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Kia's top executive resigns after recalls

By KELLY OLSEN | Posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 2:12 am The top executive at Kia Motors has resigned after the company recalled more than 100,000 vehicles worldwide over defective wiring, the automaker said Tuesday. » read more

Keywords: defective wiring vehicles worldwide company recalled resigned after Date: 09-07-2010

Japan confirms its first case of new superbug gene

Posted: Tuesday, September 7, 2010 1:36 am Japan has confirmed the nation's first case of a new gene in bacteria that allows the microorganisms to become drug-resistant superbugs, detected in a man who had medical treatment in India, a health ministry official said Tuesday. » read more

Keywords: world news medical treatment superbugs detected resistant superbugs Date: 09-07-2010

3 suspects in Mexico migrant massacre found dead

By MARK STEVENSON | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 8:05 pm The bodies of three men suspected of participating in the massacre of 72 migrants last month were found by the side of a road in northern Mexico after an anonymous caller told authorities where to find the cadavers, federal officials said Monday. » read more

Keywords: world news authorities where anonymous caller mexico after northern mexico Date: 09-07-2010

Obama campaigns on $50bn rebuilding plan

President on the road to persuade voters economy is safe in his hands, ahead of elections expected to be tough on Democrats Barack Obama is launching a campaign to persuade American voters that the ailing US economy is safe in his hands. » read more

Keywords: world news obama administration economy economic infrastructure Date: 09-07-2010

This time in Washington, honest brokerage is not going to be enough

An intractable asymmetry between Palestinian and Israeli power bases means the US must intervene. » read more

Keywords: world news united states israel palestinian palestinians Date: 09-07-2010

Jefferson Thomas of Little Rock Nine dies

One of nine teenagers to first test racial segregation at US schools in 1957 dies, aged 67 Jefferson Thomas, who as a teenager was among nine black students to integrate a Little Rock high school in America's first major battle over school segregation, has died. » read more

Keywords: world news united states thomas school little Date: 09-07-2010

Lebanon PM: Wrong to accuse Syria in Hariri death

By BASSEM MROUE | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 10:43 am Lebanon's Western-backed prime minister made a startling reversal Monday and said it was a mistake to accuse Syria of the massive 2005 truck bombing that killed his father, claiming the charge was politically motivated. » read more

Keywords: world news accuse syria truck bombing father claiming reversal monday Date: 09-06-2010

Delta launches new flight from Liberia to US

By JONATHAN PAYE-LAYLEH | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 9:08 am Delta Air Lines Inc. » read more

Keywords: world news african nation american carrier first american liberia becoming Date: 09-06-2010

Colombian is world's shortest man at 27 inches

By FRANK BAJAK | Posted: Monday, September 6, 2010 1:46 am Edward Nino Hernandez is in many ways a typical 24-year-old Colombian male. » read more

Keywords: world news reggaeton dreams dance reggaeton Date: 09-06-2010

Obama enters mid-terms campaign with $50bn infrastructure plan

President on the road to persuade voters economy is safe in his hands, ahead of elections expected to be tough on Democrats Barack Obama is launching a campaign to persuade American voters that the ailing US economy is safe in his hands, unveiling a $50bn (£32bn) infrastructure package tonight as the countdown begins to November's midterm elections in which the Democrats are expected to receive a drubbing. » read more

Keywords: world news obama administration economy infrastructure package Date: 09-06-2010

Oil industry regulation: scepticism over new sheriff in the wild wild west

Industry experts fear that many of Obama's changes in wake of Gulf oil spill will be no more than cosmetic Oil industry executives in the US call the Gulf of Mexico the "wild wild west", a place where regulations are rarely enforced and offshore operators can do what they want. » read more

Keywords: world news oil industry regulator safety Date: 09-06-2010

BP, battered but still standing, faces up to its post-oil spill future

What executives are labelling 'Future BP' will be a much smaller company shorn of much of its presence around the world BP is still standing, but the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has changed the company forever. » read more

Keywords: world news bp company grossly beginning Date: 09-06-2010

BP spill: White House says oil has gone, but Gulf's fishermen are not so sure

Counsellors and lawyers are busier than seafarers in Louisiana, as some experts warn that fishing industry will never recover High tide, and the remains of a late summer storm, and it is hard to tell on this strip of land between the Mississippi and the marsh where land ends and water begins. » read more

Keywords: world news bp oil spill fishing oysters shrimp Date: 09-06-2010

Major Ralph Shelton obituary

US officer and Green Beret who trained the Bolivian troops that captured Che Guevara Major Ralph "Pappy" Shelton, who has died aged 80, was the American officer who trained the Bolivian troops that captured Che Guevara in 1967. » read more

Keywords: world news che guevara shelton training guerrilla Date: 09-06-2010

China vows to boost imports, help world recovery

Posted: Sunday, September 5, 2010 11:09 pm A Chinese official defended the country's trade record Monday as a top economic adviser to President Barack Obama visited Beijing amid renewed pressure by American lawmakers over Chinese currency controls. » read more

Keywords: chinese visited beijing obama visited renewed pressure american lawmakers Date: 09-06-2010

Farms being prosecuted for importing Thai workers

By MARK NIESSE | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 4:39 pm Two prominent, popular brothers who operate the second-largest vegetable farm in Hawaii will be sentenced in federal court this week on human trafficking charges _ they pleaded guilty _ but two former state governors, community groups, fellow farmers and other supporters are trying to keep them out of prison. » read more

Keywords: human trafficking trafficking charges pleaded guilty federal court largest vegetable Date: 09-06-2010

El Salvador: 3rd migrant survived Mexico massacre

By DIEGO MENDEZ | Posted: Sunday, September 5, 2010 6:20 pm A third man survived last month's massacre of 72 migrants by suspected drug traffickers in Mexico and is now in the United States, Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes said Sunday. » read more

Keywords: world news mauricio funes president mauricio salvadoran president states salvadoran Date: 09-06-2010

Stay out of DC, Rice told Bush after 9/11

Former secretary of state reveals exchange with president who wanted to 'be at helm of ship' despite security risks Condoleezza Rice ordered George Bush not to return to Washington after the 9/11 attacks before hanging up the phone, the former national security adviser has revealed in a documentary interview. » read more

Keywords: world news september 11 2001 president people documentary Date: 09-06-2010

Papal visit: Bad tripper, good trip

There are powerful arguments against Benedict XVI's visit – but the head of the Catholic church is a force that cannot be ignored The Vatican is no ordinary state, and the pope's trip to Britain this month will be no ordinary state visit. » read more

Keywords: world news pope benedict xvi benedict church opposed Date: 09-06-2010

Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case 'brutal'

By FRANCES D'EMILIO | Posted: Sunday, September 5, 2010 10:04 am The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery. » read more

Keywords: world news iranian widow widow sentenced scenes diplomacy using behind Date: 09-05-2010

US troops repel attack on Baghdad military base

Five days after the US's operations in Iraq officially ended, American troops helped fight off an attack on a military base US troops helped repel an attack by heavily armed militants on a military headquarters in Baghdad yesterday, five days after the US formally ended combat operations in Iraq. » read more

Keywords: world news iraq military helped attack Date: 09-05-2010

Google faces first US competition inquiry

Search engine giant alleged to have manipulated rankings of rivals myTriggers, SourceTool/TradeComet and Foundem Regulators in Texas have launched the first broad anti-trust review of Google's search and advertising practices in the US. » read more

Keywords: world news google google search business Date: 09-05-2010

Sarah Palin exposed

Spending $3,000 of campaign funds on underwear . » read more

Keywords: world news sarah palin anonymous tipper underwear Date: 09-05-2010

Rachel Corrie's parents could face men who killed her in court

Civil suit into death of US activist crushed to death in Gaza by Israeli bulldozer to hear testimony from vehicle's operators The family of Rachel Corrie, the American activist crushed to death in Gaza seven years ago, could face the men driving the Israeli bulldozer that killed her in the second stage of their civil suit against the state. » read more

Keywords: world news rachel corrie corrie investigation israeli Date: 09-05-2010

Keeping the faith: how bleak is the future for Catholicism?

On the eve of the Pope's visit to the UK, it seems that many believe that he and the church he leads are losing ground to the secular realities of modern life. » read more

Keywords: world news catholicism church catholic catholics Date: 09-05-2010

Irreverent Cuban movie promises zombie revolution

By PAUL HAVEN | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 9:12 am What would you do if your entire city was taken over by flesh-eating zombies and communist leaders insisted it was nothing but a plot by U. » read more

Keywords: world news backed dissidents leaders insisted communist leaders eating zombies Date: 09-05-2010

Deadly lure of the US leaves trail of tears

Juliard and Hermínio set out to smuggle themselves into a better life in the US. » read more

Keywords: world news us immigration santos sardoã¡ fernandes Date: 09-05-2010

America's $88bn anti-ageing industry: dangerous and with no scientific backing

A new book warns that millions face serious health problems caused by the gurus of hormones and dietary fads The desire to defy age is as ancient as human history, but in the past 10 years a multibillion-dollar industry has sprung up in America promising decades of extra life and good health beyond your 100th birthday. » read more

Keywords: world news ageing ageing industry weintraub Date: 09-05-2010

Welcome to Kiryas Joel, New York. Please behave – and don't wear shorts

America's tolerance is famed except, it seems, when it comes to the religious centre near Ground Zero The sign is polite but firm. » read more

Keywords: world news religion kiryas community ground Date: 09-05-2010

Middle East peace talks: Cynicism and mistrust stalk make-or-break negotiations in America

The Barack Obama-backed summit is a long way from the bloody realities of the West Bank The Israeli taxi driver shook his head and pointed to his kippah when asked to journey across town to an east Jerusalem neighbourhood on the day of the Washington talks : "I am a Jew. » read more

Keywords: world news middle east palestinians palestinian netanyahu Date: 09-05-2010

Afghans continue pulling money from troubled bank

By RAHIM FAIEZ | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 4:33 pm Nervous Afghans pulled more deposits out of the nation's largest bank on Saturday, despite assurances from government leaders that their money was safe. » read more

Keywords: government leaders their money despite assurances saturday despite afghans pulled Date: 09-04-2010

Judge orders alleged kingpin 'La Barbie' held

By ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted: Saturday, September 4, 2010 6:58 am A judge has ordered a U. » read more

Keywords: world news authorities announced charges authorities possible charges other possible Date: 09-04-2010

Ben Bernanke's monetary policy poverty

The White House is floating a new stimulus, though the Fed chief seemed to rule it out. » read more

Keywords: world news us economy policy deflation stimulus Date: 09-04-2010

US economy: The recovery that wasn't

We have an anaemic recovery at best. » read more

Keywords: world news united states market housing economic Date: 09-04-2010

Archie Panjabi: 'I love roles that transform me'

Beating the stars of Mad Men to an Emmy for her role in The Good Wife was a 'well-received shock', British actor Archie Panjabi says When Hugh Laurie went home from last Sunday's Emmy awards empty handed, there seemed to be a mass slumping of shoulders among the British press. » read more

Keywords: world news emmy awards panjabi kalinda character Date: 09-04-2010

Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds

By PAUL HAVEN | Posted: Friday, September 3, 2010 11:33 am Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance. » read more

Keywords: world news little signals signals often often carry carry enormous Date: 09-03-2010

Experts see trouble ahead for developed world

By DAN PERRY | Posted: Friday, September 3, 2010 10:37 am Is the global economy out of the woods? » read more

Keywords: world news europeans fighting crisis experts experts gathered italy offered Date: 09-03-2010

Analysis: Special-ops on show to woo war skeptics

By KIMBERLY DOZIER | Posted: Friday, September 3, 2010 10:18 am The new top commander in Afghanistan is talking up a weapon that has been kept in the shadows for years _ special operations missions to kill or capture key insurgents _ to try to convince skeptics the war can be won. » read more

Keywords: world news convince skeptics operations missions special operations years special Date: 09-03-2010

Mexico's drug war: the new killing fields

In the first of a three-part investigation, Rory Carroll reports from the gateway to America, at the centre of drug cartel violence that has claimed 28,000 lives The events which have no name scythe through the valley like invisible reapers. » read more

Keywords: world news mexico juã¡rez valley police Date: 09-03-2010

The Franzen feud

I trust you've been following to some extent the Jonathan Franzen-New York Times-chick lit debate. » read more

Keywords: world news united states greatest commercial trying Date: 09-03-2010

EU official apologises after blaming Jews for blocking Middle East peace talks

EU trade commissioner accused of antisemitism after saying Jewish intransigence dooms Middle East talks in Washington A top European official was accused of antisemitism tonight after declaring that there was little point in engaging in rational argument with Jews and suggesting that the latest Middle East peace talks were doomed because of the power of the Jewish lobby in Washington. » read more

Keywords: world news european union jewish european middle Date: 09-03-2010

Bid talk swirls around BP as it nears final cap on leaking well

• ExxonMobil discussed politics of BP takeover with the White House • BP's value had once dropped by more than $100bn, since 20 April BP said today that it was a fortnight away from finally sealing the rogue well in the Gulf of Mexico – potentially triggering bids from rivals for a company whose market value has been dramatically eroded since the April blowout. » read more

Keywords: world news bp takeover company assets Date: 09-03-2010

New Yorkers split over mosque planned near Ground Zero

New York Times poll shows two-thirds want to see the proposed mosque built further from the site of the 9/11 attacks The controversy around the proposal to build a mosque close to Ground Zero has caused a deep rift within those most directly affected – New Yorkers – with a new poll showing that two-thirds want the planned centre moved further away from the site of the 9/11 attacks. » read more

Keywords: world news new york centre mosque muslim Date: 09-03-2010

Google building infested by bed bugs

The internet giant's New York headquarters have fallen prey to a city-wide outbreak of bed bugs They are reddish-brown, smaller than an apple seed, have a taste for human blood and when they bite they itch like hell. » read more

Keywords: world news google manhattan google bedbug Date: 09-03-2010

Mexico's foreign minister dampens hopes of Cancun climate deal

Patricia Espinosa says success of talks should not be measured by whether countries agree on a new legally binding text Mexico's foreign minister today dampened hopes of a breakthrough deal at the Cancun climate change talks in November , saying negotiators are focusing on making progress on smaller issues before perhaps seeking a comprehensive agreement in 2011 or later. » read more

Keywords: world news cancun climate change conference 2010 | cop16 countries climate cancun Date: 09-03-2010

Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data

By JOE McDONALD | Posted: Friday, September 3, 2010 2:43 am Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U. » read more

Keywords: economic lingering worries global economic economic recovery economic indicators Date: 09-03-2010

US, SKorea to hold further naval drills

By KWANG-TAE KIM | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 11:31 pm South Korea and the United States will hold joint anti-submarine exercises in another show of force against North Korea, officials said Friday, as Pyongyang renewed threats against the drills. » read more

Keywords: world news korea officials pyongyang renewed renewed threats threats against Date: 09-03-2010

Calderon: Violence price worth paying in drug war

By ALEXANDRA OLSON | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 8:43 pm President Felipe Calderon tried to rally frustrated Mexicans behind his increasingly bloody drug war Thursday, saying he knows violence has surged under his watch, but arguing that it is the price of confronting powerful and brutal cartels. » read more

Keywords: world news increasingly bloody thursday saying knows violence surged under Date: 09-03-2010

Massacre survivor: Victims refused narco work

By GONZALO SOLANO | Posted: Thursday, September 2, 2010 8:29 pm One of two known survivors of a drug gang's massacre in northern Mexico of 72 undocumented Central and South American migrants said in an interview broadcast Thursday that they were killed because they refused to work for the traffickers. » read more

Keywords: world news interview broadcast broadcast thursday killed because american migrants Date: 09-03-2010

Hurricane Earl prompts mass-evacuation call

Tens of thousands told to vacate islands off North Carolina as US east coast braces for hurricane-force winds and rain Tens of thousands of people were told to evacuate islands off North Carolina last night and hundreds of thousands more warned to expect hurricane-force winds and heavy rain across the US north-eastern coast, as hurricane Earl came within about 85 miles of the shore. » read more

Keywords: world news united states hurricane carolina islands Date: 09-03-2010