Second funeral for Chilean activist

Second funeral for Chilean activist

Second funeral for Chilean activist

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:27 PM PST

A funeral has been held in the Chilean capital for Victor Jara, a folk singer and political activist who became a symbol of opposition to the military government of General Augusto Pinochet.


Second funeral for Chilean activist

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:27 PM PST

A funeral has been held in the Chilean capital for Victor Jara, a folk singer and political activist who became a symbol of opposition to the military government of General Augusto Pinochet.


Iraq parliament to debate poll law

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:28 PM PST

Discussion takes place amid concerns vice-president could veto legislation.


Bolivia's Morales seen cruising to re-election

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:02 PM PST

LA PAZ (Reuters) - Bolivian President Evo Morales, whose leftist economic policies have made him broadly popular with the poor but angered business leaders, is expected to win re-election on Sunday, allowing him to expand state control over the economy.

Elite US squad flies for survival in Afghan war (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:22 PM PST

A para-rescue jumper on board a Pave Hawk HH 60G scans the Afghan mountains during a mission to recover a missing helicopter in Logar province. Despite suffering record casualties, the US-led coalition has kept a firm grip on the Afghan skies and no US military pilots have been shot down or had to be rescued by the 33rd ERQS in Afghanistan since November 2001.(AFP/Bonny Schoonakker)AFP - When US Captain Andy Gray and his specialist rescue team heard a helicopter was missing in the Afghan mountains, adrenaline kicked in and the pilots raced into action.

Sarah Palin in the belly of the beast: Washington

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:43 PM PST

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican firebrand Sarah Palin invaded the city she loves to hate on Saturday and rubbed shoulders with the herd of journalists she usually holds in disdain.


Knox upset, tired; gets family visit in prison (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:53 PM PST

U.S. murder suspect Amanda Knox is accompanied by a penitentiary police officer prior to a final hearing before the verdict, at the court in Perugia, Italy, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. An Italian jury has begun deliberations in the yearlong trial of American student Knox, who is charged with murdering her British roommate Meredith Kercher in 2007 with her former boyfriend Italian murder suspect Raffaele Sollecito. A verdict is expected later Friday. (AP Photo/Pier Paolo Cito)AP - Amanda Knox sought comfort from visiting family members Saturday on her first day in prison since being convicted of murdering her British roommate.

Italian police arrest Mafia number two in Sicily (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:04 PM PST

Mafia boss Gianni Nicchi (C) is escorted as he arrives in the police headquarters after being arrested on December 5 in Palermo. Nicchi, the 28-year-old thought to be the Mafia's second in command, was found hiding in an apartment a few hundred metres (yards) from the main court in Palermo, Sicily, Berlusconi told journalists.(AFP/Marcello Paternostro)AFP - Italian police arrested two Mafia leaders, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said, a day after he was accused of links to the organisation.

India on top of the world after mauling Sri Lanka (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:03 PM PST

India's Zaheer Khan (R) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka's Thilan Samaraweera at the Brabourne stadium in Mumbai. India became the number one Test team on Sunday after routing Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third and final cricket Test to clinch the series 2-0.(AFP/Pal Pillai)AFP - India became the number one Test team on Sunday after routing Sri Lanka by an innings and 24 runs in the third and final cricket Test in Mumbai to clinch the series 2-0.

Medvedev: Fire starter to be punished

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:18 PM PST

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for the maximum punishment for those to blame for a nightclub fire in which 109 people died.


'Top Mafia bosses' held in Italy

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:22 PM PST

Two of Italy's biggest Mafia suspects have been arrested by anti-organised crime police units.


New habitat for gorilla orphans

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 11:46 AM PST

Two orphaned baby mountain gorillas are settling into their new home at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.


Polls open in Romanian presidential run-off (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:25 PM PST

Supporters wave flags of incumbent President Traian Basescu during an electoral meeting in Bucharest on December 4. Romanians will vote on December 6 to choose in a runoff between incumbent center-right Basescu and Social-Democrat rival Mircea Geoana, as the country is pressed by financial institutions to move ahead with key reforms.(AFP/Daniel Mihailescu)AFP - Romanians started to vote on Sunday in a run-off presidential election, hoping to find a way out of the severe recession and political turmoil hitting the country for months.

Australia in 82 billion dollar LNG deal with Japan (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:33 PM PST

Gas storage tanks are shown at a facility near Karratha in the north of Western Australia. The country has welcomed a 90 billion dollar (82 billion US) deal to supply liquefied natural gas to a Japanese power company in what is believed to be the country's biggest export sales contract.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Australia has welcomed a 90 billion dollar (82 billion US) deal to supply liquefied natural gas (LNG) to a Japanese power company in what is believed to be the country's biggest export sales contract.

Medvedev: Fire starter to be punished

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:18 PM PST

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has called for the maximum punishment for those to blame for a nightclub fire in which 109 people died.


'Top Mafia bosses' held in Italy

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:22 PM PST

Two of Italy's biggest Mafia suspects have been arrested by anti-organised crime police units.


New habitat for gorilla orphans

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 11:46 AM PST

Two orphaned baby mountain gorillas are settling into their new home at Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.


Gunpowder truck explodes in China, four dead

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 07:57 PM PST

BEIJING -A truck carrying gunpowder to a fireworks factory exploded in central China, killing four people, destroying three vehicles and tearing up chunks of the highway, state media reported Sunday.

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Veil's spread fans Egypt's fear of hard-line Islam (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:34 PM PST

This Oct. 29, 2009 photo shows an Egyptian woman, center, wearing the niqab, which covers everything but the eyes, walking as she is surrounded by others whose faces aren't veiled in Cairo. Egypt's secular-leaning government, backed by a leading cleric, has banned the niqab in college dormitories and some professions, stirring fierce debate in the Arab world's most populous country. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil)AP - When Egypt's government banned Islamic veils and all-encompassing robes in the dorms of public universities, it cited reports of men wearing the garb to sneak into the women's quarters.

Civil war feared in Guinea as militia grows (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 09:37 PM PST

In this photo taken Oct. 2, 2009, Guinean troops are seen before the arrival of Guinean military leader Capt. Moussa 'Dadis' Camara at independence day celebrations in Conakry, Guinea. Up a dirt road inside the thick forest here, many fear the seeds of Africa's next civil war are being sown. Beyond two heavily guarded checkpoints is a sprawling camp, where foreign contractors are giving military training to an estimated 1,500 to 4,000 men from one of Guinea's smallest ethnic groups. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam)AP - Up a dirt road inside the thick forest here, many fear the seeds of Africa's next civil war are being sown.
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