WORLD News, Dec 30, 2010

4 men to be charged in terror plot against Danish newspaper CNN International (CNN) -- Four men will be charged Thursday in connection with a terror plot against a Danish newspaper that published cartoons of the Prophet Mohammed, the nation's authorities said. Three men arrested in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Wednesday after ... See all stories on this topic »

South Korea's Lee says talks imperative for North's denuclearization Washington Post By Chico Harlan BEIJING - South Korean President Lee Myung-bak on Wednesday described international talks as the necessary means of coaxing North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, opening a narrow window for the resumption of long-dormant ... See all stories on this topic »

George Clooney-backed satellite project to monitor volatile Sudan Christian Science Monitor The border between Sudan's northern and southern regions will be under near-daily satellite surveillance under a new effort backed by the UN, Google, and George Clooney. Women walk along a road in southern Sudan on Wednesday. ... See all stories on this topic » Christian Science Monitor

Woman killed, 4000 evacuated in Philippine flood Washington Post AP MANILA, Philippines -- Officials say an 80-year-old woman has died and her son is missing after they were swept away by floodwaters in eastern Philippines, where landslides and flooding have prompted some 4000 people to evacuate to safer ground. ... See all stories on this topic »

Obama names ambassador to Syria Washington Post By Perry Bacon Jr. and Karen DeYoung President Obama on Wednesday appointed the first US ambassador to Syria since 2005, using a recess appointment to bypass opposition from Senate Republicans. Because he was appointed while the Senate is in recess, ... See all stories on this topic »

Tunisia struggles to end protests Aljazeera.net Demonstrators in Tunisia are continuing their street protests, ignoring a warning by Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the Tunisian president, that disturbances will be firmly dealt with. Protests continued unabated on Wednesday with demonstrators deploring the ... See all stories on this topic » Aljazeera.net

Haiti judge declines charges against US aid worker The Associated Press PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An American aid worker has been released from a notoriously overcrowded Haitian prison after a judge apparently cleared him of allegations that he kidnapped an infant from a hospital where he worked as a volunteer. ... See all stories on this topic »

Brutal drug lord dies in clashes in Colombia The Associated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A brutal drug lord with a $2.5 million bounty on his head and reputed ties to right-wing militias died during clashes with security forces in southern Colombia, President Juan Manuel Santos announced Wednesday. ... See all stories on this topic »

Explosion wounds 2 people at rally in Nigeria Washington Post AP YENAGOA, Nigeria -- Police say that an explosion during a political rally in Nigeria's oil-rich southern delta has wounded two people. The state police chief said that an explosion went off in the city of Yenagoa during a rally Wednesday for Beimo ... See all stories on this topic »

Violent deaths in Iraq reach lowest level since war began, group reports Washington Post By Aaron C. Davis BAGHDAD - Nearly 4000 Iraqi civilians, police and soldiers died through violence in 2010, making it the least deadly year since the war began, the Web site Iraq Body Count said Thursday in its latest report. ... See all stories on this topic »    NURSE OF THE YEAR | Weekly World News By Frank Lake NEW YORK – Weekly World News is proud to announce 2010′s Nurse of the Year. Bat Boy handed out the 2010 Nurse of the Year Award last night in a cave in West Virginia. This year's winner: Betty Lichtenstein, 57 of Danbury, Connecticut. ... Weekly World News - http://weeklyworldnews.com/ UCI publishes 2011 Road Calendar | Bike World News By Al Fresco http://topsy.com/www.bikeworldnews.com/2010/12/29/uci-publishes-2011-road- calendar/?utm_source=pingback&utm_campaign=L2 Tweets that mention UCI publishes 2011 Road Calendar | Bike World News — Topsy.com. [...] This post was mentioned on ... Bike World News - http://www.bikeworldnews.com/ Chris Fontaine to Run NASCAR Camping World Truck Series in 2009 ... By Susan Chris Fontaine and the CFI team are shifting gears to run the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series after running their best ever Late Model season in 2008. The team has purchased three trucks from TRG Motorsports and is in the process of ... Motorsport World News - http://www.motorsportworldnews.com/ Palestinians target settlements in UN resolution - World news The Palestinians plan to ask the U.N. Security Council in the coming days to declare Israeli settlements illegal and demand... Mail.com: Breaking News - http://www.mail.com/News.aspx/topheadlines 2 trapped in exploded Detroit store rubble – Washington Post | The ... By admin Chicago Tribune 2 trapped in exploded Detroit store rubble Washington Post AP WAYNE, Mich. -- A family-owned furniture store in suburban Detroit exploded and collapsed in what appeared to be a natural gas explosion Wednesday, ... The World News Online - http://www.theworldnewsonline.com/   Intelligent Tourism Design in Croatia : Travel World News Online Dec - 28 | By: Travel World News Editor. Croatia stretches from the easternmost Alps to the banks of the Danube, and meets the sea facing Italy. ... travelworldnews.com/.../intelligent-tourism-design-in-croatia/'Just World News' with Helena Cobban: David Swanson's 'War is a Lie' As I have argued here at Just World News for many years now-- and also in my 2008 book "Re-Engage"-- throughout the 20th century the instruments of military ... justworldnews.org/archives/004114.html

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