Blackwater took Afghan rifles (Taipei Times)
Thu, 25 Feb 2010 16:42:34 GMT
UNDER FIRE: A hearing of the US Senate armed services committee heard that Blackwater employees routinely carried weapons without permission in Afghanistan Employees of US defense contractor Blackwater took more than 500 assault rifles that were intended for the Afghan police force and routinely carried weapons without permission, it emerged in a hearing of the Senate armed services committee on ...
Nine O'Clock (Nine O'Clock)
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:24:09 GMT
US secretary of state also said Washington is keen on holding tight relations with the Atlantic Council.
"Reykjavik-Rotterdam" a taut crime thriller (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:36:32 GMT
It's easy to see why "Reykjavik-Rotterdam," a lean and well-paced crime thriller of the one-last-job subgenre, has inspired an English-language redo.
World News (Times of Malta)
Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:21:51 GMT
Pope's brother 'willing to testify in abuse case' - Yesterday, 21:10 - AP The brother of Pope Benedict XVI has said he is willing to testify in the sex scandal rocking Germany's Catholic Church, even though he says he...
World datelines (Deseret News)
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 05:31:33 GMT
China: 26 killed in crash
AP News in Brief (The Victoria Advocate)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 11:31:24 GMT
Facing election-year politics, Obama pitches health overhaul that GOP says must start anew
(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-05 20:24 UPDATE 3-Iceland upbeat on new debt deal on referendum's eve (Interactive Investor)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 20:43:53 GMT
By Wojciech Moskwa and Omar Valdimarsson
Friday's news and tips (Investors Chronicle)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:27:10 GMT
? Jeremy Townsend is to quit pubs group Mitchells & Butlers to take up the role of chief financial officer at pest-control and laundry group Rentokil Initial.
Friday paper round-up: HSBC, Scottish & Southern, ITV (ShareCast)
Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:49:38 GMT
LONDON (SHARECAST) - The supertax on bank bonuses will reap more than £2.5bn for the Treasury, giving the UK government an unexpectedly large windfall to spend ahead of the general election, a Financial Times survey of 16 global banks has found.
Previous News Headlines (Mohave Daily News)
Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:19:21 GMT
REYKJAVIK, Iceland (AP) — Still smarting from the crippling aftermath of the global financial crisis, grudging Icelanders were expected Saturday to vote down a $5.3 billion plan to pay off Britain and the Netherlands for debts spawned by the collapse of an Icelandic Internet bank.
