Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony (AP)

Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony (AP)

Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 10:46 PM PST

AP - South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.


Prosecutor: Knox taunted, killed victim

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:09 PM PST

Accompanied by two smitten young men vying to impress her, a resentful Amanda Knox toyed with a knife and then plunged it into her roommate's neck, killing her, an Italian prosecutor charged in closing arguments Friday.

Pope to meet Anglican leader amid tensions

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 10:28 PM PST

Pope Benedict XVI is expected to meet the Archbishop of Canterbury on Saturday, the first meeting between the religious leaders since a Catholic overture to disaffected Anglicans that some commentators compared to a hostile takeover on Wall Street.

S.Koreans mourn rising star supermodel (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 10:34 PM PST

South Korean model Daul Kim is seen presenting a creation by Alexander Mcqueen during Spring/Summer 2008 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris, in 2007. Kim was found hanged in her central Paris apartment after an apparent suicide, the South Korean embassy said on Friday, citing French police officials.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)AFP - Fans and friends on Saturday expressed shock at the death of a South Korean supermodel who was found hanged in her central Paris apartment earlier this week.

Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 10:13 PM PST

A city worker is seen reading the paper in the shade during a hot day in Sydney. Australia is facing its worst fire danger in four years, with hotter and windier conditions and earlier than normal outbreaks forecast, according to government analysis published this week.(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - "Catastrophic" alerts have been issued in Australia after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said on Saturday.

Road deaths 'costing world $500bn'

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:46 AM PST

Russian president warns of cost of road accidents as summit on subject opens in Moscow.


Colombia says its military on 'maximum alert'

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 05:44 PM PST

BOGOTA -Colombia warned its forces were on "maximum alert" and were prepared to defend against any attack, amid rising tensions with neighboring Venezuela.

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Obama Afghan decision to come after Thanksgiving

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 12:39 PM PST

WASHINGTON -President Barack Obama will wait until after Americans mark Thanksgiving on November 26 to announce whether or not he sends reinforcements to Afghanistan, his spokesman Robert Gibbs said.

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Senate Democrats eye key US health care victory

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 08:41 AM PST

WASHINGTON -Democrats in the US Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in a landmark first test vote of President Barack Obama's top domestic priority, remaking the US health care system.

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Honduras de facto leader says will step aside

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:23 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old political crisis.

Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:27 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.

Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:57 PM PST

AP - Hugo Chavez is defending alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was a "revolutionary fighter" rather than a terrorist.


Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:27 PM PST

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (R) speaks as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband listens during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Massoud Hossain/PoolReuters - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.

Honduras de facto leader says will step aside

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 10:02 PM PST

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras's post-coup de facto leader said on Friday he would give up his presidential duties for a week, a step Washington welcomed as a way to help ease a five-month-old political crisis.


China coal-mine blast claims lives

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:38 PM PST

More than 100 miners said to be trapped as rescue work continues in Heilongjiang province.


Elsom exploits worry Scotland (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:01 PM PST

Scotland hooker Ross Ford (pictured in 2007) fears Australia flanker Rocky Elsom will inflict yet another dose of misery at Murrayfield when the Wallaby captain takes the field here on Saturday.(AFP/File/Damien Meyer)AFP - Scotland hooker Ross Ford fears Australia flanker Rocky Elsom will inflict yet another dose of misery at Murrayfield when the Wallaby captain takes the field here on Saturday.

Match-fixing arrests across Europe

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:06 AM PST

Seventeen people arrested in 'biggest ever football match-fixing scandal' in Europe.


Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 09:08 PM PST

Policemen survey the site of an explosion in Peshawar November 21, 2009. At least one person was injured when an explosion hit the office of a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the University Town area of Peshawar on Saturday, Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reported. REUTERS/K. Parvez (PAKISTAN CONFLICT CRIME LAW)AP - An explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, wounding a security guard, police said.

Johnson's backs against All Black wall (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 08:54 PM PST

England Coach Martin Johnson watches team's training session at Pennyhill Park near Bagshot, on November 18. England play against New Zealand on Saturday, at Twickenham.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - England manager Martin Johnson, extraordinarily appointed to his post last year without any previous coaching experience, likes to deflect criticism by saying everyone is entitled to an opinion.

Du Preez looking forward to baptism of fire (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 08:58 PM PST

South Africa's Springbok national rugby union team coach Peter de Villiers is seen during a training session on November 12, at the Stadium in Toulouse. Springboks play Italy on Saturday.(AFP/File/Remy Gabalda)AFP - Loosehead prop Wian du Preez will make his South Africa debut against Italy here on Saturday with Leicester Tiger Martin Castrogiovanni's snarling teeth ready to welcome him.
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