Monday, December 27, 2010

South Korea's Lee says unity vital to counter North (Reuters)

South Korea's Lee says unity vital to counter North (Reuters)

South Korea's Lee says unity vital to counter North (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:29 PM PST

North Koreans stand on the banks of the Yalu River near the North Korean town of Sinuiju, opposite the Chinese border city of Dandong, December 26, 2010. REUTERS/StringerReuters - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak called for national solidarity against military aggression by the North on Monday, saying Pyongyang looks for division in the South as an opportunity to strike.

Nine charged with plotting terrorism offences in UK (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:35 AM PST

An armed police officer stands guard outside the Houses of Parliament in London September 24, 2010. REUTERS/Stefan Wermuth/FilesReuters - Nine men arrested in police raids a week ago have been charged with conspiracy to cause explosions in Britain and with plotting terrorism offences, police said on Monday.

Judge says Khodorkovsky guilty of oil theft (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:22 AM PST

A woman holds a picture of jailed Russian former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky during a rally called Reuters - A Russian judge said on Monday that Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner were guilty of embezzling property, the main charge in the second trial against the jailed former oil tycoon.

Death toll in Iraq suicide bombings rises to 17 (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:01 AM PST

Iraqi security forces survey the damage at the scene of a suicide attack in Ramadi on December 12, 2010. A car bomb followed minutes later by a suicide bombing in the western Iraq city of Ramadi Monday killed at least seven people, four of them police, and wounded 51, a police official said.(AFP/File/Azhar Shallal)Reuters - Two suicide car bombers targeting a government compound in the Iraqi town of Ramadi killed at least 17 people and wounded 47 on Monday, a police official said.

Europe's Top Chefs Push for Sustainable Seafood (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:30 PM PST

Time.com - With commercial overfishing threatening some of the most popular seafood species, Europe's top chefs are turning to less familiar -- but equally tasty -- alternatives

9 charged with terror conspiracy in UK (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:22 AM PST

AP - British police early Monday morning charged nine men with conspiring to cause explosions in they described as an extensive terror plot against UK targets. The men are expected in a London court to answer charges later Monday.

Twin suicide blasts kill 7 in western Iraq (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:11 AM PST

Iraqi security forces survey the damage at the scene of a suicide attack in Ramadi on December 12, 2010. A car bomb followed minutes later by a suicide bombing in the western Iraq city of Ramadi Monday killed at least seven people, four of them police, and wounded 51, a police official said.(AFP/File/Azhar Shallal)AP - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up on Monday and killed seven people at the government compound in the provincial capital of Ramadi, local officials in the Iraqi province of Anbar said.

AP Exclusive: Mexico says its troops killed US man (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:01 PM PST

This undated image released by his family on Dec. 17, 2010 is the last image sent home by Joseph Proctor before he was killed by Mexican army soldiers on Aug. 22, 2010. Three soldiers have been charged with killing Proctor. Two have been charged with planting an assault rifle in his hands and claiming falsely that he fired first, according to a Mexican Defense Department document sent to his mother, Donna Proctor. (AP Photo)AP - Joseph Proctor told his girlfriend he was popping out to the convenience store in the quiet Mexican beach town where the couple had just moved, intending to start a new life.

Mozambique's war-hit Gorongosa park slowly recovers (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:34 PM PST

An impala enjoys the shade of fever tree in November 2010 in the Gorongosa National Park in Mozambique. Gorongosa National Park is at the southern end of the Great African Rift Valley in the heart of central Mozambique. The 3,770 square kilometer park includes the valley floor and parts of surrounding plateaus.(AFP/Gianluigi Guercia)AFP - As warthogs play in the mud behind him, park ranger Charles Pereira Aranje scans the savannah for poachers, while waterbuck and reedbuck antelopes graze in the grass.

Lee says S.Korea must stay united against N.Korea (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:28 AM PST

South Korean army self-propelled Howitzers fire rounds during military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field, in mountainous Pocheon. Tensions have been high since the South accused the North of torpedoing a warship in March near the disputed Yellow Sea border with the loss of 46 lives.(AFP/File/Dong-A Ilbo)AFP - South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak called Monday for national unity in the face of North Korean attacks, saying the communist state would exploit divisions to strike again.

Floods bring crocodile warning for Australia's north (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:52 PM PST

Photo illustration of an estuarine crocodile better known as the saltwater or saltie, lying in the sun on the banks of the Adelaide river near Darwin in Australia's Northern Territory. Flooding in Australia's tropical north has prompted a warning about crocodiles, with several of the reptiles spotted in swollen waterways, an official said Monday.(AFP/File/Greg Wood)AFP - Flooding in Australia's tropical north has prompted a warning about crocodiles, with several of the reptiles spotted in swollen waterways, an official said Monday.

South Korea predicts North Korea will ramp up attacks in 2011 (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 10:47 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - South Korean intelligence analysts predict North Korean commanders will raise the tempo of shock strikes in the new year to enhance the image of leader Kim Jong-il’s son and heir apparent, Kim Jong-un, and prove their loyalty to the Kim dynasty.

Hizballah Fears 'Qaeda' Type Attacks from Lebanese Sunnis (Time.com)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 11:30 PM PST

Time.com - The Shi'ite movement's dominance of the streets is uncontested, but an extremist Sunni sect that sees Shi'ism as apostasy is a danger they're taking seriously

How one Afghan village fended off a Taliban advance (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 09:44 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As the Taliban presence grows throughout Northern Afghanistan, locals in a small village there have given government security forces hope after they forcibly ousted the Islamic militant group from their area on Saturday.
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