Google Documents Iraqi Museum Treasures Google is documenting Iraq’s national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday. Staff, AP NEWS - 5 minutes ago
Banks Weigh on World Markets After China Warning World stock markets fell Tuesday following big gains on Monday, with China’s main index posting its biggest drop in three months after the country’s central bank warned commercial banks to control their lending. Pan Pylas, AP NEWS - 6 minutes ago
Britain Opens Long-Awaited Iraq War Probe A long-awaited public inquiry into Britain’s role in the Iraq war opens on Tuesday, with former civil servants first to appear in hearings set to climax with Tony Blair taking the stand. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 6 minutes ago
Philippines Declares Emergency After 46 Killed The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as security forces unearthed more bodies from one of the worst incidents of election violence in the nation’s history, pushing the death toll to 46. Aaron Favila, AP NEWS - 13 minutes ago
US Downplays Climate Change Talks The White House is acknowledging that getting a binding agreement for cutting greenhouse gases at the Copenhagen Summit is very unlikely. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 14 minutes ago
EU: Climate Deal Hinges on US, China Global warming cannot be reversed unless the United States and China commit to meaningful cuts in their greenhouse gas emissions, the EU said Tuesday. Staff, AP NEWS - 18 minutes ago
Nigerian President Admitted to Saudi Hospital A Saudi doctor says the Nigerian president is undergoing medical tests at a hospital in the western seaport city of Jiddah. Abdullah Shihri, AP FEATURES - 21 minutes ago
The Nation’s Weather Two main weather features were expected to bring active weather to the U.S. on Tuesday. Weather Underground, AP NEWS - 26 minutes ago
Big Bang Atom Smasher Starts Speeding Proton Beams Scientists running the world’s largest atom smasher used the $10 billion machine’s accelerator to speed up proton beams for the first time Tuesday, in a step toward experiments about the makeup of the universe. Alexander G. Higgins, AP NEWS - 30 minutes ago
Mass Animal Sacrifice Festival Begins in Nepal Hundreds of thousands of Hindus gathered at a temple in southern Nepal on Tuesday for a ceremony involving the slaughter of more than 200,000 animals, a festival that has drawn the ire of animal-welfare protesters. Binaj Gurubacharya, AP NEWS - 33 minutes ago
British Panel Begins Inquiry on Iraq War In the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain’s role in the conflict begins questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict. Paisley Dodds, AP NEWS - 35 minutes ago
Novartis: 1st US Plant for Cell-Based Flu Vaccine Swiss pharmaceuticals maker Novartis AG has opened the first U.S. plant to produce flu vaccines using cell cultures instead of egg-based methods, it said Tuesday. Staff, AP FEATURES - 40 minutes ago
Walesa Takes Poland’s President to Court Solidarity founder Lech Walesa is suing Polish President Lech Kaczynski for damages in a Warsaw court for having called Walesa a communist-era agent. Staff, AP NEWS - 45 minutes ago
Indonesians Protest Corruption Case Indonesians express disappointment with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s handling of a corruption case. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 45 minutes ago
Netanyahu: Prisoner Swap Not a Done Deal Israel’s prime minister is trying to temper expectations that a deal to free a long-held Israeli soldier is imminent. Staff, AP NEWS - 47 minutes ago
Iran Said Ready for Uranium Exchange on Its Soil Iran is ready to exchange its low-enriched uranium with a higher enriched material, but only on its own soil, to guarantee the West follows through with promises to give the fuel, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. Staff, AP FEATURES - 54 minutes ago
Ex-Spy, Submarines, Dubai Co. Part of Fla. Lawsuit Former French intelligence officer Herve Jaubert believed he was essentially being held captive in Dubai when his passport was confiscated by authorities amid a dispute with his employer, a powerful government-run conglomerate. He claimed he was threatened with torture and worried each day he would be arrested. Curt Anderson, AP NEWS - 58 minutes ago
Former Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej Dies Samak Sundaravej, a firebrand right-wing politician and TV cooking show host who briefly served as Thailand’s prime minister and considered himself a proxy of ousted leader Thaksin Shinawatra, died of cancer Tuesday. He was 74. D. Gray, AP NEWS - 62 minutes ago
Australian PM Urges Parliament to Approve Carbon Cuts Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd urged parliament Tuesday to approve legislation aiming to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent by 2020 ahead of next month’s global talks on climate change. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 66 minutes ago
DR Congo Militiamen on Trial at War Crimes Court Two Congolese militiamen accused of seeking to wipe out a village blocking a strategic route in an ethnic war went on trial on warcrimes charges in the International Criminal Court on Tuesday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 66 minutes ago
Khmer Rouge Trial Prosecutors Want Duch Jailed Prosecutors called on Tuesday for the former Khmer Rouge prison chief to receive a long jail term for his role in the “Killing Fields” atrocities as they delivered final arguments in his trial. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 66 minutes ago
PPR ‘Set to Sell Fnac, Conforama’ The French international fashion group PPR is set to sell its consumer goods chains Fnac and Conforama to focus on its luxury brands, chief executive Francois-Henri Pinault said on Tuesday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 66 minutes ago
GM to Keep Opel Plant in German Bochum General Motors will keep open Opel’s Bochum plant in western Germany, the head of the US firm’s European division, Nick Reilly, said on Tuesday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 66 minutes ago
Nokia to Cut 220 R&D Jobs in Japan Nokia, the world’s biggest mobile phone maker, said on Tuesday it would cut around 220 jobs in Japan as part of its plans to streamline its vast research and development operations. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 66 minutes ago
Lloyds Bank Record Rights Issue Set at Hefty Discount Britain’s partly-nationalised Lloyds Banking Group on Tuesday said it was offering shareholders new stock at a discount of almost 60 percent under the country’s largest ever rights issue. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 66 minutes ago
German Firms See Brighter Future Ahead: Survey German business confidence surged in November, a closely-watched survey showed on Tuesday, fuelling hopes that Germany, Europe’s economic powerhouse, could lead the continent out of recession. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 66 minutes ago
Thatcher Back at Downing Street for Portrait Unveiling Former prime minister Margaret Thatcher returned to her old offices in Downing Street on Monday for the unveiling of a new portrait of the “Iron Lady” at a reception hosted by Gordon Brown. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 66 minutes ago
Public Backs ‘Tobin’ Tax to Help the Poor: Poll Most of the public would support a tax on financial transactions if part of the money was directed to help those hit by the economic crisis here and abroad, a poll has shown. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 66 minutes ago
Japan’s Hitachi to Build Rail Car Plant in Britain Japanese high-tech giant Hitachi Ltd. plans to build railway cars in Britain in a multi-billion-dollar deal that would also create hundreds of new jobs, a company spokesman said Tuesday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 66 minutes ago
Hitachi to Build Rail Carriage Plant in Britain Japan’s Hitachi is planning to build railway carriages in Britain in a multi-billion-dollar deal that would also create hundreds of new jobs, a company spokesman said on Tuesday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 66 minutes ago
Bomb in Water Truck Kills 3 in Afghanistan A remote-controlled bomb hidden in a water truck exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing three people including two children, the Interior Ministry said. Staff, AP NEWS - 72 minutes ago
Obama Hosts Indian Prime Minister President Barack Obama hosts Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh (MAHN'-moh-hahn SING) at the White House on Tuesday, the first state visit of his presidency. Staff, AP NEWS - 74 minutes ago
11 More Philippine Victims Found; Death Toll to 46 A police official says 11 more bodies have been unearthed from a mass grave in the southern Philippines, bringing the death toll from a massacre of political supporters and journalists to 46. Aaron Favila, AP NEWS - 74 minutes ago
Philippine Massacre Leaves 24 Dead Heavy security patrols the streets of a southern Philippines town, after a massacre left at least 24 people abducted and brutally murdered. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 74 minutes ago
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