Thursday, November 25, 2010

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Students protest education reform in Italy

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:31 PM PST

Students protesting government education reforms stormed the Colosseum and the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy's official news agency reported Thursday.

Sweden set to help Ireland dig out from its economic woes

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:20 PM PST

The prime minister of Sweden said Thursday his country's offer to loan Ireland $1.5 billion to help it through a tight financial spot is not wholly altruistic.

Federal agents find another border drug tunnel

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:11 PM PST

U.S. authorities say they have discovered another extensive drug tunnel that stretches from a home in Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego, California.

Federal agents find another border drug tunnel

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 11:00 PM PST

U.S. authorities say they have discovered another extensive drug tunnel that stretches from a home in Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego, California.

S. Korea and U.S. military drill pushing toward war, N. Korea says

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 10:54 PM PST

South Korea and the United States are recklessly pushing the Korean peninsula "closer to the brink of war" by scheduling a joint military drill for this weekend, North Korean state media said Friday.

Third blast hits New Zealand mine

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 10:21 PM PST

A third explosion Friday rocked a New Zealand mine where 29 workers perished in an earlier blast, authorities said.

Hope from gloom of choir scandal

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 09:59 PM PST

It can be an odd feeling, returning to a place you once lived. Odder still, when that place belonged to the man who trafficked you across continents.

Space station crew members land

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 09:41 PM PST

A Russian Soyuz spacecraft carrying three crew members from the International Space Station landed in Kazakhstan on Friday morning, NASA said.

FedEx searching for missing radioactive package

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 09:04 PM PST

FedEx could learn Friday what happened to a package containing radioactive materials that went missing a day before.

Destruction on island at center of Korean barrage

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 08:08 PM PST

A dog scavenges for food, the family pet now a stray. An old lady, who refuses to leave her home, rearranges the shattered bricks, as she tries to put her life back together.

Kopi Luwak: Indonesia's rich cup or 'crappuccino'?

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 07:46 PM PST

If you are a coffee lover you might be tempted to pay for a cup of the most expensive coffee in the world. Indonesia's velvety tasting brew, Kopi Luwak, gives new meaning to rich coffee. It can cost up to $50 per cup.

Hat-trick for Siddle as Australia dominate Ashes series opener

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 07:41 PM PST

Australian paceman Peter Siddle took six wickets including a hat-trick as England were skittled for 260 on the first day of the Ashes series at the Gabba in Brisbane.

3 teenage boys rescued after 50 days stranded at sea

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 07:30 PM PST

Just over 50 days after three teenage boys got lost at sea, and two weeks after hundreds turned out to mourn them, the father of one of the teens rescued 240 miles from land said a traditional celebration is now in order.

All eyes on North Korea

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 07:07 PM PST

Man charged in Alabama with death of bride in Australia

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 06:56 PM PST

Fresh off serving an 18-month prison term in Australia related to the scuba-diving death of his newlywed wife, a U.S. man was arrested Thursday after a grand jury in Alabama indicted him in her death.

Islands, crabs and skirmishes: the Koreas' maritime mishaps

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 05:16 PM PST

Across the seas and oceans of Asia, islands and the waters around them are frequently a source of dispute and even military confrontation. Japan and Russia squabble over Hokkaido; Japan and China claim sovereignty over islands in the South China Sea (Senkaku to the Japanese; Diaoyu to China). Several nations lay claim to the Spratley Islands. But the coastline of the Yellow Sea -- where North and South Korea meet -- is the most explosive of all.

Police: Second explosive found in record cache in San Diego County

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 05:06 PM PST

Authorities have found a second homemade explosive and more of a type of explosive previously discovered in a house in an unincorporated area near Escondido, California, officials said Thursday.

Christian protester killed in clashes in Egypt

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:05 PM PST

Egyptian authorities have rounded up 156 people in connection with this week's deadly protests over plans to build a church near Cairo, the government announced Thursday.

Blogger released from Egyptian jail after four years

Posted: 25 Nov 2010 03:04 PM PST

A blogger who endured a four-year stint in an Egyptian prison for his writings has been released, saying he was jailed for defying convention.

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