BBC News — A British couple kidnapped by Somali pirates three months ago have said they are in urgent need of help. “We have not much time left and are being badly treated”, Rachel Chandler told a journalist from the French news agency AFP who met them in captivity. She and husband Paul, of Tunbridge [...]
CanWest News Service EDMONTON — Two Canadians caught in mudslides and violent floods while on a vacation in the jungles of Peru expect to leave the country Sunday. Exhausted but alive, Edmonton residents Daryl Buchanan and Nakita Haining were in the city of Cuzco on Saturday night, roughly 50 kilometres south of the devastated tourist area [...]
FaceOff.com — The Calgary Flames have traded defenceman Dion Phaneuf to the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of a multi-player deal. Leafs general manager Brian Burke announced the trade at a news conference in Toronto, calling Phaneuf an “elite player.” “This guy is a warrior,” Burke said. He’s got a cannon for a shot. He [...]
KABUL, (AFP) – Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday renewed his call for Taliban militants to give up fighting his government, saying he will intensify efforts to bring the rebels in from the cold. At a news conference in Kabul, the US-backed leader hailed the support of the war-torn country’s international allies last week in [...]
Wallstreet Journal WASHINGTON — The White House on Sunday urged the Senate to pass legislation quickly to stimulate growth in the moribund jobs market, as it ramps up efforts to address bread-and-butter issues important to voters. White House press secretary Robert Gibbs, speaking on CNN’s “State of the Union,” said the administration was seeking a jobs [...]
Washington Post — US defence review says military planners should factor climate change into long-term strategy The Pentagon will for the first time rank global warming as a destabilising force, adding fuel to conflict and putting US troops at risk around the world, in a major strategy review to be presented to Congress tomorrow. The [...]
Washington Post – NASA’s grand plan to return to the moon, built on President George W. Bush’s vision of an ambitious new chapter in space exploration, is about to vanish with hardly a whimper. With the release Monday of President Obama’s budget request, NASA will finally get the new administration’s marching orders, and there won’t be [...]
WASHINGTON, (Reuters) — Accused Sept. 11 plotter Khalid Sheikh Mohammed will be tried and convicted and is likely to be executed, White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said on Sunday. Interviewed on CNN’s “State of the Union,” show, Gibbs said: “Khalid Sheikh Mohammed is going to meet justice and he’s going to meet his maker. He [...]
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