International News
Crowds attack home of Iranian opposition leader (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 05:01 AM
- AP - Pro-government militiamen attacked the home of an Iranian opposition leader with homemade bombs and beat one of his bodyguards unconscious, an opposition website reported, in an apparent attempt to keep him from attending a key rally on Friday.
Police: Attack on Pakistani Muslim Shiites kills 5 (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 05:32 AM
- AP - Police say a blast at a Shiite procession has killed at least 5 people in southwestern Pakistan in the third deadly attack this week on the country's religious minorities.
Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 02:38 AM
- AP - Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country's drug war.
Gates sees progress in tour of Afghan war zone (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 04:55 AM
- AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Friday he saw and heard evidence that the U.S. counterinsurgency strategy is taking hold in critical Kandahar province.
Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 05:35 AM
- AP - An Indonesian volcano that was quiet for four centuries shot a new, powerful burst of hot ash more than 10,000 feet (three kilometers) in the air Friday, sending frightened residents fleeing to safety for the second time this week.
German Banker's Anti-Immigration Book Riles the Nation (Time.com)
- September 3, 2010 at 04:40 AM
- Time.com - A new anti-immigration book by a director on the board of Germany's central bank has outraged the nation -- and has critics calling for his job
Govt, France dismiss talks of warships share (AFP)
- September 3, 2010 at 05:34 AM
- AFP - France and Britain said Friday they planned to work on joint defence projects but dismissed suggestions that they might share a fleet of aircraft carriers.
Dubai police chief calls BlackBerry a spy tool (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 05:27 AM
- AP - Dubai's police chief says worries about spying by the U.S., Israel and others helped push plans to limit BlackBerry services in the United Arab Emirates.
Salvador bans gang membership after bus massacre (AP)
- September 2, 2010 at 10:57 PM
- AP - El Salvador has made it illegal to belong to a street gang in the wake of an attack on a passenger bus that killed 17 people.
Kenya allows Int'l Criminal Court to open office (AP)
- September 3, 2010 at 05:36 AM
- AP - Kenya is allowing the International Criminal Court to open an office in the country.
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