Archive for October, 2009

Saturday October 31, 2009 13:58

Afghan election official opposes coalition

The head of Afghanistan's Independent Election Commission vowed Saturday that he would not support a coalition government in Afghanistan. Around...

Saturday October 31, 2009 13:58

Six Afghans held for attack on U.N. staff

Six Afghans have been arrested for planning this week's guest house suicide attack that killed five U.N. employees in Kabul, Afghanistan's chief of...

Saturday October 31, 2009 13:58

Iraq bombing suspect killed

A suspect in a massive double bomb attack in Baghdad grabbed a guard's weapon and shot dead an investigator, before being shot himself, the Interior...

Saturday October 31, 2009 13:58

25-year-old massacre haunts India’s Sikhs

Gurdeep Kaur's wrinkled face was wet with tears, as she recounted what she saw a quarter century ago: the killings of 21 of family members. ...

Saturday October 31, 2009 13:58

Fourth typhoon in month hits Philippines

The fourth typhoon to hit the Philippines in a month came ashore east of the capital, Manila, on Saturday morning, bringing heavy rain, flooding, and...

Saturday October 31, 2009 13:58

Brazilian Indians find plane survivors

Indigenous Indians located nine survivors of a plane that crashed in a river in the Amazon rain forest with 11 people onboard, according to the...

Saturday October 31, 2009 13:58

Obama seeks options on Afghan force levels

President Obama has asked the Pentagon's top generals to provide him with more options for troop levels in Afghanistan, officials say, including the...

Saturday October 31, 2009 13:58

Latest Philippines typhoon turns deadly

A typhoon battered the Philippines, sending residents of one town clambering onto rooftops Saturday to escape rising waters. At least seven people...

Saturday October 31, 2009 13:58

Bush, Gorbachev recall fall of Berlin Wall

Three statesmen who oversaw the fall of the Berlin Wall gathered Saturday in Germany's capital to reflect on the changes they helped usher in 20...

Saturday October 31, 2009 13:58

Bush: ‘Tyranny’ if militants retake Afghanistan

Former President George W. Bush warned Saturday that "the world would face serious threats" if the resurgent Taliban and al-Qaida are allowed to...

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