Swiss vote to 'ban' minarets

Swiss vote to 'ban' minarets

Swiss vote to 'ban' minarets

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:48 PM PST

Swiss voters will decide on a proposal which would ban the building of minarets. It's backed by Switzerland's most popular political party, the right wing Swiss People's Party, which claims allowing minarets would be a step towards Islamisation.


China AIDS sufferers face widespread discrimination: U.N.

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:21 PM PST

BEIJING (Reuters) - People in China living with HIV and AIDS face widespread discrimination and stigma, with even medical workers sometimes refusing to touch them, according to a U.N. survey released on Friday.

Soldiers in Afghanistan enjoy turkeys they raised (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:22 PM PST

A U.S. soldier receives food during a Thanksgiving Day lunch at the U.S. base of Bagram north of Kabul, Afghanistan, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. (AP Photo/Musadeq Sadeq)AP - As daylight faded and the winter cold set in, soldiers huddled inside a crude wooden hut to tuck into Thanksgiving turkeys the unit itself had fattened and to give thanks for having survived a year of combat in Afghanistan.

India reverses decision to open Bhopal plant to public (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:25 PM PST

Children play in front of the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal on November 18. Indian authorities in Bhopal, site of the world's worst industrial accident, have decided against opening up the factory at the centre of the tragedy, a local minister said Friday.(AFP/File/Raveendran)AFP - Indian authorities in Bhopal, site of the world's worst industrial accident, have decided against opening up the factory at the centre of the tragedy, a local minister said Friday.

China unveils carbon intensity cuts

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:16 PM PST

Beijing sets targets for carbon emissions cuts amid concerns move may be cosmetic.


UN, France push climate at Commonwealth summit

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 05:34 PM PST

PORT OF SPAIN -UN chief Ban Ki-moon and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are to fire early shots in a global climate debate to start in earnest next month by dominating a Commonwealth summit opening in Trinidad on Friday.

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Khmer Rouge jail chief Duch seeks acquittal (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:52 PM PST

Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch (L) asked Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court Friday to acquit and release him, in a surprise development on the final day of arguments in his nine-month trial.(AFP/ECCC/HO)AFP - Former Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch asked Cambodia's UN-backed war crimes court Friday to acquit and release him, in a surprise development on the final day of arguments in his nine-month trial.

Blast kills China coal miners

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:33 PM PST

Nine miners killed in latest deadly incident to hit China's mining industry.


Militant deal opens door for new Libya

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:16 PM PST

A recently completed peace deal with an Islamic militant group in Libya will help pave the way for the political opening and economic modernization of Libya, Saif al Islam al Gadhafi, the second eldest son of Libya's leader tells CNN in an exclusive interview.

Chinese learn the 'slow game' fast (AFP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:10 PM PST

A Chinese cricketer bats during training on the outskirts of Dhaka on November 14. Head coach of the Chinese Under-19 team, Liu Ping Ping, said 15 players were selected from 300 budding cricketers for intensive training in Bangladesh.(AFP/Munir Uz Zaman)AFP - Like many Chinese teenage boys, Xu Chun Yang had dreams of becoming a great basketballer like NBA player Yao Ming, but two years ago he learnt about a "slow game" and fell in love.

Thanksgiving for U.S. troops in Afghanistan

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 03:04 PM PST

Jewish community mourns Mumbai victims

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:08 PM PST

Countless bullet marks, a hole punched in a wall by a grenade and windows covered with plastic bear testimony to a carnage that left six people dead in Mumbai's Chabad House last year when terrorist besieged several sites around the financial hub of India.

Dubai request for debt 'standstill' raises fear (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 08:45 PM PST

People pass by a giant poster of Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, UAE Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Thursday, Nov. 26, 2009. In a brief statement Wednesday, Dubai's government said its main development engine, Dubai World, which is developing the world's tallest tower block, the Burj Dubai, would ask creditors for a 'standstill', and to delay maturity of its $60 billion debt until at least May 2010. (AP Photo/Kamran Jebreili)AP - Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on paying its bills — causing a drop on world markets Thursday and raising questions about Dubai's reputation as a magnet for international investment.

Jobs, economics complicate Brazil's Amazon fight (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:00 PM PST

AP - Drawing his .40-caliber pistol, Severiano Pontes dashes across the steaming, muddy jungle floor, a hunch telling him what he would find around a bend.


Australia carbon cuts hit by opposition revolt (AFP/File)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 09:01 PM PST

People protest against a climate deal struck by Australia's ruling Labor Party and the opposition Liberal party, claiming that the deal is not enough. The government's bid to pledge carbon cuts ahead of next month's global climate talks is in serious doubt after an opposition revolt over the proposed legislation threatened to trigger snap polls.(AFP/File/William West)AFP/File - Australia's bid to pledge carbon cuts ahead of next month's global climate talks was in serious doubt Friday as an opposition revolt over the legislation threatened to trigger snap polls.

Cambodian ex-prison chief pleads for release (AP)

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 10:11 PM PST

In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, sits in the courtroom of the U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. Both sides in the genocide trial wrap up their cases on Friday amid allegations by prosecutors that the former school teacher's admissions of guilt are insincere. (AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)AP - The Khmer Rouge prison chief blamed for thousands of deaths at an infamous torture center asked Cambodia's genocide tribunal to release him Friday, citing the decade he already has served in jail and his cooperation with the panel.

UFO-obsessed Briton loses bid to block US extradition

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 01:31 PM PST

LONDON - A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government rejected last-ditch requests to block the move.

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Sex abuse report shames Irish Catholic Church

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 06:54 AM PST

DUBLIN - The Catholic Church in Ireland covered up widespread allegations of sexual abuse of children by priests for decades, according to a damning report released on Thursday.

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US reaches deal on troops in Poland

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 06:02 AM PST

WARSAW - The United States and Poland have agreed terms for stationing US troops in Poland so that the deployment of US Patriot missiles can start next year, an official said on Thursday.

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Blair's stance 'hardened' after Bush talks

Posted: 26 Nov 2009 04:07 AM PST

LONDON - Britain's Tony Blair may have swung behind US calls for regime change in Iraq after meeting President George W. Bush at his Texas ranch in 2002, a top diplomat told an inquiry into the war on Thursday.

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