RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:29:59 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/details-emerge-about-fort-hood-suspects-history As if going off to war, Maj Nidal Malik Hasan cleaned out his apartment, gave leftover frozen broccoli to one neighbor and called another to… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:50:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/abbas-decision-reflects-deep-palestinian-despair By saying he wants to step down as president, Mahmoud Abbas has highlighted a deep Palestinian despair rooted in decades of failed peace initiatives and… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:07:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/house-dems-struggle-for-final-votes-on-health-care Capping months of struggle, House Democrats cleared an abortion-related impasse blocking a vote on sweeping health care legislation late Friday and officials expressed optimism they… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:32:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/g-20-officials-wrestle-over-economic-imbalances The world's top financial officials on Friday sought a blueprint for securing future global growth and worked to break a deadlock over who bears the… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:12:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/brown-tells-afghan-leaders-to-clean-up-their-act Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Washington's closest ally in Afghanistan, toughened his tone Friday with this harsh message for the Afghan leadership: Clean up your act… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 06:10:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/honduras-leadership-in-limbo-as-accord-dissolves They can't both be right. Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says a deal that could have returned him to power is defunct. Roberto Micheletti, who… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 05:31:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/pakistani-army-enters-final-militant-stronghold The Pakistani army entered the last of three militant strongholds targeted by a major offensive in the northwest on Friday, as gunmen wounded a senior… Sat, 07 Nov 2009 03:09:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/12-dead-31-wounded-in-shooting-rampage-at-fort-hood-army-base-in-texas Military officials were starting Friday to piece together what may have pushed an Army psychiatrist trained to help soldiers in distress to turn on his… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:04:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/saudis-bomb-yemen-rebels-across-border Saudi Arabia sent fighter jets and artillery bombardments across the border into northern Yemen Thursday in a military incursion apparently aimed at helping its troubled… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:57:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/palestinian-president-abbas-says-he-wont-run-in-january-election The Palestinian president said Thursday he does not want to run for another term in the January elections, blaming a stalemate in Mideast peace talks… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:28:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/obama-house-democrats-confident-on-health-care-vote Buoyed by two major endorsements, House Democratic leaders on Thursday predicted swift passage of President Barack Obama's historic health overhaul initiative. The president himself declared,… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:19:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/negotiators-scale-back-un-climate-pact-ambitions Negotiators and diplomats were working Thursday on a scaled-back version of a global climate change treaty that could be agreed by next month's deadline. The… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/iraq-lawmakers-cant-agree-on-election-law Iraqi lawmakers failed Thursday to agree on an election law for the country's January vote, raising concerns the balloting may be delayed and in turn… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:40:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/icc-prosecutor-wants-to-investigate-kenya-violence The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said Thursday that Kenya's postelection violence that killed more than 1,000 people was a crime against humanity and pledged… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:31:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/un-to-relocate-staff-in-afghanistan-following-deadly-attack The United Nations will relocate around 12 percent of its international staff in Afghanistan due to deteriorating security, the head of the U.N. Mission in… Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:28:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/australia-launches-probe-into-massive-oil-spill Australia launched an investigation Thursday into an oil rig leak that dumped thousands of barrels of fuel into the Timor Sea over more than two… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:59:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/s-carolina-man-gets-3-years-in-prison-for-sex-with-horse A South Carolina man caught on video having sex with a horse was sentenced Wednesday to three years in prison after pleading guilty for the… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:18:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/iran-opposition-protesters-return-to-streets The contrasts were vivid: Pro-government supporters chanted "Death to America" and stomped on U.S. flags Wednesday while not far away, hundreds of opposition protesters denounced… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/white-house-distances-itself-from-electoral-losses The White House distanced itself Wednesday from Democratic losses in two states, saying the races for governor hinged on local issues and were not a… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:58:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/british-deaths-raise-questions-about-afghan-police The killing of five British troops by a rogue Afghan policeman underlines concerns about training and discipline within the ranks and possible insurgent infiltration of… Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:50:00 +0100