Canadian sect leaders face polygamy charges
Published Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009
Canadian authorities filed polygamy charges on Wednesday against two leaders of a religious group that has openly practiced plural marriages in the province of British Columbia for years and has links to U.S. polygamist communities.
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Russia, Ukraine take gas row case to Europe
Published Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009
Russia and Ukraine argue their case to Europe on Thursday in a gas price dispute that has choked off energy supplies to EU countries beset by bitter winter weather.
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China urges deferral of Bashir war crimes case
Published Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009
China, the biggest investor in Sudan, said on Wednesday a war crimes indictment against Sudan's president would have a "disastrous" impact on the Darfur conflict and called for the case to be postponed.
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Israel pounds Gaza again
Published Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009
Israeli aircraft and tanks pounded the Gaza Strip on Wednesday and troops battled Palestinian guerrillas on the ground as U.S. backing for a proposed truce raised expectations of an end to the 12-day-old offensive.
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India PM says Pakistan "agencies" linked to attack
Published Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh accused Pakistan on Tuesday of acting irresponsibly, saying November's Mumbai attacks must have had support from some of its nuclear-armed neighbor's official agencies.
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Holier than thou? Christ statue has rival
Published Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
A little-known Brazilian farming town with sugar cane wealth is set to upstage Rio de Janeiro by erecting a statue of Christ that will eclipse its famous equivalent atop Rio's Corcovado mountain. Read More |
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EU faces deepening energy crunch over Russian gas
Published Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
Europe faced a deepening energy crunch and more sub-zero temperatures on Wednesday, with Moscow and Kiev showing little sign of a swift resolution of a pricing dispute that has slashed Russian gas supplies to the West.
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Egypt floats truce plan after 42 killed in Gaza school
Published Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
Israel and Hamas studied a proposal by Egypt for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday that won immediate backing from the United States and Europe, hours after Israeli shells killed 42 Palestinians at a U.N. school.
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China seen facing wave of unrest in 2009
Published Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
China faces surging protests and riots in 2009 as rising unemployment stokes discontent, a state-run magazine said in a blunt warning of the hazards to Communist Party control from a sharp economic downturn. Read More |
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Zimbabwe court dismisses activists' bid for freedom
Published Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2009
A Zimbabwean court Tuesday ruled that a leading human rights advocate and eight other activists should remain in custody, in a case that has raised further doubts over a power-sharing deal. Read More |
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North-south security divide could sway Afghan vote
Published Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
A troubling north-south security divide could affect the outcome of Afghanistan's presidential election this year, a poll official warned on Monday, with voters still to be registered in some of the most dangerous provinces.
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U.S. opens new Iraq embassy
Published Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
The United States dedicated its new embassy building in Baghdad on Monday, a step meant to symbolize its transition from occupying power to an ally of a sovereign Iraqi government.
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India says hands Mumbai attack evidence to Pakistan
Published Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
India handed over evidence on Monday to Pakistan that it said linked Pakistani militants to the Mumbai attacks and demanded a prompt investigation, piling diplomatic pressure on its nuclear-armed rival.
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Guatemalans dig for bodies after landslide kills 34
Published Tuesday, Jan. 6, 2009
Rescue workers dug with shovels and their bare hands to recover bodies on Monday after at least 34 coffee workers were killed by a landslide as they walked along a road in northern Guatemala.
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