UN Wants More Ivory Coast Peacekeepers as Gbagbo Keeps Blockade on Rival Bloomberg The United Nations wants to send as many as 2000 more peacekeepers to Ivory Coast as President Laurent Gbagbo maintains a blockade on the UN-protected Abidjan hotel used by his rival as a headquarters. “We are asking for reinforcements,” Under ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
Anti-US cleric back in Iraq after long exile Washington Post By Saad Sarhan and Aaron C. Davis NAJAF, IRAQ - Anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, whose militia contributed to the bloodiest days of the Iraq war, made a surprise return to Iraq on Wednesday, ending nearly four years of self-imposed exile in ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
Sightseeing bus crashes in north India, 22 dead Washington Post By BISWAJEET BANERJEE AP LUCKNOW, India -- An Uttarakhand state official says 22 people died when their sightseeing bus overturned and crashed in a gorge in northern India. The private bus had been one of eight returning to Haridwar city when it ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
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Hijack attempt foiled aboard Turkish Air flight CNN International By the CNN Wire Staff A passenger on a Turkish Airlines flight from Oslo to Istanbul tried to hijack a plane similar to the one pictured. Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- A man claiming to have a bomb tried to enter the cockpit of a Turkish Airlines plane ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
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Russian icebreaker clears path to release trapped ships in Okhotsk sea RIA Novosti A Russian icebreaker on Thursday forced its way through ice to reach icebound ships in the Sea of Okhotsk, off Russia's far eastern coast. Admiral Makarov is 4 kilometers (2.5 miles) away from the ships, its captain said. Three ships have been trapped ... See all stories on this topic » | |||||
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'Eli Yishai has to pay for the Carmel fire' Jerusalem Post By JPOST.COM STAFF Danny Rozen, who demanded that Yishai leave state ceremony, plans to sue, calls interior minister an "embarrassment to the State of Israel." Danny Rozen, the life partner of former Haifa Police chief Ahuva Tomer, told Israel Radio on ... See all stories on this topic »
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Jan 6, 2011
WORLD News, Jan 06, 2011
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