Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony (AP)

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• Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony (AP)
• Prosecutor: Knox taunted, killed victim
• Pope to meet Anglican leader amid tensions
• S.Koreans mourn rising star supermodel (AFP)
• Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage (AFP)
• Road deaths 'costing world $500bn'
• Colombia says its military on 'maximum alert'
• Obama Afghan decision to come after Thanksgiving
• Senate Democrats eye key US health care victory
• Honduras de facto leader says will step aside
• Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister
• Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal (AP)
• Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister (Reuters)
• Honduras de facto leader says will step aside
• China coal-mine blast claims lives
• Elsom exploits worry Scotland (AFP)
• Match-fixing arrests across Europe
• Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW Pakistan (AP)
• Johnson's backs against All Black wall (AFP)
• Du Preez looking forward to baptism of fire (AFP)

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 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 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. Read more...

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. Read more...

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. Read more...

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 Reuters - 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 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 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 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 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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