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  
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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.  
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Times: NKorea secretly builds new nuclear facility (AP) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:36 PM PST 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.  
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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.  
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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.  
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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.  
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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.  
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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.  
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Mob violence leaves nine dead at China mine (AFP) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:17 PM PST 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.  
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Mexico marks revolution centenary Posted: 20 Nov 2010 09:52 PM PST A military parade marks the centenary of the Mexican Revolution.  
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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.  
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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.  
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'Unruly' passenger forces Aussie plane diversion (AFP) Posted: 20 Nov 2010 10:05 PM PST 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.  
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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.  
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U.S. alerts Asian capitals to possible North Korean uranium enrichment program Posted: 20 Nov 2010 09:17 PM PST |
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.  
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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.  
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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.  
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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.  
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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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