![]() Telegraph.co.uk | Profile: First EU President Herman van Rompuy BBC News The eu's first permanent president, Belgian Prime Minister Herman van Rompuy, is a camera-shy man who has been catapulted from relative obscurity. After his selection at a Brussels summit, he stressed his credentials as a consensus politician and made ... Unlike Lord Mandelson, Baroness Ashton 'doesn't know any oligarchs' Hymn to Belgium's EU president New EU president raises fears in aspirant Turkey |
![]() New Zealand Herald | UN official urges countries to learn from Cuba on children's protection Xinhua HAVANA, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- The representative of UNICEF, or the UN Children's Fund, in Cuba said here Friday that Cuba is among the countries that have best implemented the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, and that countries in the world ... Children's Rights Still Violated 20 Years After Convention Promises to children remain unfulfilled UN marks 20 years of Convention on Rights of the Child |
![]() Times LIVE | France rejects Iran's new demand on nuclear program Xinhua PARIS, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- France would not accept any new demand from Iran over its nuclear program, the foreign ministry said on Thursday, a day after the Islamic republic rejected an international proposal to resolve the issue. ... Frustration as Iran Stalls on Deal Major World Powers Dislike Nuclear Response From Iran World powers meet over Iran nuclear plan |
![]() Boston Globe | Assessing the China Trip New York Times President Obama has faced a fair amount of criticism for his China trip. He was too deferential; he didn't speak out enough on human rights; he failed to press Beijing firmly on revaluing its currency; he achieved no concrete results. ... Obama, 'First Pacific President,' Turns to Asia US envoy pans media coverage of Obama China visit Three Key Lessons from Obama's China Tour |
![]() The Associated Press | Sri Lanka to release 136000 war-displaced Tamils The Associated Press MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka — Sri Lanka will release 136000 ethnic-minority Tamil war refugees Dec. 1, allowing the civilians to leave squalid and overcrowded government camps after a half-year detainment, a top official said Saturday. ... Sri Lanka allows freedom of movement for war displaced civilians Sri Lanka Tamil refugee camps 'to be opened next month' Sri Lanka to completely shut down refugees camps |
![]() The Chosun Ilbo | Afghan official escapes attack, 4 guards killed Xinhua KABUL, Nov. 20 (Xinhua) -- Afghan parliament member Abdul Rasoul Sayaf on Friday escaped a roadside bomb attack in capital city Kabul, but his four bodyguards were killed and six injured. Witnesses said the bomb hit Sayaf's convoy in Paghman district, ... Afghan MP Escapes Assassination Attempt in Kabul Suicide bomber kills 16 in western Afghanistan Suicide Bomber Strikes Afghan Market, Killing at Least 15 People |
![]() Brisbane Times | Obama's warning to Israel: Your emails BBC News BBC readers respond to the US president's warning to Israel that expanding the settlement of Gilo in East Jerusalem would embitter the Palestinians and make peace harder to achieve. As a resident of Gilo for many years I find it ridiculous that Gilo is ... Palestinians Say Israeli Move Could Kill Peace Process Going green on both sides of big blue Obama in the Mideast: Innocents Abroad. Worse, Arrogant Innocents Abroad |
![]() AFP | Bomb blast injures one in Pakistan: police AFP PESHAWAR, Pakistan — A bomb exploded near the building of a non-government organisation offering treatment to the blind in northwest Peshawar city on Saturday, injuring one person, police said. The bomb was planted behind the two-storey building ... Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW Pakistan 4 security men killed in NW Pakistan's rocket attack Drone Kills 8 in Pakistan |
![]() New Zealand Herald | Shun censorship and distorted propaganda: Dalai to China Daily News & Analysis PTI New Delhi: Observing that the 1.3 billion people of China have the "right to know the reality", Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, today advised the Communist regime to shun "censorship and distorted propaganda". ... China may ask US to insist that India sign anti-nuke agreement Italy meeting of Dalai Lama draws China ire Dalai Lama appeals to China on drying Tibet rivers |
![]() BBC News | Russia and Ukraine agree gas deal BBC News Russia's Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has promised there will be no "shocks" in Europe's gas supply this winter. At a meeting between Mr Putin and Ukraine's prime minister, it appeared an agreement had already been reached over Russia's supply of gas ... 'Russian ties are key' president hopeful Viktor Yanukovych says RPT-UPDATE 2-Ukraine PM seeks to calm fears of new gas war Ukraine's president asks Russia to alter gas contract |