Aid poured in for Chile from home and overseas, with a local television station hoping to raise $27 million by Saturday and the United Nations pledging funds toward recovery efforts after a massive earthquake.
“Chile Helps Chile,” a telethon that started Friday, runs until Saturday night, according to TV Chile’s Web site. The site includes phone [...]
Oscar-nominated screenwriter John Milius, author of some of Hollywood’s most famous lines from films such as “Apocalypse Now,” “Dirty Harry” and “Jaws,” is a student of history — especially the history of war.
Five years after his HBO’s mini-series “Rome,” Milius is currently in pre-production on an epic film about the life of the infamous warlord [...]
New York — The son of a founder of the Palestinian militant group, Hamas, Tuesday told CNN that he was a spy for Israel.
For 10 years, Mosab Yousef said he gathered information about Hamas terrorist plots and fed them to Israel’s domestic security service Shin Bet.
Yousef, in an exclusive interview with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour, [...]
A winter storm named “Xynthia” battered the western coast of Europe Sunday, its high winds downing trees and power lines and leaving as many as 51 people dead, authorities said.
Hardest hit was France, where at least 45 people were killed, French Prime Minister Francois Fillon announced.
The extra-tropical cyclone whipped the country’s coastal regions and moved [...]
BBC News Britain and Ireland Hail N. Ireland Agreement New York Times LONDON — Formally ending months of dispute that threatened to bring down Northern Ireland's power-sharing government, the prime ministers of Britain and Ireland on Friday hailed a breakthrough agreement to transfer the … As it happened: Northern Ireland deal BBC News Brown hails Irish power sharing deal as 'new spirit of mutual respect' Times Online Leaders meet in Northern Ireland after deal reached CNN International Bloomberg
DAWN.com India waiting for Pakistani response to talks offer The Hindu In an effort to get bilateral relations moving again, India has offered Pakistan open-ended talks at the level of Foreign Secretary on all outstanding issues affecting peace and security, including counter-terrorism. But though Foreign Secretary …
Reuters China could block sanctions against Iran Washington Post China on Thursday threw a roadblock in the path of a US-led push for sanctions against Iran, saying that it is important to continue negotiations as long as Iran appears willing to consider a deal to give up some of its enriched … Iran groups urge non-violent protests CNN International Iran Nuke Deal: What if Ahmadinejad Is Serious? TIME Russia, West closer on Iran sanctions: lawmaker Reuters Xinhua
MiamiHerald.com Election Panel Puts Off Start of Iraq Parliament Races New York Times BAGHDAD — Iraq's independent elections commission announced Thursday that the parliamentary elections campaign, scheduled to start Sunday, would be postponed for five days, as confusion reigned over an appeals court decision that …
CNN Treasury Secretary Geithner says China is likely to let currency appreciate Los Angeles Times A revalued yuan would address a long-sought US goal that could help boost American exports and create more jobs. By Don Lee Reporting from Washington – Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner said Thursday that China was likely to let its currency …
Washington Post Iraq election campaigning delayed BBC News Iraq's electoral commission has said it will delay the start of campaigning for next month's parliamentary elections.
