Moscow announced the decision a week after a 7-year-old boy was sent back to Russia alone by his adoptive mother.
Source latestThree people were arrested for kickbacks in connection with a contract to supply Russian law enforcement.
Source latestSouth Korea lifted part of a warship from the sea Thursday, nearly three weeks after it mysteriously exploded. Bodies of crew members were found inside.
Source latestShots were fired into the air at a political rally in southern Kyrgyzstan, as the country remained tense a week after street protesters toppled the government.
Source latestHundreds of flights across northern Europe were canceled on Thursday as a plume of ash from a volcano in Iceland drifted south toward Britain and Scandinavia.
Source latestLast week
Source latestMany Sudanese attribute their country
Source latestThe growth rate, the highest in three years, topped most economists
Source latestChina growth surged to 11.9 percent in the first quarter but inflation was lower than expected, easing pressure on Beijing to hike rates and cool the boom.
Source latestPresident Obama
Source latestTea party supporters are wealthier and more well-educated than the general public and tend to be Republican, white, male and married, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll.
Source latestKumbh Mela, the world
Source latestHours after President Lech Kaczynski
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Source latestA compromise deal would limit and ultimately end whale hunting by Japan, Norway and Iceland, said people involved with the negotiations.
Source latestThe Vatican sought to distance itself from comments by Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, its secretary of state, that homosexuality is
Source latestIran could produce enough fuel for at least one nuclear weapon within a year, but would likely need two to five years to make a workable bomb, two top officials said.
Source latestIsraeli officials said that accurate long-distance Scud missiles were given to the Lebanese group Hezbollah.
Source latestAfter Intel
Source latestLt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, in preparation for a Senate confirmation hearing on Thursday, sketched out the broad battlefield for the Pentagon
Source latestTaking the unusual step of limiting its authority, Iran
Source latestMeeting with leaders of Congress from both parties, President Obama rejected Republican arguments against the overhaul.
Source latestA
Source latestOlli Rehn suggested the creation of a new monetary fund, as well as moves to withhold subsidies from
Source latestOn Thursday, Gordon Brown and his two principal opponents will break a taboo that has lasted in Britain since the dawn of the television age.
Source latestA business that
Source latestApproval by the German Parliament of the loan package would not be a serious obstacle, analysts and government sources said.
Source latestA surge in prices in Australia has reinvigorated debate over whether the market is overheated.
Source latestDemand for the iPad in the United States has exceeded expectations, Apple said.
Source latestWith JPMorgan
Source latestClosing the Korangal Outpost after four years was a tacit admission that setting up a base in the isolated valley was a mistake in the first place.
Source latestThe new Kyrgyz leader said the deposed president should face trial, a day after the president said he was willing to step down in exchange for safety, news reports said.
Source latestA powerful earthquake in northwest China killed at least 300 people, injured 8,000 and left many others buried under debris, Chinese state media reported.
Source latestA powerful earthquake killed at least 67 people and left many others buried under debris early Wednesday.
Source latestIf an Obama doctrine is emerging, it is one much more realpolitik than his predecessor
Source latestFor the first time in decades, there has been a significant drop worldwide in deaths from pregnancy and childbirth.
Source latestThe army and the police kept the country safe for voting, but more than a month later, there is still no new government, and no certain leader they can look to.
Source latestThe economy is a prominent concern in the race, but the loss of British troops in Afghanistan could tip the balance.
Source latestA dispute over naming streets in Ramallah is an example of how Israelis and Palestinians are almost incapable of hearing one another.
Source latestWhy an herb loved by much of the world is reviled by a loud minority.
Source latestToyota temporarily halted sales after Consumer Reports said the Lexus GX 460 had a handling problem that could lead to a rollover.
Source latestMicrofinancing has grown so popular that some of its proponents are wringing their hands. Larger banks now dominate the field, often charging high interest rates.
Source latestSuch is the history of tainted elections in the country that many worry computerization may provide even greater opportunities for disenfranchising voters.
Source latestAt least 14 radio stations stopped airing music, heeding an ultimatum by an Islamist group to stop playing songs or face
Source latestThe first comprehensive assessment of genetically modified crops called for national attention to the problem of overuse.
Source latestThe first lady traveled to Port-au-Prince to reinforce American commitment to help with the recovery effort.
Source latestInvestors scooped up the high-yielding paper effectively backed by the E.U. and the I.M.F.
Source latestThe body of Polish First Lady Maria Kaczynska was returned from Russia as Parliament prepared to hold a memorial for those who died in the crash.
Source latestThe timing of any policy shift has been complicated by surging nationalism, a media frenzy over the issue and visits by top officials to Beijing and Washington.
Source latestThe provisional government that took power has stripped the fugitive president of his immunity, an official said.
Source latestPresident Hu Jintao agreed to join negotiations on sanctions against Iran, but he made no specific commitment to U.S.-backed measures, officials said.
Source latestThe Red Cross aid on Tuesday that an
Source latestA battle over helping Fabienne Jean, a dancer who lost a leg in Haiti
Source latestThe most tenacious bastions of the crippling virus
Source latestGermany, long the financier of the European Union, has made it clear that it will no longer pay for the mistakes and frauds of others, while France has emphasized unity.
Source latestLehman Brothers controlled the board of a firm that appeared to be an independent business, and also owned a quarter of it.
Source latestSome families were within weeks of adopting Russian children. Now, they are waiting to see what happens.
Source latestPurveyors of contraband alcohol must hide their line of work from the police, the Taliban and their families.
Source latestAmong the recommendations in a new report: a gigantic power cable to link solar farms in Spain with distant countries like Poland.
Source latestA deal on eliminating a stockpile of highly enriched uranium allowed President Obama to claim progress at the nuclear security summit in Washington.
Source latestNew incinerators reduce energy costs and reliance on oil and gas and also benefit the environment, but they have not caught on in the United States.
Source latestEstablishing good relations with farmers is a centerpiece of the company
Source latestThe phones have social-networking features, like the ability to update status messages on sites like Facebook, Twitter and MySpace, all at once.
Source latestHu Jia, who has been serving a three-and-a-half-year sentence for inciting subversion, was admitted to a Beijing prison medical center where doctors discovered a mass on his liver, his family said.
Source latestThe Vatican for the first time released guidelines that explicitly say that bishops and other high-ranking clerics should report cases of abuse to police if required by law.
Source latestRussia held an official day of mourning for the victims, as the inquiry focused on the pilot
Source latestScientists are studying the drugs
Source latestThe president held a rally with supporters and declared that if the interim government that supplanted him sought his arrest,
Source latestNews reports say a train has derailed in northern Italy and left seven people dead and several injured.
Source latestDevelopers fear that Twitter could transform from generous benefactor to arch competitor to their start-ups.
Source latestU.S. troops raked a large passenger bus with gunfire near Kandahar city on Monday morning, killing at least five civilians, Afghan authorities said.
Source latestThe electoral mechanisms to replace the dead officials were functioning according to plan, and senior Polish officials said the government would continue to operate normally.
Source latestThere were no reports of looting or widespread attacks on property, but anti-government protesters maintained a presence in the streets.
Source latestSenior leaders in the interim government are accusing the United States of allowing family members of the ousted president, Kurmanbek Bakiyev, to enrich themselves with Pentagon contracts.
Source latestA nuclear arms race in South Asia may be escalating even as President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia sign accords to shrink their arsenals.
Source latestThe government of Venezuela is making street art a central element of its promotion of a state ideology.
Source latestAttention has been drawn to the pilot
Source latestToyota promised a remedy for floor mat problems but did not implement one quickly, raising questions about why federal officials did not force the issue.
Source latestPhil Mickelson won the 2010 Masters with a spectacular run through the final nine holes that put him at the head of a pack in which several players vied for the lead.
Source latestThe country
Source latestA far-right party could gain new power in elections, a result that would tarnish Hungary
Source latestThe Kyrgyz president, forced from the capital last week in rioting, said in an interview he retained popular support.
Source latestEuro-zone finance ministers unanimously approved a detailed emergency aid mechanism for Greece but stressed that the country had not yet requested a bailout.
Source latestAnti-government demonstrators stood their ground on the streets of Bangkok on Sunday, but the government ignored their demands to step down.
Source latestAnti-government protesters rejected talk of negotiations on Sunday after violent clashes killed at least 20 people.
Source latestThe country began its first competitive elections in almost a quarter century on Sunday, despite partial boycotts.
Source latestInvestigators began on Sunday to analyze evidence from the flight recorders in the plane crash in western Russia that killed the Polish president and dozens of the country
Source latestBihar
Source latestToys at the house where a boy lived before his adoptive mother sent him back to Russia are the tiniest clues in a mystery that has turned into an international dispute.
Source latestWith no answers as to why the country had been robbed of many of its brightest minds, Poles found reassurance in the presence of so many others in the same state of shock.
Source latestFormer rebels of the Lord
Source latestAs the church continued to battle a sexual abuse crisis, Pope Benedict XVI watched a movie about Pope Pius XII, one of the most contentious figures haunting his papacy.
Source latestThe director James Cameron opposes a dam that environmentalists say would devastate the indigenous communities that live along the Xingu River.
Source latestProtesters fought an attempt to disperse them in a battle that left at least 11 dead and more than 500 hurt.
Source latestThe future Pope Benedict XVI, dealing with a request to defrock a child-molesting priest in California, acted
Source latestIran, a major power broker in Iraqi politics, called for leaders to include Sunnis in the new government.
Source latestPresident Jacob Zuma reprimanded his most outspoken and often outrageous disciple, saying that Julius Malema had crossed the line.
Source latestChancellor Angela Merkel, who went out of her way to improve relations between Warsaw and Berlin, said she was shocked by President Lech Kaczynski
Source latestMr. Kaczynski was elected in 2005 as his twin brother took leadership of the nationalist-conservative Law and Justice government. This often put Poland on a collision course with its European Union partners and Russia.
Source latestProtesters tried to force their way into an army base in Bangkok on Saturday but were repelled by water cannon.
Source latestA plane carrying the Polish president, Lech Kaczynski, and his wife crashed in western Russia on Saturday morning, and there were no survivors, according to Russia media.
Source latestThe country
Source latestCardinal Joseph Ratzinger, then a top Vatican official, signed a letter in 1985 resisting defrocking a California priest who molested children, according to church documents.
Source latestThe future Pope Benedict XVI resisted pleas to defrock a California priest with a record of sexually molesting children, according to a 1985 letter bearing his signature.
Source latestDoctors at Bagram Air Base were stunned to find unexploded ordnance lodged in an Afghan soldier
Source latestThe Dow traded over 11,000 for the first time since 2008. But some believe the market has come too far too fast.
Source latestThe future Pope Benedict XVI resisted pleas to defrock a California priest with a record of sexually molesting children, according to a 1985 letter bearing his signature.
Source latestAn E.U. official confirmed reports that an accord had been struck on the technical details of a possible loan for Greece.
Source latestTensions with the Afghan president flared after President Obama
Source latestThe acting head of government, Roza Otunbayeva, said that Kurmanbek Bakiyev would be allowed to safely leave the country if he stepped down.
Source latestThe retirement of Associate Justice John Paul Stevens, 89, was widely expected, and sets up a confirmation battle over his replacement that could dominate the political scene this summer.
Source latestAfter a week of counterattacks by the Catholic Church over sex abuse, the Vatican changed course.
Source latestThai anti-government protesters stormed into a telecom company compound and were met with riot police firing tear gas and water cannons, but police quickly withdrew.
Source latestThe proposal was in reaction to a scandal over a 7-year-old boy who was put on a plane to Moscow alone by his adoptive mother in Tennessee.
Source latestIt doesn
Source latestIn an effort to attract more buyers, Malaysia is taking steps to convince European importers that its timber is harvested legally and sustainably.
Source latestHundreds sang South Africa
Source latestBloodstains still visible on the pavement, crowds gathered for a memorial and demanded that the president resign.
Source latestThai anti-government protesters stormed into a telecom company compound where authorities had shut down their vital TV channel.
Source latestA Twitter posting has evolved into a psychodrama, with President Nicolas Sarkozy suspecting a plot against him.
Source latestCandidates and election monitors said that turnout appeared to be unusually low in the first parliamentary elections since the insurgency was defeated in 2009.
Source latestIsraeli media reported that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu feared that Muslim states were planning on using the occasion to discuss Israel
Source latestMr. McLaren was an impresario, recording artist and fashion designer who, as the Sex Pistols
Source latestThe Soviet ambassador from 1962 to 1986 worked with six American presidents and served a crucial role during the Cuban missile crisis.
Source latestThe signs are that the U.S. economic recovery is growing stronger. So why do so many seem not to believe it?
Source latestWith its place on the world stage firmly set, this Australian city seems to be in the midst of a historical revival.
Source latestThe question facing Europe was whether Greece will run out of money before it gets the chance to curb its gaping budget deficit.
Source latestAs Tiger Woods began his comeback from a five-month absence, Tom Watson kept thrilling his adoring gallery with another blast-from-the-past performance.
Source latestThe Nord Stream project, for which the first pipes will be laid Friday, has drawn criticism in Europe for increasing energy dependency on Russia.
Source latestCallers made 13,293 attempts to get through to church psychologists and social workers in three days, according to the counseling center handling the hotline.
Source latestApple discusses future versions of the operating system for the iPhone and iPad at an event at its headquarters.
Source latestCrew members who survived the sinking of a South Korean warship said Thursday they were convinced the explosion came from outside the ship.
Source latestAustralopithecus sediba strode upright on long legs, but still climbed through trees on apelike arms, scientists reported.
Source latestIf confirmed, the deaths would add to 153 already reported after heavy rain in Rio de Janeiro this week.
Source latestThe treaty signed by President Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia in Prague on Thursday would trim the two powers
Source latestBritish Airways and Spain
Source latestAn announcement could be made within days to allow the Chinese currency greater variation and a small jump against the dollar, people with knowledge of the consensus emerging in Beijing said.
Source latestBritish Airways and Spain
Source latestA passenger on a Denver-bound flight lighted a cigarette and made comments that air marshals took as a threat.
Source latestSri Lankans voted Thursday for a new Parliament, with President Mahinda Rajapaksa seeking to expand his political dominance after winning re-election.
Source latestProtests appear to have overthrown the government, calling into question the fate of a U.S. air base that supports the war in Afghanistan.
Source latestOfficials are investigating an incident on a flight to Denver. ABC had reported that authorities said a man tried to set fire to his shoes, which could not be confirmed.
Source latestThe Communist Party
Source latestAs most airlines lose money, two see a chance to reverse their fortunes with greater economy of scale. But many hurdles remain, including labor questions.
Source latestSeemingly cruel chatter in a helicopter may reflect a wartime necessity to overcome inhibitions to kill.
Source latestAfter a week of heated words, a State Department spokesman said Afghanistan
Source latestThe UAL Corporation, the parent of United Airlines, and US Airways are in talks to merge, in a potential deal that would create one of the world's largest airlines, people briefed on the matter told DealBook on Wednesday.
Source latestThe lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, said he was abandoning his once prominent role as a government critic in hopes of being allowed to reunite with his family.
Source latestManchester United
Source latestAs President Obama prepares to sign the so-called
Source latestChina is poised to play a role in supplying the technology to build high-speed rail lines in California.
Source latestProtesters claimed to have overthrown the government of Kyrgyzstan for the second time in five years, after clashes in which at least 41 people were killed.
Source latestIn May, the leader of Norway
Source latestThe governing body on Wednesday retreated from its earlier defense of a contentious song
Source latestPresident Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan ousted the country
Source latestAlan Greenspan on Wednesday fended off a barrage of questions about the Fed
Source latestLarge protests against the government broke out in the capital and riot police fired on crowds that tried to storm federal buildings, killing at least 17 people.
Source latestThe White House is still pushing for Israelis and Palestinians to start indirect talks, but President Obama may introduce his own proposal.
Source latestThe former tennis champion Martina Navratilova told People magazine she has been diagnosed with breast cancer but that her prognosis is said to be excellent.
Source latestThe Spanish judge who went after Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden was indicted for alleged abuse of power in an inquiry of Spanish civil war atrocities.
Source latestGeneral Motors said on Wednesday that it had a positive cash flow of $1 billion in the six months after emerging from bankruptcy protection.
Source latestA financial advisory group says the planning is needed now because any course of action will take time to implement.
Source latestThe three automakers said the agreement would allow them to better compete and cut costs.
Source latestMADRID (AP) -- The Spanish judge who indicted Augusto Pinochet and Osama bin Laden has been charged with abuse of power in an investigation of Spanish civil war atrocities.
Source latestPrime Minister Vladimir V. Putin of Russia is to attend the first joint commemoration of the murder of thousands of Polish officers by the Soviet Union in 1939.
Source latestThe unexpected meeting in Beijing on Thursday comes amid signs China is rethinking its currency policy.
Source latestPolice fired in a crowd of thousands antigovernment protesters and killed several people as tensions have been growing over what rights groups say are increasingly repressive policies.
Source latestA Chinese coal freighter aground on the Great Barrier Reef has at least one punctured fuel tank , prompting a delicate effort to transfer oil within the ship to tanks that are still intact.
Source latestA band of protesters broke through a line of security forces and stormed into the Parliament on Wednesday.
Source latestThe three automakers confirmed on Wednesday that they would swap stakes and jointly develop cars as part of plans aimed at gaining scale and sharing costs.
Source latestProtesters briefly occupied the grounds of Thailand
Source latestAijalon Mahli Gomes, who was arrested for illegal entry, was sentenced to eight years of hard labor, North Korea
Source latestJapan
Source latestThe U.S. faces a quandary over a loan for a coal-fired power plant, which will help in an energy shortage but will add to greenhouse gases.
Source latestThe release of a video depicting a U.S. assault that killed two Reuters employees is drawing attention to WikiLeaks, a whistleblower Web site.
Source latestThe Obama administration authorized the killing of the radical Muslim cleric Anwar al-Awlaki.
Source latestNorth Korea says it has sentenced an American man to eight years
Source latestThe Palestinian Authority is trying to build a virtual state and body politic through nonviolent resistance.
Source latestThe number of people on terrorist watch lists is likely to rise as officials recalibrate the standards for identifying potential threats.
Source latestThat Pope Benedict XVI
Source latestAfter most airlines imposed fees to check luggage, travelers are doing it less, but carrying on more items.
Source latestViolence in the Caucasus has receded, but now Russia is battling a dispersed and shadowy force, run in local cells protected by steel beams of clan loyalty.
Source latestA major earthquake of magnitude 7.8 shook the Indonesian island of Sumatra, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday.
Source latestMikhail B. Khodorkovsky, Russia
Source latestMany Czechs are voicing growing concerns about Russia's motives and America's resolve in a region where history is never far from the surface.
Source latestAnat Kamm, a journalist who has been accused of copying Israeli military documents concerning the killing of Palestinian militants, is scheduled to go on trial in mid-April.
Source latestInter Milan advanced to the Champions League semifinals for the first time in seven years, beating CSKA Moscow 1-0 on Tuesday.
Source latestPrime Minister Kevin Rudd criticized the captain of a freighter that beached on the Great Barrier Reef calling the vessel
Source latestThe French oil giant Total suffered a fresh public relations setback Tuesday after the Paris prosecutor's office confirmed that the company was being investigated in a corruption case linked to Iraq.
Source latestMarkets in Athens were unnerved on Tuesday, a day before I.M.F. officials were to arrive to discuss the government
Source latestThe ruling would allow Internet providers to slow down access to certain kinds of content, such as video, or charge more to heavy users of their networks.
Source latestThe Catholic priest, charged with a 2004 sexual assault, said that he had been unaware of the case
Source latestSome 9 inches of rain drenched downtown Rio in a relentless storm that shut down airports, metro stations and major highways and bridges.
Source latestThe authorities described a carefully executed surprise attack in an isolated forest region on Tuesday.
Source latestThe bombings on Tuesday in residential areas of Baghdad, which killed at least 28 people, came against a backdrop of political instability.
Source latestThe family of a Reuters photographer killed in 2007 in an American military airstrike watched the video of the incident on Monday.
Source latestThe second female suicide bomber was a teacher from a predominantly Muslim region of Russia who was married to an extremist leader, officials said on Tuesday.
Source latestA senior government official says Maoist rebels have killed at least 40 paramilitary soldiers in attacks in the eastern Indian state of Chhattisgarh.
Source latestThe election will likely be the most closely fought ballot in almost two decades, with opposition Conservatives taking aim at Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Source latestCoordinated blasts killed at least two people in the Iraqi capital on Tuesday, civil defense and police sources said.
Source latestA trio of Asian art auctions by Sotheby
Source latestAustralia
Source latestRescuers searched for 10 other miners on Tuesday after an explosion ripped through a coal mine 30 miles south of Charleston.
Source latestOsthammar is one of several Swedish towns competing for the right to store the country
Source latestPeople with facial paralysis have no trouble reading others
Source latestPresident Obama said he was revamping American nuclear strategy to narrow the conditions under which the United States would use nuclear weapons, even in self-defense.
Source latestCanadian and American researchers monitored a spying operation while China-based intruders pilfered classified and restricted documents from the highest levels of the Indian Defense Ministry.
Source latestCitigroup
Source latestWikileaks.org released a video of a U.S. helicopter killing a Reuters photographer and driver in 2007 in Baghdad.
Source latestExcavations in northern Syria are expected to reveal more about a prehistoric culture in Mesopotamia that gave rise to the first cities and the invention of writing.
Source latestThe groups
Source latestAn explosion ripped through an underground coal mine in Raleigh County, West Virginia emergency officials said.
Source latestMoscow residents originally from the North Caucasus worry about being mistaken for terrorists and being victims of xenophobic violence themselves.
Source latestBritain will vote for its next government on May 6, Prime Minister Gordon Brown will announce on Tuesday.
Source latestThe penalty is the largest single federal fine against an automaker and accuses Toyota of failing to promptly notify the government about defective gas pedals.
Source latestReal Valladolid has sacked coach Onesimo Sanchez after only two months at the helm. Sanchez
Source latestThe Treasury secretary lands in New Delhi on Tuesday for a two-day trip to inaugurate a new economic and financial partnership.
Source latestA priest charged with sexually assaulting a teenage girl in Minnesota has been allowed to continue working at a Catholic diocese in southern India.
Source latestConvoys of anti-government protesters coursed through Bangkok while thousands more remained in the heart of the city, defying orders to disperse.
Source latestStocks climbed and the yield on the 10-year Treasury note rose to its highest level since 2008 amid growing confidence about the economy.
Source latestA Catholic priest charged with assaulting a 14-year-old girl in Minnesota is working in his home diocese in India and has no plans to return to the U.S. to face the courts.
Source latestApple says that more that 300,000 iPads were sold on the first day and that more than a million apps were downloaded.
Source latestCarrying a crew of seven and 10 tons of supplies and equipment, the shuttle Discovery thundered away on a space station resupply mission on Monday.
Source latestA powerful bomb and rocket launchers were used in the attack in Peshawar on Monday, an official said. An earlier bomb killed at least 25 people in Dir.
Source latestThe admission by the military was a reversal of previous accounts of a botched Special Operations raid in February.
Source latestThree explosions have rocked the largest city in northwestern Pakistan hours after a suspected suicide bomber attacked a political rally elsewhere in the troubled region.
Source latestIn a country where an average seven miners a day die in work accidents, China
Source latestA suicide bomber killed at least two police officers in the restive North Caucasus region, official said, the latest in a spate of such attacks.
Source latestA suicide bomber killed two policemen and wounded a third near the police headquarters of a town in Russia's North Caucasus region of Ingushetia on Monday, officials said.
Source latestA 7.2-magnitude quake, which was centered near Mexicali, Mexico, and killed one person there, was felt in Los Angeles and beyond.
Source latestWhen Sarah Palin
Source latestRescue efforts continued on Monday after 34 miners were freed early Monday after being trapped for more than a week.
Source latestSince the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, thousands of doctors and nurses have volunteered to help.
Source latestA stepped-up campaign of American drone strikes have reportedly cast a pall of fear over an area that was once a free zone for Al Qaeda and the Taliban.
Source latestMore writers and producers are cutting branding deals before the movie is cast or the script is fully shaped.
Source latestThe soil on roughly 30,000 square miles of farmland is too dry to plant crops with agricultural losses already totaling $3.5 billion.
Source latestMany developers have spent weeks working on apps, but only a handful were given iPads to test their software.
Source latestSouth Koreans still ask whether they should expose pro-Japanese collaborators, most of them already dead.
Source latestAn earthquake centered in Baja California in Mexico shook buildings as far north as Los Angeles, the U.S. Geological Service said.
Source latestThe rescue had seemed beyond hope for days before crews heard someone tapping from deep underground.
Source latestAfghan President Hamid Karzai continued over the weekend to make hostile statements as the West took stock of just how little maneuvering room it has.
Source latestA large Chinese freighter carrying coal to China ran aground on a section of Australia
Source latestPresident Jacob Zuma called for calm on Sunday after the killing of Eugene Terre
Source latestSebastian Vettel leapt from third on the starting grid to take the lead from his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber by the first corner of the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday. He never lost it.
Source latestHuge crowds and foul weather, a standard combination for spring bicycle races in Belgium, marked the Tour of Flanders.
Source latestA prominent cardinal, in a marked departure from tradition, stood before Pope Benedict XVI and delivered a show of support in the face of growing anger over the Catholic church
Source latestDemonstrators defied calls to disperse in a major escalation of three weeks of mass protests.
Source latestKim Jong-il was host of a weekend party in Pyongyang for the new Chinese ambassador, both countries
Source latestKUALA LUMPUR - After scoring pole position at the first two races and dropping from the lead with a technical problem each time, Sebastian Vettel leaped from third on the grid at the Malaysian Grand Prix on Sunday.
Source latestThe Iraqi capital echoed with explosions as three suicide bombings killed 22 or more people. Other bombs and rockets went off at scattered locations.
Source latestA leading cardinal, addressing Pope Benedict at the start of an Easter Sunday ceremony, said the Church would not be influenced by what he called
Source latestA coal-carrying ship that ran aground and was leaking oil on Australia
Source latestDr. Desiree Pardi, a leading practitioner in palliative care, counseled patients about accepting death, until cancer spread in her body, and she chose to fight it.
Source latestOnce a thriving national industry, sardine canneries have fallen victim to global competition, corporate consolidations and a general lack of appetite.
Source latestA man and a teenage boy have been charged with the killing of Eugene TerreBlanche, who served a sentence for beating a black worker and setting dogs on a gas station attendant.
Source latestThe median pay package for C.E.O.
Source latestMany waiting for the iPad had a sense that they were involved in a big Apple moment, although they could not quite say how they would use the gadget.
Source latestAntigovernment protesters raised the stakes in their mass demonstrations on Saturday, converging on the heart of Bangkok
Source latestThe decision drew sharp criticism from members of both parties in Congress who want hold China accountable for its currency policy in order to protect American businesses.
Source latestVladimir Putin girds for battle with a fearsome scowl and an old Russian tradition of faulting underlings, not the czar, for stuff that goes wrong.
Source latestThe Taliban have killed or beaten people who have received money from the Marines, or they have pocketed it themselves.
Source latestPresident Hugo Ch
Source latestThe archbishop of Canterbury described the Catholic Church in Ireland as
Source latestUpdates from Times reporters and from around the Web as the iPad goes on sale in the United States.
Source latestMANCHESTER, England
Source latestUniformed killers fatally shot or slit the throats of 25 members of an extended family. Most of the 19 male victims had been members of Iraqi security forces or of Awakening Councils.
Source latestMark Webber scored pole position during a wild qualifying session for the Malaysian Grand Prix.
Source latestThe friendly fire by German troops occurred shortly after three German soldiers were killed in a Taliban attack.
Source latestGunmen wearing Iraqi military uniforms raided homes in a Sunni village south of Baghdad, killing 25, including five women, in an overnight attack.
Source latestHis suicide at age 40 came as a shock. Friends reflect on the designer and the events leading up to his death.
Source latestProfessional athletes say that video games improve their physical and mental skills, in part because the quality of the sports simulations have gotten so good.
Source latestThe laid-back, untamed vibe of Costa Rica
Source latestA former mining town is embracing its industrial heritage, with a little help from punk rock and a
Source latestDr. Roberts made an early contribution to modern computing and was a mentor to Bill Gates, but left the industry decades ago to become a country doctor.
Source latestAnalysts said that the new system promised to bring more complete and timely threat information to bear on decisions about who should be prevented from boarding an airliner.
Source latestMr. Forsythe starred in three television series, as Bentley Gregg on
Source latestPresident Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan telephoned Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton to say he had not meant to criticize the United States but rather Western news coverage of Afghanistan.
Source latestIn a poor rural village in Eastern Slovakia, the Roma eke out an existence on society
Source latestVoters aligned with Moktada al-Sadr cast ballots in an unofficial referendum that was chaotic, but may prove critical in determining the next prime minister of Iraq.
Source latestIn a Good Friday remarks, a senior Vatican priest compared the uproar over sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church to the persecution of the Jews.
Source latestThe Russian prime minister will meet with President Hugo Ch
Source latestThough the unemployment rate remained steady at 9.7 percent, the overall employment picture was greatly improved, with positive revisions to January and February.
Source latestWhile Japan is well known for its products in the auto and technology sectors, the same is not so true for the grocery business. Some companies are trying to change that.
Source latestOfficials said one of two female bombers in the Moscow subway attacks was the 17-year-old widow of an insurgent leader.
Source latestIsraeli warplanes struck across Gaza on Friday, causing no injuries but damaging structures that the Israeli military said were weapons sites.
Source latestPresident Obama and President Hu Jintao spoke for an hour by phone and expressed a desire for healthier ties.
Source latestThe new approach will replace a broader layer of extra scrutiny that had been imposed recently on all passengers from 14 countries, most of which are Muslim.
Source latestPresident Obama and President Hu Jintao spoke for an hour by phone about nuclear security on Thursday night.
Source latestIsraeli planes and helicopters launched at least seven missile attacks on Gaza on Friday, destroying what a military spokesman described as Palestinian munitions sites.
Source latestThe Vietnamese seem largely uninterested in foreign accounts of what they call the
Source latestSome 40 Haitian earthquake survivors were released after more than two months in federal custody in Florida.
Source latestAs European nations consider the social and political costs of cutting public sector spending, Lithuania offers a case study of the societal trade-offs.
Source latestAn accuser of a pedophile priest contacted the church, and the priest himself, after seeing photographs on the Internet of him still working with children.
Source latestA day for tomfoolery brought tales of lickable newspapers, technological weasels who lay cable and a Terminatoresque prime minister to the British media.
Source latestA drought is causing shortages across Southeast Asia, but China is being forced to counter the perception that its dams are hijacking resources.
Source latestIran has shown no qualms about seeking to influence the formation of Iraq
Source latestHe was the foremost photographer of prewar Eastern European Jewish life. But how real was the image he created?
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Source latestThe call came after figures showed that some of the dirtiest industries benefited from a surplus of European permits to pollute.
Source latestPresident Hamid Karzai accused the West of perpetrating the fraud that denied him an outright victory in last summer
Source latestWord of President Hu Jintao
Source latestKim Cattrall, the actress known for her work as Samantha in the
Source latestAfter her husband secretly converted their children to Islam, a Hindu woman is navigating the conflicting jurisdictions of Malaysia
Source latestAfter a series of bombings raised fears that terrorism is escalating in Russia, President Dmitri A. Medvedev made a visit to the Caucasian republic of Dagestan.
Source latestPresident Hamid Karzai accused the West of trying to ruin Afghanistan
Source latestU.S. officials had feared China would boycott the talks later this month as a way of expressing displeasure over a series of recent diplomatic clashes.
Source latestThe withdrawal of the main challenger in Sudan
Source latestPresident Hu Jintao will take part in a summit on nuclear security in the United States, signaling an end of strained relations between the countries.
Source latestKey surveys of manufacturers showed Japan was still struggling while China is surging ahead.
Source latestAt least 30 earthquake survivors are prisoners of the U.S. immigration system, locked up since arriving in Florida.
Source latestA graduate student has unearthed the first known, government-issued version of Haiti
Source latestSome scholars are turning to M.R.I.
Source latestApple
Source latestIn trying to speed reinforcements into Afghanistan while reducing forces in Iraq, U.S. commanders are orchestrating one of the largest troop and mat
Source latestTwo of three court judges said that the clashes could amount to crimes against humanity. The judges
Source latestThe very size of the outpouring to help Haiti rebuild raised questions about whether the commitments would be met and how fast the financial support could help the Haitian people.
Source latestDonors pledged $5.3 billion to Haiti, exceeding expectations in a drive to rebuild the country after January
Source latestChina seems to have moved closer to backing sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program.
Source latestA judge ruled that the government had violated a 1978 federal statute requiring court approval for domestic surveillance when it intercepted phone calls of Al Haramain, a now-defunct charity.
Source latestArsenal clawed back a two-goal deficit to draw 2-2 with Barcelona on Wednesday in a rip-roaring Champions League quarter-final first leg.
Source latestPakistani officials told the Supreme Court that the country
Source latestThe vote
Source latestEmissions data for Europe is expected to show that a trading system for carbon isn
Source latestFollowers of the militant cleric said they were arranging a special vote to pick the prime minister.
Source latestThe move is a shift by the Swiss government, which is eager to resolve a simmering feud with the I.R.S.
Source latestThe European Central Bank chief put a brave face on the country
Source latestROME
Source latestSwitzerland
Source latestInternational donors met at the United Nations to pledge up to $4 billion to Haiti, the first step in a worldwide effort to rebuild the country after January
Source latestAn account by a member of a prison gang suggests the target of the assassination was not an employee of the U.S. consulate, but her husband, a prison guard.
Source latestDespite the efforts of 1,000 rescuers, hope appeared to be fading Wednesday for 153 miners trapped in a coal shaft in northern China that was flooded on Sunday.
Source latestThe deferential culture that has helped anchor the social hierarchy in Thailand for centuries is fraying, analysts say, as poorer Thais become more assertive.
Source latestWhile the Obama administration says a new agreement will produce real reductions, some experts say it
Source latestTwo days after twin attacks in Moscow, a pair of bombers struck in Russia
Source latestGoogle says it has identified cyber attacks aimed at silencing critics of a Chinese-backed bauxite mining project in Vietnam.
Source latestFrustration is growing in Hong Kong with the perpetually poor air quality and the commercial implications for a city with big aspirations.
Source latestAt least 13 were killed when a bomb exploded at a market where Afghans had been waiting to receive aid from a NATO-backed program to reduce opium cultivation.
Source latestPolice say a bomb concealed on a bicycle has killed 17 people in southern Afghanistan.
Source latestTwo days after twin attacks in Moscow, another pair of suicide bombers struck in Russia
Source latestHONG KONG (AP) -- Asian stock markets were mostly lower Wednesday as investors pared bets ahead of a key U.S. jobs report on Friday and the Easter long weekend.
Source latestThe proposed expansion would end a moratorium on oil exploration along the East Coast from the northern tip of Delaware to the central coast of Florida.
Source latestSuicide has become something of a phenomenon in India, which has alarmed public health experts.
Source latestThe nation
Source latestAfter months of debate about Ahmed Wali Karzai, a controversial figure in southern Afghanistan, where a huge military operation looms, officials have decided that he will be allowed to stay in place.
Source latestMore than $1.35 billion has been committed in assistance, but a mere $23 million in cash has been received.
Source latestHainan, a tourist destination in the South China Sea, has become a symbol of China
Source latestInfiltrations that appeared to be aimed at people who write about China and Taiwan rendered their Yahoo accounts inaccessible, according to those affected.
Source latestPrices are high enough to drive investment and prompt conservation but low enough for the economy to grow.
Source latestAs frantic Muscovites turned to Russia
Source latestA soldier held hostage for more than 12 years was freed, ending an ordeal that prompted his father to hike halfway across the country to press for his son
Source latestA resolution passed by parliament apologized for not doing enough to prevent the killings of thousands of Bosnian Muslims in 1995, but stopped short of calling it
Source latestA panel investigating claims that scientists at a research center misrepresented global warming data found no evidence to support that charge.
Source latestFord has cut back on luxury models and increased output of smaller, fuel-efficient cars.
Source latestA plan would redistribute large parts of Port-au-Prince
Source latestMoroccan authorities recovered the body of the director of the world
Source latestStriker Ivica Olic scored in stoppage time, giving his team a 2-1 victory against Manchester United in their Champions League quarter-final first leg.
Source latestA menagerie of hundreds of animals rescued largely from drug traffickers and paramilitary warlords is a hospice of sorts for those there.
Source latestThe plan includes helping the banks raise $30 billion and a
Source latestSeveral Palestinians were wounded by Israeli army fire in Gaza as they demonstrated close to the border with Israel, according to Palestinian and Israeli officials.
Source latestIn Japan, the automaker held the first meeting of executives charged with overseeing safety, and promised to listen more carefully to customer complaints.
Source latestFollowing two false starts, the world
Source latestThe European Union on Tuesday banned all airlines from the Philippines and Sudan from flying into the region's airports, citing "serious safety deficiencies."
Source latestPresident Lee Myung-bak became the first South Korean head of state to visit the disputed waters off the Korean Peninsula, after a navy ship sank there last week.
Source latestThe world
Source latestChina executed
Source latestAs the German chancellor arrived in Ankara for talks, a rift seemed to have emerged over policies toward Greece, Turkey
Source latestToyota promised Tuesday to respond faster to customer complaints as it held its first quality committee meeting.
Source latestThe bombings confronted Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin with a challenge to his record on terrorism, and raised the possibility that he would tighten his control over the government.
Source latestHamid Karzai
Source latestMembers of a Christian militia were indicted on sedition and weapons charges in connection with an alleged plot to murder law enforcement officers.
Source latestAyad Allawi is determined to counter charges by enemies that he won an election by appealing to Baathists.
Source latestRadio Mogadishu is the only relatively free radio station in south central Somalia where journalists can broadcast what they like
Source latestMexico reeled Monday from another bloody weekend of drug-related killings, including a massacre of 10 young people in Durango.
Source latestA Pakistani court eased some restrictions on Abdul Qadeer Khan, the pioneer of the country
Source latestThe bond issue is the first borrowing test since the euro zone unveiled a rescue plan. But borrowing costs remained high.
Source latestFor the first time, someone outside the family has been given responsibility to run the banking dynasty.
Source latestThe rush hour bombings on the Moscow subway called to mind the
Source latestThe disqualification effort could prove critical to the poll
Source latestFour employees of the British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto were found guilty by a court in China of accepting millions of dollars in bribes and stealing commercial secrets.
Source latestMembers of the party of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the long-detained pro-democracy leader, announced Monday they would boycott the country
Source latestIn the immediate aftermath of bombings at two Moscow subway stations on Monday morning, video and photographs were posted online showing some of the damage and the evacuations that followed.
Source latestIn the six years since the last suicide attack on the Moscow metro, Muscovites became insulated to the fighting in the Caucasus.
Source latestSenior Israeli ministers have publicly rejected American demands for curbs on Jewish building in East Jerusalem.
Source latestFemale suicide bombers set off huge explosions during Monday rush hour in two subway stations, officials said, killing at least 35 people and renewing fears of terrorism in Russia.
Source latestFour employees of the British-Australian mining giant Rio Tinto, including an Australian citizen, were convicted by a Chinese court and sentenced to seven to 14 years in prison.
Source latestHuge explosions during morning rush hour in two subway stations in central Moscow killed more than 20 people on Monday, officials said, raising fears of a renewal of terrorism.
Source latestAs workers recalibrate their expectations amid the recession, companies are reaping unexpected rewards.
Source latestThe pair
Source latestWashington and Jerusalem differ substantially on the international importance of the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, and on the Palestinians
Source latestTrust in leaders has been battered by revelations that the church failed to take action against abuse and sometimes sought to cover up the problem.
Source latestSenior lawyers in the administration are divided over the counterterrorism powers
Source latestCitizens feeding information about life in their country to the outside world is something of a revolution for a brutally efficient gulag state that has forcibly cloistered its people for decades.
Source latestA high-level conference in Brussels was dominated by European efforts to get Washington
Source latestAlthough Cuba remains closed to American investment, entrepreneurs in both countries are considering the island
Source latestThe Pentagon announced the release of Issa T. Salomi, which a Shiite militant group said was in exchange for the Iraqi government agreeing to release four militants.
Source latestPresident Obama pressed President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan to crack down on corruption while strengthening the judicial system and promoting good governance, and he invited him to Washington.
Source latestGao Zhisheng, the Chinese rights activist who has been missing for more than a year, has resurfaced near his hometown in northern China.
Source latestPresident Nicolas Sarkozy of France is coming to the U.S. for trip designed to underscore his cooperation with President Obama.
Source latestThe second race of the season on Sunday was one of the most exciting in the past decade.
Source latestAs scandal has convulsed the Roman Catholic Church, the Vatican has gone on the offensive, attacking what it called an
Source latestTaking Questions: Tibor Fuchs, president of the Metropolitan New York Chapter of the Indoor Gardening Society of America, responds to readers' questions.
Source latestFord Motor reached an agreement to sell its Volvo subsidiary to a Chinese conglomerate for $1.8 billion.
Source latestThailand
Source latestA dissident Chinese lawyer who was missing for more than a year said he was living in northern China.
Source latestPrime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva held direct talks Sunday with anti-government protest leaders, agreeing to their demand that the meeting be broadcast live on national television.
Source latestAs of early Sunday, at least 133 British Airways flights departing from Heathrow Airport near London had been canceled, according to the airline
Source latestJenson Button won a breathtaking Australian Grand Prix, to take the eighth victory of his career.
Source latestAt least six people were killed and 15 wounded when four roadside bombs exploded near the house of a member of an electoral coalition in Iraq
Source latestAbhisit Vejjajiva
Source latestSouth Korea
Source latestTrancoso has turned into a super-trendy getaway, with St.-Tropez prices for rustic accommodations on an unspoiled beach.
Source latestThe earthquake in Haiti has focused attention on the glaring gap between tiny pockets of wealth persisting amid extreme poverty.
Source latestIn recent years the Lord
Source latestPresident Hosni Mubarak arrived back in Egypt, three weeks after undergoing an operation in Germany, ending a period of intense speculation over the state of his health but maybe not about his political future.
Source latestAs Pope Benedict XVI faces growing pressure to address his role in the handling of sexual abuse cases over the years, the Vatican acknowledged that its ability to handle the crisis was a test of its
Source latestAs an archbishop, the future pope expended more energy pursuing theological dissidents than sexual predators.
Source latestThe Obama Passover Seder, one of the most intimate and least likely of White House traditions, began on the campaign trail in 2008 in the basement of a hotel.
Source latestCongress has taken aim at financial institutions that hide information about offshore accounts.
Source latestThe United Arab Emirates state news agency says the head of Abu Dhabi
Source latestAyad Allawi won the most votes, but a court decision may give Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al Maliki a chance.
Source latestSix months after the revelation of a secret nuclear enrichment site, inspectors and intelligence agencies suspect that Tehran is preparing to build more sites in defiance of United Nations demands.
Source latestOnce thought doomed to lead Labour to defeat, Prime Minister Gordon Brown may avoid that fate as polls show a swing toward Labour as a vote nears.
Source latestMilitary divers plunged into the waters near South Korea
Source latestThe airline
Source latestA new exhibition at the Ise Cultural Foundation in SoHo uses colorful imagery and 3-D collages on multiple screens in an attempt to reconnect consciousness and cosmos.
Source latestBenigno Aquino III, the son of two icons of Philippine democracy, has been persuaded to run for president.
Source latestAbout 80 percent of prescriptions for nitroglycerin are being filled with unapproved and unvetted tablets, the Food and Drug Administration said.
Source latestThe young victims of the Rev. Lawrence C. Murphy began alerting the authorities in the mid-1950s.
Source latestThe Taliban, bracing for an American offensive in the Afghan city of Kandahar, are showing their power there in an intensifying campaign of fear.
Source latestReactions from Iraqis around the country to the results of the parliamentary elections.
Source latestIn a nation where gay sex is illegal, opposition to protecting homosexuals in a new constitution provides a rare moment of unity among rival leaders.
Source latestSecluded in private apartments, unmarked buildings, blind alleys and underground caverns, a host of hidden new hangouts has sprung up in the City of Light
Source latestThe E.U.
Source latestThe Israeli premier stood firm on building in East Jerusalem, a point of contention with the U.S.
Source latestThe Vatican
Source latestThe airline
Source latestThe pace of shootings by U.S. and NATO troops from convoys and at checkpoints has not declined despite new rules aimed at reducing the killing of innocents.
Source latestA phone call Friday morning with the Russian president confirmed the last outstanding details in the nuclear pact.
Source latestThe ship suffered damage to its hull, the South Korean military said, and were investigating the cause.
Source latestThe mining company executive accepted about $1 million from Chinese steel mills, his lawyer said.
Source latestThe Times and The Sunday Times of London will sell daily and weekly subscriptions to users of a combined Web site starting in June.
Source latestAfter one race in the 2010 Formula One season, the preliminary verdict is in: Michael Schumacher has the stamina and the craft, but does he still have enough natural speed to fight for an eighth world title?
Source latestResults from the March 7 parliamentary election will be released on Friday, an official said, amid allegations of fraud and calls for a recount.
Source latestThe Times and The Sunday Times newspapers will begin charging for Internet access to content in June.
Source latestThe mayor of Seoul, Oh Se-hoon, is seeking to build defining legacy for his mayoralty, and has sought to improve his city
Source latestA new show at the Museum of Modern Art, a response to projections about rising sea levels, reflects a level of apocalyptic thinking about New York that we haven
Source latestThe people of Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave that is relatively poor and isolated from its European neighbors, have held protests in recent months.
Source latestPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel returned home with the politically explosive task of responding to an American demand that he limit building in East Jerusalem.
Source latestBut most Asian stocks fall because the Greece plan did not extinguish fears about other vulnerable economies in Europe.
Source latestThe odyssey of David C. Headley included scouting targets in several cities in India and meeting with a senior operative of Al Qaeda in Pakistan
Source latestThe future Pope Benedict XVI was kept more closely apprised of a sexual abuse case in Germany than previous church statements have suggested.
Source latestAn experiment involving parallel patrols by American and Mexican officers is evidence of increasing cooperation.
Source latestYoung people in Myanmar are pushing the limits of what the military government considers acceptable art and entertainment.
Source latestThe Obama administration plans to announce new initiatives that will expand the amount of assistance available to homeowners who are behind on their mortgage or owe more than their house is worth.
Source latestOn Thursday, The Independent, a British newspaper, was sold for 1, the price of a single copy, to Alexander Lebedev, a Russian billionaire who acquired an interest in the British press as a junior spy in the Soviet Embassy in London in the 1980s.
Source latestThe reconciliation measure will be sent back to the House, where Democrats were confident it would be approved.
Source latestThe European Union and the United States agreed Thursday to expand a three-year old accord that allows airlines to operate more freely across the Atlantic.
Source latestBaltazar Garz
Source latestLeaders are engaged in a bitter struggle over whether to allow the renminbi to rise against the dollar or to escalate a war of words with the U.S.
Source latestThe plan for intervention, if needed, would use money from the International Monetary Fund and bilateral loans from the 16 countries that use the euro.
Source latestBritain
Source latestThe former French prime minister Dominique de Villepin announced the creation of a new party that could challenge his bitter rival President Nicolas Sarkozy.
Source latestThe European Central Bank said it would hold off tightening lending rules until 2011, a move that appeared to be designed to help Greek banks and send a signal to European leaders as they discuss aid.
Source latestAfter a chase and exchanges of fire between security contractors and pirates off Somalia, the European Union Naval Force released six suspected attackers.
Source latestPresident Obama seemed to have failed on Wednesday to persuade Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to give a written commitment to rein in any further building.
Source latestThe government of Dubai will put up to $9.5 billion into Dubai World and a real estate development unit to help them restructure debt, Dubai World said Thursday.
Source latestUkraine
Source latestThe country
Source latestA Catholic charity is still seeking answers after Sprint discontinued a fund-raising effort by text for Haiti.
Source latestNegotiators huddled for a second day after failing to end an impasse over construction in East Jerusalem.
Source latestTop Vatican officials, including the future Pope Benedict XVI, did not defrock an American priest who molested as many as 200 deaf boys, even after warnings from several bishops, church files show.
Source latestGen. Ray Odierno has served the administration that started the Iraq war and now the one whose president campaigned to end it.
Source latestWhile an International Monetary Fund bailout would be one possible solution to the Greek debt problem, European pride and politics stand in the way.
Source latestPrime Minister Yukio Hatoyama of Japan is working to end more than a century of bureaucratic control of the country
Source latestChancellor Angela Merkel will arrive at a European Union summit meeting ready to play an unfamiliar role: the bloc
Source latestBritain is showing little appetite to take a knife to a welfare state that by some measures has also become the largest in Europe.
Source latestThe world that Tiger Woods created
Source latestThe discovery stemmed from work on a child
Source latestThe militants, arrested over the last five months, were planning attacks in Saudi Arabia, an official said.
Source latestRussia and the U.S. have broken through a logjam and expect to sign a new treaty next month that would slash nuclear arsenals, officials from both nations said Wednesday.
Source latestRussia said that its envoys and Chinese envoys pressured Iran
Source latestA German priest, transferred in 1980 to the archdiocese led at the time by Pope Benedict XVI, is accused of molesting an additional minor in 1998
Source latestThe resignation of the bishop, John Magee, added to the fallout of a scandal that has rocked the Catholic church in Ireland and throughout Europe.
Source latestConstruction of a contentious Jewish housing project in a predominantly Arab neighborhood of East Jerusalem could start at any time, officials said.
Source latestLee Kun-hee, a tycoon convicted of corruption last July but pardoned by President Lee Myung-bak five months later, returned to the helm of Samsung Electronics.
Source latestThe Vatican says Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Irish Bishop John Magee in the country
Source latestThe fresh spending and a move to scale back a privatization add to Tokyo
Source latestNowruz is more than a spring festival in Kurdish areas of Turkey. It is a chance, as Tyler Hicks shows, to nurture and celebrate resistance.
Source latestA verdict is expected within a month in the case involving four employees of the mining group who were charged with bribery and stealing commercial secrets.
Source latestFuror over a German mosque
Source latestDepending on the perspective, the first MtyMx festival was either a catastrophic failure or the essence of a do-it-yourself success.
Source latestPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu found himself at odds with the White House and Britain over recent episodes that angered Israel
Source latestChina
Source latestAs Somalia
Source latestAs India
Source latestMangjul Ilrang
Source latestA $331 million plan aims to strengthen law enforcement and rebuild communities, and was at the center of a visit by several senior U.S. officials.
Source latestA family holds a dry run for the Passover Seder every Friday night, a common practice for Iranian Jews in Southern California.
Source latestGreece faces several years of austerity measures and social strife, but things may be so bad that a little reform could go a long way to stimulate growth.
Source latestAn insurgent faction offered the first concrete proposal to end hostilities since President Hamid Karzai said he would make reconciliation a priority last year.
Source latestThe most sweeping social legislation enacted in decades became law after a festive, at times raucous, signing ceremony in the White House on Tuesday.
Source latestIsrael is suspected of using fake British passports in the assassination of a Hamas official in Dubai this year.
Source latestFrench trains, schools and public services were hit on Tuesday by protests over pensions and wages, with unions looking to capitalize on a hefty defeat for President Nicolas Sarkozy at weekend regional elections.
Source latestA German court has convicted an 88-year-old man of murder for the killings of Dutch civilians during World War II as part of a Nazi SS hit squad.
Source latestAn official announced the step after an inquiry into the the use of fake passports in a suspected assassination.
Source latestCaught as they offered to trade influence for cash, three former government ministers and a legislator were suspended from Prime Minister Gordon Brown
Source latestThe Europe Union
Source latestProsecutors presented evidence to show that employees from the mining giant accepted large bribes and stole commercial secrets from Chinese companies.
Source latestClosing its search service in the mainland is a powerful rejection of censorship, but it means that Google must turn its back the world
Source latestAijalon Mahli Gomes, facing trial for entering the country illegally, taught English at a South Korean school.
Source latestA former Enron plant is a monument to India
Source latestJean Nouvel
Source latestAn elitist statement by a Parliament member was a reminder of how hard it has been for Tories to shake off a past many of them still seem to embrace.
Source latestIn the first major effort to upgrade a prison system that has changed little in 70 years, career criminals will be separated from the general population.
Source latestIn western Ukraine, many Catholic priests are married, fruitful and multiplying
Source latestThe Iraqi prime minister
Source latestWith 700,000 saltwater home aquariums in the U.S., the sustainability of coral reefs off the Florida Keys is being debated.
Source latestGoogle said it would close its Web site based in mainland China and direct Chinese users to a Hong Kong-based uncensored version of its service.
Source latestScientists see water in the ground as the most urgent threat to the once-great city in what is now Iraq.
Source latestAfter an epic political battle, Congress gave final approval to an overhaul of the nation
Source latestFrance, Italy and Germany were squabbling ahead of a European Union summit meeting set for Thursday.
Source latestIn a speech to a pro-Israeli group, the secretary of state said that America
Source latestA delegation from one of the most important insurgent groups met for the first time with President Hamid Karzai to discuss a possible peace plan.
Source latestAround the globe, journalism jobs are being cut. In Brussels, the trend is acute, even though the Union is taking on a larger global role.
Source latestAs a strike by British Airways cabin crew entered its third day, labor strife was spreading to other European airlines.
Source latestThe government
Source latestSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is to assure Israel on Monday that the Obama administration
Source latestThe admission by three employees of the British-Australian mining giant is a stunning confession at the start of their trial in China.
Source latestA U.N.-backed group rejected a bid by Tanzania to ease a ban on ivory sales to be able to sell off some 90 tons of stocks.
Source latestAir pollution in Hong Kong, which has long plagued those living in the Asian financial hub, triggered an official government warning to avoid outdoor activities and physical exertion.
Source latestThe restoration of a synagogue in Egypt illustrates how the government has tried to satisfy foreign critics and domestic political opinion.
Source latestA country club has been transformed into a mucky makeshift city, home to at least 44,000 people displaced by the earthquake.
Source latestIn a sign of the mounting power of the army, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani will be the dominant Pakistani in meetings with Washington.
Source latestBy remaining silent on the issue of punishment for church figures, the pope
Source latestAmid the intense diplomatic activity aimed at getting the negotiations back on track, more violence flared in the West Bank.
Source latestJournalists, academics and activists have condemned the actions of a provincial governor who threatened a reporter after she questioned him about a scandal.
Source latestEach of the leading political coalitions in Iraq
Source latestDrug traffickers have begun blocking city streets in their battle against authorities, law enforcement officials said.
Source latestGay visitors and locals are carving out a retreat in Siem Reap, where the concept of homosexuality seemed nonexistent until recently.
Source latestChancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said that Greece should solve its own problems, ahead of a summit meeting scheduled for Thursday.
Source latestA cultural scene is emerging in Wan Chai, a neighborhood formerly known for its seedy bars and massage parlors.
Source latestPresident Jalal Talabani demanded a recount in parliamentary elections amid accusations of fraud.
Source latestOn Iranian television on Saturday night, Iran's ruling cleric, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and the country's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, rejected criticism of their conduct from President Barack Obama.
Source latestCyprus police arrested a man suspected of vandalizing the tombs of three Cyprus archbishops who led the island
Source latestThe World Food Program is setting up a hub for the quick distribution of emergency relief supplies within 48 hours of a crisis in Asia.
Source latestA strike by British Airways cabin crew members entered its second day, causing further travel disruptions but fewer than the airline had expected.
Source latestA suicide bomber killed at least 10 civilians Sunday and wounded seven others in an attack on an Afghan army patrol, an Afghan official said.
Source latestOn Sunday, an International Monetary Fund official gave a grim prognosis for the world
Source latestDemocrats said the 216 votes needed to pass the bill were within reach, but that the margin of victory would likely be razor thin.
Source latestFor a longtime air traffic controller at Kennedy International Airport, all stress is relative.
Source latestAuthorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beneath a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland
Source latestThe mathematician, a recluse, won $1 million for solving one of the most intractable problems in his field, but he did not show up to accept a previous award.
Source latestThe Rallye A
Source latestThe effort to win over Afghans on former Taliban turf has put American commanders in the rare position of arguing against opium eradication, pitting them against some Afghan officials.
Source latestTo Iraqis, victory is total; the only other option is defeat. After a brutal history, elections, too, carry a threat of violence.
Source latestA Venezuelan Web site is emerging as a runaway success in Latin America as it repeatedly takes on President Hugo Ch
Source latestAs an abortion fight played out behind the scenes, the House Rules Committee met to set the terms of debate, which is set to begin Sunday.
Source latestFifty-eight police officers were killed last year in Dagestan by a combination of Islamist militants, alienated youth, and ordinary criminals.
Source latestThe Kremlin clamped down on many protests by using the security services to put pressure on opposition groups and with minor concessions.
Source latestAfter 10 days of public quarreling over Jewish building in East Jerusalem, the U.S. and Israel move to ensure they aren
Source latestA paper imagining a cyberattack and a power failure in the U.S. has highlighted an atmosphere charged with hostility between the U.S. and China over cybersecurity.
Source latestBritish Airways canceled 1,100 flights on Saturday as some cabin crews started a three-day strike in protest over working conditions and pay.
Source latestPope Benedict XVI on Saturday apologized personally to victims and their families in a letter to Irish Catholics, but did not refer directly to immediate disciplinary action.
Source latestThe airline was scrambling Saturday to deal with the start of a three-day strike by its cabin crew that has thrown the plans of thousands of travelers into chaos.
Source latestThe arrests of seven Muslims, five of whom have since been released, is viewed as part of a wider investigation involving the F.B.I.
Source latestThe U.S. is trying to undo the damage caused by a troubled detention system, exposing a disagreement with Afghans over whether people were fairly held.
Source latestFor several weeks the issue of health care has overshadowed every other issue, foreign and domestic, faced by President Obama.
Source latestFor those who gathered to view
Source latestThe Obama administration is discovering what President George W. Bush discovered: winning each successive round of sanctions against Iran is harder and harder.
Source latestWhile exports to the United States might rebound this year, in the long run the decline in western demand and the growing importance of China represent a fundamental shift for the oil market.
Source latestInspired by Sardinian flatbread, this unleavened matzo-like bread contains more flavor than matzo does.
Source latestHaiti
Source latestAhmad Chalabi, an early proponent of the American invasion, is close to an official grasp on power after recent parliamentary elections.
Source latestDemocratic leaders and White House officials were feverishly continuing to line up the votes they will need as they entered the final 48-hour countdown on their yearlong health care overhaul effort.
Source latestThe European Commission president called for Germany and other governments that use the euro to put up a package of loans to assist Greece.
Source latestRights advocates said that Iranian authorities have released on bail dozens of high-profile opposition figures who were arrested after the disputed June presidential elections.
Source latestDominican officials said that they arrested Jorge Torres Puello, who faces charges in the U.S. and El Salvador.
Source latestThe Annapurna Circuit is one of the world
Source latestIn recent years the island has firmly reasserted itself as a premier beach resort in southern Thailand.
Source latestBeitou provides a lively base to explore both the urban and rural permutations of the hot spring culture.
Source latestThe strike of the airline
Source latestDominique Strauss-Kahn
Source latestKai Eide, the former top U.N. official in Afghanistan, said that the arrests by Pakistan have complicated peace negotiations.
Source latestAt an international meeting on Friday, the emphasis was on starting Israel
Source latestPakistan
Source latestAs momentum builds to a vote on the health care legislation, leaders are deciding which politically endangered Democrats can vote against the party.
Source latestThe deal to jointly develop an iron ore project in Guinea could help repair Sino-Australian relations.
Source latestInvestor expectations of a steady global economic recovery lift markets.
Source latestA show by a legendary trumpeter celebrates the music of the migrant workers who converged in South Africa from different parts of the continent to dig for gold.
Source latestPresident Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton have surprised nearly everyone by forging a credible partnership.
Source latestDemocrats unveiled the completed version of the health care legislation they intend to bring to a vote, saying that it would extend insurance coverage to most of those who lack it.
Source latestLand acquisition for expanding cities and industry has created pockets of instant wealth, creating a new economic caste in India: nouveau riche farmers.
Source latestSome environmentalists said the nuclear industry was risking its green record if it adapted smaller nuclear reactors, like those once used in submarines, to light a city.
Source latestIsrael
Source latestAfter backing a European rescue for Greece, Germany signaled that help should come from the I.M.F.
Source latestRoman Polanski's lawyers ask again for case against to be ended, citing fresh allegations of judicial misconduct.
Source latestA psychiatrist says that the German archdiocese led by the future Pope Benedict XVI ignored his warnings in the early 1980s about a priest accused of sexually abusing boys.
Source latestAgents cracked down on a gang in El Paso, Tex., to determine whether it was behind the deaths of three people tied to the American consulate in Ciudad Juarez.
Source latestDelegates at a conference on endangered species in Doha, Qatar, rejected the U.S.-backed measures.
Source latestA zoo where 11 rare Siberian tigers recently starved to death is fast becoming a symbol of the mistreatment of animals in China.
Source latestThe leader of the Catholic Church in Bavaria discussed the molestation cases that have shaken Pope Benedict XVI
Source latestPresident Obama will stay in Washington to concentrate on the health care bill, which a Congressional Budget Office analysis said would bring significant cost savings.
Source latestThe onus for resolving Greece
Source latestA U.S.-backed proposal to ban the export of Atlantic bluefin tuna prized in sushi was rejected by a U.N. wildlife meeting, with scores of developing nations joining Japan in opposing a measure they feared would devastate fishing economies.
Source latestA newspaper article has reawakened a controversy over whether provincial authorities improperly stored vaccines, rendering them ineffective, and then let them be administered to children.
Source latestA foreign agricultural worker was the first fatality from Gaza rocket fire since Israel
Source latestThe arrest was made in connection with an investigation into financial fraud at Anglo Irish bank.
Source latestThe acquisition of Ratiopharm catapults Teva, the global leader in generic drugs, from fifth place among German generic players to the No. 2 spot.
Source latestA harrowing saga of kidnappers, cops, ransom and surveillance that reached from Pakistan to Spain ended with arrests and the return of the 5-year-old hostage.
Source latestDai-Ichi Mutual Life plans the world
Source latestIsraeli medics say a Palestinian rocket fired from Gaza killed a man inside Israel on Thursday, the same day as a visit to Gaza by Europe
Source latestSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton arrived in Moscow on Thursday to meet Russian leaders and try to push negotiations across the finish line.
Source latestThe fate of Pak Nam-gi, who is said to have spearheaded a botched currency reform, became an object of outside speculation because of his absence from official functions.
Source latestCompanies like Applied Materials are building research labs in China to capitalize on subsidies and cheap labor.
Source latestSome argue that severe cuts in public spending to whittle down euro-zone deficits could send unemployment rates surging and bring down governments.
Source latestThe state would lose billions of dollars in future revenue under a bill to share oil royalties equally among Brazil
Source latestThe move would be a risky one for President Obama at a time when Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Source latestA recent drone strike killed a commander who helped plan the killing of C.I.A. staff at an Afghanistan base.
Source latestAt 400 million members, Facebook might just replace restaurants as the go-to place for couples to cause a scene.
Source latestMyanmar may be slowly moving away from years of authoritarianism and Soviet-style economic policies that have left most of its people in dire poverty.
Source latestA discovery strengthens the link between the first animal to enter human society and the subsequent invention of agriculture about 10,000 years ago.
Source latestDAKAR, Senegal
Source latestRiots erupted at a shrine in a sign of continuing troubles between the government and a traditional kingdom.
Source latestIsraeli officials said they were working on a plan to defuse tensions over building in East Jerusalem.
Source latestAuthorities in Europe and the U.S. are turning to
Source latestThe German Chancellor adopted a harsh tone toward Greece Wednesday also saying that Europe needed better rules to police its members.
Source latestNigeria
Source latestThough fighters have left town, agitators have remained in Marja waging a campaign of intimidation at night, local leaders said.
Source latestThe officer was killed in a shoot-out southeast of Paris while trying to arrest several suspects driving stolen vehicles.
Source latestCardinal Sean Brady, leader of Ireland
Source latestA letter demanding that Google compensate advertising agents if it withdraws from China probably is not genuine.
Source latestThe case has added to fears that Westerners might be increasingly be turning to Islamist-inspired terrorism.
Source latestUgandan security forces shot and wounded at least seven people after fire destroyed a royal tomb, heightening tensions between the government and the Bugandan kingdom.
Source latestDavid Beckham and his wife Victoria left Finland, two days after the former England captain had surgery for a torn Achilles
Source latestA Pakistani court formally charged five young Americans of plotting terrorism in the country, their lawyer said.
Source latestThe pope
Source latestThe move sets the world
Source latestOn the fourth day of mass demonstrations aimed at bringing down the government, analysts questioned how long the protesters could sustain their presence.
Source latestThe newly expanded Jewish Museum London offers testimony to a long history in which England and the Jews were locked in a complicated embrace.
Source latestThe bank also recommended higher interest rates and a stronger currency for China, where rapid growth has led to rising inflation expectations.
Source latestChinese firms selling ad space on Google
Source latestTechnology shares led Asian stock markets higher on Wednesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve maintained its pledge to hold interest rates near zero.
Source latestThe bank eased monetary policy further on Wednesday, but the split vote suggests the board may have had difficulty justifying the move.
Source latestAbout $1.1 billion has been spent on a virtual fence along the Mexican border, with little to show for it.
Source latestOf the 2,000 bands at the annual South by Southwest Music and Media Conference this week in Austin, Tex., more than 500 are from outside the United States.
Source latestUsing innocuous bits of data from Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, researchers gleaned people
Source latestA dispute could shore up President Obama
Source latest“
Source latestThe question is whether the volume of cases coming from Germany and other places settles or keeps growing, Msgr. Charles J. Scicluna says.
Source latestThe finances of South African officials are being viewed with skepticism and contempt, leading to a call for audits.
Source latestDocuments and interviews show an unprecedented discipline that has thrust the Sadrists to the brink of perhaps its greatest political influence in Iraq.
Source latestThe decline of the euro has helped exporters but thrown hedging strategies into turmoil.
Source latestLawmakers are seeking administration action to force changes in a policy that they say gives the Chinese an edge in export markets.
Source latestAfter the slayings of three people tied to the U.S. consulate, Felipe Calder
Source latestJanuary
Source latestIn a statement Tuesday, Tiger Woods said he would play at Augusta National after a four-month hiatus because of a sex scandal.
Source latestGreece got a vote of confidence from Standard
Source latestAn activist group drew attention to additional plans to build housing in East Jerusalem as Palestinians clashed with security forces.
Source latestAs pharmaceutical sales in countries like China and India overtake established markets, leading drug companies risk losing market share to local players, a study said.
Source latestThe statement by China
Source latestThe move to delay a decision on new rules for hedge funds was a reprieve for Britain, which fears that tighter regulations could drive the industry from London.
Source latestJudges are finding ways to factor stress and other burdens into sentences for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans who break the law.
Source latestAs research libraries and archives are discovering,
Source latestAfter years of being named finalists to enter the hall of fame, then getting outvoted, the Stooges were finally inducted this year.
Source latestProtesters continued to occupy the streets in Bangkok, but there were signs that crowds were thinning out.
Source latestAction by the top American commander in Afghanistan, Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, was taken in part because of concern over civilian casualties.
Source latestA major slowdown is expected in several industries, including fishing, pulp and paper, wine and agriculture.
Source latestThe deal gives Sony the rights to sell the artist
Source latestA device manufactured by a British firm and used by the Mexican military and police to search for drugs and explosives may be ineffective, British officials said.
Source latestThe bill, which awaits a decision by Parliament, appeared to be an acknowledgment that the country
Source latestMalalai Joya, the youngest elected politician in Afghanistan, has received so many death threats that she lives what she calls a fugitive
Source latestMore than $700 billion of high-yield debt will mature over a three-year period beginning in 2012, raising worries about new loans, defaults and bankruptcies.
Source latestPartial election results suggested a sharp and divisive shift in power, with a secular candidate challenging Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki.
Source latestChinese archaeologists unearthed a 4,000-year-old cemetery in Xinjiang Province that seemed to be a vanished people
Source latestToyota tried to cast doubt Monday on a California man
Source latestPeter Hullermann, the priest at the center of a German sex-abuse scandal that has embroiled Pope Benedict XVI, was suspended.
Source latestContinental plans to launch a food-for-sale program that mirrors what other carriers are already doing.
Source latestThe United Russia party dominated elections in a vote that has been seen as a test of President Dmitri A. Medvedev
Source latestThe announcement appeared to be strong warning to the opposition ahead of a traditional annual celebration.
Source latestEurope
Source latestThe White House responded angrily to deadly attacks that appeared to be the first on U.S. officials and their families by Mexico
Source latestIn the political vacuum after the election, a rumor spread that the prime minister had been shot.
Source latestDavid Beckham arrived in Finland for surgery on his injured Achilles tendon, which will keep him out of the World Cup and could end his career.
Source latestThe introduction of faster Long-Term Evolution networks could lower costs for operators and potentially unleash a new price war in the industry in Europe.
Source latestA small group who held a daring protest in Beijing last month is getting compensation for giving up claims to property, a representative of the artists said Monday.
Source latestPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel did not indicate that new housing plans in East Jerusalem would be canceled.
Source latestTwin explosions rocked a government building in the Niger Delta region Monday, only minutes after a militant group promised to attack amnesty talks being held there, a government spokesman said.
Source latestThe U.S., Germany and others could see their top-notch credit rating come under pressure if the recovery in the global economy stalls, the agency warned Monday.
Source latestProtesters shut down parts of the Thai capital on Monday but appeared to be a long way from achieving their goal of forcing the government to step down.
Source latestEgypt
Source latestA Defense Department official set up a private network of spies in Pakistan and Afghanistan to gather intelligence on insurgents, according to officials.
Source latestManny Pacquiao won his latest fight, but the prospect of a bigger one against Floyd Mayweather Jr. hovers over his plans to run for a seat in the Philippine Congress.
Source latestJean Nouvel
Source latestAsian stocks fell from near seven-week highs on Monday after weak U.S. consumer confidence data overshadowed strong retail numbers.
Source latestAuthorities warned that Google
Source latestEvidence is mounting that Beijing uses inconsistencies in international trade rules to spur its own economy at the expense of others.
Source latestGerman publishers are worrying that Apple
Source latestA disputed plantation is owned by the extended family of a presidential candidate, Benigno Aquino III, whose mother started a land reform program.
Source latestA day after a series of bombings, officials appealed to the central government to send more security forces and expand intelligence gathering in Kandahar.
Source latestDavid Beckham may miss the World Cup after apparently tearing his Achilles' tendon on Sunday.
Source latestAmerican officials have expressed concern privately that even a fair election might be made to appear unfair because of the slow vote count.
Source latestPhillips-Van Heusen, the big clothing conglomerate that owns Calvin Klein, is near a deal to buy Tommy Hilfiger for about 2.2 billion euros in cash and stock, people briefed on the matter told DealBook on Sunday night.
Source latestFinance ministers from the 16 euro zone countries are expected to strike a delicate balance by clarifying how a bailout could be structured while not making a rescue inevitable.
Source latestIsrael
Source latestPresident Obama expressed outrage at the
Source latestA mock-documentary that pretended to report on a Russian invasion of the country sent viewers into a panic.
Source latestThree people with ties to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez were killed in a drive-by shooting.
Source latestTens of thousands of anti-government protesters poured into Bangkok demanding that the government step down.
Source latestThree treatment strategies that doctors had expected would prevent heart attacks among people with Type 2 diabetes have proven to be ineffective or even harmful.
Source latestThe first race of the Formula One season delivered just about everything it was hoped it would, as a dominating drive by the race leader turned into an upset with only 15 laps left when his car lost power.
Source latestIsraeli forces arrested a senior Hamas figure after a raid in Ramallah, the seat of the West Bank-based Palestinian government, the Israeli military said.
Source latestPremier Wen Jiabao charged that the developed world seeks to force unfair changes in China
Source latestAs Manny Pacquiao easily dispatched another welterweight contender, the talk turned immediately to Floyd Mayweather Jr. once again.
Source latestThe proposal, to be unveiled on Monday, expands on shareholder provisions and hews in many ways to a proposal advanced by the White House, said people briefed on the legislation.
Source latestEven during Gen. Augusto Pinochet
Source latestA journalist
Source latestA small Kenyan-born Web site is bringing crowdsourcing to disaster relief and other humanitarian causes.
Source latestNoah Baumbach
Source latestIn negotiations, the presidency has emerged as a growing quarrel, threatening to upset Iraq
Source latestAn American woman, who family fear may have become a radicalized Muslim, was detained in connection with a plot to murder a Swedish cartoonist.
Source latestPresident Obama and President Dmitri A. Medvedev of Russia spoke by telephone to resolve differences on a treaty that would slash the active nuclear arsenals of both countries.
Source latestWhen Landon Donovan joined Everton of the Premier League on a 10-week loan, many fans expected a fringe player. Now they want him to stay.
Source latestChaos, weak oversight and wide use of cash payments in the Iraq reconstruction program allowed Americans who took bribes to get off scot-free.
Source latestA new anxiety is gripping Russia: if its athletes perform as badly as they did in Vancouver, the country could be humiliated at home in Sochi in 2014.
Source latestTwo of the attacks occurred near Kandahar
Source latestA Human Rights Watch report said 2,700 people lost citizenship from 2004 to 2008 and more were vulnerable.
Source latestThe Vatican spoke out Saturday to protect the pope against what it called an aggressive campaign against him in Germany.
Source latestAttacks on members of the media along a long stretch of the border with the U.S. have resulted in what amounts to a news blackout.
Source latestAn indictment this month from one of Spain
Source latestWhat is clear is that Sebastian Vettel, the Red Bull driver who set the pole position, is the top man of the moment.
Source latestAfghanistan
Source latestAthol Fugard, the South African playwright, is back telling stories shaped by his country
Source latestThe Russian Orthodox Church plans construction at the site where scientists believe the Romanov family
Source latestThe issue of whether the oil center should join the Kurdistan region received strong support on both sides.
Source latestThe arrest of a New Jersey man in Yemen is the latest in a string of cases involving radicalized American Muslims.
Source latestSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called Israel
Source latestOnce-legendary Russian weapons are suffering embarrassing quality problems, and Russia
Source latestHan Han, the heartthrob race car driver and pop novelist who just happens to be China
Source latestSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called this week
Source latestThe European Central Bank president, Jean-Claude Trichet, sharpened his criticism of the banking industry, and seemed to single out hedge funds.
Source latestThe army has gained the upper hand, but insurgents in South Waziristan continue to make their presence known.
Source latestThe agreements, which signal a warming between the two nations, will provide India with nuclear power plants and weapons for its military.
Source latestWith soaring tricks adapted from action sports like snowboarding, BMX freestyle and skateboarding, a new generation of surfers has pushed the sport into another realm.
Source latestBraamfontein, a suburb of Johannesburg, has become a vibrant cultural scene thanks to a new generation of design shops, restaurants and galleries.
Source latestA top Chinese regulator warned bluntly that any move by Google to stop censoring its Chinese search engine would draw a response from Beijing.
Source latestAfter the meeting Friday, Archbishop Robert Zollitsch said that Pope Benedict was
Source latestPutting an exclamation point on a season of unprecedented achievements, Lindsey Vonn now has 33 World Cup wins, the most for an American skier.
Source latestBritish Airways cabin crew are preparing to walk off the job for seven days later this month after talks with management broke down without an agreement.
Source latestPresident Obama is delaying his trip to Indonesia, Australia and Guam next week, so the White House can focus on passing health care legislation.
Source latestOn Friday, Israeli police prevented young Palestinian men from praying at a holy site in Jerusalem, and Israel's military imposed a general ban on travel by Palestinians from the West Bank into Israel.
Source latestEven as a $137 million stadium to be used for four World Cup games this summer is rising, poverty remains prevalent in South Africa.
Source latestThe American Lindsey Vonn became the first woman to win three straight overall titles since Petra Kronberger of Austria in 1990-92.
Source latestThe union representing British Airways cabin crews says workers will strike for a total of seven days this month.
Source latestBahrain on Sunday is hosting Formula One
Source latestThe suicide bombings killed at least 39 in the second attack in a week to strike the eastern city of Lahore.
Source latestPolice say a suicide bomber targeting an army vehicle struck the city of Lahore with many casualties feared.
Source latestA settlement of up to $657.5 million has been reached in the cases of thousands of rescue and cleanup workers who sued the city over damage to their health, according to city officials.
Source latestFighting between Afghan subtribes raises questions about using tribes as part of a counterinsurgency strategy.
Source latestThough often synonymous with hippies, it
Source latestNo strangers to hardship, elderly Haitians find themselves distinctly vulnerable and emotionally burdened these days.
Source latestThe Vancouver Games forecasting system is part of a program to improve the accuracy of short-term, winter storm forecasting.
Source latestThe Wall Street bank used accounting gimmicks to hide its financial weakness in the months before its bankruptcy, according to a 2,200-page report.
Source latestA 12-day meeting in Qatar could help determine the fate of endangered species from rhinoceroses to polar bears to red coral.
Source latestThe bullying of the 8-year-old daughter of Princess Masako has put the princess
Source latestGreece
Source latestHSBC said the theft of Swiss client data involved in a recent tax dispute with France was larger than had been acknowledged, involving at least 24,000 clients.
Source latestThe State Department said in an annual report that the human rights situation in Iran had
Source latestIn a video posted on the Internet, a man describes police ordering several drivers to use their cars as a shield to stop an armed criminal.
Source latestAn earthquake hit central Chile on Thursday as the inaugural ceremonies for the new president were under way.
Source latestUncertainty over talks between Palestinians and Israelis only seems to have grown during Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr.
Source latestDefense Secretary Robert M. Gates met the Emirati leader over military defenses and growing fears in the Persian Gulf over possible missile attacks by Iran.
Source latestVice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. called for no delay in resuming peace talks, after Palestinians said Israel must cancel a settlement project before negotiations can begin.
Source latestFor the second time in two weeks, a general strike closed public services, halting all flights and most transport across the debt-plagued country.
Source latestEarly results in Iraq
Source latestBP is paying Devon Energy $7 billion for oil and gas assets in Brazil, the Gulf of Mexico and Azerbaijan.
Source latestThe year-on-year rise in February was partly attributable to the Lunar New Year holiday but also to rising inflationary pressures in China
Source latestA nationwide strike on Thursday closed hospitals and schools and stopped all flights and most public transport across the debt-plagued country.
Source latestA local bill requiring that at least half the copies of every film from outside Europe be dubbed in Catalan is the latest attempt to assert Catalan culture.
Source latestGary Gensler, head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, is the leading contender to oversee the instruments that played a key role in the financial crisis.
Source latestThe aftermath of the earthquake may give the country
Source latestFor the first time, the complete, original manuscript of the theory of relativity, profoundly human and surprisingly moving to examine, has been put on display in Jerusalem.
Source latestThe police have arrested about 200 people in Jos, where this week dozens of herdsmen slaughtered hundreds of people in a brutal act of sectarian retribution.
Source latestGeneticists said the new research shows it is now possible to sequence the genome of a patient at reasonable cost and with sufficient accuracy to be of practical use to researchers.
Source latestIn the London Evening Standard this week Winnie Mandikizela-Mandela described her former husband as a figurehead who had made a bad deal with South Africa
Source latestFrom bold experiments to understated havens of cool, new restaurants have sprung up in cultural institutions all over the city.
Source latestPresident Obama made the pledge after meeting with President Ren
Source latestLars Vilks, a Swedish artist, seems remarkably relaxed about the possibility of being attacked by an axe-wielding assailant for having drawn the Prophet Muhammad's head on the body of a dog.
Source latestThe review aims to help the U.N. climate change panel avoid the kinds of errors that have brought its work into question in recent months, officials said Wednesday.
Source latestThe announcements by Ingersoll-Rand and Royal Dutch Shell come as the U.S. is pressing for new sanctions.
Source latestThrough a controversial practice called vision therapy, some optometrists say they can treat learning disabilities.
Source latestPalestinian leaders meeting with Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. condemned a decision by Israel on new housing, but still spoke of participating in peace talks.
Source latestPakistani authorities said about a dozen masked militants stormed the building at about 9:30 a.m., herded staff members into a room, and started shooting indiscriminately.
Source latestBoris A. Berezovsky, who fled Russia in 2003, won a lawsuit against a Russian broadcaster that had linked him to the high-profile death of Alexander V. Litvinenko.
Source latestAs his visit overlapped with that of the U.S. defense secretary, the Iranian president said the U.S. occupation was doomed to fail.
Source latestIbaraki Airport, which opens Thursday about 85 kilometers, or 52.7 miles north of Tokyo, aims to be a completely new type of Japanese hub.
Source latestDefense Secretary Robert M. Gates will discuss military cooperation and Iran
Source latestThe incomplete results will offer an incomplete picture of the vote but will nevertheless provide the broad outlines of the country
Source latestPrime Minister Gordon Brown
Source latestMilitants attacked the offices of an international aid group in northwest Pakistan on Wednesday, killing five people working for the organization, police said.
Source latestThere
Source latestThe ruling military junta announced a new election law that would likely prevent Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from participating in coming elections.
Source latestChina's exports grew strongly in February in a new sign of a rebound in global demand, government figures showed Wednesday.
Source latestA study of farming colonies in Canada found that giving flu vaccine to schoolchildren protected the community.
Source latestAfter months of delay and discord, negotiators are making a fresh effort to wrap up a long-delayed arms control treaty.
Source latestThe removal of a Palestinian family has touched two nerves: the fate of East Jerusalem and the grievances of refugees from the 1948 war.
Source latestFederal prosecutors accused Colleen R. LaRose, who called herself
Source latestA U.S. tour arranged by the State Department to improve ties to Pakistani legislators ended in a public relations fiasco when the group refused to submit to extra airport screening.
Source latestAndrew Lloyd Webber
Source latestAs much as half the food aid sent to Somalia is diverted from needy people to a web of corrupt contractors, Islamist militants and local U.N. staff, according to a new report.
Source latestThe Vatican said Tuesday that local churches had
Source latestIraq
Source latestThe countries are the last two major economies to sign up to join the agreement reached in December, which calls for limiting the rise in global temperatures.
Source latestZhang Hong
Source latestAfter ethnic violence flared in January in Jos, the military patrolled the city, but neglected nearby villages where reprisals took place over the weekend.
Source latestA plan t to reserve a third of the seats in India
Source latestThe agreements were made public in the United States years ago, but until recently the Japanese government had denied their existence.
Source latestVice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. opened talks with Israeli leaders on Tuesday, part of a concerted U.S. effort to restart Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.
Source latestSantiago
Source latestWhile a national commitment to solar power transformed one mining community, generous subsidies also resulted in unsustainable growth.
Source latestActivist documentarians joined with authorities to turn their cameras from dolphin hunting to illegal whale meat.
Source latestThe company is using its network to push the limits of translation technology; its free service has become the favored source for millions.
Source latestTo get Berliners arguing, bring up the $3.4 billion mega-airport rising just beyond the limits of Germany
Source latestThe country, which kicked out oil firms in 1938, now needs assistance to get its oil out of the ground.
Source latestAn experiment that is bombarding a Kenyan town of 65,000 with health care, education, and job training seems to be achieving its goal of rapidly lifting people out of poverty, but can the results be magnified?
Source latestThe Oscars telecast exposed an Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in identity crisis: the ceremony was big and commercial; the winners were small and arty.
Source latestMaking the leap from reactor-grade nuclear fuel to bomb-grade is like the rich getting richer: really fast.
Source latestThe exotic market bets, the prime minister said on Monday, will make it difficult for Greece to put its austerity program in place.
Source latestThe visit will also focus on persuading Israel to help in efforts to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program rather than pursue direct military action against the country.
Source latestDefense Secretary Robert M. Gates is to review plans for a U.S.-led offensive into the Taliban heartland of Kandahar.
Source latestThe top American military commander in Iraq on Monday praised the Iraqi military
Source latestThe victims were Christians killed by Muslim herdsmen this weekend, apparently in reprisal for similar attacks on Muslims in January.
Source latestAt least 51 people died when an earthquake of 6.0 magnitude struck near the town of Elazig in eastern Turkey early on Monday, the semi-official Anatolian News Agency reported.
Source latestAn explosives-laden truck rammed into the gate of a house used by the Federal Investigation Agency in Lahore, killing at least twelve people.
Source latestThe Treasury Department will issue a general license for the export of free personal Internet services and software geared toward Iran, Cuba and Sudan.
Source latestWomen at many of the world
Source latestA push to make European safety standards for nuclear power plants binding worldwide might benefit France.
Source latestSunday
Source latestThe Iraq war drama
Source latestAn explosive-laden truck rammed into a house used by Pakistan
Source latestA running tally of and commentary on the 82nd annual Academy Awards.
Source latestAt a time of turmoil in Washington
Source latestSunni Arabs largely sat out Iraqi national elections in 2005, but the need to protect their interests brought them out in droves on Sunday.
Source latestFrance has not only weathered the global economic storm but has emerged as one of the strongest economies in Europe.
Source latestPakistani officials said Sunday that an important Qaeda operative who is a U.S. citizen had been arrested, but his identity was not immediately clear.
Source latestNewspapers from the Arab world devoted little attention to the Iraqi parliamentary elections; instead, many led their Web sites with news of the weekend's fighting in Jerusalem.
Source latestAuthorities have begun what diplomats and businessmen say is the largest sell-off of state assets in the country
Source latestClashes between Muslims and Christians have been reported near the central Nigerian city of Jos, where sectarian violence flared in January.
Source latestLive blogging the Iraq elections
Source latestTehran is playing its hand as if its untapped oil reserves give it a trump card. But the longer the nuclear stalemate drags on, the more that strategy is in doubt.
Source latestLive blogging the Iraq elections
Source latestPrime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki
Source latestFifty-six years after its founding, the church is fighting off calls by former members for a reformation.
Source latestShowing the depth of their rage at bankers and the government, Icelanders overwhelmingly said no to a plan to reimburse customers of a failed Icelandic bank.
Source latestMark Boal, the screenwriter of
Source latestWomen will accompany men on patrols in Afghanistan to try to win over rural Afghan women who are culturally off limits to outside men.
Source latestPolice opened an ex-convict
Source latestWomen will accompany men on patrols in Afghanistan to try to win over rural Afghan women who are culturally off limits to outside men.
Source latestThe fact that men on opposing sides in a war have become mere political rivals in the space of two years is a testament to the progress made by Iraq
Source latestIn memory of a son killed in a terrorist attack, a Palestinian lawyer paid for an Arabic translation of the autobiography of Israel
Source latestThe battle in Oriental Mindoro Province was the deadliest encounter the military has had with the Communist insurgency so far this year.
Source latestA Times analysis shows that the U.S. has rewarded companies with more than $107 billion in contracts and loans while they were doing business with Iran, despite efforts to discourage investment there.
Source latestUnder Saddam I remember my father telling me, "You will go and vote and say yes because it is not your life. It is our life too."
Source latestThousands of earthquake-damaged schools in and around Port-au-Prince could remain closed for months or never reopen, officials say.
Source latestLeaders of the two leading parties in Iraq
Source latestIf progress has been dramatic since the two-time Nobel physicist Marie Curie was barred from France
Source latestThe Afghan man chosen to lead the former Taliban stronghold has a violent criminal record in Germany.
Source latestYelena S. Chizhova is hoping that Russian artists are ready
Source latestThe U.S. is concerned about terrorism links between Somalia and Yemen, and its assistance could be crucial to the effort by Somalia
Source latestAn equestrian theme was evident at Dior, but the clothes felt like ones that had been seen before.
Source latestJapanese drivers have reported unintended accelerations, but Toyota denied the problems existed in Japan, where a pro-business culture undermines consumer protections.
Source latestSecretary of State Hillary Clinton ended a tour of Latin America with a trip to Guatemala, where she repeated her call for more countries to recognize the new government of Honduras.
Source latestThis awards season has had as much narrative sweep as a made-for-television mini-series.
Source latestAs modern peacekeeping has evolved into nation building, the number of female police officers in U.N. peacekeeping missions around the world has doubled during the past five years.
Source latestIraq
Source latestA referendum on a deal to repay British and Dutch customers for losses from a failed Icelandic bank has so incensed residents it has little chance of passing.
Source latestThe German chancellor, Angela Merkel, ended talks without making a firm pledge, as Greece was hit by strikes over its adoption of a new austerity package.
Source latestTwo top members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee questioned how rigorously Toyota tested for sudden acceleration in its vehicles.
Source latestThe economy in February shed 36,000 nonfarm jobs, fewer than forecast, as the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the Labor Department said on Friday.
Source latestWorkers shut down hospitals, schools and public transport to protest budget cuts. The country
Source latestPrime Minister Wen Jiabao said that China could expand social spending and pour money into strategic industries while still meeting its 8 percent economic growth target.
Source latestTurkey warned the U.S. on Friday of negative diplomatic consequences for a U.S. resolution branding WWI-era killing of Armenians a genocide.
Source latestNo motive has been established for the gunman who wounded two officers outside the Pentagon Metro station.
Source latest“
Source latestPrime Minister Gordon Brown of Britain, testifying on Friday as part of an inquiry into the war in Iraq, said the decision to go to war was
Source latestOn the last official day of campaigning before Sunday
Source latestA 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Chile on Friday morning, striking near the epicenter of last week
Source latestIn his annual report to the National People
Source latestIf Greece asks the International Monetary Fund for help, it could touch off political and financial tension in other European countries.
Source latestIsrael and the U.S. share an interest in pushing for tough sanctions against Iran.
Source latestChina is in the middle of a spectacular real estate boom. But the question is whether it is in the middle of a bubble
Source latestBeken, known for his songs about despair and redemption, lost his home in the quake and is now struggling to find the will to make music again.
Source latestAs Paris celebrates an Yves Saint Laurent exhibit and a book on Pierre Cardin, Nicolas Ghesquiere propels Balenciaga into the future.
Source latestPaddleboarding while upright means venturing far and wide without having to hunt for waves.
Source latestTurkey recalled its ambassador to Washington after the U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee voted to condemn as genocide the mass killings of Armenians early in the last century.
Source latestProvincial program integrates combatants and promotes sustainable development, but some are skeptical it will succeed.
Source latestBut a scientist who led the study said it was too soon to say whether the findings suggest the potential for a dangerous release of methane
Source latestInternet users are hunting down and punishing people who have attracted their wrath.
Source latestThe retrial of a wealthy former legislator for the murder of a Lebanese pop singer raised questions about what role political connections played in the appeal.
Source latestAttacks aimed at soldiers, police officers and other security workers who were voting early killed at least 12 on the first day of voting in Iraq
Source latestTwo Germans and two Turkish men were convicted over a foiled 2007 plot to attack U.S. targets in Germany and given prison sentences ranging up to 12 years.
Source latestThousands who came to a popular ashram in northern India for a free meal Thursday were caught in a stampede which left more than 60 dead.
Source latestGreece is offering new bonds to refinance its debt, in a move that will test the government
Source latestTwo Germans and two Turkish men were convicted over a foiled 2007 plot to attack U.S. targets in Germany and given prison sentences ranging up to 12 years.
Source latestIn the smallest rise since 1989, China will increase its military spending by just 7.5 percent in 2010.
Source latestAdvertisers on Facebook are a motley bunch. Some are Wal-Mart and Procter
Source latestDuring its tours, the Moscow State Radio Symphony Orchestra endures conditions more typical for a low-level minor league baseball team than a group of highly trained classical musicians.
Source latestCritics of evolution are gaining ground by linking the issue to climate change, arguing that dissenting views on both should be taught in public schools.
Source latestAs Greece pledged anew to rein in its budget deficit, traders weighed the risks and potential rewards posed by the debts of other European governments.
Source latestA retired colonel personifies the deep connection Pakistan has to the Taliban, and possibly the key to controlling them.
Source latestFour days after the earthquake, residents guard streets while the military and police enforce curfews and monitor gasoline rationing.
Source latestThe Kingdom of the Dwarfs theme park has attracted controversy, but the dwarfs who work there praise an environment where everyone shares the same challenges.
Source latestWhile Sunni politicians thought to have ties with the Baath Party have been barred from elections, a Shiite once accused of running death squads is on the ballot.
Source latestU.S. officials are worried that the parliamentary elections scheduled for Sunday could ignite violence that would complicate the planned troop withdrawal.
Source latestFew are happy about a $14.3 billion project which has morphed from a plan to create a new capital to a university and science park.
Source latestPresident Obama did not call specifically for
Source latestThis year, $135 billion, or 34 percent, of takeover deals have been linked to companies in the developing world.
Source latestThe proposed new sanctions suggested would both broaden the scope and intensify three previous rounds of sanctions enacted since 2006.
Source latestNew York
Source latestIn an interview, the president made it clear that she resented the accusations against her government.
Source latestThe Italian police have arrested seven people accused of illegally selling arms to Iran via Eastern Europe, the authorities said Wednesday.
Source latestWith an election looming, the Conservative leader David Cameron has learned that it is not enough to sit back, relax and wait for a government to eat itself alive.
Source latestThe vote in Parliament followed weeks of shifting alliances after the pro-Western government of Yulia V. Tymoshenko lost her bid for the presidency.
Source latestThe group
Source latestThe vote in Parliament followed weeks of shifting alliances after the pro-Western government of Yulia Tymoshenko lost her bid for the presidency.
Source latestLooking to save at least $5.5 billion and narrow its gaping deficit, Greece approved tax hikes and budget cuts.
Source latestChina kicked off its annual exercise in democracy, socialist-style: the Chinese People
Source latestDespite heightened security ahead of Sunday
Source latestGrudgingly, many climate scientists are beginning to engage critics, admit mistakes and open up their data.
Source latestThe Dubai police staged an aggressive response after the January killing of a Hamas operative, underscoring the city-state
Source latestA series of four or five powerful waves that followed the quake practically wiped some coastal towns off the map.
Source latestThe fight for justice for a girl who was molested by a police official has become a symbol of middle-class rage at a broken system.
Source latestGrand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has refused to endorse any of the coalitions seeking votes among the Shiite majority.
Source latestForecasters in Hawaii admit that their computers models, while better than they were in the past, were not refined enough to declare whether a full-scale evacuation was really needed.
Source latestA widening toxic food scandal has set off a rare case of public sniping between officials.
Source latestA growing worry that the coming elections here could result in a hung Parliament has sparked fears that Britain will experience its own sovereign-debt meltdown.
Source latestThe system would be meant to prevent acceleration episodes like those that have led to the recall of millions of Toyotas, the Transportation secretary said on Tuesday.
Source latestOrganizations that are accepting donations to help with relief efforts in Chile.
Source latestAmerican carmakers may have been unable to take full advantage of the Toyota recalls because snowstorms kept consumers away.
Source latestThe British Broadcasting Corp. is facing complaints from commercial rivals, who say public funding gives it an unfair advantage in expanding online.
Source latestA big gun-control case on Tuesday has attracted many people who want to watch the legal proceedings unfold.
Source latestThe government needs to raise an additional $4.8 billion in revenue to convince markets that it is serious about curbing its budget deficit and averting a debt crisis.
Source latestThe European Commission began a new push to allow farmers in Europe to grow more biotech crops, despite persistent public opposition to the technology.
Source latestA curfew was extended on Tuesday in the devastated city of Concepci
Source latestThe coalition of Western-leaning political factions in Ukraine
Source latestGeneral Motors said it would put $2.6 billion into its Opel and Vauxhall units and reduce the amount it is seeking from European governments.
Source latestThe practice of candidates giving the public everything from chickens to cash is widespread and mostly welcomed.
Source latestAfter the military was pushed from its political pedestal, Turkey is sloughing off an outdated doctrine, but nervous about what will take its place.
Source latestAn otherwise ordinary legal battle between a town and the descendants of a World War I veteran, who inherited an estate 40 years ago, has brought to light a somber chapter of the man
Source latestAn analysis of U.S. government documents showed that many Camrys built before 2007
Source latestThe practice of candidates giving the public everything from chickens to cash is widespread and mostly welcomed.
Source latestDecades after his death at the hands of the K.G.B., Stepan Bandera can still rally Ukrainians.
Source latestThe Lede is tracking the response to the earthquake online. Readers who are in Chile are encouraged to submit first-hand accounts in the form of text, video or photographs by posting comments or links below.
Source latestDiscriminated against in the private sector, educated women are choosing government jobs instead.
Source latestThe publications were among the last to remain in circulation as the government has suppressed communications in recent months.
Source latestThe single land route between the countries had been closed since 2008.
Source latestThe United Nations World Food Program said that a gang was holding three large trucks and their drivers.
Source latestA teenage religious figure, whose legitimacy is a matter of dispute, has been appointed to the country
Source latestPrime Minister George Papandreou called on Greeks to
Source latestSummer vacation was winding down when the quake hit, and with the airport damaged, many Chileans are stranded.
Source latestPresident Dmitri A. Medvedev on Monday called for officials who trained the Olympics team to resign.
Source latestSeven Chinese Muslims who have been detained for 8 years at Guant
Source latestSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton had hoped to use the tour partly to address regional tensions.
Source latestThe Winter Olympics in Vancouver offered a string of glorious and not-so-glorious performances.
Source latestThe bank
Source latestThe sale of A.I.G.
Source latestRadovan Karadzic began to testify in his own defense on Monday against charges of war crimes and genocide.
Source latestAmid a rising death toll and isolated outbreaks of looting, three aftershocks struck Chile on Monday morning as earthquake rescue efforts continued.
Source latestThe Olympics that started under the cloud of an athlete
Source latestAides to President Obama say he will permanently reduce America
Source latestAfter pushing into a Taliban enclave in Afghanistan, American forces must gain support among people with a deep suspicion of the central government.
Source latestLive updates from the Vancouver Games closing ceremony.
Source latestTo hear Canadians tell it, the hockey gold medal has come home, where it belongs, thanks to a victory in the final event of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Source latestTeam Canada saved its reputation by ruining a desperate comeback bid by the United States in overtime on Sunday to win the Olympic gold medal.
Source latestIn a country where
Source latestJonas Thor Olsen, who financed his own Olympic dreams, was proud to finish last in the Nordic marathon, the final individual event.
Source latestThere was a terrific finish to the Vancouver Games after a soggy and unpromising beginning, not a bad metaphor for these flawed but ultimately inspiring Olympics.
Source latestThe New York Times provides live analysis of the men's hockey gold medal game between the United States and Canada.
Source latestA strong winter storm with powerful winds and heavy rain killed more than 50 people in at least four countries, officials said, with at least 45 of the dead in France.
Source latestA bailout of Greece is expected to involve loan guarantees from the German and French governments.
Source latestLa Tercera, a newspaper in Santiago, Chile, has published more than a dozen video clips on its Web site showing some of the damage around the country.
Source latestA violent late winter storm with fierce rain and hurricane-strength winds battered France, Spain Portugal and Germany on Sunday, leaving at least 45 people dead.
Source latestThe leader of armed Basque separatists ETA was arrested in France on Sunday, with Spanish authorities saying the group had been preparing an attack in Spain.
Source latestThe earthquake ripped apart buildings and bridges across Chile, and more than 300 people were killed.
Source latestWhen the United States takes on Canada on Sunday in the gold medal game, 7 of the 23 players on the American roster will share the name Ryan.
Source latestViolent storms swept through France over the weekend, killing at least 15 people, officials said.
Source latestIbon Gogeascoechea, the leader of armed Basque separatists ETA ,was caught on Sunday in France, the Spanish Interior Ministry said.
Source latestNearly a half million people in Japan were ordered to higher ground on Sunday, but only small waves appeared, and there were no reports of damage.
Source latestOlli Jokinen scored the tying and go-ahead goals during the dynamic third-period comeback by Finland, the only team to win four medals in the past five Olympic tournaments.
Source latestCanada defeated Norway, at last securing a gold medal for the Canadian skip, Kevin Martin.
Source latestThe gold medal was 37th for the United States at the Vancouver Games, the most by a country at a single Winter Olympics.
Source latestThe 6-3 victory Saturday gave Canada its 13th gold medal, matching the mark for the most by any nation at a Winter Olympics.
Source latestSteven Holcomb drove USA-1 to the Olympic gold medal in four-man bobsledding on Saturday, ending a 62-year drought for the Americans in the event.
Source latestEvery day, Iraqis deal with the lack of electricity, pervasive corruption and a housing shortage that forces multiple families to live under the same roof.
Source latestSunday
Source latestA new generation has made militant networks in Pakistan more sophisticated and deadly.
Source latestCoach Ron Wilson has the U.S. men
Source latestThe Vancouver Games showed the world the city
Source latestMiller stepped on a gate less than 10 seconds into his run, bringing his resurgent Olympics to an abrupt end.
Source latestThe statements appeared to be part of a renewed campaign by the opposition
Source latestHundreds of Poles, a majority of them raised as Catholics, are either converting to Judaism or discovering Jewish roots submerged for decades.
Source latestA growing protest movement in southern Yemen threatens to turn into a rebellion if its demands are not met, possibly creating a broader haven for Al Qaeda.
Source latestEvacuation alarms sounded in Hawaii
Source latestThe magnitude 8.8 earthquake that struck off the coast of Chile early Saturday morning occurred along the same fault responsible for the biggest quake ever measured.
Source latestAn 8.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Saturday morning, setting off a tsunami warning across much of the Pacific. The Lede is tracking reports of the damage.
Source latestThe U.S. is adding to its medal haul, but many of its premier athletes train outside the influence of their teams.
Source latestA massive quake struck Chile early Saturday, shaking the capital of Santiago, bringing down buildings and setting off a tsunami. At least 47 were killed with the toll rising.
Source latestA massive earthquake struck near Concepcion, Chile, early on Saturday, shaking buildings and causing blackouts in parts of the capital of Santiago.
Source latestThe reason that oyster thefts are rising harks back to a mysterious decimation of stocks a few years ago that hit the seed oysters.
Source latestCanada repelled a late comeback by Slovakia to face the U.S. in the gold-medal game Sunday.
Source latestThe popular president,
Source latestCanada held off a late Slovakia comeback to win and earn a second chance against the U.S. in the gold-medal game.
Source latestThe American speedskater was disqualified from the 500-meter final but won his eighth Winter Olympics medal after the U.S. took third in the 5,000-meter relay.
Source latestThe United States will play the winner of tonight
Source latestFactory wages are up as much as 20 percent from a year ago and still white-collar workers are having to pitch in to meet shipping deadlines.
Source latestSweden beat a Canadian team cheered by a cowbell-clanging crowd.
Source latestThe American women eclipsed the world-record holders from Canada in a quarterfinal, and the American men defeated the Netherlands in the semifinals.
Source latestThe gymnastics federation said that Dong Fangxiao was actually 14 during the 2000 Olympics, two years younger than the minimum.
Source latestTop figure skaters once embodied lyricism, but now it
Source latestThe American military said that the coalition offensive in Marja, Afghanistan, is just a prelude to a bigger battle in Kandahar.
Source latestIn letter to Toyota, Representative Edolphus Towns is seeking more details on a database of vehicle design and testing information.
Source latestEven after a call last week by a national Sunni political party to boycott, Sunnis continued to hang banners of their preferred candidates, including those barred from running.
Source latestLive blogging the men's quarterfinal hockey game between the United States and Finland.
Source latestThousands of small German exporters are giving a shot of growth to the E.U., but their success makes it harder for neighbors with high deficits to adjust.
Source latestLindsey Vonn, who won gold in her first event in Vancouver, the women
Source latestPeter Hessler chronicles the effects of China
Source latestOfficials in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East have been trying to determine the reasoning behind Iran
Source latestAuthorities detained eighteen serving and retired military officers, adding to fears that the conflict between the country
Source latestThailand
Source latestThe varied kinds of snow Olympic athletes have found in Vancouver and Whistler have generated strong reaction.
Source latestWith an unprecedented combination of technical skill and willowy sophistication, Kim Yu-na became the first South Korean skater to win an Olympic gold medal.
Source latestKim Yu-na was nearly flawless, and became South Korea
Source latestAt least 17 people were killed early Friday when several suicide bombers attacked a hotel popular with foreigners in the center of Kabul.
Source latestThe Supreme Court in Myanmar refused an appeal to end the house arrest of the country
Source latestThe aerialist better known as Speedy pulled off his signature move, but Alexei Grishin of Belarus was more consistent and won the gold. Ryan St. Onge of the U.S. took fourth.
Source latestSeveral suicide bombers damaging a prominent, high-rise hotel in the center of Kabul early Friday morning.
Source latestFollow women's figure skating's long program at the Vancouver Olympics with the live blog on Rings.
Source latestBeijing, with a history of opposing sanctions on other nations, continues to pursue diplomacy on the subject of Iran
Source latestAfter finishing eighth in the giant slalom, Julia Mancuso twice broke down and cried while discussing the Wednesday death of her longtime friend, C.R. Johnson.
Source latestCanadian goalie Shannon Szabados stopped all 28 American shots and enabled Marie-Philip Poulin
Source latestInvestors are concerned about Greece
Source latestA diplomatic dispute with Britain may be more about Argentina
Source latestTensions were rising between the military and the government over the formal arrests of 20 former and current officers on charges of plotting a coup.
Source latestAfter Alex Loo lost her financing, the Kin brothers, who arrived in Canada with nothing but now own 27 markets, became her sponsor.
Source latestEven as the government re-staked its claim on the center of Marja, there were reports of scattered fighting.
Source latestDisagreements have arisen over matters of ownership and the demographics of East Jerusalem.
Source latestAt his much-anticipated health care forum on Thursday, President Obama used his opening remarks to make the case that reforming the health care system is critical to the nation
Source latestThe Federal Reserve is examining the stratagems devised by Goldman Sachs other big banks to help Greece mask its burgeoning debt over the last decade.
Source latestQ. and A. on the women's free skate.
Source latestWhile gold medal favorite Kim Yu-na looks poised and confident, she will need a strong performance in the long program to hold off Mao Asada.
Source latestPawel, a former skinhead who used to beat up Jews and Arabs, is the most unlikely example of a Jewish revival under way in Poland.
Source latestIf there were medals available at the bottom of the Olympic race courses for coaches and competitors able to name the inventor of the modern slalom, the podium would apparently remain vacant.
Source latestThe Afghan government took official control of the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, installing an administrator and raising the national flag.
Source latestAt a critical moment across the region, senior officials from the two countries held their first official talks since the 2008 Mumbai attacks on Thursday.
Source latestLydia Lassila of Australia ended China
Source latestNew Delhi needs cash from asset sales to finance projects like roads and schools, but political parties oppose selling shares in public companies.
Source latestCanada earned a decisive victory over Russia in men
Source latestIn spirit and scope, the dual celebrations in Whistler and Vancouver reflect the split between what the Winter Olympics once were and what they have become.
Source latestLydia Lassila flew pencil-straight through the dreary fog to win Australia
Source latestThe preliminary peace treaty signed on Tuesday night between the rebel movement in Darfur and the Sudanese government could help bring Darfur
Source latestBets by some of the same banks that helped Greece shroud its mounting debts may actually now be pushing the nation closer to the brink of financial ruin.
Source latestAs the March 7 parliamentary election approaches, Nasiriya, where two coalitions of religious parties are vying for votes, offers a glimpse at Iraqi sectarian politics.
Source latestThere
Source latestIn many cities, populations have swelled faster than the capacity to house them safely, so that a quake could surpass Haiti
Source latestThe United States plays Switzerland, followed by the much-anticipated Canada-Russia game.
Source latestDespite a tormented relationship, the U.S. and Pakistani intelligence agencies are working together on tactical operations, as the C.I.A. extends its secret war deep into Pakistan
Source latestA $150 million deal to sell Hummer to a Chinese company stalled as the companies awaited approval from the Chinese government.
Source latestOn a snowy and foggy day, Lindsey Vonn crashed 10 gates from the bottom.
Source latestKevin Martin, Canada
Source latestIn a statement before the House, the Federal Reserve chief predicted that the economic recovery would remain slow.
Source latestSandra Laoura, who won bronze in the moguls of the Winter Games of Turin and later lost the use of her legs in an accident, is a commenter for French television.
Source latestIn a prepared statement, Akio Toyoda assured lawmakers that the carmaker is moving to fix the problems and regain the trust of consumers.
Source latestA group of hearty volunteers, members of the Whistler Weasel Workers, prepare the mountain for big races.
Source latestWhen patients on an experimental drug trial relapsed, researchers pushed pharmaceutical companies to collaborate.
Source latestProtesting Greek workers brought the country to a standstill on Wednesday in the second 24-hour strike in two weeks against austerity measures.
Source latestAkio Toyoda will be making his debut before the American public under a harsh spotlight in testimony before a House committee on Wednesday.
Source latestThree Google executives were convicted of privacy violations in a case involving a video of an autistic boy being bullied by classmates in Turin.
Source latestThe United States is hoping improvement in relations between the two neighbors could help the broader American military effort in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
Source latestTwo days after her mother died, Canadian Joannie Rochette summoned a poignant performance of extraordinary composure.
Source latestPresident Umaru Yar
Source latestLocal villagers and government rescue teams searched Wednesday for workers on a tea plantation who were buried by a mudslide estimated to be 35 feet deep.
Source latestSidewalks and benches are seen as powerful tools, helping a city bereft of an identity develop a sense of place.
Source latestThe design for the new American Embassy has all the glamour of a corporate office block.
Source latestKim, the reigning world champion and the dominant skater of the past two seasons, remained unfazed and earned the best short program score in history.
Source latestCanada routed Germany, 8-2, to advance to a quarterfinal against Russia, and Switzerland beat Belarus to set up a rematch with the United States.
Source latestTwelve of the 52 children transported from Haiti to Pennsylvania last month were not in the process of being adopted and might not all even be orphans.
Source latestPresident Umaru Yar
Source latestAmong the accusations is one that says the company plays down certain sites in its search results.
Source latestLive Blog: Follow the women's short program from the Vancouver Olympics.
Source latestFlush with record profits in 2009, investment banks and securities firms paid New York City employees an estimated $20.3 billion in annual bonuses, according to a new report.
Source latestWeb sites like Facebook and Twitter allow people to split their time between computers and TVs as they watch events.
Source latestThree more satellites will help U.S. soldiers overcome the obstacles to GPS satellite signals that are posed by Afghanistan
Source latestLeaders from Latin America and the Caribbean agreed Tuesday to form a new regional group that brings Cuba into the fold but excludes Canada and the United States.
Source latestThe ethnic theme playgrounds showcase features of ethnic minorities but also enforce the narrative that they are part of greater China.
Source latestCarlo Janka of Switzerland grabbed his first medal of the Games after Bode Miller skied off the course in his first run.
Source latestDefense Secretary Robert M. Gates said opposition to the military was impeding the alliance
Source latestOnce reflexively loyal, Toyota
Source latestThe Lede is following hearings in the U.S. Congress this week on Toyota's safety problems.
Source latestThis week, in lieu of more typical diplomatic delegations to Russia, Washington sent a detachment of Silicon Valley dreamboats, including the world
Source latestA new campaign that plays off a pornographic stereotype has gotten more attention than even its creators intended.
Source latestCountries of Eastern Europe are turning more to one another in search of quicker
Source latestViktor F. Yanukovich
Source latestPresident Hamid Karzai has moved to ensure that he can handpick members of an electoral oversight commission, to the dismay of his political rivals and international allies.
Source latestThe walkout caused thousands of travelers to be stranded a day after a strike by Lufthansa pilots forced the cancellation of hundreds of flights in Germany.
Source latestPresident Mwai Kibaki and the prime minister, Raila Odinga, had been at a political impasse after wrangling over the suspension of the ministers of agriculture and education for alleged corruption.
Source latestKohlberg Kravis Roberts
Source latestThe response Tuesday was unlikely to ease a stalemate over a Western-backed plan to defuse the crisis surrounding the country
Source latestHostility from Chinese regulators and bank financing problems have raised obstacles to plans by a Chinese machinery company to buy the G.M. unit.
Source latestIn remarks for a House hearing, a Toyota executive maintains that floor mats and gas pedals, and not the electronics system, are responsible for the acceleration problem.
Source latestMarino Cardelli is part of the breed sometimes derisively referred to as
Source latestA rain-triggered landslide Tuesday at a tea plantation on Indonesia
Source latestFiat has idled all of its Italian auto-manufacturing plants for two weeks to adjust for weaker demand following the expiration of
Source latestAuthorities ordered airlines to cut back half of the flights in and out of Paris
Source latestAfghan police say at least three civilians have died and at least 11 others were wounded in an explosion in Lashkar Gah, the capital of Helmand province.
Source latestThe head of a militant Sunni group accused by the Iranian government of a string of terrorist attacks has been captured, the official Islamic Republic News Agency said.
Source latestThe trial of a melanoma drug offers a glimpse at navigating a medical frontier as more drugs tailored to the genetic profile of a cancer are being tested on humans.
Source latestNo South Korean figure skater has won an Olympic medal, as is expected of Kim Yu-na.
Source latestWith breathtaking, seamless moves that made them appear to be floating, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the free dance to clinch the first gold medal in ice dancing for a non-European team.
Source latestGovernment watchdog groups are questioning whether deep financial and personal connections between lawmakers and Toyota could taint inquiries.
Source latestA fuss over criticism of Prime Minister Vladimir V. Putin has inspired this question: Could a docile, dependent opposition turn into the real thing?
Source latestThe region still faces significant economic challenges, ranging from deflation in anemic Japan to an over-reliance on exports in places like Taiwan.
Source latestA Pakistani official said that the authorities had captured Mullah Abdul Kabir, another member of the Quetta Shura, a small group of leaders who direct the Taliban.
Source latestThe chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in 2003 did not object to destroying videotapes of brutal interrogations by the C.I.A., according to documents.
Source latestA new breed of theater is replacing the political messages of 1990s shows with more personal appeals for social progress.
Source latestDefying a harsh crackdown on political protesters in Iran, Mehdi Karroubi, an opposition leader, sought to gauge the popularity of the country
Source latestAs the Winter Olympics get bigger, faster, higher and slipperier, the original danger sport of ski jumping feels quaint and old-fashioned.
Source latestA look a the top contenders in the women's figure skating short program Tuesday night.
Source latestNajibullah Zazi pleaded guilty in Brooklyn to terrorism charges after admitting to a plot to blow up the subways.
Source latestAlexander Tikhonov continues to be a major influence on his sport after a criminal conviction, irking biathlon leaders.
Source latestThe authorities said Mr. Zazi received weapons and explosives training at a Qaeda camp in Pakistan, bought beauty products that contained the raw materials to build a bomb and traveled to Queens with bomb-making instructions on the eve of the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
Source latestThe information showed the country hosted one of the so-called
Source latestA string of bombings, beheadings and shootings rippled through Iraq on Monday, leaving at least 23 people dead and intensifying concern about violence ahead of national elections.
Source latestIceland wants the U.S. to help ensure that Britain and the Netherlands do not use a dispute over its collapsed banks to hold up international loans.
Source latestA strike among workers at Total refineries in France entered a second week with no signs of abating, raising fears about possible fuel shortages in the country.
Source latestNew amputees are facing the bracing reality of living with disabilities in a shattered country whose terrain and culture have never been hospitable to the disabled.
Source latestPresident Obama
Source latestAs Canada sorts out its problems, the United States has a straightforward path to the semifinals of the men
Source latestAn internal memo claimed that the company saved millions by negotiating with U.S. regulators on a limited recall of floor mats.
Source latestTwo Swiss businessman left the shelter of their country
Source latestThree of the country
Source latestCanada-United States may have been the biggest game on a day Canadians were calling Super Sunday, but it was hardly the only one.
Source latestPrime Minister Gordon Brown faced a new and potentially damaging challenge on Monday over allegations that he bullied staff at 10 Downing Street.
Source latestOf the 20 forerunners who ensure conditions are optimal for competitors, two are women, rankling other elite female ski jumpers who have fought the Olympic ban.
Source latestA senior Iranian official said on Monday that his country planned to build 10 more nuclear enrichment plants, two of them within the next year.
Source latestThe German flag carrier is operating with a reduced schedule with the cancellation of 800 out of 1,800 scheduled flights per day for the duration of the strike.
Source latestWith cameras in their faces and microphones picking up every sound, figure skaters awaiting their scores in the kiss-and-cry area offer a scene unlike any other.
Source latestAn airstrike against what was believed to be a group of insurgents ended up killing at least 21 civilians in Uruzgan Province, Afghan officials said.
Source latestEndeavour left the International Space Station behind with a new life support module and a bay window observation deck.
Source latestThe system promises to ease the hardship of millions who still live in townships far from cities, but opponents are pushing back.
Source latestTeam USA, the youngest team at the Olympic tournament, beat Canada 5-3 in a victory spurred by Brian Rafalski, the oldest American player on the ice.
Source latestThe Canadian ice dancing team of Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir won the original dance Sunday, prying away the spotlight usually focused on European teams in this sport.
Source latestAn internal memo claimed that the company saved millions by negotiating with U.S. regulators on a limited recall of floor mats.
Source latestRescue workers dug through debris on Sunday on the Portuguese island, searching for victims buried by flash floods and mudslides.
Source latestThe elders of several rural villages asked Marines when the searches of their homes will stop and how they can work on crops without risking being shot.
Source latestIntel and its rivals are in a race to dominate a growing market for small mobile devices with chips that are inexpensive and use little power.
Source latestTwo research papers suggest that the fund is re-examining some ideas on keeping inflation low and allowing money to flow freely across international boundaries.
Source latestClosed-circuit radios offer spectators at the figure skating competition a mix of analysis, humor and fashion policing.
Source latestAn internal memo claimed that the company saved millions by negotiating with U.S. regulators on a limited recall of floor mats.
Source latestMu Sochua, the most prominent woman in Cambodia
Source latestThe pilots are seeking increased job security and German labor conditions to apply to Lufthansa pilots hired abroad.
Source latestGen. David H. Petraeus, the head of the U.S. Central Command, said the battle being fought in the Taliban stronghold in Afghanistan could last 12 to 18 months.
Source latestAskel Lund Svindal was in first after the downhill portion of the race, but several big-name challengers, including Bode Miller, were in a position to challenge.
Source latestThe short-track speedskating 1,ooo-meter race gave Apolo Ohno his seventh medal, the most of any American winter athlete.
Source latestAs it conducts round-the-clock exercises to support two wars, Fort Stewart, in Georgia, spends as much as $3 million a year on wildlife management.
Source latestOil field service provider Schlumberger said it was acquiring another major industry player, Smith International, for about $11 billion in stock.
Source latestThere might never have been a coach more intent on turning his teams into a sideshow to his own performance than Jos
Source latestLive analysis of Team Canada's 7:30 p.m. ET matchup against the United States, a rivalry sandwiched between two other gold-medal caliber games: Czech Republic vs. Russia and Sweden vs. Finland.
Source latestA day after his government collapsed, Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende said he expected Dutch troops to come home from Afghanistan this year.
Source latestThe author of a new book about the destruction of Hiroshima concedes that he was probably duped and says he will rewrite the book for future editions.
Source latestTurning the tide of battle, once it
Source latestThe death toll from mudslides and flash flooding on the Portuguese island of Madeira rose to 40. More than 120 others were injured, authorities said.
Source latestWhen cultural ties are strong, mere decorating won
Source latestThe deadlock this time is over the suspension
Source latestOnce passengers shell out hundreds of dollars for a ticket, the sales pitches begin: Checking a bag? Need a pillow? How about some trail mix?
Source latestMark Tuitert of the Netherlands was the winner of the 1,500-meter race. American speedskater Shani Davis finished second.
Source latestKen Melamed, a ski bum turned politician, once opposed bringing the Olympics to his town.
Source latestThe author of a new book about the destruction of Hiroshima concedes that he was probably duped and says he will rewrite the book for future editions.
Source latestAid workers say ethnic Rohingya refugees who have been living for years in Bangladesh are being seized, beaten and forced back to Myanmar, which does not want them.
Source latestThe three main members of the American men
Source latestAustria
Source latestThe winner of the men
Source latestThe Canadian failed in his dream to win a gold medal in figure skating, but he still has a chance to help a South Korean skater win.
Source latestMr. Haig served as secretary of state under President Reagan and was a commanding White House chief of staff as President Nixon
Source latestThe day when the Afghan Army will be well led and able to perform complex operations independently, rather than merely assist American missions, remains far off.
Source latestThe Sunni political party whose two most prominent leaders were disqualified from next month
Source latestThe U.S. speedskater Apolo Anton Ohno has evolved from an Olympic hero into his own brand.
Source latestPrime Minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko of Ukraine has effectively conceded the presidential election.
Source latestYulia Tymoshenko on Saturday dropped her legal challenge to the election of Viktor Yanukovich, saying she did not trust the court to reach a fair verdict.
Source latestJapan will not join in any agreement to ban the international trade in Atlantic bluefin tuna under the United Nations treaty on endangered species, its fisheries officials said.
Source latestThat Acting President Goodluck Jonathan is eliciting such unusual hopes only a week into his tenure is testimony to the scale of the country
Source latestThe coalition government collapsed on Saturday when the two largest parties failed to agree on whether to withdraw troops from an Afghanistan province as planned this year, Dutch media reported.
Source latestIn what could be the final performance of the compulsory dance in the Olympics, the Russian ice dancing team of Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin came out on top with 43.76 points.
Source latestPublic health specialists consider the diseases stemming from the buildup of human waste in tent camps as possibly the most pressing health threat in the ravaged country.
Source latestThe coalition government collapsed on Saturday when the two largest parties failed to agree on whether to withdraw troops from an Afghanistan province as planned this year, Dutch media reported.
Source latestDismissive attitudes follow a history of misrepresentation in American journalism and popular culture.
Source latestTiger Woods
Source latestThe use of drones has expanded virtually unnoticed in Afghanistan, where they are mostly used for surveillance, but have carried out missile and bomb strikes as well.
Source latestWhile far from setting any benchmarks for style, fashions at the Vancouver Olympics have been starkly less awful than at past Games.
Source latestThe White House visit with the Dalai Lama and the decision to sell arms to Taiwan are viewed by China as signs of disrespect on matters of sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Source latestA four centuries-old mosque minaret collapsed in Morocco on Friday, killing at least 38 people and injuring more than 70 worshippers, hospital officials and witnesses said.
Source latestTommy Hilfiger had the last word at Fashion Week, closing the collections with a high-booted display of sportswear, as 18 years of fashion under the tents in Bryant Park came to an end.
Source latestThe drive to take Marja has been rooted in psychological warfare against the Taliban, and an ear to what local residents thought.
Source latestThis small island just off the east coast of mainland Puerto Rico has become an upscale beach resort, full of restaurants, galleries and hotels.
Source latestBode Miller was in contention for a medal after his wild run on a difficult Super G course.
Source latestThe discovery of a poster of Saddam Hussein and documents bearing the mark of Hezbe-e-Islami have Marines asking, just who are these fighters they're facing in Marja.
Source latestNew Jersey may be home, but Cathy and Chris Reed compete for Japan and Allison Reed for the Republic of Georgia.
Source latestAthletes from all the disciplines, including hundreds of women athletes, have military connections, and they run deepest in China and Russia and many European nations.
Source latestThe latest government data on Friday reinforced the notion that more drastic efforts to tighten monetary policy were still a ways off.
Source latestA drone strike in Pakistan on Thursday intended for the militant Sirajuddin Haqqani killed his brother instead, officials said.
Source latestTiger Woods apologized to his friends, family and colleagues sitting before him in a long-anticipated statement on Friday morning.
Source latestUnlike the silver medalist, Yevgeny Plushenko, Evan Lysacek, who won gold, did not attempt a quadruple jump on Thursday.
Source latestLars Jansson, who owns a rare 1957 Volvo Sport, wants to track down the last of the production run.
Source latestThe military junta identified its chief while the whereabouts of President Tandja remained unknown.
Source latestSlovakia upset the Russians 2-1 in a game that was fast, physical and, if you didn
Source latestEvan Lysacek became the first U.S. man to win the Olympic gold medal since Brian Boitano in 1988, upsetting the defending champion, Yevgeny Plushenko.
Source latestThe Federal Reserve
Source latestStricter lending policies from China to Australia have been in effect for months, underscoring the two-speed path of the global recovery.
Source latestJoaqu
Source latestReviews of the Anna Sui, Marchesa, Phillip Lim, Proenza Schouler, Reed Krakoff, Sophie Theallet and The Row fall 2010 collections.
Source latestTorah Bright defeated Hannah Teter of the United States during a pressure-packed second run in the Olympics women
Source latestTeam Canada, one of the favorites for gold in the Olympic hockey tournament, needed to go to an overtime shootout to beat Switzerland, fraying the sporting nerves of a nation.
Source latestNew details of the capture of Mulla Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghan Taliban
Source latestCommentary from the three-time Olympian Todd Eldredge, and Times reporters in Vancouver, for the men's figure skating final.
Source latestExperts in the United States connected the intrusions into Google and other corporations to computers at a top Chinese university and a school with ties to China
Source latestA small program in Britain focuses on driving behaviors, such as fiddling with the radio, that people do all the time because they can get away with it.
Source latestThe Americans
Source latestThe apparent coup attempt occurred on Thursday while the government was meeting inside the palace, according to officials and diplomats.
Source latestThe U.N.
Source latestThe increase in the discount rate is seen as a first step by the Fed to normalize lending after more than two years of extraordinary actions to prop up the economy.
Source latestAn athlete warned Canadian officials about hazards at the track months before a competitor was killed last week.
Source latestLindsey Vonn took the early lead in the first run on Thursday.
Source latestThe meeting at the White House with the exiled Tibetan spiritual leader on Thursday was low-key, but raised the hackles of China nonetheless.
Source latestThere were indications that the pilot, who was killed in the crash on Thursday, had conflicts with the I.R.S.
Source latestThe show was vintage Lauren, with jewel-tone velvets, fine tailoring and the dark romance of the Edwardian era.
Source latestThe panel
Source latestAs diplomatic strains deepened, Britain and Ireland called in Israel
Source latestYvo de Boer, the Dutch bureaucrat who led the international climate change negotiations over four tumultuous years, is resigning his post as of July 1.
Source latestAfghan officials said the Taliban
Source latestThese are the Winter Olympics, no traditional Australian stomping ground unless you happen to find yourself in Whistler.
Source latestThe program has infected the computers of more than 2,500 corporations, a network security firm reported.
Source latestThe Czech Republic
Source latestA dozen producers and traders were found guilty of having supplied an U.S. trader with mislabeled
Source latestCanada and the United States dominate the field. The others are inching along the learning curve.
Source latestShaun White, the reigning champion, defended his turf on the men
Source latestThe Winter Games could be remembered for a series of foibles, accidents, miscalculations and unseasonably warm weather that has scrambled skiing and snowboarding events.
Source latestAfter decades of growth, there is a feeling in Spain that the prime minister is offering little more than palliatives for a brutal national hangover.
Source latestThe White House and Senate are nearing agreement on forming a council, led by the Treasury secretary, to identify systemic risk to the financial system.
Source latestThe men's snowboard halfpipe competition has begun and after all the backside 720s and frontside 900s, spectators are looking forward to the double corks and, wait for it, Shaun White's Double McTwist 1260.
Source latestShani Davis has won his second straight gold medal in the men
Source latestEight of 10 Americans arrested on child abduction charges were ordered released after the parents testified.
Source latestFinland, the 2006 silver medalist, opens its competition in the Vancouver Games with a 5-1 victory over Belarus.
Source latestShani Davis created another controversy with his decision to withdraw midway through the 500-meter competition.
Source latestThe Taliban
Source latestApolo Anton Ohno tries to vault into history with a seventh Winter Olympic medal.
Source latestAfter an assassination investigation revealed a world of bumbling spies and assassins, Israelis are questioning what role their intelligence agency might have played.
Source latestA judge said he would order the release of eight of 10 Americans accused of kidnapping children, while the remaining two would be held for further questioning.
Source latestThe confession has put Ray Gosling, who has made hundreds of documentaries for radio and television, in the center of a furious long-running debate about euthanasia in Britain.
Source latestLindsey Vonn finally kicked off women
Source latestChina is exerting itself more broadly toward Nepal because of concern that it could become a locus of Tibetan agitation, and to counter Indian influence.
Source latestSecurity costs have risen far beyond initial estimates, with the final tally expected to go beyond $1 billion Canadian.
Source latestThe U.N. said that Washington's concerns about aid being diverted to terror groups was holding up desperately-needed food.
Source latestA government campaign to improve Israel
Source latestWarm weather and lack of snow have made constructing the halfpipe a challenge.
Source latestNicolas Sarkozy made the first visit ever by a French president to its former colony of Haiti, to offer aid to the country crippled by the January earthquake.
Source latestPresident Akio Toyoda also said during a press conference that Toyota would appoint a chief quality officer to each major geographical region.
Source latestYevgeny Plushenko returned to the Olympic Games on Tuesday to find something he might not have recognized: competition for the gold medal.
Source latestThe outcome of Wednesday
Source latestHalving a container ship
Source latestWith the crowd waving maple leaf flags and chanting.
Source latestThe arrest of an opposition candidate and the harassment of journalists are raising fears that democracy is faltering.
Source latestMarkets gained across the region as firm U.S. data and receding anxiety over Greece
Source latestDagestanis had no choice but to trade across linguistic and ethnic barriers, breeding a bone-deep tolerance and fertile ground for ethnic humor.
Source latestPakistan has eliminated a key opponent, enhanced cooperation with the United States and ensured a place for itself in negotiating the end of the Afghan war.
Source latestFollow the men's short program on the Times' live blog.
Source latestHoping to redeem herself after squandering an opportunity at gold in 2006, Lindsey Jacobellis, a dominant figure in the snowboard cross, again squandered an opportunity to win.
Source latestSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has relished taking the lead in seeking support for U.N. sanctions.
Source latestIn one sign of progress, 12 women have formed their own party, with a platform built on women
Source latestVenezuela
Source latestSouth Korea has won another stunning gold at the Olympic speedskating oval as Lee Sang-hwa knocked off two overwhelming favorites in the women's 500 meters.
Source latestGermany's Tatjana Huefner completed a German double in the Olympic luge on Tuesday when she stormed to gold in the women's competition.
Source latestIt is not clear how the bruised shin will affect Lindsey Vonn
Source latestThe U.S. had its hands full for much of the hockey opener but emerged a winner over Switzerland.
Source latestEnergy companies are focused on buying fast-growing small companies, or on acquisitions that expand reserves.
Source latestFederal regulators are investigating whether Toyota acted quickly enough in recalling millions of vehicles.
Source latestNew questions emerged about the identities of the assassins of a Hamas official in Dubai in January.
Source latestIn the battle for Marja, Taliban resistance is fierce but less consistent, an official said on Tuesday.
Source latestSix-times world champion Magdalena Neuner of Germany landed her first Olympic gold medal by winning the women's 10km pursuit at Whistler Olympic Park on Tuesday.
Source latestCanada takes a great deal of pride in hosting the Winter Games, and most of that is tied inextricably to the home team's chances of winning gold in men's ice hockey.
Source latestPope Benedict XVI calling the mistreatment of young people a
Source latestThe application of advanced genetic techniques to mummies marks a new step in the reach of science into historical research.
Source latestTuesday's Olympic men's super combined has been postponed because of heavy snow on the top of the Whistler Creekside racecourse and soft snow conditions brought on by snowfall at the bottom of the mountain.
Source latestSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton was locked in a confrontation with Iran over its nuclear program as she visited the Middle East on Tuesday.
Source latestEuropean finance ministers said in a statement that Greece must show by March 16 that it is on track to cut its deficit.
Source latestDidier Defago's gold medal gave Switzerland another reason to cheer Tuesday morning; it now led all countries in the gold count.
Source latestBarclays said its top two leaders would forgo bonuses for a second year in a row, even as the bank
Source latestMany saw China
Source latestChina
Source latestSouth Korea
Source latestOlympic athletes, who are barred from taking a number of everyday cold and flu medications, are obsessive about not becoming sick in the first place.
Source latestThe fiscal crisis shaking the Greek government has shown that Europe
Source latestA majority of Canadian hockey players shoot left-handed, while most Americans shoot right-handed. No reason is known for this disparity.
Source latestAs a broad band of religious groups rush to Haiti, what seems to divide missionaries most is how long they have been working in the country.
Source latestAmerican Seth Wescott, the winner in Turin 2006, nabbed his second Olympic snowboard cross gold medal.
Source latestPakistani and American intelligence forces captured Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the most significant Taliban figure to be detained in the war in Afghanistan, officials said.
Source latestWhite House officials say that they have not abandoned President Obama
Source latestCollections from Carolina Herrera, Zac Posen, Maria Cornejo, Diane Von Furstenberg, Caroline Seikaly and Thakoon.
Source latestA man who falsely portrayed himself as a lawyer in Haiti is at large with Salvadoran charges pending against him.
Source latestAs trade in the region grows more lucrative, China is developing more ports and forcing India to rethink relations with its neighbors.
Source latestEvan Lysacek, a two-time figure skating national champion, is still looking for his first Olympic medals.
Source latestMany consider Coco Rocha a veritable behemoth in a business that makes a fetish of being rail thin.
Source latestThe men
Source latestMicrosoft unveiled a new version of its flagship smartphone software on Monday, now called Windows Phone.
Source latestEuropean finance ministers gathered to put pressure on Greece to step up budget cuts and stem its debt crisis, but Greece, faced with growing public dissent, warned over doing too much too fast.
Source latestTwo commuter trains collided at rush hour in a Brussels suburb Monday, killing a number of people, officials said.
Source latestA large number of Taliban fighters may have crossed the border into Pakistan after pressure from U.S. and Afghan forces, Afghan officials said on Monday.
Source latestChina
Source latestSecretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said on Monday that the U.S. fears Iran
Source latestAlexandre Bilodeau
Source latestAfter a numb month during which few individuals had ceremonies to mark their deaths, grief is pouring out at memorials and funerals.
Source latestShen Xue and Zhao Hongbo came out of retirement last year to try for the Olympic gold that had eluded them for so long.
Source latestAlexandre Bilodeau won the men
Source latestJenny Potter became the leading scorer, male or female, in U.S. Olympic history and Meghan Duggan added two goals.
Source latestStill, economists forecast that growth will slow this year and that Japan is likely to be overtaken by China as the world
Source latestFelix Loch became the youngest men
Source latestTwo missiles fired from a U.S. drone aircraft killed at least six militants, Pakistani security officials said.
Source latestThe accusations against the aide, brought to light by a former senior Palestinian intelligence officer, have stoked a crisis of confidence in Palestinian leadership.
Source latestSnowboard cross and ski cross, the only new medal sport added for these Olympics, are likely the most dangerous.
Source latestThe top U.S. commander in Afghanistan confirmed that a rocket went astray during operations in the Marja area of Helmand province, killing 12 civilians.
Source latestRobot-assisted prostate cancer surgery makes sense in some ways, but it is not clear if its outcomes are better.
Source latestA day after a bomb ripped through an eatery in Pune, Indian authorities were trying to determine whether the attack was linked to known terror groups or operatives.
Source latestA deep look into the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili was supposed to happen. But the luge federation seemed more concerned with reopening the track.
Source latestGoogle is making important changes to Buzz to address criticism from users and privacy advocates.
Source latestA same-sex couple has been arrested in Malawi, where homosexuality carries a sentence of 5 to 14 years.
Source latestThe obliteration of higher education is expected to have longstanding effects on Haiti, where even in the best of times few people make it to college.
Source latestThe modifications made to the Whistler Sliding Center after the death of Nodar Kumaritashvili after a crash during a training run presents luge sliders with a new set of challenges that include slower race speeds.
Source latestWall Street did not create Europe
Source latestSwiss ski jumper Simon Ammann earned his third Olympic title by winning the normal hill event Saturday.
Source latestThe death of the luge athlete was because of human error, officials said.
Source latestCompany K, part of a surge battalion, received a crash course in the Afghan war.
Source latestThe man providing legal advice to American church members arrested in Haiti may have charges against him in the United States and a warrant for his arrest in El Salvador for sex trafficking.
Source latestLuge officials say the track is safe while announcing major changes.
Source latestThe success of a huge offensive on the Taliban stronghold Marja will rise and fall on what happens after the gunfire.
Source latestThe usual mosh-pit atmosphere behind the scenes of a fashion show was raised a few notches on Friday at a benefit for Haiti, convened by Naomi Campbell.
Source latestEven the death of a 21-year-old Georgian luger didn
Source latestAt least eight people died after a bomb ripped through a restaurant popular with tourists in the western city of Pune.
Source latestCommanders said that the U.S., Afghan and British troops achieved every objective they had set.
Source latestThe men
Source latestA day that had long been planned as a joyous kickoff in Vancouver ended up tinged with sorrow and uncertainty.
Source latestMany of the foreign medical workers who initially flew to Haiti are now overwhelmed by their experiences and the limits to what they could do there.
Source latestThe biggest threat to Asia
Source latestNo gunfire, not even in the distance, broke the quiet as Marine platoons secured the northern edge of Marja, the focus of "Operation Moshtarak."
Source latestAt fashion shows, V.I.P. status is defined downward, and fashion is not amused.
Source latestWas Vancouver, with its temperate climate, a bad place to hold the Winter Games?
Source latestLive blogging from the Vancouver Games opening ceremony.
Source latestReviews of the Ralph Rucci, Jason Wu and Wayne fall 2010 collections.
Source latestFerran Adria will close El Bulli permanently and replace it with a culinary academy.
Source latestMany of the foreign medical workers who initially flew to Haiti are now overwhelmed by their experiences and the limits to what they could do there.
Source latestAn American, British and Afghan force swept into the city of Marja to destroy the insurgency
Source latestNodar Kumaritashvili, a men
Source latestA planned offensive is intended to serve as a prototype for a new type of military operation, based on the counter-insurgency thinking propounded by General McChrystal.
Source latest“
Source latestIn China, 42 high-speed rail lines have opened or are set to open by 2012; the U.S. hopes to build its first high-speed line by 2014.
Source latest"Model villages in the Marja area are blossoming" - The New York Times, 1960
Source latestAuthorities shut down the Mr. Gay China pageant last month, but the would-be contestants and organizers sent a contestant to the international competition.
Source latestThe step by China
Source latestA review into the troubles that halted Eurostar traffic for several days in December found the company and the tunnel operator were unprepared for winter weather.
Source latestStarting this week, Japan
Source latestThe fight over the politics of a film star who has angered the Hindu right is a glimpse of the bitterly parochial politics that still divide India
Source latestAt the center of their country
Source latestOnce enthusiastic about adopting the euro, countries like Latvia and Estonia are now looking more skeptically at the benefits of the euro zone after seeing Greece
Source latestWith a paucity of domestic initial public offerings, the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are trying to attract Chinese listings from exchanges in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
Source latestAny gains in the currency were undermined by lingering concerns about the fragile finances of some nations in the euro zone.
Source latestOfficials say the most severe cases of underweight jumpers have been halted, but current rules still encourage jumpers to remain thin.
Source latestWhile much of the rest of the world frets about Chinese cyberspying abroad, China is increasingly alarmed about the threat that the Internet poses to its security and political stability.
Source latestFormer President Bill Clinton was taken to NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital on Thursday where doctors inserted two stents after one of the bypass grafts from an operation five years ago became obstructed, a Clinton spokesman said.
Source latestAt a time of deepening political disaffection and intensified distress about the economy, President Obama enjoys an edge over Republicans in the battle for public support.
Source latestThe U.S. ski team said Lindsey Vonn, who had injured her shin,
Source latestIf prosecutors raise no objections, the 10 Americans charged with child abduction would be freed from jail but must remain in the country.
Source latestTribal leaders in Marja, the site of an imminent offensive by international forces, expressed skepticism that the operation would protect them from insurgents.
Source latestAlexander McQueen, the British fashion designer known for some of the most controversial collections of the last two decades, was found dead Thursday morning at his apartment in London.
Source latestThe tents at Bryant Park weren
Source latestLeaders have agreed on a political statement to deal with the crisis and will leave the details to be worked out among finance ministers on Monday.
Source latestEurope rejected an agreement with the U.S. to share information on bank transfers in order to track suspected terrorists, fearing for citizens
Source latestSouth Africans on Thursday celebrated the steps that sounded apartheid's death knell 20 years ago: Nelson Mandela walking to freedom after 27 years in prison.
Source latestOpposition Web sites carried reports of shots and tear gas being fired at protesters as crowds gathered Thursday to mark the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Source latestUmida Akhmedova was found guilty Wednesday of slandering Uzbekistan with her photography, only to be saved from a prison sentence by the anniversary of the country
Source latestA Chicago man returned to Haiti and found his parents alive, only to encounter one bureaucratic or logistical hurdle after another.
Source latestAs Europe edges toward emergency guarantees to help stem market panic, Germany has increasing doubts about the euro experiment it long championed.
Source latestPalestinians are petitioning the United Nations, saying that the Simon Wiesenthal Center
Source latestThe move is thought to be part of an effort to head off opposition demonstrations planned for Thursday, the 31st anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
Source latestSome G.M. and Ford dealers are offering big discounts to drivers who trade in their Toyotas.
Source latestThe author William Faulkner appears to have drawn the names of characters and other inspiration from a plantation diary just discovered by scholars.
Source latestA variety of Polaroid photographs snapped by famous artists, brought together in one of the most storied collections in photography, are going on the auction block.
Source latestAn expanding schedule filled with risky new events has made the Winter Games more popular, and more dangerous, than ever.
Source latestEuropean leaders were close to agreement on measures aimed at persuading jittery investors that Greece will not be allowed to default.
Source latestThe injury called into question her ability to train for
Source latestThe prime minister sent the military to press a provincial council on the appointment of a governor, raising doubts about Iraq
Source latestLabor unions mounted a challenge to the proposed spending cuts that officials have said are necessary to stave off the country
Source latestThe Federal Reserve chief outlined a strategy, but not a timetable, for scaling back the extraordinary measures the Fed has taken to prop up the economy.
Source latestBritain lost a court battle to keep secret information on the treatment of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who says he was tortured in U.S. custody.
Source latestA Chinese prosecutor handed down indictments on Wednesday against an Australian citizen and three Chinese employees of the mining giant Rio Tinto.
Source latestThe British government was forced to release a summary of secret documents that were shared by American intelligence officials with their British counterparts detailing the mistreatment of a British man who was subjected to extraordinary rendition by American officials.
Source latestBritain lost a court battle to keep secret information on the treatment of a former Guantanamo Bay detainee who says he was tortured in U.S. custody.
Source latestMany aspiring Olympians have trouble finding sponsors, but one place has given them financial support: the Indian railway, which offers bonuses for athletes.
Source latestLabor unions in Greece mounted their first challenge to austerity measures as the country struggles with debt and budget shortfall.
Source latestAuthorities said a storm with heavy wind and rain set off waves of snow that buried two miles of a highway and left cars trapped in a tunnel, killing at least 150.
Source latestThe Frenchman Bernard-Henri Levy cited a thinker who never was, and has yet to hear the end of it.
Source latestMarkets and observers question whether Portugal
Source latestThe Obama administration hopes to undermine the group that runs Iran
Source latestA country characterized by modesty is going all out in an effort to win the most gold medals in the Vancouver Games.
Source latestThe offer, aimed at preserving Pakistan
Source latestThe new mayor
Source latestStocks climbed on hopes that European officials would move to rescue Greece from its debt troubles.
Source latestThe European Parliament voted a new European Commission into power, endorsing Jose Manuel Barroso for a second five-year term as its president.
Source latestIranian security officials were believed to have arrested as many as 1,000 people in the past two months, a rights group said.
Source latestThe Roman Catholic Church faces yet another child abuse scandal, this time in Pope Benedict XVI
Source latestDeadly avalanches buried hundreds cars along a high mountain pass that links Afghanistan
Source latestChina revealed that water pollution in 2007 was more than twice as severe as official figures that had long omitted agricultural waste.
Source latestThe 10 American Baptists detained in Port-au-Prince on child trafficking charges say the United States government could be doing more on their behalf.
Source latestOpel, G.M.
Source latestBrushing aside international threats of stricter sanctions, Iran reportedly began enriching its uranium on Tuesday.
Source latestThe prime minister moved a contentious debate over
Source latestToyota will recall thousands of Prius cars and halt shipments of other hybrids due to problems with the cars
Source latestRajendra K. Pachauri and the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change face accusations of scientific sloppiness and potential financial conflicts of interest.
Source latestIn Nineveh Province, a parliamentary election considered crucial to Iraqi unity is highlighting conflicts among ethnic and religious groups.
Source latestAgreements on U.S. bases and allowing nuclear-armed ships in Japanese ports date from the 1960s and 1970s.
Source latestA Brooklyn writer is celebrating four years of giving her friends cash and asking them to find ways to donate.
Source latestDoctors and aid workers are wrestling with the burden of proving that they are not illegally transporting children, whose risk of dying is rising while the paperwork awaits.
Source latestThe first problems with sticking accelerators in some Toyota models surfaced more than a year ago in Britain and Ireland. But it was only Friday - long after a global recall began - that the European Commission issued its first alert.
Source latestThe Obama administration is trying to keep humans flying in space, but will its measured proposals succeed?
Source latestA weapon deal has raised alarm in the republic of Georgia, which fought a war with Russia and sees the vessels as a threat that could be based in the Black Sea off its shores.
Source latestEconomists said that Toyota
Source latestSri Lanka arrested the former army commander and presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka on Monday, for what the army said were military offenses.
Source latestThe United Nations called off a food distribution for thousands of hungry Haitians on Monday after counterfeiters printed fake tickets to gain access to a rice giveaway.
Source latestSri Lanka arrested the former army commander and presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka on Monday, for what the army said were military offenses.
Source latestChina
Source latestViktor F. Yanukovich declared victory in presidential elections, but Prime Minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko refused to concede.
Source latestPrime Minister Boiko M. Borisov has in recent months promoted a legion of women, heralding what some are calling a political sexual revolution in the macho Balkan country.
Source latestIran plans to notify the International Atomic Energy Agency of plans to enrich its stockpile of uranium to power a medical reactor, a senior Iranian official said.
Source latestA new group of soldier-writers explore the futility of war
Source latestThe decision to recall at least 311,000 2010 Prius cars will be announced early this week, adding to the automaker
Source latestAs alarm about Greek debt increases, a weakness of the European monetary union has been exposed: its lack of a strong political arm.
Source latestThe Asian financial crisis of 1997 led many countries to be more conservative about borrowing and spending than Western nations.
Source latestJapanese beer makers Kirin Holdings and Suntory on Monday abandoned a plan to create one of the world's largest food and beverage makers.
Source latestAfter nearly three decades of war, any hope of self-rule among the country
Source latestIn a nation beset by war and suicide bombings, a road that runs through a mountain gorge between Kabul and Jalalabad holds its own terrors.
Source latestThe decision to recall at least 311,000 2010 Prius cars will be announced early this week, adding to the automaker
Source latestThe primary focus of the new rules appeared to be the Indian subcontinent and the Arab world.
Source latestEight of 10 Americans held on child abduction charges signed a note saying that their leader, Laura Silsby, misled them, while their lawyer stepped down.
Source latestMore women have reached the pinnacle of power in Asia in recent years than in any other part of the world.
Source latestA massive gas explosion rocked a power plant in Middletown, Conn., setting off tremors that were felt miles away.
Source latestThe election could give the country its first woman president after a campaign dominated by voters
Source latestAfter a 30-month legal battle, Alinghi and BMW Oracle are final heading the starting line of the America
Source latestIraq staggered toward a resolution of its election crisis as its leaders gave a court time to reconsider a ban on certain candidates.
Source latestSarah Palin said she would consider a run for president in 2012
Source latestLebanon
Source latestPresident Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ordered Iran
Source latestUkrainians voted for president in an election that is shaping up as a verdict on the impact of the 2004 Orange Revolution.
Source latestThe launching of the space shuttle Endeavour was postponed a day because of thick clouds that moved during the last few hours of the countdown.
Source latestIn a move likely to further tensions with the West, Iran
Source latestKIEV, Ukraine (AP) -- Polls opened in the second round of Ukraine's presidential elections Sunday, pitting two bitterly opposed candidates in a contest that some observers predict could be settled in the courts.
Source latestJapan's Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning for several small islands after a strong earthquake shook an area off the country's southern coast.
Source latestCritics said Jacob Zuma had set a bad example in a country with one of the world
Source latestThe spectacular stadiums built for the 2008 Olympics now stand empty. What this says about China.
Source latestA nonprofit organization is trying to help transform a struggling region into an international center for the biathlon, one of the least known Olympic sports in the United States.
Source latestThe authorities fear that some less scrupulous orphanages are taking advantage of the chaos to round up children in crisis and offer them for sale as servants and sex slaves.
Source latestThe murders of people warbling
Source latestThe announcement by the Irish National Liberation Army, a republican group blamed for more than 100 killings, came days before a disarmament deadline.
Source latestThe Group of 7 finance ministers, who are meeting in Canada, want to keep support for their economic recoveries while pledging to tackle their debt levels once sustained growth returns.
Source latestIvory Coast is stumbling toward a presidential election. But about million residents are not eligible to vote.
Source latestVillagers from Pakistan strayed too close to a border checkpoint and were killed when Afghan forces believed they were trying to overrun the post.
Source latestToyota
Source latestOn the streets online, Iraqi candidates seek to sway a crucial vote that will define the political landscape for the next four years.
Source latestA new Mexico City law goes into effect March 4 that will allow same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, propelling the city to the forefront of the global gay rights movement.
Source latestThe United States and Germany rejected Iran
Source latestHe won
Source latestDefense Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday he saw no sign a deal was close between Iran and Western powers.
Source latestIqaluit, Canada - population 7,000 - may seem an unlikely venue for a G-7 bull session about the global economy this weekend, but the host nation chose it in part to underscore a message about sovereignty.
Source latestWestern-style fitness is beginning to catch on among Russia
Source latestKANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) -- Afghan border police mistook a group of villagers gathering wood near the Pakistan border as insurgents and opened fire, killing seven civilians, a police official said Saturday.
Source latestMiki Ando performs in the shadows of South Korea
Source latestThe death of Shazia Masih has served as a vivid reminder of the powerlessness of the poor in Pakistan.
Source latestAs a 2010 European Capital of Culture, this city
Source latestRobert Park, 28, arrived in Beijing more than a month after he had slipped across a frozen river carrying letters calling for Kim Jong-Il to close prison camps and step down.
Source latestWith
Source latestFormer President Bill Clinton returned to Haiti on Friday to meet with government and aid officials, visit a health clinic and deliver medical supplies, computers and generators.
Source latestThe West may balk at Tehran
Source latestAnxieties about the health of the euro go to the central dilemma of the European Union: the grip of states over economic policy, which makes it hard for the union as a whole to deal well politically with a crisis.
Source latestThe sum paid to Lloyd C. Blankfein, $9 million in deferred stock, reflects a sensitive political calculation following the uproar over bankers
Source latestThe sole worker at Haiti
Source latestA top envoy said Friday that the planned interceptors could pose a threat to Russia
Source latestGrowth in manufacturing and part-time employment raised hopes despite the loss of 20,000 more nonfarm jobs in January. The jobless rate fell to 9.7 percent.
Source latestThe doctor who was treating Michael Jackson when he died suddenly in June will face charges on Monday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney
Source latestFor the 16 countries that use the euro, a question about whether a single central bank can manage the divergent economic and financial conditions of its members.
Source latestDefense Secretary Robert M. Gates pledged armored transport vehicles and other equipment to foreign troops to help protect them against roadside bombs.
Source latestYulia V. Tymoshenko, a heroine of the Orange Revolution, has trailed in the polls leading to the presidential runoff on Sunday.
Source latestIt would be naive to say the drama is over, but the John Terry affair has taken a turn toward a conclusion, of sorts. The Chelsea defender was stripped of the England captaincy following allegations of an affair with a teammate's companion.
Source latestThe military contractor BAE Systems has reached a settlement of about $450 million with Britain and the U.S., ending a long-running corruption investigation.
Source latestNyi Nyi Aung, a naturalized U.S. citizen, gave up comfortable life near Washington to campaign for democracy in his native Myanmar
Source latestThe decision to put up a statue of President Obama as a 10-year-old in a public park had been criticized, on grounds that Mr. Obama had only lived there as a child.
Source latestContinued worries about government debt in several European countries and the state of the U.S. labor market took their toll on European markets.
Source latestAt least two explosions tore through crowds attending a Shiite pilgrimage in Karbala, the latest in a series of attack there this week.
Source latestA bomb ripped through a bus carrying Shiite Muslims in Karachi, and barely two hours later, another blast struck at a hospital where many of the wounded had been taken.
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Source latestTwenty people were killed in a blast in Karbala, the latest in a series of attack in recent days against Shiite pilgrims.
Source latestContinued worries about government debt in several European countries and the state of the U.S. labor market took their toll on European markets.
Source latestCompany officials in Japan were considering a recall of the 2010 Prius hybrid because of a flaw in the car
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Source latestThe prime ministers of Ireland and Britain unveiled a breakthrough agreement Friday that saves Northern Ireland
Source latestA military report issued Friday on the attack, in which the Taliban overran a U.S. combat outpost in Afghanistan, suggested any sanctions would be against higher-level officers.
Source latestFive blocks from the site of the opening ceremony for the Winter Games, the Downtown Eastside is a neighborhood of blight, but also of some hope.
Source latestNorth Korea said Friday it would release an American who illegally entered the country on Christmas Day to urge its leader, Kim Jong-il, to resign.
Source latestA one-time illegal tagger who started out marking up subway trains now has a book that chronicles a phenomena born in the
Source latestA fatal crash not explained by brakes or mats is adding to the push for a broader inquiry into problems with sudden, unintended acceleration in Toyotas.
Source latestVietnam seeks to bring more players into talks so that China will have to bargain in a multilateral setting with all nations that have claims in the South China Sea.
Source latestA new study points towards a different way of regulating children
Source latestThe pictures show nitrogen ice growing and shrinking, getting brighter in the north and darker in the south.
Source latestIf confirmed, the easing of controls could signal a political setback for North Korea
Source latestMembers of a Baptist group who tried to take 33 Haitian children to an orphanage across the border were charged on Thursday, according to prosecutors.
Source latestThe collaboration with the N.S.A. raises questions about how much Google knew when it said it might end its operations in China.
Source latestResidents of South Ossetia on Thursday petitioned Senator Richard G. Lugar to warn against supplying the Georgian government with weapons, saying they could be used against civilians.
Source latestPakistan has not responded yet to an invitation by India for the first high-level talks since the Mumbai attack.
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Source latestGen. Stanley A. McChrystal, the senior commander of American and allied forces in Afghanistan, said that the situation was no longer getting worse.
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Source latestThe Bank of England said it would not extend its purchase of government bonds that was intended as stimulus. The bank, along with the E.C.B., maintained its key rate.
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Source latestTjhe company also projected a smaller full-year loss, providing the latest evidence of how the global economic recovery is filtering through to corporate earnings.
Source latestBeijing signaled on Thursday that it had no sympathy for the American complaint that China
Source latestToyota said Thursday that it posted a net profit in the final three months of last year, a period before the Japanese auto giant was hit by its current global recall of millions of vehicles.
Source latestProblems with other Toyota models have owners of the Prius wondering about the safety of their own vehicles.
Source latestEuropeans are making old plants more modern and effective rather than watching workers or companies deemed uncompetitive fall by the wayside.
Source latestAafia Siddiqui faces a life sentence for shooting at Army and F.B.I. officials while in custody in Afghanistan.
Source latestAid groups have begun to favor do-it-yourself housing with tarpaulins at first, followed by lumber.
Source latestExperts said a finding could raise ethical questions about consulting severely disabled patients on care.
Source latestThe U.S. and Afghan militaries are about to launch their biggest joint offensive of the war, and appear to be making sure the Taliban know about it.
Source latestDecades after the Cultural Revolution, China has reversed its attitude toward antiques, and the market has become hot.
Source latestAn investigation has shed new light on how major banks unwittingly shifted hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of politicians, their relatives and associates.
Source latestThe Obama administration wants China to stop artificially depressing its currency, a policy that fuels its persistent trade gap with the United States.
Source latestBuckfast has emerged as a symbol of Scotland
Source latestA government-sponsored tour across Europe by the Tehran Symphony Orchestra drew protests and the faint echo of an earlier era of cultural diplomacy.
Source latestOne of Alberto Giacometti's best-loved bronzes, "Walking Man I," broke the world record price for a work of art at auction, selling to an unidentified telephone bidder for $92.5 million.
Source latestEducated Haitians in other lands have long tried to play a more vital role in Haiti
Source latestGermany
Source latestAn academic board has largely cleared Dr. Michael E. Mann of misconduct arising from the unauthorized release of more than 1,000 e-mail messages.
Source latestWithin months, Nepal must complete the final, and most difficult, piece of the 2006 peace agreement: integrating Maoist fighters into the country
Source latestA Pakistani neuroscientist was convicted on Wednesday of attempted murder charges for trying to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in Afghanistan.
Source latestRay LaHood, the Secretary of Transportation, advised owners of recalled Toyotas not to use them until they are repaired by a dealer.
Source latestBy overturning the fiercely disputed ban of candidates for suspected ties to the Baath Party, the court may have averted a boycott of the national election.
Source latestSingapore has high hopes for its two new casinos, but its tight restrictions on junket operators and high entry fees for local visitors could hurt business.
Source latestThe European commission approved Greece
Source latestChanges to the North Korean currency have set off runaway inflation, officials said in Seoul, and the North Korean leader was said to have fired the top monetary official.
Source latestThe attack, which killed at least 20, was the second this week targeting Shiite pilgrims, underscoring authorities
Source latestThe Japanese government told Toyota to investigate a possible defect in its new Prius model after receiving 14 reports of brake trouble.
Source latestNo American soldiers are formally stationed in Pakistan, and their presence, mainly for intelligence and training missions, has been handled with extreme discretion.
Source latestThe blast was the latest a string of attacks this week that have targeted pilgrims making their way to an important Shiite religious observance in Karbala.
Source latestThe rocket was also carrying living organisms
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Source latestThis village has a complicated history, adapting to the shifting map of territorial conquests and squeezed between Israel, Lebanon and Syria.
Source latestThe giant insurer and recipient of the biggest government bailout in history agreed to cut its next round of bonuses by $20 million.
Source latestThough the training program has been revamped, officials list an array of challenges
Source latestNATO forces say that two U.S. service members were killed in a bomb strike in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday.
Source latestWhere to eat in Vancouver, British Columbia, which is among the best food towns in the history of the Winter Games.
Source latestThe Japanese government said Wednesday it has received 14 complaints in Japan about brake problems with Toyota's popular Prius hybrid.
Source latestThe man who allegedly attempted to blow up a jetliner on Christmas is talking to interrogators.
Source latestExperts say the disappearance of a human rights lawyer, Gao Zhisheng, with no official accounting or legal explanation, is a disturbing milestone.
Source latestA House committee wants documents showing the electronic systems on cars were not at fault.
Source latestIn another exceptionally heavy barrage, eight American drones fired at least 17 missiles at suspected militants along the border with Afghanistan on Tuesday.
Source latestOn Saturday in Kaliningrad, thousands of people protested tax hikes on automobile imports, cuts in social welfare programs and high utility costs.
Source latestPaper coupons that can be redeemed for 55 pounds of rice under a new United Nations food program have become more valuable than Haitian money.
Source latestSomething rare has happened in a region often given to brutal autocracy: power has been peacefully transferred to a civilian, just four months after an army massacre.
Source latestToyota, struggling with two large recalls, said that its sales in the United States fell 16 percent in January, even as other carmakers reported higher sales.
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Source latestEuropean Union officials found out about the decision, which the White House said was a scheduling matter, through news reports on Monday.
Source latestThe Lancet, a major British medical journal, on Tuesday retracted a flawed study linking the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine to autism and bowel disease.
Source latestAfter Tony Blair defended his decision on the war in Iraq, an ex-cabinet minister gave a blistering condemnation.
Source latestAdm. Mike Mullen and Defense Secretary Robert Gates told a Senate panel they would review how to institute a policy allowing openly gay people to serve in the military.
Source latestMir Hussein Moussavi made some of his harshest remarks against Iran
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