Friday, December 24, 2010

North Korea may have new atom test to boost heir: South (Reuters)

North Korea may have new atom test to boost heir: South (Reuters)

North Korea may have new atom test to boost heir: South (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:17 PM PST

A North Korean Scud-B missile (C) and South Korean Hawk surface-to-air missiles are seen at the Korean War Memorial Museum in Seoul, December 24, 2010. REUTERS/Jo Yong-HakReuters - North Korea could carry out a third atomic test next year to strengthen the credentials of its young leader-in-waiting Kim Jong-un, a research report from a South Korean foreign ministry institute said on Friday.

Anarchists claim responsibility for Rome bombs (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 02:41 PM PST

Firefighters walk out of the Swiss embassy downtown in Rome, December 23, 2010. A package exploded at the Swiss embassy in Rome on Thursday, Italy's foreign ministry said on Thursday and Ansa news agency reported that one person was seriously injured. REUTERS/Alessandro BianchiReuters - An Italian anarchist group claimed responsibility for parcel bombs on Thursday that wounded two people at the Swiss and Chilean embassies in Rome, a reminder of Europe's home-grown threats at a time of political instability.

Gbagbo's funds cut as Ivorian standoff deepens (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 11:52 PM PST

A supporter of opposition leader Alassane Ouattara, former prime minister and candidate of the Rally of the Republicans (RDR) party, holds of a picture of Ouattara during a protest in front of the U.N. headquarters at the rebels' stronghold of Bouake, in central Ivory Coast December 5, 2010. REUTER/Luc GnagoReuters - Incumbent Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo faced a cash crunch that could make it tough for him to continue paying public salaries, after the West African regional central bank cut his access to funds.

Pakistan clashes kill 11 troops, 24 militants (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:26 AM PST

Pfc. Wesley Benjamin, left, from Carbondale, Ill., and Spc. David Samerville from Yorkville, N.Y., of the 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327 Infantry returns fires as smokes rise from Taliban positions after a sudden attack by Taliban at Combat Out Post Badel in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border on Friday, Dec. 24, 2010. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)Reuters - Insurgents attacked five security checkpoints in a northwestern Pakistan tribal region on the Afghan border on Friday killing 11 troops and leading to clashes in which 24 militants died, officials said.

Russian Duma could ratify START within days (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 03:56 PM PST

Reuters - Russian lawmakers said they could approve a nuclear arms reduction pact that is crucial to the "reset" in ties with the United States as early as Friday if a successful U.S. Senate vote left the terms of the treaty intact.

South Korea: Should Foreign Teachers Be Tested for HIV? (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:25 PM PST

Time.com - Demand for English training brings upwards of 20,000 foreigners to Korea each year. For the most part, they are well received, but every few years, a fresh wave of anti-foreign teacher sentiment shines a light on the nation's lingering xenophobia

Rome on alert after embassy bomb blasts (AFP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:44 AM PST

Italian firefighters enter the Chilean Embassy in Rome. Rome was on high alert on Christmas Eve after parcel bomb blasts left two staffers at the Chilean and Swiss embassies in the Italian capital badly injured in an attack claimed by anarchists.(AFP/Andreas Solaro)AFP - Rome was on high alert on Christmas Eve after parcel bomb blasts left two staffers at the Chilean and Swiss embassies in the Italian capital badly injured in an attack claimed by anarchists.

Bomb in Iraq kills militiaman, wife and 3 children (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:30 AM PST

Iraqi troops search a vehicle in Baghdad. Gunmen using silenced weapons have killed two motorists in Baghdad, including an Iraqi brigadier general, and wounded a third, the defence and interior ministries said on Thursday.(AFP/File/Ahmad al-Rubaye)AP - Iraqi officials say a Shiite militia leader, his wife and three children have been killed in a bombing targeting their home south of Baghdad.

Cuban media publishing translated Wikileaks cables (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:29 AM PST

AP - Cuba's state-run media is reporting that the government will publish Spanish translations of diplomatic cables about the communist-run island, leaked by Wikileaks.

Ivory Coast state TV signal cut off in some areas (AP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:32 PM PST

UN forces patrol a street, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010. A top opposition figure called Wednesday for the international community to use force to oust Laurent Gbagbo from the presidency after the disputed election, as France urged its citizens to get out amid growing fears of civil war. (AP Photo/Sunday Alamba)AP - Ivory Coast state television disappeared from the airwaves outside the nation's largest city late Thursday, a blow to the incumbent president's attempts to cling to power in the bloody aftermath of an election most of the world says he lost.

China says Vatican must repair rift over bishops (AP)

Posted: 24 Dec 2010 12:46 AM PST

AP - The Vatican bears responsibility for restoring dialogue with China's government-backed church after its criticism of leadership changes here frayed ties, a Chinese church official said Friday.

Focus on deficits, Flaherty tells Canada provinces (Reuters)

Posted: 22 Dec 2010 10:06 PM PST

Reuters - Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty said on Monday he expected almost all of the country's provinces to eliminate their budget deficits by 2015, the same target the federal government has set for itself.

Aussie PM's pilots suspended over drinking spree (AFP)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 06:54 PM PST

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard disembarks from a plane upon her arrival at Haneda Airport in Tokyo. Two elite Australian air-force pilots were suspended for going out drinking the night before they were were due to fly Gillard, the defence department said on Friday.(AFP/File/Toru Yamanaka)AFP - Two elite Australian air-force pilots were suspended for going out drinking the night before they were were due to fly Prime Minister Julia Gillard, the defence department said on Friday.

Iran's Ahmadinejad urges West to choose 'path of cooperation' (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:47 PM PST

Presidents of Pakistan, Asif Ali Zardari (L), Iran, Mahmoud Ahmedinejad (C) and Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai (R) chat as they prepare for a family photo after the 11th Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) Summit in Istanbul. Ahmadinejad joined regional leaders for a summit in Istanbul, where he urged world powers to choose cooperation over confrontation in nuclear talks due here next month.(AFP/Mustafa Ozer)The Christian Science Monitor - Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad advised Western nations Thursday to create a “win-win” scenario for nuclear talks next month by choosing a “path of cooperation over confrontation.”

Peace Talks Stall, But Palestinians' Fayyad Conjures a State (Time.com)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 10:25 PM PST

Time.com - The Israelis may not agree, but the U.S.-backed Prime Minister of the West Bank believes that the logic of the institutions he's building will bring sovereign independence by next summer

Despite Greece's 2011 austerity budget, a financial chill deepens in Europe (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 23 Dec 2010 01:05 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As an unseasonable freeze settles over much of Europe, even the Continent's balmier southern climates are suffering. But their freeze relates to cash, not the cold.
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