Sunday, November 18, 2007

The Balkan supremacy
Times Online, UK - 13 hours ago
He was speaking in Macedonia, ahead of last night’s Balkan derby, where a draw, at least, would have endorsed Bilic as probably international football’s ...

PRESS TV
Independence loses its magic in Kosovo vote
Reuters - 1 hour ago
... neon onto streets once menaced by sandbagged Serb police checkpoints, where Albanians hurried along, eyes averted in a Balkan version of apartheid. ...
AlJazeeraEnglishLoyal Serbs to turn their back on elections MSNBC
Kosovars fete US symbols in poll campaign Peninsula On-line
Anatolian Times

Chelsea move in for Modric
Guardian Unlimited, UK - 13 hours ago
Balkan football has always prized its No 10s. The Croatia side that reached the semi-finals of the 1998 World Cup played with three of them - Robert ...


PRESS TV
Greek, Turkish premiers to open taps on Europe's first supply of ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 13 hours ago
The 300-kilometer (186-mile) pipeline will provide the European Union with its first supply of gas from the Caspian region, bypassing Russia and the ...
Greek, Turkish premiers open taps on Europe's first supply of ... PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Greece, Turkey inaugurate joint gas pipeline Reuters.uk
Europe sees first natural gas line off Russian land HotNews.co
International Herald Tribune - AFP
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RADIO FREE EUROPE / RADIO LIBERTY
RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty, Czech Republic - 2 hours ago
Your source for news and information from Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Southwestern Asia.
Rangers might open season in Europe next year
Newsday, NY - 5 hours ago
The NHL would like to have at least four teams play in Europe each season. Ryan Callahan skated here yesterday without any flashbacks. ...

FHR Travel Services
Gatwick, Heathrow Airports Have Worst Delays in Europe, FT Says
Bloomberg - 21 hours ago
17 (Bloomberg) -- London's Gatwick and Heathrow airports had the worst records for delayed departing flights of all Europe's leading airports in the three ...
British airports suffer worst delays in Europe Telegraph.co.uk
Gatwick and Heathrow top in Europe for delays Euro2day
Continental sets date for daily Heathrow flights Houston Chronicle


World

Washington Post
Alarming UN report on climate change is too rosy, many say
International Herald Tribune - 57 minutes ago
By Elisabeth Rosenthal and James Kanter VALENCIA, Spain: The blunt and alarming final report of the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released here by UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, may well underplay the problem of climate ...
UN Chief Seeks More Climate Change Leadership New York Times
Panel: Climate future bleak Northwest Herald
Kansas City Star - Newsday - Washington Post - AFP
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Ledger Independent
Scores killed in sectarian violence in Pakistan
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour ago
International Herald Tribune, AP ISLAMABAD: Fierce battles between Sunni and Shiite Muslims in Pakistan's volatile northwest have left 91 people dead, officials said Sunday, despite the imposition of a state of emergency justified in part by the need ...
Musharraf resists US call to end decree Los Angeles Times
Negroponte Urges Musharraf to End State of Emergency (Update3) Bloomberg
Chicago Sun-Times - Baltimore Sun - AFP - Sydney Morning Herald
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PhysOrg.com
ASEAN Leaders Say They Do Not Support Sanctions Against Burma
Voice of America - 52 minutes ago
By Luis Ramirez Some Southeast Asian leaders gathering for a summit in Singapore say they do not support sanctions against Burma following the military government's violent crackdown on pro-democracy demonstrators.
Asia leaders gather for Asean talks International Herald Tribune
Trade ministers call for speed-up integration of ASEAN Xinhua
Economic Times - Forbes - Aljazeera.net - AHN
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Sabah
Deepening China-Iran Ties Weaken Bid to Isolate Iran
Washington Post - 10 hours ago
By Robin Wright The rapidly growing relationship between Iran and China has begun to undermine international efforts to ensure that Iran cannot subvert a peaceful energy program to develop a nuclear arsenal, US and European officials say.
Iran Calls World Pressure to End Nuke Program Illegal FOX News
Achieving Global Accord on Iran Sanctions May Be Harder Wall Street Journal
Ha'aretz - Reuters UK - Lake Expo - Kansas City Star
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Death Toll Rises to 28 in Ukraine Coal Mine Explosion
Voice of America - 2 hours ago
By VOA News Ukrainian officials say the death toll from a mine explosion Sunday in the eastern Donetsk region has risen to 28. Ukraine's Emergency Situations Ministry says rescue teams have brought to safety about 350 miners, but at least 70 people ...
Coalmine blast kills 33 in Ukraine Indian Muslims
Methane Blast In Ukraine Mine Kills 33 [] RTT News
Xinhua - AFP - Sofia News Agency - Independent Online
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PRESS TV
FACTBOX-Hashim Thaci, Kosovo's prime minister-apparent
Reuters - 1 hour ago
Nov 18 (Reuters) - Former guerrilla commander Hashim Thaci and his Democratic Party of Kosovo have won a parliamentary election, making him favourite for the post of prime minister in the breakaway province.
Hashim Thaci, Kosovo's 'Gerry Adams,' is poised to be province's ... International Herald Tribune
Kosovo heading for grand coalition after election Reuters South Africa
AFP - Deutsche Welle - RIA Novosti - Euronews.net
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eFluxMedia
Stench of death hangs over Bangladesh village
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Azad Majumder SWARANKHOLA, Bangladesh (Reuters) - The stench of death from bloated corpses wafts through the air at Swarankhola, a small fishing village in southern Bangladesh that bore the brunt of a deadly cyclone last week.
Rescue slow work as toll in Bangladesh cyclone nears 1900 International Herald Tribune
Storm brews over Bangladesh weather warnings Reuters India
AFP - Los Angeles Times - The Times - The Associated Press
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Canada.com
Israel pressed to make bolder moves before meeting
Reuters Canada - 55 minutes ago
By Adam Entous JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The United States is pressing Israel to go beyond a planned partial settlement freeze and to raise the number of Palestinian prisoners to be freed before a peace conference, Israeli and Western officials said on ...
Flurry of diplomacy ahead of Mideast peace meet AFP
Israel: We won't negotiate at Annapolis Jerusalem Post
International Middle East Media Center - Guardian Unlimited - The Associated Press - Winston-Salem Journal
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E Canada Now
French postal,telecom staff to join Nov. 20 strike
Guardian Unlimited - 1 hour ago
By Nick Antonovics PARIS, Nov 18 (Reuters) - French postal and telecoms unions said on Sunday they would join a planned public sector protest on Tuesday as a transport strike headed into a fifth day amid a warning the action could start to hit factory ...
Rail Strike Ends in Germany, Continues in France Voice of America
French Unions Protest Sarkozy Reforms for Fourth Day (Update1) Bloomberg
Times Online - International Herald Tribune - BBC News - MSNBC
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Turkish Press
Whaling fleet leaves with humpbacks in its sights
The Age - 1 hour ago
By Andrew Darby, Hobart A japanese whaling fleet has set off for its biggest hunt since commercial whaling was officially banned, aiming to add to its haul Australians' favourite whales, the humpbacks.
Fear for humpbacks as Japan whaling fleet sets sail Reuters
Japan Fleet Sets Off to Hunt Humpbacks The Associated Press
AFP - Truthdig - Aljazeera.net - People's Daily Online
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Thanh Nien Daily
Cyclone death toll hits 2000
SI.com - 2 hours ago
DHAKA, Bangladesh (CNN) -- The Bangladesh government estimated Sunday the death toll from Cyclone Sidr was now at least 2000, and warned that it is expected to rise.
Bangladesh rescue effort goes on BBC News
Bangladesh crippled by cyclone United Press International
Xinhua - The Age - Euronews.net - Bloomberg
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BBC News
Suspected Somali Rebels Attack Ugandan Peacekeepers
Voice of America - 18 hours ago
By VOA News A roadside bomb struck a passenger bus in southern Mogadishu Saturday, killing two people and injuring at least five others in the Somali capital.
Somalia: AU Troops Targets in Somalia - Al Shabab AllAfrica.com
Somali rebels attack peacekeepers BBC News
Al-Ahram Weekly - United Press International - Monsters and Critics.com - AFP
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BBC News
Lebanon rivals in talks on president as clock ticks
Reuters - 1 hour ago
By Nadim Ladki BEIRUT (Reuters) - Rival Lebanese leaders are struggling to agree on a successor for the president whose term ends this week, a step vital to defusing a prolonged crisis, political sources said on Sunday.
As Presidential Vote Nears, Beirut’s Residents Sense They Won’t Be ... New York Times
Lebanon enters decisive week in presidential crisis AFP
Reuters AlertNet - International Herald Tribune - Voice of America - AHN
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WHDH-TV
TASER Issues Statement Regarding Vancouver Airport Video
CNNMoney.com - Nov 16, 2007
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 16, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- TASER International, Inc. (Nasdaq:TASR), a market leader in advanced electronic control devices, released the following statement regarding the mid-October confrontation between Mr.
Canadian Officers Used Taser on Polish Immigrant (update) eFluxMedia
Canadian police commissioner says airport officers reassigned ... International Herald Tribune
Toronto Star - Edmonton Sun - Canada.com - AFP
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Boston Globe
Afghan, NATO troops kill at least 12 Taliban
Reuters - 6 hours ago
By Mirwais Afghan KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Nov 18 (Reuters) - Afghan and NATO-led troops, backed by air power, killed at least 12 Taliban fighters and wounded another 15 in an operation in southern Afghanistan, a Defence Ministry spokesman said on Sunday ...
Afghan Police: 100 Talibans Killed, Wounded AHN
Taliban Execute 5 Afghan Police The Associated Press
Voice of America - FOX News - Reuters UK - Xinhua
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Turkish Press
New polls show voters deserting Australian PM
Forbes - 4 hours ago
SYDNEY (Thomson Financial) - Australian Prime Minister John Howard will lose Saturday's election to Labor leader Kevin Rudd, according to two new opinion polls which predict voters will revolt against the government.
Labor's still in front, but it's tight NEWS.com.au
Skills the big issue for miners: Rudd Sydney Morning Herald
AFP - The Age - Guardian Unlimited - ABC Online
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China Daily
Under Siege, Life in Gaza Just Shrinks
New York Times - 11 hours ago
ON EDGE A woman passes under the watchful eye of a member of Hamas’s security forces outside the Parliament building in Gaza City.
Hamas warns Abbas against concessions to Israel Reuters
Arabs thwart PA UN bid to condemn Hamas Ha'aretz
AHN - Ynetnews - World Tribune - Xinhua
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Canada.com
Life returns to Baghdad's streets as violence falls
Chicago Tribune - 1 hour ago
By Liz Sly | Tribune foreign correspondent November 18, 2007 BAGHDAD - Since the last soldiers of the "surge" deployed last May, Baghdad has undergone a remarkable transformation.
Bodies found in Iraq mass killing BBC News
Detainees held in ambush on US soldiers CNN International
Reuters India - Aljazeera.net - Reuters - Reuters UK
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Boston Globe
Chile sends 30 tons of extra aid to quake area
CNN - Nov 16, 2007
QUILLAGUA, Chile (AP) -- The Chilean government on Friday airlifted 30 more tons of aid to an area in the north hit by a massive earthquake this week, but the situation remained difficult at several places because of the lack of water and frequent ...
Chile Hit by Another Earthquake Voice of America
Another aftershock strikes northern Chile Reuters UK