World News

Wednesday, November 25, 2009
  • Demonstrators hold a hunger strike last week in front of the Supreme Trbunal in Brasilia to protest the extradition of Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti, wanted for murders dating from the 1970s. Battisti ended his own 11-day hunger strike late Tuesday as he anticipated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's verdict on his extradition to Italy.

    Italian ex-militant ends hunger strike in Brazil

    AFP - Thursday, November 26

    BRASILIA (AFP) - - Italian ex-militant Cesare Battisti ended an 11-day hunger strike as he anticipated President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's verdict on his extradition to Italy. More »

  • An Iraqi soldier stands guard along a highway near Karbala. Two bombs within minutes of each other exploded at a restaurant early Wednesday in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala, wounding at least 26 people, police and medical officials said.

    26 wounded in twin bombs in Iraq shrine city

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    KARBALA, Iraq (AFP) - - Two bombs within minutes of each other exploded at a restaurant early Wednesday in Iraq's shrine city of Karbala, wounding at least 26 people, police and medical officials said. More »

  • Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero (L) shakes hands with Arab League Secretary General Amr Mussa during a joint press conference in Cairo November 24. Saudi King Abdullah and Zapatero held talks on boosting bilateral ties and the situation in the Middle East, the official SPA news agency said on Wednesday.

    Saudi king and Spanish PM discuss Mideast

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    RIYADH (AFP) - - Saudi King Abdullah and Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero held talks on boosting bilateral ties and the situation in the Middle East, the official SPA news agency said on Wednesday. More »

  • Iran's Ahmadinejad in Venezuela on official visit

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    CARACAS (AFP) - - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Caracas for a meeting with President Hugo Chavez, just hours after the Iranian leader stopped in La Paz for a meeting with the Bolivian leader. More »

  • Arroyo urged to take action over massacre

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    COTABATO, Philippines (AFP) - - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo is facing rising pressure to bring to justice a political ally who stands accused of masterminding a massacre that left 46 people dead. More »

  • Leterme to return as Belgian PM Wednesday

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    BRUSSELS (AFP) - - Belgium's ex-prime minister Yves Leterme -- who quit amid a bank bailout scandal last year -- will bounce back as government chief within 24 hours, incumbent Herman Van Rompuy said Tuesday. More »

  • British probe reveals lead-up to Iraq war

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    LONDON (AFP) - - The first full-scale inquiry into Britain's role in the Iraq war opened Tuesday with testimony suggesting Washington was gearing up for possible conflict two years before Tony Blair led London to war. More »

  • Iranian leader greeted with military honors in Bolivia

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    LA PAZ (AFP) - - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Bolivia for a short visit on Tuesday, the second leg of a Latin America tour of three leftist nations sympathetic to his administration. More »

  • DR.Congo war crimes trial starts at The Hague

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    THE HAGUE (AFP) - - Two Congolese militiamen pleaded not guilty on Tuesday as they were accused in The Hague of plotting to wipe out a village where their forces killed civilians, raped women and enslaved child soldiers. More »

  • Shalit prisoner swap 'very close:' Israeli minister

    AFP - Wednesday, November 25

    JERUSALEM (AFP) - - An Israeli minister said on Tuesday that an agreement with Hamas to swap a Gaza-held soldier for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners was "very close," despite earlier efforts to rein in speculation. More »