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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:24:00 GMT

Supporters of the opposition Socialist Party march during a protest against the government in Tirana November 20, 2009. The protesters demand a recount of votes from June's general election which they say was stolen. The Socialists have been boycotting parliament since the June 28 election which gave the ruling Democratic Party a second mandate by the smallest margin in any election since the end of communism in Albania. REUTERS/Arben CeliReuters - TIRANA (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of Albanian opposition Socialist Party supporters launched their latest protest Friday to demand the government either recount the vote in a controversial June 28 election or hold another.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:18:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - A key U.N. committee approved a resolution Friday urging Iran to halt the persecution of political opponents following the country's disputed presidential election and release those still detained.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:17:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - WASHINGTON - A retired State Department worker and his wife accused of a three-decade-long plot to spy for Cuba have pleaded guilty in federal court.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:12:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - SAN DIEGO - A 17-year-old pleaded guilty Friday to murdering a U.S. Border Patrol agent who was shot eight times in head, neck and torso in the mountains east of San Diego.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:08:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - An independent panel says the U.S. can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, a finding that activists contend means there's no need for the nation to design replacements for the nuclear arsenal. The findings of the JASON committee are classified, but an unclassified summary released Thursday said current methods are sufficient to keep weapons reliable in the absence of nuclear testing.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:06:00 GMT

Saipan emergency members carry an injured person on the Pacific resort island of Saipan, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Saipan Times via Yonhap)The Canadian Press - The Pacific resort island of Saipan was reeling Saturday from one of the most violent attacks in its history, when a gunman killed five people, including two small children and himself, in a rampage that ended at a World War II historical site.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:42:00 GMT

Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (R) speaks as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband listens during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Massoud Hossain/PoolReuters - LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:33:00 GMT

In this image provided by Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze shows a finger attributed to Galileo Galilei. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza di Firenze/ho)The Canadian Press - ROME - 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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:31:00 GMT

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. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Antonio Calanni, file)The Canadian Press - ROME - 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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:27:00 GMT

Crew members (L) of the Spanish fishing boat Alakrana and their relatives wait for the departure of their flight back to Spain at the Seychelles International airport in Victoria, on the Seychelles island of Mahe, November 20, 2009.REUTERS/Susana Vera (SEYCHELLES CRIME LAW)The Canadian Press - LONDON - A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:26:00 GMT

An undated handout photo provided in October 2009 by the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) shows the Lynn Rival yacht, belonging to British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler sailing in the Indian Ocean. A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates said in a video telecast Friday that their captors are 'losing patience' and could kill them 'within a week' if no ransom is paid.  Photo:/AFPAFP - LONDON (AFP) - A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates said in a video broadcast Friday their captors were "losing patience" and could kill them within a week if no ransom was paid.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:23:00 GMT

Rescue services navigate the flood waters, in the streets of Cockermouth village, England, as they work to rescue stranded residents from their homes. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Scott Heppell)The Canadian Press - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:58:00 GMT

The Sear's Tower rises above the Chicago skyline in March 2009. A US federal judge sentenced the leader of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago to 13 years in prison Friday, far less than the 70 years sought by prosecutors.  Photo:Scott Olson/AFPAFP - MIAMI (AFP) - A US federal judge sentenced the leader of a plot to blow up the Sears Tower in Chicago to 13 years in prison Friday, far less than the 70 years sought by prosecutors.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:54:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - WILMINGTON, Del. - The Catholic Diocese of Wilmington is obligated to pay retirement benefits to six priests who are confirmed pedophiles, church officials argued in a bankruptcy court filing Thursday seeking permission to keep making the payments.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:53:00 GMT

Charge nurse Kevin McKenna is given a swine flu vaccination at the University College London Hospital as the mass immunisation programme begins, in October 2009. Health authorities said Friday they are investigating what could be the world's first cases of person-to-person transmission of a strain of drug-resistant swine flu.  Photo:Lewis Whyld/AFP AFP - LONDON (AFP) - Health authorities said Friday they are investigating what could be the world's first cases of person-to-person transmission of a strain of drug-resistant swine flu.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:25:00 GMT

US student Amanda Knox (right) is escorted by police as she arrives at the court in Perugia. A 'parallel trial' in the media eclipsed hard facts incriminating American exchange student Amanda Knox in the 2007 murder of her British housemate, the lead prosecutor in the case said in his closing arguments.  Photo:Vincenzo Pinto/AFPAFP - PERUGIA, Italy (AFP) - American exchange student Amanda Knox wept Friday at the trial in which she is accused of murdering her British housemate in the Italian university town of Perugia two years ago.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:08:00 GMT

Colombians walk next to a destroyed bridge that crosses into Colombia's Norte de Santander department (near end), in Ragonvalia November 19, 2009. Venezuelan soldiers on Thursday blew up two makeshift foot bridges that stretched across the border to Colombia in the latest incident to stoke a diplomatic dispute between the Andean neighbors. REUTERS/Manuel HernandezReuters - BOGOTA (Reuters) - Colombia will not be provoked into armed conflict with Venezuela despite its neighbor's aggressive rhetoric and dynamiting of two border bridges, Colombia's defense minister said on Friday.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:05:00 GMT

Capt. Dave Solaux (centre) instructs new Canadian troops on how to search for IEDs in this Oct. 14, 2009 photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Bill GravelandThe Canadian Press - JELAWAR, Afghanistan - There's a breed of Canadian troops who are in a league of their own - adrenaline junkies who feed off the energy they get from embracing the world's most perilous jobs.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:59:00 GMT

Election officials count ballots after voting, in Tirana in June 2009. Thousands of opposition supporters on Friday began a weekend of protests accusing Prime Minister Sali Berisha's government of electoral fraud and demanding a recount of ballots cast in June polls.  Photo:Gent Shkullaku/AFP AFP - TIRANA (AFP) - Thousands of opposition supporters on Friday began a weekend of protests accusing Prime Minister Sali Berisha's government of electoral fraud and demanding a recount of ballots cast in June polls.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:18:00 GMT

Belgian Prime Minsiter Herman Van Rompuy, chosen as the new EU president, gives a press conference at the European Council headquarters on November 19 in Brussels. Van Rompuy kept a low profile Friday as the 27-nation bloc's leaders faced flak for picking him and a little-known British peer to lead a revamped Europe on the world stage.  Photo:Georges Gobet/AFP AFP - BRUSSELS (AFP) - Incoming EU president Herman Van Rompuy kept a low profile Friday as the 27-nation bloc's leaders faced flak for picking him and a little-known British peer to lead a revamped Europe on the world stage.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:18:00 GMT

Fans of Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao scramble for his t-shirt thrown during a victory motorcade in Manila. A bruised but smiling Pacquiao enjoyed a hero's welcome as he returned home to the Philippines, with masses of people taking to the streets and hailing him as the best boxer of all time.  Photo:Noel Celis/AFP AFP - MANILA (AFP) - A bruised but smiling Manny Pacquiao enjoyed a hero's welcome as he returned home to the Philippines on Friday, with masses of people taking to the streets and hailing him as the best boxer of all time.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:06:00 GMT

Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore (L) is welcomed at Conraky airport by the Guinean leader Moussa Dadis Camara in October 2009 in Conraky. Guinea's opposition on Friday rejected proposals to end political deadlock made by the mediator, Compaore, on the grounds that they ignored the will of Guinea's people.  Photo:/AFP AFP - OUAGADOUGOU (AFP) - Efforts to end Guinea's political deadlock following a massacre at a political rally stalled on Friday with the opposition's rejection of an international mediator's proposals.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:06:00 GMT

U.S. President Barack Obama tours the Badaling section of the Great Wall in Beijing November 18, 2009. REUTERS/Jason LeeThe Canadian Press - WASHINGTON - With no margin for rebellion, Senate Democrats pushed toward a crucial weekend test vote on their sweeping health care bill Friday, and wavering moderates appeared to be falling in line on President Barack Obama's signature issue.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:00 GMT

Pakistani volunteers look at a police vehicle damaged by a remote bomb on late Thursday night in Peshawar. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Mohammad Iqbal)The Canadian Press - ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - 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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:00 GMT

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva (R) shakes hands with his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas at Mercy Museum in Salvador, Bahia State. sraeli settlement expansion on Palestinian territory must stop immediately, Lula said Friday after meeting Abbas.  Photo:Evaristo Sa/AFP AFP - SALVADOR, Brazil (AFP) - Israeli settlement expansion on Palestinian territory must stop immediately, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Friday as he seeks to position Brazil as a player in the Middle East.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:04:00 GMT

A superb Antar Yahia goal gave Algeria a 1-0 victory over Egypt Wednesday and a place at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa. In Cairo, football fans expressed their bitter disappointment. Duration: 00:58.  Photo:/AFPAFP - CAIRO (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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:03:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - MOSCOW - A Russian ship reached open water off Antarctica after struggling through a huge mass of sea ice for days, a Russian shipping company and a British travel agency said Friday.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:55:00 GMT

President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove to lock down support to prevail in remaking the US health care system. Adding to their confidence, a wavering Democrat, Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska, pictured here in October 2009, said he would vote with his party on Saturday but warned he might side with Republicans in subsequent fights.  Photo:Chip Somodevilla/AFPAFP - WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama's Democratic allies in the Senate strove Friday to lock down the support to prevail in a landmark first test vote on his top domestic priority, remaking US health care.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:54:00 GMT

A view of the Marigny theater in Paris on the first of four auction days led by Christie's of Yves Saint-Laurent and Pierre Berge collection, which profit will fund campaigns against HIV-AIDS. Buyers from Asia purchased all but one of the top 10 priciest items at the sale of the last belongings of late couturier Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge, Christie's said Friday.  Photo:Jacques Demarthon/AFPAFP - PARIS (AFP) - Buyers from Asia purchased all but one of the top 10 priciest items at the sale of the last belongings of late couturier Yves Saint Laurent and his partner Pierre Berge, Christie's said Friday.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:48:00 GMT

A man with a cane gestures towards a woman on the ground during protests in central Tehran June 14, 2009. REUTERS/StringerReuters - UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The U.N. General Assembly's human rights committee condemned Iran on Friday for a violent crackdown on protesters after presidential elections this year that the Iranian opposition says were rigged.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:00 GMT

The newly appointed European Union President Herman Van Rompuy. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)The Canadian Press - LONDON - Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:32:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - WASHINGTON - The Senate ethics committee admonished a U.S. senator on Friday for making "inconsistent, misleading or incomplete" statements about the circumstances surrounding his appointment to the Senate seat once held by Barack Obama. The committee recommended no action beyond the letter.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:29:00 GMT

Jailed suspect Amanda Knox reacts during a murder trial session in Perugia November 20, 2009. Defendants Knox and Raffaele Sollecito are on trial for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher in November 2007
REUTERS/Alessandro Bianchi   (ITALY CRIME LAW)The Canadian Press - PERUGIA, Italy - An American student accused of fatally stabbing her British roommate in Italy had a growing hatred for the victim and killed her in retaliation during a drug-fueled sex game, a prosecutor contended Friday in closing arguments at her murder trial.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:27:00 GMT

A man with a cane gestures towards a woman on the ground during protests in central Tehran June 14, 2009. REUTERS/StringerThe Canadian Press - BRUSSELS, Belgium - 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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:20:00 GMT

Former South African president Nelson Mandela (L) and his wife Graca Machel, pictured in May 2009, have been voted Decade Child Rights Heroes by 7.1 million children, the World's Children's Prize foundation said Friday.  Photo:Kim Ludbrook/AFPAFP - STOCKHOLM (AFP) - Former South African president Nelson Mandela and his wife Graca Machel have been voted Decade Child Rights Heroes by 7.1 million children, the World's Children's Prize foundation said Friday.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:00 GMT

Supporters of Iran's defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi clash with police during a protest in Tehran on June 20, 2009. A UN panel on Friday blasted Iran for 'serious, ongoing and recurring' human rights violations, including violence against protesters after the disputed June presidential elections.  Photo:/AFPAFP - UNITED NATIONS (AFP) - A UN panel on Friday blasted Iran for "serious, ongoing and recurring" human rights violations, including violence against protesters after the disputed June presidential elections.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:56:00 GMT

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) meets with German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle (L) in Moscow. Westerwelle emphasised strong relations with Russia during his first visit to Moscow Friday, but remained discreet on human rights issues.  Photo:Natalia Kolesnikova/AFPAFP - MOSCOW (AFP) - Germany's new Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle emphasised strong relations with Russia during his first visit to Moscow Friday, but remained discreet on human rights issues.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:55:47 GMT

The remains of the Northside bridge are seen in Workington during flooding in Cumbria, northern England, November 20, 2009. A policeman was feared dead after vanishing when a bridge collapsed during floods which followed torrential rain of 'biblical proportions' in north western areas on Friday.  REUTERS/Nigel Roddis (BRITAIN DISASTER SOCIETY)CBC - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain. A police officer died and hundreds of people were forced to evacuate.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:49:00 GMT
The Canadian Press - STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Human rights advocate Nelson Mandela and his wife have won a global award for helping to promote children's rights over the past 10 years, the prize foundation said Friday.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:47:00 GMT

The European Commission has signed a 677 million euro ($1 billion) deal to help Nigeria tackle challenges in its restive oil-producing region, promoting peace, good governance and trade, the EU said. The deal was signed in Brussels by European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Karel De Gucht and Nigeria's Executive Secretary of the National Planning Commission Sylvester Monye.  Photo:Adalberto Roque/AFPAFP - ABUJA (AFP) - The European Commission has signed a 677 million euro (one billion dollar) deal to help Nigeria tackle challenges in its restive oil-producing region, promoting peace, good governance and trade, the EU said Friday.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:47:00 GMT

President Laurent Gbagbo, pictured in October 2009, ex-president Henri Konan Bedie, ex-premier Alassane Ouattara and 11 others, including comic Adama Dahico, will contest Ivory Coast's long-awaited presidential election, officials said Friday.  Photo:Issouf Sanogo/AFPAFP - ABIDJAN (AFP) - President Laurent Gbagbo, ex-president Henri Konan Bedie, ex-premier Alassane Ouattara and 11 others, including comic Adama Dahico, will contest Ivory Coast's long-awaited presidential election, officials said Friday.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:40:00 GMT
AFP - PRISTINA (AFP) - Kosovo's main ruling party withdrew on Friday its threat to split from its junior coalition partner in the first such rift since Pristina proclaimed independence in 2008.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:39:34 GMT
CBC - A United Nations committee has approved a Canadian-led resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents in the wake of its disputed presidential elections.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:35:00 GMT

West African regional bloc ECOWAS banned the transfer of arms by the 15 member states except for legitimate defence, security and peacekeeping operations, a senior official said. President of the Economic Community of West African States Commission Mohammed Ibn Chambas, pictured in 2004, said the ECOWAS convention on small arms proliferation had come into force with its ratification by Benin.  Photo:Pius Otomi Ekpei/AFPAFP - ABUJA (AFP) - West African regional bloc ECOWAS Friday banned the transfer of arms by the 15 member states except for legitimate defence, security and peacekeeping operations, a senior official said.


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