Politics
Sen. Byrd's family denounces campaign attack ad
Sep 05, 2010 16:14 EDT
Image from Byrd memorial in TV attack ad linking W.Va. gov, Obama upsets late senator's family. The family of the late Robert C. Byrd is angry after the GOP nominee for his U.S. Senate seat included an image from Byrd's West Virginia memorial service in a TV attack ad.
ETA declares ceasefire in Basque independence battle
Sep 05, 2010 15:56 EDT
Basque separatist fighters ETA declared a ceasefire Sunday in their flagging, decades-long campaign of bombing and shooting for a homeland independent of Spain.
Focus of Gulf oil disaster shifts to finding the culprit
Sep 05, 2010 15:41 EDT
With a key piece of evidence raised from the depths of the Gulf of Mexico and BP's Macondo well ruled a threat no longer, the focus shifts to what went wrong and who is to blame.
Netanyahu seeks 'new solutions' to Palestinian conflict
Sep 05, 2010 15:18 EDT
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that creative thinking was needed to end the decades-old conflict with the Palestinians.
Twelve killed in suicide assault on Iraq army base
Sep 05, 2010 15:13 EDT
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Up to six suicide bombers, some armed with rifles, tried to storm an army base in Baghdad on Sunday, killing 12 people and wounding 36 less than a week after Washington declared U.S. combat operations in Iraq over.
Bahrain steps up pressure on Shiite 'plotters'
Sep 05, 2010 15:09 EDT
Bahrain steps up crackdown on restive Shiite opposition, threatening democratic reform push. What began last month with the arrest of an opposition leader in Bahrain has mushroomed into a full-blown political offensive in the tiny Gulf nation with big fault lines: U.S.-allied Sunni rulers against members of a Shiite majority being cast as coup plotters who could open the door to Iranian influence.
Egypt's political battle lines drawn on the web
Sep 05, 2010 14:38 EDT
CAIRO (Reuters) - A web page casting doubt on the religious credentials of the family of Egyptian presidential hopeful Mohamed ElBaradei has become the latest focus of an online battle for votes.
Assault on Baghdad military headquarters kills 12
Sep 05, 2010 14:36 EDT
Assault on Baghdad military headquarters kills 12; US troops help repel complex attack. Suicide bombers struck a Baghdad military headquarters on Sunday and killed 12 people, two weeks after an attack on the same site pointed to the failure of Iraqi forces to plug even the most obvious holes in their security.
Obama to propose permanent research tax credit
Sep 05, 2010 14:31 EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will ask the Congress on Wednesday to increase and permanently extend a tax credit for business research as a way of boosting job growth, an administration officials said on Sunday.
Attack on Iran would destroy Israel: Ahmadinejad
Sep 05, 2010 14:27 EDT
DOHA (Reuters) - Any attack on Iran would lead to the destruction of Israel, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said during a visit to the Gulf Arab state of Qatar on Sunday.
Police nab alleged smuggler of Ecuadorean migrant
Sep 05, 2010 14:23 EDT
Ecuadorean police arrest man for allegedly smuggling migrant who survived massacre in Mexico. Authorities have detained an alleged smuggler of an Ecuadorean man who told police he survived a massacre of 72 fellow migrants in Mexico, the justice minister confirmed Sunday.
US officials: Mideast talks to resume in Jerusalem
Sep 05, 2010 14:12 EDT
In symbolic move, Israeli-Palestinian peace talks to resume in holy city of Jerusalem. Israeli and Palestinian leaders plan talks with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton in Jerusalem this month. The setting is a symbolic move to show the seriousness of peace negotiations.
Basque ETA call to halt attacks met with caution
Sep 05, 2010 14:11 EDT
MADRID (Reuters) - The Basque rebel group ETA called a halt to armed attacks on Sunday but the government said the declaration was not enough and urged the weakened organization to renounce violence once and for all.
Clinton to attend Mideast peace talks in Sharm el-Sheikh
Sep 05, 2010 14:03 EDT
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will attend a second round of peace talks between the Israeli and Palestinian leaders later this month in the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh, a State Department official said Sunday.
Mideast crisis looms over Israeli settlements
Sep 05, 2010 13:53 EDT
Crisis looms over Israeli settlement construction, just days after Mideast talks are launched. Just days after Mideast peace talks began in Washington, the first major crisis is already looming: Israel hinted Sunday it will ease restrictions on building in West Bank settlements, while the Palestinian president warned he'll quit the talks if Israel resumes construction.
Mideast talks to resume in Egyptian Red Sea resort
Sep 05, 2010 13:48 EDT
CAIRO (Reuters) - The second round of direct peace negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians will take place in Egypt's Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh on September 14-15, the Foreign Ministry said on Sunday.
Netanyahu seeks 'new solutions' to Palestinian conflict
Sep 05, 2010 13:48 EDT
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that creative thinking was needed to end the decades-old conflict between Israel and the Palestinians.
Three killed, scores hurt in Dagestan suicide bombing
Sep 05, 2010 13:46 EDT
A suicide bomber rammed a Russian military base Sunday, killing three people and wounding some thirty more in the North Caucasus region of Dagestan, law enforcement sources said.
Basque separatist group ETA announce cease-fire
Sep 05, 2010 13:33 EDT
Basque group ETA announces another cease-fire, official says it's not enough. The armed Basque separatist group ETA, under pressure from political allies to renounce violence and decapitated repeatedly by the arrests of its leaders, announced another cease-fire Sunday, suggesting it might turn to a political process in its quest for an independent homeland.
