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Myanmar's Suu Kyi appeal, EU negotiations to open

AFP - Fri Dec 4, 3:50 am ET

Military-ruled Myanmar's supreme court has agreed to hear an appeal against the extended house arrest of pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, an official said Friday.

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Officials: Top Indian rebel arrested
AP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 5:33 am ET
The commander of a powerful rebel movement in India's remote northeast was arrested along with a top deputy, officials said Friday, in a major blow to a separatist army already crippled by a string of arrests.
Utahn's pet Burmese python dies at age 43
Deseret News - Fri Dec 4, 3:09 am ET
Marty Bone will be sleeping alone. His main "Squeezer" died Tuesday.
Chrysler adds activism to sedan ad
Detroit Free Press - Fri Dec 4, 3:33 am ET
This isn't Snoop Dogg's sled any more. In a bold and risky move aimed at getting people talking, Chrysler has launched a new ad for its flagship 300 sedan that includes political activism not characteristic in automotive advertising.
New Chrysler ad features 300, social conscience
Detroit News - Thu Dec 3, 1:49 pm ET
It's not your typical Chrysler ad. A television commercial for the Chrysler brand debuting today features the Chrysler 300 while calling for the release of Burmese pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi who has been under numerous house arrests since 1989.
WITH VIDEO: Free prisoner, Chrysler ad says
Detroit Free Press - Thu Dec 3, 12:50 pm ET
A new television ad for Chrysler vehicles calls for the release of Burmese political prisoner Aung San Suu Kyi, who won the 1991 Nobel Peach Prize.
Across the USA News from every state
USA Today - Fri Dec 4, 12:59 am ET
News from every state
National Board of Review Names 'Up in the Air' Best Film of the Year
Fox News - 46 minutes ago
"Up in the Air" also won best supporting actress for Anna Kendrick and best adapted screenplay.
North Korean rights groups want Kim put on trial
Los Angeles Times - Fri Dec 4, 3:16 am ET
A South Korean-based coalition, acting on behalf of 150 refugees, is pushing the international court at The Hague to charge Kim Jong Il. It presents the refugees' accounts of the brutal regime. Lee Kyung-hee took a deep breath Thursday, and then she recounted the nightmare when her newborn was killed before her eyes in a North Korean prison.
USA: Creators of FELA!, Broadway's Acclaimed New Show, Mark International Human Rights Day, Thursday, Dec. 10, With ...
Amnesty International - Fri Dec 4, 3:51 am ET
Inspired by the Activism that Helped Free Jailed Nigerian Revolutionary Fela Kuti, Tony Award-winning Director / Choreographer Bill T. Jones Highlights Amnesty International's Global Write-a-Thon to Free People Unjustly Imprisoned
Recent restaurant reviews
Contra Costa Times - Fri Dec 4, 3:24 am ET
The following are shortened versions of recent full-length restaurant reviews. The date the original review ran and its overall rating is in parentheses.
Myanmar suspends doctor for fatal appendectomy
EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 3, 3:16 am ET
Yangon - Myanmar's medical council on Thursday suspended the license of a surgeon who who mistakenly performed an appendectomy on a 15-year-old girl who was in fact suffering from dengue fever. In a rare show of ethics in a country notorious for its ...
Business briefs
Detroit News - Fri Dec 4, 1:16 am ET
Philadelphia -- Comcast Corp. said Thursday it plans to buy a majority stake in NBC Universal for $13.75 billion, giving the nation's largest cable TV operator control of the Peacock network, an array of cable channels and a major movie studio. If the deal clears regulatory and other hurdles, Comcast would rival the heft of The Walt Disney Co. Consumer advocates and other cable operators worry ...
Berlusconi may appear in court for corruption trial in February
EARTHtimes.org - 2 hours 44 minutes ago
Milan - Lawyers representing Silvio Berlusconi told a trial hearing Friday that the Italian Prime Minister could possibly appear in court on February 13 or 27 in a corruption case involving the alleged payment of a bribe to British lawyer David Mills...
Chemical weapons watchdog pursues holdout nations
AP via Yahoo! News - Thu Dec 3, 6:46 am ET
The newly elected chemical weapons chief says he will pursue the last seven holdouts — including Israel, Egypt and Syria — to get them to sign a disarmament treaty and submit weapons stockpiles for inspection.
Bombing at Pakistan's military mosque kills 10 - Update
EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 5:17 am ET
Islamabad - At least 10 people were killed as two blasts ripped through a mosque in a garrison neighbourhood in Pakistan's main city of Rawalpindi on Friday, police said. Gunfire broke out following the blasts that took place in the Parade Lane mosqu...