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Indian official denies call to Pakistani president (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 03:14 AM CST

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, shakes hands with Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee, right, during a joint press conference following a meeting in New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Rice said Pakistan has a 'special responsibility' to cooperate with the investigation into the attacks, which Indian and U.S. officials have blamed on militant groups based in Pakistan. (AP Photo/Gurinder Osan)AP - India's foreign minister denied Sunday that he had phoned Pakistan's president at the height of the Mumbai terrorist siege, prompting its air force to go on high alert, but Pakistani officials insisted he — or someone else in his ministry — had placed the call.

Loyalists of exiled former Thai PM Thaksin meet (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:09 AM CST

Leader of Democrat Party Abhisit Vejjajiva, left, addresses supporters as former Prime Minister and Chief Adviser of Democrat Party Chuan Leekpai, right, looks on at the party headquarters in Bangkok, Thailand on May 30, 2007. Thailand's opposition The Democrat Party said Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008 it has enough support to form a new government following a six-month political crisis that has paralyzed the country. (AP Photo/Apichart Weerawong)AP - Loyalists of exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra tried Sunday to counter a sudden bid by the main opposition party to form a new government it says will lead Thailand out of political chaos.

Dozens of NATO supply trucks torched in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:07 AM CST

Indian firefighters attempt to put out a raging fire that engulfed the historic Taj Mahal Hotel after the recent attacks on the city. Indian police have resumed interrogations of two men arrested on suspicion of helping militants carry out the killings, which have stoked tensions with neighbouring Pakistan.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AP - Suspected militants attacked a Pakistan transport terminal used to supply NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan, killing a guard and burning 106 vehicles on Sunday.

South Korea pessimistic over 6-party nuclear talks (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:05 AM CST

U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill, center, arrives at the Incheon international airport, west of Seoul, South Korea, on Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. Hill arrived in South Korea for consultations before talks with Japan, China, South Korea and Russia that being on Monday in Beijing on North Korea's nuclear disarmament. (AP Photo/Jung Yeon-je, Pool)AP - South Korea's nuclear envoy Sunday expressed pessimism about upcoming six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear program as negotiators arrived in Beijing to prepare for the meetings.

Ghanaians line up all night for presidential vote (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 03:12 AM CST

Ghanaian boys look at a sign and poster supporting ruling party presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo, outside a home in the Chorkor neighborhood of Accra, Ghana Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. Voters in this coastal African nation are acutely aware of the responsibility they bear when they head to the polls Sunday, Dec. 7, to elect their next president. The candidate they elect will mark the country's second successive transfer of power, a litmus test for a mature democracy and a feat that only a handful of other nations in Africa have accomplished. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)AP - Voters slept on the concrete sidewalks outside polling stations seeking to be the first to cast their ballot in Ghana's historic election Sunday, a vote that could solidify its place as one of the few mature democracies in Africa.

Intel, Google Asked to Help Revise EU Data Protection Laws (PC World)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:37 AM CST

PC World - The European Commission has set up an advisory panel including executives from Google and Intel to help it revise European Union laws on data protection.

Millions of Muslims gather for hajj pilgrimage (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 12:31 AM CST

A Muslim pilgrim carries a copy of the Muslim holy book Quran as heads to Arafat from Mina near Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2008. Draped in white robes to symbolize purity and equality of mankind under God, nearly 3 million Muslims from all over the world are in Mecca for the annual hajj pilgrimage.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)AP - Nearly 3 million pilgrims chanting prayers converged Saturday in a valley just outside the holy city of Mecca at the beginning of the 5-day hajj pilgrimage, a lifelong dream for many Muslims.

Del Toro attends screening of 'Che' in Havana (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2008 08:39 PM CST

Cuban Army Col. Leonardo Tamayo Nunez, who fought alongside 'Che' Guevara in Cuba and Bolivia, shares a moment with Puerto Rico's actor Benicio Del Toro during the premier of the movie 'Che', by U.S. director Steven Soderbergh, at the Latin American Film Festival at the Yara theater in Havana, Saturday, Dec.6, 2008. Del Toro plays the Argentinean-born revolutionary leader in the film.(AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - Actor Benicio del Toro says protesters at the Miami screening of "Che" should have watched the film first.

Ghana votes for new president to usher in oil era (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:35 AM CST

Reuters - Ghanaians queued up and began voting on Sunday to pick a new president in a tight race between two foreign-educated lawyers competing to lead the West African nation as it prepares to cash in on offshore oil reserves.

China to invest $22B on railways in north province (AP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 03:06 AM CST

AP - China plans to invest $22 billion to build more railways in the coal-rich northern province of Shanxi as part of a bid to ease chronic congestion and promote domestic growth in the face of the global economic slowdown, state media reported Sunday.

Australian authorities intercept suspected people smugglers (AFP)

Posted: 07 Dec 2008 02:02 AM CST

File photo from August 2001 shows some of the 434 refugees rescued by the Norwegian cargo ship Tampa in the Indian Ocean relatively close to Australia. Australian authorities have said they had intercepted a suspected people-smuggling boat off the country's west coast, amid concerns about a rise in illegal immigration.(AFP/File/Tampa/Wilhelmsen Group)AFP - Australian authorities said Sunday they had intercepted a suspected people-smuggling boat off the country's west coast, amid concerns about a rise in illegal immigration.

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