World - Friday, 3rd September 2010 
 | Afghan Taliban short of cash | | | A US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US troops. |
| Three tainted Pakistani cricketers suspended by ICC | | | The three Pakistani cricketers, who are at the centre of an alleged betting scam, were provisionally suspended by the International Cricket Council Thursday night after being charged under the anti-corruption code. |
| Four killed in Iraq attacks | | | Four people were killed and one injured in Iraq Thursday by unknown gunmen and a roadside bomb, while an army base came under rocket attack overnight. |
| Portman's lesbian scene shocks Venice film fest | | | Israeli-American actress Natalie Portman shocked the 67th Venice International Film Festival (Sept 1-11) attendees with a steamy lesbian scene with Mila Kunis in 'Black Swan' that opened the gala. |
| US-brokered Mideast peace summit begins | | | As a US-brokered Middle East peace summit got underway here, US President Barack Obama urged Israeli and Palestinian leaders to seize the 'moment of opportunity' as such a chance may not come again soon. |
| Bin Laden followers released from Libyan jail | | | Libya has allowed 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, to leave a prison in which they had been held since 2007. |
| Is this the world's largest flag | | | Azerbaijan's president rose what authorities have described as the world's largest flag in the capital, Baku.Ilham Aliyev hoisted the massive banner after inaugurating the new National Flag... |
| Zanetti won't rule out playing at next World Cup | | | Veteran defender Javier Zanetti says he might try to win a spot in Argentina's squad for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil after having been left out of this year's tournament by then coach Diego... |
| 65th anniversary of World War II's end marked | | | World War II veterans, their families and officials marked the 65th anniversary of the end of that war on board the same ship where Japan formally surrendered in 1945.The battleship Missouri now... |
| Mozambique riots spotlight world food price spike | | | A few pennies' increase in the price of a loaf of bread can mean the difference between getting by and going hungry _ and erupting in anger _ in the world's poorest countries.A spike in food prices... |
| ‘It is time to end the conflict’ | | | Israeli and Palestinian leaders began direct peace talks yesterday, saying it was time to end their conflict but projecting tough talks ahead as hardliners on both sides vowed never to accept a deal. |
| Hopes raised for Middle East peace | | | Shrink In a promising sign, Israeli and Palestinian leaders pledged to keep meeting at regular intervals, aiming to nail down a framework for overcoming deep disputes and achieving... |
| Police quiz 'fix' probe cricketers | | | The three Pakistan cricketers barred from the sport over match-fixing allegations are expected to be questioned by police.Test captain Salman Butt and fast bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Aamer... |
| Defiant Japanese resume dolphin hunt | | | DOLPHINS have been herded into a cove in an annual hunt in the Japanese town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter. |
| Gun battle in northeastern Mexico leaves 25 dead | | | Reporting from Mexico City — At least 25 people were killed Thursday in a gun battle between army troops and purported drug traffickers in the violent border state of Tamaulipas, just south of... |
| World stocks rise on upbeat data | | | Stocks and oil rose while U.S. Treasuries fell on Thursday as U.S. data showed the world's largest economy did not appear to be falling back into recession. But investors were looking ahead to... |
| Strike cancels out World Cup benefits - SACCI | | | Submit your comment The public service strike is diminishing the gains made by South Africa in hosting a successful World Cup, the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) said on Thursday. ... |
| Violence price worth paying in drug war | | | President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but arguing... |
| Dolphins caught, not killed, in Japan cove | | | Dolphins have been herded into a cove as part of an annual hunt in the Japanese seaside town made famous by an Oscar-winning documentary about their slaughter, conservationist group Sea... |
| Indonesian volcano spews new burst of ash | | | An Indonesian volcano sent a new, powerful burst of hot ash high into the air early Friday, violently shaking homes and trees along the slopes and sending panicked... |
| Chavez breaking campaign rules | | | An electoral official accused President Hugo Chavez and his allies of breaking campaign laws by using state-run media to berate rivals and praise friends ahead of this... |
| Typhoon kills 5 South Koreans | | | The death toll from Typhoon Kompasu, which battered the Korean peninsula with strong winds and heavy rains, rose to five in South Korea, an official said Friday. |
| Soldiers kill 25 in gunbattle near border | | | Soldiers killed 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has seen a surge in drug gang violence, the... |
| Victims refused narco work | | | One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants said in an interview broadcast Thursday that they... |
| 'World is past crisis' | | | Trade data shows that the world has emerged from the global economic crisis even though the rate of recovery varies from region to region, the head of the World Trade Organization said... |
| Obama to launch political offensive on economy | | | President Barack Obama will next week make a new bid to stem ebbing political support over the slowing economic recovery, with visits to the struggling Midwest and a formal White House... |
| For families of Muslim 9/11 victims, a new pain | | | NEW YORK After that cruel day nine Septembers ago, Talat Hamdani felt twice victimized: first by fellow Muslims who killed her son, then by fellow Americans who doubted that a Muslim like her... |
| Critics expose Sarah Palin's dark side | | | She is not always truthful. She's a lousy tipper. She billed the Republican Party more than $3,000 for the underwear she bought during the last Presidential election, including dozens of Spanx... |
| Gone With The Wind child star dies | | | Cammie King Conlon, the actress who portrayed the doomed daughter of Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With The Wind, has died aged 76.Her friend, Bruce Lewis, said she died of lung cancer at... |
| Ottawa man world's top bagpiper | | | Andrew Hayes has no doubt heard all the jokes. Like the one that goes, “why do pipers always walk when they play?” Answer: “To get away from the sound of their bagpipes.” Then there’s this... |
| Hamas, 10 groups vow to target Israelis | | | Members of the militant wing of Hamas and representatives of 10 other militant groups met Thursday and said they were joining forces and that attacks on Israelis would continue. |
| School reform takes courage | | | When Obama and Duncan arrived in Washington, the Harvard-educated, basketball-playing buddies stormed onto the field of education reform like a pair of Chicago Bulls in a china shop, and... |
| Massacre survivor recounts experience | | | A survivor of a massacre in Mexico that left 72 dead advised other would-be migrants to stay at home to avoid a fate like the one he and his companions met. |
| Afghan lie test flops | | | Yet four of its top prosecutors have failed FBI lie-detector tests meant to weed out the corrupt. They failed when asked if they had accepted a bribe in the past two years but remain in post. One is... |
| Move to force Roma into camps | | | A FAR-RIGHT Hungarian party has called for gypsies considered a threat to public order to be forcibly settled in camps outside towns and subject to curfew. |
| Opposition magazine is raided by riot police | | | Armed and masked Russian police raided an opposition magazine yesterday, pressing journalists to hand over interview recordings used in reports on alleged abuses by the much-feared OMON riot police. |
| Gunman 'hated TV message on population' | | | A GUNMAN police shot dead after he took hostages at Discovery Channel's headquarters said he hated the company's shows such as Kate Plus 8 because they promoted population growth. |
| German bank asks race-row member to quit | | | Germany's central bank said yesterday that it would request the dismissal of a board member whose comments stereotyping Muslims and Jews drew outrage at home and abroad. |
| NASA in the grip of Hurricane Earl | | | It sent scientists to ride the 145mph Hurricane Earl on a quest for the "holy grail" of storm research, as one million people on the ground trembled in its path.Aircraft including an unmanned Global... |
| EC asks for proof that expulsions meet rules | | | In a report, three of the 27 commissioners questioned whether France was meeting the EU's legal requirements when sending the migrants back to Romania and Bulgaria. But the report withheld judgment.... |
| Putin extends ban on wheat exports | | | Mr Putin said in televised remarks the ban will be lifted only after the results of the 2011 harvest are in. Russia is a major exporter but its wheat crop was damaged this year by drought and fires.... |
| Two more charged over Uganda bomb | | | The charges bring the total number of suspects in the case so far to 34. The two men were charged with 89 offences including three terrorism charges, 76 charges of murder and ten of attempted murder. |
| China expected to back Iran sanctions | | | The European Union said yesterday it expects China to support sanctions against Iran over its nuclear programme and not let its companies move into the country's market as European companies pull out. |
| Baby killing may point to darker secret | | | Police searched the home of the 41-year-old woman, named as Anita C, after she visited hospital complaining of abdominal pains and was found to have recently given birth.The body of the first baby... |
| Middle East talks begin with work plan | | | Israeli and Palestinian leaders meet in Washington and agree on fortnightly talks to work toward a peace deal even as the issue of settlement construction in the West Bank threatens to derail the... |
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