World

Abbas thanks Venezuela for supporting Palestinians

CARACAS (AFP) - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas thanked Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for supporting the creation of a future Palestinian state as he rounded out a five-nation tour of Latin America.
November 28, 2009, 1:51 pm
Tiger Woods suffers facial cuts in car crash

Tiger Woods suffered facial injuries in a single vehicle car smash outside his Florida mansion in which his wife had to use a golf club to break a window of their SUV and rescue him.
November 28, 2009, 1:43 pm
Florida police hunt Thanksgiving family killer

MIAMI (AFP) - Police in Florida launched a massive hunt for a man they say killed his aunt, two twin sisters and his cousin's six-year-old daughter at a family gathering for the Thanksgiving holiday.
November 28, 2009, 1:36 pm
At least 10 killed in Bangladesh ferry accident

DHAKA (AFP) - At least 10 people were killed and dozens are missing after a ferry packed with over 1,000 passengers going home to celebrate Eid-ul Adha listed and partly sank in southern Bangladesh, police said.
November 28, 2009, 1:32 pm
Gatecrashers met Obama, Secret Service 'embarrassed'

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The two aspiring reality TV stars who gatecrashed a state dinner this week met President Barack Obama at the event, a White House photograph showed.
November 28, 2009, 1:30 pm
Russian train crash kills 25, terrorism suspected

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The crash of a luxury train in Russia killed 25 people and injured up to 63 more, an official said on Saturday, and sources suggested it may have been an act of terrorism.
November 28, 2009, 12:57 pm
Honduran favorite aims for Brazil's support

TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - The favorite in Honduras' weekend presidential election said on Friday he will try to persuade the world and especially Brazil to recognize him if he wins to end Central America's worst political crisis in decades.
November 28, 2009, 12:55 pm
Momentum grows for Copenhagen climate deal

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - World leaders on Friday rallied to a diplomatic offensive to forge a U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen next month and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said an agreement was "within reach".
November 28, 2009, 11:43 am
Twenty-five dead, 63 hurt in Russia train crash: reports

MOSCOW (AFP) - At least 25 people were killed and 63 injured Friday when a train travelling between the Russian capital Moscow and Saint Petersburg derailed, possibly as a result of an attack, Russian media reported.
November 28, 2009, 11:35 am
Tiger Woods suffers facial cuts in crash at Florida home

MIAMI (AFP) - Tiger Woods suffered minor injuries in a single vehicle car smash Friday in which his wife used a golf club to break a window and rescue him.
November 28, 2009, 11:24 am
Davydenko clinches final semis berth

LONDON (AFP) - Nikolay Davydenko clinched the last semi-final berth at the ATP World Tour Finals as the Russian defeated Robin Soderling 7-6 (7/4), 4-6, 6-3 on Friday.
November 28, 2009, 11:23 am
Tiger Woods hurt in car crash, released from hospital

MIAMI (Reuters) - Tiger Woods, the world's best
golfer and a leading force in sports marketing, was hurt in a
car accident in Florida Friday but was released from a
hospital in good condition after treatment for cuts to his
face.
November 28, 2009, 11:17 am
Afghan mine victims face hard, but hopeful life

KABUL (Reuters) - Moussa Khan had just been making his way back from a long day's work at a copper mine south of Kabul thinking about the son he lost a week earlier to a landmine blast.
November 28, 2009, 11:12 am
Venezuela to take delivery on Chinese planes next year

CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuela will take delivery in 2010 of the first six of 18 K-8 Karakorum trainer or light attack planes it bought from China, the Air Force's top commander said Friday.
November 28, 2009, 11:05 am
Copenhagen success in sight: Ban Ki-moon

Britain and France have committed to paying developing nations to combat global warming by calling for a $A10.9 billion climate fund financed by rich countries.
November 28, 2009, 10:47 am
Momentum builds for Copenhagen climate deal

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - World leaders on Friday rallied to a diplomatic offensive to forge a U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen next month and U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said an agreement was "within reach".
November 28, 2009, 10:28 am
Russia train crash kills 22, terrorism suspected

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Twenty-two people were killed and 55 more injured when a Russian train crashed on Friday, in what officials said could have been an act of terrorism.
November 28, 2009, 10:26 am
IAEA votes to censure Iran over nuclear cover-up

VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog voted Friday to rebuke Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret but Tehran rejected the move as "intimidation" which would poison its negotiations with world powers.
November 28, 2009, 9:54 am
Russian train crash kills 22, may have been bomb

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Twenty-two people were killed and dozens more injured in a Russian train crash Friday, Russian news agencies said, and one source suggested it could have been caused by a bomb.
November 28, 2009, 9:45 am
World leaders rally for Copenhagen climate deal

PORT OF SPAIN (Reuters) - World leaders on Friday rallied to a diplomatic offensive to forge a U.N. climate deal in Copenhagen next month, which Denmark's prime minister said would be a turning point in the fight against global warming.
November 28, 2009, 9:14 am