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China's Wen seeks to boost Africa ties
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets African leaders on Sunday, aiming to boost a relationship which politically goes back decades and is now economically booming -- to the discomfort of some in the West.
November 8, 2009, 10:59 am -
China's Wen seeks to boost blossoming Africa ties
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao meets African leaders on Sunday, aiming to boost a relationship which politically goes back decades and is now economically booming -- to the discomfort of some in the West.
November 8, 2009, 10:56 am -
Haiti's new prime minister wins confirmation
PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - The lower house of Haiti's parliament confirmed Jean-Max Bellerive as prime minister on Saturday, clearing the way for the economist and veteran politician to form a new government.
November 8, 2009, 10:53 am -
Brother stands by army shooting suspect
A brother of the man authorities say went on a shooting spree at Fort Hood says the army psychiatrist is a peaceful person.
November 8, 2009, 10:34 am -
'Friendly fire' kills Afghan personnel
Seven Afghan security personnel have been killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the country's remote northwest, the defence ministry says.
November 8, 2009, 10:27 am -
Haye slays giant Valuev to claim WBA heavyweight title
NUREMBERG, Germany (AFP) - British challenger David Haye claimed the WBA heavyweight title on Saturday with a shock majority decision win against Russian giant Nikolai Valuev.
November 8, 2009, 10:25 am -
When confetti runs out, fans toss files
Office workers who got carried away during the Yankees' victory parade apparently tossed files out of windows when they couldn't get their hands on confetti.
November 8, 2009, 10:12 am -
Office shooting suspect charged
A 40-year-old man was charged on Saturday with first-degree murder over the death of one person and wounding of five others at his former office.
November 8, 2009, 10:03 am -
Goldikova wins Breeders' Cup Mile
ARCADIA, California (AFP) - Goldikova swept to victory in the Breeders' Cup Mile for the second straight year Saturday to take her place among racing's greats.
November 8, 2009, 10:02 am -
G20 keeps stimulus amid global bounce
Finance ministers from the world's 20 richest nations - including Federal Treasurer Wayne Swan - have agreed to keep stimulus measures in place until the global economy has fully recovered.
ABC - November 8, 2009, 9:55 am -
Tropical storm 'Ida' gains strength in Caribbean
MIAMI (AFP) - Mexico's government issued a hurricane warning on Saturday as a strengthening tropical storm Ida bore down on the country's Yucatan peninsula.
November 8, 2009, 9:54 am -
Ida hurricane watch for Mexico's coast
Officials readied storm shelters along Mexico's Caribbean coast and told fishermen and tour operators to pull in their boats.
November 8, 2009, 9:21 am -
Obama pleads for health care overhaul, vote looms
WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century.
November 8, 2009, 8:54 am -
Three killed in Andorra bridge collapse
ANDORRA LA VELLA (AFP) - A bridge collapse in Andorra Saturday killed at least three workers, left seven badly hurt and one missing, feared buried under the rubble, the government said.
November 8, 2009, 8:14 am -
NATO 'friendly' strike kills Afghan security personnel
KABUL (AFP) - Seven Afghan security personnel were killed in a mis-targeted NATO air strike in the remote northwest, the defence ministry said Saturday, signalling further trouble for a fraying Western military effort.
November 8, 2009, 8:06 am -
G20 fails to reach pre-Copenhagen climate finance deal
ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - G20 nations fell short of reaching agreement on climate finance a month before key UN talks, while pledging Saturday to maintain stimulus measures for a still "uneven" global economy.
November 8, 2009, 7:53 am -
Japanese town stages anti-US base protest
KADENA, Japan (AFP) - Thousands of residents of Japan's southern island of Okinawa Saturday staged a protest against the presence of the US military on the eve of a major rally against a controversial airbase.
November 8, 2009, 7:47 am -
Obama makes pitch for U.S. healthcare votes
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama urged Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives to pass a broad healthcare reform bill on Saturday as they prepared for a close vote on the biggest changes in health policy in four decades.
November 8, 2009, 7:41 am -
Shabana lifts fourth World Open squash title
KUWAIT CITY (AFP) - Egypt's Amr Shabana won a fourth World Open title on Saturday defeating compatriot and defending champion Ramy Ashour 11-8, 11-5, 11-5.
November 8, 2009, 7:34 am -
Families hold Rio memorial for doomed Air France flight
RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Families of the 228 people who died when an Air France jet airliner crashed off Brazil's northeast coast in June held a private memorial service Saturday at an ocean overlook in Rio de Janeiro.
November 8, 2009, 7:13 am
