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Obama to attend Fort Hood rampage memorial
AFP - Sunday, November 8FORT HOOD, Texas (AFP) - - US President Barack Obama will attend a memorial service here this week to honor victims of the shooting rampage on the military base in which 13 people died, the White House said Saturday. More »
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Three killed in Andorra bridge collapse
AFP - Sunday, November 8ANDORRA LA VELLA (AFP) - - A bridge collapse in Andorra Saturday killed at least three workers, left seven badly hurt and one missing, feared buried under the rubble, the government said. More »
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G20 fails to reach pre-Copenhagen climate finance deal
AFP - Sunday, November 8ST ANDREWS, Scotland (AFP) - - G20 nations fell short of reaching agreement on climate finance a month before key UN talks, while pledging Saturday to maintain stimulus measures for a still "uneven" global economy. More »
Families hold Rio memorial for doomed Air France flight
AFP - Sunday, November 8RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - - Families of the 228 people who died when an Air France jet airliner crashed off Brazil's northeast coast in June held a private memorial service Saturday at an ocean overlook in Rio de Janeiro. More »
Yushchenko to blame for Russia-Ukraine spat: Medvedev
AFP - Sunday, November 8MOSCOW (AFP) - - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday that his "Russophobe" Ukrainian counterpart Viktor Yushchenko was the sole reason for the decline in relations between the two countries. More »
Saudi and Yemen battle Zaidi rebels
AFP - Sunday, November 8AL-KHUBAH, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - - Saudi forces pounded Yemeni rebels on Saturday for a fifth straight day as Yemeni President Ali Abdallah Saleh ruled out a truce in his war on the Shiite insurgents. More »
Iran to reject UN-brokered nuclear plan: leading MP
AFP - Sunday, November 8TEHRAN (AFP) - - Iran has decided to reject proposals from major powers for the supply of nuclear fuel, a leading member of parliament said on Saturday, in a serious setback for UN-brokered efforts to allay Western concerns about its atomic ambitions. More »
Obama pleads for health care overhaul, vote looms
AFP - Sunday, November 8WASHINGTON (AFP) - - President Barack Obama, fighting for his top domestic priority, urged fellow Democrats in the House of Representatives to "vote yes" Saturday on the broadest US health care overhaul in a half-century. More »
ICC prosecutor confident over Kenya suspects
AFP - Sunday, November 8NAIROBI (AFP) - - Top war crimes prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said on Saturday he has a strong case against the masterminds behind last year's post-election violence in Kenya. More »
Lebanon's Hariri to announce new govt
AFP - Sunday, November 8BEIRUT (AFP) - - Lebanese prime minister-designate Saad Hariri was preparing to announce a new government on Saturday after granting concessions to his rivals in the Hezbollah-led opposition on key cabinet posts. More »