Israel, Palestinians launch direct peace talks The Star WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders began direct peace negotiations on Thursday, sitting down for U.S.-brokered talks even as hard-liners on both sides vowed never to accept a deal. U.S. President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu deliver statements to the media from the Colonnade outside the Oval Office of the White House in Washington September 1, 2010. (REUTERS/Jason Reed) One day after U.S....
Gates Lands in Afghanistan The New York Times KABUL, Afghanistan — Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates arrived here on an unannounced visit Thursday for meetings with American military commanders and President Hamid Karzai of Afghanistan. It is Mr. Gates’s first visit to the country since Gen. David H. Petraeus became the top American and NATO commander, replacing Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal, who was fired by President Obama in June. In a briefing on Thursday afternoon to reporters...
H.K. legislature calls for justice in Philippines hostage crisis+ Breitbart HONG KONG, Sept. 2 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Legislators in Hong Kong on Thursday mourned the eight tourists from Hong Kong who died in the Philippines bus hostage crisis last week, condemned the authorities for failing to end the hijacking peacefully and... photo: AP / Noel Celis, Pool
Coffin mix-up after Philippine hostage crisis Khaleej Times Three coffins used to bring back some of the eight Hong Kong tourists killed last week's Philippinehostage crisis had been mislabelled. The mix-up was discovered after the family of one victim went to a Hong Kong mortuary to identify their dead... photo: AP / Bullit Marquez
Typhoon suspends SKorean flights, kills 3 Khaleej Times Typhoon Kompasu slammed into South Korea on Thursday, killing three people in what was called the strongest tropical storm to hit the Seoul area in 15 years. Powerful gusts knocked over trees, power lines and streetlights, cutting off power to tens... photo: AP / Yonhap, Lee Sang-hack
