Accolades for ancient city museum

Accolades for ancient city museum

Accolades for ancient city museum

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:44 PM PST

The southern Spanish archaeological museum known as the Madinat Al Zahra, just outside Cordoba, has been nominated for the Aga Khan Award for Architecture.


Cholera backlash fuels anti-UN protests in Haiti (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 11:00 PM PST

A woman suffering cholera symptoms is carried to St. Catherine hospital, run by Doctors Without Borders, in the Cite Soleil slum in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday Nov. 15, 2010. Thousands of people have been hospitalized for cholera across Haiti with symptoms including serious diarrhea, vomiting and fever and hundreds have died. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)AP - Anti-U.N. riots spread to several Haitian cities and towns, as protesters blaming a contingent of Nepalese peacekeepers for a deadly outbreak of cholera barricaded roads and exchanged gunfire with U.N. soldiers in clashes that lasted late into the night.

Thailand to extradite arms dealer to US (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 11:17 PM PST

AP - Accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout has left Thailand after his extradition to the United States was approved by the government.


Thailand to Extradite Russian Suspect to U.S.

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 09:54 PM PST

The Thai government has agreed to extradite accused Russian arms trafficker Viktor Bout to the United States where he faces terrorism charges.


What's Facebook Messages? Facebook Made A Video To Explain

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:32 PM PST

Facebook wants to educate its user base to promote its new Messages service.


Russian arms suspect Bout leaves Thailand: official

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 11:35 PM PST

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout was flown out of Thailand on a charter flight to the United States on Tuesday, an airport official said, following the government's decision to extradite him.

U.S. missile strike kills 20 militants in Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:24 PM PST

Reuters - Unmanned U.S. drone aircraft Tuesday fired four missiles into North Waziristan, a major sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan, killing at least 20 insurgents, local officials said.


Police stop and search plans 'discriminatory' (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:27 PM PST

File photo of armed policemen standing guard in Grosvenor Square in London. A rights watchdog has warned the government that plans to let police stop people on the grounds of their race could be discriminatory, the Guardian newspaper reported Tuesday.(AFP/File/Jim Watson)AFP - A rights watchdog has warned the government that plans to let police stop people on the grounds of their race could be discriminatory, the Guardian newspaper reported Tuesday.

64 killed in Delhi building collapse (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:43 PM PST

Rescue workers are seen amidst the rubble after a building collapsed late on November 15 in eastern New Delhi. At least 64 people were killed when the multi-storey building in a crowded area of city fell down.(AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)AFP - At least 64 people were killed when a multi-storey building in a crowded area of New Delhi collapsed, with the death toll set to rise Tuesday as rescuers made slow progress amid the rubble.

Pink diamond could set new record

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:20 PM PST

The selling price for a rare pink diamond, being auctioned in Geneva later, could set a new world record.


Alpha Conde wins Guinea elections

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:27 PM PST

Opposition leader Alpha Conde is declared the winner of Guinea's presidential run-off, the election commission says.


Bout extradited to US from Thailand

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 11:13 PM PST

Alleged Russian arms dealer is transferred to US custody after cabinet endorses decision to extradite him.


Pink diamond could set new record

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:20 PM PST

The selling price for a rare pink diamond, being auctioned in Geneva later, could set a new world record.


Alpha Conde wins Guinea elections

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:27 PM PST

Opposition leader Alpha Conde is declared the winner of Guinea's presidential run-off, the election commission says.


U.S. missile strike kills 20 militants in Pakistan

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:24 PM PST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Unmanned U.S. drone aircraft Tuesday fired four missiles into North Waziristan, a major sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan, killing at least 20 insurgents, local officials said.

Guantanamo detainees to be paid compensation: report (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:11 PM PST

A group of detainees kneels in prayer at the US military prison for AFP - A minister will address parliament Tuesday following media reports that the government is to pay millions of pounds in compensation to former Guantanamo Bay detainees.

China law enforcers ordered to make no-beating vow (AFP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:11 PM PST

Members of a controversial law enforcement force in the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou have been ordered to sign a pledge not to beat people up, state media reported Tuesday.(AFP/File)AFP - Members of a controversial law enforcement force in a central Chinese city have been ordered to sign a pledge not to beat people up, state media reported Tuesday.

Nigeria reports Iran arms seizure

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 10:34 PM PST

Foreign minister says it has reported Iran to UN Security Council for possible sanctions violation.


Haiti rioters attack U.N. troops, one protester killed (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 09:20 PM PST

A Haitian resident holds his relative who is suffering from cholera at St-Catherine hospital in the slum of Cite-Soleil in Port-au-Prince November 12, 2010. REUTERS/St-Felix EvensReuters - Protesters in Haiti, blaming United Nations troops for a cholera epidemic that has killed hundreds of people, attacked U.N. peacekeepers in two cities on Monday.

NATO service member killed in eastern Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 15 Nov 2010 09:42 PM PST

File photo of a US Predator unmanned drone armed with a missile setting off from its hangar at Bagram air base in Afghanistan. At least eight militants were killed in a US drone strike on a militant compound in Pakistan's tribal area near the Afghan border early Tuesday, security officials said.(AFP/File/Bonny Schoonakker)AP - NATO says one of its service members has been killed in an insurgent attack in eastern Afghanistan, two days after five troops were killed in one incident in the same region.
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