Israel to quit northern sector of Lebanese village (AP)

Israel to quit northern sector of Lebanese village (AP)

Israel to quit northern sector of Lebanese village (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:54 PM PDT

AP - An Israeli government official says his country plans to withdraw from the northern sector of a disputed Lebanese village.


Gates urges Congress to repeal gay ban now (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:50 PM PDT

AP - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Congress should act quickly, before new members take their seats, to repeal the military's ban on gays serving openly in the military.


Australia, US want China to be 'force for good' (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:34 PM PDT

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton (L) and Australia's Prime Minister Julia Gillard (R) are pictured in Melbourne on November 7, 2010. Australia and the US want China to be a AFP - Australia and the United States want China to be a "force for good" Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Sunday.

Russian journalist in dire condition after attack

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 04:14 PM PDT

Russian investigators are searching for clues on yet another nearly-fatal attack against a journalist on Saturday, and investigators believe the assault is linked to his job.

In India, Obama pushes U.S. jobs

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 11:51 AM PDT

Eager to fend off any criticism that he's globetrotting just days after a disastrous midterm election, President Obama unveiled about $10 billion in new contracts for U.S. exports to India on Saturday as he launched an aggressive push to show his trip to Asia will deliver jobs back home.

French still protesting pension reform,

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 11:32 AM PDT

Demonstrators returned to the streets across France Saturday to protest changes to the country's retirement law, but the numbers of marchers were lower than they had been in previous weeks.

Source: U.S. got Saudi intel about possible plot

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:06 AM PDT

The United States received intelligence from Saudi Arabia early last month about a possible terror plot involving the use of at least one airplane, a U.S. counterterrorism official told CNN Sunday.

N. Korea's second-ranking military officer dies

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 07:39 PM PDT

Jo Myong Rok, a top North Korean military officer, died of heart disease Saturday, the country's official news agency reported. He was 82.

Sweden investigating alleged U.S. spying

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 07:29 PM PDT

The Swedish security police have launched an investigation into "unlawful intelligence activities" conducted by the U.S. Embassy in Stockholm, according to a statement released Saturday.

Mall fire kills 19 in China, state media says

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 07:44 AM PDT

A shopping mall fire Friday in northeastern fire killed 19 people and injured another 27, government media reported Saturday.

Crisis-hit Greece votes under threat of snap poll (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:11 PM PDT

AP - In a major test of support for austerity measures, voters in crisis-hit Greece will cast ballots in local elections Sunday that could force the Socialist government to call a snap general election.


Confidant of North Korea's Kim Jong Il dies (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:12 PM PDT

In this April 23, 2003 file photo released by China's Xinhua news agency, Jo Myong Rok, first vice chairman of North Korea's powerful National Defense Commission, writes an inscription for the University of National Defense of China during his visit to the university in Beijing. Jo, a longtime confidant of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il who traveled to Washington in 2000 on then an unprecedented goodwill mission, has died Saturday, Nov. 6, 2010 of an inveterate heart disease. He was 82. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Gao Jie, File) ** NO SALES **AP - Jo Myong Rok, a longtime confidant of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il who traveled to Washington in 2000 on a then unprecedented goodwill mission, has died. He was 82.

U.S. military moves in Asia not aimed at China: Gates (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:00 PM PDT

Reuters - U.S. military efforts to strengthen its presence in Asia are not aimed at countering China, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday, ahead of talks on deepening defense ties with regional ally Australia.


Greeks vote in local elections

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 10:03 PM PDT

Polls assume greater significance following premier's threat to dissolve parliament if his party does not fare well.


German protesters mobilise against nuclear waste train (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 09:41 PM PDT

Anti-nuclear activists stand on the tracks during a protest in Berg near the Franco-German border against the arrival in Germany of a train carrying highly radioactive waste. German police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, northern Germany, vowing to block the nuclear waste convoy arriving from France.(AFP/Frederick Florin)AFP - German police scuffled with protesters as tens of thousands of people gathered in Dannenberg, northern Germany, vowing to block a nuclear waste convoy arriving from France.

Iran cuts boost prices and worries for leaders (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 09:03 PM PDT

In this Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2010 picture, pedestrians walk past vendor Amir Jamali, center, as he waits for customers on a street in downtown Tehran, Iran. The most potent challenge to Iran's ruling system may not be international sanctions or the homegrown political opposition, but something as simple as a shopping list. Islamic leaders are starting to trim an estimated $100 billion a year in government subsidies for fuel and food staples that many low-income Iranians consider a birthright. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)AP - The most potent challenge to Iran's ruling system may not be international sanctions or the homegrown political opposition, but something as simple as a shopping list.

Drug cartels disrupt basic services in Mexico (AP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 09:22 PM PDT

Soldiers stand next to a vehicle during a gunfight with alleged cartel members in the northern border city of Matamoros, Mexico, Friday Nov. 5, 2010. During the operation, Mexican marines killed reputed Gulf cartel leader and one of Mexico's most-wanted drug lords, Antonio Ezequiel Cardenas Guillen, alias 'Tony Tormenta,' or 'Tony the Storm,' according to the Mexican navy. (AP Photo/El Bravo de Matamoros)AP - Five Pemex workers went to their jobs at a government-owned gas compression plant near the Texas border six months ago and never returned. Masked men, apparently members of a drug cartel operating there, had warned employees of Petroleos Mexicanos that they were no longer allowed to enter the area.

Volcano causes more flight chaos in Indonesia (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 09:45 PM PDT

A government rescue team search for victims close to the Mount Merapi eruption in the abandoned village of Wukirsari, central Java on November 6, 2010. The ash clouds bellowing out of the volcano have caused the cancellation of dozens more flights as officials warned the death toll from the latest eruption would rise.(AFP/Sonny Tumbelaka)AFP - The ash clouds bellowing out of Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano on Sunday caused the cancellation of dozens more flights as officials warned the death toll from the latest eruption would rise.

De Villiers: Springbok's strategy still okay (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 08:58 PM PDT

South Africa rugby coach Peter de Villiers, pictured, has insisted his side could mount a successful defence of the World Cup with a gameplan based on their traditional strengths after the Springboks beat Ireland 23-21.(AFP/File/Remy Gabalda)AFP - South Africa coach Peter de Villiers insisted his side could mount a successful defence of the World Cup with a gameplan based on their traditional strengths after the Springboks beat Ireland 23-21.

Myanmar votes in election marred by fraud fears (AFP)

Posted: 06 Nov 2010 08:56 PM PDT

A woman casts her vote during the Myanmar's first election in 20 years at a polling station in Taunggyi, northeastern Shan state on November 7, 2010. The secretive state's first election in 20 years has been taking shape with complaints of intimidation adding to fears the poll is a sham to create a facade of democracy after decades of iron-fisted military rule.(AFP/Soe Than Win)AFP - Myanmar voted Sunday in its first election in 20 years with complaints of intimidation adding to fears the poll is a sham to create a facade of democracy after decades of iron-fisted military rule.
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