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• Israel proposes 10-month West Bank settlement halt (AP)
• Polanski wins $4.5M bail, house arrest likely (AP)
• Islam's hajj: rain and fears of swine flu (AP)
• IAEA chief: Iran must accept nuclear proposal (AP)
• Thai Airways' Excess Baggage Charge Costs More Than Seat (Time.com)
• Ex-head of MI6 attacks govt over Afghan conflict (AFP)
• Iran clerics start taking control of schools (AP)
• Court convicts ex-general in Colombia massacre (AP)
• UN report: Congo rebel network spans 25 countries (AP)
• Fighting Afghan Taliban with Islamic credit unions (Reuters)
• Canada generals deny ignoring Afghan abuse warning (Reuters)
• Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand (AP)
• Will talk of Afghan 'off-ramps' prompt Taliban to hang tough? (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Afghanistan war: Why helicopters are critical to US and NATO forces (The Christian Science Monitor)
• Shock over Obama Decision to Reject Landmine Ban (OneWorld.net)

Israel proposes 10-month West Bank settlement halt (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:39 PM PST AP - Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations. Washington welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer, but the Palestinians swiftly rejected it because it did not include a building freeze in Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, the mainly Arab sector of the city they want as the capital of a future state.

Polanski wins $4.5M bail, house arrest likely (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:38 PM PST AP - Roman Polanski has been granted $4.5 million bail, clearing the way for the fugitive director to move within days from a Swiss jail to house arrest and electronic monitoring at his Alpine resort chalet.

Islam's hajj: rain and fears of swine flu (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:43 PM PST AP - Muslim pilgrims circled Islam's holiest site Wednesday in their traditional white robes, with a few additions — umbrellas and face masks — as the opening of the annual hajj was complicated by torrential rains and fears of swine flu.

IAEA chief: Iran must accept nuclear proposal (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 12:24 PM PST AP - The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency urged Iran on Wednesday to endorse a plan that would strip it of most of its enriched uranium, saying Tehran could not defuse fears about its nuclear program with proposals that included keeping the material.

Thai Airways' Excess Baggage Charge Costs More Than Seat (Time.com) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:25 AM PST Time.com - One unlucky traveler got hit with an excess-baggage charge so outrageous, he may as well have bought his luggage its own seats on the flight

Ex-head of MI6 attacks govt over Afghan conflict (AFP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:09 PM PST AFP - A former head of MI6's foreign intelligence service Wednesday criticised Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over its funding for and handling of the Afghan mission.

Iran clerics start taking control of schools (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 09:48 AM PST AP - Islamic religious authorities have begun tightening their grip on Iranian public schools, a report said Wednesday, as hard-liners expand an ideological "soft war" against Western influence.

Court convicts ex-general in Colombia massacre (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:39 PM PST AP - A Colombian court has convicted a retired army general of murder and sentenced him to 40 years in prison for his role in a notorious 1997 massacre by far-right militias.

UN report: Congo rebel network spans 25 countries (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:05 PM PST AP - One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries, including the United States and some in Europe, a United Nations report said.

Fighting Afghan Taliban with Islamic credit unions (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 04:23 PM PST Reuters - After the Taliban made nine threatening phone calls and fired a Kalashnikov outside his house, Shah Mohammad Mir left his hometown for months before returning with a new car and a new telephone number.

Canada generals deny ignoring Afghan abuse warning (Reuters) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:36 PM PST Reuters - Two former Canadian military commanders denied accusations on Wednesday that they had ignored warnings that Afghan authorities might torture and abuse detainees handed over to them.

Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand (AP) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 06:52 AM PST AP - Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said.

Will talk of Afghan 'off-ramps' prompt Taliban to hang tough? (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 03:59 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama will unveil his long-awaited Afghanistan strategy in a prime-time address from West Point, N.Y., on Dec. 1, the White House said Wednesday, but the administration's advance remarks have sparked concern that talk of an eventual U.S. withdrawal will encourage Islamist insurgents to persevere.

Afghanistan war: Why helicopters are critical to US and NATO forces (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - In one of the worst chapters of their casualty-marred deployment in Afghanistan, Canadian forces earlier this year lost 10 soldiers in 90 days to improvised bombs on one stretch of highway in Kandahar province.

Shock over Obama Decision to Reject Landmine Ban (OneWorld.net) Posted: 25 Nov 2009 11:47 AM PST OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (OneWorld.net) - The Obama administration announced yesterday that it would not be joining a treaty signed by 158 other countries to ban landmines. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the decision "lacks vision, compassion, and basic common sense."

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