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  • Abbas and Netanyahu on cordial terms at peace talks

    Abbas and Netanyahu on cordial terms at peace talks

    Laos News.Net

    Israeli president Benjamin Netanyahu has said it is time to finalize a deal on the Middle East peace process.

  • Afghanistan outraged at civilian deaths in airstrike

    Afghanistan outraged at civilian deaths in airstrike

    Laos News.Net

    Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai condemned the attack which killed 10 parliamentary campaign workers and injured two others including a candidate.

  • US general says Taliban is strapped for cash

    US general says Taliban is strapped for cash

    Laos News.Net

    A US general has revealed the Taliban in Afghanistan are very short of money with their drug labs and supply routes under pressure from US troops.

  • Muslims asked to commit money to Pakistan

    Muslims asked to commit money to Pakistan

    Laos News.Net

    The relief effort in the area hit by floods in Pakistan may be helped by a new request for Muslims to tithe for the aid effort.

  • Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself

    Stephen Hawking says the universe created itself

    Laos News.Net

    A new book written by famous British physicist, Stephen Hawking, claims that God did not create the universe and the "big bang" was an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics.

  • Fuel tanker aground in Canadian waters

    Fuel tanker aground in Canadian waters

    Laos News.Net

    A fuel tanker is aground on a sandbar in Canada’s far north.

  • Another oil rig catches fire in Gulf waters

    Another oil rig catches fire in Gulf waters

    Laos News.Net

    Another Gulf coast rig has caught fire, causing the United States Coast Guard to scramble into action.

  • Israeli girl hurt in car stoning

    Israeli girl hurt in car stoning

    Laos News.Net

    A twelve-year-old girl, riding in a car which was driving through Tapuach Junction in the West Bank, has been hit with a stone which came through the window.

  • Many dead after  horrific attack in Lahore, Pakistan

    Many dead after horrific attack in Lahore, Pakistan

    Laos News.Net

    Another 250 were wounded in the first major attack since huge floods devastated the country more than a month ago.

  • Abbas says peace will come if settlements stop

    Abbas says peace will come if settlements stop

    Laos News.Net

    Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have met in a meeting promoted by Washington.

  • Migrants abducted in northern Mexico

    Migrants abducted in northern Mexico

    Laos News.Net

    Mexican authorities are searching for migrants they believe have been kidnapped in north Mexico.

  • Zeta-Jones says husband should have been diagnosed earlier

    Zeta-Jones says husband should have been diagnosed earlier

    Laos News.Net

    Catherine Zeta-Jones has been angered by a medical diagnosis of her husband, Michael Douglas, in which he was told he has stage four cancer of the throat.

  • Explosives used to put down Australian whale

    Explosives used to put down Australian whale

    Laos News.Net

    Authorities in Western Australia have used a large amount of explosives to blow up a live whale.

  • Islamists allowed to go free in Libya

    Islamists allowed to go free in Libya

    Laos News.Net

    Libya has allowed 37 Islamists, including a former driver of Osama bin Laden and members of the Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, to leave a prison in which they had been held since 2007.

  • North Carolina beaches closed down as hurricane approaches

    North Carolina beaches closed down as hurricane approaches

    Laos News.Net

    An evacuation has started in the US as residents of eastern beaches wait for Hurricane Earl.

  • Man alive after plunging 40 storeys

    Man alive after plunging 40 storeys

    Laos News.Net

    A New York man has survived after plunging from the rooftop of a 40 storey skyscraper.

  • Terror suspect Mehsud charged in absentia

    Terror suspect Mehsud charged in absentia

    Laos News.Net

    The United States has charged Hakimullah Mehsud, the leader of the Pakistani Taliban, with the US government still offering a reward of up to $5 million for information about him.

  • Light plane crash kills two in Austria

    Laos News.Net

    A small aircraft crashed in Austria Thursday afternoon, killing the pilot and only passenger, police said.

  • Discovery Channel hostage-taker shot dead

    Discovery Channel hostage-taker shot dead

    Laos News.Net

    In the US, a hostage drama played out at the US Discovery Channel has ended in the shooting of the hostage-taker.

  • Chilean miners delivered hot meal

    Chilean miners delivered hot meal

    Laos News.Net

    The trapped Chilean miners have been sent down hot packaged food.

  • Israeli and Palestinian peace deal now in play

    Israeli and Palestinian peace deal now in play

    Laos News.Net

    US President Barack Obama has met with Israeli-Palestinian leaders in Washington to launch a series of meetings aimed at restarting direct talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

  • Pakistani pilgrims killed in bomb blasts

    Pakistani pilgrims killed in bomb blasts

    Laos News.Net

    Pakistani bombers have targeted Shia Muslims, walking in a solemn procession.

  • PRUDEN: Looks like a prince, sounds like a frog

    Washington Times

    You can't blame a frog for posing as a prince. It's not the frog's fault if there's a line of princesses waiting to bestow the magic kiss.The prince has turned out to be the usual frog, a politician t...

  • Methodists seek ways to keep flock

    Washington Times

    U.S. churches to find out what its churches with growing memberships are doing to keep congregations thriving.Of those churches, the four key factors of vitality stood out as "crystal clear findings t...

  • Montana goats caught flat-footed

    Washington Times

    Cory Freeman watches two stranded goats near Roundup, Mont., on Wednesday. The goats were rescued from the railroad bridge after nearly two days and were in good condition.

  • 1 dead, 2 others feared dead in small plane crash in lagoon off San Francisco Bay

    Star Tribune

    REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. - A small plane that crashed into a lagoon off San Francisco Bay on Thursday, killing at least one woman, belongs to the founder of a local steel company who is also feared dea...

  • Steel exec feared dead in Peninsula plane crash

    San Francisco Chronicle

    Police officials look at a small plane in the water in Redwood City, Calif., Thursday, Sept. 2, 2010. Officials say a 40-year-old woman was found dead next to the wreckage of a small plane that crashe...

  • 1 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay

    Seattle Post-Intelligencer

    REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. -- A 40-year-old woman was found dead next to the wreckage of a small plane that crashed Thursday in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay, officials said. Divers were searching for tw...

  • Iran: Hardliners Attack House Of Opposition Leader Karrubi

    RadioFreeEurope

    The son of opposition leader Mehdi Karrubi says hardliners tried to forcefully enter his father's house tonight but were stopped by his bodyguards. Hossein Karrubi -- who was at his father's house at ...

  • Azerbaijan Claims Five Killed In Clash On Nagorno-Karabakh Border

    RadioFreeEurope

    Azerbaijan's Defense Ministry has announced that three Armenian and two Azerbaijani soldiers have been killed in clashes near the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh. In a statement issued on Septe...

  • BP removes cap from Deepwater Horizon well

    New York Post

    BP said Thursday it successfully removed a capping stack above the Deepwater Horizon well, another step toward the replacement of a broken blow-out preventer and the ultimate killing of the well that ...

  • New York City Unicycle Festival

    New York Post

    Check out unicyclists showing off their movies, watch people play unicycle basketball (yes, there is such a thing) and get free lessons throughout this three-day fest. Visit nycunifest.com for more in...

  • Parked: The Food Truck Fest

    New York Post

    Bring your picnic blanket and your appetite to Governors Island, where the Bklyn Yard's "Parked" food truck fest will set up shop. Enjoy treats from haute vendors like Rickshaw Dumpling, Red Hook Lobs...

  • Lawyer: Ford, Mets prospect family settle in player crash death

    New York Post

    JACKSON, Miss. -- Ford Motor Co. on Thursday settled a Mississippi lawsuit over a 2001 accident in which a New York Mets prospect was killed when his SUV crashed in the Florida Panhandle, a lawyer for...

  • New York Film Festival

    New York Post

    The 48th annual festival will include highlights like the world premiere of "The Social Network," the highly anticipated movie about the creators of Facebook. The festival runs until Oct. 10; visit fi...

  • Two men arrested in connection with shooting that killed four Israelis

    New York Post

    Two men were arrested by Palestinian authorities Thursday in connection with the killing of four Israelis near Hebron, in the West Bank, Haartez reported Thursday. The two men are Hamas-affiliated res...

  • Police reopen Park Ave after suspicious vehicle cleared

    New York Post

    The New York Police Department reopened parts of Park Avenue that had been closed Thursday after reports of a suspicious vehicle, Fox News Channel reported. The New York City Fire Department told Fox ...

  • Could a Peanut Paste End Malnutrition?

    International Herald Tribune

    Like most tales of great invention, the story of Plumpy’nut begins with a eureka moment, in this case involving a French doctor and a jar of Nutella, and proceeds through the stages of rejection...

  • 1 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay

    MSNBC

    REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. — A 40-year-old woman was found dead next to the wreckage of a small plane that crashed Thursday in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay, officials said. Divers were searching f...

  • Small plane crash in lagoon off San Francisco Bay

    The Kansas City Star

    Officials say a small plane has crashed in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay.</p><p>San Carlos Airport project manager Theresa Yee says the plane took off from the airport around noon Thursda...

  • Israelis, Palestinians to work out framework agreement

    Jerusalem Post

    US envoy George Mitchell stresses framework will tackle all core issues at heart of conflict, Netanyahu and Abbas agree to hold another meeting on Sept. 14 and 15.

  • BOLIVIA: UN Calls for Broad Pact on Children's Needs

    IPS

    LA PAZ, Sep 2, 2010 (IPS) - A national pact to focus on the rights of children was proposed by United Nations representative in Bolivia Yoriko Yasukawa on the 20th anniversary of the Convention on the...

  • 1 dead in plane crash off San Francisco Bay

    The Seattle Times

    A 40-year-old woman was found dead next to the wreckage of a small plane that crashed Thursday in a lagoon off San Francisco Bay, officials said. Divers were searching for two more people who may have...

  • New oil rig explosion in Gulf of Mexico

    New Zealand Herald

    Another oil rig exploded and caught fire off the Louisiana coast this morning. But no, it's not another Deepwater Horizon-scale disaster. The explosion has spread a kilometre-long oil sheen in the G...

  • Trucks in 120km traffic jam

    New Zealand Herald

    More than 10,000 trucks, mainly carrying coal, are stuck in a 120km traffic jam in Inner Mongolia, in the latest dramatic snarl-up on China's roads. The jam started forming on Tuesday after traffic r...

  • Dead MI6 codebreaker padlocked into sportsbag

    New Zealand Herald

    LONDON - The British codebreaker found dead in the bath of his London flat last month had been padlocked inside a sports holdall, an inquest heard yesterday. Gareth Williams, 31, is thought to have b...

  • Man survives 120m fall

    New Zealand Herald

    A man who fell more than 120m after leaping off a New York apartment block survived after crashing feet first into a parked car. Thomas Magill, 22, is said to be in a stable condition with two broken...

  • Hurricane heads for eastern seaboard

    New Zealand Herald

    NAGS HEAD - Hurricane Earl steamed towards the United States eastern seaboard yesterday as communities from North Carolina to New England kept a close eye on the forecast, worried that even a slight s...

  • Gunman had history of trouble with TV channel

    New Zealand Herald

    Shrink SILVER SPRING, MARYLAND - A man who railed against the Discovery Channel's environmental programming for years burst into the company's headquarters with at least one explosive device strapped ...

  • Creation came 'from nothing,' not God: Stephen Hawking

    USA Today

    In his newest book, renowned physicist Professor Stephen Hawking, shown here in June at the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, says that God was not necessary fo...