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High stakes whaling standoff on the high seas (plus 34 more items)

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High stakes whaling standoff on the high seas

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:45 AM PST

New Zealand's foreign minister says his country's maritime agency will carry out an investigation into a collision between a Japanese whaling vessel and a boat belonging to the Sea Shepherd anti-whaling protest group. The clash took place in the Southern ocean, in waters which come under Australian and New Zealand maritime authority. Sea Shepherd says its boat, the Ady Gil, was stationary and that the Japanese whaler, Shonan Maru, veered towards it and deliberately sliced off its bow.

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Honduran generals face coup charges

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 09:37 AM PST

Honduras' attorney-general has charged the country's senior military chiefs with "abuse of power" for a coup that removed Manuel Zelaya, the ousted president, according to a supreme court spokesman.

Danilo Izaguirre told the AFP news agency that the court had three days to respond to the charges.

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Israeli war game eyes Gaza 'occupation'

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 03:37 AM PST

Tel Aviv is conducting war games in the Negev desert, in what appears to be preparation for a new offensive on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip.

An Israeli TV channel reported the military drills on Thursday, saying the rightist government led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is likely gearing up for a massive attack on Gaza shortly after the anniversary of the deadly Gaza onslaught last year.

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Indian troops storm Kashmir hotel

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:40 AM PST

A standoff in the main market area of Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, has ended after nearly 24 hours, with the death of two fighters at the hands of security forces.

Kuldeep  Khuda, the police chief of Indian Kashmir, said on the Thursday that "the operation as far as we are concerned is over".

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Blast wounds Afghan official

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:39 AM PST

The acting governor of Afghanistan's province of Khost and several senior officials are reported to have been wounded by a blast inside the governor's office.

The official's wounds were not life-threatening, an Afghan army general said on Thursday.

Khost lies on the country's southeastern border with Pakistan.

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Anti-terror chief killed in Iraq bombings

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:37 AM PST

Early morning bombings Thursday rocked the town of Heet in the western Iraqi province of al-Anbar, killing seven people including an anti-terror chief, an emergency official said.

"At 3:00 am (0600 GMT) men planted bombs around the bedrooms of four houses belonging to members of the police force, including Major Walid al-Heeti, the head of Heet's anti-terror department," said Lieutenant Colonel Fadhil Nimrawi, the head of the town's emergency response unit.

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US fighter jets escort 'troubled' airliner

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:37 AM PST

The US military scrambled two fighter jets Wednesday to escort a passenger plane after a 'suspicious' traveler refused to comply with flight rules.

The two F-15 fighter jets were on a mandate by the North American Aerospace Defense Command to intercept a Hawaii-bound passenger plane after aviation authorities reported that "a suspicious passenger who made threatening remarks and refused to store his carry-on bag" was onboard the Hawaiian Airlines jet.

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More snow for Britons as Europe freezes up

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:37 AM PST

As cold temperatures sweep across Europe, Britons prepare themselves for more snow amidst one of the harshest winters that has hit the UK in the past decades.

Heavy snows have crippled transport links, delivering a harsh blow to Britain's already recession-hit economy, as work has been suspended in some areas.

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Survivor of two atomic bombs dies at 93

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:37 AM PST

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only survivor of two devastating atomic bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, dies of stomach cancer at the age of 93.

Yamaguchi, who witnessed at close hand the nuclear bombings of two Japanese cities by the US, lost a long battle with stomach cancer on Monday, his family said Thursday.

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Japan charges US soldier in hit and run case

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:37 AM PST

A US soldier has been charged with a fatal hit-and-run motoring accident in Japan, raising long standing tensions between Washington and Tokyo over the US military presence in the Asian country.

The incident took place on Nov. 7 in the southern island of Okinawa, where thousands of American troops are deployed.

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Despite civilian deaths, McCain defends US drone raids

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:36 AM PST

US Senator John McCain defended Thursday the use of drone attacks against suspected militants in Pakistan, despite the mounting civilian casualties of the raids.

"The drone strikes are part of an overall set of tactics which make up the strategy for victory and they have been very effective," he said during his visit to Kabul. He did not mention the collateral damage inflicted upon the civilian population.

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Oil below $83 after 10-day rise in Asian trade

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:36 AM PST

Oil prices have eased back below $83 a barrel in Asian trade overnight on the back of a weak dollar after hitting 14-month highs.

New York's main futures contract, light sweet crude for February delivery, shed 44 cents to $82.74 a barrel on Thursday morning Singapore time. The US benchmark oil had touched $83.52 Wednesday, its highest level since October 2008.

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Protest outside Egyptian embassy in Paris

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:36 AM PST

A crowd of French Muslim thronged in front of the Egyptian Embassy in Paris Wednesday, protesting the country's policies of collaboration with Israel against the Palestinians.

The protestors denounced Egyptian leader Hosni Mubarak's "support for the Israeli regime," chanting slogans in support of the Lebanese Hezbollah and Hamas resistance movement, IRIB News reported.

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CIA bombing prompts 'change' in US security

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:36 AM PST

US military officials say the country is changing security procedures after an attack against a US military base in Afghanistan killed seven CIA employees.

On December 30, a bombing of the CIA post at Camp Chapman in the Afghan province of Khost left at least seven employees dead.

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Top Obama official fathers illegitimate child

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 01:36 AM PST

The White House Budget Director, Peter Orszag, has admitted to having fathered a baby girl "out of wedlock" and has demanded "privacy" over the matter.

Orzag, who is engaged to the ABC News reporter, Bianna Golodryga, acknowledged that his former girlfriend, Claire Milonas, gave birth to their new daughter, Tatiana Zoe, in mid-November after they reportedly broke up in March.

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Accused Holocaust museum shooter dies in prison

Posted: 07 Jan 2010 12:17 AM PST

WASHINGTON – The death of Holocaust revisionist accused of opening fire at the Holocaust museum has left some conflicted — not sorry he's gone, but frustrated that he won't stand trial.

The 89-year-old James von Brunn, who faced charges that could have earned him the death penalty, died Wednesday at a North Carolina federal prison while awaiting trial.

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Standoff ends in Indian Kashmir

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:38 PM PST

A standoff in the main market area of Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, has ended after nearly 24 hours, with the death of two fighters at the hands of Indian security forces.

Kuldeep  Khuda, the police chief of Indian Kashmir, said on the Thursday that "the operation as far as we are concerned is over".

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GM sees little hope to save Swedish Saab

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:37 PM PST

The head of General Motors, Ed Whitacre, says it is unlikely to reach a last-minute deal to save Swedish carmaker Saab from being shut down.

GM extended a deadline to consider offers for Saab last month after Dutch luxury carmaker Spyker tried to put together a deal to buy Saab, but the deadline expires on Thursday.

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Nepal to release former child soldiers

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:37 PM PST

The Nepalese government is poised to release former child soldiers fighting for Maoists in a move to pave the way for the country's reconciliation process.

Since a peace agreement in 2006, thousands of former child soldiers were confined to the UN-monitored camps.

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Iran top diplomat visits Iraq

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:37 PM PST

Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, accompanied by a high-ranking delegation, arrived in the Iraqi capital on Thursday for bilateral talks.

The top diplomat was received by his Iraqi counterpart, Hoshyar Zebari.

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Kashmir unrest runs into second day

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:36 PM PST

Clashes between government troops and fighters continued for a second day on Thursday in Indian Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar.

The fighting started Wednesday after fighters threw grenades and opened fire in the city's main market area, killing one police officer.

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'Yemen to let US set up air base on its soil'

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:09 PM PST

Yemen's government is to allow the US to set up a military base on its territory, a political analyst says.

The US can no longer rely on Yemen's government to fight al-Qaeda because it is losing its legitimacy and becoming weaker, Ali Al-Ahmed, a political analyst, told Press TV on Wednesday.

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UN envoy sees failure in current Afghan strategy

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:09 PM PST

The UN envoy to Afghanistan, Kai Eide, said Wednesday that if the war strategy in the country is not changed, the international mission will fail.

"If these negative trends are not soon reversed, then there is a risk that they will become unmanageable," he said in a briefing to the UN Security Council.

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Somali lawmakers demand speaker resignation

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST

Somali lawmakers have demanded that the Parliament speaker resign, amid dispute over the extension of the presidential term.

During a press conference in Mogadishu, more than 50 lawmakers said they wanted to elect a new speaker to replace Sheikh Aden Madoobe at the transitional parliament, a Press TV correspondent reported Wednesday.

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7 killed in drive-by shooting outside Egypt church

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST

At least 7 people were killed in a drive-by shooting Wednesday outside a church in Egypt as a group of worshippers were leaving a midnight mass for Coptic Christmas.

The attack took place outside the Virgin Marcy church in the town of Nag Hammadi in Egypt's southern Qena province.

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Emanuel outrage at Israel over peace talks rejected

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 11:08 PM PST

Israel denies reports that US Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel has threatened to walk away from the long-stalled Israeli-Palestinian peace talks.

Emanuel met with Jacob Dayan, Israel's consul general in Los Angeles, about two weeks ago followed by media reports expressing Washington's deep frustration with both parties involved in the talks.

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Kashmir fighters in hotel standoff

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 10:38 PM PST

The armed men who forced their way into a hotel in the main city of Indian-administered Kashmir on Wednesday, are reported to have thrown grenades and opened fire on security forces for a second straight day.

The men took over the hotel after killing a policeman in the first attack in a year in Kashmir's summer capital.

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US Dept. of Defense posts YouTube drone porn

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 09:10 AM PST

Youtube videos of UAV attacks posted by the Department of Defense have become an internet sensation, now commonly referred to as drone porn. So what message is the DOD trying to send across and is it in America's best interests to make these videos public?

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Taiwan's last sword-maker

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 08:44 AM PST

Once considered divine, the centuries-old craft of sword-making in Taiwan is dying. But one individual is doing his best to keep the ancient tradition alive. Al Jazeera's Steve Chao travelled to the town of Cheding to meet the country's last professional sword-maker, who at 65, hopes to find a "worthy apprentice" to pass his legacy on to.

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Guinean army mulls transition deal

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 08:38 AM PST

General Sekouba Konate, Guinea's interim military leader, has invited the opposition to select the country's next prime minister ahead of the formation of a transition government.

In a speech to members of the military junta on Wednesday, Konate said Guinea's leadership "must act to bring peace" to the country.

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Physicist predicts terrorist attacks?

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 08:09 AM PST

Researchers at the University of Miami have come up with a mathematical model that they say could predict terrorist and insurgent attacks before they occur. rt's Dina Gusovsky speaks to Neil Johnson, one of the project's researchers and physics professor at the university, to figure out whether or not terrorist attacks really follow the laws of science.

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The blood oath

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:47 AM PST

"Mr. President, will you take a call from Prime Minister Netanyahu in five minutes? He says it's urgent, very urgent."

"Rahm, I can tell from the tone of your voice that you're not asking me a question. You're giving me an order."

Rahm Emanuel smiled.

 

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Not enough 'dots to connect' on bombing suspect 06 Jan 10

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:46 AM PST

Al Jazeera speaks to Spencer Ackerman, the national security correspondent for the Washington Independent political news site, on Barack Obama's criticism of the US intelligence agencies for failing to disrupt an attempt to blow up a US-bound passenger plane on Christmas Day. The US president said agents had sufficient information to stop the attempted attack but "failed to connect the dots".

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US urged to bring home five attack suspects in Pakistan

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:15 AM PST

A lawyer for the families of five US citizens accused of plotting attacks in Pakistan has demanded Washington move to bring them home. Speaking exclusively to Al Jazeera, Nina Ginsberg also said the families of the five had reason to believe the men had been mistreated by their Pakistani prison guards.

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Fatal attack outside Egypt church

Posted: 06 Jan 2010 07:10 AM PST

Seven people have been killed in a drive-by shooting outside a church in Egypt as Christians left a late night mass on the eve of Coptic Christmas.

Officials said three men in a car drove by a group of worshippers as they were walking out of the Virgin Mary church and opened fire with machineguns into the crowd just before midnight on Wednesday.

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