RSS Feed for Japan Today http://www.japantoday.com/feed Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:39:36 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/6-world-powers-press-iran-on-nuclear-issue Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:46:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/hospital-hearing-set-for-fort-hood-suspect An attorney for the U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:45:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/gunman-kills-4-locals-wounds-6-s-korean-tourists-on-saipan The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Friday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people,… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:24:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/chicago-terror-plot-ringleader-gets-13-year-prison-term The ringleader of a group described by prosecutors as plotting terror attacks on Chicago's Sears Tower and FBI offices in hopes of sparking an anti-government… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:18:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/kidnapped-britons-say-somali-pirates-may-kill-them A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 05:15:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/researcher-faint-writing-seen-on-shroud-of-turin A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:55:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/top-skorean-model-found-hanged-in-paris-apartment A 20-year-old top South Korean model who was a fashion week regular in New York, Milan and Paris has been found hanged in her Paris… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:09:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/republicans-blast-health-bill Republicans on Friday continued to assail the majority Democrats' newly minted health care legislation as a collection of tax increases, cuts in services for the… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:53:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/pakistan-demands-us-share-afghan-blueprint Pakistan expressed fear Friday that a large increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan could push militants across the border into its territory and called on… Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:22:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/suicide-bomber-kills-13-in-western-afghanistan A suicide bomber riding a motorcycle killed 13 people, including a police officer, and wounded 30 others Friday in a busy city square in western… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:17:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/200-web-sites-spread-al-qaidas-message-in-english Increasing numbers of English-language web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:39:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/muslim-countries-seek-blasphemy-ban Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:20:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/winfrey-to-end-talk-show-in-2011 "The Oprah Winfrey Show," an iconic, influential broadcast that grew over two decades into a daytime television powerhouse and the foundation of a multibillion-dollar media… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:19:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/obama-faces-showdowns-on-health-afghanistan-jobs President Barack Obama will have scant time to rest up from his eight-day Asia trip. On Saturday, two days after his return to Washington, the… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:59:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/army-fears-anti-obama-politics-at-palin-event The U.S. Army plans to prevent media from covering Sarah Palin's appearance at Fort Bragg, fearing the event will turn into political grandstanding against President… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 06:00:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/karzai-makes-big-promises-in-afghan-inaugural For his critics, President Hamid Karzai's inaugural speech Thursday struck all the right notes -- sober pledges to get tough on corruption and strengthen his… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:55:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/pentagon-looking-for-fort-hood-management-lapses The Pentagon said Thursday it will scour its procedures for identifying volatile U.S. military service members hidden in the ranks following the Fort Hood shooting… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:51:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/un-climate-chief-holds-out-hope-for-global-pact The U.N. climate chief has a message for naysayers about the Copenhagen climate conference next month: It will succeed. Yvo De Boer, the U.N. official… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:19:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/kate-moss-criticized-after-skinny-is-good-remark Eating disorder experts criticized Kate Moss on Thursday after the supermodel cited as her motto a phrase used on web sites that encourage girls to… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:28:00 +0100 http://www.japantoday.com/category/world/view/n-korean-firms-skirting-un-sanctions-via-dummies-un-report North Korean firms that have been slapped with an asset freeze and other penalties by the United Nations for their involvement in nuclear weapon and… Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:15:00 +0100