.co.uk Saddam Hussein told the FBI that he misled the world into believing Iraq still possessed weapons of mass destruction because he feared revealing his weakness to Iran, according to declassified interview transcripts. By Alex Spillius in Washington The ... Documents Show Iraqi Dictator's FearsNew York Times FBI notes: Saddam Hussein sought familiar refugeThe Associated Press Why Saddam Hussein lied about Iraq's weapons of mass destructionChristian Science Monitor Reuters -Jewish Telegraphic Agency -The New American all 452 news articles »
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:21:33 GMT

Barack Obama: Putin has one foot in the past - guardian.co.uk
ABC News Barack Obama: Putin has one foot in the past guardian.co.uk Barack Obama has chided Vladimir Putin, the Russian prime minister, for "cold war approaches" to relations with the US, saying Putin had "one foot in the old ways of doing business and one foot in the new", just days before the two men meet in Moscow. ... Lose the Cold War attitude, Obama tells PutinTimes Online Analysts Say Russia's Influence on Iran Very LimitedVoice of America Obama to tell Putin: Time to move past Cold WarThe Associated Press Aljazeera.net -Hindu -BBC News all 1,692 news articles »
Publ.Date : Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:08:48 GMT

Coup D'etat in Honduras Highlights Zelaya's Relationship with Chavez - Voice of America
guardian.co.uk Coup D'etat in Honduras Highlights Zelaya's Relationship with Chavez Voice of America The coup in Honduras that ousted President Manuel Zelaya has been widely condemned by the international community. The United States and other countries around the world are calling for his reinstatement. ... US hits 'pause button' on aid to HondurasAFP US 'hits the pause button' on aid to HondurasCNN International Honduran president says willing to pardon coup leadersXinhua The Associated Press -Christian Science Monitor -Times Online all 10,733 news articles »
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:25:12 GMT

Britain fails on deadline for withdrawal of ambassadors from Tehran - Telegraph.co.uk
New York Times Britain fails on deadline for withdrawal of ambassadors from Tehran Telegraph.co.uk Britain was rebuffed last night in its attempt to secure an EU deadline for the withdrawal of the bloc's 27 ambassadors from Tehran if a local embassy employee in Iranian custody was not released. by Damien McElroy, Foreign Affairs Correspondent ... Britain Replaces US as Favorite Target of IranVoice of America British calls for diplomatic walkout from Iran are rejected by EU ... Times Online EU urges Iran to release British Embassy staffThe Associated Press Wall Street Journal -New York Times -BBC News all 388 news articles »
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:44:06 GMT

Air France flight 447 crashed belly-first into the Atlantic ... - Times Online
Times Online Air France flight 447 crashed belly-first into the Atlantic ... Times Online The pilots of the Air France aircraft that crashed off Brazil may have fought to control their stricken aircraft to the end, because it was intact when it hit the Atlantic ocean, investigators indicated yesterday. In a first report on the disaster that ... Inquiry Finds French Flight Struck Ocean IntactNew York Times Comoros crash spotlights 3rd-world air travel riskThe Associated Press Investigators: Air France Jet Broke Apart on ImpactWashington Post BusinessWeek -Voice of America -AFP all 1,571 news articles »
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:18:33 GMT

Iranian leaders urge legal action against Mousavi - ABC Online
CBC.ca Iranian leaders urge legal action against Mousavi ABC Online Iran's hardline leaders have called for legal action to be taken against opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi over the post-election protests that have rocked the country. Iranian authorities blame Mr Mousavi ... Iran reports more protest arrestsThe Associated Press Moscow opposes new sanctions on IranPRESS TV Iranian gov't clamps down on protestsThe Militant Hindu -Xinhua -New York Times all 3,782 news articles »
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:08:45 GMT

US Soldier May Be in Taliban Hands - New York Times
Chicago Tribune US Soldier May Be in Taliban Hands New York Times KABUL — A young American soldier who walked off his remote combat outpost in a volatile region of eastern Afghanistan has been captured and is believed to be in the hands of the Taliban network headed by Sirajuddin Haqqani, ... US forces target Taliban strongholdAljazeera.net US offensive aims to show that Taliban can be beatMiamiHerald.com Marines Enter Afghan Opium Region to Strike TalibanBloomberg guardian.co.uk -Reuters -CBS News all 3,133 news articles »
Publ.Date : Thu, 02 Jul 2009 21:55:33 GMT

US sends 4,000 marines into the hell of Helmand
COMMITTING men, money and firepower, the United States opened a new chapter in the Afghan conflict yesterday, sending more than 4,000 of its best combat troops tearing into a
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm

Jackson's ex-wife wants custody of children
MICHAEL Jackson's second ex-wife is to fight for their two children, dismissing claims that she is not their biological mother and accusing the late star of breaking his e
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm

Pilots struggled to pull Air France jet out of final dive
A DISTURBING account has emerged yesterday of the last moments aboard the Air France jet that plunged 35,000ft into the Atlantic Ocean last month, killing all 228 people on bo
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm

India's capital 'enters the 21st century' after court rules gay sex legal
THE Indian capital's highest court ruled yesterday that gay sex was not a crime ? a groundbreaking decision sure to open divisions in the deeply conservative country.
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm

Saddam 'let world believe he had WMD to deter Iran from attacking'
SADDAM Hussein told American interrogators he let the world believe he had weapons of mass destruction because he worried about the need to deter an attack from Iran, newly de
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm

Former leader of UK island could face criminal inquiry
AN INVESTIGATION into allegations of corruption in a tropical British Overseas Territory has recommended a criminal inquiry into the former ruler, Foreign Office minister Chr
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm

New head of UN nuclear watchdog must tackle Iran threat
JAPANESE diplomat Yukiya Amano was narrowly elected the next head of the UN atomic watchdog yesterday and he vowed to tackle rich-poor tensions weakening the fight against the
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm

Italians and Dutch fend off Germans in battle over Bavarian beer
EUROPE'S highest court has upheld the right of Dutch and Italian brewers to sell their "Bavaria" beer in Italy, rejecting a bid by a rival Bavarian company to st
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm

Romanian football star admits role as informer
GHEORGHE "Gica" Popescu, the former captain of Romania's national football team, yesterday admitted being an informer for the country's secret police during t
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm

Jet plunge survivor back with father
THE sole survivor of a Yemeni jet that plunged into the Indian Ocean off the Comoros Islands was reunited with her father in France yesterday.
2 Jul 2009 at 7:00pm

BBC World

Air France jet 'broke on impact'

People's Daily Online

Japan's Amano elected new IAEA chief
Yukiya Amano of Japan was elected new director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) on Thursday. Amano will replace outgoing IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei, who retires in November after three terms, or 12 years. &$&$Source: Xinhua&$&$ ...
2 Jul 2009 at 9:16am

Defeated Mousavi to disclose "tell-all documents" on election: report
Iran's defeated candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi said that he will disclose "tell-all documents" proving fraud and irregularities in Iran's recent presidential election, local satellite Press TV reported on Thursday. Mousavi, who has rejected the result of Iran's presidential election as fraudulent, said on Wednesday that a number of Iranian scholars are set to form a committee to preserve the vote of the people, the report said. The committee aims to "make public documents proving ...
2 Jul 2009 at 9:15am

Lebanese gov't, Hezbollah criticize UN Secretary General's report
The Lebanese Foreign Ministry and the Lebanese Shiite armed group Hezbollah both criticized Thursday UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's 10th report on the implementation of UN resolution 1701, local Elnashra website reported. "The report did not consider the Israeli spying networks as a violation of Lebanon's sovereignty," but only said that the alleged networks "could threaten the delicate ceasefire between Lebanon and Israel," the Foreign Ministry statement said. Hezbollah, as ...
2 Jul 2009 at 9:00am

U.S. jobless rate hits 9.5% in June
The number of unemployed people in the United States surged in June to 467,000, driving the jobless rate to 9.5 percent, the highest in more than 26 years, the Labor Department said on Thursday. The June reading for job losses was worse than the 363,000 layoffs expected by economists. Since the recession began in December 2007, the U.S economy has lost a net total of 6.5 million jobs. "There are going to be massive, massive numbers of people who are out of work for long p ...
2 Jul 2009 at 8:59am

Merkel calls for expansion of G8
German Chancellor Angela Merkel called on Thursday for the expansion of the Group of Eight (G8), saying that leading emerging economies should be included. Addressing parliament, Merkel briefed lawmakers on the country's priorities at the upcoming G8 summit to be held in L'Aquila, Italy on July 8-10. She said the current world economic downturn could not be resolved by industrialized nations alone. "The summit in L'Aquila will make clear that the G8 format is no longer ad ...
2 Jul 2009 at 8:40am

Japanese PM condemns Pyongyang's latest missile test-firings
Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso said on Thursday the latest test-firings of missiles by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) as a "provocative act." "We have often warned that such a provocative act is not beneficial for North Korea's national interest," Aso was quoted by Kyodo News as saying, adding it is difficult to understand what kind of message Pyongyang wants to send with its latest missile launches. Media reports said DPRK test-fired what appears to be short- ...
2 Jul 2009 at 8:39am

Opposition defectors figure in Sri Lankan cabinet mini reshuffle
Yet another of Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse's allies defected from a major opposition party was given ministerial positions in a mini Cabinet reshuffle here Thursday, government officials and analysts said. National Freedom Front (NFF) member Nandana Gunathilaka was sworn in as the minister of Tourism while his colleague Piyasiri Wijenaike was given the non-cabinet rank position of Cultural Affairs, presidential secretariat officials said. The NFF is a breakaway group o ...
2 Jul 2009 at 8:38am

Sri Lankan president calls for unity among parties
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapakse told a multi-party forum on Thursday that all political parties in the island should unite as one team of patriots as it was not the time to concentrate on differences. According to a statement issued by the Department of Government Information, the president told the inaugural session of the Presidential Committee on Development and Reconciliation that it was time to expedite the humanitarian mission of people after the government won the war again ...
2 Jul 2009 at 8:37am

Turkey, Germany to sign submarine deal
Turkey will sign an agreement Thursday with Germany to jointly build six submarines for the Turkish Naval Forces, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported. The deal covers six Class-214 air-independent propulsion submarines for the Turkish Naval Forces and will significantly improve the navy's capability to undertake longer underwater operations, the report cited a statement by the German embassy in Ankara as saying. The Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW), which is pa ...
2 Jul 2009 at 8:36am

Afghan army, U.S. Marine evict Taliban insurgents, regain district control
Afghan troops and the U.S. Marine regained the control of Khanshin district in Helmand province, south of Afghanistan, hours after launching operation Thursday, a senior military officer in Helamnd province General Mohidin Ghori said. "We have evicted Taliban insurgents from Khanshin district and established our check posts there," Ghori told Xinhua. He also contended there was no casualty on the security forces. When asked if there were any Taliban casualties, the Genera ...
2 Jul 2009 at 8:36am

Guardian Unlimited World

US marines pour into Helmand in fresh Taliban offensive

Huge assault to take and hold river valley in bid to increase security for local population ahead of elections

The US poured 4,000 marines into Afghanistan's Helmand province today in its biggest operation for five years to try to wrest the poppy-filled river valley permanently from the Taliban.

In helicopters, armoured vehicles and on foot, the marines fanned out to Afghan villages in two districts previously dominated by insurgents in a missi...

? Investigators: Jet hit the sea belly first at high speed
? Without black box exact cause may never be found

The Air France plane that vanished in the middle of the Atlantic with 228 people on board did not disintegrate in mid-air but plunged into the water intact and belly first, investigators said today.

Alain Bouillard, leading the preliminary inquiry on behalf of France's BEA accident agency, said examination of wreckage indicated the A330 A...

A teenager believed to be the only survivor of an aeroplane crash in the Indian Ocean flew back to France today to be reunited with her father, who embraced her and made jokes to lift her spirits.

Bahia Bakari, 14, returned from the Comoros islands on an aircraft carrying a government minister and other French officials, which arrived at Le Bourget airport just north of Paris.

Yemenia Flight 626 crashed on Tuesday morning off Comoros in heavy wi...

Government claims technology will curb access to pornography, but internet users say it blocks politically sensitive content and monitors behaviour

China's controversial plan to install Green Dam internet filtering software on all computers will go ahead despite being postponement, a government official told state media today.

The official said it was only "a matter of time" until the software was installed.

The remarks ? if they fully reflect of...

Young victims continue to receive treatment in Cuba two decades after Ukrainian nuclear disaster

Eleven-year-old Olga enters the beach house in flip-flops, her hair still wet from a dip in the Caribbean. "I really like it here," she says. "The food is great, the beach is awesome. I made some fantastic friends."

A typical child's reaction to a beach holiday, perhaps ? only this is no ordinary seaside break. Olga is a Ukrainian "Chernobyl child", ...

Plans for public event confirmed as more details about the pop singer's drug use emerge

The family of Michael Jackson has finally moved to end uncertainty about his memorial fully a week after his death by firming up plans for commemorative event in downtown Los Angeles next Tuesday.

The Hollywood Reporter said all systems were go for a memorial event on Tuesday at 10am at the Staples Centre, the auditorium owned by AEG, the company that was pro...

Turkish gameshow enlists imam, Greek Orthodox priest, rabbi and monk to try to convert atheists, with pilgrimage as reward

It sounds like the beginning of a joke: what do you get when you put a Muslim imam, a Greek Orthodox priest, a rabbi, a Buddhist monk and 10 atheists in the same room?

Viewers of Turkish television will soon get the punchline when a new gameshow begins that offers a prize arguably greater than that offered by Who Wants to be...

? Deposed dictator calls Osama bin Laden a 'zealot'
? Iraqi told interviewers religion and government 'should not mix'

Saddam Hussein remained preoccupied with the threat from neighbouring Iran as the US-led invasion loomed and would have sought a security pact with the US if UN sanctions were lifted, he told an FBI interviewer in his jail cell before his execution.

In more than two dozen interviews and casual talks, the deposed Iraqi leader told...

? Meetings would have cost $25,000
? Publisher Katharine Weymouth had planned to host events

The Washington Post has abandoned an offer to sell lobbyists and business interests access to Obama administration officials and policymakers for $25,000 a time, including dinner, after uproar in the paper's newsroom over a promise that its journalists would also be part of the package.

The offer came to light in a flier aimed at players in healthcare at ...

Sex between people of same gender has been illegal in India since British colonial era

An Indian court today decriminalised homosexuality ? but only in the country's capital, Delhi.

The Delhi high court ruled that treating consensual gay sex as a crime was a violation of fundamental rights protected by India's constitution.

The ruling is the first of its kind in the deeply conservative country.

"We've finally entered the 21st century," said Anjali...

Toronto Globe and Mail: International

OAS chief to visit Honduras for talks on coup
Interim leaders tried to shore up support for the coup against President Manuel Zelaya

The New York Times

U.S. Marines Try to Retake Afghan Valley
Almost 4,000 Marines moved to clear Taliban fighters from the hotly contested Helmand River valley.
by By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
2 Jul 2009 at 5:39pm

U.S. Faces Resentment in Afghan Region
A new American military operation in southern Afghanistan may ignite further tensions among a weary population, residents and local officials warn.
by By CARLOTTA GALL
2 Jul 2009 at 4:21pm

In Refugee Aid, Pakistan?s War Has New Front
Hard-line Islamist charities are using a refugee crisis to sour public opinion about the United States.
by By JANE PERLEZ and PIR ZUBAIR SHAH
2 Jul 2009 at 1:49pm

U.S. Soldier May Be in Taliban Hands
A young American soldier who walked off his remote combat outpost in eastern Afghanistan is believed to be in the hands of the Taliban network headed by Sirajuddin Haqqani, American military officials said Thursday.
by By RICHARD A. OPPEL Jr.
2 Jul 2009 at 5:55pm

Bomber Strikes Government Bus in Pakistan
A suicide bomber riding a motorbike rammed into a government bus in Rawalpindi, police officials said, killing at least one person and injuring 28 others.
by By SALMAN MASOOD
2 Jul 2009 at 5:36pm

Sole Comoros Crash Survivor Arrives in France
Bahia Bakari arrived in Paris on Thursday for an emotional reunion with her father, just as the French media raised new concerns about air safety.
by By STEVEN ERLANGER
2 Jul 2009 at 3:20pm

Inquiry Finds French Flight Struck Ocean Intact
The Air France jet that crashed into the Atlantic, killing all 228 people aboard, did not break up in the air but rather hit the water intact, investigators said.
by By NICOLA CLARK and MATTHEW L. WALD
2 Jul 2009 at 3:17pm

Documents Show Iraqi Dictator?s Fears
Before his execution, Saddam Hussein told the F.B.I. that he refused entry to U.N. inspectors because he feared they ?would have directly identified to the Iranians where to inflict maximum damage to Iraq.?
by By SCOTT SHANE
2 Jul 2009 at 7:02pm

Biden Visits Iraq, Underscoring Fragile Sovereignty
Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. began a two-day mission that he said was intended to ?reestablish contact? with Iraqi leaders.
by By SHERYL GAY STOLBERG and TIMOTHY WILLIAMS
2 Jul 2009 at 6:12pm

North Korea Test-Fires 4 Short-Range Missiles
The launchings had been expected, as North Korea declared a no-sail zone last month in waters off its east coast through July 10.
by By CHOE SANG-HUN
2 Jul 2009 at 9:28am