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- Pentagon refuses comment on charges of cross-border raid in Pakistan
- WASHINGTON AFP — The Pentagon declined comment Wednesday on Pakistani charges that at least 15 people were killed in a cross border raid by Afghan-based international forces. "I don't have anything for you on those reports," said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, refusing further comment. A spokesman for the...
- Research articles 2008-09-03
- Zimbabwe rival parties return home with no sign of deal
- HARARE AFP — Zimbabwe's rival parties have returned home from talks in South Africa, officials said Sunday, with no sign of a power-sharing deal to resolve the country's bitter political crisis. Negotiating teams from President Robert Mugabe's ruling ZANU-PF and both factions of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change...
- Research articles 2008-08-31
- Winehouse blames 'illness' as French festival fumes
- LONDON AFP — Amy Winehouse pulled out of the Rock en Seine festival outside Paris after falling ill at home, the troubled singer's spokesman said Saturday as the furious organisers vowed to sue. Rock en Seine had to scrap the headline gig at two hours' notice and has now...
- Research articles 2008-08-30
- Dalai Lama is 'stable', no cause for concern: hospital
- MUMBAI AFP — Exiled Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama is in a stable condition and there is no cause for concern over his health, the private Indian hospital to which he was admitted said Friday. The 73-year-old spiritual leader was taken to hospital in India's financial hub on...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- Pakistan military air strike kills 22 militants
- ISLAMABAD AFP — At least 22 militants, including two senior commanders, were killed late Friday in an air strike by Pakistan's military in the troubled northwest Swat valley, a senior security official told AFP. Troops backed by helicopter gunships and heavy artillery have for weeks been pounding militant positions...
- Research articles 2008-08-29
- Suspected remains of WWII airman found dangling from tree in PNG
- SYDNEY AFP — Australia's military was Friday making plans to examine the suspected remains of a World War II airman found dangling from a canopy of trees in a Papua New Guinea jungle last week, a spokesman told AFP. Hikers on the Kokoda Trail, where a bitter World War...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- Suspected remains of WWII airman found dangling from trees in PNG
- SYDNEY AFP — Australia's military was Friday making plans to examine the suspected remains of a World War II airman found dangling from trees in a dense Papua New Guinea jungle, a spokesman told AFP. Hikers on the Kokoda Trail, where a bitter World War II battle was fought...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- SKorea's Woori Investment seeks European bank: spokesman
- SEOUL AFP — South Korean brokerage Woori Investment and Securities said Friday it was considering spending up to two billion dollars buying a European investment bank and was looking at about 20 possibilities. "We've been analysing their financial statements and business environment to find out whether there will be...
- Research articles 2008-08-28
- 'Beautiful mistake' makes China factory worker a celebrity
- SHANGHAI AFP — A Chinese factory worker has become a celebrity after her smiling face was accidentally loaded onto an Apple iPhone and shipped to the other side of the world, her employer said Wednesday. The unidentified worker flashed a smile and made a peace sign to a co-worker...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- US urges 'credible' probe of alleged abuses in South Ossetia
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States on Wednesday called on Moscow to allow a "credible investigation" into reported atrocities committed in South Ossetia during the recent conflict between Russia and Georgia, a top official said. "We have seen reports that there are atrocities being committed against civilians," said State...
- Research articles 2008-08-27
- US 'deplores' Darfur refugee camp violence
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States deplored Monday's incursion by Sudanese government forces in a refugee camp in Darfur that killed at least 25 people, and called on Khartoum to investigate the incident. "We are concerned by indiscriminate weapons fire by Sudanese government forces on the Kalma internally displaced...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Australian officials mulling visa for rapper Snoop Dogg
- SYDNEY AFP — Australian officials said Wednesday they would carry out a full character assessment of US rapper Snoop Dogg before deciding whether to allow him to visit the country later this year. The singer, whose real name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr, applied in July for a visa...
- Research articles 2008-08-26
- Lufthansa officially bidding for Austrian Airlines stake: spokesman
- FRANKFURT AFP — The leading German airline, Lufthansa, has officially declared interest in buying part of troubled Austrian Airlines, a spokesman told AFP on Monday. Candidates had until Sunday to request documentation from the investment bank Merrill Lynch, which is handling the operation. The Lufthansa spokesman declined however...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Rice praises Biden; White House ... not so much
- CRAWFORD, Texas AFP — US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Democratic vice presidential pick Joseph Biden on Monday as "a fine statesman" and a "true patriot" -- praise the White House declined to echo. "I am not going to comment on the politics of it. I'll just say...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- US Marine pleads not guilty to charges of Fallujah murder
- LOS ANGELES AFP — One of two US Marines facing court martial for their alleged role in the slaying of unarmed civilians in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004, pleaded not guilty to charges of unpremeditated murder and dereliction of duty, a Marine spokesman said Monday. Sergeant Ryan Weemer entered the...
- Research articles 2008-08-25
- Palestinian envoy denies Yemen embassy to close
- SANAA AFP — The Palestinian envoy to Yemen on Sunday denied a report by his embassy's own spokesman that the mission was closing in protest at "dual Palestinian representation," an apparent reference to a Hamas office. "The embassy of the state of Palestine in the Republic of Yemen is...
- Research articles 2008-08-24
- Israel denies Olmert to visit Egypt next week
- CAIRO AFP — Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert is expected to meet President Hosni Mubarak in Egypt on Tuesday, an Egyptian official said on Saturday, but a spokesman for the premier later denied the report. An Egyptian presidency source said that Olmert "will arrive Tuesday in the Mediterranean city...
- Research articles 2008-08-23
- US demands Russia return seized Humvees
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States has formally demanded the return of five US military vehicles seized by Russian forces in Georgia but Moscow has not indicated it will do so, a Pentagon spokesman said Friday. "The United States did demarche the government of Russia with respect to the...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- Islamists seize key Somali port
- MOGADISHU AFP — Islamist fighters wrested back control of Somalia's southern port of Kismayo on Friday following three days of bloody battles with a local militia that left at least 41 people dead, witnesses said. The retaking of the town by the Islamists came more than a year after...
- Research articles 2008-08-22
- No assurances from Moscow on return of Humvees: Pentagon
- WASHINGTON AFP — The United States has received no assurances from Russia that it will return US military vehicles seized in Georgia, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday. Russian forces seized "a handful" of Humvees, four-wheeled all-purpose military vehicles, in the Black Sea port of Poti, where they were awaiting...
- Research articles 2008-08-21
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