Report: NKorean leader Kim Jong Il reiterates promise to denuclearize Korean peninsula
February 08, 2010 - 5:20 pm
SEOUL, South Korea - China's Xinhua News Agency says that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has reiterated his country's promise to achieve a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Xinhua says in a dispatch from Pyongyang that Kim reiterated his country's "persistent stance to realize the ...
Italy agriculture minister defends support of McDonald's new burger amid sell-out criticism
February 08, 2010 - 4:54 pm
ROME - Italy's agriculture minister is defending his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger amid criticism that he is selling out to a multinational corporation and sacrificing Italy's culinary reputation in the process. Minister Luca Zaia has argued that McDonald's new McItaly ...
Iran moves closer to nuke warhead capacity, tells UN it will enrich uranium to higher levels
February 08, 2010 - 4:52 pm
VIENNA, Austria - Iran pressed ahead with plans that will increase its ability to make nuclear weapons as it formally informed the U.N. nuclear agency of its intention to enrich uranium to higher levels. Alarmed world powers questioned the rationale behind the move Monday and warned the ...
Yanukovych apparent winner over Tymoshenko in Ukraine's presidential race
February 08, 2010 - 4:50 pm
KYIV, Ukraine - International monitors hailed Ukraine's presidential election as transparent and honest, bolstering opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych's claim of victory and leaving Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko in a strategic bind. Tymoshenko, who was the charismatic catalyst of the ...
UK's Iraq inquiry says it wants to discuss war with members of Bush administration
February 08, 2010 - 4:49 pm
LONDON - Britain's inquiry into the Iraq war will seek meetings with former members of the Bush administration after taking evidence from Tony Blair and other key British officials, the panel's chairman said. John Chilcot, head of the inquiry, confirmed that he hopes to obtain evidence ...
Haitians struggling in aftermath of earthquake face new threat: a deadly rainy season
February 08, 2010 - 4:48 pm
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Survivors of Haiti's catastrophic earthquake have had one saving grace: There's been no significant rain since the disaster. But that won't last. The rainy season in Haiti is deadly even in a good year. Now, in a devastated capital city, the early spring rains ...
Stranded travellers vie for golden tickets out of Mid-Atlantic before more snow hits
February 08, 2010 - 4:47 pm
WASHINGTON - A $20 cab ride to the airport skyrocketed to the "snow rate" of $100 in the nation's capital, and those travellers who could get to the airport or train station still had to haggle or wait in long lines to escape the snowbound region. The most pressing matter: get out before ...
US Congressman John Murtha, influential critic of Iraq war, dies at age 77
February 08, 2010 - 4:27 pm
HARRISBURG, Pa. - Rep. John Murtha, a retired Marine Corps officer who became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress and later an outspoken and influential critic of the Iraq War, died Monday. He was 77. The Pennsylvania Democrat had been suffering complications from ...
Attorney for US Baptists arrested in Haiti: Clients had necessary documents to remove children
February 08, 2010 - 4:26 pm
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The new lawyer for 10 American Baptists charged with child kidnapping said Monday he believes they had paperwork to take 33 children out of the country after Haiti's devastating earthquake. Attorney Aviol Fleurant's remarks came as investigators questioned the ...
Group: Instructor at US public college included views on abortion, homosexuality in lessons
February 08, 2010 - 4:23 pm
SAN FRANCISCO - An instructor at a public community college in Fresno has been improperly presenting his religious views on homosexuality, abortion and global warming as fact to students in an introductory health science class, the American Civil Liberties Union alleged Monday. ACLU staff ...
Venezuela's Chavez launches unscheduled radio program to air at any time of day or night
February 08, 2010 - 4:19 pm
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has launched a new radio program in which he can take to the airwaves at any time of the day or night. Called "Suddenly, With Chavez," the show on state-run Venezuelan National Radio doesn't have a schedule and can be aired at any ...
Fire official: Toll should stand at 5 in US blast now that all workers
February 08, 2010 - 4:04 pm
MIDDLETOWN, Conn. - Search-and-rescue crews declared a section of an exploded power plant too unstable to comb through Monday, a task that lost urgency when officials said everyone assigned to work at the plant the day of the blast had been accounted for and the death toll should stand at ...
NATO says Afghan forces to play their biggest role of the war in upcoming operation in south
February 08, 2010 - 4:01 pm
CAMP SHORABAK, Afghanistan - Thousands of Afghan soldiers and police will join U.S. and NATO troops in an upcoming offensive in southern Afghanistan, playing their biggest role in any joint operation of the Afghan war. The pending attack on the Taliban-held town of Marjah in Helmand ...
Attorneys seek new trial for man convicted of murdering US abortion provider
February 08, 2010 - 3:59 pm
WICHITA, Kan. - Attorneys for a man convicted of murdering a prominent abortion provider have asked for a new trial or an order of acquittal for their client. Attorneys for Scott Roeder signalled their intent in a motion for a new trial made public Monday. Among other reasons, they cite a ...
Report: 13-foot alligator kills girl, 11, during river swim in Brazilian jungle
February 08, 2010 - 3:56 pm
SAO PAULO, Brazil - A 13-foot (4-meter) alligator has reportedly attacked and killed a girl who was swimming in a Brazilian jungle river. Firefighters tell local media that 11-year-old Gigliane do Nascimento Bira was playing with friends in shallow water in the northern state of Rondonia, ...
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