Thursday, December 1, 2011

Clinton offers Myanmar first rewards for political (Reuters)

Clinton offers Myanmar first rewards for political (Reuters)

Clinton offers Myanmar first rewards for political (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:51 AM PST

Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton offered Myanmar the first rewards for reform on Thursday, saying the United States would back more aid for the reclusive country and consider returning an ambassador after an absence of some two decades.

NATO attack could hurt war on terror: Pakistan (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:19 AM PST

Reuters - Pakistan, enraged by a NATO cross-border air attack that killed 24 soldiers, could withdraw its support for the U.S.-led war on militancy if its sovereignty is violated again, the foreign minister suggested in comments published on Thursday.

Bomb blast kills 10, wounds 25 in Iraqi town (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:04 AM PST

FILE - In this Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 file photo, Iraqi policemen demonstrate combat techniques during a training session at Camp Dublin in Baghdad, Iraq. The Italian Carabinieri police team, a part of the NATO Training Mission to Iraq, conducted the specialized training for the Iraqi National police. The issue of legal immunity for foreign troops in Iraq, which already torpedoed plans to keep a U.S. military presence in that country, has emerged as a key stumbling block in talks over the extension of a NATO training mission here. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim, File)Reuters - A car bomb exploded in a street market in the mainly Shi'ite Iraqi town of Khalis on Thursday, killing 10 people and wounding 25 others, police and hospital officials said.

Britain, EU to intensify pressure on Iran (Reuters)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:30 AM PST

Reuters - European Union foreign ministers aim to exert pressure on Iran and deepen its economic isolation, but the nature of new sanctions is still being discussed, Britain and the EU's foreign policy chief said on Thursday.

Gbagbo's ICC court appearance set for Monday (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:23 PM PST

Reuters - Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo will appear before the International Criminal Court next Monday, the first former head of state to be tried by the ICC since its inception in 2002, officials said.

Anatomy of a Deadly NATO Airstrike: The Pakistani Version (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:20 AM PST

Time.com - Pakistan has a detailed chronology of the events that led to the deaths of 25 of its soldiers. But it raises even more questions about why the attack unfolded the way it did.

ECB's Draghi urges closer integration in eurozone (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:08 AM PST

AP - European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi said the 17 countries that use the euro must unify more closely to avoid a repeat of the debt crisis that's rocked the common euro currency and is threatening the global financial system.

Attacks in northeast Iraq province kill 17 (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:40 AM PST

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden, left, and Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, right, attend a meeting in Baghdad, Iraq, Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2011. Biden said Wednesday that his trip to Baghdad ahead of the U.S. military pullout will mark a new beginning between Iraq and the United States, but already protests in Iraq against his visit are demonstrating the difficulties the relationship will face. (AP Photo/Khalid Mohammed)AP - Two separate attacks killed 17 people on Thursday in a northeastern Iraqi province that was once an al-Qaida stronghold, Iraqi officials said.

Famous writers petition against Mexico silver mine (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:03 PM PST

AP - More than 150 internationally known writers and artists are urging Mexican President Felipe Calderon to cancel mining concessions in an area of northern Mexico considered sacred ground by the Huichol Indians.

South African debuts AIDS film on World AIDS Day (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 12:38 AM PST

AP - A new movie being released in South Africa is using animation to show viewers how people become infected with HIV and spread the virus.

Clinton challenges Myanmar on reforms (AP)

Posted: 01 Dec 2011 01:24 AM PST

Myanmar's President Thein Sein, left, meets with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton during a meeting at the President's Office in Naypyidaw, Myanmar Thursday, Dec. 1, 2011. (AP Photo/Saul Loeb, Pool)AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Thursday challenged the leaders of Myanmar to continue and expand reforms. She offered the isolated country a small package of rewards for steps it has already taken but made clear that more must be done, including breaking military ties with North Korea.

Flaherty tells Europe to fight crisis with own money (Reuters)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 09:48 AM PST

Reuters - European leaders should not expect outside help until euro zone countries have put up more of their own resources to try to stem their financial crisis, Canada's finance minister said on Wednesday.

NZ engineers found building safe before collapse (AP)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 10:22 PM PST

FILE - In this Feb. 26, 2011 file photo, recovery workers inspect the earthquake-damaged Pyne Gould Corporation building in Christchurch, New Zealand. Two engineers this week testified about their inspections of the Pyne Gould building at an ongoing government probe into building failure during the Feb. 22 Christchurch earthquake, which killed 182 people. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)AP - Engineers inspected and declared a New Zealand office building safe five times in the months before it collapsed and killed 18 people in an earthquake earlier this year, according to testimony at a government probe.

Somali Islamists ban aid groups, renewing famine concerns (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 01:11 PM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - A little over a week ago, aid workers in Somalia were cautiously celebrating news that half of the areas previously classified as most at risk had improved and were no longer “in famine.”

The Road to Naypyidaw: What Hillary Clinton Will See in Burma (Time.com)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 07:20 AM PST

Time.com - As U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton makes her historic visit to Burma from Nov. 30 to Dec. 2, she will be touring two vastly different cities

Afghans see Pakistan boycott as dooming Bonn Conference (The Christian Science Monitor)

Posted: 30 Nov 2011 11:47 AM PST

The Christian Science Monitor - As leaders in Afghanistan and the US plead with Pakistan to reconsider its decision to boycott an upcoming international conference following a NATO airstrike that killed at least 24 Pakistani soldiers, analysts are concerned that Pakistan’s absence may spell the end of the Afghan peace process.
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