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Today's World News: Iran says UN criticism prompted new nuclear plans Demjanjuk goes on trial in Germany EU seeks China's help on climate change, currency Journalists protest massacre in Philippines Honduras hopes to move past coup with election Why Ireland Is Running Out of Priests Switzerland votes to ban new minarets Netanyahu ill, trip to Germany postponed Ballot box gives ex-guerrilla Uruguay's presidency Police: 3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania Philippine president Arroyo to run for parliament CN rail workers strike as talks break down NZ man caught by river rescue dilemma Trainers of Afghan police have work cut out for them If Mahmoud Abbas steps down, Hamas official next in line Workers of the World vs. China Inc. Brazil Bank Funds Destructive Projects, Say Activists Iran says UN criticism prompted new nuclear plans Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:44 pm PST AP - Iran had no intention of building 10 new nuclear facilities until it was strongly rebuked by the U.N. nuclear watchdog over its nuclear activities, a top official said Monday. Full Story Top Demjanjuk goes on trial in Germany Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:42 pm PST AP - John Demjanjuk goes on trial Monday on charges of being an accessory to the murder of 27,900 Jews at a Nazi death camp, opening the final chapter of some 30 years of efforts to prosecute the retired Ohio autoworker. Full Story Top EU seeks China's help on climate change, currency Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:17 pm PST AP - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao rebuffed calls from European leaders for faster reforms of Beijing's currency policies and said Monday that China is doing all it can to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases. Full Story Top Journalists protest massacre in Philippines Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:13 pm PST AP - Some 1,000 journalists and activists marched Monday in the capital to protest the massacre in the southern Philippines of 57 civilians, including at least 30 journalists and their staff in the world's deadliest attack on the media. Full Story Top Honduras hopes to move past coup with election Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:12 pm PST AP - Honduras has a newly elected president. The question is whether he can convince the world the vote was legitimate and showed that Hondurans want to put a summer coup behind them. Full Story Top Why Ireland Is Running Out of Priests Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:10 am PST Time.com - Young men are turning away from the priesthood in one of Europe'straditional Catholic strongholds. Some dioceses could soon be withoutpriests if new recruits aren't found -- quickly Full Story Top Switzerland votes to ban new minarets Sun, 29 Nov 2009 10:06 pm PST AFP - Swiss voters have approved a ban on new mosque minarets being built, prompting dismay and anger in the Muslim world at the success of the far-right initiative. Full Story Top Netanyahu ill, trip to Germany postponed Sun, 29 Nov 2009 12:41 pm PST AP - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has fallen ill, and his trip to Germany has been postponed. Full Story Top Ballot box gives ex-guerrilla Uruguay's presidency Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:01 pm PST AP - A former guerrilla fighter has achieved through the ballot box what he could never earn by bombing, kidnapping and attacking his political enemies — the power to legitimately lead an entire nation. Full Story Top Police: 3 aid workers kidnapped in Mauritania Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:12 pm PST AP - Three Spanish aid workers were kidnapped by gunmen Sunday while delivering supplies to impoverished villages in the desert nation of Mauritania, a police official said. Full Story Top Philippine president Arroyo to run for parliament Sun, 29 Nov 2009 11:42 pm PST AFP - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo announced Monday she would seek to remain in politics after her term ends next year by running for a seat in parliament. 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 NZ man caught by river rescue dilemma Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:57 pm PST AP - As his wife floundered screaming for help in murky river water, a frantic New Zealand man was forced to abandon a bid to rescue his teenage son to save his partner from drowning, he said Monday. Full Story Top Trainers of Afghan police have work cut out for them Sun, 29 Nov 2009 09:01 am PST McClatchy Newspapers - KOLK, Afghanistan _ When the improvised bomb exploded in a mud-walled compound about 300 yards from a new traffic checkpoint, the six Afghan police officers at the post just looked at one another. Full Story Top If Mahmoud Abbas steps down, Hamas official next in line Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:00 am PST The Christian Science Monitor - If Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas of the mainstream Fatah party makes good on his threat to resign, the man constitutionally assured his post is from the rival Hamas faction. Full Story Top Workers of the World vs. China Inc. Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:10 am PST Time.com - Workers of the World vs. China Inc. 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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