60 Dead in Bombings Near Pakistani Capital

"WAH, Pakistan, Aug. 21 -- At least 60 people were killed and 100 were injured in coordinated suicide bombings Thursday at Pakistan's largest army munitions factory, the latest in a series of Taliban attacks against government targets. "

Arroyo changes focus of peace talks

"MANILA -- President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday said her administration is still committed to pursue peace as they are not waging a war against the Muslim community. "These recent developments in the south lead to a change in the basic premise of our peace efforts....

Indebted Ever After

Scared by National Deficit? You Should Be, Filmmakers Say.–For anyone with a serious interest in understanding the causes, there is no better place to start than Fred Harrison's website: http://www.renegadeeconomist.com –"By Frank AhrensWashington Post Staff...

Musharraf cancels visit to China

Threatened over the prospect of the possible impeachement Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf  has started counting his days. The leaders of the ruling Pakistan People's Party and Pakistan Muslim...

Rescuers reach Italian after 11 die on K2

An Italian mountaineer, Marco Confortola, has been rescued from the K2 mountain located in Pakistan. The second highest peak in the world, K2 had earlier swallowed 11 climbers during this recent expedition....

Police Spied on Maryland Activists

This is yet more ammo for the anti-Patriot Act crowd: newly-unearthed records show nearly 300 hours of surveillance was carried out between 2005 and 2006 on anti-war and anti-death penalty activists in Maryland,...

ICC prosecutor set to charge Sudan's Bashir

"THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court's (ICC) prosecutor is poised to seek the arrest of Sudan's president on Monday for alleged genocide in Darfur in a move Khartoum warns could set fire to the region. The prosecutor is widely expected to ask the court...

Guy Kawasaki's Truemors Gets Acquired By NowPublic

Report from the Inside   Click Here"Truemors, a rumor site launched by Guy Kawasaki in May 2007, has been acquired. The buyer is NowPublic, a "participatory news site" that we covered last year when they raised their second round of financing. Kawasaki is joining...

Austria needs early election badly

After months of political disputes among its members, the governing coalition dissolves. New elections are expected- if approved - by September. , " Governing Coalition in Austria Collapses; Early Election Expected function getSharePasskey() { return...

New Zealand's prime minister says she won't step aside as party lags ahead of...

New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark said Monday she has no plans to step aside as her governing Labour Party lags badly in opinion polls less than five months ahead of general elections.   " New...

British GP will move to Donington

End of an era for Silverstone."British GP will move to Donington Donington hosted its last Formula One race in 1993 The British Grand Prix will...

The Ronnie White Story: The Public and The Washington Post (Opinion, Analysis)

As I earlier noted in "Death of Newspapers? Save the Press!", one of the core strengths of traditional newspapers is the constant interaction with readers. Here, Marc Fisher aptly demonstrates this strength in responses to reader's views on the death of alleged cop killer...

Tsvangirai Will Not Join Unity Government

Zimbabwe's opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai announced earlier today that will not be joining a unity government to be a 'partner' to Robert Mugabe.He has accused Zimbabwe's 'new' leader of beating, torturing...

Twitter Secures Venture Capital, Aims to Become a Utility

The elite meet so we may continue to tweet. Twitter, that darling of the microblog world, has closed its venture capital round, apparently to the tune of fifteen million bucks, valuing the company at $100...

Ronaldo staying put, say Man Utd

£50 - £80 million for Ronaldo, says who?"Ronaldo staying put, say Man Utd Ronaldo scored 42...

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