Sunday, October 23, 2011

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Aid workers kidnapped in Algeria
October 23, 2011 at 2:57 PM
 
Two Spaniards and an Italian were kidnapped overnight in Algeria from a Western Sahara encampment where they were providing aid, officials said Sunday.
   
   
All Blacks win Rugby World Cup
October 23, 2011 at 2:16 PM
 
Hosts New Zealand edged out France 8-7 in a nailbiting finish to the Rugby World Cup final in Auckland Sunday to win the William Webb Ellis trophy for the second time.
   
   
Italian rider Simoncelli killed in Malaysia
October 23, 2011 at 1:49 PM
 
Italy's Marco Simoncelli died Sunday as a result of injuries sustained at the Malaysian MotoGP, organizers said.
   
   
Tunisia holds first Arab Spring election
October 23, 2011 at 1:46 PM
 
Barely three hours after polls opened in Tunisia's landmark elections, the line of voters waiting to enter a polling station in the capital's upscale Menzah neighborhood stretched around the block and out of sight.
   
   
Gadhafi's autopsy reveals he was shot in head
October 23, 2011 at 1:43 PM
 
Doctors completed the autopsy of Moammar Gadhafi on Sunday, with the chief pathologist confirming the former Libyan leader died of a gunshot wound to the head.
   
   
Swiss far-right repeats poll tactics
October 23, 2011 at 1:37 PM
 
The far-right Swiss People's Party put up shocking anti-immigration posters four years ago and took the largest share of the vote in the country's modern history. So they're doing it again this time around.
   
   
Epic Thailand floods may take a month to recede
October 23, 2011 at 10:57 AM
 
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says the country's worst flooding in half a century could take four to six weeks to recede in some areas.
   
   
Tunisia ready for 'Arab Spring' election
October 23, 2011 at 10:36 AM
 
Polls opened in Tunisia on Sunday, a contest pitting secularists against Islamists.
   
   
Libyan leaders to declare 'liberation'
October 23, 2011 at 9:50 AM
 
Libya's interim leaders will declare liberation on Sunday and hold elections in the coming months as the war-torn country works toward building a new society in the post-Moammar Gadhafi era.
   
   
EU banks need $150B in new capital
October 23, 2011 at 9:31 AM
 
Europe's big banks will be forced to find ?108bn ($150bn) of fresh capital over the next six to nine months under a deal to strengthen the banking system agreed by European Union finance ministers.
   
   
Tunisia ready for 'Arab Spring' election
October 23, 2011 at 9:26 AM
 
Tunisia, the country where the wave of popular Arab discontent started and spread, will fittingly hold the Arab Spring's first election Sunday, a contest pitting secularists against Islamists.
   
   
Argentine president leads ahead of poll
October 23, 2011 at 8:45 AM
 
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is expected to win re-election in a landslide on Sunday.
   
   
Memorial celebrates racer Wheldon
October 23, 2011 at 8:44 AM
 
The racing sanctioning body IndyCar will hold a public memorial service Sunday to celebrate the life of two-time Indianapolis 500 champ Dan Wheldon.
   
   
FARC blamed for 10 deaths in Columbia
October 23, 2011 at 8:31 AM
 
Ten soldiers were killed in an attack in Colombia that the army blamed on the guerrilla group Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
   
   
German satellite falls to Earth
October 23, 2011 at 6:59 AM
 
A defunct satellite has entered the atmosphere, German officials say. "There is currently no confirmation if pieces of debris have reached Earth's surface," officials said.
   
   
German satellite hurtles toward Earth
October 23, 2011 at 6:26 AM
 
A satellite is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere within hours. Europe, Africa and Australia appeared to be out of the path of the defunct satellite, German space officials say.
   
   
Clinton talks focus on Afghanistan
October 23, 2011 at 6:18 AM
 
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has focused on regional security during her diplomatic tour of Central Asia.
   
   
German satellite hurtles toward Earth
October 23, 2011 at 3:52 AM
 
A satellite is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere within hours. The largest fragment may be the mirror, "which is very heat resistant and may weigh up to 1.7 tons," German space officials say.
   
   
Satellite to hit Earth this weekend
October 23, 2011 at 3:52 AM
 
German space officials monitored the skies early Sunday as their decommissioned satellite approached the Earth's atmosphere, bringing with it the possibility of 30 pieces of space junk landing somewhere.
   
   
U.S: 'Imminent' terror threat in Kenya
October 23, 2011 at 12:59 AM
 
The U.S. Embassy in Kenya warned Saturday of an "imminent threat of terrorist attacks" after Kenya sent troops into Somalia to pursue suspected Islamic militants.
   
   
Satellite to hit Earth this weekend
October 23, 2011 at 12:25 AM
 
The earliest possible re-entry of a decommissioned German satellite into the Earth's atmosphere was pushed back to Saturday evening Eastern time, the German space agency's website said.
   
   
Racer's funeral set for Saturday
October 22, 2011 at 5:18 PM
 
Funeral services for racing veteran Dan Wheldon will be held Saturday in St. Petersburg, Florida, his wife said.
   
   
Libyan elections 'coming within months'
October 22, 2011 at 4:26 PM
 
Libya will hold elections within months as the country works toward building a new society in the post-Moammar Gadhafi era, government officials announced Saturday.
   
   
Libyan official: Elections coming soon
October 22, 2011 at 3:36 PM
 
Libyan official: Elections coming soon
   
   
Clinton thankful for aid against al-Qaeda
October 22, 2011 at 3:13 PM
 
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton thanked Tajikistan's president Saturday for his country's support of efforts to defeat al-Qaeda and bring security to neighboring Afghanistan.
   
     
 
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