S.Korea halves ceiling on text messages to fight spam (AFP)

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• S.Korea halves ceiling on text messages to fight spam (AFP)
• Toll rises in Philippines massacre
• Australia approves purchase of joint strike fighters
• New Zealand passes carbon law through key stage
• FACTBOX - Main points of New Zealand's carbon scheme
• Militants destroy NATO oil tanker in Pakistan: police (AFP)
• Philippine president's ally 'top suspect' in massacre
• Khmer Rouge prison chief could get 40 years (AP)
• Arroyo urged to take action over massacre (AFP)
• 'Hezbollah suppliers' charged in US
• US rejects landmine ban treaty
• Australia's carbon-trade deadlock nears end
• Mayor named as massacre suspect
• Vietnam to Devalue Currency, Raise Rates
• Medvedev orders probe of lawyer's prison death
• Polish president on trial in Walesa libel case
• Honduras police say 4 people, rifles seized (AP)
• U.S. won't join landmine ban
• Iraq's vice president in second election veto threat
• Official: Pakistanis want Taliban defeat

S.Korea halves ceiling on text messages to fight spam (AFP) Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:45 PM PST AFP - South Korean authorities on Wednesday halved the daily limit on text messages sent out by mobile phones as part of a campaign against spam, officials said.

Toll rises in Philippines massacre Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:50 PM PST Officials say at least 52 killed as police name local mayor as top suspect.

Australia approves purchase of joint strike fighters Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:48 PM PST CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government has approved the purchase of its first order of 14 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft, Defence Minister John Faulkner said on Wednesday.

New Zealand passes carbon law through key stage Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:48 PM PST WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's revised emissions trading plan is set to become law after parliament on Wednesday approved details of the scheme.

FACTBOX - Main points of New Zealand's carbon scheme Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:48 PM PST The governing minority National Party suspended the previous Labour-led government's carbon trading scheme last year and brought in changes, including a delay to the entry of certain sectors and putting a cap on the price of carbon.

Militants destroy NATO oil tanker in Pakistan: police (AFP) Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:09 PM PST AFP - Suspected Taliban militants on Wednesday attacked and destroyed a tanker supplying fuel to NATO troops in neighbouring Afghanistan, police said.

Philippine president's ally 'top suspect' in massacre Posted: 24 Nov 2009 06:53 PM PST MANILA, Philippines - Philippine police on Wednesday named a political ally of President Gloria Arroyo as the prime suspect in an election-linked massacre of 46 people. Read more...

Khmer Rouge prison chief could get 40 years (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:31 PM PST AP - Prosecutors in the genocide trial of a former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded a 40-year jail sentence Wednesday for a man whom they described as snuffing out innocent lives and spreading terror across Cambodia.

Arroyo urged to take action over massacre (AFP) Posted: 24 Nov 2009 09:50 PM PST AFP - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is facing rising pressure to bring to justice a political ally who stands accused of masterminding a massacre that left 46 people dead.

'Hezbollah suppliers' charged in US Posted: 24 Nov 2009 09:27 PM PST Prosecutors say four men tried to supply weapons and money to Lebanese group.

US rejects landmine ban treaty Posted: 24 Nov 2009 09:50 PM PST Officials says banning the weapon would jeopardise the country's "defence needs".

Australia's carbon-trade deadlock nears end Posted: 24 Nov 2009 09:52 PM PST CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd edged closer to securing his carbon trade plan on Wednesday after a hostile Senate rejected delaying a vote and the opposition hosed down an internal revolt over the scheme.

Mayor named as massacre suspect Posted: 24 Nov 2009 09:00 PM PST Philippines police name local mayor as suspect in politically-motivated killings.

Vietnam to Devalue Currency, Raise Rates Posted: 24 Nov 2009 10:47 PM PST Vietnam devalued its currency and raised interest rates in an attempt to curb inflation and reduce a drain on the country's foreign-exchange reserves.

Medvedev orders probe of lawyer's prison death Posted: 24 Nov 2009 07:48 AM PST MOSCOW - President Dmitry Medvedev ordered a probe into the prison death of a lawyer arrested in a high-profile tax case, the Kremlin said Tuesday, following allegations of "mediaeval" prison treatment in Russia. Read more...

Polish president on trial in Walesa libel case Posted: 24 Nov 2009 06:29 AM PST WARSAW - A Polish court on Tuesday began hearing a libel case against President Lech Kaczynski over his claim that his predecessor and Solidarity icon Lech Walesa was a communist-era spy. Read more...

Honduras police say 4 people, rifles seized (AP) Posted: 24 Nov 2009 08:47 PM PST AP - Honduran police detained two Nicaraguans and two Hondurans along with several rifles, and interim President Roberto Micheletti claimed the weapons were part of a plot to attack him during Sunday's presidential election.

U.S. won't join landmine ban Posted: 24 Nov 2009 03:05 PM PST The United States won't join its NATO allies and many other countries in formally banning landmines, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said during his midday briefing Tuesday.

Iraq's vice president in second election veto threat Posted: 24 Nov 2009 02:29 PM PST Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president said Tuesday he will again veto legislation that sets the framework for the country's upcoming elections, saying revisions passed after his first veto made the bill worse.

Official: Pakistanis want Taliban defeat Posted: 24 Nov 2009 06:52 PM PST Pakistanis now believe the war against the Taliban is their war, whereas in the past they considered it to be the United States' war, a former Pakistani general with close ties to his country's military told CNN's Christiane Amanpour.

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