U.S. Aids Taliban to Attend Talks on Making Peace
The United States’ effort to support preliminary talks with the Karzai government might reflect growing pessimism that the buildup of American forces will defeat the Taliban.
NATO aids Taliban contacts with Afghans
NATO has provided safe passage for top Taliban leaders to travel to Kabul for face-to-face negotiations with the U.S.-backed Afghan government, a senior alliance official sa
French warned not to panic buy petrol as strikes continue
French motorists have been warned not to start panic buying as eight of the country's 12 oil refineries began a second day of rolling strikes, leading to fears of fuel shortages.
Kyrgyz election winner threatens to tear up constitution
The nationalist party that won the most votes in the Kyrgyzstan election is already discussing tearing up the Central Asian republic's new democratic constitution.
In Italy, local politics appears to drive latest round of Roma Gypsy expulsions
Milan, Rome, and Naples have recently dismantled Roma Gypsy camps, but Italy may avoid EU sanctions since the expulsions are being carried out at the municipal level.
US spend-or-cut debate rages on
Economic heavyweights Professors Paul Krugman and Niall Ferguson clash again over stimulus spending proposals
Chinese eldersback free speech
A group of Communist Party elders in China has issued a bold call to end the country’s wide-ranging restrictions on free speech, just days after the government reacted angrily to the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to imprisoned dissident Liu Xiaobo.
The great wealth of China
The richest self-made women in the world. Zhang Yin, who made her money in the paper industry, is the wealthiest businesswoman in the world, according to Hurun Report, a Chinese magazine. Its ranking of the 20 richest self-made women (those who earned their money) combines its own findings with those of Forbes and the Sunday Times. Over half of the women in the top 20 are of Chinese origin, perhaps because of a communist ethos of gender equality, perhaps because previous generations of Chinese left so little wealth to be inherited. The richest non-Chinese is a Spaniard, Rosalia Mera, one of three on the list to have made her fortune in fashion.
Plea to free Malawi's 'witches'
Eighty mainly elderly people recently jailed in for practising witchcraft in Malawi should be freed as their convictions are illegal, campaigners say.
Condoleezza Rice admits mistakes
Condoleezza Rice admits the Bush administration made mistakes after the Sept. 11 attacks but readers seeking her view on the decisions leading to the war in Iraq will find no such grist in her new memoir.
Israel has no future as a purely Jewish state
More cynical observers of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, tend to dismiss his latest offer to the Palestinians, to stop settlement building if only they would recognise Israel as a "Jewish" state, as typical of the man – a meaningless gesture to evade commitment. "Bibi", in the eyes not just of the left in Israel but increasingly the officials of Washington and Europe, is the "Tricky Dicky" of the Middle East, only without Nixon's vision of international affairs.
States hit banks with mortgage probe
All 50 states launched a joint investigation of the mortgage industry on Wednesday, a move some experts fear may slow sales of foreclosed homes and threaten the recovery of the fragile housing market.
Özal maybe fatally poisoned at Bulgarian Embassy, says wife
Former President Turgut Özal’s wife Semra Özal has said she thought her husband was poisoned and did not die of a natural heart attack as official records suggest.
South Africa to join UN Security Council. Will it take lead on Africa conflicts?
South Africa is one of five countries elected by the United Nations on Tuesday to serve on the Security Council for two-year terms, beginning Jan. 1.
Barack Obama's old senate seat in danger of becoming Republican
Barack Obama's old senate seat is in danger of falling to a Republican, as even the president's home state of Illinois has begun to lose faith in the president.
Barack Obama and Sarah Palin 'are distant cousins'
Barack Obama and Sarah Palin are 10th cousins through a common ancestor, John Smith, a 17th century pastor, according to genealogists
Israeli-Palestinian conflict blamed for Christian exodus
Catholics made up 3.8 percent of the population in Israel in 1980; by 2008 they were just 1.82 percent.
Short Sharp Science: Computer beats human at Japanese chess
A computer has beaten a human at shogi, otherwise known as Japanese chess, for the first time. No big deal, you might think. After all, computers have been beating humans at western chess for years, and when IBM's Deep Blue beat Gary Kasparov in 1997, it was greeted in some quarters as if computers were about to overthrow humanity
Singapore kids learn social graces for a fee
Don't spit in public. Throw your litter in the bin. Pee into the urinal, not on the floor. Speak proper English.
Bobbies on the tweet - day of crimes put on Twitter
Greater Manchester Police is "tweeting" every incident it deals with in the next 24 hours.
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