Archive for November 23rd, 2009
Japanese hostage in Yemen freed (AFP)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
AFP – A Japanese engineer kidnapped by tribesmen near the Yemeni capital on November 15 was released on Monday, Sanaa’s governor Numan Duid announced.
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Blast at Russian arsenal kills 8 during cleanup (AP)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
AP – Russia’s Defense Ministry says eight military personnel were killed when a truckload of ammunition exploded as they cleaned up after a huge conflagration at a munitions depot earlier this month.
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EU: Nearly half of unemployed out of work a year (AP)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
AP – Nearly half of Europe’s unemployed stay out of work for at least a year, a European Union report said Monday, far more than in the U.S.
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US helping Iraq adopt election law: Clinton (AFP)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
AFP – The United States is “deeply involved” in efforts to help Iraqi rivals adopt an electoral law, but elections may be delayed, Secretary of Stage Hillary Clinton said Monday.
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Obama could lock in Afghanistan decision Monday (AP)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
AP – The White House said President Barack Obama could use an unusual evening war council session Monday to lock in his long-awaited decision on whether to commit tens of thousands of new U.S. forces to the stalemated war in Afghanistan.
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China attacks "biased" U.S. cyber-spying report (Reuters)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Reuters – China on Monday accused a U.S. congressional advisory panel of bias for a report in which it said the Chinese government appeared increasingly to be piercing U.S. computer networks to gather useful data for its military.
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U.S. lawmakers, Chinese exiles press Obama on rights (Reuters)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Reuters – U.S. lawmakers and exiled Chinese dissidents urged President Barack Obama on Monday to intervene with China’s government on behalf of Jiang Tianyong, a rights activist who tried to see Obama while he was in China last week.
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Obama must help Chinese dissident: US lawmakers (AFP)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
AFP – US President Barack Obama should “pick up the phone” and urge Chinese President Hu Jintao personally to ease pressure on a Beijing-based human rights lawyer, Jiang Tianyong, US lawmakers said Monday.
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Praxair to sell gases to Chinese solar cell maker (AP)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
AP – Praxair Inc.’s Chinese unit has signed a multiyear agreement to sell gases that MAGI Solar Energy Technology Co. will use to make solar cells and modules, Praxair announced Monday.
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Congo warlords in the dock at Hague court (Reuters)
Monday, November 23rd, 2009
Reuters – The world’s first permanent war crimes court opens its second trial on Tuesday when two Congolese warlords face charges they ordered subordinates to attack civilians, rape women and enlist child soldiers.
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