Indian PM to Be Feted by Obama at State Visit India has watched with wariness as President Barack Obama’s administration has lavished attention on rivals Pakistan and China. Now, Obama is trying to ease Indian worries by honoring Prime Minister Manmohan Singh with the first state visit of his presidency. Foster Klug, AP NEWS - 8 minutes ago
Bio-Fuel Growth Raises Concerns About Forests Forests are a treasure trove of limbs and bark that can be made into alternative fuels and some worry the increasing trend of using that logging debris will make those materials too scarce, harming the woodlands. John Flesher, AP NEWS - 22 minutes ago
French Ship Russia Wants to Buy in St Petersburg A French navy ship of the type that Russia hopes to buy arrived Monday for a visit to St. Petersburg, fueling concern in Georgia and other ex-Soviet nations that it may be used to intimidate its neighbors. Irina Titova, AP NEWS - 26 minutes ago
Chinese Critic on Quake Response Gets 3 Years A Chinese court on Monday sentenced to three years in prison a veteran dissident who had criticized the government’s response to a 2008 earthquake that killed about 90,000 people. Staff, AP NEWS - 36 minutes ago
China Families Demand Mine Answers Family members search in vain for answers after their loved ones were killed in a gas explosion in China’s northeast. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 40 minutes ago
AP NewsAlert The US military says 4 of its service members were killed in the past 24 hours in Afghanistan. Staff, AP NEWS - 52 minutes ago
Romania’s President, Rival in Runoff Election Romania’s centrist president will face a socialist former foreign minister in a Dec. 6 runoff election, partial results showed Monday, in a race key to helping the country emerge from a political and economic crisis. Alison Mutler, AP NEWS - 54 minutes ago
‘New Moon’ Wolfs Down $140.7M in Opening Weekend “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” gobbled up $140.7 million the first three days the vampire romance was in theaters, while gaining $258.8 million worldwide, according to studio estimates. David Germain, AP NEWS - 58 minutes ago
Philippine Police Search for US Suspect Philippine police searched for an American who escaped after allegedly killing a government official’s son in a road-rage shooting — the second homicide case against him, officials said Monday. Staff, AP NEWS - 62 minutes ago
Zimbabwe Women, Receiving Rights Award, Speak Out After the beatings by President Robert Mugabe’s policemen, the overcrowded, lice-ridden jail cells, the degradation of nightly strip-searches, Jenni Williams and Magondonga Mahlangu still cling to hope for Zimbabwe. William C. Mann, AP NEWS - 62 minutes ago
Murky Ocean Depths Hide Abundance of Life Thousands of animal species thrive in the ocean depths beyond the reach of sunlight, between 200 to 5,000 meters below the surface, an international team of scientists has reported after nearly 10 years of research. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 62 minutes ago
Iran Police Arrest 12 Couples for Partner Swapping Iran’s moral police have arrested a dozen couples for engaging in illicit sexual acts, including swapping of partners, the conservative Jomhuri Eslami reported on Monday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 62 minutes ago
Indian PM Presses Pakistan on US Visit Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was to open talks Monday on a high-profile state visit to the United States where he encouraged President Barack Obama to fight Islamic extremism in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 62 minutes ago
Anger Builds as China Mine Toll Rises to 104 Relatives of victims angrily demanded answers Monday as hopes of finding more survivors after China’s worst mining disaster for two years took a blow with the death toll rising to 104. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 63 minutes ago
Anger Builds as China Mine Toll Rises to 104 Relatives of victims angrily demanded answers Monday as hopes of finding more survivors after China’s worst mining disaster in two years took a blow with the death toll rising to 104. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 63 minutes ago
21 Dead in Philippine Hostage Crisis: Military Twenty-one people who were among a group of local politicians and journalists abducted in the southern Philippines on Monday have been found dead, the region’s military chief said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 63 minutes ago
KRouge Jail Chief Accused of Crocodile Tears Lawyers for Khmer Rouge victims Monday accused the regime’s jailer of duping Cambodia’s war crimes court with “crocodile tears” as he faces final arguments over “Killing Fields” atrocities. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 63 minutes ago
Mobile Multimedia Revenues Tipped to Dethrone Text Multimedia services will surpass text messaging this year as the main source of mobile operators' non-voice revenues in the Asia-Pacific region, industry analyst IDC said Monday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 63 minutes ago
Mobile Multimedia Revenues Tipped to Dethrone Text Multimedia services will surpass text messaging this year as the main source of mobile operators' non-voice revenue in the Asia-Pacific region, industry analyst IDC said Monday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 63 minutes ago
Alleged Thai Spy Files Bail Request in Cambodia: Lawyer The lawyer for a Thai national held on charges of spying on fugitive former premier Thaksin Shinawatra said he filed a bail request to a Cambodian court Monday. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 63 minutes ago
Cyprus Begins Swine Flu Vaccination Program A Cypriot Health Ministry official says authorities have begun inoculating health care workers, pregnant women and high-risk patients against swine flu. Staff, AP FEATURES - 66 minutes ago
Study: Kids Watching Hours of TV at Home Daycare Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they are sitting as many as two hours a day in front of a TV, according to a study published Monday. Donna Gordon Blankinship, AP NEWS - 69 minutes ago
Attorney: Jackson’s Doctor Returning to Work Michael Jackson’s doctor is expected to return to work at his Houston medical clinic for the first time since before the pop star’s death. Juan A. Lozano, AP NEWS - 70 minutes ago
FBI Wants Public’s Help in Civil Rights Killings Over the last three years, the FBI scoured faded documents, interviewed aging lawmen and tracked down witnesses from killings that occurred decades ago, many of them involving white police officers who shot black men or teenagers. Shelia Byrd, AP NEWS - 71 minutes ago
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