Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Now North Korea boasts advances in nuclear program (Reuters)

Now North Korea boasts advances in nuclear program (Reuters)

Now North Korea boasts advances in nuclear program (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:29 AM PST

A U.S. Navy F/A-18F Super Hornet fighter attack aircraft sits on a steam catapult before launching off the deck of the USS George Washington, during a joint military exercise off South Korea's West Sea, in South Korea's West Sea on Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2010. Jets roared off a supercarrier in U.S.-South Korean war games Tuesday, as the U.S. and two crucial Asian allies agreed to talk in Washington about North Korea's attack on a South Korean island and the North's nuclear weapons programs. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)Reuters - Secretive North Korea boasted advances in its nuclear program on Tuesday, making sure it held the world's attention, saying it had thousands of working centrifuges, as pressure built on China to rein in its ally.

U.S. presses China again over jailed geologist (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 07:44 PM PST

Reuters - The United States pressed China again on Tuesday to release a U.S. geologist jailed on charges of stealing state secrets, saying his case had not been handled transparently.

India aims to break parliament deadlock over graft scam (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:12 AM PST

An old structure of a building is demolished at a construction site in the southern Indian city of Chennai November 29, 2010. REUTERS/BabuReuters - India's government and opposition parties were due to meet on Tuesday to try and end a deadlock in parliament over a telecoms graft scandal that has hit shares in several firms and stalled debate on economic and reform bills.

Irregularities don't invalidate Haiti poll: observers (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:50 PM PST

Haitians run on the street while tires burn during a protest in Port-au-Prince November 28, 2010. REUTERS/Eduardo MunozReuters - International observers on Monday cautiously endorsed Haiti's troubled elections, saying they could be considered valid despite "irregularities" that generated popular protests and charges of fraud.

Mexican troops find 18 bodies near U.S. border (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 04:28 PM PST

Reuters - Mexican soldiers found 18 bodies buried on a ranch near the Texas border on Monday, and gunmen killed a female police chief in the latest bout of unrelenting violence in northern Mexico.

WikiLeaks Files Threaten Egypt's Role as Mideast Mediator (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:45 AM PST

Time.com - Cairo has yet to respond to the U.S. diplomatic-document dump but Egyptian media did not ignore the news, except for most of the parts about Egypt

World stocks down on China hike fears, Europe woes (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:09 AM PST

FILE - In this file photo taken Nov. 26, 2010, specialist Donald Civitanova, right, directs trades at his post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, file)AP - World markets were lower Tuesday as Chinese shares slid on fears of an interest rate hike and the European Union's bailout of Ireland failed to convince investors the continent's debt crisis has been contained.

WikiLeaks: Israel's Netanyahu supports land swaps (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:28 AM PST

AP - A confidential diplomatic cable released by WikiLeaks shows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu supporting the notion of land swaps with the Palestinians.

20 bodies found in northern Mexico mass grave (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 08:22 PM PST

Forensic experts work at the site where at least 18 bodies were found near a ranch in the town of Palomas, near the northern border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico Monday Nov. 29, 2010. A statement Monday from state prosecutors says soldiers found the bodies over the weekend and informed police so they could oversee excavation of the graves. The ages and genders of the victims are unclear and the bodies are being sent to the coroner's office in Ciudad Juarez. (AP Photo/Raymundo Ruiz)AP - The Mexican army discovered several clandestine graves holding at least 20 bodies near a ranch in the northern border state of Chihuahua, authorities said Monday.

Mubarak's party poised for Egypt poll triumph (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:56 AM PST

Egyptian opposition activists burn a portrait of Ahmed Ezz, a member of the National Democratic Party (NDP), during a protest in front the Syndicate of Journalists in Cairo. According to government daily Al-Ahram, the National Democratic Party (NDP) won more than 170 of 508 parliamentary seats while the Muslim Brotherhood, Egypt's main opposition party, failed to win a single seat outright.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)AFP - Egypt on Tuesday awaited the final results of a parliamentary election expected to deliver sweeping gains for President Hosni Mubarak's ruling party and a rout for the Islamist opposition.

Wikileaks reveals plans for North Korean collapse (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 01:25 AM PST

FILE - This Aug. 14, 2010 photo shows WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in Stockholm, Sweden. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday, Nov. 26, 2010 spoke with the Chinese government about the expected release of classified cables by the Wikileaks website. The release of hundreds of thousands of cables is expected this weekend, though Wikileaks has not specified the timing. (AP Photo/Scanpix/Bertil Ericson, File) SWEDEN OUTAP - Leaked U.S. diplomatic cables show China's frustration with communist ally North Korea and speculate Beijing would accept a future Korean peninsula unified under South Korean rule, according to the documents released by whistle-blowing website WikiLeaks.

Conservatives eye big election boost (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 09:08 AM PST

Reuters - Canada's governing Conservatives could score a significant political win on Monday if they manage to grab a safe parliamentary seat away from the main opposition Liberal Party, which is struggling in the polls.

How WikiLeaks trove will affect US-Arab cooperation on Iran, Yemen (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 02:10 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The first WikiLeaks release of raw intelligence from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars contained few shocking revelations. But the trove of diplomatic cables released Sunday is something else again, perhaps nowhere more so than for the Middle East.

Pakistan: Karachi Prosecutors Beg for Courtroom Security (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 12:45 AM PST

Time.com - Pakistan's largest city has only two lawyers to prosecute alleged terrorists -- and the death threats keep coming as the case load increases

Irish protest – sort of – as bailout details emerge (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:34 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Details emerged Sunday of the joint European Central Bank and International Monetary Fund plan to prop-up Ireland̢۪s economy in an effort to keep the euro afloat.

Will Year of Climate Extremes End with a Whimper? (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 11:15 AM PST

OneWorld.net - CANCUN, Nov 29 (IPS/TerraViva) - This year will likely be the warmest ever recorded, with soaring ocean temperatures resulting in a near record die-off of tropical corals, extreme heat and drought in Russia and massive flooding in Pakistan - all signs that climate change has taken hold.
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