Paris Air Show spotlights fuel cost fears

2011-06-20 10:19:03

Airlines will be seeking a cleaner, cheaper way to fly and planemakers will be angling for billions in new contracts Monday at the Paris Air Show, which stars a solar plane, biofuel jet engines and the Boeing-Airbus rivalry.

Israel asks US to let spy out of jail for funeral

2011-06-20 09:57:30

Israel appealed to the United States on Sunday to allow imprisoned spy Jonathan Pollard out of jail to attend his father's funeral, Israeli Army Radio reported.

Medvedev opposed to UN vote on Syria-FT

2011-06-20 09:24:25

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has practically ruled out supporting a United Nations resolution condemning Syria's crackdown on pro-democracy protesters, the Financial Times reported on Monday.

Greece in crisis; EU wrangles over aid

2011-06-20 09:21:18

PM George Papandreou asked Greeks on Sunday to support austerity steps and avoid a catastrophic default, as European finance ministers discussed extending tens of billions of euros of aid to Athens.
EU put next tranche of loans for Greece on hold

Civilians killed in NATO airstrike

2011-06-20 06:58:38

Libya's government said NATO warplanes struck a residential neighborhood in the capital Sunday and killed nine civilians, including two children. Hours later, NATO confirmed one of its airstrikes went astray.

$17 billion Iraq oil money gone amid war

2011-06-20 05:54:20

Iraq's parliament is chasing about $17 billion of Iraqi oil money it says was stolen after the 2003 US-led invasion and has asked the United Nations for help to track it down.

NATO admits Tripoli target error

2011-06-20 05:04:56

NATO said on Sunday that a number of Libyan civilians were killed in a NATO airstrike in Tripoli last night due to "a weapon system failure."
Gates: Obama's Libya policy within law

Egypt appoints Mohammed El-Orabi as new FM

2011-06-19 22:57:00

Egypt appointed former ambassador to Berlin Mohammed El-Orabi as the new foreign minister on Sunday to replace Nabil Elaraby, who was chosen as the new Arab League chief in May, state news agency MENA reported.

Russia to receive fatal bacteria strain from EU

2011-06-19 22:13:46

Russia's chief sanitary inspector Gennady Onishchenko said on Sunday that Moscow is expected to receive a strain of the fatal E. coli bacteria on Monday, which has forced Russian authorities to impose a ban on EU vegetable, according to local media reports.

Cairo meeting between Fatah, Hamas leaders postponed

2011-06-19 21:20:10

A meeting between the top leaders of Palestinian factions, scheduled on Tuesday in Cairo, has been postponed due to big differences between the two sides, A Palestinian official said Sunday.

Somali PM resigns, reversing pledge

2011-06-19 21:19:19

Somalia's prime minister said Sunday that he would resign, reversing a pledge he made last week that he would not step down after Somalis took to the streets in support of the Somali-American politician.

Spaniard protest unemployment, austerity

2011-06-19 20:55:59

Spanish protesters of all stripes - young and old, working and unemployed - marched Sunday in Madrid to drive home their anger over high unemployment, bleak economic prospects and politicians they see as inept.