Monday, November 29, 2010

South Korea vows retaliation against any further attack (Reuters)

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South Korea vows retaliation against any further attack (Reuters)


South Korea vows retaliation against any further attack (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:11 AM PST

South Korean veterans beat and burn national flags and effigies of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il and his son Kim Jong Un during a protest in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak took responsibility Monday for failing to protect his citizens from a deadly North Korean artillery attack last week, vowing tough consequences for any future aggression and expressing outrage over the 'ruthlessness of the North Korean regime.' (AP Photo/Wally Santana)Reuters - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak vowed retaliation against any further provocation by the North after it attacked an island last week as anger grew at the government's weak response.


Protests and fraud charges roil Haiti elections (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 05:10 PM PST

Reuters - Haiti's elections ended in confusion on Sunday as 12 of the 18 presidential candidates denounced "massive fraud" and demanded the polls be annulled and street protests erupted over voting delays and problems.

U.N. climate talks seek to bridge rich-poor divide (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 10:38 PM PST

Smoke billows from chimneys of a heating plant in Beijing, November 23, 2010. Almost 200 nations meet in Mexico beginning Monday to try to agree on modest steps to slow climate change, a U.N. gathering overshadowed by strains between the top two emitters, the United States and China. Picture taken November 23, 2010. REUTERS/Petar KujundzicReuters - A new round of U.N. climate talks opens on Monday with almost 200 nations meeting in Mexico in hopes of clinching an agreement on a narrow range of crunch issues dividing rich and emerging economies.


Executives in India loans probe to face hearing: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:06 AM PST

Reuters - Executives from financial firms arrested in a bribes-for-loans investigation, the latest scandal to rock India, were set to appear before a special court in Mumbai later on Monday, sources involved in the matter said.

Cambodia PM says no one responsible for stampede (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 11:32 PM PST

Reuters - Cambodia's prime minister said on Monday no state officials were to blame for a stampede last week that killed 351 people and ruled out resignations in the aftermath of the country's worst tragedy in three decades.

Haiti's Elections Marred by Allegations of Voter Fraud (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:00 AM PST

Time.com - Confusion at polls brings 12 out of 19 presidential candidates out in protest. But the government says that fraud was minimal and the vote should count

England moral victors in drawn first Ashes Test (AFP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 12:54 AM PST

Australian captain Ricky Ponting (R) plays a shot as England wicket-keeper Matt Prior looks on during the final day of the first Ashes cricket Test match between Australia and England at the Gabba in Brisbane on November 29, 2010.(AFP/Patrick Hamilton)AFP - England head to this week's second Adelaide Test with all the momentum after dominating Australia over the final two days of the Ashes opener which ended in a draw at the Gabba on Monday.


State TV: Bomb kills Iranian nuclear scientist (AP)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 12:56 AM PST

Iranian students walk past maps during an exhibition of nuclear industry achievements at the Shahid Beheshti University, north of Tehran. A scientist from the university's nuclear engineering department was killed and another injured in twin blasts in Iran's capital Monday, said state media reports that promptly blamed Israeli agents on motorbikes of attaching the bombs to their cars.(AFP/File/Behrouz Mehri)AP - Assailants on motorcycles attached bombs to the cars of two nuclear scientists as they were driving to work in Tehran Monday, killing one and seriously wounding the other, state television reported.


Nations again try to bridge rich-poor climate gap (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 11:11 PM PST

An aerostatics balloon of the environmental group Greenpeace is seen next to the Mayan ruins of Chichen Itza in Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Facing another year without a global deal to curb climate change, the world's nations will spend the next two weeks in Cancun, Mexico, during the annual conference of the 193-nation U.N. climate treaty, debating how to mobilize money to cope with what's coming, as temperatures climb, ice melts, seas rise and the climate that nurtured man shifts in unpredictable ways. (AP Photo/Israel Leal)AP - World governments begin another attempt Monday to overcome the disconnect between rich and poor nations on fighting global warming, with evidence mounting that the Earth's climate already is changing in ways that will affect both sides of the wealth divide.


Wal-Mart to pay $2.3 billion for control of Massmart (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:09 AM PST

Reuters - Wal-Mart made a $2.3 billion formal bid for control of Massmart , giving the world's largest retailer a substantial presence in South Africa and paving the way for further expansion across the fast-growing continent.

Alouettes edge Riders to repeat as Grey Cup champs (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:49 PM PST

Reuters - The Montreal Alouettes won their second straight Grey Cup title on Sunday, handing the Saskatchewan Roughriders another heartbreaking loss in the Canadian Football League's championship game.

Australian police investigate WikiLeaks founder (AP)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:58 PM PST

FILE - This Aug. 14, 2010 file 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 - Police were investigating whether any Australian law was broken by the latest leaking of confidential documents by online whistle-blower WikiLeaks, the attorney-general said Monday.


China calls for emergency talks over North-South Korea crisis (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 09:10 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - China sought to defuse tensions on the Korean peninsula Sunday on the first day of massive US and South Korean exercises in the Yellow Sea led by the United States aircraft carrier George Washington, with 80 planes on its decks.

Egypt's Sham Voting: Mubarak's Grip is Tighter Than Ever (Time.com)

Posted: 29 Nov 2010 01:00 AM PST

Time.com - Few Egyptians showed up to vote in their country's parliamentary 
election on November 28.

In Haiti election, voter confusion, apathy loom large (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 28 Nov 2010 07:54 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Officials and aid workers are rushing to stem the spread of cholera. Streets are still filled with rubble. And more than 1 million people are living in camps.

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