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• Iranian lawmaker: Iran could leave nuclear treaty (AP)
• 3 Americans die in cargo plane crash in China (AP)
• Leaders say momentum building on climate change (AP)
• Geneva: Police use tear gas on WTO protest (AP)
• Letter to reveal Blair was told Iraq war 'illegal' - report (AFP)
• Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk (AP)
• Lima apologizes to Afro-Peruvians for abuses (AP)
• Equatorial Guinea president eyes new term in poll (Reuters)
• US soldiers: Afghan war more challenging than Iraq (AP)
• CN rail workers strike as talks break down (Reuters)
• Australia welcomes giant pandas with city party (AP)

Iranian lawmaker: Iran could leave nuclear treaty (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 03:05 PM PST AP - A conservative Iranian legislator warned Saturday that his country may pull out of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty after a U.N. resolution censuring Tehran — a move that could seriously undermine world attempts to prevent Iran from developing atomic weapons.

3 Americans die in cargo plane crash in China (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 10:21 AM PST AP - A Zimbabwe-registered cargo plane crashed in flames during takeoff from Shanghai's main airport Saturday, killing three American crew members and injuring four others on board.

Leaders say momentum building on climate change (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 04:53 PM PST AP - Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates.

Geneva: Police use tear gas on WTO protest (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 04:53 PM PST AP - Police fired tear gas and rubber bullets Saturday to separate violent demonstrators from a protest of a meeting of top world trade officials, but the hooded "black bloc" activists were able to cause damage before 14 were arrested, spokesmen said.

Letter to reveal Blair was told Iraq war 'illegal' - report (AFP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 04:55 PM PST AFP - The government's chief legal advisor informed then prime minister Tony Blair in 2002 that deposing Saddam Hussein would contravene international law, a newspaper reported on Sunday.

Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 08:17 AM PST AP - Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday — the hajj ritual of highest concern to world health authorities watching for an outbreak of swine flu.

Lima apologizes to Afro-Peruvians for abuses (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 11:09 AM PST AP - The government of Peru is apologizing to its Afro-Peruvian population for the first time for centuries of abuse, exclusion and discrimination.

Equatorial Guinea president eyes new term in poll (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 03:18 PM PST Reuters - Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is set to secure a new seven-year mandate to rule the oil-producing central African nation on Sunday in a poll widely dismissed by critics as lacking credibility.

US soldiers: Afghan war more challenging than Iraq (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 03:21 PM PST AP - Veterans of Iraq recall rolling to war along asphalted highways, sweltering in flat scrublands and chatting with city-wise university graduates connected to the wider world.

CN rail workers strike as talks break down (Reuters) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 02:02 PM PST Reuters - Locomotive engineers at Canada's largest railroad walked off the job on Saturday after talks broke down, but Canadian National Railway said it was using management and non-union staff to provide "the best possible service under the circumstances."

Australia welcomes giant pandas with city party (AP) Posted: 28 Nov 2009 05:16 AM PST AP - Two giant pandas from China were welcomed to Australia on Saturday with gifts of bamboo and a city party before settling into their new home, a 25-acre (10-hectare) natural enclosure at the Adelaide Zoo.

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