Polls open in Belarus presidential election (AFP)

Polls open in Belarus presidential election (AFP)

Polls open in Belarus presidential election (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 10:48 PM PST

A woman feeds pigeons near an election poster in Minsk. Polls opened Sunday in Belarus' presidential election setting incumbent fourth-term candidate Alexander Lukashenko against an array of nine opposition candidates, state television said(AFP/Viktor Drachev)AFP - Polls opened Sunday in Belarus' presidential election setting incumbent fourth-term candidate Alexander Lukashenko against an array of nine opposition candidates, state television said.

Tourist's body found near Jerusalem, say police (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 10:38 PM PST

AP - The body of a female tourist, bound and with multiple stab wounds, was found Sunday near a road outside Jerusalem, police said.


37 dead in Bangladesh boat sinking: police (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 10:50 PM PST

Villagers are seen travelling in an overloaded boat in Bangladesh. Rescuers searched for survivors on Sunday after an overcrowded boat carrying around 150 people capsized on a river in northeastern Bangladesh leaving at least 37 dead, all of them women and children.(AFP/File/Mufty Munir)AFP - Rescuers searched for survivors after an overcrowded boat carrying around 150 people capsized on a river in northeastern Bangladesh leaving at least 37 dead, all of them women and children.

Survivors pray for 30 lost in Australia refugee wreck (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 10:30 PM PST

A Channel 7 TV framegrab of a photo released by The West Australian on December 15 shows an asylum boat full of refugees being smashed by violent seas against the jagged coastline of Australia's Christmas Island. Christmas Island residents watched horrified as the tragedy unfolded in front of them, helpless to assist those dashed against the rocks and debris in the churning sea.(AFP/HO/File/The West Australian)AFP - Traumatised survivors of a refugee boat wreck off Australia held a private vigil behind bars Sunday for the 30 people who died, as debate raged over Canberra's policy on boat people arriving from Asia.

Openly gay US soldiers can fight

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 10:22 PM PST

In a landmark victory for gay rights, openly gay soldiers, sailors and airforce men and women can now fight for America.


Several die in Afghan city attack

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:52 PM PST

At least four members of Afghan security services killed after army recruitment centre in Kunduz is attacked.


Foreign troop 2010 toll hits 700 in Afghanistan (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:50 PM PST

Northern Alliance soldiers man their position in Kunduz. Four suicide attackers stormed an army recruitment centre in Kunduz early on Sunday sparking a gun battle that left two soldiers dead and three others wounded, according to officials.(AFP/File/Jean-Philippe Ksiazek)Reuters - Taliban insurgents launched attacks in Kabul and a major northern city on Sunday as the death toll for foreign troops in Afghanistan hit 700, making 2010 the deadliest year of the nearly decade-long war.

SKorea plans levy on foreign currency bank debt (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:49 PM PST

AP - South Korea says it plans to impose a levy on non-deposit foreign currency debt held by domestic and foreign banks in a bid to defend the country against surges of capital that could threaten its economy.


Foreign troop 2010 toll hits 700 in Afghanistan

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:50 PM PST

KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents launched attacks in Kabul and a major northern city on Sunday as the death toll for foreign troops in Afghanistan hit 700, making 2010 the deadliest year of the nearly decade-long war.

Philippine Hotel Fire Kills 15

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:33 PM PST

An official says 15 were killed and 12 injured in a fire that tore through a budget hotel as guests slept in the northern Philippines.


UN 'offered Mugabe retirement deal'

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:35 PM PST

Leaked US cables say UN head offered Zimbabwe's president unusual incentives to step down from office in 2000.


US Senate scraps gay military ban

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 08:30 PM PST

The United States Senate has voted to scrap the ban on gay men and women openly serving in the military.


Assange vows WikiLeaks to stay strong despite new blow (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 08:54 PM PST

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said the site will stay strong despite another blow to its funding and the publication Sunday of new details of the sex crime allegations against him.(AFP/Carl Court)AFP - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said the site will stay strong despite another blow to its funding and the publication Sunday of new details of the sex crime allegations against him.

Grim Xmas for Iraqi Christians as many flee north (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:01 PM PST

In this Dec. 10, 2010 photo, an Iraqi police officer stands guard outside Our Lady of Salvation church in Baghdad, Iraq. Since the Oct. 31 bloodbath in their Baghdad church, Iraqi Christians are fleeing from Sunni Muslim extremists who view them as nonbelievers and agents of the West. At a time when Christians in various parts of the Muslim world are feeling pressured, Iraqi Christians are approaching their grimmest Christmas since the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 and many are fleeing north to the safer Kurdish region of Iraq. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)AP - They saw their brethren murdered during Mass and then were bombed in their homes as they mourned. Al-Qaida vowed to hunt them down. Now the Christian community of Iraq, almost as old as the religion itself, is sensing a clear message: It is time to leave.

Radical Muslim sect again stalks northern Nigeria (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 09:01 PM PST

In this Nov. 12, 2010 photo, people walk past a Sunni mosque being built in Maiduguri, Nigeria. In northeastern Nigeria, far from the battlegrounds of Afghanistan, a group known as the Nigerian Taliban is waging war against a government it refuses to recognize. The radical Muslim sect called Boko Haram was thought to be vanquished in 2009, when Nigeria's military crushed its mosque into concrete shards, and its leader was arrested and died in police custody. But now, a year later, Maiduguri and surrounding villages again live in fear of the group, whose members have assassinated police and local leaders and engineered a massive prison break, officials say. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - In the dusty streets of northeastern Nigeria, far from the battlegrounds of Afghanistan, a group known as the Nigerian Taliban is waging war against a government it refuses to recognize.

Japan's low-cost space programme pushes the limits (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 08:58 PM PST

This photo, taken in June and released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) shows JAXA personnel inspecting the capsule carried by the Japanese Hayabusa spacecraft after it parachuted back to land in the Woomera military zone in the Australian Outback. Despite its shoestring budget, Japan's space programme boldly reached for the stars this past year.(AFP/JAXA/File)AFP - Despite its shoestring budget, Japan's space programme has boldly reached for the stars, pioneering solar-powered galactic travel, exploring a distant asteroid and planning a robot base on the Moon.

US Senate scraps gay military ban

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 08:30 PM PST

The United States Senate has voted to scrap the ban on gay men and women openly serving in the military.


Blizzards blast airports, hit sports (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 08:05 PM PST

A soldier stands guard at Horse Guards' Parade. Blizzards shut the country's biggest airports and hit road and rail traffic on the busiest weekend for travellers before Christmas.(AFP/Leon Neal)AFP - Blizzards shut the country's biggest airports and hit road and rail traffic on the busiest weekend for travellers before Christmas.

Snow hits flights, strands drivers in Europe (AFP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 07:50 PM PST

People walk past snow covered chairs and tables at a restaurant in Berlin. Heavy snow disrupted European air travel over the weekend and stranded hundreds of drivers in their cars as far south as Italy as a white Christmas appeared increasingly likely for many places.(AFP/Odd Andersen)AFP - Heavy snow disrupted European air travel over the weekend and stranded hundreds of drivers in their cars as far south as Italy as a white Christmas appeared increasingly likely for many places.

15 dead, 12 injured in Philippine hotel fire (AP)

Posted: 18 Dec 2010 10:09 PM PST

AP - A fire tore through a budget hotel, rousing some guests and trapping others in upper floor bathrooms Sunday in the northern Philippines. Many of the 15 dead and 12 injured were nursing students in town to take a licensing exam, police said.


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