Can World Heritage Status Save the Future of French Food? (Time.com)

Can World Heritage Status Save the Future of French Food? (Time.com)

Can World Heritage Status Save the Future of French Food? (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - French cuisine has earned a spot on UNESCO's "intangible" cultural heritage list. While some fear the recognition makes France look like a gastronomic snob, others hope it will help reignite respect for the nation's cooking culture


Rights group cautions Egypt on election harassment (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:34 PM PST

AP - The London-based Amnesty International has called on Egyptian authorities to refrain from harassing election candidates as hundreds of opposition members have been arrested.


Times: NKorea secretly builds new nuclear facility (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:36 PM PST

FILE - In this Jan. 21, 2004 file photo, Doctor Siegfried Hecker, senior fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory, briefs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington on his recent inspection of North Korean nuclear facilities. New satellite images show construction under way at North Korea's main atomic complex, apparent proof that Pyongyang is making good on its pledge to build a nuclear power reactor, according to a private American security institute. The institute based its estimate on information from the recent trip to Yongbyon by Siegfried Hecker, former director of the U.S. Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory, and Jack Pritchard, a former U.S. envoy for negotiations with North Korea. (AP Photo/Dennis Cook, File)AP - North Korea secretly and with unusual speed has built a large new facility to enrich uranium, says an American nuclear scientist who visited the site, according to The New York Times.

What the Pope Really Said About Condoms (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 09:20 PM PST

Time.com - In a far-ranging book-length interview with a German journalist, Benedict XVI discusses church reform, sexuality, child abuse and the use of condoms.


North Korea Makes New Nuclear Claims

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:48 PM PST

North Korea showed a visiting American a lab where it claimed to be processing uranium to make atomic weapons.


Al Qaeda Promises More Attacks on U.S.

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:40 PM PST

Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula is promising more small-scale attacks like its attempts to bomb two U.S.-bound cargo planes, which it likens to bleeding its enemy to death by a thousand cuts.


Irish cabinet to weigh budget cuts

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 11:01 PM PST

Prime minister's move to save $20bn over the next four years is essential to get a bailout from Europe.


Who thrilled Alice Cooper's mum?

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:27 PM PST

The American rock singer, songwriter and musician Alice Cooper talks about the strong relationship he has with his mother.


Mob violence leaves nine dead at China mine (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:17 PM PST

Paramilitary police guard the entrance to a coal mine in northern China's Shanxi province. Police have arrested 10 people, including rival coal mine owners, after mob violence that left nine dead and 48 injured in southwest China, state media reported.(AFP/File/Peter Parks)AFP - Police have arrested 10 people, including rival coal mine owners, after mob violence that left nine dead and 48 injured in southwest China, state media reported.

Mexico marks revolution centenary

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 09:52 PM PST

A military parade marks the centenary of the Mexican Revolution.


Japan plans troop deployment near disputed islands: Nikkei (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 09:32 PM PST

Reuters - Japan plans to send non-combat troops for the first time to its westernmost island in response to Chinese naval maneuvers in the East China Sea, a move which could infuriate its giant neighbor, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.


Rescue efforts at NZ mine face further delay (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 09:38 PM PST

Reuters - Efforts to rescue 29 men trapped in a New Zealand coal mine faced more agonizing delays on Sunday when authorities said they needed to drill a new shaft to test air quality because toxic gases made it too dangerous for rescue teams go in.


'Unruly' passenger forces Aussie plane diversion (AFP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:05 PM PST

A Virgin Blue flight from Indonesia to Melbourne had to make an unplanned stop in northwestern Australia after a passenger became AFP - A Virgin Blue flight from Indonesia to Melbourne had to make an unplanned stop in northwestern Australia after a passenger became "unruly," the airline said Sunday.

Japan plans troop deployment near disputed islands: Nikkei

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 09:32 PM PST

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan plans to send non-combat troops for the first time to its westernmost island in response to Chinese naval maneuvers in the East China Sea, a move which could infuriate its giant neighbor, the Nikkei business daily said on Sunday.

U.S. alerts Asian capitals to possible North Korean uranium enrichment program

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 09:17 PM PST

The Obama administration has dispatched a team of experts to Asian capitals to report that North Korea appears to have started a program to enrich uranium, possibly to manufacture more nuclear weapons, a senior U.S. administration official said Saturday.


NZ mine rescue operation on hold

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:17 PM PST

Levels of dangerous gases in mine shaft found to be still too high, sparking concern for safety of 29 trapped men.


Namibia: Officer arrested, linked to suspect bag (AP)

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 09:07 PM PST

AP - Namibia's police chief says a senior officer has been arrested, linked to a suspicious bag that turned out to be a harmless airport security testing device.


Airport official arrested over 'test device'

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:36 AM PST

The head of safety at a Namibian airport has been arrested on suspicion of placing a piece of luggage containing a "test device" among the baggage of an Air Berlin flight, the German Interior Ministry said Saturday.

Accused drug kingpin to be extradited to U.S.

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 04:42 PM PST

Alleged U.S.-born cartel boss Edgar Valdez Villarreal -- alias "La Barbie" -- will be extradited to the United States from Mexico, a spokesman for the Attorney General's Office in Mexico City said Saturday.

Colombia: Top rebel leader may be dead

Posted: 20 Nov 2010 05:55 PM PST

A top leader of a leftist guerrilla group in Colombia may have been killed during a bombing of a rebel camp, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said Saturday.
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