http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with world news and current affairs that matter en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295700,interview-pakistan-foreign-minister-claims-india-supports-insurgents.html Islamabad - Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has accused India of supporting insurgents in Pakistan, including areas bordering Afghanistan. Speaking with the German Press Agency dpa, Qureshi claimed that Pakistan was compiling hard ev... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:04:24 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295700,interview-pakistan-foreign-minister-claims-india-supports-insurgents.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295699,michael-jackson-glove-sold-for-350000-dollars--summary.html Washington - Michael Jackson's famous sequined white glove, worn at his famous first moonwalk concert, Saturday fetched an astounding 350,000 dollars at auction at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City, Fox News reported. The buyer was a businessman, H... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 01:04:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295699,michael-jackson-glove-sold-for-350000-dollars--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295698,michael-jackson-glove-sold-for-350000-dollars.html Washington - Michael Jackson's famous sequined white glove, worn at his first Moon Walk concert, went for 350,000 dollars at an auction at Hard Rock cafe in New York City. The buyer was a businessman, Hoffman Ma, who told Fox News that he had come pr... Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:40:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295698,michael-jackson-glove-sold-for-350000-dollars.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295697,protests-end-peacefully-in-nicaragua--summary.html Managua - Thousands of protestors in the Central American state of Nicaragua took to the streets of Managua on Saturday against President Daniel Ortega, charging that he is trying t o set up a dictatorship. But the anticipated clashes between Ortega ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:28:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295697,protests-end-peacefully-in-nicaragua--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295696,barcelonas-draw-in-bilbao-leaves-real-madrid-top--summary.html Madrid - European champions Barcelona were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw away to Athletic Bilbao on Saturday, a result which leaves Real Madrid top of the Spanish Liga. Earlier on Saturday Real had scored a contro... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:10:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295696,barcelonas-draw-in-bilbao-leaves-real-madrid-top--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295695,hershey-nestle-sweeten-war-for-cadbury.html Washington - Hershey and Nestle are expected to jump into the war over Cadbury sweets, media reports said Saturday, just weeks after the British-based stalwart rejected a hostile bid by US Kraft Inc. The growing market for chocolate in the developing... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:58:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295695,hershey-nestle-sweeten-war-for-cadbury.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295694,new-moon-vampires-suck-down-batmans-dark-knight-record.html Los Angeles - The Twilight vampires' newest film, New Moon, drank in a box office one-day record at weekend's begin, earning 72.7 million dollars from midnight Thursday to midnight Friday, E! Online reported. That intake soared way beyond the 67.2-mi... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:34:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295694,new-moon-vampires-suck-down-batmans-dark-knight-record.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295693,parma-stun-fiorentina-after-inter-milan-beat-bologna--summary.html Rome - Newcomers Parma late Saturday stunned Fiorentina 3-2 on home turf to leapfrog them and move to third place in the Italian Serie A. A brace from international Alberto Gilardino was not enough for the Florence side ... Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:16:14 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295693,parma-stun-fiorentina-after-inter-milan-beat-bologna--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295683,china-coal-mine-explosion-42-dead-66-trapped--summary.html Beijing - The death toll following a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China that killed 42 workers and left 66 miners trapped underground on Saturday was expected to rise, local media reported. The explosion occurred at 2:30 am in the Xi... Asia,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:46:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295683,china-coal-mine-explosion-42-dead-66-trapped--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295682,rocket-hits-luxury-hotel-in-afghan-capital--summary.html Kabul - A rocket hit the perimeter wall of a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, police and witnesses said. The southern wall of the luxury Serena Hotel compound was destroyed in the attack, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman said, but... Asia,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 15:34:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295682,rocket-hits-luxury-hotel-in-afghan-capital--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295678,rocket-hits-luxury-hotel-in-afghan-capital--update.html Kabul (dap) - A rocket hit the perimeter wall of a luxury hotel in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday, police and witnesses said. The southern wall of the luxury Serena Hotel compound was destroyed in the attack, Kabul police chief Abdul Rahman sai... Asia,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:46:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295678,rocket-hits-luxury-hotel-in-afghan-capital--update.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295677,german-left-leader-doing-well-after-cancer-operation.html Berlin - The co-leader of Germany's Left Party, Oskar Lafontaine, was doing well Saturday following an operation for prostate cancer, a party spokesman said. The procedure went successfully. In the circumstances, he's doing well, spokesman Hendrik ... Europe,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:34:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295677,german-left-leader-doing-well-after-cancer-operation.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295675,iraq-parliament-postpones-vote-on-election-law-veto.html Baghdad - Iraqi's parliament on Saturday postponed a vote on whether to overturn the vice president's veto of the country's new elections law, a member of the legislature said. Iraqi MPs did not reach a consensus during today's session over the issu... Middle East,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:17:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295675,iraq-parliament-postpones-vote-on-election-law-veto.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295674,large-explosion-near-hotel-in-afghan-capital.html Kabul (dap) - A large explosion rocked the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday evening, police and witnesses said. The blast occurred in the vicinity of the city's only five-star hotel, the Serena Hotel. ... Asia,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:16:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295674,large-explosion-near-hotel-in-afghan-capital.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295673,afghan-security-chiefs-unveil-plan-to-boost-force-level.html Kabul - Top Afghan security chiefs on Saturday unveiled a plan, drafted by NATO's top commander in Afghanistan, to boost country's police and troop strength to 400,000, double the size of its previous goal. Afghan Defence Minister Abdul Rahim Wardak ... Asia,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 14:04:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295673,afghan-security-chiefs-unveil-plan-to-boost-force-level.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295669,kunduz-airstrike-relatives-to-demand-compensation--summary.html Berlin - Dozens of relatives of people killed in a controversial NATO airstrike in Afghanistan are to attempt to claim compensation from the German government, it emerged Saturday. Karim Popal, a lawyer, said in an interview with the Weser-Kurier new... Asia,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:22:20 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295669,kunduz-airstrike-relatives-to-demand-compensation--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295667,six-pakistani-troops-14-taliban-killed-in-clashes--summary.html Islamabad - At least 14 militants and six soldiers, were killed Saturday in the latest fighting in the ongoing military operation in Pakistan's restive north-western tribal region, the army said. Nearly 30,000 troops supported by air power and log-ra... Asia,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:58:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295667,six-pakistani-troops-14-taliban-killed-in-clashes--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295663,lebanese-mother-confesses-to-wiping-out-family.html Beirut - A Lebanese mother found dead with her three daughters left a videotaped confession that she poisoned the family, Lebanese media reported Saturday. Grace Jalakh, 40, said she had poisoned herself and her three young daughters because her husb... Middle East,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:52:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295663,lebanese-mother-confesses-to-wiping-out-family.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295662,yemeni-tribesmen-move-japanese-hostage-to-desert-hideout.html Sana'a, Yemen - Yemeni tribesmen holding a Japanese engineer hostage havemoved him to a desert region in north-central Yemen after pressure for his release mounted, a tribal leader said on Saturday. The kidnappers moved the Japanese man to another h... Middle East,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:40:11 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295662,yemeni-tribesmen-move-japanese-hostage-to-desert-hideout.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295659,china-coal-mine-explosion-47-dead-67-trapped--summary.html Beijing - The death toll following a gas explosion at a coal mine in north-eastern China that killed 47 workers and left 67 miners trapped underground on Saturday was expected to rise, local media reported. The explosion occurred at 2:30 am in the Xi... Asia,World Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:16:15 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295659,china-coal-mine-explosion-47-dead-67-trapped--summary.html