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Today's World News: Top US commander: build Afghan forces Marcos joins Pacquiao, Arroyo in run for Congress Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies Report: Breast-feeding mother smothers baby on jet Peru's Murderous Fat-Stealing Gang: Crime or Cover-Up? Iran releases five Britons detained from yacht: radio Iran releases 5 British sailors detained at sea Honduran lawmakers debate ousted leader's future Libya jails two Swiss businessmen for 16 months: judiciary India's Satyam defends position after allegations CN Rail makes new offer to striking workers Indonesia bans Australian film on E.Timor killings Obama's focus on withdrawal could jeopardize Afghan mission John Demjanjuk, alleged Nazi death camp guard, goes on trial in Germany Demjanjuk on Trial: The Last Nazi War-Crimes Defendant Growing Up with HIV Top US commander: build Afghan forces Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:05 pm PST AP - The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan said Wednesday that NATO and U.S. forces will hand over responsibility for securing the country to its own security forces "as rapidly as conditions allow" — welcome news for war-weary American troops trying to hold back insurgents. Full Story Top Marcos joins Pacquiao, Arroyo in run for Congress Tue, 1 Dec 2009 09:40 pm PST AP - Former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos filed her candidacy for next year's congressional elections, joining the country's boxing champion and the outgoing president in the star-studded race for the lower house. Full Story Top Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:46 pm PST AP - Australia's Parliament defeated legislation to set up a greenhouse gas emissions trading system on Wednesday, throwing a central plank of the government's plans to combat global warming into disarray. Full Story Top South Africa to treat all HIV-positive babies Tue, 1 Dec 2009 04:50 pm PST AP - South Africa announced ambitious new plans Tuesday for earlier and expanded treatment for HIV-positive babies and pregnant women, a change that could save hundreds of thousands of lives in the nation hardest hit by the virus that causes AIDS. Full Story Top Report: Breast-feeding mother smothers baby on jet Tue, 1 Dec 2009 03:59 pm PST AP - A breast-feeding mother accidentally smothered her four-week old child aboard a United Airlines flight from Washington, D.C., to Kuwait, a British tabloid reported Tuesday. Full Story Top Peru's Murderous Fat-Stealing Gang: Crime or Cover-Up? Tue, 1 Dec 2009 07:20 am PST Time.com - The alleged homicidal liposuctioners made headlines throughout the world. But could they be an attempt to distract attention from a more sinister story? Full Story Top Iran releases five Britons detained from yacht: radio Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:46 pm PST Reuters - Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards have released five Britons detained in the Gulf after their yacht apparently strayed into Iranian waters, state radio said on Wednesday. Full Story Top Iran releases 5 British sailors detained at sea Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:14 pm PST AP - Iran released on Wednesday five British sailors who were detained last week when their 60-foot racing yacht drifted accidentally into Iran's Persian Gulf waters and was seized. Full Story Top Honduran lawmakers debate ousted leader's future Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:18 pm PST AP - Honduran lawmakers begin debating ousted President Manuel Zelaya's future Wednesday under pressure from much of the region to reinstate him or face more isolation despite a presidential election designed to end the crisis. Full Story Top Libya jails two Swiss businessmen for 16 months: judiciary Tue, 1 Dec 2009 12:48 pm PST AFP - Libya sentenced two Swiss businessmen to 16 months in prison and a fine on Tuesday, an official told AFP, in a row stemming from the arrest in Geneva last year of Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's son. Full Story Top India's Satyam defends position after allegations Tue, 1 Dec 2009 11:48 pm PST AFP - India's fraud-hit outsourcing giant Satyam defended itself against police allegations that the scale of its false accounting scandal was far larger than originally believed. Full Story Top CN Rail makes new offer to striking workers Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:12 pm PST Reuters - Canadian National Railway offered a potential olive branch on Tuesday to striking Canadian locomotive engineers, who are angry about a change in the amount of time they have to work each month. Full Story Top Indonesia bans Australian film on E.Timor killings Tue, 1 Dec 2009 08:21 pm PST AFP - Indonesia has banned an Australian-made film on the alleged murder of six Australian-based journalists by Indonesian troops during the 1975 invasion of East Timor, an official said Wednesday. Full Story Top Obama's focus on withdrawal could jeopardize Afghan mission Tue, 1 Dec 2009 06:42 pm PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ President Barack Obama's effort Tuesday night to reassure Democrats who oppose the deployment of another 30,000 troops to Afghanistan and to emphasize a U.S. exit strategy to pressure Afghan President Hamid Karzai to reform his corruption-riddled government could backfire. Full Story Top John Demjanjuk, alleged Nazi death camp guard, goes on trial in Germany Mon, 30 Nov 2009 01:00 am PST The Christian Science Monitor - The trial of former Nazi guard John Demjanjuk for the murder of 27,900 Jews began in Munich Monday in what is likely to be one of the last major trials of alleged Nazi war criminals and one of the final chances for Holocaust survivors to seek justice. Full Story Top Demjanjuk on Trial: The Last Nazi War-Crimes Defendant Tue, 1 Dec 2009 05:50 am PST Time.com - John Demjanjuk, 89, is finally standing trial in Germany, 66 years after he allegedly served as a Nazi death-camp guard. Prosecutors face several challenges, however: no living witnesses and an ailing defendant Full Story Top Growing Up with HIV Tue, 1 Dec 2009 10:58 am PST OneWorld.net - LUSAKA, Dec 1 (IPS) - Sixteen-year-old Andela Milambo* wants a husband. She is not looking for love, but for someone to share the burden of living with HIV. She wants to be able to take her medicine without having to hide, to discuss the recurring herpes with someone who understands. Full Story Top

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