Ex-Rebel Likely to Be Uruguay Presidential Winner A plain-talking former leftist guerrilla is heavily favored to win Uruguay’s presidential run-off election Sunday and keep the country’s popular center-left coalition in power for another five years. Michael Warren, AP NEWS - 8 minutes ago
Leaders Say Momentum Building on Climate Change Leaders of the Commonwealth countries called Saturday for a legally binding international agreement on climate change and a global fund with billions of dollars to help poor countries meet its mandates. Ben Fox, AP NEWS - 27 minutes ago
Pressures on Pakistan’s President Mount Pakistan’s unpopular president is coming under increasing pressure from the powerful army and political opponents to resign or relinquish most of his powers, fueling political turmoil just as the West wants the country to focus on the threat posed by al-Qaida and the Taliban. Asif Shahzad, AP NEWS - 28 minutes ago
Administration Plans New Efforts on Foreclosures The Obama administration, battling a foreclosure crisis that shows no signs of relenting, will step up pressure on mortgage companies to do more to help people remain in their homes, officials said Saturday. Martin Crutsinger, AP NEWS - 30 minutes ago
Honduras Elections Police display what they say are elements of explosives and a Venezuelan flag after a raid in Tegucigalpa, Saturday, Nov. 28, 2009. Honduras holds general elections Nov. 29. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio) Fernando Antonio, AP NEWS - 45 minutes ago
Honduras Hopes to Move Past Coup With Election Hondurans choose a new president Sunday whose first challenge will be defending his legitimacy to the world and his people, and ending a debilitating, five-month-long crisis caused by Central America’s first coup in more than 20 years. Alexandra Olson, AP NEWS - 46 minutes ago
LA Times Sports Writer Mike Penner Dead at 52 Los Angeles Times sports writer Mike Penner, who announced two years ago he was a transsexual and was changing his name to Christine Daniels, has died at age 52, the newspaper reported Saturday. John Rogers, AP NEWS - 56 minutes ago
Bangladesh Ferry Toll at 37, May Surge: Police Bangladeshi rescue workers on Sunday pulled more bodies from a capsized ferry as police said at least 37 people had died and warned that “scores” more corpses remained in the vessel. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 59 minutes ago
Gurrumul, the Star Who ‘Just Wants to Go Home’ On his first tour of Europe but fast becoming the talk of the town, upcoming world music sensation Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, the blind Aboriginal with the voice of an angel, “just wants to go home”. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 59 minutes ago
Dubai as Finance Hub Faces First Test Dubai’s ambitions to become an international financial centre are in doubt after the shock announcement that its main state-owned firm wants to suspend debt payments, analysts said on Sunday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 59 minutes ago
WTO Meeting Expected to See Free Trade Pledge More than a hundred ministers gather here Monday for a WTO conference where they are likely to renew pledges to freer world trade while avoiding hard bargaining to secure an overall deal under the Doha round. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 59 minutes ago
Public Debt Imperils World Economy The debt dilemma confronting Dubai has thrown into sharp relief a new threat to the financial health of rich countries that have borrowed and spent heavily to escape recession and must now pay up. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 59 minutes ago
Seoul Not Hopeful on N.Korea-US Talks: Yonhap South Korea sees prospects for a US-North Korean meeting next month as “dark” because Pyongyang has yet to promise to return to six-party nuclear disarmament talks, a news report said Sunday. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 59 minutes ago
Shock Khmer Rouge Plea Highlights Political Battle A last-minute bid for release by Khmer Rouge jail chief Duch has underscored deep rifts between foreign and Cambodian staff that threaten the UN-backed court, officials and diplomats said. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 59 minutes ago
Magic Forward Barnes Fined for Throwing Ball at Stands Orlando forward Matt Barnes has said he will appeal the 20,000-dollar fine levied by the NBA for throwing a basketball into the stands. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 59 minutes ago
Journalist Who Made Headlines With Gender Struggle Dies Los Angeles Times sports writer Mike Penner, who attracted international attention in 2007 when he announced he was a transsexual, has died at the age of 52, the newspaper reported on its website Saturday. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 59 minutes ago
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