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Protesters rally against 9/11 trial set for New York (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 09:11 AM PST

Protesters rally against 9/11 trial set for New York (Reuters)


Protesters rally against 9/11 trial set for New York (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 06:52 PM PST

Protesters, many of whom lost friends or family during the 9/11 attacks, attend a rally against the plan to try those accused of plotting the 9/11 attacks at New York's Federal Court, in New York December 5, 2009. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - Demonstrators angered by the Obama administration's move to prosecute the self-professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks in civilian court on U.S. soil called on Saturday for the trial to be moved to a military tribunal.


Pakistan police arrest gang accused in bombings (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 08:13 AM PST

A Pakistani police officer stands guard as volunteers carry a body of suspected militant, killed by security forces, for burial in Tamirgrah, the main town of Pakistan's Lower Dir district, Sunday, Dec. 6, 2009. Security forces killed eight alleged militants hiding in a house in the Maidan area in Lower Dir district, Maj. Suleman Hanif an army spokesman said. The soldiers recovered weapons including two rocket launchers and eight assault rifles. (AP Photo/Rohullah Shakir)AP - Police commandos acting on a tip killed one militant and arrested five others Sunday in a raid against a bombing cell accused in recent attacks around the northwest Pakistani city of Peshawar, authorities said.


Body identified as missing angler

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 07:15 AM PST

Body identified as missing angler


Body identified as missing angler

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 04:50 AM PST

A body washed up off the Hampshire coast is identified as that of missing fisherman Osman Sharif from London.

Everton v Tottenham

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 04:12 AM PST

Preview followed by live coverage of Sunday's game between Everton and Tottenham in the Premier League.

Climate camp set for second night

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 06:05 AM PST

Protesters prepare to camp for a second night in London's Trafalgar Square ahead of the Copenhagen climate change summit.

Archbishop steps down over health

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 05:57 AM PST

The Archbishop of Southwark expresses "great sadness" as ill health forces him to leave his post.

Pair charged with murdering man

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 11:46 AM PST

Two men are charged with murdering a man who died of head injuries after being abducted in his own car in east London.

Fulham v Sunderland

Posted: 04 Dec 2009 05:24 AM PST

Preview followed by live coverage of Sunday's game between Fulham and Sunderland in the Premier League.

Ancelotti not worried by defeat

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 02:53 PM PST

Chelsea manager Carlo Ancelotti shrugs off his side's 2-1 defeat by Manchester City.

Wasps v Leicester (Sun)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 06:50 AM PST

Teams news for Sunday's Guinness Premiership match at Adams Park.

Beijing approves Yanzhou takeover of Australia miner (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 03:15 AM PST

Beijing approves Yanzhou takeover of Australia miner (AFP)


Beijing approves Yanzhou takeover of Australia miner (AFP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 02:44 AM PST

Wu Yuxiang, director and chief financial officer of Yanzhou Coal Mining Company Limited, addresses a press conference in Hong Kong in 2007. Chinese regulators have approved Yanzhou Coal's 3.5 billion Australian dollar (3.2 billion US) takeover of miner Felix, the country's biggest Australian acquisition yet, the Chinese company said.(AFP/File/Philippe Lopez)AFP - Chinese regulators have approved Yanzhou Coal's 3.5 billion Australian dollar (3.2 billion US) takeover of miner Felix, the country's biggest Australian acquisition yet, the Chinese company said.


China approves Yanzhou bid for Felix Resources (AP)

Posted: 06 Dec 2009 01:04 AM PST

AP - Chinese regulators have approved a bid by state-owned Yanzhou Coal to take over Australian miner Felix Resources Ltd., the company said in a statement.

China pays web surfers to find porn: report (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 10:22 PM PST

A man uses a laptop computer at a wireless cafe in Beijing. Chinese authorities have offered rewards of up to 10,000 yuan (1,465 dollars) to Internet users who report websites that feature pornography, state media reported Sunday.(AFP/File/Frederic J. Brown)AFP - Chinese authorities have offered rewards of up to 10,000 yuan (1,465 dollars) to Internet users who report websites that feature pornography, state media reported Sunday.


Gunpowder truck explodes in China, four dead (AFP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 08:07 PM PST

A truck carrying gunpowder to a fireworks factory exploded in central China, killing four people, destroying three vehicles and tearing up chunks of the highway, state media reported Sunday.(AFP/HO/File/Doug Kanter)AFP - A truck carrying gunpowder to a fireworks factory exploded in central China, killing four people, destroying three vehicles and tearing up chunks of the highway, state media reported Sunday.


Uighurs flee China, seek asylum in Cambodia: exile group (Reuters)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 06:57 PM PST

Reuters - A group of Uighurs who have fled China are seeking asylum through the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, an overseas activist group said, adding that other would-be refugees had been captured while fleeing China after ethnic riots in their homeland in July.

China activist speaks out from inside 'black jail' (AP)

Posted: 05 Dec 2009 07:44 AM PST

AP - A Chinese activist who has spoken out about the country's "black jails" said Saturday that he was being held against his will in one of the unofficial detention centers used to discourage people from complaining to the central government.

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