2009年11月22日星期日

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Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 02:32 PM PST

Iranian short-range missile is test-launched during war games in Qom, September 2009. A commander of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said that air defence forces would AP - Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military strike by Israel.

Mumbai still vulnerable 1 year after terror attack (AP)

Posted: 21 Nov 2009 10:15 PM PST

A Jewish man stands behind a candle during a multi-faith candle light vigil to commemorate last year's terror attacks at Nariman House in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009. Nariman House is the Jewish center where the attackers killed a rabbi, his wife and a National Security Guard commando. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)AP - The walls that the rockets blew out have not been repaired, and the plaster is a dense scattershot of bullet holes. Dozens of holes, blasted by grenades, pockmark the linoleum floors.

Iraq PM ramps up attacks on Baathists before vote (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 10:15 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo made on Friday, Jan. 23, 2009, Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is seen at a rally in Basra, Iraq's second-largest city, 550 kilometers (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad. A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections.(AP Photo/ Nabil al-Jurani,File)AP - A stepped-up campaign by Iraq's prime minister against Saddam Hussein loyalists is alienating Sunni Muslims and stoking tensions between them and the majority Shiites ahead of key national elections.

Egypt's media stoked soccer fan anger with Algeria (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 11:25 AM PST

Hundreds Egyptian fans fire gas spray during a demonstration in front of the Algerian embassy in Cairo early Friday, Nov.20, 2009 following tension between fans of both countries during the 2010 World Cup in a make-or-break World Cup qualification play-off that Algeria won 1-0 to advance to the 2010 World Cup. Egypt recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a growing diplomatic row caused by a bitter soccer rivalry between the two Arab nations that has sparked violence among fans. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)AP - Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed by venomous headlines that portrayed Algerians as barbaric terrorists with a history of violence.

Talking with the Taliban. (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 07:40 AM PST

Time.com - Talking with the Taliban

BA warns cabin crew over strike: report (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 05:03 PM PST

British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh, pictured in January 2009, warned his cabin crew Monday that he will not compromise on cost-cutting measures ahead of possible strike action next month.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)AFP - British Airways chief executive Willie Walsh warned his cabin crew Monday that he will not compromise on cost-cutting measures ahead of possible strike action next month.

US military: American soldier killed in Iraq (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:19 PM PST

AP - The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in action in Iraq.

Bermuda dismisses ammunition case against US woman (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:08 PM PST

AP - Bermuda's highest court has struck down the conviction of a Florida woman who accidentally brought the ammunition magazine from her gun to the British island territory.

Start of ICC trial for two Congolese militiamen (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:03 PM PST

A file picture provided by the International Criminal court press office shows Congolese militiaman Germain Katanga standing up during his pre-trial evaluation hearing at the International Criminal Court in the Hague in 2008.(AFP/ICC/File)AFP - Two Congolese militiamen accused of seeking to wipe out a village blocking a strategic route in an ethnic war, enter the dock in The Hague Tuesday for the International Criminal Court's second trial.

Death toll from China mine blast rises to 104: media (AFP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 04:46 PM PST

Rescue workers enter a mine shaft after an explosion tore through the state-run coal mine in northeast China's Heilongjiang province, near the Russian border. The death toll from China's deadliest coal mine blast in two years has climbed to 104, local authorities said early Monday, according to state media.(AFP/Peter Parks)AFP - The death toll from China's deadliest coal mine blast in two years has climbed to 104, local authorities said early Monday, according to state media.

Dozens of asylum seekers injured in detention riot (AP)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 03:55 PM PST

AP - Sri Lankan and Afghan asylum seekers were separated at an island immigration detention center after a riot left 37 injured, an official said Monday.

Winning hearts and minds with raisins and prayer rugs (McClatchy Newspapers)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 12:12 PM PST

McClatchy Newspapers - More than 200 Afghanis waited in line for several hours, enduring a harsh, cool wind and blowing sand.

Iraq election official: Even if Kurdish boycott averted, January deadline impossible (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 20 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A senior Kurdish leader on Friday moved to defuse the latest threat to Iraq's imperiled elections – a possible Kurdish boycott – saying ongoing discussions with Iraqi leaders and political party blocs were close to resolving their differences.

Russia's Latest YouTube Craze: Exposing Police Corruption (Time.com)

Posted: 22 Nov 2009 07:40 AM PST

Time.com - Russia has pledged to clean up its police forces -- again -- after whistleblowers posted videos online complaining of corruption, low pay and poor working conditions

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