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Taiwan's Chen ordered detained (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - A Taiwanese court ordered former President Chen Shui-bian held on corruption charges Wednesday, an ignominious decision for a read more »
Police break up anti-Mugabe protests in Zimbabwe (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - President Robert Mugabe's police broke up anti-government demonstrations across Zimbabwe on Tuesday, arresting some people an read more »
Secular-religious divide shows in Jerusalem race (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - A voter survey released after polls closed predicted victory for a secular businessman against a powerful ultra-Orthodox Jewi read more »
Egypt unveils discovery of 4,300-year-old pyramid (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Archaeologists have discovered a new pyramid under the sands of Saqqara, an ancient burial site that has yielded a string of read more »
QE2 leaves home port for last time (AFP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AFP - One of the world's most famous cruise ships, the Queen Elizabeth 2, left its home port for the last time Tuesday as it heade read more »
Rwandan president: arrested aide on gov't business (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Rwanda expelled the German ambassador on Tuesday and its president declared that Germany violated his country's sovereignty w read more »
Husband's coffin kills woman on way to cemetery (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Police say a woman has died on the way to a cemetery when a traffic accident hurled her husband's coffin against the back of read more »
UN says Congolese troops raped, pillaged villages (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Hundreds of Congolese soldiers have rampaged through several villages in eastern Congo, the U.N. said Tuesday, alleging that read more »
Pakistan hijackers seize convoy carrying supplies for U.S. troops (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Suspected Taliban fighters hijacked trucks carrying Humvees and other supplies for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan, authoritie read more »
Battle for Iraq's 3rd largest city hangs in the balance (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - It's not a pretty sight: Sagging skeletons of two- and three-story buildings under a threatening gray sky. Abandoned shops wi read more »
Iraq reopens Baghdad bridge where hundreds died (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - In a symbolic gesture of unity, Iraqi authorities Tuesday reopened a bridge linking Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods that had b read more »
4,300-year-old pyramid discovered in Egypt (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Egypt's chief archaeologist has announced the discovery of a 4,300-year-old pyramid in Saqqara, the sprawling necropolis and read more »
Myanmar: Long sentences for democracy advocates (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Courts in military-ruled Myanmar delivered a devastating blow Tuesday to the nation's pro-democracy movement, sentencing two read more »
Sweden's Carnegie CEO: law broken unintentionally (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Twenty-four hours after the Swedish state announced it would take control of troubled investment bank Carnegie for illegal tr read more »
China: Protecting domestic economy is top priority (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Preparing for a Washington summit to discuss a response to the global financial crisis, China indicated Tuesday its focus wil read more »
Mugabe looks set to form govt (AFP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AFP - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe looked set to push ahead with a new government, as state media on Tuesday lashed opposition read more »
Bedouin seize Egyptian police near Israeli border (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Armed Bedouin attacked a security checkpoint Tuesday in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula and seized 11 policemen in a restive area nea read more »
Iraqis reopen major bridge in Baghdad (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Hundreds of people joined Iraqi officials on Tuesday in reopening a major bridge linking Sunni and Shiite neighborhoods in Ba read more »
Hijackers take convoy bound for US-led forces (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Dozens of masked insurgents blocked a mountain pass and hijacked at gunpoint a convoy of trucks carrying military vehicles an read more »
Egypt seeks to delay charges for Sudan's president (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - The Egyptian government is working to delay any formal indictment of Sudan's president by the International Criminal Court on read more »
Moment of truth for Shiite party over pact (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - The fate of an agreement that would keep U.S. troops here for three more years rests with Iraq's largest Shiite party, which read more »
Terror trial begins in Australia (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Five Muslim men accused of plotting a terrorist attack in Australia stockpiled bomb-making instructions and purchased explosi read more »
Iranian papers praise president's letter to Obama (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - Iran's president is attracting some support at home for his message of congratulations to U.S. President-elect Barack Obama, read more »
Hope fades, grief sets in near fallen Haiti school (AP)
Date : 11 Nov 2008AP - From her front porch, Janita Geneus has a clear view of the collapsed school where her daughter was crushed to death along wi read more »
U.S. judge dismisses case over Egypt hotel bombing (Reuters)
Date : 10 Nov 2008Reuters - A U.S. federal judge dismissed a lawsuit on Monday filed against the Hilton Hotel chain by victims of the 2004 bombing o read more »