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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in the Monroe Room of the State Department in Washington September 2, 2010. REUTERS/Jason Reed

Israelis and Palestinians launch direct peace talks

Reuters - 56 minutes ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli and Palestinian leaders began direct peace negotiations on Thursday, saying it was time to end their conflict but projecting tough talks ahead as hardliners on both sides vowed never to accept a deal.

  • Gulf oil platform explodes off US coast The Canadian Press - 19 minutes ago

    GRAND ISLE, La. - An offshore petroleum platform exploded and was burning Thursday in the Gulf of Mexico about 80 miles (130 kilometres) off the Louisiana coast, west of the site where BP's undersea well spilled after a rig explosion.

  • Public servants march through the streets of Johannesburg during their ongoing strike that is in its third week now. South Africa's government on Thursday urged its negotiators to find a swift solution after unions rejected a revised pay offer aimed at ending a public-sector strike now in its third week. Photo:Paballo Thekiso/AFP
    S.African government urge negotiators to end strike soon AFP - 21 minutes ago

    JOHANNESBURG (AFP) - South Africa's government on Thursday urged its negotiators to find a swift solution after unions rejected a revised pay offer aimed at ending a public-sector strike now in its third week.

  • China census highlights growing rights awareness The Canadian Press - 30 minutes ago

    BEIJING, China - Census takers counting China's more than 1.3 billion people already face a daunting task, and it's getting harder for the latest once-a-decade update.

  • A Cambodian Buddhist monk walks past the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh. Human rights workers in Cambodia face 'an increasingly hostile environment' as authorities use violence, intimidation and 'trumped-up' criminal charges to silence them, activists warned Thursday. Photo:Tang Chhin Sothy/AFP
    Cambodian rights groups face worsening repression: activists AFP - 40 minutes ago

    PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Human rights workers in Cambodia face "an increasingly hostile environment" as authorities use violence, intimidation and "trumped-up" criminal charges to silence them, activists warned Thursday.

  • Sherwin-Williams paint store assistant manager Emily Venable takes precautions and duct-tapes the store windows as Hurricane Earl approaches the Outer Banks city of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Photo:Paul J. Richards/AFP
    Hurricane Earl closes in on US East Coast AFP - 41 minutes ago

    KITTY HAWK, North Carolina (AFP) - Hurricane Earl closed in on a vast stretch of the US east coast on Thursday, as tens of thousands of people fled North Carolina's barrier islands to avoid dangerous winds and surf.


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