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  • Settlers suspected in West Bank mosque attack

    AFP – 2 hrs 57 mins ago  Sent 4 times
    Palestinians inspect the damage to a mosque that was set on fire... AFP

    YASUF, West Bank (AFP) - Assailants vandalised a West Bank mosque on Friday, spraying hate messages in Hebrew and burning holy books in an attack blamed on hardline Jews angered by plans to curb settlement building. Full Story »

  • Nobel-winning Obama defends war in call for peace

    AP – Thu Dec 10, 9:31 pm ET  Sent 4 times
    US President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama, gives... AP

    OSLO - Newly enshrined among the world's great peacemakers, President Barack Obama offered a striking defense of war. Eleven months into his presidency, a fresh Obama doctrine. Evil must be vigorously opposed, he declared as he accepted the Nobel Peace Prize on Thursday. At the same time, he made an impassioned case for building a "just and lasting peace." Full Story »

  • Israel arrests Palestinian barrier protest leader

    AP – Fri Dec 11, 3:57 am ET  Sent 4 times
    In this Nov. 6, 2009 file photo Palestinian demonstrators throw... AP

    RAMALLAH, West Bank - A leader of the most persistent Palestinian protest movement against Israel's West Bank separation barrier was asleep in his home when troops broke down his door and arrested him. Full Story »

  • Australia PM warns Japan over whaling ahead of visit

    AFP – Fri Dec 11, 3:00 am ET  Sent 3 times
    A surfer walks past a mural of a humpback whale and dolphins... AFP

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd Friday threatened Japan with legal action if it fails to stop hunting whales, ahead of a visit to the country. Full Story »

  • Hurdles remain even if climate deal is reached

    AP – Fri Dec 11, 9:25 am ET  Sent 3 times
    FILE - in This Wednesday, April 30, 2009 file photo, smoke billows... AP

    JAKARTA, Indonesia - For Indonesian farmers, burning down rain forests is the cheapest and fastest way to clear land for palm oil and pulp and paper plantations. Full Story »

  • Zelaya will leave Brazil Embassy by Jan. 27

    AP – Fri Dec 11, 7:08 am ET  Sent 3 times

    BRASILIA, Brazil - Ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya says he will leave the Brazilian Embassy in Honduras by Jan. 27, when his presidential term ends, according to an interview broadcast Friday. Full Story »

  • Experts: Somali Islamists improving tactics, bombs

    AP – 1 hr 22 mins ago  Sent 3 times

    NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali Islamist insurgents have imported terrorist tactics and technology used with deadly results in Iraq and Afghanistan, threatening the African country's beleaguered government and causing alarm as far as Washington. Full Story »

  • Obama: Real peace requires justice and opportunity

    AP – Thu Dec 10, 10:08 am ET  Sent 2 times

    OSLO - President Barack Obama says lasting peace requires human rights and economic opportunity for individuals, and sanctions against regimes that violate international rules. Full Story »

  • Decision to create new Indian state sparks protest

    AP – 2 hrs 26 mins ago  Sent 2 times
    Onlookers crowd around a burning bus allegedly torched by protesters... AP

    NEW DELHI - Protesters took to the streets Friday, setting public buses on fire and clashing with police, in anger over India's decision to carve a new state out of the southern region of Andhra Pradesh. Full Story »

  • Russia: Officials fired in lawyer jail death probe

    AP – 1 hr 48 mins ago  Sent 2 times
    Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, left, and presidential human... AP

    MOSCOW - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev fired 20 senior prison officials, including the capital's prison chief, following a probe into the death of a jailed lawyer, officials said Friday. Full Story »

  • New Berlin airport to be named "Willy Brandt"

    AP – Fri Dec 11, 8:44 am ET  Sent 2 times

    BERLIN - Officials say Berlin's new airport will be named after Willy Brandt, the former West German leader who championed East-West relations and won the Nobel Peace Prize. Full Story »

  • Bahamas man charged with robbing Segway tours

    AP – Thu Dec 10, 7:18 pm ET  Sent 2 times

    NASSAU, Bahamas - A 21-year-old man has been charged with robbing two groups of cruise ship passengers with a shotgun as they toured the capital of Nassau on Segways. Full Story »

  • Turkey bans pro-Kurdish party over ties to rebels

    AP – 1 hr 9 mins ago  Sent 2 times

    ANKARA, Turkey - Turkey's top court on Friday banned a pro-Kurdish political party on charges of ties to Kurdish rebels, a decision likely to disrupt a struggling reconciliation process between the state and minority Kurds. Full Story »

  • Tribal gunmen threaten to kill Philippine hostages

    AFP – Fri Dec 11, 7:31 am ET  Sent 2 times
    An armed abductor (R) walks past a group of hostages on the outskirts... AFP

    PROSPERIDAD, Philippines (AFP) - Tribal gunmen in the southern Philippines warned Friday they would massacre dozens of hostages if police made a rescue bid, as hundreds of security forces surrounded their mountain lair. Full Story »

  • Sri Lankan war allies, now political enemies

    AP – Fri Dec 11, 6:19 am ET  Sent 1 times

    COLOMBO, Sri Lanka - Just a few months ago, Sri Lanka's president and its army chief were strong allies, working closely together to defeat the Tamil Tiger rebels and end the nation's 25-year civil war. Full Story »

  • Poland, U.S. sign deal on troop deployments

    Reuters – 38 mins ago  Sent 1 times

    WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland and the United States signed a deal on Friday that paves the way for the stationing of U.S. troops on the territory of its east European NATO ally. Full Story »

  • Rapprochement as pope meets Vietnamese president

    AFP – 1 hr 51 mins ago  Sent 1 times
    Pope Benedict XVI welcomes Vietnam's President Nguyen Minh... AFP

    VATICAN CITY (AFP) - Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet met Friday with Pope Benedict XVI in what the Vatican called a "significant stage" towards normalising bilateral ties. Full Story »

  • NKorea to work with US to resolve 'differences'

    AP – 1 hr 24 mins ago  Sent 1 times
    U.S. President Barack Obama's special envoy on North Korea, Stephen... AP

    BEIJING - North Korea announced Friday that it will work with Washington to resolve "differences" over restarting nuclear disarmament talks, but observers said it was too early to declare a U.S. diplomat's mission to Pyongyang a success. Full Story »

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