New York Times intl News

New York Times intl News


Kabul Journal: For a Women’s Soccer Team, Competing Is a Victory

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:45 PM PST

Banned during the Taliban era, Afghan women's sports have made only a fitful comeback.

Donations Ban on iPhone Apps Irritates Nonprofits

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:08 PM PST

The iPhone directs prospective donors out of the donation app and to the organization's Web site, making the process more cumbersome.

To Test Housing Program, Some Are Denied Aid

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:26 PM PST

A New York City experiment gauging the effectiveness of a $23 million homelessness program has been denounced.

Japan Grows at Higher Rate Than Estimate

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:08 PM PST

Japan revised its economic growth in the third quarter to 1.1 percent, exceeding an initial government estimate.

Japan’s Third Quarter G.D.P. Growth Revised Up

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 05:52 PM PST

Japan's economy grew more in the third quarter than initially thought thanks to higher spending by companies, the government said Thursday.

U.S. Union Backing Helps Korea Trade Pact Chances

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:08 PM PST

Two unions have broken with organized labor's traditional opposition to free-trade agreements.

Pirates’ Catch Exposed Route of Arms in Sudan Conflict

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:10 PM PST

Arms transfers to southern Sudan, which will soon vote on secession, were revealed when Somali pirates found the weapons on a captured freighter.

A Backlash Against Spanish Air Controllers

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 03:48 PM PST

The Spanish air traffic controllers' wildcat strike last weekend only highlighted their extravagant salaries in country with 20 percent unemployment that is facing further austerity measures.

Malaysia Struggles With Baby Abandonment

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 06:02 PM PST

Nearly 80 infants have been found in Malaysia this year, prompting calls for action.

Western Nations React to Poor Education Results

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:01 PM PST

A finding that Shanghai youth were educated best prompted other nations to question their systems.

On Location: A Water Tower to Call Home

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:59 PM PST

A couple turn "a shut-down, boarded-up, overgrown ruin" of a water tower in northeast Germany into a 1,500-square-foot home with six levels.

China Resisted U.S. Pressure on Rights of Nobel Winner

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 06:30 PM PST

Western support for Liu Xiaobo has led China to wage a campaign against other governments.

Officials Pressed Germans on Kidnapping by C.I.A.

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 06:30 PM PST

American officials pressured Germany not to enforce arrest warrants regarding a German who was kidnapped.

81 Die in Chilean Prison Fire

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 06:52 PM PST

Officials described it as the worst disaster in the history of the country's troubled prison system.

Private Spacecraft Returns Safely From Orbit

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 04:40 PM PST

The capsule's splashdown in the Pacific Ocean went as smoothly as the launching of the Falcon 9 rocket.

Man Accused of Trying to Bomb a Recruiting Station is Arrested After an F.B.I. Sting

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 02:13 PM PST

A Baltimore man is expected to be charged with attempting to blow up a military recruiting station in Catonsville, Md., law enforcement officials said.

China’s Answer to Nobel Mystifies Its Winner

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 12:57 PM PST

The office of the Taiwanese politician who won China's newly created Confucius Peace Prize said "we know nothing about it."

Why the U.S. Ended Push for Israeli Building Freeze

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 06:39 PM PST

Israeli officials insisted they remained determined to seek a peace agreement with the Palestinians, but the optimism was one-sided.

Hackers Attack Those Seen as WikiLeaks Enemies

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 07:45 PM PST

Activists attacked sites of companies like Mastercard that took action against WikiLeaks; a counterattack on hackers' sites followed.

Election Violence Flares in Haiti

Posted: 08 Dec 2010 06:50 PM PST

Preliminary election results set off violence and vote rigging questions.