Tuesday, November 27, 2007

The Balkan bad boy's warning
Mail & Guardian Online, South Africa - 2 hours ago
According to Belgrade, it is the United States, Britain and France that endanger stability in the western Balkans by rashly backing Kosovo’s independence. ...

Serbia urges compromises in talks on Kosovo's future
Xinhua, China - 6 hours ago
Only compromises can bring peace, stability and prosperity to the Balkan region, Jeremic said after the first day of the three-day talks under the auspices ...
Kosovo Talks Unlikely to Resolve Territory's Future (Update1) Bloomberg
Kosovo Conundrum Climax Strategy Page
Independence in the BalkansTurkish Daily News (subscription)

Montenegro, NATO sign transit arrangement
Xinhua, China - 13 hours ago
26 (Xinhua) -- Montenegro and NATO signed a transit agreement on Monday, allowing the Alliance's troops to move across the tiny Balkan country's territory ...
Montenegro, NATO sign transit arrangement B92
Montenegro-NATO Agreement SignedBIRN

Fighting for a historical relic..the modern Macedonian Question
cafebabel.com, France - 18 hours ago
During the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913 the united Balkan allies captured Macedonia and with the Bucharest Treaty of 1913 the Ottoman Empire was forced to cede ...

Bin Laden to release new message aimed at Europe
USA Today - 11 hours ago
Greetings from the Grinch: Osama bin Laden will soon deliver a holiday message to the infidels of Europe, Al-Qaeda's PR folks say. ...
Bin Laden to address Europe Chicago Sun-Times
Bin Laden message 'to be aired' BBC News
Islamist site says new Bin Laden message soonReuters

More than 27000 new HIV infections in Europe in 2006: report
AFP - 8 hours ago
PARIS (AFP) — More than 27000 new HIV infections were recorded in European countries last year, the European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of ...
Number of New HIV Cases in European Union Nearly Double Since 1999 ... Kaiser network.org
HIV infections in Estonia five times Euro average PinkNews.co.uk


World

Monsters and Critics.com
Officials from 40 nations gather in Maryland for Mideast summit
CNN International - 1 hour ago
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Israeli and Palestinian leaders expressed hope and optimism that a renewed peace effort will emerge from Tuesday's conference in Annapolis, Maryland.
Bush hosts Mideast talks amid skepticism Reuters Canada
Blair at Mid East peace talks Guardian Unlimited
Seattle Times - Aljazeera.net - Chicago Tribune - RIA Novosti
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The Chronicle Journal
Youths, police clash near Paris a 2nd night
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
By Geraldine Baum, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer PARIS -- Dozens of rock-throwing youths battled police for a second night Monday in a suburb north of Paris, illustrating the hair-trigger tension in France's poor immigrant neighborhoods.
Violence Flares in Paris Suburb as Youths Clash With the Police New York Times
Police hurt in 2nd night of Paris suburb unrest Reuters
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Ledger Independent
Kyoto, Aborigines Head Rudd's Australian Agenda
Wall Street Journal - 4 hours ago
AP SYDNEY -- Signing the Kyoto Protocol on climate change topped the international agenda of newly elected Australian leader Kevin Rudd, and he also renewed a commitment to apologize to indigenous Aborigines for past indignities.
Uganda: Australia's Climate Change Election AllAfrica.com
Australia's PM-elect to say sorry to Aborigines Reuters South Africa
Reuters - BBC News - Washington Post - International Herald Tribune
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Earthtimes
Airbus Part of $30 Billion in Contracts With China
New York Times - 5 hours ago
By NICOLA CLARK and DAVID LAGUE The aircraft maker Airbus and the French nuclear company Areva were among half a dozen companies to sign roughly $30 billion in contracts yesterday with Chinese partners.
China walks political tightrope for 160-plane deal with Airbus Los Angeles Times
China's Wen reiterates policy of gradual yuan rise - report Forbes
Bloomberg - Reuters India - Sacramento Bee - Times Online
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CNN-IBN
US Frets Over Sharif
Wall Street Journal - 4 hours ago
By JAY SOLOMON and ZAHID HUSSAIN Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's move to step down as army chief is being welcomed in Western capitals as an important first step in his nation's return to democratic rule.
Back in Pakistan, Sharif Condemns Musharraf New York Times
Musharraf to Take Oath as Civilian President Thursday Voice of America
Bloomberg - New York Daily News - Washington Times - NewsHour
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Malaysia Star
Protests Greet Far-Right Speakers at Oxford
New York Times - 6 hours ago
By JOHN F. BURNS OXFORD, England, Nov. 26 - Demonstrators broke into the Oxford Union on Monday and sat on the head table of the 184-year-old debating society, disrupting a forum featuring a British author who denies the Holocaust occurred and a ...
Angry scenes greet Oxford debate BBC News
Rival students clash as Holocaust denier Times Online
Jerusalem Post - Pakistan Dawn - AFP - Telegraph.co.uk
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Boston Globe
Russia's New Old Dissidents
Washington Post - 4 hours ago
By Anne Applebaum In the photographs of his arrest, Garry Kasparov -- former world chess champion, current Russian opposition leader -- is wearing a nondescript gray jacket and a somewhat retro wool cap.
Putin Says US Is Meddling in Russian Election New York Times
Putin blames US for decision by election monitor to withdraw Boston Globe
Guardian Unlimited - Reuters - Independent - Reuters Canada
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Sky News
Sudan Accuses Teacher of Islam Insult
New York Times - 5 hours ago
By JEFFREY GETTLEMAN NAIROBI, Kenya, Nov. 26 - The Sudanese police arrested a British schoolteacher and accused her of insulting Islam after she allowed her 7-year-old pupils to name a class teddy bear Muhammad, Sudanese officials said Monday.
The Blasphemous Teddy Bear TIME
Talks over teacher facing lashes Guardian Unlimited
Independent - United Press International - CNN - Times Online
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Canada.com
Zuma leads in nomination for ANC head
Hindu - 1 hour ago
Durban (PTI): Former South African Deputy President Jacob Zuma has won crucial backing from the women's wing of the ruling African National Congress, emerging as the favourite to be chosen as the party chief ahead of President Thabo Mbeki at a national ...
Zuma juggernaut claims grassroot support as Polokwane clash looms Business Day
ANC Women’s League Endorses South Africa Ex-VP Zuma Voice of America
Independent Online - Reuters - AllAfrica.com - Reuters South Africa
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PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
12 die, 23 missing in Philippine typhoon
Los Angeles Times - 1 hour ago
From AP MANILA -- A powerful typhoon left at least 12 people dead in the Philippines, then blew toward Japan today as a weaker tropical storm, officials said.
Typhoon hits northern Philippines, heads for Taiwan Reuters UK
Philippines:Twin Typhoon Terror, With Third One Approaching Pacific News Center
AFP - eFluxMedia - Malaysia Star - United Press International
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The Moscow Times
Georgia Unplugged
Wall Street Journal - 2 hours ago
Mikheil Saakashvili, Georgia's 39-year-old leader, has sought to restore his democratic credentials by lifting the country's state of emergency and calling early presidential elections.
RussiaTodayGeorgians protest TV shutdown Variety
Taipei Times - EurasiaNet - International Herald Tribune - RIA Novosti
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KEPR 19
US and Iraq to negotiate pact on long-term relations
International Herald Tribune - 6 hours ago
By Thom Shanker and Cara Buckley WASHINGTON: The White House announced Monday that it had reached a deal with the Iraqi government to negotiate a formal agreement defining long-term relations between the two nations, including the legal status of ...
Iraq deal eyes long US presence Aljazeera.net
US, Iraq set stage for long US presence AFP
Chicago Tribune - The Associated Press - Times of India - Telegraph.co.uk
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KATU
US Navy Brings Aid to Bangladesh Victims
The Associated Press - 3 hours ago
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - US Navy helicopters on Tuesday resumed delivery of emergency supplies to survivors of a deadly cyclone along the southern coast of Bangladesh in a joint relief operation, officials said.
Bangladesh minister says foreign forces won't stay long AFP
US Navy helicopters begin delivering relief supplies to Bangladesh ... International Herald Tribune
Military.com - WAVY-TV - The Virginian-Pilot - Reuters UK
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PRESS TV
US says its troops kill five Iraqi civilians
Reuters UK - 28 minutes ago
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - US troops killed five Iraqi civilians, including a child, in two separate shootings in the past two days, the US military said on Tuesday.
US fire kills Iraq bus passengers BBC News
Women killed as Iraq mulls future role of US forces AFP
PRESS TV - Xinhua - Middle East Online - Inquirer.net
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KEPR 19
Gates grant will help wipe out polio, officials say
Reuters South Africa - 2 hours ago
By Michael Kahn LONDON (Reuters) - The global campaign to eradicate polio received a $200 million grant on Monday, a needed cash infusion health officials say will help fund the final push to wipe out the disease.
Anti-polio drive gets $200m boost BBC News
Gates group gives $100m to polio fight Boston Globe
Chicago Tribune - Seattle Post Intelligencer - Los Angeles Times - AFP
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Times Now.tv
Facing Malaysia's Racial Issues
TIME - 5 hours ago
It may have been one of Malaysia's most surreal demonstrations ever. On Sunday, an estimated 20000 ethnic Indians brought Kuala Lumpur to a standstill for nearly six hours in the name of Queen Elizabeth II.
Malaysian Indian leader unperturbed by protest Reuters India
Malaysia Hindu activists released BBC News
AHN - Hindu - Asia Times Online - Times of India
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Enews 2.0
North Korea, South Korea Discuss Security for New Train Link
Bloomberg - 9 hours ago
By Heejin Koo Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- The defense ministers of North Korea and South Korea will begin three days of talks today in Pyongyang to review security after the two nations agreed to a daily freight train link and other economic cooperation.
US official going to Asia for North Korea nuclear talks International Herald Tribune
Five-nation nuclear inspection team in nkorea: officials AFP
RIA Novosti - Chosun Ilbo - USA Today - Reuters UK
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Voice of America
CHRONOLOGY-Attacks in Afghan capital Kabul in 2007
Reuters - 40 minutes ago
Nov 27 (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb targeting a US military convoy in the Afghan capital Kabul killed two civilians on Tuesday, a police official said.
Suicide car bomb in Afghan capital kills two Reuters Canada
ISAF strongly condemns suicide attack in Kabul Blackanthem.com
Xinhua - Hindustan Times - USA Today - AHN
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PRESS TV
Iran produces new missile capable of reaching Israel and US bases
International Herald Tribune - 40 minutes ago
AP TEHRAN, Iran: Iran said Tuesday it has manufactured a new missile with a range of 2000 kilometers (1200 miles) capable of reaching Israel and US bases in the Mideast, the official news agency IRNA reported.
Iran unveiled a new strategic missile. Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Iran builds new long-range missile TVNZ
Xinhua - Reuters - Jerusalem Post - Alalam News Network
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Turkish Press
Sri Lanka Bombs Rebel Bases Before Leader's Address (Update1)
Bloomberg - 7 hours ago
By Paul Tighe Nov. 27 (Bloomberg) -- Sri Lanka attacked command posts of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam before today's annual policy speech by the rebel leader on a year of fighting that saw the group driven from the east and the death of its ...
Sri Lanka says bombed rebel positions in north Reuters
Violence in northern Sri Lanka kills 4 rebels, 2 civilians ... International Herald Tribune