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Ireland Is Second Euro Nation to Seek Aid as Banks Wobble Bloomberg By Joe Brennan and Dara Doyle - Mon Nov 22 11:48:22 GMT 2010 Nov. 22 (Bloomberg) -- Michala Marcussen, head of strategy at Societe Generale Asset Management, talks about Ireland's bailout and the outlook for euro-zone economies. ... See all stories on this topic »

Bishops say Pope still anti-condoms for HIV The Australian Catholic leaders in Australia have rushed to quell speculation of a sudden U-turn by the church over its policy on condoms. Commenting on reports in a book published today that the Pope had endorsed their use against HIV, the head of the Australian ... See all stories on this topic »

29 escape flooded Chinese coal mine after rescuers pump out water Toronto Star Chinese rescuers assist a coal miner who was resuced from a flooded mine in Neijiang, southwest China's Sichuan province on November 22, 2010. Rescuers pulled 29 people trapped in a flooded mine to safety on Monday. Associated Press BEIJING ... See all stories on this topic »

Medvedev suggests Europe missile defence plan AFP MOSCOW — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has proposed to NATO leaders that Europe be divided into sectors of military responsibility to better protect the continent from missile attack, reports said Monday. Medvedev did not go into details over the ... See all stories on this topic »

Suu Kyi's son granted Burma visa BBC News The younger son of Burma's pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi has been granted a visa to visit his mother after her release from house arrest. Kim Aris, 33, who lives in the UK, travelled to Thailand before his mother was freed on 13 November. ... See all stories on this topic »

Japan Minister Quits In Setback to Premier Wall Street Journal By WILLIAM SPOSATO TOKYO—Japan's justice minister announced his resignation Monday following a weeklong furor over comments he made disparaging his job—the latest in a series of scandals undermining the government of Prime Minister Naoto Kan. ... See all stories on this topic »

Haiti's cholera epidemic caused by weather, say scientists The Guardian Weather conditions — not UN soldiers — may have triggered Haiti's cholera epidemic, which has killed more than 1000 people in less than a month, three leading researchers have told SciDevNet. A coincidence of several catastrophic events — from climatic ... See all stories on this topic » The Guardian

Roadside bomb kills 4 Afghan civilians on tractor The Associated Press KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Homemade bombs killed four Afghan civilians, including two children, riding on a tractor Monday in eastern Afghanistan, while two NATO coalition service members were killed in the south, officials said. ... See all stories on this topic »

Germany closes off access to part of parliament building CNN International Police patrol near the Reichstag in Berlin in this file photograph -- access to the building by the public was restricted on Monday. Berlin, Germany (CNN) -- Germany has indefinitely closed off access to the general public to the cupola and the rooftop ... See all stories on this topic »