Wednesday, December 1, 2010

China says won't take sides in Korea dispute (Reuters)

China says won't take sides in Korea dispute (Reuters)

China says won't take sides in Korea dispute (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:44 AM PST

South Korean maritime policemen conduct a drill on a patrol ship near Yeonpyeong Island near the western maritime border between the two Koreas, 11 km (7 miles) from the North, about 115 km (71 miles) northwest of Seoul, June 11, 2009. REUTERS/Yang Hee-SeokReuters - China, which has refused to condemn North Korea's attack on a southern island, said on Wednesday it would not favor any side but wanted to help resolve the dispute as a "responsible great power."

Russia's Putin warns West over missile defense: report (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:13 AM PST

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin speaks to the media in Berlin in this November 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/FilesReuters - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told CNN television that Russia would deploy nuclear weapons and "strike forces" if it were shut out of a Western missile shield, adding punch to a warning from President Dmitry Medvedev.

World leaders call for stronger OSCE at Kazakh summit (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:05 AM PST

Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev delivers a speech at the start of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) Summit in Astana December 1, 2010. The OSCE opened its summit in Kazakhstan's capital amid tight security on Wednesday to discuss issues ranging from Afghanistan to terrorism and drug trade. REUTERS/Francois LenoirReuters - The United States on Wednesday called on Europe's main security watchdog to lend more support to the war in Afghanistan and resolve "frozen conflicts" across the former Soviet Union.

China arrests hundreds of hackers, says situation "grim" (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:16 PM PST

Reuters - China has arrested more than 460 hackers from start of this year to the end of November, but the prospects to prevent future assaults on computer security remain grim, the ministry of public security said.

"Don't hunt down my son," says mother of WikiLeaks founder (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:24 PM PST

Reuters - The mother of Australian WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange said on Wednesday she was distressed by an international police alert for her son's arrest and did not want him "hunted down and jailed."

Thailand's Scourge: Is the Thai Military Torturing Muslim Detainees? (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:00 AM PST

Time.com - Though the current WikiLeaks diplomatic deluge might help bury the last one about torture in Iraq, those allegations still resonate in Thailand. When it comes to torture, Thailand and America's histories are intertwined

Clinton seeks more European help in Afghanistan (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:17 AM PST

Italy's Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, right, talks with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton at the start of the OSCE Summit at the Palace of Independence in Astana, Kazakhstan, Wednesday Dec. 1, 2010. The OSCE Summit, the first ever to be held in Central Asia, offers an opportunity to address urgent security challenges including transnational threats such as terrorism and trafficking, and the recent unrest in Kyrgyzstan and the situation in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton called on a European security organization Wednesday to play a bigger role in helping stabilize Afghanistan and to do more to strengthen the voice of human rights groups worldwide.

Iran hangs former soccer player's mistress (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:44 AM PST

AP - Iran on Wednesday hanged a former soccer player's mistress — known as a "temporary wife — who was convicted of murdering her love rival, the player's wife, the official IRNA news agency reported.

Post-election violence reported in Haitian town (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 08:20 PM PST

People walk through smoke coming from burning trash in downtown Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Tuesday Nov. 30, 2010. International observers played down allegations of widespread fraud in Haiti's critical post-quake Sunday election as ballots began to be counted. Results are not likely until Dec. 7. (AP Photo/Guillermo Arias)AP - Protesters demanding cancellation of Haiti's weekend presidential election clashed with U.N. peacekeepers Tuesday, the United Nations mission and Haitian radio reported.

Islamists crushed in Egypt election (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:20 PM PST

Mohammed Badie (L), the head of Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, holds a press conference about the parliamentary election in Cairo. The Brotherhood fielded 130 candidates, compared with about 800 for the NDP, after more than a dozen were disqualified and at least 1,200 supporters arrested.(AFP/Khaled Desouki)AFP - Egypt's ruling National Democratic Party wiped out its Islamist opponents from parliament in the first round of a disputed election, according to official results.

Ex-official implicates China leaders in AIDS scandal (AFP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 12:58 AM PST

Volunteers from Red Cross China take part in an AIDS-awareness event to mark World AIDS Day in Beijing. A retired senior Chinese health official on Wednesday called for two of the country's most powerful leaders to take responsibility for a huge 1990s blood-selling AIDS scandal.(AFP/File/AFP)AFP - A retired senior Chinese health official on Wednesday called for two of the country's most powerful leaders to take responsibility for a huge 1990s blood-selling AIDS scandal.

Canada growth disappoints, rates to stay low (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 09:06 AM PST

Reuters - Canada's economy disappointed in the third quarter with the weakest growth rate in a year, while the economy shrank outright in September, adding pressure on policy makers to safeguard the patchy recovery.

Anti-whaling activists launch 'Godzilla' speedboat (AFP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 11:32 PM PST

This handout image released on November 29, 2010 by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society and taken by Eye In The Sky Magazine shows the latest sea Shepherd speedboat AFP - Militant anti-whaling campaigners said Wednesday they had launched a new "Godzilla" speedboat to chase Japanese harpooners hunting the giant mammals in Antarctic waters.

Ecuador and Venezuela compete to praise WikiLeaks' Julian Assange (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:51 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - It's a rare day when Ecuador can out-Chávez Hugo Chávez.

WikiLeaks' Julian Assange on Secrets, the U.S. and China (Time.com)

Posted: 01 Dec 2010 01:00 AM PST

Time.com - Julian Assange, WikiLeaks' founder, says China may be easier to reform than the U.S. The leaker of State Department secrets also tells TIME that there is a role for secrecy

WikiLeaks release: How China sees North Korea (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 02:03 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - • A daily summary of global reports.

Kenya PM's Call to Arrest Gays Jeopardizes HIV Prevention (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 30 Nov 2010 03:39 PM PST

OneWorld.net - NAIROBI, Nov 30 (IRIN/PlusNews) - Gay Kenyans will be driven further underground and away from HIV prevention, treatment and care services following a recent call by Prime Minister Raila Odinga for a nationwide crackdown on homosexuals, activists say.
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