Thursday, December 30, 2010

Five held for plotting attack on Danish paper (Reuters)

Five held for plotting attack on Danish paper (Reuters)

Five held for plotting attack on Danish paper (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:20 PM PST

The Jyllands-Posten House in Copenhagen is seen in this September 27, 2009 file photo. REUTERS/Scanpix/Martin Sylvest Andersen/FilesReuters - Danish police arrested five people suspected of planning a Mumbai-style attack to kill as many people as possible in a building housing a Danish newspaper that outraged Muslims in 2005 with cartoons of Prophet Mohammad.

Israel's ex-president Katsav guilty of rape (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:20 AM PST

Reuters - An Israeli court found former President Moshe Katsav guilty of rape and other sexual offenses on Thursday, convictions of unprecedented gravity for a head of the Jewish state.

Insurgents kill more than 10 Afghan civilians: NATO (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:54 AM PST

Pakistani villagers look at a dead body of a person reportedly killed by a US drone attack on Dec. 27, 2010 in Pakistani tribal area of Mir Ali along the Afghanistan border, during his funeral in Bannu, Pakistan on Wednesday, Dec. 29, 2010. (AP Photo/Ijaz Muhammad)Reuters - More than 10 Afghan civilians were killed on Thursday when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in the country's southern Helmand province, authorities and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

Blast outside Athens court building, no injuries (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:21 AM PST

File photo of Athens police. A bomb exploded outside an Athens court on Thursday, causing widespread damage but no injuries nearly two weeks before the trial of anarchists suspected of a parcel bomb campaign targeting embassies and foreign leaders.(AFP/File/Louisa Gouliamaki)Reuters - A powerful explosion damaged several cars in Athens and shattered glass windows outside a court building on Thursday but caused no injuries, police said.

Iraq civilian death toll lowest since invasion: study (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:02 PM PST

Reuters - The number of Iraqi civilians killed in violence in Iraq this year fell to its lowest level since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion, but the decline is slowing as low-level conflict takes root, a study showed on Thursday.

Spumante vs. Champagne: Battle of the Bubblies (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:20 AM PST

Time.com - While the recession has put a damper on champagne sales, Italian sparkling wine is seeing a resurgence. Can spumante become the new go-to celebratory tipple?

German Q3 exports up by 21.5 pct on the year (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:16 AM PST

AP - Official data show Germany's third quarter exports rose by 21.5 percent to euro245 billion ($322 billion) from euro202 billion a year earlier.

Former Israeli President Katsav convicted of rape (AP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:16 AM PST

File photo of former Israeli president Moshe Katsav, who was convicted on Thursday of two counts of rape for the assault a former employee, a Tel Aviv court said.(AFP/File/Yoav Lemmer)AP - An Israeli court on Thursday convicted former President Moshe Katsav of rape, in the most serious charges ever to be leveled against a high-ranking Israeli official.

Haiti judge declines charges against US aid worker (AP)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 11:01 PM PST

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2010 file photo, U.S. citizen Paul Waggoner is escorted by police to court in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Waggoner, who helped found medical aid group Materials Management Relief Corps in post-quake Haiti, was released Wednesday Dec. 29 from the National Penitentiary after authorities apparently cleared him of allegations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer. (AP Photo/Dieu Nalio Chery, File)AP - An American aid worker has been released from a notoriously overcrowded Haitian prison after a judge apparently cleared him of allegations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer.

Sehwag ruled out of ODI series in S Africa (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:04 AM PST

Virender Sehwag reacts as he walks off the field after his dismissal during the first day of their second test cricket match against South Africa at Kingsmead Stadium in Durban December 26, 2010. REUTERS/Rogan WardReuters - India opener Virender Sehwag will skip the one-day international series against South Africa because of a troublesome shoulder, his country's cricket board (BCCI) said on Thursday.

'At least 10 civilians dead' in Afghanistan blast (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 01:18 AM PST

Afghan policemen walk near US millitary vehicles in Helmand province in February 2009. More than 10 Afghan civilians were killed and several others were hurt in an explosion caused by insurgents Thursday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, officials said.(AFP/File)AFP - More than 10 Afghan civilians were killed and several others were hurt in an explosion caused by insurgents Thursday in southern Afghanistan's Helmand province, officials said.

Canadians face up to $1,000 UAE visa fees after row (Reuters)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 04:28 AM PST

Reuters - Canadian nationals will have to pay as much as $1,000 in visa fees to travel to the United Arab Emirates from next month, the latest development in a diplomatic row over landing rights.

Hundreds flee Australian floods as disaster worsens (AFP)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:22 AM PST

A resident evacuates his flooded home by kayak in Bundaberg on December 29, 2010 after entire towns were inundated by the worst deluges in decades. Thousands of people prepared to flee floods in Australia's north-east Thursday as rising waters swamped towns, roads and railways in an AFP - Hundreds of people fled worsening floods in Australia's rural northeast Thursday as officials warned the disaster may last for weeks, prompting fears over food shortages and disease outbreaks.

Killing of Iraq police chief highlights security struggles as US draws down (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:26 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A senior police commander and three other cops in Iraq's northern city of Mosul â€" the most violent of Iraq's major cities â€" were murdered by suicide bombers shortly after dawn today.

Rocket Disaster Casts Doubt Over Indian Space Program (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Dec 2010 12:20 AM PST

Time.com - India's latest rocket disaster leaves the country's ambitious space program in doubt

Why South Korea has agreed to six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 10:12 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - South Korea promised a dramatic shift Wednesday in its approach to North Korea, holding out the olive branch of six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear program along with the prospect of reconciliation and North-South reunification.

Gambian Families Left Homeless by Floods (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 29 Dec 2010 02:57 PM PST

OneWorld.net - BANJUL, Dec 29 (IPS) - Amie Manneh and her family lived securely in their single-bedroom home in Bundung, 15 kilometers from the capital, Banjul. Then their home was destroyed by heavy rainfall in September. Since then Amie, her husband and six children have been living in the damaged house.
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