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Japan stocks fall as investors await key US data (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 11:48pm PST
AP - Japan stocks lost ground Monday, as cautious investors awaited key U.S. data this week amid ongoing nervousness about the health of the global economy. -
German retail sales fall by 1.6 percent in October: statistics (AFP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 11:38pm PST
AFP - German retail sales plunged by 1.6 percent in October from the previous month, preliminary data showed on Monday, catching economists by surprise and underscoring by how much consumers are tightening their belts as Europe's biggest economy falls into recession.
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Zimbabwe rejects regional court ruling on white farmers: report (AFP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 11:10pm PST
AFP - Zimbabwe's government has rejected a regional court ruling that said 78 white Zimbabweans could keep their farms despite Harare's land reform scheme, state newspaper The Herald reported Monday.
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Libyan ship carrying Gaza supplies turns back (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 11:00pm PST
AP - The Israeli navy on Monday turned away a Libyan ship heading to Gaza with 3,000 tons of humanitarian aid, ending the most high-profile effort yet to break a blockade of the Hamas-ruled territory.
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India clears last Mumbai siege site (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 8:44pm PST
AP - India demanded Monday that Pakistan take "strong action" against those behind the deadly Mumbai attacks, and Washington pressured Islamabad to cooperate with the investigation.
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SKorea to take part in Jordan infrastructure projects (AFP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 8:42pm PST
AFP - South Korea agreed Monday to take part in major infrastructure projects in Jordan when King Abdullah II held talks with President Lee Myung-Bak, Lee's office said.
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Madonna, Alex Rodriguez in Mexico City (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 7:59pm PST
AP - Alex Rodriguez and Madonna were together in the same city, anyway.
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Europe to Cap Prices for Roaming Text Messages and Data (PC World)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 7:49pm PST
PC World - European telecommunications ministers gave their backing on Thursday to a plan to cap retail prices for sending SMS (Short Message Service) text messages and browsing the Internet using mobile phones while abroad. -
Mumbai survivor: 'There was blood everywhere' (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 5:16pm PST
AP - After the gunmen left, a waiter whispered, "If you can move, follow me."
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Openly gay marchers debut at Haiti AIDS rally (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 5:13pm PST
AP - A dozen men in T-shirts declaring "I am gay" and "I am living with HIV/AIDS" marched with hundreds of other demonstrators through a Haitian city on Sunday in what organizers called the Caribbean nation's first openly gay march.
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Counter-rally heightens Thai political crisis (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 5:04pm PST
AP - Thailand's prime minister stayed away from the capital Monday, unable to quell a political crisis that has paralyzed his government for weeks and shut down the city's two main airports and stranded 300,000 foreigners.
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150 whales die in stranding off Australian coast (Reuters)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 5:03pm PST
Reuters - At least 150 whales have died in a mass stranding off Tasmania's west coast, Australian authorities said on Sunday, despite the efforts of rescuers who managed to shepherd a small number back to the ocean.
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International hotels draw elites and terror threat (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 4:55pm PST
AP - Consider how a city looks to a terrorist seeking targets. There's the airport inviting, but heavily secured. There's the U.S. Embassy, perimeter guarded by crack local forces and Marines. And there's the plush international hotel, open to anyone with a decent outfit and money for a cup of coffee.
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US military deaths in Iraq war at 4,206 (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 4:26pm PST
AP - As of Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008, at least 4,206 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count.
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Ethnic rifts pin Bosnia's sick convicts in jail (Reuters)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 4:21pm PST
Reuters - Daniel Marinic, a convicted murderer, is a victim of Bosnia's ethnic rivalries: he must remain in a prison unit for convicts with psychiatric disorders even though his imprisonment is against the law.
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Jobs scarce abroad, but South Africans move away (Reuters)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 4:16pm PST
Reuters - Advertising executive Penny Holt loves her native South Africa but power cuts, a murky political climate and widespread violent crime made her think about leaving the nation she once viewed as a beacon of hope. -
UN criticizes Darfur aid worker attacks (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 2:40pm PST
AP - The U.N. humanitarian chief on Sunday criticized attacks on aid workers in Darfur and called on both the Sudanese government and rebel groups to do their part to stop them.
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Indian security chief resigns over Mumbai attacks (Reuters)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 2:39pm PST
Reuters - The fallout from a three-day rampage that killed nearly 200 people in Mumbai threatened on Sunday to unravel India's improving ties with Pakistan and prompted the resignation of India's security minister.
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Muslims condemn Mumbai attacks, worry about image (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 2:14pm PST
AP - Muslims from the Middle East to Britain and Austria condemned Sunday the Mumbai shooting rampage by suspected Islamic militants as senseless terrorism, but also found themselves on the defensive once again about bloodshed linked to their religion.
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Singapore's StarHub Offers Femtocell Service (PC World)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 11:48am PST
PC World - Singaporean operator StarHub is rolling out a femtocell service that allows mobile subscribers to make calls at home using their broadband Internet connections instead of the cellular network. -
Journalists' car bombed in Baghdad (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 11:35am PST
AP - An American journalist for National Public Radio and three Iraqi colleagues escaped injury Sunday when a bomb attached to their car exploded as it was parked along a street in west Baghdad. -
Global AIDS crisis overblown? Some dare to say so (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 8:58am PST
AP - As World AIDS Day is marked on Monday, some experts are growing more outspoken in complaining that AIDS is eating up funding at the expense of more pressing health needs.
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Food crunch opens doors to bioengineered crops (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 8:48am PST
AP - Zeng Yawen's outdoor laboratory in the terraced hills of southern China is a trove of genetic potential rice that thrives in unusually cool temperatures, high altitudes or in dry soil; rice rich in calcium, vitamins or iron. -
Swiss stub out cannabis decriminalisation bid (AFP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 8:46am PST
AFP - Swiss voters on Sunday rejected a proposal to decriminalise cannabis by a clear majority in a nationwide referendum, Swiss news agency ATS reported.
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Nigeria minister puts Jos death toll at 200 (AFP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 8:45am PST
AFP - Some 200 people were killed in two days of post-election violence in the central Nigerian city of Jos, the Plateau State information minister said Sunday, giving the first official toll.
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Swiss approve pioneering legal heroin program (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 8:45am PST
AP - Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved Sunday a move to make permanent the country's pioneering program to give addicts government-authorized heroin. -
Calm returns to Nigerian city after deadly clashes (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 8:44am PST
AP - After two days of mob violence, an uneasy calm returned Sunday to this central Nigerian town. Women with plastic buckets ventured out in search of water and many of the dead were buried.
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S Lanka's cricketers grind out final Zimbabwe win (AFP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 8:44am PST
AFP - Sri Lanka rounded out a 5-0 series victory in Zimbabwe at Harare Sports Club here Sunday, winning by just 19 runs after struggling to 152 all out having been put into bat.
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Brazil rescuers resume search for flood victims (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 7:58am PST
AP - Rescue workers took advantage of clear skies Sunday to resume searching for victims of devastating floods that have killed 114 people and ravaged more than a dozen cities in southern Brazil.
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8 Muslims arrested for damaging Dhaka sculpture (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 5:51am PST
AP - Police in Bangladesh's capital arrested eight members of a hard-line Islamic group for damaging a large outdoor sculpture of a group of white storks, an official said Sunday. -
Slovakia, EU's Detroit, maneuvers around meltdown (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 5:49am PST
AP - Every 60 seconds, to a robotic burst of Mozart's Symphony No. 40, a new Kia sedan or SUV emerges from beneath a cascade of sparks at the South Korean carmaker's gleaming assembly plant in this northwestern town.
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Calm 'returning slowly to Nigerian city after clashes' (AFP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 5:41am PST
AFP - The Nigerian army took over the stricken city of Jos on Sunday to enforce calm after two days of Muslim-Christian clashes that left hundreds dead.
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Israeli leader 'pleased' with Indian cooperation (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 4:14am PST
AP - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday he was pleased with India's cooperation throughout the deadly Mumbai attacks, toning down criticism voiced by Israeli security experts of the Indian military's handling of the standoff.
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Mumbai cop, left for dead, rides with gunmen (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 3:07am PST
AP - The militants waited in the shadows for the police van to pass, and when it slowed down in the narrow road, they sprayed it with gunfire.
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Chinese leader says China losing competitive edge (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 2:58am PST
AP - Chinese President Hu Jintao warned that China has started to lose its competitive edge in trade amid the global financial crisis, as he told Communist Party leaders the challenge posed a test to the government's ability to rule, state media reported.
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Keane places doubts on Sunderland job (AFP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 2:50am PST
AFP - Roy Keane has placed doubt on his ability to continue as manager of Sunderland, who dropped into the relegation zone after their latest defeat on Saturday.
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Sydney Opera House darkens in mourning (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 2:33am PST
AP - The distinctive white sails of the Sydney Opera House darkened Sunday night to mourn the death of Joern Utzon, the creative mind behind the globally known landmark.
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Troops patrol after clashes kill hundreds in Nigeria (Reuters)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 2:32am PST
Reuters - Sporadic bursts of gunfire rattled the central Nigerian city of Jos on Sunday as security forces tried to prevent more clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs in which hundreds of people have been killed. -
Iran proposes nuclear plants with Arab countries (AP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 1:39am PST
AP - Iran's official news agency says Tehran has proposed building joint light-water nuclear power plants with neighboring Arab countries.
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Minister resigns, India probes Pakistan attack links (AFP)
Posted: November 30th, 2008, 12:56am PST
AFP - India's interior minister resigned Sunday as anger grew over intelligence failures leading up to the attacks on Mumbai and investigators focused on a Pakistan-based Islamic militant group.