Israeli ministers float limited West Bank pullout (AP) |
- Israeli ministers float limited West Bank pullout (AP)
- Guatemala launches siege to reclaim violent north (AP)
- Toyota aims to expand 2011 global sales 3 percent (AP)
- Assange critical of prosecution
- U.N. keeps troops in Ivory Coast, defying Gbagbo
- Thailand ends 8-month state of emergency in Bangkok (Reuters)
- Violence escalates along Gaza-Israel border (AP)
- Assange defiant over extradition
- Thailand ends 8-month state of emergency in Bangkok
- Medvedev to seek to fend off West in India (Reuters)
- Richardson says NKorea trip is opening for talks (AP)
- Russia, India sign defense and nuclear deals
- Japan central bank leaves interest rate unchanged (AP)
- Prominent politician Diego Fernández de Cevallos freed in Mexico (The Christian Science Monitor)
- Death squads reemerge in Ivory Coast as president contests election results (The Christian Science Monitor)
- How the iPad Will Transform Marketing
- Simon Johnson's Voodoo History
- S.Korea stays on guard despite N.Korea concessions (AFP)
- Australian man jailed for lying about being a POW (AP)
- Israeli fighter jets attack Gaza
| Israeli ministers float limited West Bank pullout (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:45 PM PST AP - With Mideast peace talks at an impasse, two senior members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Likud Party are shopping around a new idea: In the absence of peace, Israel should pull large numbers of Jewish settlers out of the West Bank while leaving its soldiers in place.
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| Guatemala launches siege to reclaim violent north (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:00 PM PST AP - Gangs roamed the streets with assault rifles and armored vehicles, attacking whomever they pleased and abducting women who caught their eye. Shootouts became so common, residents couldn't tell gunfire from holiday fireworks.
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| Toyota aims to expand 2011 global sales 3 percent (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:04 PM PST AP - Toyota Motor Corp. said Tuesday it expects global sales to grow 3 percent to 7.7 million vehicles next year with shrinking purchases in Japan offset by growing overseas demand.
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| Assange critical of prosecution Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:50 PM PST The Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, tells the BBC why he is fighting extradtition to Sweden over sex assault allegations.
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| U.N. keeps troops in Ivory Coast, defying Gbagbo Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:54 PM PST UNITED NATIONS/ABIDJAN (Reuters) - World powers voted on Monday to keep U.N. forces in Ivory Coast, defying incumbent Laurent Gbagbo's demand they leave, and the U.N. peacekeeping chief said the troops would shoot back if fired on.
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| Thailand ends 8-month state of emergency in Bangkok (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:18 PM PST Reuters - Thailand's government agreed on Tuesday to lift an eight-month state of emergency in Bangkok, citing an improved political climate and a less confrontational approach by anti-government "red shirt" protesters.
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| Violence escalates along Gaza-Israel border (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:41 PM PST
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| Assange defiant over extradition Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:11 PM PST The Wikileaks founder, Julian Assange, has told the BBC he fears he would be kept incommunicado if extradited to Sweden.
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| Thailand ends 8-month state of emergency in Bangkok Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:18 PM PST BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's government agreed on Tuesday to lift an eight-month state of emergency in Bangkok, citing an improved political climate and a less confrontational approach by anti-government "red shirt" protesters.
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| Medvedev to seek to fend off West in India (Reuters) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:59 PM PST Reuters - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will lobby hard during a visit to India on Tuesday for the former Cold War ally to stay loyal to Russian-made fighter jets and nuclear reactors, rather than those offered by the West.
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| Richardson says NKorea trip is opening for talks (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 10:15 PM PST
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| Russia, India sign defense and nuclear deals Posted: 20 Dec 2010 11:17 PM PST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Russia and India signed agreements on Tuesday to work on a design project for a fifth-generation fighter aircraft and expand capacity at the nuclear power plant in Kudankulam.
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| Japan central bank leaves interest rate unchanged (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:48 PM PST AP - Japan's central bank kept its key interest rate unchanged at effectively zero Tuesday as the country struggles to keep its economic recovery alive.
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| Prominent politician Diego Fernández de Cevallos freed in Mexico (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 02:06 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Ending the saga of one of Mexico’s most high-profile kidnappings in recent history, “El Jefe Diego,†a national figure and ruling-party politician missing for seven months, was freed today.
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| Posted: 20 Dec 2010 01:55 PM PST The Christian Science Monitor - When the truckloads of heavily armed and masked men arrive, the women in this Abidjan neighborhood descend into the streets banging pots and pans.
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| How the iPad Will Transform Marketing Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:35 PM PST The year is drawing to a close, and I'm amazed at how digital technology now impacts my daily routin
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| Simon Johnson's Voodoo History Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:12 PM PST "Voodoo economics" was supposed to produce a 30% inflation. Oops.
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| S.Korea stays on guard despite N.Korea concessions (AFP) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:28 PM PST
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| Australian man jailed for lying about being a POW (AP) Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:18 PM PST AP - An elderly Australian man has been sentenced to four years in jail for lying about being a prisoner of war in order to claim hundreds of thousands of dollars in pension payments.
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| Israeli fighter jets attack Gaza Posted: 20 Dec 2010 09:01 PM PST Air raids appear to target fighters in several parts of the Hamas-ruled Palestinian territory.
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