AFP - A China-funded port in Sri Lanka will be a symbol of Colombo's non-partisan foreign policy, the president said Sunday amid Indian concerns over Beijing's interests in the region.
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China-funded port a 'symbol of non-partisan policy' (AFP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 12:16am EDT
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Talks with N. Ireland dissidents no betrayal: police chief (AFP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 12:12am EDT
AFP - Northern Ireland's police chief said on Sunday that opening talks with armed groups would not amount to a betrayal, despite recent bomb attacks that have targeted members of the police and army.
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Colombian VP out of hospital after heart surgery (AP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 12:05am EDT
AP - Colombia's vice president has been released by doctors after undergoing heart bypass surgery. -
Rain halts Murray-Federer final at Toronto (AFP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 11:00pm EDT
AFP - Britain's Andy Murray led Swiss Roger Federer 7-5, 3-2 on Sunday when their Toronto Masters final was stopped by a second major rain interruption.
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Mexican founders' bones displayed for bicentennial (AP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 10:38pm EDT
AP - Mexico is displaying the bones of 13 of its founding fathers — and one founding mother — at the National Palace as part of its yearlong bicentennial celebrations.
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Petraeus holds out prospect of reconciliation with Taliban (AFP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 9:22pm EDT
AFP - General David Petraeus, the US commander in Afghanistan, held out the prospect Sunday of eventual reconciliation with the Taliban, including negotiations with leaders with "blood on their hands."
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Former Nigerian VP Abubakar announces election bid (Reuters)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:10pm EDT
Reuters - Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar on Sunday formally declared his intention to run in elections due next January, posing a challenge to President Goodluck Jonathan for the ruling party ticket. -
In sign of calm, Israel removes gunfire barrier (AP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:09pm EDT
AP - Israel will not accept conditions for resuming direct negotiations with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and top Cabinet ministers affirmed in a meeting late Sunday, reflecting a hard line just as invitations to the talks appeared to be near.
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Lockerbie families raise new questions over bomber (AP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:09pm EDT
AP - The regrets of a cancer expert who assessed the only man ever convicted of the 1988 Lockerbie jetliner bombing have intensified the anger felt by victims' relatives over Scotland's decision to release the Libyan on compassionate grounds.
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UN chief: Never seen anything like Pakistan floods (AP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:08pm EDT
AP - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Sunday he has never seen anything like the flood disaster in Pakistan after surveying the devastation and urged foreign donors to speed up assistance to the 20 million people affected.
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Nigeria: Shell says pipeline sabotage increasing (AP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:07pm EDT
AP - Royal Dutch Shell PLC warned Sunday that thieves in Nigeria's oil-rich and restive southern delta are increasingly targeting the company's crude pipelines, including at least three incidents of sabotage this month alone.
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Petraeus hedges bets on Afghan withdrawal (AFP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 8:06pm EDT
AFP - General David Petraeus refused Sunday to be bound by a July 2011 deadline to begin withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan, reserving the right to seek a delay if conditions aren't right.
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Arsenal grab freak point to draw 1-1 at Liverpool (AFP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 7:59pm EDT
AFP - A late Pepe Reina own goal helped Arsenal salvage a point in a 1-1 draw at Anfield after David Ngog had put Liverpool in front in a match that saw both sides finish with 10 men on Sunday.
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Bahrain arrests 4 Shiite activists amid clashes (AP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 7:18pm EDT
AP - A Bahraini security official says four leading Shiite activists have been arrested as the kingdom's Sunni leaders try to end violent confrontations between Shiite protesters and anti-riot police. -
Sunni security militia targeted in Iraq violence (AP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 6:58pm EDT
AP - Gunmen robbed four commercial ships anchored near the southern oil hub of Basra in a rare attack off the Iraqi coast, the U.S. Navy said Sunday.
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Pilgrims evacuated after bomb threat at Lourdes (AP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 5:40pm EDT
AP - Thousands of people, many disabled or ailing, were evacuated Sunday from the shrine at Lourdes in southern France after a bomb threat on the Catholic holy day of Assumption. The pilgrims returned after explosives experts scoured the area. -
In Israel, Commerce amid Conflict (Time.com)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 11:45am EDT
Time.com - In Israel, Commerce amid Conflict -
Playing Golf in the Amazon: Where Water Hazard Means Piranhas (Time.com)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 11:30am EDT
Time.com - Welcome to one of the most remote golf courses in the world. Now, here's your machete and watch that you don't get swallowed by a boa. -
Sri Lanka: Business Picks Up in Northern Former War Zone (Time.com)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 11:00am EDT
Time.com - After being cut off from the rest of the country for more than 25 years, commerce has arrived in Sri Lanka's former war zone of Kilinochchi -
Why is Morocco Picking a Fight with Spain? (Time.com)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 11:00am EDT
Time.com - As Morocco refuses to back down in a centuries-old dispute over two Mediterranean enclaves, many see the spat as yet another sign that Spain is losing the respect of the global community -
Australia set for cliffhanger poll (AFP)
Posted: August 15th, 2010, 10:08am EDT
AFP - Australia was Sunday heading for a knife-edge election, with no party streaking ahead in opinion polls with less than a week to go, raising the prospect of the first hung parliament in 70 years.
