Monday, December 20, 2010

South Korea holds live-fire drill despite war threat (Reuters)

South Korea holds live-fire drill despite war threat (Reuters)

South Korea holds live-fire drill despite war threat (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 11:52 PM PST

South Korean marines patrol on Yeonpyeong Island December 19, 2010. REUTERS/NewsisReuters - South Korea held live firing drills in a disputed area on Monday despite threats of war from Pyongyang after an emergency U.N. Security Council meeting failed to agree on how to defuse the crisis.

Belarus' Lukashenko re-elected, police crackdown (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 07:29 PM PST

A man casts his ballot at a polling station during presidential elections in Minsk, December 19, 2010. Voting got under way on Sunday in the former Soviet republic of Belarus in an election certain to extend strongman Alexander Lukashenko's 16-year stay in power for five more years. REUTERS/Vasily FedosenkoReuters - Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko won a fourth term on Monday after a landslide election marred by a violent police crackdown on demonstrators and the arrest of opposition challengers.

Disputes delay unveiling of new Iraq cabinet (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:52 AM PST

Iraq's Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki speaks during a news conference in Baghdad November 23, 2010. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki will not announce Iraq's new government as expected on Monday, a spokesman for the parliamentary speaker said.

Oil blast causes inferno in Mexican town, 28 dead (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 07:45 PM PST

A vehicle leaves the area of an explosion of a Pemex pipeline in the village of San Martin Texmelucan near Puebla December 19, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - Fuel thieves tampering with an oil pipeline may have sparked a deadly explosion that turned streets of a Mexican town into an inferno that killed 28 people on Sunday, officials said.

Snow and ice disrupt pre-Christmas travel in Europe (Reuters)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 09:13 AM PST

Cars are blocked due to the snow at Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines toll near Paris December 8, 2010, as winter weather and sub-freezing temperatures continue in France. REUTERS/Mal Langsdon (FRANCE - Tags: ENVIRONMENT TRANSPORT)Reuters - Europe saw little respite on Sunday from the Arctic conditions that closed airports and disrupted travel over the weekend before Christmas, traditionally one of the busiest times of the year.

Is Pakistan Losing Patience in the War on Terror? (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST

Time.com - The lawsuit that may have led to the outing of a CIA station chief in Pakistan could be an ominous sign that the Pakistanis may be coming to the end of their rope in the "war on terror"

12 men arrested over suspected UK terrorism plot (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:53 AM PST

AP - British anti-terrorism police said Monday they arrested 12 men in early morning raids on three cities to protect the public amid fears of a holiday season terrorism plot.

Slain American tourist had deep ties to Israel (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 11:44 PM PST

AP - An American tourist killed in a forest outside Jerusalem had deep spiritual ties to Israel through her involvement with an evangelical ministry that promotes Christianity among Jews.

Mexican city devastated by pipeline blast; 28 die (AP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 07:56 PM PST

Soldiers remove household gas tanks that survived the fires and explosions after an oil pipeline exploded in San Martin Texmelucan, Mexico, Sunday Dec. 19, 2010. An oil pipeline operated by Mexico's state-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, exploded early Sunday when thieves were attempting to steal oil, killing at least 27 people, injuring at least 52 people and scorching more than 115 homes, authorities said. (AP Photo/Rodolfo Perez)AP - A massive oil pipeline explosion lay waste to parts of a central Mexican city Sunday, incinerating people, cars, houses and trees as gushing crude turned streets into flaming rivers. At least 28 people were killed, 13 of them children, in a disaster authorities blamed on oil thieves.

South Africa beat India by an innings and 25 runs (Reuters)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:53 AM PST

Reuters - South Africa beat India by an innings and 25 runs on the fifth and final day of the first test at Centurion on Monday.

Malaysia bus crash kills 26, mainly Thai tourists (AP)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:56 AM PST

AP - A double-decker bus carrying Thai tourists overturned on a Malaysian highway Monday, killing 26 people on their way back from a highland resort, an official said.

Australia swaps summer for Christmas snow (AFP)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 10:58 PM PST

Snow and ice covering buildings and cars on December 19, 2010 at Mount Hotham,Victoria, as snow fell in Australia. The usual hot and summery December weather was replaced in parts by icy gusts sweeping up from the Southern Ocean, giving the country a taste of a white Christmas. Snow has fallen in parts of east coast states New South Wales and Victoria.(AFP/Gina Woodward)AFP - Snow fell in Australia on Monday, as the usual hot and summery December weather was replaced in parts by icy gusts sweeping up from the Southern Ocean, giving the country a taste of a white Christmas.

White Christmas snow brings Britain to a standstill (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 09:38 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Christmas cheer was in short supply at Britain’s largest airport Sunday, where thousands of passengers had huddled overnight after snow and ice brought Heathrow to a virtual standstill.

WikiLeaks Reveals BP's 'Other' Offshore Drilling Disaster (Time.com)

Posted: 20 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST

Time.com - It got little publicity at the time, but almost two years before Deepwater Horizon, an accident imperiled a Caspian Sea platform

Yeonpyeong Islanders flee in advance of South Korea's expected live-fire drills (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 09:06 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - On the eve of South Korean live-fire drills that North Korea vows to answer with "merciless strikes," desperate Yeonpyeong Islanders are fleeing their homes for the second time in a month. Some stopped at a local church to make one final prayer for their hometown before boarding a boat for mainland South Korea.

DREAM Act Dies in Senate, But Dream Is Still Alive (OneWorld.net)

Posted: 19 Dec 2010 09:57 AM PST

OneWorld.net - SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 18 (New America Media) - Eighteen-year-old Francisco Curiel was present in the U.S. Senate chamber as the votes were tallied. His hopes alternately surged and crashed as each of the powerful legislators made their choice, “yea” or “nay,” on the DREAM Act.
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