 Canada.com | Pakistan's opposition criticize plans to hold elections USA Today - Musharraf Sets No Date to End Emergency Rule ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's opposition called on President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to lift a state of emergency, saying Monday that upcoming parliamentary elections would be a sham unless citizens' rights were fully restored. Pakistan Opposition Parties Call for End to Emergency Rule |
 Philadelphia Inquirer | Tanker Spills Oil In Black Sea Strait Guardian Unlimited - Heavy Storm Splits Tanker, Spilling Oil Off Russia From AP By SERGEI VENYAVSKY AP Writer ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia (AP) - Rescuers on Monday recovered the bodies of three sailors after a Russian freighter sank near the Black Sea, while officials assessed damage from an oil tanker spill that could be the ... Russian oil tanker spills 560000 gallons |
 Canada.com | War Ends for Ulster Militant Group New York Times - Ulster loyalists stand down killings group By AP DUBLIN, Nov. 11 (AP) - The largest Protestant paramilitary group in Northern Ireland on Sunday renounced violence, officially ending the decades of terror it inflicted on the province’s Roman Catholic minority. Key Ulster militia disavows violence |
 Turkish Press | German Train Drivers to Decide Tomorrow on Holding New Strikes Bloomberg - Deutsche Bahn CEO considers stepping down if privatisation blocked ... By Chad Thomas Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- German rail drivers will decide tomorrow whether they'll widen strikes this week to commuter, long-distance and cargo services as they seek a new contract with higher pay and better working conditions. German gov't pushes for deal to end rail strikes |
 Khaleej Times | Prince Harry dumped by Chelsy Davy New York Daily News - Prince Harry partying despite break-up BY ELLEN TUMPOSKY The young royal's girlfriend of three years, Chelsy Davy, broke up with him during a series of recent phone calls, according to British press reports. Prince Harry dumped by long-history girlfriend |
 PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung) | Killing Fields court nabs another Pol Pot henchman Reuters - Timeline of US-supported Cambodian genocide tribunal for former ... By Ek Madra PHNOM PENH, Nov 12 (Reuters) - Police and security guards from Cambodia's "Killing Fields" tribunal arrested former Khmer Rouge foreign minister Ieng Sary on Monday, the third Pol Pot henchman to be taken into custody by the UN-backed court ... Former Khmer Rouge minister arrested in Cambodia |
 PRESS TV | 'Shut up!' Spanish king tells Chávez Guardian Unlimited - Royal Reprimand When Hugo Chávez is in full flow, politicians and diplomats know better than to try and cut him dead. But not kings. As the Venezuelan president was in mid-harangue, excoriating his "fascist" foes at a summit of leaders from the Latin world, ... Venezuela Defends Chavez After Spat With Spanish King |
 Twin Falls Times-News | Children die in Somalia violence CNN International - Somali Capital Empties as Residents Flee Renewed Violence MOGADISHU, Somalia (CNN) -- Neighborhoods in the Somali capital were deserted on Sunday, a day after 17 civilians were brutally killed in the wake of intense fighting between Ethiopian-backed Somali troops and Islamic insurgents, according to witnesses ... Somalia: Anti-Ethiopia Protests Continue in Capital |
 PRESS TV | Georgia crackdown vexes US Chicago Tribune - Top US official backs Georgia's embattled leader By Alex Rodriguez | Tribune foreign correspondent 11:12 PM CST, November 11, 2007 TBILISI, Georgia—President Bush's crusade to seed democracy around the world has had few success stories. Georgian opposition snubs tycoon's offer |
 Canada.com | UN Envoy in Myanmar to Try to Tally Dead New York Times - UN Rights Envoy Visits Myanmar Prison By THOMAS FULLER BANGKOK, Nov. 11 - A United Nations envoy arrived in Myanmar on Sunday to begin the first independent investigation into the military government’s crackdown in September on protests led by Buddhist monks and students. UN human rights envoy probes Burma violence |
 Earthtimes | Iraqi PM Sees Decline in Baghdad Attacks Washington Post - Iraq Premier Sees Families Returning to Safer Capital By LAUREN FRAYER AP BAGHDAD -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki said Sunday suicide attacks and other bombings in the Iraqi capital have dropped dramatically since last year's high, calling it a sign of the end of sectarian violence. US military says rocket and mortar attacks at lowest levels since ... |
 Telegraph.co.uk | Foreign students in Italy shaken by killing Seattle Post Intelligencer - Murdered student's body flown back By ANDREA VOGT PERUGIA, Italy -- Foreign students come to this enchanting hillside town to immerse themselves in the Italian language and culture, marvel at the medieval architecture and visit the vineyards and villages of the Umbrian countryside. Slain student's body sent home from Italy |
 Washington Post | Fatah show of force at memorial to Arafat Chicago Tribune - Palestinian PM vows crack down on outlaws By Joel Greenberg | Tribune foreign correspondent 11:14 PM CST, November 11, 2007 RAMALLAH, West Bank - The slogan on the poster of Yasser Arafat plastered on cars and walls evoked what for many Palestinians has become a broken dream. Israeli-Palestinian talks run into roadblock |
 Xinhua | Eight Turkish soldiers facing charges after being freed by PKK Xinhua - Turkey Charges Freed Troops With Neglect ANKARA, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Eight Turkish soldiers who were released by the outlawed Kurdish Workers' Party (PKK) last week after being taken hostage in an ambush were arrested and charged on Sunday by an order of the Van Military Court, ... Turkish military detains 8 freed soldiers: sources |
 Philadelphia Inquirer | Afghan children killed in attack CNN International - 18 killed in US-led raids in Afghanistan (CNN) -- An Afghan woman and two children died when coalition soldiers used a grenade against militants barricaded in a building in the Garmser district, Helmand province Sunday, according to coalition forces. 15 militants, three civilians killed in Afghanistan |
 Mainichi Daily News | Japan's Benchmark Nikkei Drops 3.8 Pct. Forbes - Japan's Fukuda to Visit US Nov. 15, Machimura Says (Update1) AP 11.12.07, 3:36 AM ET Japan's benchmark Nikkei index fell to its lowest level since July 2006 Monday after last week's sharp fall in share prices on Wall Street and as a stronger yen prompted traders to sell exporters. Nikkei plunges to 15-month low as dollar weakens |
 National Post | China confirms toxic toy findings CNN - China Says Bead Toy Contained Toxic Substance (CNN) -- Initial reports from China's quality control watchdog have confirmed US findings that exports of Aqua Dots toys were contaminated with a toxic chemical that turns into a powerful "date rape" drug if swallowed, according to state-run Xinhua ...  Comment by Alison Rhodes - "The Safety Mom" Co-Founder, Peek-a-Boo BabyProofing |
 International Middle East Media Center | Israeli Police Raid Offices for Evidence on Olmert New York Times - Palestinian cancels meeting with Israelis after border delay By ISABEL KERSHNER JERUSALEM, Nov. 11 - About 100 police investigators from Israel’s National Fraud Unit conducted unannounced searches in more than 20 locations around the country on Sunday, seeking materials connected with criminal investigations ... PA negotiating chief says talks with Israel in crisis |
 AFP | Congo and Rwanda Agree to Align Against Rebels New York Times - By REUTERS KINSHASA, Congo, Nov. 11 (Reuters) - Congo has reached a deal with Rwanda to disarm Rwandan Hutu rebels on its soil, by force if necessary, in an effort to reduce tensions between the central African neighboring countries, a joint statement ... Rwanda: Congo Agrees to FDLR Disarmament Plan Hundreds of thousands of women raped for being on the wrong side |
 Servihoo | France Braces for Transport Strikes, Student Unrest This Week Bloomberg - Sarkozy agenda for change threatened by strike chaos By Sandrine Rastello and Gregory Viscusi Nov. 12 (Bloomberg) -- France faces a second round of nationwide strikes and demonstrations this week as public employees protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to roll back pension privileges. Nicolas Sarkozy set for showdown as unions prepare wave of strikes |
