Sunday, December 26, 2010

West African presidents to tell Gbagbo to quit (Reuters)

West African presidents to tell Gbagbo to quit (Reuters)

West African presidents to tell Gbagbo to quit (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 04:10 PM PST

Delegates speak before the fourteenth Special session on the situation in Ivory Coast of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva December 23, 2010. REUTERS/Denis BalibouseReuters - Three West African presidents will fly to Ivory Coast Tuesday to tell incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo to quit or face force, Benin said Saturday, a sign of mounting regional determination to force him out.

Eight U.S. tourists killed in Egypt crash: report (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:03 AM PST

Reuters - Eight U.S. tourists were killed and 21 injured when their coach hit a stationary truck in southern Egypt, the state news agency MENA said on Sunday.

South Korean and Chinese defence chiefs to meet in Feb (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 10:39 PM PST

Reuters - Defense ministers from South Korea and China will hold talks in Beijing in February amid growing regional tension sparked by North Korea's nuclear programmes and hostile acts, South Korea's defense ministry said on Sunday.

Panama president wanted to wiretap rivals: WikiLeaks (Reuters)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:14 PM PST

Reuters - Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli tried to bully the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration to turn its wiretapping program on political rivals, a State Department cable released by WikiLeaks said.

Indian crash kills 34 returning from funeral (Reuters)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:32 AM PST

Reuters - At least 34 people returning from a funeral in northern India were killed when their vehicle collided with a bus, police said on Sunday.

Eel, Not Tuna: Europe's Top Chefs Push for Sustainable Seafood (Time.com)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:35 AM 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

England move on Ashes after humiliating Australia (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:16 AM PST

England bowler James Anderson celebrates dismissing Australian batsman Michael Hussey in Melbourne. England were closing in on the Ashes after routing Australia for 98 and cruising to a 59-run first-innings lead on the opening day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.(AFP/William West)AFP - England were closing in on the Ashes after routing Australia for 98 and cruising to a 59-run first-innings lead on the opening day of the fourth Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on Sunday.

8 American tourists killed in a bus crash in Egypt (AP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:37 AM PST

AP - A tour bus slammed into a truck in southern Egypt on Sunday, killing eight Americans tourists and injuring 21 others, the state news agency said.

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

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 09:00 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.

Eight Americans killed in Egypt bus crash (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:49 AM PST

Eight American tourists were killed and 21 injured when their bus collided with a truck near the southern Egyptian city of Aswan, the official MENA news agency reported on Sunday.(AFP/File/Amgad Fuad)AFP - Eight American tourists were killed and 21 injured when their bus collided with a truck near the southern Egyptian city of Aswan, the official MENA news agency reported on Sunday.

Karzai denounces Pakistan suicide attack (AFP)

Posted: 26 Dec 2010 12:59 AM PST

A Pakistani army soldier stands near the World Food Programme distribution point after a suicide bombing in Khar on December 25. Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Sunday urged Islamabad to AFP - Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Sunday urged Islamabad to "spare no effort in eliminating" those responsible for a suicide attack on a World Food Programme project in Pakistan that killed 43 people.

Quake shakes New Zealand, causing minor damage (AP)

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 11:27 PM PST

Fallen bricks lay on the ground at the Community of the Sacred Name on Madras Street in central Christchurch, New Zealand, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010, following a series of aftershocks. (AP Photo/New Zealand Herald, Simon Baker) NEW ZEALAND OUT, AUSTRALIA OUTAP - Masonry and glass rained down near post-Christmas shoppers as a magnitude 4.9 earthquake rocked Christchurch on New Zealand's South Island on Sunday.

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

Posted: 25 Dec 2010 02:35 AM 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
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