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This photo taken on November 27, 2008, shows flames and smoke gushing from The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, one of the sites of attacks by alleged militant gunmen. The first anniversary of the attacks will be difficult for many of the hotel staff, who have been offered counselling and post-trauma therapy for the last 12 months.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)
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Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks

AP - 18 minutes ago

ROME - Italian police on Saturday arrested two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, officials said.

Middle East News

  • 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)
    Egyptian soccer fans riot against Algeria AP - Fri Nov 20, 3:31 PM ET

    CAIRO - 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.

  • 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.(AFP/EU NAVFOR/File)
    Yemen: Somali pirates hijack Panamanian cargo ship AP - Fri Nov 20, 2:25 PM ET

    SANA'A, Yemen - Yemen's coast guard says Somali pirates have hijacked a Panamanian cargo ship in the treacherous Gulf of Aden between the Arabian peninsula and the Horn of Africa.

  • Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pauses during a meeting of the PLO executive committee at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
    Palestinians to set new date for elections AP - Fri Nov 20, 12:23 PM ET

    RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers maintain they will boycott the voting.

Europe News

  • Manchester United midfielder Paul Scholes controls the ball during a training session in Milan, February 2009. Scholes has urged Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson to shelve any thoughts of retirement and continue in the job for as long as he can.(AFP/File/Andrew Yates)
    Scholes urges Fergie to carry on and on AFP - 3 minutes ago

    MANCHESTER (AFP) - Paul Scholes has urged Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson to shelve any thoughts of retirement and continue in the job for as long as he can.

  • Arsene Wenger has shrugged off claims that the loss of Robin van Persie, seen here in October 2009, will fundamentally undermine Arsenal chances of closing the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea.(AFP/File/Carl de Souza)
    Wenger puts brave face on Van Persie loss AFP - 13 minutes ago

    SUNDERLAND (AFP) - Arsene Wenger has shrugged off claims that the loss of Robin van Persie will fundamentally undermine Arsenal chances of closing the gap on Premier League leaders Chelsea.

  • This photo taken on November 27, 2008, shows flames and smoke gushing from The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai, one of the sites of attacks by alleged militant gunmen. The first anniversary of the attacks will be difficult for many of the hotel staff, who have been offered counselling and post-trauma therapy for the last 12 months.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)
    Italian police arrest 2 linked to Mumbai attacks AP - 18 minutes ago

    ROME - Italian police on Saturday arrested two Pakistani men accused of providing logistical support for last year's terror attacks in Mumbai, officials said.

Latin America

  • Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal AP - 1 hour, 46 minutes ago

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Hugo Chavez has defended the alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was an important "revolutionary fighter" who supported the cause of the Palestinians.

  • 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)
    Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger AP - Fri Nov 20, 8:38 PM ET

    HAVANA - 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.

  • Forensic personnel and policemen use a sheet to block the view of the body of one of two members of the investigative police killed in the border city of Ciudad Juarez November 19, 2009. Two policemen were killed at a service station by drug hitmen in an attack that left another two policemen and a civilian injured, according to local media. In a separate incident, two members of the investigative police were gunned down in a shoot by-driving. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO SOCIETY CONFLICT CRIME LAW)
    Mexico shifts strategy in border city violence AP - Fri Nov 20, 8:06 PM ET

    MEXICO CITY - Mexico's top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.

Africa News

  • Rwanda genocide survivors may boycott U.N. court Reuters - 1 hour, 19 minutes ago

    KIGALI (Reuters) - Survivor groups from Rwanda's 1994 genocide say they may stop sending witnesses to the U.N. tribunal in Tanzania, in protest at the court's recent acquittals of two genocide suspects.

  • South Africa's Springbok national rugby union team coach Peter de Villiers is seen during a training session on November 12, at the Stadium in Toulouse. Springboks play Italy on Saturday.(AFP/File/Remy Gabalda)
    Du Preez looking forward to baptism of fire AFP - Fri Nov 20, 11:58 PM ET

    UDINE, Italy (AFP) - Loosehead prop Wian du Preez will make his South Africa debut against Italy here on Saturday with Leicester Tiger Martin Castrogiovanni's snarling teeth ready to welcome him.

  • 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)
    35 Egyptian police hurt as football violence simmers AFP - Fri Nov 20, 2:59 PM ET

    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.

Asia News

  • Smoke is seen coming from the Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai on November 27, 2008. Italian police have arrested two Pakistanis whose money transfer service was allegedly used by those in contact with militants who carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, media have reported.(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)
    Italian police arrest two linked to Mumbai attacks AFP - 13 minutes ago

    ROME (AFP) - Italian police have arrested two Pakistanis whose money transfer service was allegedly used by those in contact with militants who carried out the 2008 Mumbai attacks, media reported Saturday.

  • Auto-rickshaws pass by a billboard of British mobile phone giant Vodafone at a bus-stop in New Delhi. Vodafone has sought an extra two months to reply to a two-billion-dollar Indian tax claim over its purchase of India's third-largest mobile operator.(AFP/File/Manan Vatsyayana)
    Vodafone seeks more time to reply to tax claim AFP - 15 minutes ago

    NEW DELHI (AFP) - British mobile phone giant Vodafone Group Plc has sought an extra two months to reply to a two-billion-dollar Indian tax claim over its purchase of India's third-largest mobile operator.

  • In this photo provided by the United Nations, U.N. Undersecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs John Holmes, left, speaks with a group of resettled internally displaced people at a camp for the displaced in Vavuniya, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009. Holmes visited northern Sri Lanka to study the welfare of war-displaced civilians held in camps and those recently resettled. (AP Photo/United Nations)
    Sri Lanka to release 136,000 Tamil war refugees AP - 15 minutes ago

    MANIK FARM, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday.

Canada

  • Tories, Liberals slip as NDP surges: poll Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 9:00 PM ET

    TORONTO (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.

  • Canada to have vaccine soon for half population Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 12:39 PM ET

    OTTAWA (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.

  • TD Bank hit with lawsuit in Florida Ponzi case Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 9:01 PM ET

    MIAMI (Reuters) - TD Bank was hit with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit on Friday calling it the "financial epicenter" of an alleged Ponzi scheme run by disgraced Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein.

Australia/Antarctica News

  • Australian 50 dollar note, made of polymer, is seen in this file photo. Two executives at a banknote-making firm part-owned by Australia's central bank have been suspended over a police probe into alleged bribery and kickbacks, according to officials.(AFP/William West)
    Australia executives suspended over banknote probe AFP - 1 hour, 32 minutes ago

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Two executives at a banknote-making firm part-owned by Australia's central bank have been suspended over a police probe into alleged bribery and kickbacks, officials said.

  • A city worker is seen reading the paper in the shade during a hot day in Sydney. Australia is facing its worst fire danger in four years, with hotter and windier conditions and earlier than normal outbreaks forecast, according to government analysis published this week.(AFP/Greg Wood)
    Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage AFP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia has issued "catastrophic" alerts after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said Saturday.

  • 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 "deeply disappointed" after a fleet of vessels set out from Japan to kill hundreds of the giant ocean mammals on their annual hunt.(AFP/HO/File)
    Australia 'disappointed' at Japan whaling mission AFP - Fri Nov 20, 8:04 AM ET

    SYDNEY (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.

Most Popular World News

  • 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, Nov. 20, 2009, 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)
    Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin AP - Sat Nov 21, 1:24 AM ET

    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. 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.

  • Resisdents of the village of Cockermouth, England, are seen being rescued from their homes by members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), who were mobilized to help the residents after heavy rain caused local flooding in the picturesque village, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The Royal Air Force and RLNI rescue services have joined efforts to rescue around 200 people who are stranded by rising floodwater in the northern England tourist town.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
    Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland AP - Fri Nov 20, 6:22 PM ET

    COCKERMOUTH, England - 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.

  • FILE -This Dec. 7, 2008 file photo shows children collecting stagnant water for use at home in Glen View, Harare, Zimbabwe. Even though cheap tools could prevent and cure diarrhea and pneumonia, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each year globally, which is more than HIV and malaria combined. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)
    AIDS, malaria eclipse the biggest child-killers AP - Thu Nov 19, 3:01 PM ET

    HANOI, Vietnam - Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention.