World News

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Last news: January 2, 2009 21:51:12

AP - President Hamid Karzai pressed Americas top military leader Monday on the U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and preparations to pour up to 30,000 more forces into the country, reflecting Karzais concerns over civilian casualties and operations in villages.

AP - Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki moved Monday to undermine the popularity of the Iraqi who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush, saying the journalist confessed that the mastermind of the attack was a militant known for slitting his victims throats.

AP - The French finance minister said Friday she would consider more economic stimulus measures after the national statistics agency predicted the economy will sink into recession early next year. - [Read more]

AP - Masked youths attacked the French Institute in Athens with firebombs Friday, while Greek union members and university professors geared up for new anti-government rallies outside Parliament.

AFP - Sri Lanka on Friday announced it will tour Pakistan next month in place of India, who cancelled their five-week series over the Mumbai attacks.

AFP - President Robert Mugabe declared Friday that "Zimbabwe is mine" and vowed never to surrender to calls to step down, as his political rival threatened to quit stalled unity government talks.

AFP - A court ruled on Friday in favour of a Bangladeshi doctor held captive in Dhaka by her parents seeking an enforced marriage, saying she cannot be removed from Britain without her consent.

AP - The Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush during a news conference was beaten and had bruises around his eyes and other parts of his face, a judge said Friday.

AP - Thousands of Hezbollah supporters in Lebanon are protesting the Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip. - [Read more]

AP - Federal agents in Puerto Rico on Friday arrested three island police officers accused of providing security for drug traffickers, an FBI spokesman said. - [Read more]

AP - A senior Russian diplomat harshly criticized the U.S. stance in arms control talks Friday, saying it could further erode mutual trust and undermine global stability. - [Read more]

AP - President Robert Mugabe fired back at the top U.S. envoy for Africa on Friday, saying Zimbabwe "will never collapse" after she warned that the world should act urgently to keep it from deteriorating into further chaos.

AP - Kidnappers have released their three German hostages after the Yemeni government agreed to meet some of their conditions, including paying a ransom and releasing some tribesmen from prison, mediators said Friday. - [Read more]

AFP - Australias Qantas Airways and British Airways said Thursday that their talks on a planned merger to form a global carrier worth an estimated 6.0 billion US dollars had ended without agreement.

AFP - Non-league Droylsden were still in the FA Cup on Tuesday as their second round tie with League Two Chesterfield failed to produce a winner for the third time.

AP - On the same day Somali gunmen seized two more ships, the U.N. Security Council voted unanimously Tuesday to authorize nations to conduct land and air attacks on pirate bases on the coast of the Horn of Africa country.

Reuters - North Korea, which is resisting verification of its atomic programs, should not expect the incoming Obama administration to offer easier terms, the top U.S. nuclear negotiator said on Tuesday.

AP - A former governor who recently broke with President Hugo Chavez was charged with corruption on Tuesday. - [Read more]

AP - The repo man wants to "poke" you on Facebook. The bill collector is writing on your wall. What are you doing right now?

AP - The Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at President George W. Bush was expected to appear before a judge Wednesday in a first step of a complex legal process that could end in a criminal trial, a government official and the reporters brother said.