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Thousands took to the streets of Athens as Greek unions launched a two-day general strike against planned austerity measures on Friday, a day after the country's crucial international bailout was put in limbo by its partners in the 17-nation eurozone. more...
A senior Russian diplomat signalled Friday that Moscow will again use its veto power at the United Nations to block any resolution aimed at ousting Syrian President Bashar Assad from power. more...
India's prime minister insists that diplomacy is the best way to deal with Iran's suspected nuclear weapons program, resisting pressure from the United States and the European Union to curtail its trade with Tehran. more...
A Chinese court has sentenced a dissident writer to seven years in prison over a poem he wrote urging his countrymen to gather at a public square, a human rights group said Friday. more...
Pakistan has arrested two people in connection with last year's assassination of a former Afghan president who was trying to broker peace with the Taliban, two Afghan government officials said Friday. more...
The daughter of jailed former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko is asking prosecutors to investigate what she says is a denial of proper medical treatment to her mother. more...
India and the European Union said Friday they agreed to speed up negotiations for a long-anticipated free trade pact, hoping to seal an agreement later this year that would nearly double trade between the two. more...
The harshest winter in decades has added to the woes of more than 140,000 quake survivors who are braving record low temperatures and heavy snowfall in tents or temporary homes in eastern Turkey. more...
The UN refugee agency says at least 11 people have drowned and 34 are missing after a smuggling boat headed for Yemen capsized off the coast of Somalia this week. more...
Eight South Korean lawmakers made a high-profile visit Friday to a modern factory park that sits just across the world's most heavily armed border and represents the last major co-operative initiative between the two rival Koreas. more...
Unmollified by legislative approval of a big pay raise, Rio state police officers went on strike Friday, raising fears for the security of the glittering Carnival extravaganza that sets this seaside city throbbing. more...
A series of new trade agreements between China and Canada had some Chinese officials setting their sights on a free-trade deal between the two nations Thursday -- but Canada's trade minister said he wasn't jumping into any new pacts. more...
The Marine Corps on Thursday once again did damage control after a photograph surfaced of a sniper team in Afghanistan posing in front of a flag with a logo resembling that of the notorious Nazi SS -- a special unit that murdered millions of Jews, gypsies and others. more...
Three Canadians are relieved to be back on dry land after their sailboat became stranded and sank in a storm in the Pacific Ocean Tuesday night. more...
Fri Feb 10 07:49:13 EST 2012
Super Bowl XLVI
Scary Landing
