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Pakistan buries troops amid fury over NATO strike By Aftab Ahmed Reuters Pakistan on Sunday buried 24 troops killed in a NATO cross-border air raid that has pushed a crisis in relations with the United States toward rupture. The attack was the latest perceived provocation by the United States, starting with the secret raid which […]

  Total breaks new ground in Angola UPI LUANDA,  ANGOLA – Authorities at French energy company Total inaugurated its giant Pazflor development off Angola’s coast, which it said is characterized as an “elephant” field. Top-ranking Total executives met in Angola to inaugurate the offshore field. Total estimates Pazflor to hold at least 590 million barrels of […]

Russian TV newscaster gives middle figer gesture during news report containing President Obama Huffington Post Tatyana Limanova, a newscaster for Russia’s REN TV (a privately held network)  raised her middle finger while reading President Barack Obama’s name. The incident occurred during a live broadcast earlier in the month, after Russian President Dmitry Medvedev assumed chairmanship […]

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Russia outlines response to U.S. missile shield By Steve Gutterman Reuters  MOSCOW- Russia will arm itself with missiles capable of foiling a U.S. shield in Europe and may deploy additional weapons in its west and south to counteract the system the United States is building with NATO allies, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Wednesday. Targeting […]

Europe Bans Airport X-Ray Scanners. Should the U.S. Follow Suit? By Meredith Melnick TIME As millions of American travelers take to the airways this Thanksgiving, they will increasingly face the new generation of full-body scanners at airport security — including the kind that Europe just banned for reasons of “health and safety.” In its new […]

London 2012 unveils Games Maker and Technical Official uniforms           London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games The London 2012 Organising Committee (LOCOG) today unveiled the designs of the Games Maker and Technical Official uniforms that will be worn by staff and volunteers during the London 2012 Games. The uniforms will be […]

Spanish Vote Turns Power to Conservatives  By RAPHAEL MINDER The New York Times MADRID — Spaniards struggling with high unemployment and a credit squeeze delivered a punishing verdict on almost eight years of Socialist government at the ballot box on Sunday, turning to the conservative Popular Party in hopes of alleviating the pain of Europe’s […]

Ethiopian troops ‘cross border into Somalia’   By Will Ross BBC News   Ethiopian troops have crossed the border into Somalia in significant numbers, eyewitnesses say.   They say they saw at least 20 vehicles carrying Ethiopian troops.   A few hundred soldiers were seen in Gurel town in Galgudud region and there were other […]

Angola’s President Eduardo Dos Santos offers help to Portugal Angola, which is recovering from a long brutal civil war which ended in 2002, gained independence from Portugal in 1975. BBC News Angola is prepared to help its former colonial power Portugal cope with its financial crisis, the oil-rich nation’s President Jose Eduardo Dos Santos said. […]