Archive for November 29th, 2009
China’s Wen meets with eurozone leaders (AFP)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
AFP – China’s Premier Wen Jiabao kicked off a meeting with top EU finance officials Sunday in talks expected to focus on long-running rancour over the yuan currency’s exchange rate.
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Capsized ferry righted in Bangladesh; 45 dead (AP)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
AP – A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in southern Bangladesh. So far, 45 people have been confirmed dead, authorities said.
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Karzai under pressure to draw up troop exit plan (AFP)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
AFP – British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has upped the pressure on Afghan President Hamid Karzai insisting he draw up in the next two months an action plan to enable foreign forces to start withdrawing.
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Chinese police capture suspect in family slaughter (AFP)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
AFP – Police in China said Sunday they had captured a man suspected of hacking to death his parents, wife, sons and sister in Beijing.
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Woods Car Crash: Patrol unable to question Tiger (Reuters)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Reuters – Florida troopers who sought to interview golf great Tiger Woods and his wife on Saturday about how his SUV struck a fire hydrant and a neighbor’s tree were told by his agent to come back the following day.
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Iran speaker warns West on nuclear cooperation (Reuters)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
Reuters – Iran’s parliament could move to reduce Tehran’s cooperation level with the U.N. nuclear agency watchdog if the West continues to pressure the Islamic state over its nuclear program, speaker Ali Larijani said on Sunday.
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It’s the ‘Miseryside’ derby as problems mount (AFP)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
AFP – Steven Gerrard has called for unity as Liverpool look to bounce back from their premature Champions League exit with victory over Everton in Sunday’s Merseyside derby.
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China’s Wen due to meet with eurozone leaders (AFP)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
AFP – China’s Premier Wen Jiabao was due to meet with top EU finance officials here Sunday in talks expected to focus on long-running rancor over the yuan currency’s exchange rate.
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N.Korea leader took son on ‘guidance’ trip: report (AFP)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
AFP – North Korea leader Kim Jong-Il took his youngest son Kim Jong-Un on a “field guidance” trip as he continued to groom him as his chosen successor, a Japanese newspaper reported Sunday.
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Seoul downplays expectations of US-NKorea talks (AP)
Sunday, November 29th, 2009
AP – A rare direct meeting between North Korean and American officials next week is unlikely to produce a major breakthrough in the standoff over Pyongyang’s nuclear program, media reports cited a senior Seoul official as suggesting Sunday.
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