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Shuttle Atlantis heading home
Shuttle Atlantis has undocked from the International Space Station and is heading home.
November 26, 2009, 5:51 am -
Two journalists kidnapped in Somalia released: MP
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Two freelance journalists kidnapped in Somalia in August 2008 were freed Wednesday and are in a hotel in the capital Mogadishu, a Somali member of parliament and hotel sources said.
November 26, 2009, 5:37 am -
Russian polls show Putin, Medvedev support falling
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin's approval rating has fallen to an eight-month low, a poll said on Wednesday, as faith in Russia's leaders is tested by an economic crisis that has put more than one million people out of work.
November 26, 2009, 5:01 am -
Israel seeks, Palestinians reject temporary settlement ease
JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel's prime minister on Wednesday pushed for a temporary ease in settlement building amid US pressure for concessions towards peace, even as the Palestinians rejected the offer as insufficient.
November 26, 2009, 4:56 am -
Obama to outline Afghan endgame in speech
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama will address Americans on the war in Afghanistan on December 1 and spell out a strategy that would see U.S. forces withdrawing within eight or nine years, the White House said on Wednesday.
November 26, 2009, 4:53 am -
Pakistan court charges Mumbai attack suspects
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A Pakistani court indicted seven Pakistani suspects on terror charges on Wednesday in connection with last year's attack on the Indian city of Mumbai, a defense lawyer said.
November 26, 2009, 4:52 am -
Cowboys, Giants chase division lead in holiday games
DALLAS, Texas (AFP) - Coming off narrow victories with only three days of rest, the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants will take their fight for a division title into US Thanksgiving holiday games on Thursday.
November 26, 2009, 4:49 am -
Guinea junta threatens to keep opposition out of election
DAKAR (AFP) - Guinea's military junta on Wednesday threatened to keep opposition leaders out of a presidential election which the country's poll watchdog said would be impossible to hold anyway.
November 26, 2009, 4:49 am -
Swiss court grants Polanski bail: official
GENEVA (AFP) - Switzerland's top criminal court said Wednesday it had granted bail to film-maker Roman Polanski, saying his offer of 4.5 million dollars and to go under house arrest was enough to prevent his escape.
November 26, 2009, 4:38 am -
New Iran atom site sparks mistrust - ElBaradei
VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. inspectors have no proof of more covert nuclear sites in Iran but a newly revealed plant makes no sense for civilian or military ends by itself and mistrust has arisen, the U.N. atomic watchdog chief said on Wednesday.
November 26, 2009, 4:35 am -
Taliban's Omar rejects Karzai call for peace talks
KABUL (AFP) - Mullah Mohammad Omar, leader of Afghanistan's Taliban militia, on Wednesday rejected a call from President Hamid Karzai for peace talks, in a statement issued ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.
November 26, 2009, 4:34 am -
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
