Daoud Kuttab: Accomplishing Palestinian Statehood Might Have to Be Unilateral

Categories: World | Nov 21, 2009

Mahmoud Abbas is in a bind. Faced with a seemingly insurmountable impasse to negotiations with Israel, the Palestinian Authority president can either resign from his PLO chairmanship or come up with some serious, unilateral action to break the deadlock. With ...Read More

Northern England braces for more rain

Categories: World | Nov 21, 2009

London, England (CNN) -- Forecasters predicted more rain for England's flood-ravaged northwest region Saturday, but said the risk of more flooding was smaller than in recent days. The badly hit town of Cockermouth was starting to dry out after the two ...Read More

Sri Lanka 'to free Tamil refugees'

Categories: World | Nov 21, 2009

Sri Lanka 'to free Tamil refugees' Sri Lanka's ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees, detained in government camps, will be freed by December 1, according to a senior official. Basil Rajapaksa, an adviser to his brother Mahinda Rajapaksa, the Sri Lankan president, said on Saturday the detainees - numbering ...Read More

Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks

Categories: Top Stories, World | Nov 21, 2009

ROME - Italian police on Saturday arrested two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, officials said.The two, father and son, were arrested in an early morning raid in Brescia, police in the ...Read More

China says 37 dead, 71 trapped in mine explosion

Categories: Top Stories, World | Nov 21, 2009

China says 37 dead, 71 trapped in mine explosion A gas explosion tore through a state-run coal mine in northern China on Saturday, killing 37 people and trapping 71 others nearly a third of a mile under ground. The accident was a blow for the Chinese government, whose large state-owned ...Read More

Three Key Lessons from Obama's China Tour

Categories: Top Stories, World | Nov 21, 2009

President Obama's trip to China yielded precious little Chinesecooperation on the Administration's key concerns, ranging from currencyissues to Iran. That's a sign of the shifting balance of power between twocountries that have been locked in an uneasy embrace for more ...Read More

China: 31 killed in mine explosion

Categories: World | Nov 21, 2009

China: 31 killed in mine explosion Chinese authorities say 31 people have been killed in a gas explosion in a coal mine in northeastern China and 82 remain trapped alive. According to a statement issued by the State Administration of Work Safety, the blast occurred early Saturday ...Read More

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils

Categories: Top Stories, World | Nov 21, 2009

Sri Lanka to release 136,000 war-displaced Tamils MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka—Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday. Some ...Read More

Report: Italy Arrests 2 for Mumbai Attacks

Categories: World | Nov 21, 2009

Report: Italy Arrests 2 for Mumbai Attacks Italian police on Saturday arrested two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, officials said. The two, father and son, were arrested in an early morning raid in Brescia, police in the northern Italian ...Read More

China Coal-Mine Explosion Kills 37 People, Traps 71

Categories: World | Nov 21, 2009

Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- A coal-mine explosion in thenortheastern Chinese province of Heilongjiang has killed 37miners and trapped 71, China Central Television reported on itsWeb site. The explosion happened at 2:30 a.m. at Xinxing mine where528 miners were working, the State ...Read More