Dec 1, 2010
Chile Cautiously Awaits Wikileaks Publication Of Communications Between Santiago and Washington
Tongans listening to polling results
With early results coming in from individual polling stations the names of the leading candidates in Tonga's General Election are expected to be clear by 9:00 pm tonight after thousands of people turned out for the polls on an overcast day.
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- Lame-duck agenda features political votes (AP)
- 2 million lose jobless benefits as holidays arrive (AP)
- Official: Feds won't end drilling ban off Fla. (AP)
- Lawyer: Assange is being persecuted in Sweden (AP)
- Stocks rise sharply on signs of economic growth (AP)
- Winds lash the East, knock out power; roads flood (AP)
NASA - Solar Observation Mission Celebrates 15 Years
This coronal mass ejection -- observed by SOHO's EIT 195 instrument on April 7, 1997 -- was the first visual image of such an ejection headed for Earth. It appeared as the lead story on the national news. Credit: SOHO/ESA/NASA On December 2, 1995, the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory or SOHO was launched into space from Cape Canaveral aboard an Atlas IIAS rocket. The joint ESA/NASA project began its work observing the sun at a time when the term "solar weather" was almost never used.
NASA - NASA Offers Space Shuttle Tiles To Schools And Universities
WASHINGTON -- As the Space Shuttle Program nears retirement, NASA is looking for ways to preserve the program's history and inspire the next generation of space explorers, scientists and engineers. Beginning Wednesday, NASA is offering 7,000 shuttle heat shield tiles to schools and universities that want to share technology and a piece of space history with their students.
Stage set for World Cup bids - Sport
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Thursday's vote by the executive committee of Fifa, football's world governing body,
Venezuela hit by deadly mudslides
Flooding and landslides triggered by torrential rains have killed at least 21 people in Venezuela over the last week. Thousands fled their homes on Tuesday as swollen rivers and continuing rain threatened to cause more damage.
"The rains will carry on for the next three days at least," Elias Jaua,
US mulls legal action on WikiLeaks - Americas - Al Jazeera English
With controversy raging around the release of secret documents, what legal repercussions will WikiLeaks and its founder, Julian Assange, face? Assange is neither a US citizen nor a resident, so the extent of the reach of US law is in question.
Interpol called for the arrest of Assange as his site's dumping of secret US cables exposed deep tensions between the United States and Pakistan over nuclear arms safety.
Interpol called for the arrest of Assange as his site's dumping of secret US cables exposed deep tensions between the United States and Pakistan over nuclear arms safety.
Kazakhstan hosts security summit - Central & South Asia - Al Jazeera English
The Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe opened its summit in Kazakhstan's capital
to discuss issues ranging from Afghanistan to terrorism and drug trade.
Security was tight as world leaders including Dmitry Medvedev, the Russian president, Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, and Hillary
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- NKorean soldier at border wishes for peace (AP)
- WikiLeaks website blocked behind Chinese firewall (AP)
- Social Security cuts are part of deficit plan (AP)
- In WikiLeaks wake, whistle-blower bill set to pass (AP)
- 2 million lose jobless benefits as holidays arrive (AP)
- Clinton seeks more European help in Afghanistan (AP)
Today News, World, Dec 01, 2010
 Reuters WASHINGTON Nov 30 (Reuters) - The US State Department condemned on Tuesday an official Palestinian report last week asserting that Jerusalem's Western Wall, one of Judaism's holiest sites, is not Jewish. Al-Mutawakil Taha, deputy information minister ... See all stories on this topic » | ||||||||
| North Korea Claims Major Advance in Nuclear Program Voice of America Photo: AP South Korean middle school students learn how to use gas masks in a supposed chemical attack in Seoul, as tensions rise with North Korea, Nov. 30, 2010. North Korea has declared a major advance in its nuclear program a week after launching a ... See all stories on this topic » | ||||||||
| Bono calls on Sydney to wipe out AIDS ABC Online TONY EASTLEY: To mark World Aids Day the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, the New South Wales Premier, Kristina Keneally, and Bono, the lead singer of U2, gathered last night to symbolically light the Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House red. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||||||||
| Torrential rains leave 21 dead in Venezuela The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Flooding and landslides unleashed by torrential rains have killed at least 21 people in Venezuela, forced thousands from their homes and idled an oil refinery. The death toll rose on Tuesday as authorities confirmed eight ...  email: info@als-alexander.org or interalex2@gmail.com See all stories on this topic » | ||||||||
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| Pakistan suicide blast kills six BBC News Six people died when a suicide bomber on foot targeted a police van in north-western Pakistan. Nearly 20 others were wounded in the blast in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, close to the Afghan border. Among the dead was at least one policeman and, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||||||||
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| Some Republicans say START debate possible this year Reuters By David Alexander WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Republicans signaled a willingness on Tuesday to debate the New START nuclear treaty with Russia in the final weeks of the year but indicated it could happen only if Democrats drop other priorities to ... See all stories on this topic » | ||||||||
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| Fresh collapse at Pompeii sparks more concern Reuters A long section of a rustic retaining wall in the garden of the House of the Moralist is seen after collapsing following heavy rains in Pompeii November 30, 2010. By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - Another part of the 2000-year-old Roman-era site at ... See all stories on this topic »
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LIFESTYLE News, Dec 01, 2010
| Charlotte Observer This year's gala will be a fashion-themed cocktail party, serving heavy hors d'oeuvres, with live music and entertainment, a silent auction, an art showcase ... See all stories on this topic » |
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