Philippines imposes martial law in massacre province

Philippines imposes martial law in massacre province

Philippines imposes martial law in massacre province

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:43 PM PST

GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines (Reuters) - The military chief in the southern Philippine province of Maguindanao took over as local governor after martial law was imposed on Saturday, following the country's worst election-related crime last month.


U.N. panel rejects China windfarms, lifts suspension

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:43 PM PST

LONDON (Reuters) - A United Nations climate panel on Friday blocked carbon financing for around 10 Chinese wind farms over concerns about whether they are financially viable without receiving carbon offsets, the panel said.


Texas refinery explosion kills 1, injures 2

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:43 PM PST

HOUSTON (Reuters) - One person was killed and two injured in a Friday night explosion at Valero Energy Corp's refinery in Texas City, Texas, according to a city official.


Work gives Afghan women hope amid security worries (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:21 PM PST

This Nov. 2, 2009 photo shows Nazia, 8, left, whose names means 'hope,' sitting next to her mother at a small sewing center for women, run by Afghan-American Rangina Hamidi, in Kandahar, Afghanistan. For Nazia, hope has come through the thriving business that employs her mother and 199 other women. The women tailors sew the latest in embroidered men's and women's clothes, tablecloths and shawls under their own label: 'Kandahar Treasure.' They proudly call their collection Kandahar's first designer label. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - Nazia is an 8-year-old in tattered secondhand clothes whose name means "hope."

Knox jailed 26 yrs for sex murder of British housemate (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:18 PM PST

US student Amanda Knox (L) is comforted by her lawyer at the courthouse in Perugia. Knox was found guilty early Saturday of murdering and sexually assaulting her British housemate Meredith Kercher in 2007 and sent to prison for 26 years.(AFP/Alberto Pizzoli)AFP - American Amanda Knox was found guilty early Saturday along with her former Italian boyfriend in the 2007 sex murder of her British housemate Meredith Kercher and sent to prison for 26 years.

Thai king returns to hospital (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:17 PM PST

Thai King Bhumibol Adulayadej waves to a crowd of well-wishers as he leaves the Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok, on his way to making a brief public appearance to mark his 82nd birthday, on December 5. The king returned to the hospital later on.(AFP/Christophe Archambault)AFP - Thailand's revered king returned to a Bangkok hospital on Saturday, after making a brief public appearance to attend a ceremony at the royal palace held to mark his 82nd birthday.

Obama boosts climate talks with changed plans

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 02:05 PM PST

WASHINGTON -US President Barack Obama delivered a boost to UN climate talks in Copenhagen, agreeing to delay his visit until the end of the meeting, when the drive for a global warming pact will climax.

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Texas refinery explosion kills 1, injures 2 -official

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 10:08 PM PST

HOUSTON (Reuters) - One person was killed and two injured in a Friday night explosion at Valero Energy Corp's refinery in Texas City, Texas, according to the city's emergency manager.


Report: N.Korea orders soldiers to shoot defectors (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:59 PM PST

In this undate photo released from North Korea's Chosun Shinbo via Yonhap, the front and back designs of North Korea's new paper currency after its recent reform are shown. North Korea Monday, Nov. 31, 2009, informed citizens and foreign embassies that it would redenominate the national currency, the won. But the regime limited the maximum amount of old bills allowed to convert into new ones, telling residents to deposit the rest in government-run banks, according to media reports and diplomats. From top to bottom: 5,000 won, 2,000 won and 1,000 won. (AP Photo/ Chosun Shinbo via Yonhap)AP - North Korea has ordered its border guards to open fire on anyone who crosses its border without permission, in what could be an attempt to thwart defections by people disgruntled over its recent currency reform, a news report said Saturday.

4 US teens arrested at military base in Japan (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:58 PM PST

AP - Japanese police have arrested four teenagers living on a U.S. military base for allegedly putting a rope across a road that caused a woman to crash her motorbike and suffer a head injury, officials and news reports said Saturday.


Roman Polanksi allowed home

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:10 PM PST

Film director Roman Polanksi - who is fighting extradition to the US over a 1977 case of unlawful sex with a minor - has started his house arrest at his Swiss home in the resort of Gstaad.


Climate change e-mail inquiry

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:11 PM PST

UN experts are about to investigate allegations that British scientists manipulated data on global warming to strengthen the argument that it is man-made.


Roman Polanksi allowed home

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:10 PM PST

Film director Roman Polanksi - who is fighting extradition to the US over a 1977 case of unlawful sex with a minor - has started his house arrest at his Swiss home in the resort of Gstaad.


Climate change e-mail inquiry

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:11 PM PST

UN experts are about to investigate allegations that British scientists manipulated data on global warming to strengthen the argument that it is man-made.


Hospitalised Thai King makes rare public appearance

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:39 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's aging monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, appeared in public for the first time in more than a month on Saturday ahead of a royal ceremony to mark his 82nd birthday.


FACTBOX - Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:39 PM PST

Thousands of Thais have been flocking daily to Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital to pray for the revered monarch, admitted on Sept. 19 suffering from fever and lung inflammation.


Could London lose 'libel capital of the world' crown? (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:16 PM PST

Senior British judges walk from Westminster Abbey to Westminster Hall in central London. The world's rich and powerful have long chosen London to defend their interests in court, but pressure is mounting for an overhaul in the English laws that saw it named AFP - The world's rich and powerful have long chosen London to defend their interests in court, but pressure is mounting for an overhaul in the English laws that saw it named "libel capital of the world".

Guatemala army officer convicted in civil war case (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:09 PM PST

AP - A retired army officer has been convicted and sentenced to 53 years in prison in the forced disappearance of civilians during Guatemala's civil war.


Thai king leaves hospital for birthday celebrations (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 09:19 PM PST

Thai King Bhumibol Adulayadej (centre) waves to a crowd of well-wishers as he leaves the Siriraj Hospital on a wheelchair pushed by doctors, in Bangkok, on December 5. Thailand's revered king left the hospital to attend a ceremony at the royal palace to mark his 82nd birthday.(AFP/Christophe Archambault)AFP - Thailand's revered king left a Bangkok hospital on Saturday, according to an AFP reporter at the scene, to attend a ceremony at the royal palace to mark his 82nd birthday.

Hospitalized Thai King makes rare public appearance

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 08:34 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's aging monarch, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, appeared in public for the first time in more than a month on Saturday ahead of a royal ceremony to mark his 82nd birthday.
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