Month: December 2010

BEIJING—A former China official tasked with investigating corruption has been executed for taking more than $4.7 million in bribes. The state-run Xinhua News Agency says Zeng Jinchun was shot to death Thursday. He was the […] […]

THE discovery of the world’s biggest offshore gasfield in 10 years is set to make Israel energy-independent for the first time. This will boost the Jewish state’s status as the Middle East’s pre-eminent power. Tests […] […]

ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s US-allied ruling party suffered a fresh blow to its fragile hold on power yesterday, when a coalition partner said it will quit the cabinet, deepening the nation’s political turmoil and potentially distracting […] […]

After detectives confirmed yesterday that Joanna Yeates was strangled, her father said that he believes the police know more about the landscape architect’s death than they are telling the family. Ms Yeates, 25, who was […] […]

The presenters of motoring show Top Gear have caused controversy after dressing in burqas while filming an episode in the Middle East. Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond disguised themselves as women in a Christmas show […] […]

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – Police in Denmark and Sweden have arrested five men who allegedly planned to shoot as many people as possible in a building housing the newsroom of a paper that published cartoons of […] […]

NEW YORK – Stranded passengers lost their tempers and got into yelling matches with airline employees at John F. Kennedy International Airport yesterday after delays stymied their plans yet again. About 100 people at a […] […]

JERUSALEM—An Israeli court has convicted former President Moshe Katsav on two counts of rape. Thursday’s conviction means Katsav will face a minimum of four years in prison. The verdict marks the climax of a four-and-a-half […] […]

WASHINGTON—American troops are focusing on fighting Taliban militants and defending vulnerable towns on Afghan soil, as it has become practically impossible to stop insurgents from slipping across Afghanistan’s vast border with Pakistan, a senior U.S. […] […]

KABUL, Afghanistan—NATO and Afghan police say insurgents have fired two rockets into the main U.S. base in Afghanistan. Master Sgt. Jason Haag, a spokesman for NATO in Kabul, says that Bagram Air Field received “two […] […]