| Indian commandos storm besieged Jewish center (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:09 AM CST  AP - Masked Indian commandos dropped from helicopters Friday onto the roof of a Jewish center where suspected Muslim militants were holed up, possibly with hostages, as sharpshooters kept up a steady stream of fire at the five-story building.
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| Iraqi parliament OKs US troops for 3 more years (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 01:03 AM CST  AP - The long, costly story of American military involvement in Iraq moved closer to an end Thursday when Iraq's parliament approved a pact that requires all troops to be out in three years, marking the first clear timetable for a U.S. exit since the 2003 invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein.
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| Thailand to negotiate with airport protesters (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:14 AM CST  AP - Women cooked food, gave free haircuts and distributed ice cream to protesters occupying Bangkok's international airport Friday as the Thai government backed off from its threat to forcibly evict them to end an economically damaging standoff.
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| South Korean train makes last trip to North (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:02 AM CST  AP - A South Korean cargo train chugged its way across the heavily fortified border into North Korea on Friday for what may be its last run, with the North putting an end to the historic rail service that had raised hopes for reconciliation between the Cold War foes.
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| Clues point to domestic terrorists in India attack (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 01:08 AM CST AP - The attack on India's financial capital bears all the trademarks of al-Qaida simultaneous assaults meant to kill scores of Westerners in iconic buildings but clues so far point to homegrown Indian terrorists, global intelligence officials said Thursday. |
| Briton killed in Mumbai told of terror hours before he died (AFP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 02:59 AM CST  AFP - A British-Cypriot businessman has been named as one of 125 people killed in the Mumbai attacks, hours after he gave an interview describing how he was trapped in a hotel with gunmen outside.
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| Terror leader slams US, Afghanistan gov'ts (AP) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 10:11 PM CST AP - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader has lashed out at Afghanistan's government and claimed that any U.S. gains in Iraq will be temporary, a terror monitoring group said Thursday. |
| Russian president visits Cold War ally Cuba (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 01:21 AM CST  AP - Russia's president visited old Cold War ally Cuba on Thursday, spending hours with President Raul Castro on the final leg of a Latin America tour designed to increase Moscow's profile in a region long dominated by the United States.
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| A team from South Africa evacuate 120 guests from Mumbai hotel (AFP) Posted: 27 Nov 2008 08:39 PM CST  AFP - Gunshots broke out and the crowd in the famed Taj Mahal hotel panicked, but five excruciating hours later, a private South African security guard said his team succeeded in evacuating about 120 guests.
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| Japanese factory output slides, outlook even worse (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2008 03:00 AM CST  AP - Production at Japan's vital manufacturers is sinking fast and is projected to turn in its worst quarter ever amid a plunge in global demand that is battering the core of the world's second-largest economy.
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