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UN renews anti-piracy measures

AFP - Mon Nov 30, 12:37 pm ET

The UN Security Council on Monday renewed authorization for measures to combat piracy off Somalia's coast and warned nations against paying pirates ransoms to free hijacked ships.

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Un-Google Your Most Embarrassing Moments
Wired News - Mon Nov 30, 12:25 am ET
You can't get Google to stop crawling the internet, but you do have some control what content it can see. Here's a guide to making sure Google searches for your name show only your classy side.
Kosovo confident ahead of UN court hearing
KJCT 8 Grand Junction - Mon Nov 30, 11:05 am ET
PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) - Kosovo's president says he believes the U.N.'s highest court will approve the legality of his country's statehood. Fatmir Sejdiu says Serbia annexed Kosovo with tanks and caused "great bloodshed." He says he is confident Kosovo's "arguments are invincible."
China says talks best to tackle Iran nuclear issue
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 5 minutes ago
China on Tuesday urged accelerated diplomacy to solve the Iran nuclear issue, saying sanctions are "not the goal," despite Western outrage at Tehran's newly unveiled plans to expand uranium enrichment.
White House: Iran isolating itself with nuclear plans in defiance of UN resolutions
Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune - Sun Nov 29, 2:31 pm ET
WASHINGTON - The White House says if Iran really does plan to building 10 new uranium enrichment facilities, then the development would be another instance of flaunting the United Nations.
"UN must stop backing Congo’s disastrous operation against marauding rebel militias", Donald Steinberg in The East ...
International Crisis Group - Mon Nov 30, 8:44 am ET
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Iran says UN criticism prompted new nuclear plans
FOX 11 Tucson - Mon Nov 30, 9:18 am ET
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — A Russian minister visiting Iran says there's still a chance for negotiations to resolve the West's' objections to Tehran's nuclear program.
Lo que dejó noviembre: Belleza, belleza
Univisión - Mon Nov 30, 9:13 pm ET
La noche del Thanksgiving Day produjo finalmente un triunfo para los Broncos y una alegría a sus porristas.
Cattle plague: An extinction worth celebrating
Scientific American - Mon Nov 30, 5:48 pm ET
The world's deadliest cattle disease could be wiped off the face of the planet in the next 18 months , according to a report from the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). [More]
Iran plans enrichment sites in defiance of UN
KARE 11 Minneapolis-St. Paul - Sun Nov 29, 8:24 pm ET
Iran approved plans Sunday to build 10 industrial scale uranium enrichment facilities, a dramatic expansion of the program in
Delegates discuss way forward in UN climate talks
Park Hills Daily Journal - Mon Nov 30, 11:50 am ET
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Countries most vulnerable to climate change said Friday they were incensed that rich nations were rethinking the timetable for concluding a global treaty that would hold them to legally binding targets for cutting emissions.
Zionism’s un-Christian Bible
Online Journal - Mon Nov 30, 12:54 am ET
“For a nation to commit the sin of anti-Semitism brings inevitable judgment.” -- The New Scofield Study Bible The Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) campaign should widen its scope to target non-Israeli companies who contribute significantly to the oppression of Palestinians.
Iran: U.N. rebukes sparked plans for 10 new nuke sites
USA Today - Mon Nov 30, 8:47 pm ET
Iran's nuclear chief on Monday said U.N. criticism pushed his country to retaliate by announcing plans for more uranium enrichment.
China says talks best way to solve Iran nuclear issue
Reuters via Yahoo! News - 38 minutes ago
Talks remain the best way to solve the Iran nuclear issue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Tuesday, after Iran announced plans to expand uranium enrichment in defiance of international pressure.
Sri Lanka's camp inmates set free: official
AFP via Yahoo! News - 46 minutes ago
Thousands of Sri Lankan civilians who have been held in state-run camps since the end of the country's separatist conflict in May were released on Tuesday, an official said.
President Obama's to-do list makes December crucial
USA Today - 1 hour 14 minutes ago
December looms as a month of critical developments for President Obama that's likely to set the stage for the rest of his term.
Iran nuke plans largely bluster, experts say
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 36 minutes ago
Iran's announcement of plans to build 10 more uranium enrichment facilities is largely bluster after a strong rebuke from the U.N.'s nuclear agency, analysts said Monday. Nonetheless, the defiance is fueling calls among Western allies for new punitive sanctions to freeze Iran's nuclear program.
Dates to watch
USA Today - 1 hour 37 minutes ago
Month of December has plenty of dates to watch for President Obama.
Iran declaration demands new U.S., world approach
The Oklahoman - Mon Nov 30, 9:32 pm ET
IRAN responded to the latest scolding from the international community over its nuclear program by announcing it will build 10 more uranium-enriching facilities. Tehran ’s logic is breathtaking for its boldness: Because we were censured for continuing to make fuel for nuclear weapons, we’ve no choice but to build sites to make more of it in the future.Last week the International Atomic Energy ...
Iran sends mixed signals on quitting nuclear curb pact
Reuters via Yahoo! News - Mon Nov 30, 1:44 pm ET
An influential Iranian leader suggested on Monday Iran should quit the Non-Proliferation Treaty in protest against a U.N. censure over its nuclear activity, but its atomic energy chief dismissed such a move.
CNN Student News Transcript: December 1, 2009
CNN - 2 hours 7 minutes ago
December 1, 2009

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