Thursday 19 November '09
Hamid Karzai sought to strike a balance in his second inaugural speech on Thursday: answer international demands for reform while appeasing his political allies who returned him to power.Thursday 19 November '09
US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday that he briefly met his half-brother who lives in China and who recently wrote...Thursday
19 November '09Bahraini middle-distance runner Rashid Ramzi was stripped of his 1,500-metre Olympic gold medal on Wednesday and four other athletes were disqualified for doping at the Beijing Games.Wednesday
18 November '09Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his 1,500-meter Olympic gold medal for doping, officials with knowledge of the decision said on Wednesday.Wednesday
18 November '09As a Spanish warship looked on, a USD 3.3 million ransom was delivered by boat and Somali pirates freed a Spanish trawler and its 36 crew members.Wednesday
18 November '09A team of 16 surgeons and nurses successfully concluded 25 hours of delicate surgery to separate twin Bangladeshi girls who had been joined at their heads.Wednesday
18 November '09US President Barack Obama and Chinese President Hu Jintao promised a determined, joint effort to tackle climate change, nuclear disarmament...Wednesday
18 November '09Detained opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi is ready to cooperate with Myanmar’s ruling junta in lifting foreign sanctions...Wednesday
18 November '09US President Barack Obama’s deep bow to Japan's emperor during the weekend, has sparked a debate that the US commander in chief was groveling to a foreign leader.Tuesday
17 November '09Barack Obama and Hu Jintao emerged from hours of intense talks, determined to marshal their combined clout on crucial issues.Tuesday
17 November '09Iranian technicians have moved highly sophisticated technical equipment into a previously secret uranium enrichment site in preparation for starting it up in 2011.Tuesday
17 November '09Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is glad he went public about being treated for a rare form of leukemia because it has given him a chance to reconnect with people.Tuesday
17 November '09Iraq’s Olympic committee dissolved the Iraqi Football Association on Monday, drawing a quick warning from FIFA that any government...Monday
16 November '09Militants staged a pair of attacks against anti-Taliban figures in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, killing one of the men.Monday
16 November '09Suspended tennis players Yanina Wickmayer and Xavier Malisse are launching appeals with European authorities that will question the legality...Monday
16 November '09FIFA has banned Argentina coach Diego Maradona from all football activities for two months for his expletive-filled rants aimed at journalists.Monday
16 November '09Nicolas Anelka kept France on course for the World Cup on Saturday with a lucky goal midway through the second half that...Monday
16 November '09Tiger Woods won the Australian Masters for his seventh victory of the year, closing with a four-under 68 for a victory that record...Sunday
15 November '09Iran denounced as 'disgraceful' US moves to seize four mosques and a New York City skyscraper owned by Muslim organisation.Sunday
15 November '09Overall US spending on health care would rise as a result of legislation approved a week ago by the House of Representatives.Sunday
15 November '09Obama and other world leaders agreed on Sunday that Copenhagen summit will be merely a way station, not the once hoped-for end point, in the search for global warming treaty.Sunday
15 November '09Novak Djokovic reached the final of the Paris Masters for the first time by overpowering second-seeded Rafael Nadal 6-2 6-3 on Saturday....Sunday
15 November '09The lunar dud for space enthusiasts has become a watershed event for NASA. Spacecraft that crashed into the moon last month kicked up a relatively small plume....Saturday
14 November '09Google may lose its control over millions of copyright-protected books that will be added to its digital library.Saturday
14 November '09Sarah Palin’s new memoir describes heart-wrenching anguish about her teen daughter’s pregnancy playing out before a national audience....
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