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6 world powers press Iran on nuclear issue (AP) -- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:46:33 GMT

Map locating Iran's known nuclear sites. Major world powers were meeting in Brussels to plot their next move after Iran rejected a nuclear fuel deal, as the UN atomic watchdog's chief warned that Tehran risked losing a AP - Representatives of six world powers urged Iran on Friday to accept a U.N. plan aimed at delaying its ability to build a nuclear weapon, as the head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog agency warned Tehran not to miss the opportunity to resolve the dispute.


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Afghan police are weak link in security force (AP) -- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:08:41 GMT

In this  Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 photo, An Afghan policeman adjust his colleagues weapon at a checkpoint in Kabul, Afghanistan. Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home. (AP Photo/Anja Niedringhaus)AP - Underpaid, under-equipped and under-trained, Afghanistan's 93,000-member police force is the weak link in an ambitious security strategy to hand over defense of the country to Afghans so American and other foreign troops can go home.


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Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin (AP) -- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:52:47 GMT

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2000 file photo, The Holy Shroud, a 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, is shown at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian Barbara Frale drew immediate skepticism from some scientists, who maintain the shroud is a medieval forgery. Frale, a researcher at the Vatican archives, said Friday that she used computers to enhance images of faintly written words in Greek, Latin and Aramaic scattered across the shroud. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, file)AP - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.


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Museum: Galileo's fingers, tooth are found (AP) -- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:53:22 GMT

In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze shows a finger attributed to Galileo Galilei. A Florence museum says, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, two fingers and a tooth believed to belong to Galileo Galilei have been found and will go on display next spring. Three fingers and a tooth were taken from the astronomer's body in 1737 and placed in a container. Paolo Galluzzi, director of the Museum of the History of Science, said a private collector had bought a container at auction containing two fingers and a tooth. The collector contacted Florence cultural officials and the parts and the container were found to match descriptions of the Galileo relics in historical documents. Galileo, who died in 1642, was branded a heretic by the Vatican for saying the Earth revolved around the Sun. In the early 1990s, Pope John Paul II rehabilitated him. (AP Photo/Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze/ho)AP - Two fingers and a tooth removed from Galileo Galilei's corpse in a Florentine basilica in the 18th century and given up for lost have been found again and will soon be put on display, an Italian museum director said Friday.


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Pakistan demands US share Afghan blueprint (AP) -- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:20:15 GMT

Internally displaced Pakistani tribal women and their children, who fled their villages due to ongoing fighting between Pakistani security forces and Taliban militants, visit a doctor in Dera Ismail Khan, Pakistan, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. (AP Photo/Naveed Sultan)AP - Pakistan expressed fear Friday that a large increase in foreign troops in Afghanistan could push militants across the border into its territory and called on the U.S. to factor in that concern as part of its new war strategy.


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A New Indian Travel Fad: "Divorce Tourism" (Time.com) -- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:30:00 GMT
Time.com - A few Indian tour operators are cashing in on Indian's rising divorce rate with a new offer: The perfect holiday -- just you, your spouse, and a relationship counselor
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Europe stunned by football match-rigging bombshell (AFP) -- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:14:07 GMT

A betting shop is pictured in Berlin. Around 200 football matches in nine European countries including at least three Champions League games are implicated in a new match-fixing scandal, German prosecutors said on November 20.(AFP/DDP/Philipp Guelland)AFP - European football was reeling on Saturday from what one UEFA official called the continent's worst ever match-fixing scandal, with 200 games under suspicion of having been rigged in nine countries.


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Egyptian soccer fans riot against Algeria (AP) -- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:31:35 GMT

Egyptian soccer fans clash with anti-riot police during a demonstration near the Algerian embassy in Cairo early Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, following tension between fans of both countries during the 2010 World Cup in a make-or-break World Cup qualification play-off that Algeria won 1-0,  to advance to the 2010 World Cup. Egypt recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a growing diplomatic row caused by a bitter soccer rivalry between the two Arab nations that has sparked violence among fans. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)AP - Egyptian soccer fans burned Algerian flags and rioted outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo, smashing cars and shop windows, in an escalating row between the two countries over a bitter World Cup rivalry.


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Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger (AP) -- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:38:40 GMT

Reinaldo Escobar, the husband of dissident Cuban blogger Yoanis Sanchez, center, is taking away by unidentified men in Havana, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Escobar was punched, slapped and shouted down by government supporters in downtown Havana. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)AP - The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.


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35 Egyptian police hurt as football violence simmers (AFP) -- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:59:57 GMT

Egyptians burn an Algerian flag as they protest near the Algerian embassy in Cairo. Violent protestors injured dozens of police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, fanning the flames of a diplomatic row that erupted over a football World Cup qualifier won by bitter rivals Algeria.(AFP/Cris Bouroncle)AFP - Protesters injured dozens of police near the Algerian embassy in Egypt's capital on Friday, fanning the flames of a diplomatic spat that erupted after Algeria won a football World Cup qualifier.


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Taiwan PM urges China to withdraw missiles: report (AFP) -- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:11:32 GMT

Taiwan's Premier Wu Den-yih (pictured in September) has urged China to remove missiles targeting the island to pave the way for peace talks between the formal arch-rivals, according to a report.(AFP/File/Patrick Lin)AFP - Taiwan's Premier Wu Den-yih has urged China to remove missiles targeting the island to pave the way for peace talks between the formal arch-rivals, according to a report.


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Tories, Liberals slip as NDP surges: poll (Reuters) -- Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:00:52 GMT
Reuters - Canada's ruling Conservatives and the main opposition Liberals both lost ground in a poll published on Friday as the left-leaning New Democrats enjoyed a surprising surge in public support.
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Australia 'disappointed' at Japan whaling mission (AFP) -- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:04:13 GMT

File photo shows Greenpeace activists aboard an inflatable boat as a harpooned Minke whale is winched aboard a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic Ocean. Australia has said it is AFP - Australia said it was "deeply disappointed" after a fleet of Japanese whaling ships set out to kill hundreds of the giant ocean mammals on their annual hunt.


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Is imam a terror recruiter or just an incendiary preacher? (McClatchy Newspapers) -- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:12:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - CAIRO, Egypt — The Yemeni-American imam who's been under renewed scrutiny after the deadly shootings at Fort Hood, Texas, preaches against alcohol, birthday parties, black magic and extramarital sex. He also supports armed struggle — jihad — against the U.S. military in Afghanistan and Iraq, and has encouraged extremist insurgents in Pakistan and Somalia.
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Honduras interim leader may step down. Will that help President Zelaya? (The Christian Science Monitor) -- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT
The Christian Science Monitor - For months, ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya – with the backing of the world community – has demanded that Roberto Micheletti step down as the interim president of this Central American nation roiled in political conflict.
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Russia's Latest YouTube Craze: Exposing Police Corruption (Time.com) -- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:30:00 GMT
Time.com - Russia has pledged to clean up its police forces -- again -- after whistleblowers posted videos online complaining of corruption, low pay and poor working conditions
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'Hug an Arab Day' Welcome in Wake of Ft Hood (OneWorld.net) -- Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:48:36 GMT
OneWorld.net - DEARBORN, Nov 20 (Arab Detroit / New America Media) - In the Facebook world, November 20th is a day of importance. It is the official "Hug an Arab Day," an event that has only been circulating the social website for the past two weeks, but has thus far managed to confirm 13,593 members.
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