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Commonwealth fully backing climate talks
The 53 nations of the Commonwealth have thrown their full weight behind climate talks to be held in Copenhagen in just over a week.
November 29, 2009, 6:10 am -
Russian train bomb attack kills dozens
An elite passenger train carrying hundreds of people from Moscow to Saint Petersburg was derailed by a bomb attack that left dozens dead.
November 29, 2009, 6:48 am -
Knox parents investigated for defamation
The parents of American student Amanda Knox are being investigated for alleged defamation for saying Italian police abused their daughter.
November 29, 2009, 6:48 am -
Geneva anti-WTO protesters smash windows, burn cars
GENEVA (Reuters) - Anti-capitalism protesters smashed the windows of banks, shops and cafes in central Geneva and set cars on fire during a demonstration Saturday against the World Trade Organisation.
November 29, 2009, 6:42 am -
Afghan talks to seek road to security handover
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Britain will host talks on Afghanistan on January 28, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, just days before U.S. President Barack Obama spells out his expansion of the war effort next week.
November 29, 2009, 6:31 am -
Rudd to rebuff call for Afghan reinforcements
Australia is under pressure to send more troops to Afghanistan after a stern call to action from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
ABC - November 29, 2009, 6:29 am -
Some 73 dead in DR Congo boat accident
At least 73 people died when two linked barges sank in a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the International Committee of the Red Cross says.
November 29, 2009, 6:06 am -
Cops, protesters clash before WTO talks
Swiss police have fired tear gas at protesters who broke windows and set cars alight during a demonstration ahead of a major WTO conference in Geneva.
November 29, 2009, 6:05 am -
Bruised Sarkozy launches campaign for French regionals
AUBERVILLIERS, France (Reuters) - Battered by a series of political setbacks, French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday launched his campaign for next year's regional elections and called for unity in his center-right UMP party.
November 29, 2009, 6:03 am -
Afghan talks to seek path to security handover
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - Britain will host talks on Afghanistan on January 28, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Saturday, just days before U.S. President Barack Obama sets out his expansion of the war effort next week.
November 29, 2009, 4:50 am -
French ex-minister held in corruption probe - report
CAYENNE, French Guiana (Reuters) - Police conducting a corruption inquiry have detained French Guiana mayor Leon Bertrand, who served as tourism minister under former President Jacques Chirac, Radio France Outre-Mer said on Saturday.
November 29, 2009, 4:02 am -
Lebanon's other women 'out' in force
BEIRUT (AFP) - They remain anonymous, but their voices are out in force and bold print:
November 29, 2009, 4:00 am -
China mine flood leaves 16 missing: govt
BEIJING (AFP) - A flood at a coal mine in northeast China has trapped 16 workers, the government said Saturday, in the latest accident to strike China's notoriously dangerous mining sector.
November 29, 2009, 3:50 am -
Day two of Namibia vote, ruling party set to win
WINDHOEK (Reuters) - Namibians voted for the second day on Saturday in presidential and parliamentary elections that looked set to keep the ruling party SWAPO in power and hand President Hifikepunye Pohamba five more years at the helm.
November 29, 2009, 2:52 am -
Afghan meeting to map path to security handovers
PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - A major international conference on Afghanistan, to be held in London in January, will aim to set the conditions for a gradual transfer of security responsibilities to Afghan control, Britain said on Saturday.
November 29, 2009, 2:36 am -
At least 73 dead in Congo boat accident - Red Cross
KINSHASA (Reuters) - At least 73 people were killed and others missing after a logging boat sank in a lake in western Democratic Republic of Congo, a Red Cross official said on Saturday.
November 29, 2009, 2:18 am -
Anti-WTO protesters in Geneva smash windows
GENEVA (Reuters) - Anti-capitalism demonstrators smashed windows of banks and watchmakers in central Geneva on Saturday during a protest against the World Trade Organisation.
November 29, 2009, 2:00 am -
Pakistan's president hands over nuclear powers
ISLAMABAD (AFP) - President Asif Ali Zardari gave up control of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal Saturday in a bid to fend off mounting pressures threatening to weaken his rule further and complicate the war on the Taliban.
November 29, 2009, 12:57 am -
Russia says bomb caused fatal train disaster
UGLOVKA, Russia (Reuters) - Russia's domestic intelligence service Saturday said a train disaster that killed dozens and injured nearly 100 was caused by a bomb.
November 29, 2009, 12:31 am -
Hattestad wins another World Cup sprint
PARIS (AFP) - Ola Vigen Hattestad, winner of the last two cross country World Cup sprint crowns, won the men's season opening sprint in Kuusamo, Finland on Saturday.
November 29, 2009, 12:30 am
