Daily News Alert | Sunday, November 29, 2009 12:02 AM PST |
Pressures on Pakistan's president mount
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:28 pm PST
 AP - Pakistan's unpopular president is coming under increasing pressure from the powerful army and political opponents to resign or relinquish most of his powers, fueling political turmoil just as the West wants the country to focus on the threat posed by al-Qaida and the Taliban. Full Story | Top |
Honduras hopes to move past coup with election
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:22 pm PST
 AP - Hondurans choose a new president Sunday whose first challenge will be defending his legitimacy to the world and his people, and ending a debilitating, five-month-long crisis caused by Central America's first coup in more than 20 years. Full Story | Top |
Senate report: Bin Laden was 'within our grasp'
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:33 pm PST
 AP - Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says. Full Story | Top |
Hajj devil stoning ritual biggest swine flu risk
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:17 am PST
 AP - Millions of Muslim pilgrims, many wearing surgical masks, jostled together shoulder-to-shoulder furiously casting pebbles at stone walls representing the devil Saturday — the hajj ritual of highest concern to world health authorities watching for an outbreak of swine flu. Full Story | Top |
Afghanistan to be given timetable for progress
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 10:40 pm PST
 AP - Countries backing Afghanistan's government are going to demand that it meet specific security benchmarks, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Saturday, outlining a plan to let foreign troops gradually hand control to local forces. Full Story | Top |
Equatorial Guinea president eyes new term in poll
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 03:18 pm PST
Reuters - Equatorial Guinea's President Teodoro Obiang Nguema is set to secure a new seven-year mandate to rule the oil-producing central African nation on Sunday in a poll widely dismissed by critics as lacking credibility. Full Story | Top |
CN rail workers strike as talks break down
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:02 pm PST
Reuters - Locomotive engineers at Canada's largest railroad walked off the job on Saturday after talks broke down, but Canadian National Railway said it was using management and non-union staff to provide "the best possible service under the circumstances." Full Story | Top |
Australia welcomes giant pandas with city party
Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:16 am PST
 AP - Two giant pandas from China were welcomed to Australia on Saturday with gifts of bamboo and a city party before settling into their new home, a 25-acre (10-hectare) natural enclosure at the Adelaide Zoo. Full Story | Top |
Obama administration closely monitoring Dubai debt outlook
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:23 pm PST
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON_ The Obama administration said Friday that it was monitoring developments in a looming debt default by the Persian Gulf emirate of Dubai, whose efforts to fend off creditors sent stocks skidding in the United States and around the globe amid fears of new bank losses. Full Story | Top |
Brazil Bank Funds Destructive Projects, Say Activists
Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:26 pm PST
OneWorld.net - RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov 26 (IPS) - Public money in Brazil is being used by the state development bank to finance deforestation projects and others that trample rights, concentrate wealth, and encourage "imperialist" expansion of large national companies, according to activists at a three-day meeting in this southeastern city. Full Story | Top |
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