Tag: Morning Shinbun

US soldiers ‘killed Afghan civilians for sport and collected fingers as trophies

Spiral galaxy like our own shines with pink clouds

USA

We will burn hundreds of copies of the Koran, insists Florida church

Political controversy over Islam surrounds 9/11 anniversary

Europe

Turkish rafting guides still risking lives, says father of drowned schoolgirl

Spanish arson suspect is former forest ranger

Middle East

Robert Fisk: The lie behind mass ‘suicides’ of Egypt’s young women

U.S. Says Killings Won’t Affect Iraq Mission

Asia

Pakistan stares into a void

Andal Jr massacre executor

Africa

Fear of fresh violence in Nigeria

Latin America

Fidel Castro: Cuban model no longer works

The crimewave that shames the world

Why School ‘Reform’ Fails

USA

FDA considers approving genetically modified salmon for human consumption

In a New Role, Teachers Move to Run Schools

Europe

Lenihan asks EU to allow State guarantee large Anglo deposits

The Roma Are EU Citizens — Everywhere in the European Union

Middle East

Iranian woman could be executed this week, son says

The glittering Gulf states’ dark labor secret

Asia

Final talks on Australia leadership

Japan convicts Greenpeace’s ‘Tokyo Two’ for whaling investigation

Africa

Press watchdog urges Egyptian ‘insult’ reporter’s acquittal

Kagame attacks critics

Pakistan’s flooded farms unable to be sown

Tales of the unexpected: The dark side of bedtime stories

USA

Congressional Charities Are Pulling In Corporate Cash

Obama to call for $100 billion business tax credit

Europe

Basque separatist group Eta calls off 50-year campaign of violence

French immigration minister forced to change date of wedding after Facebook campaign

Middle East

Israeli police accused of targeting Jerusalem’s Arab residents

Asia

Vedanta investors look into human rights issues in India

Fit for a miniature Indian highway

Latin America

Child mortality in Bolivia: a partial success

Democrats plan political triage to retain House

Efforts Afoot to Oust Assange as WikiLeaks Leader

USA

The post-9/11 life of an American charged with murder

Oil dispersant effects remain a mystery

Europe

Tough lessons: How teachers are seeking answers at Auschwitz

Mafia cash in on lucrative EU wind farm handouts – especially in Sicily

Middle East

Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani to be lashed over newspaper photograph

Middle East peace process: High-level talks but with low expectations

Asia

‘Millions’ without aid in Pakistan

Resentment Simmers in Western Chinese Region

Latin America

Tortured Mexican kidnap victim says: ‘I would sit there wondering how people could be that bad’

Blackwater won contracts with web of companies

Fleet of robots designed to clean up oil

USA

U.S. to temper stance on Afghan corruption

Wachovia, Bank of America add fees that ‘certainly won’t be popular’

Europe

Archbishop of York criticises government inaction on sex trafficking

EU austerity policies risk civil war in Greece, warns top German economist Dr Sinn

Middle East

Whisper it, but Netanyahu may just be the man to make history

Hamas condemns ‘direct talks’

Asia

Afghan withdrawal date ’emboldens’ Taliban, US general says

Married to the mob

Africa

Too chicken to change? Satirists taunt Mugabe

Mobile Phone Banking Comes to South Africa. Will It Work?

Hurricane Earl, downgraded to Category 2, begins hitting Outer Banks

Malaysia tackles national woes with ad campaign

USA

BP Says Limits on Drilling Imperil Oil Spill Payouts

Survey: Employers still shifting insurance costs to workers

Europe

Bundesbank sacks ‘racist’ board member

ECB to create ‘super regulators’ for banks

Middle East

Netanayahu and Abbas agree to biweekly Israeli-Palestinian meetings

Gaza militants vow new Israel attacks after peace talks

Asia

Pakistan’s rich ‘diverted floods to save their land’

Taiwan in a rice wine stew

Africa

UN ‘ignored Congo rape warnings’

Latin America

Mexican army kills dozens of drug suspects

Earl’s gusts grow to 140 mph, aims at East

Stephen Hawking says universe not created by God

USA

As U.S. deaths in Afghanistan rise, military families grow critical

Tesco’s US operation accused of bullying staff

Europe

Will Russia’s Bloggers Survive Censorship Push?

Focus on Holocaust led to suspension, says Jewish teacher

Middle East

Obama’s high-stakes gamble on peace deal that eluded predecessors

The trickiest issue in Israeli-Palestinian peace talks

Asia

Throw these infidels in jail

Mourners targeted in Lahore

Africa

Unions reject govt’s revised wage offer

Deadly riots in Mozambique over rising prices

Latin America

Felipe Calderon marks four years of reform efforts stymied by Mexico drug war

Why failure of climate summit would herald global catastrophe: 3.5°

Advances Offer Path to Shrink Computer Chip

USA

Obama speech on Iraq has risks

Filthy conditions found at egg producers

Europe

Libyan leader’s unique brand of diplomacy has Italy spellbound

The man who first saw Belsen

Middle East

Iraqis want American to stay

Fayyad: State organs within a year

Asia

Attack on China whistleblower shows risk of unveiling corruption, fraud

Occupation politics stymie Afghanistan  

Africa

How Nigeria’s plan to privatize its electricity company could light up Africa

Southern Sudan to purge child soldiers from army

Latin America

Chilean miners await rescue as drilling begins

Hurricane Katrina after five years: a symbolic funeral but anger lives on

USA

Environmental groups face their future in climate-change debate

Small businesses win bigger share of federal contracts

Europe

Many migrant workers in UK are modern-day slaves, say investigators

The workers united: The strike that shook the Kremlin

Middle East

Israeli actors refuse to take the stage in settlement theatre

Abbas puts onus for talks on Israel

Asia

Muslim states vow $1bn Pakistan aid

Bank of Japan takes stimulus steps

Africa

How moderate Muslims in Africa view NYC mosque debate

In Egypt, more people call for civil instead of religious marriage

Latin America

Chile miners speak to loved ones for first time

US right claims spirit of Martin Luther King at Lincoln Memorial rally

Deepwater Horizon fears resurface as rigs probe for oil under Arctic ice

USA

Five years later, large New Orleans family ‘still walking through Katrina’

For Obama, Steep Learning Curve as Chief in Time of War

Europe

Sublime to the ridiculous: new cases in the extradition courts

Central bank exec triggers fresh storm with views on the “Jewish gene”

Middle East

A U.S. ‘legacy of waste’ in Iraq

Asia

Thousands flee Indonesia volcano on Sumatra

New Dissent in Japan Is Loudly Anti-Foreign

Africa

South Africa’s unions turn on Jacob Zuma and the ANC

Latin America

Chile mine rescuers work on ‘Plan B’