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Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:15:48 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 AP - 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 22:09:10 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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:41:56 GMT

Newly appointed European Council President-elect Herman Van Rompuy sits in his car as he leaves the Belgian Parliament in Brussels, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009.  The European Union's new president is a soft-spoken figure with a penchant for haiku poetry who spent most of his career in the background of Belgian politics. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)AP - Catherine Ashton: International woman of mystery.


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.


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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 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. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Friday congratulated the European Union for creating the new posts of president and foreign policy chief, calling it a Time.com - Eschewing the superstar candidacy of Tony Blair, the E.U. picks low-profile politicians as its first president and foreign minister


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:09:03 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.


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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:22:52 GMT
AP - Authorities in the western Mexican state of Michoacan are investigating the disappearance of a journalist who wrote about organized crime.
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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:48:34 GMT

US Sen. John McCain waits to be introduced prior to delivering remarks at the John Hopkins University Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) November 9 in Washington, DC. McCain predicted an allied win in Afghanistan in one year to 18 months if sufficient troops are sent, as the White House mulls sending tens of thousands of reinforcements.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Alex Wong)AFP - US Senator John McCain predicted an allied win in Afghanistan in one year to 18 months if sufficient troops are sent, as the White House mulls sending tens of thousands of reinforcements.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:39:22 GMT
Reuters - Enough H1N1 flu vaccine for almost half of Canada's population will have been shipped out by the end of the next week, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said on Friday.
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.


Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:42:00 GMT
McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON — A retired State Department employee and his wife are expected to plead guilty Friday in federal court to charges that they have been spying for Cuba for decades.
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.
Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:00:00 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
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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