Saturday, December 4, 2010

Ivory Coast set to swear in Gbagbo despite poll row (Reuters)

Ivory Coast set to swear in Gbagbo despite poll row (Reuters)

Ivory Coast set to swear in Gbagbo despite poll row (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:46 PM PST

Supporters of former Prime Minister and presidential candidate for the Rally of the Republicans (RDR) Alassane Ouattara celebrate on a street in Gagnoa, the native village of rival candidate for the Ivorian Popular Front (FPI) and current President Laurent Gbagbo, western Ivory Coast December 2, 2010. REUTERS/Luc GnagoReuters - Ivory Coast's incumbent Laurent Gbagbo is due to be sworn in as president on Saturday after his victory was rejected by world leaders but accepted by the army, raising fears of a potentially violent power struggle.

Abbas says may dissolve PA if no peace deal (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 02:08 PM PST

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas attends a meeting with Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak in Sharm el-Sheikh September 14, 2010. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah DalshReuters - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas raised the prospect on Friday of dissolving the Palestinian Authority if a peace deal could not be achieved with Israel and the world did not recognize a Palestinian state.

South Korea repeats warning against North Korea (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 07:40 PM PST

A ceremony is held at the U.S. naval base in Sasebo, southern Japan, to mark the beginning of Japan-U.S. defence exercises December 3, 2010. U.S. and Japanese forces began military manoeuvres on Friday, heaping pressure on North Korea which U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said posed an Reuters - South Korea on Saturday repeated its warning it will hit back hard at North Korea in the event of another expected attack.

Kidnapped Afghan demining team members released (Reuters)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 01:09 AM PST

Reuters - Seven members of an Afghan demining team kidnapped by Taliban insurgents in the volatile east of the country have been released two days after they were seized, police said on Saturday.

Pakistan: The Taliban and the Endangered Sikhs of Peshawar (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 04:55 PM PST

Time.com - A religious minority in an overwhelmingly Muslim nation, the Sikhs nevertheless consider one part of the Taliban-infested frontier region their home

Wildcat air traffic strike grounds Spanish flights (AFP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:55 AM PST

Commuters wait for flights at Madrid's Bajaras airport. Wildcat air traffic control strikers halted take-offs across Spain on Saturday despite the military taking command of national air space and threats of jail sentences.(AFP/Dominique Faget)AFP - Wildcat air traffic control strikers halted take-offs across Spain on Saturday despite the military taking command of national air space and threats of jail sentences.

Israeli police say negligence likely caused blaze (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 01:04 AM PST

In this satellite image released by NASA, a trail of smoke drifts away from a forest fire outside Haifa, Israel on Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. Having started the previous day, the fire quickly grew out of control as strong winds blew through the drought-dried forest. European aircraft dumped tons of water over flames shooting from tall trees Friday in northern Israel as firefighters struggled for a second day to contain the country's worst-ever forest fire, which has killed 41 people and displaced thousands. (AP Photo/NASA)AP - An Israeli police spokesman says an initial investigation suggests negligence was the cause of the worst forest fire in the nation's history.

Dozens injured in Easter Island land disputes (AP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 06:58 PM PST

In this photo provided by Prensa Pueblo Rapa Nui an unidentified person helps Benjamin Cardinali, a resident of Easter Island, after being injured after being injured by a pallet shot by Chilean police officers during a protest against the removal by police of a group of residents that were occupying a judicial building in demand for land rights in Easter Island, Chile, Friday, Dec. 3, 2010. (AP Photo/Prensa Pueblo Rapa Nui)AP - A land dispute on Easter Island turned violent Friday when riot police evicting islanders from their ancestral home were surrounded by rock-throwing protesters. About two dozen people were injured in a seven-hours-long confrontation.

Springboks' Botha promises no let-up against Barbarians (AFP)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 10:00 PM PST

South Africa's Captain John Smit (2nd right) and Bakkies Botha (2nd left), seen here at Twickenham, west London, in 2008. Botha will treat the Barbarians with the same fierce and physical determination to win as he did England when world champions South Africa end their 2010 campaign at Twickenham on Saturday.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)AFP - Bakkies Botha will treat the Barbarians with the same fierce and physical determination to win as he did England when world champions South Africa end their 2010 campaign at Twickenham on Saturday.

South Korea again vows retaliation against NKorea (AP)

Posted: 04 Dec 2010 12:58 AM PST

CORRECTS MONTH - Newly appointed Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin salutes during his inauguration ceremony at the Defense Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2010. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)AP - South Korea's new defense minister took office Saturday and vowed a strong military response that would force rival North Korea to surrender if it attacks the South again.

Toronto teams not on sales block, Teachers' says (Reuters)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 03:47 PM PST

Reuters - The Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan (OTTP) said Friday it was not in talks, nor was it anxious to sell, its majority stake in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team and the Toronto Raptors basketball team.

For Europe, WikiLeaks offers cyberdrama with Julian Assange as main character (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 03:26 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - The week of WikiLeaks has not exactly found the French intelligentsia dancing around a bonfire of support for Julian Assange and his disregard for state secrecy.

Sweden Seeks Sex-Crime Charges Against WikiLeaks' Julian Assange (Time.com)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 04:55 PM PST

Time.com - After prosecutors dropped their case against him, the elusive founder of WikiLeaks again faces extradition to Sweden on sex-crimes charges

37 years after escaping killing fields, a Cambodian returns as US Navy commander (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 03 Dec 2010 01:43 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - US Navy Cmdr. Michael Misiewicz watched today as relatives prepared to board his destroyer, which was docked a few miles off the shore of Cambodia. He had not seen any of them since he left the Southeast Asian nation as a boy 37 years ago, escaping civil war and the murderous Khmer Rouge.
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