Ex-conjoined twins leave hospital on birthday eve (AP)

Ex-conjoined twins leave hospital on birthday eve (AP)


Ex-conjoined twins leave hospital on birthday eve (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:13 PM PST

Former conjoined twins Krishna (front) and Trishna (back) with guardian Moira Kelly (C) at the Royal Children's Hospital in Melbourne last month. The Bangladeshi girls left hospital on Monday, after Australian doctors who separated their fused brains decided they should celebrate their third birthday at home.(AFP/Royal Children's Hospital/HO/File/Royal Children's Hospital)AP - Formerly conjoined twin sisters Trishna and Krishna were discharged from an Australian hospital Monday, five weeks after their separation surgery and just in time to celebrate their third birthday.



Chavez accuses Colombia of spy plane incursion

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:15 PM PST

An unmanned spy plane launched from Colombia violated Venezuelan airspace last week, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday.


Ode to Saab, a car that follows its own road

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:52 PM PST

My name is Steven Wade and I'm a Saaboholic.


Eurostar runs tests after train failures

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:01 PM PST

Eurostar is running tests to try to figure out what caused an "unprecedented" six trains to break down, forcing the company to cancel all services this weekend, a spokeswoman said Sunday.


Aquino maintains lead in Philippine election survey

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:33 PM PST

MANILA (Reuters) - The son of Philippine democracy icon Corazon "Cory" Aquino maintained his lead in the latest opinion poll for next year's presidential election, but his three key rivals showed improved ratings.


Iran's Mousavi in Qom for cleric's funeral - website

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:33 PM PST

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi has arrived in the holy city of Qom to take part in the funeral of the country's leading dissident cleric on Monday, the reformist Kaleme website said.


Some Iranians arrested on way to funeral - website

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:33 PM PST

TEHRAN, (Reuters) - Iranian security forces stopped a bus carrying opposition supporters on their way to the funeral of the country's leading dissident cleric and detained some of them, the reformist Kaleme website reported on Monday.


China gets Myanmar assurances on pipeline, border

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:33 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Myanmar has given China political assurance over an important crude oil pipeline and promised to maintain stability along the border after unrest in August pushed thousands of refugees into the Chinese side.


Phillies get Halladay, Mariners acquire Lee (AP)

Posted: 16 Dec 2009 02:27 PM PST

FILE - In tis July 29, 2009, file photo, Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Roy Halladay throws during the third inning against the Seattle Mariners during a baseball game in Seattle. Phillies general manager Ruben Amaro Jr. says he's hopeful the trade to acquire Roy Halladay from Toronto and send Cliff Lee to Seattle can be completed Wednesday but talks may extend into Thursday. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)AP - The Philadelphia Phillies got ace Roy Halladay from Toronto and traded Cliff Lee to Seattle on Wednesday, completing a complicated, four-team deal that featured a pair of Cy Young winners.



China welcomes Uighur deportations

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:08 PM PST

China praises Cambodian decision to deport 20 ethnic Uighurs who had sought asylum.


Philippines volcano alert raised

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:37 PM PST

Thousands ordered to flee danger zone as Mount Mayon shows increased activity.


Thousands warned to flee Philippine volcano zone

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 07:06 PM PST

LEGASPI, Philippines -More than 3,000 villagers who are refusing to quit a no-go zone around the Philippines' rumbling Mayon volcano risk forcible evacuation if they do not leave, officials said Monday.

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Seized N.Korean weapons were bound for Iran: report

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 06:42 PM PST

SEOUL -A planeload of weapons from North Korea seized in Bangkok this month was bound for Iran, a newspaper report said Monday, citing documents obtained by arms trafficking experts.

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Nipping plagiarism in the bud

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 06:41 PM PST

SINGAPORE Some primary schools are starting early when it comes to teaching their pupils about plagiarism.

At Rulang Primary School in Jurong West, even Primary 1 pupils learn about citation. "They learn to ask who's the author, who's the narrator, when they

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BBC: Persian service being jammed

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 05:26 PM PST

LONDON - The BBC said Monday that its Persian television signal was being jammed, adding that it was continuing to broadcast into Iran.

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Police recover stolen Auschwitz sign

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 04:11 PM PST

WARSAW - Polish police said early Monday they have recovered the Nazi German "Arbeit macht frei" sign stolen Friday from the site of the Auschwitz death camp in southern Poland.

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China gets Myanmar assurances on pipeline, border

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:34 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - Myanmar has given China political assurance over an important crude oil pipeline and promised to maintain stability along the border after unrest in August pushed thousands of refugees into the Chinese side.


Papers on British palaces' upkeep could be released (AFP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:24 PM PST

Tourists gather outside Buckingham Palace in London. Correspondence between the government and Queen Elizabeth II's Buckingham Palace official residence over the upkeep of royal palaces could be made public, a newspaper said Monday.(AFP/File/Leon Neal)AFP - Correspondence between the government and Queen Elizabeth II's Buckingham Palace official residence over the upkeep of royal palaces could be made public, a newspaper said Monday.



Tijuana becomes crucible for Mexican police reform (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 09:06 PM PST

In this Nov. 29, 2009 photo, Patricia Isaias, widow of police officer Luis Izquierdo, who was killed on duty last April, stands over his grave at Los Olivos cemetery in Tijuana, Mexico. Tijuana's Public Safety Chief Julian Leyzaola is leading the most aggressive police reform to date, a mix of counterterrorism and community policing. If it works, it would be a model for other hotspots and a huge breakthrough in a drug war that has taken more than 14,000 lives in Mexico since it was launched three years ago. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - EDITOR'S NOTE — AP reporter Elliot Spagat followed Tijuana's new public safety chief, Julian Leyzaola, for eight months as he launches the city's most aggressive police reform to date, in the middle of a raging drug war.



21 militants killed in Afghan operations (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2009 10:11 PM PST

United States Marines from the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines 'Warlords' and Afghan National Army soldiers patrol during an operation to hunt for insurgents following an exchange of fire in the Garmsir district of the volatile Helmand province, southern Afghanistan, Sunday, Dec. 20, 2009. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer)AP - The Afghan Defense Ministry says 21 militants have been killed in three separate operations in the Central Asian country's fight to combat the resurgent Taliban.