Test firing prompts warnings from West
JASON KOUTSOUKIS HERALD CORRESPONDENT JERUSALEM: Iran test-fired a missile capable of hitting Israel on the eve of Yom Kippur - the holiest day in Judaism.
US plays many-sided game in sanctions puzzle
Analysis: The two unknowns in the Iran sanctions puzzle are Russia and China. The Kremlin has long responded to proposals for tougher sanctions with arms folded and a scowl.
Nuclear ambitions
Has Iran admitted it has a nuclear weapons program?
Fears of faster warming as talks face uphill task
ADAM MORTON AND TOM ARUP GLOBAL temperatures could rise four degrees within 50 years, faster than previously predicted, if greenhouse gas emissions rise unchecked, a report for the British Government says.
Tears flow when North meets South
SEOUL: Hundreds of family members separated for half a century by the Korean War bade tearful farewell to each other yesterday after briefly reuniting under a program resumed amid warming ties between the North and South.
Flood hero 'gave his life for my baby'
MANILA: Muelmar Magallanes braved rampaging floods in a Manila riverside village to save more than 30 people, but ended up sacrificing his life in a last trip to rescue a baby girl and her mother who were being swept away on a polystyrene box.
Arab world's capital of dissent
SUDARSAN RAGHAVAN TANTA, Egypt: The Tanta Flax and Oil Co is quiet, the machines covered with dust. In the silent warehouses, Hisham Abu Zaid has found a power unlike anything he has experienced before.
Election win delivers Merkel the right of way
PAOLA TOTARO EUROPE CORRESPONDENT IF THERE is a simple message that emerges from Angela Merkel's victory in the German election at the weekend it is that, in a post-recession world, voters have little time for political spin - and substance can triumph over style.
The film festival internet ad that led to Polanski's arrest 31 years after he fled
PAOLA TOTARO AN INTERNET advertisement boasting Roman Polanski's attendance at a small film festival in Zurich at the weekend was the catalyst for the international operation that has sparked a diplomatic incident in Europe - and landed the director in custody 31 years after he fled the US.
Civil rights suspended
ALEX RENDEROS TEGUCIGALPA: The de facto government of Honduras has suspended constitutional guarantees indefinitely, enabling it to outlaw public gatherings and making it easier for the army to arrest people.
British general backs request for more troops in Afghanistan: report
Britain's top general in Afghanistan has backed his US commander's call for more foreign troops to fight an increasingly bloody Taliban insurgency, a newspaper said on Monday.
Filmmakers defy clerics over Japanese porn stars visit
Filmmakers in Muslim-majority Indonesia have defied condemnation by clerics, saying they will stick to their plans to fly out a top Japanese porn star to act in a local comedy.
