Sun FM Penticton - World News

US House approves offshore drilling bill, but Senate dispute could delay final action

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:58:43 +0000

WASHINGTON - The House of Representatives has approved a bill to boost safety standards for offshore drilling and remove a liability cap for oil spills, but a partisan fight in the Senate will likely ...

Germany to hold memorial service for victims of Love Parade

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:58:38 +0000

DUISBURG, Germany - Germany is holding a memorial service for the victims of the Love Parade techno music festival, where 21 people were crushed to death and 500 injured. The memorial service is to...

Here comes the bride: Chelsea Clinton to wed longtime boyfriend in upstate New York village

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:58:42 +0000

RHINEBECK, N.Y. - Chelsea Clinton is poised to marry her longtime boyfriend at an exclusive estate along New York's Hudson River after weeks of intrigue, secrecy and buzz. Hundreds of people have b...

Russia begins to localize fires, others rage as country wilts in hottest summer on record

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:58:40 +0000

MOSCOW - Russian state TV is reporting the death toll from the massive forest fires that have wiped out villages and vast areas of woodland has risen to around 30 people, but officials say some of the...

Broken bridges, washed-out roads: Rescuers struggle to reach flood victims in Pakistan

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:40:37 +0000

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Rescuers trying to reach thousands of Pakistani flood victims were hampered by deluged roads and damaged bridges Saturday, though there were signs waters were receding in parts of...

Authorities impose rigid curfew in Kashmir, but anti-India violence continues

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 07:17:36 +0000

SRINAGAR, India - Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew across violence-wracked Indian Kashmir on Saturday as anti-India protests and clashes between Kashmiri Muslims and government forces continue...

From 'Chateau Migraine' to awards, new breed of vintners are redefining Mideast wines

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:26:21 +0000

SAMA AL-SARHAN, Jordan - Omar Zumot goes to extremes when making his organic wine. Specially cultivated sheep slurp the dry leaves off the vines, their saliva serving as an anti-bacterial, while fish ...

Syrian, Saudi leaders fly together to Lebanon ahead of possible indictments in assassination

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:19:40 +0000

BEIRUT - The leaders of Syria and Saudi Arabia, once bitter rivals, made an unprecedented show of co-operation by travelling together to Lebanon in hopes of preventing any violence if members of a mil...

United Nations says devastating floods affect 1 million people in Pakistan; 430 people killed

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:19:35 +0000

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - The United Nations says devastating floods have affected 1 million people in Pakistan. Officials say floods have killed 430 people in the deadliest such disaster to hit the reg...

Hamas says group's senior rocket maker killed, 11 wounded in Israeli air strikes

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:05:57 +0000

GAZA, Palestinian Territories - Israeli warplanes fired missiles at five targets across Gaza, killing a senior commander of the Hamas military wing and wounding 11 people, the group said Saturday. ...

Arizona governor considers changing immigration law while awaiting November hearing on appeal

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:44:10 +0000

PHOENIX - Republican Gov. Jan Brewer, who signed the law and appealed a ruling blocking its most controversial sections, said Friday she would consider changes to "tweak" the law to respond to the par...

Sister of Italian photographer killed during Thai protests pleads for thorough investigation

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:08:42 +0000

BANGKOK - The sister of an Italian photographer killed as troops forcibly suppressed an anti-government protest in Bangkok has asked the government to work harder to clear up the circumstances of his ...

Democrats' election prospects could be hurt if ethics case against party member advances

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:08:41 +0000

WASHINGTON - Majority Democrats, already facing grim prospects in upcoming congressional elections, could suffer more damage if the House of Representatives moves forward Thursday with an ethics trial...

Chinese activists speak out for jailed Uighur journalist, calling 15-year sentence wrong

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 05:08:44 +0000

BEIJING, China - Some of China's most well-known activists are circulating an open letter protesting the 15-year prison term for a Uighur journalist snared in tensions that followed the country's wors...

Arizona governor considers whether state should change immigration law after judge's ruling

Sat, 31 Jul 2010 04:44:26 +0000

PHOENIX - The fight over Arizona's immigration law showed no signs of letting up Friday as the federal judge who blunted its force faced threats and the Republican governor who signed it considered ch...