Chile prepares to free trapped miners

North Korea's heir apparent appears at military parade CTV.ca North Koreans got their first live look at their likely next leader Sunday as Kim Jong Il's son joined his father for a military parade marking the 65th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party. Kim Jong Un sat next to his father in an observation box ... See all stories on this topic »

Chile prepares to free trapped miners CBC.ca A video inspection of a newly drilled escape tunnel shows the walls only need partial reinforcement before an attempt is made to pull 33 trapped Chilean miners to safety, Chile's mining minister says. Mining Minister Laurence Golborne made the comment ... See all stories on this topic » CBC.ca

Hungarians fear new wave of toxic red sludge CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff A television is seen in a house damaged by a wave of red mud in Kolontar, about 160 kms from Budapest, on Sunday. (CNN) -- Residents were evacuated and soldiers were on standby Sunday as authorities believe a damaged reservoir ... See all stories on this topic » CNN International

Pakistan reopens border crossing to NATO trucks Los Angeles Times The Pakistan-Afghan crossing was closed 11 days ago after a NATO incursion that killed two Pakistani soldiers. Militants took advantage of the blockade to attack more than 150 parked trucks, killing at least 6 people. By Alex Rodriguez, Los Angeles ... See all stories on this topic »

Report: France 'won't rule out' UN creation of Palestinian state Ha'aretz French FM Bernard Kouchner says that France prefers a two-state solution negotiated with Israel but the option of UN Security Council action remains on the table. By Haaretz Service and Reuters In an interview published in a Palestinian newspaper on ... See all stories on this topic » Ha'aretz

White House's Axelrod Says Secret Political Donations Threaten Democracy Bloomberg By Roger Runningen - Sun Oct 10 13:48:24 GMT 2010 White House senior adviser David Axelrod said secret donations to outside political groups are "a threat to our democracy," singling out the US Chamber of Commerce for criticism less than a month before ... See all stories on this topic »

Kirk, Giannoulias Spar Over Integrity in Bid for Senate Seat BusinessWeek By John McCormick Oct. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Democrat Alexi Giannoulias and Republican Mark Kirk questioned each other's integrity in their first debate in the race to fill a US Senate seat once held by President Barack Obama. Central to the discussion was ... See all stories on this topic »

Rove: Obama 'beyond the pale' on campaign remarks The Associated Press WASHINGTON — Republican political strategist Karl Rove says President Barack Obama and fellow Democrats have gone "beyond the pale" for suggesting that the US Chamber of Commerce may be using foreign contributions to finance advertising against ... See all stories on this topic »

Heavy security for gay pride parade Financial Times By Neil MacDonald, Balkan Correspondent Belgrade was under a security lock-down on Sunday as 5000 police were deployed to protect a gay pride parade amid threats of violence from extreme nationalist groups. The parade – cancelled last year and ... See all stories on this topic »

Congressional Candidate Under Fire for Nazi Re-Enactment Past FOXNews An Ohio congressional candidate is under fire after a magazine unearthed a photo showing him dressed in a Waffen-SS uniform as part of a Nazi re-enactment group. The Atlantic magazine, which published the photo, reported that Republican candidate Rich ... See all stories on this topic » FOXNews