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Allied response to Afghan plan to take time

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO warned on Wednesday that its European members are unlikely to commit extra troops to Afghanistan immediately after President Barack Obama announces next week an expected boost to U.S. forces in the country.
November 26, 2009, 4:23 am
Belgium on the block as GM outlines Opel cuts

BERLIN (AFP) - A top General Motors executive said Wednesday the future of Opel's Belgian plant was "uncertain" as he outlined plans to cut 9,000 jobs at GM's loss-making European unit, over half of them in Germany.
November 26, 2009, 4:22 am
More grief for Turnbull as OzCar resurfaces

The close links between the former Treasury official at the heart of the OzCar affair, Godwin Grech, and members of the Liberal Party have been laid bare in a Senate report.
ABC - November 26, 2009, 4:16 am
Vietnam approves first nuclear power plants: deputy

HANOI (AFP) - Vietnam's Communist-dominated parliament on Wednesday brushed aside criticism and approved building the country's first nuclear power stations, a project keenly watched by potential foreign partners.
November 26, 2009, 4:15 am
Japan PM 'surprised' at reports of dubious funds from mother

TOKYO (AFP) - Japan's Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama said Wednesday he was "surprised" about media reports that his millionaire mother gave him dubious political donations.
November 26, 2009, 4:15 am
Danger all in a day's work for China mine rescuers

HEGANG, China (AFP) - Zhang Fucheng has lost count of how many hellish scenes he has plunged into in 35 years as a China mine rescue worker, but he is certain of one thing -- this weekend's deadly blast was the worst.
November 26, 2009, 4:14 am
Indonesia's top detective replaced after graft scandal

JAKARTA (AFP) - Indonesia's chief detective has been replaced after being implicated in an alleged plot to falsely imprison anti-graft investigators, police said Wednesday.
November 26, 2009, 4:14 am
NKorea's Kim Jong Il meets China defence minister: report

BEIJING (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il told China's defence minister Wednesday that relations between the two nations were "unbreakable," citing their joint military ties, state press said.
November 26, 2009, 4:14 am
Prosecutors demand 40 years for Khmer Rouge prison chief

PHNOM PENH (AFP) - Prosecutors demanded a 40-year jail term Wednesday for Khmer Rouge prison chief Duch, as he expressed "excruciating remorse" for the deaths of 15,000 Cambodians at his brutal torture centre.
November 26, 2009, 4:14 am
Wall dividing Slovak village sparks Roma outcry

OSTROVANY, Slovakia (AFP) - Lucia Kucharova never cared much about the view from her window until its main feature became a wall separating her and more than 1,000 other Roma from the rest of their village.
November 26, 2009, 4:11 am
Swiss court grants Roman Polanski bail - agency

ZURICH, Nov 25 (Reuters) - A Swiss court has granted the
release of film director Roman Polanski on bail of 4.5 million
Swiss francs ($4.49 million), pending U.S. extradition
proceedings, the Swiss SDA news agency reported on Wednesday.
November 26, 2009, 4:02 am
Obama offers U.S. greenhouse gas cut

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States unveiled a plan to cut greenhouse gases by 2020 on Wednesday and said President Barack Obama will attend U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen next month -- before other world leaders show up.
November 26, 2009, 3:57 am
Obama to attend start of U.N. climate meeting

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama will go to Copenhagen for a U.N. climate change meeting on December 9, hoping to add momentum to an international process despite slow progress on a domestic bill to cut carbon emissions.
November 26, 2009, 3:50 am
Soderling beats defending champ Djokovic

LONDON (AFP) - Robin Soderling claimed his second big scalp at the ATP World Tour Finals as the Swede defeated reigning champion Novak Djokovic 7-6 (7/5), 6-1 on Wednesday to reach the semi-finals.
November 26, 2009, 3:46 am
US to pledge major emission cuts at climate summit

WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama will attend the climate summit in Copenhagen next month and offer to cut US greenhouse gas emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, officials said on Wednesday.
November 26, 2009, 3:32 am
Jet-man plunges into sea as Africa-Europe flight fails

ATLANTERRA, Spain (AFP) - Swiss Yves Rossy plunged into the sea on Wednesday in a failed bid to fly from Africa to Europe using a jet-powered wing attached to his back, live television images showed.
November 26, 2009, 3:03 am
Dozens dead in Ugandan rebel attack in CAR: sources

BANGUI (Reuters) - Dozens of people were killed in a remote corner of Central African Republic when Ugandan rebels attacked villagers but were then ambushed by Ugandan soldiers, a witness and local media said.
November 26, 2009, 2:41 am
"Cancer of fraud" permeates U.S. healthcare system

MIAMI (Reuters) - It's a crime so profitable that even dead people are in on the act.
November 26, 2009, 2:39 am
Myanmar cyclone survivors still need shelter: U.N.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of people are still living in makeshift homes 18 months after Cyclone Nargis tore into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, killing at least 140,000, the United Nations said Wednesday.
November 26, 2009, 2:38 am
Toyota recalls four million US vehicles

Toyota is planning to recall about four million vehicles in the United States to fix a potential problem affecting their accelerator pedals, reports say.
November 26, 2009, 2:33 am