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French Senate to decide fate of 35-hour work week (AFP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008
Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - The French parliament was set Wednesday to adopt a major economic reform promised by President Nicolas Sarkozy, which amount read more »
Afghanistan troop increase up to next president: Pentagon (AFP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - The Pentagon is unable to send additional combat brigades to Afghanistan this year because of constraints imposed by the war read more »
Obama tells Israel he's committed to its security (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - From the solemnity of a Holocaust museum to a dusty village battered by Hamas rockets, Democratic presidential contender Bara read more »
Venezuela, Belarus sign oil deal (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Venezuela signed over three more oil fields to a joint venture with Belarus on Wednesday, with Venezuelan President Hugo Chav read more »
Iraqi president rejects election law (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Iraq's presidential council rejected a draft law paving the way for U.S.-backed provincial elections, returning it to parliam read more »
Libya protesters target Swiss banks over arrest (Reuters)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - OPEC member Libya should withdraw deposits in Swiss banks if the Swiss government fails to apologize for the arrest of read more »
Suspicion, terrain are foes for US in Afghan surge (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - As violence in Afghanistan escalates, the U.S. is responding by scrambling to get in more troops. But it's far from clear how read more »
Rice pushes top North Korean diplomat on nukes (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice pushed North Korea on Wednesday to accept terms to verify the dismantling of its nuclear read more »
Beijing setting up designated protest zones during Olympics (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month's Olympics, a security official said Wednesda read more »
Report: Australian newsman posts bail (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - An Australian TV journalist has been released on bail on drug charges in Singapore, his employer reported Tuesday. read more »
Abu Hamza loses final appeal against extradition (AFP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - The radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza al-Masri on Wednesday lost his final appeal against extradition to the United States to read more »
Agent: No rights advisement for Gitmo prisoners (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - An FBI agent testifying at the first Guantanamo war crimes trial said interrogators did not advise detainees here of any righ read more »
Obama tours Holocaust memorial in Israel (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama toured Israel's Holocaust memorial Wednesday, laying a wreath in memory of the read more »
Amnesty urges Pakistan to resolve 'enforced disappearances' (AFP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - Human rights group Amnesty International on Wednesday called on Pakistan to reveal the details of hundreds of so-called enfo read more »
Karadzic handover to Hague could come this weekend (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic will be handed over to the U.N. war crimes tribunal by early next week, a Serbian official read more »
Explanations demanded after England cricketers derailed (AFP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - England selector Geoff Miller demanded an explanation from skipper Michael Vaughan, who described selection for the disastro read more »
Rice meets top North Korean diplomat in Singapore (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met North Korea's top diplomat here Wednesday, ending a four-year hiatus in cabinet-level read more »
U.S. says all six aboard B-52 in Guam crash dead (Reuters)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsReuters - All six crew members aboard a U.S. B-52 bomber that crashed into the Pacific Ocean off Guam earlier this week are dead read more »
Obama's West Bank trip raises hope, skepticism (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas wants Barack Obama to take away one message from their meeting Wednesday he should foc read more »
Iran praises US participation in nuclear talks (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday said the United States' participation in the latest round of nuclear talks read more »
Hardline Islamist takes over Somali opposition (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - A fundamentalist Muslim whom the U.S. suspects of collaborating with al-Qaida says he has taken over leadership of Somalia's read more »
Beijing to set up Olympic protest zones in parks (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Beijing will set up specially designated zones for protesters during next month's Olympics, a security official said Wednesda read more »
Australia to give aid to Myanmar (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Australia announced Wednesday an extra $29 million in aid for survivors of Myanmar's May cyclone, but pressed its recalcitran read more »
Rice to press North Korean envoy on nukes (AP)
Date : 23 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks with Asian officials here Wednesday before meeting North Korea's top diplomat read more »
British track stars eye lion's share of cycling gold (AFP)
Date : 22 Jul 2008 Yahoo! News: World NewsAFP - With names like 'Kamakazi' and 'Real McHoy' competing in the Olympic cycling events, there's no doubt the two-wheeled battle read more »