World News
- Report says nuclear explosion is an abiding risk
St Louis News.Net
A new report has been released to say the world still faces a serious risk of nuclear explosion, with weapons-making materials falling into wrong hands.
- Blast in Bangkok kills protestor
St Louis News.Net
An anti-government protester has been killed in a Bangkok bomb explosion.
- Australian terrorist wants greater freedom
St Louis News.Net
Australian man, David Hicks, who was convicted of terrorism offences in the US, has broken his self-imposed silence and called on police to relax stringent controls over his freedom.
- Flight attendant helps with landing
St Louis News.Net
A flight attendant aboard an Air Canada passenger jet helped to land the aircraft in Ireland after its co-pilot suffered a mental breakdown.
- Storms wash away people in Vietnam
St Louis News.Net
Nine people, including three children, have been killed in heavy rains during a storm in central Vietnam.
- Pakistan guarantees supplies to NATO soldiers
St Louis News.Net
NATO commanders meeting in Brussels have been assured by Pakistan's army chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, that supply lines will remain open to alliance troops in Afghanistan, even with attacks occurring along the Afghan-Pakistani border.
- Al-Qaeda makes racial slur against Obama
St Louis News.Net
Al-Qaeda has insulted US President-elect Barack Obama, by referring to him as a “house negro,” a demeaning racial term used to refer to blacks who do the bidding of whites.
- UN says Gaza children being held hostage by blockade
St Louis News.Net
The Gaza Strip is being choked and its 1.5 million population is being held hostage as collective punishment, a UN official says.
- UN separates clashing forces in Congo
St Louis News.Net
The UN has confirmed military withdrawals are in progress in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
- Iraqi legislators harassed by colleagues
St Louis News.Net
In Iraq, a parliamentary debate on the US-Iraq security agreement has been halted because of interference by legislators loyal to Shi'ite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr.
- Nepal police involved in child torture
St Louis News.Net
Police in Nepal have been accused of torturing children.
- Orphanage director assaults children in care
St Louis News.Net
A so-called British charity worker has been jailed for 20 years in Albania on child abuse charges.
- Cheney may have to face grand jury
St Louis News.Net
US Vice President Dick Cheney and former attorney General Alberto Gonzales have been indicted on organized crime charges over alleged abuse of inmates in private prisons.
- Obama supporters not sure about Hillary
St Louis News.Net
Supporters of US President-elect Barack Obama don't seem to be too happy over the prospect of a Cabinet post being offered to former US First Lady and now New York Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton.
- Taliban will soon have nowhere to hide
St Louis News.Net
With the Pakistan army aggressive in its operation against the militants on its side of the border, the Taliban are running out of places to hide, says a US Army commander in charge of operations in Afghanistan.
- Drone rockets take out militants in Pakistan
St Louis News.Net
A house in northwestern Pakistan has been hit by rockets from a US drone aircraft.
- Coalition forces bear down on Iraqi terrorist suspects
St Louis News.Net
Coalition forces in Iraq have captured suspected terrorists in a mission to dismantle al-Qaeda.
- Law Lord accuses governments of acting unlawfully over Iraq
St Louis News.Net
Britain and the United States have been castigated over their invasion of Iraq by a senior judge in the UK.
- Chinese president looks in on Fidel
St Louis News.Net
Chinese President Hu Jintao has been meeting with Fidel Castro in Havana.
- Letter to the Editor / Museum of Tolerance is a beacon of light, not a wall
Haaretz
... project in Jerusalem claiming it would be "dividing Jerusalem one wall at a time" because it is being built atop an ancient Muslim cemetery. What he deliberately hides from his readers is that the...
- Russia to send more warships to battle Somali pirates
Channel News Asia
MOGADISHU : Russia announced Thursday it would send more warships to combat piracy in the waters around Somalia, as the Saudi owners of the Sirius Star negotiated with the pirates holding their oil...
- Pakistan summons U.S. envoy to protest missiles
Reuters
Pakistan summoned U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson on Thursday to receive a formal protest over missile strikes launched by pilotless drone aircraft against militant targets on...
- Bush Says Goodbye, Quietly
CBS News
... during a ceremony honoring the 2008 NCAA sports champions. (AP Photo/Lauren...
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