Tuesday, December 28, 2010

U.S. embassy in London was a target of UK suspects (Reuters)

U.S. embassy in London was a target of UK suspects (Reuters)

U.S. embassy in London was a target of UK suspects (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:09 AM PST

Reuters - The U.S. embassy in London was a target of a group of men arrested last week in Britain and charged with conspiracy to cause explosions and preparing acts of terrorism, the U.S. State Department said on Monday.

Iran hangs man convicted of spying for Mossad: IRNA (Reuters)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:12 AM PST

Reuters - Iran on Tuesday hanged an Iranian convicted of spying for the Islamic Republic's arch foe Israel, the official IRNA news agency quoted a statement from the judiciary as saying.

Suspect package disabled at Greek embassy in Rome (Reuters)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 02:59 PM PST

Italian Carabinieri stand in front of the Greek embassy in Rome, where a parcel bomb was found just days after two similar packages went off injuring two workers at the Chilean and Swiss missions in the Italian capital.(AFP/Vincenzo Pinto)Reuters - Bomb disposal experts defused an explosive package at the Greek embassy in Rome on Monday, days after parcel bomb attacks claimed by an Italian anarchist group wounded two people at the Swiss and Chilean missions.

Mozambique: How One Newspaper Wants to Transform a Nation (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST

Time.com - With a target audience of Mozambique's poorest, the free weekly Jornal @Verdade runs stories on bread prices, HIV -- and reviews of high-tech toys. Ambition, the paper's founder believes, is the key to lifting the country out of poverty

England close in on retaining Ashes in Melbourne (AFP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:42 AM PST

England bowler Tim Bresnan celebrates dismissing Australian batsman Michael Hussey on the third day of the fourth Ashes Test in Melbourne on December 28, 2010. England were on the verge of retaining the Ashes after feeble Australian batting left the Test at their mercy on Tuesday.(AFP/William West)AFP - England were on the verge of retaining the Ashes after feeble Australian batting left the fourth Melbourne Test at their mercy on Tuesday.

WikiLeaks: UAE considered keeping Hamas hit quiet (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:38 AM PST

AP - Leaked diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks indicate authorities in the United Arab Emirates debated whether to keep quiet about the killing of a Hamas operative there in January.

El Salvador: 3 migrants abducted in Mexico, 5 flee (AP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 08:56 PM PST

AP - Gunmen kidnapped nine migrants in a southern Mexican state where 50 disappeared last week, El Salvador's Foreign Ministry announced Monday.

Sierra Leone leader to press Ivory Coast's Gbagbo (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:44 AM PST

AP - Sierra Leone's president is flying to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where he and other regional leaders will insist that Laurent Gbagbo relinquish his grip on the presidency.

Officials: Suspected US strike kills 6 in Pakistan (AP)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:44 AM PST

A man holds a picture of Pakistan's former prime minister Benazir Bhutto with a candle and a flower as he participates in a vigil to commemorate her death anniversary in Islamabad December 27, 2010. Bhutto was killed in a gun and suicide bomb attack after an election rally in the city of Rawalpindi on December 27, 2007, weeks after she returned to Pakistan after years in self-imposed exile. REUTERS/Faisal Mahmood (PAKISTAN - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY CIVIL UNREST IMAGES OF THE DAY)AP - A suspected U.S. missile strike killed six militants in a tribal region along the Afghan border on Tuesday, Pakistani intelligence officials said.

Floods force evacuations in eastern Australia (AFP)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 11:44 PM PST

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard said the government was providing two Blackhawk helicopters to assist in the evacuation of Theodore.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)AFP - Military helicopters were called in Tuesday to help evacuate hundreds of Australians stranded by rising floodwaters, as entire towns were inundated by the worst deluges in parts of the region in decades.

Nigeria's Jos remains tense after Christmas terror attacks (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:32 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - Before the blasts came, the Nigerian city of Jos was busy preparing for Christmas. Worshippers showing up for Christmas eve mass at Sacred Heart Catholic Church were dressed in their Sunday best, men and boys in their suits, women in brightly flowered prints, and little girls in frilly dresses.

How Russia's Khodorkovsky Trial Became a Courtroom Comedy (Time.com)

Posted: 28 Dec 2010 12:00 AM PST

Time.com - The defendant and his lawyers had no trouble finding comedy in the charges but Vladimir Putin plans on having the last laugh

Israel's Lieberman tweaks Turkey. Is he flanking Netanyahu? (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 27 Dec 2010 12:08 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A recent attempt to mend Israel-Turkey ties appears to be on the rocks, with Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman lobbying against apologizing to Ankara for the killing of nine Turkish citizens on the Gaza aid flotilla when they challenged Israel's naval blockade of the territory in May.
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