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Philippines declares emergency as massacre toll hits 46 - AFP

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:09:02 GMT+00:00

Philippines declares emergency as massacre toll hits 46
AFP
SANIAG, Philippines — The Philippines declared a state of emergency in parts of the volatile south on Tuesday as anger spiralled over a savage political massacre that left at least 46 people dead. Police on Mindanao island pulled bullet-riddled bodies ...
Philippines Declares Emergency After KillingsNew York Times
Philippines Suspends 4 Police Officers After Mindanao KillingsBloomberg
Death toll rises in Philippines massacreCNN
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:38:38 GMT+00:00

Obama to 'finish job' in Afghanistan
BBC News
US President Barack Obama has said it is his intention to "finish the job" in Afghanistan after eight years of conflict there. Mr Obama said he would announce a long-awaited decision over sending more troops to Afghanistan "shortly". ...
Obama poised to announce decision on Afghanistanguardian.co.uk
Obama Set to Give Afghan Strategy Decision on Dec. 1Bloomberg
Afghan troops announcement likely Dec. 1Washington Post
Times Online -AFP -Xinhua
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:14:03 GMT+00:00

Marking first state visit, Obama welcomes Indian prime minister
Washington Post
It may be that screenwriter Aaron Sorkin has ruined the White House forever. In the warm and golden fictional world he envisioned in "The American President" and "The West Wing," events at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue were always grand, ...
Obama says he'll visit India next yearCNN International
Obama Welcomes India's Singh to the White HouseVoice of America
Analysis: Why India is at the top of US state visit listCNN
Reuters -The Associated Press -Wall Street Journal
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:19:03 GMT+00:00

US ponders climate talks target
AFP
WASHINGTON — The United States is to announce concrete targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions as pressure mounts on polluters to find a formula for success two weeks ahead of a crucial climate summit. China has put the issue on the agenda of a ...
EU: US should spell out long-term climate goalThe Associated Press
Climate change: What price will future generations pay?BBC News
US to bring emissions cut target to Copenhagen talksReuters
New York Times -Ninemsn -IBNLive.com
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:49:57 GMT+00:00

Iraq inquiry: Britain rejected regime change as illegal in 2001
Telegraph.co.uk
British officials discussed toppling Saddam Hussein in 2001 but rejected a policy of “regime change” as illegal under international law, the Iraq war inquiry has heard. By James Kirkup and Gordon Rayner On its opening day of public hearings, ...
How US has investigated Iraq warBBC News
British panel begins inquiry on Iraq warThe Associated Press
UK Opens Wide-Ranging Iraq War InquiryVoice of America
Christian Science Monitor -Reuters UK -TIME
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:42:57 GMT+00:00

Iran Seeks Guarantees on Nuclear Deal
Voice of America
Iran says it is not opposed to sending its low-enriched uranium abroad for further enrichment, as long as it receives fuel for its nuclear reactor at the very same time. Iran says it is not opposed to sending its low-enriched uranium abroad for further ...
Iran needs "objective guarantees" to send low-grade uranium abroadXinhua
Russia expects Iran to agree to IAEA nuclear dealAFP
Diplomats: big powers prepare Iran IAEA resolutionThe Associated Press
PRESS TV -Jewish Telegraphic Agency -RIA Novosti
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:18:54 GMT+00:00

Obama 'doing nothing' on Mideast peace: Abbas
AFP
BUENOS AIRES — US President Barack Obama is "doing nothing right now" to restart the stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace process, Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said in an interview published Tuesday. "I hope he'll take a more important role in the ...
Israel and Hamas try to still frenzy over Gilad Schalit releaseTimes Online
Hamas officials in Cairo meet with German mediator, leave for DamascusJerusalem Post
Israeli prisoner swap with Hamas could herald big Middle East breakthroughguardian.co.uk
Ha'aretz -The Associated Press -Xinhua
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:24:23 GMT+00:00

Leterme likely to be Belgium's new PM: report
Xinhua
BRUSSELS, Nov. 24 (Xinhua) -- Belgian Foreign minister Yves Leterme is likely to succeed the newly elected President of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, a Belgian TV reported here on Tuesday. After facilitator Wilfried Martens hands his report ...
EU Appointments Divide Internet CommentatorsWall Street Journal
Herman van Rompuy to visit Latvia as Belgian PMRIA Novosti
'Boring choices' make up new European leadershipWashington Times
The Epoch Times -NPR -Financial Times
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:04:55 GMT+00:00

Doctor in 'coma' case re-examining dozens more patients
guardian.co.uk
The doctor credited with giving a Belgian man a new lease of life after he was wrongly believed to be in a coma for 23 years has said he is re-examining dozens of other cases. Rom Houben lay imprisoned in his own body for more than two decades before ...
Man says emergence from long coma was like rebirthThe Associated Press
Conscious but paralysed: Belgian 'coma' case not uniqueAFP
Man Thought to Be in a 23-Year Coma Was Conscious the Whole Timeio9
Forbes -Tonic -NEWS.com.au
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Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:15:27 GMT+00:00

Ayodhya mosque report blames India's BJP opposition
BBC News
An official report in India has blamed leading Hindu nationalist politicians for playing a role in the 1992 demolition of a mosque in Ayodhya. The report clearly implicates more than 60 people - including the most senior members of the main opposition ...
The dispute over the Babri mosqueAljazeera.net
Report on the Trashing of a Mosque Prompts Fury in IndiaTIME
India mosque report puts main opposition on the matReuters
Christian Science Monitor -Xinhua -Bloomberg
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