Philippines Prepares to Charge Suspect in Massacre Under threat of military attack, the scion of the clan suspected in the slaughter of 57 people in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday, and prosecutors say he will face murder charges in the country’s worst election violence. Aaron Favila and Jim Gomez, AP NEWS - 3 minutes ago
Holiday Web Shopping Looks Brighter Than Last Year Internet retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season — even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales. Rachel Metz, AP NEWS - 3 minutes ago
Iran Seizes Rights Lawyer’s Nobel Peace Medal Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi’s medal, the human rights lawyer said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps Tehran is taking against any dissent. Nasser Karimi and Ian Macdougall, AP NEWS - 11 minutes ago
Gift Guide: Accessories to Jazz Up Mobile Phones People you know have spent small fortunes on shiny new smart phones such as the iPhone 3GS, a BlackBerry or the Droid. But the devices still don’t have all the features they want. Deborah Yao, AP NEWS - 11 minutes ago
Brazil: ‘Gringos’ Must Pay to Stop Amazon Razing Brazil’s president said Thursday that “gringos” should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental destruction than the loggers and farmers who cut and burn trees in the world’s largest tropical rain forest. Marco Sibaja, AP NEWS - 22 minutes ago
Japan’s Jobless Rate Falls to 5.1% in October: Govt Japan’s unemployment rate fell to 5.1 percent in October from 5.3 percent in September, improving for a third consecutive month, the government said Friday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 25 minutes ago
Cable Company Filmed Uninvited White House Couple The couple who crashed a White House state dinner were being filmed that day by a camera crew connected with a reality television program, although none of the filming took place on White House grounds, a spokeswoman for the program’s network said Thursday. Larry Margasak and H. Josef Hebert, AP NEWS - 33 minutes ago
Canadian Ex-Official: Afghan Prison Claims Known Canadian federal officials were well aware of allegations of abuse in Afghan jails as the Canadian military was handing over detainees to Afghanistan’s intelligence service in 2006, Canada’s former top official on Afghanistan said Thursday. Charmaine Noronha, AP NEWS - 39 minutes ago
Freed Foreign Journalists in Kenyan Hospital Two foreign journalists freed after 15 months in captivity in Somalia have been receiving medical care in neighboring Kenya, Canada’s ambassador said. Mohamed Olad Hassan and Tom Odula, AP FEATURES - 51 minutes ago
Brazil, US Official Discuss Differences Brazilian diplomats denied Thursday that there is a crisis in relations with the U.S., while acknowledging differences with the government of President Barack Obama on issues such as Iran’s nuclear ambitions and relations with post-coup Honduras. Staff, AP NEWS - 56 minutes ago
Coma Recovery Case Attracts Doubters Rom Houben’s mother remembers her son’s amazement when he finally started communicating again after spending 23 years locked in a paralyzed body that was misdiagnosed as vegetative. Raf Casert, AP FEATURES - 64 minutes ago
Brazil Miniskirt Student Will Parade in Carnival Brazilians will be seeing a whole lot more of the student whose short pink dress got her booted from college: She’s agreed to march in the nation’s famously flesh-baring Carnival parades. Tales Azzoni, AP NEWS - 66 minutes ago
Holiday Web Shopping Looks Brighter Than Last Year Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season — even as traditional retailers brace for mediocre sales. Rachel Metz, AP NEWS - 80 minutes ago
Post Office Card Error Leaves Italians in the Red: Report A computer glitch left Italian Post Office customers in the red by processing card transactions at 100 times their value, Italian press reported Thursday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 85 minutes ago
Dubai Defends Debt Payment Suspension as Markets Fall A senior Dubai official defended on Thursday his government’s proposal to suspend debt payments by its Dubai World conglomerate, as global stock markets fell amid fears of widespread default. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 85 minutes ago
Phony British Aristocrat Detained in Spain for Fraud A British man who falsely claimed to be an aristocrat about to inherit a fortune has been detained in Spain on suspicion of conning women he promised to marry out of hundreds of thousands of euros, police said Thursday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 85 minutes ago
Sarkozy Hails US, Chinese Climate Proposals French President Nicolas Sarkozy, in Brazil Thursday for a one-day meeting on climate change and Amazon forest conservation, hailed new US and Chinese proposals on combating global warming as “extremely encouraging.” Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 85 minutes ago
Murray Labours to ATP Victory Over Verdasco Britain’s Andy Murray laboured to a third set tie-break victory over Spain’s Fernando Verdasco in their final Group A game at the World Tour Finals on Thursday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 85 minutes ago
Murray Labours to Fruitless Verdasco Victory Scotland’s Andy Murray laboured to a third set tie-break victory over Spain’s Fernando Verdasco at the World Tour Finals on Thursday, but it eventually proved not enough to see him into the semis. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 85 minutes ago