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Blast near aid office wounds 1 in NW Pakistan

Policemen survey the site of an explosion in Peshawar November 21, 2009. At least one person was injured when an explosion hit the office of a non-governmental organization (NGO) in the University Town area of Peshawar on Saturday, Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reported. REUTERS/K. Parvez (PAKISTAN CONFLICT CRIME LAW)
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan - An explosion struck the office of an aid organization in northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border on Saturday, wounding a security guard, police said.

Middle East News

  • Egyptian soccer fans clash with anti-riot police during a demonstration near the Algerian embassy in Cairo early Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, following tension between fans of both countries during the 2010 World Cup in a make-or-break World Cup qualification play-off that Algeria won 1-0, to advance to the 2010 World Cup. Egypt recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a growing diplomatic row caused by a bitter soccer rivalry between the two Arab nations that has sparked violence among fans. (AP Photo/Ahmed Gomaa)
    Egyptian soccer fans riot against Algeria AP - Fri Nov 20, 3:31 PM ET

    CAIRO - Egyptian soccer fans burned Algerian flags and rioted outside the Algerian Embassy in Cairo, smashing cars and shop windows, in an escalating row between the two countries over a bitter World Cup rivalry.

  • An undated handout photo provided in October 2009 by the European Union Naval Force (EU NAVFOR) shows the Lynn Rival yacht, belonging to British couple Paul and Rachel Chandler sailing in the Indian Ocean. A British couple held hostage by Somali pirates said in a video telecast Friday that their captors are "losing patience" and could kill them "within a week" if no ransom is paid.(AFP/EU NAVFOR/File)
    Yemen: Somali pirates hijack Panamanian cargo ship AP - Fri Nov 20, 2:25 PM ET

    SANA'A, Yemen - Yemen's coast guard says Somali pirates have hijacked a Panamanian cargo ship in the treacherous Gulf of Aden between the Arabian peninsula and the Horn of Africa.

  • Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas pauses during a meeting of the PLO executive committee at his compound in the West Bank city of Ramallah, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
    Palestinians to set new date for elections AP - Fri Nov 20, 12:23 PM ET

    RAMALLAH, West Bank - Palestinian officials announced Friday that a new date for parliamentary and presidential elections will be set next month now that President Mahmoud Abbas has agreed to postpone the January vote, though the Gaza Strip's Hamas rulers maintain they will boycott the voting.

Europe News

  • In this Aug. 12, 2000 file photo, The Holy Shroud, a 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, is shown at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus’ burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian Barbara Frale drew immediate skepticism from some scientists, who maintain the shroud is a medieval forgery. Frale, a researcher at the Vatican archives, said Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, that she used computers to enhance images of faintly written words in Greek, Latin and Aramaic scattered across the shroud. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, file)
    Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin AP - 21 minutes ago

    ROME - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.

  • Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai (R) speaks as British Foreign Secretary David Miliband listens during a meeting at the presidential palace in Kabul November 20, 2009. REUTERS/Massoud Hossain/Pool
    Afghan government would fall if NATO withdraws: UK minister Reuters - 1 hour, 18 minutes ago

    LONDON (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said Friday.

  • England Coach Martin Johnson watches team's training session at Pennyhill Park near Bagshot, on November 18. England play against New Zealand on Saturday, at Twickenham.(AFP/File/Adrian Dennis)
    Johnson's backs against All Black wall AFP - 1 hour, 51 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - England manager Martin Johnson, extraordinarily appointed to his post last year without any previous coaching experience, likes to deflect criticism by saying everyone is entitled to an opinion.

Latin America

  • Chavez praises Carlos the Jackal AP - 48 minutes ago

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Hugo Chavez is defending alleged terrorist mastermind Carlos the Jackal, saying the Venezuelan imprisoned in France was a "revolutionary fighter" rather than a terrorist.

  • Reinaldo Escobar, the husband of dissident Cuban blogger Yoanis Sanchez, center, is taking away by unidentified men in Havana, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Escobar was punched, slapped and shouted down by government supporters in downtown Havana. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
    Pro-Castro mob attacks spouse of top Cuban blogger AP - Fri Nov 20, 8:38 PM ET

    HAVANA - The husband of an acclaimed dissident Cuban blogger was punched and shouted down by a pro-government mob Friday after he challenged the presumed state agents who earlier roughed up his wife to a street corner debate.

  • Forensic personnel and policemen use a sheet to block the view of the body of one of two members of the investigative police killed in the border city of Ciudad Juarez November 19, 2009. Two policemen were killed at a service station by drug hitmen in an attack that left another two policemen and a civilian injured, according to local media. In a separate incident, two members of the investigative police were gunned down in a shoot by-driving. REUTERS/Alejandro Bringas (MEXICO SOCIETY CONFLICT CRIME LAW)
    Mexico shifts strategy in border city violence AP - Fri Nov 20, 8:06 PM ET

    MEXICO CITY - Mexico's top domestic security official said Friday that sectors of the general public have cooperated with drug cartels in the violent border city of Ciudad Juarez, and the government is about to launch new social programs there to combat gangs.

Africa News

  • South Africa's Springbok national rugby union team coach Peter de Villiers is seen during a training session on November 12, at the Stadium in Toulouse. Springboks play Italy on Saturday.(AFP/File/Remy Gabalda)
    Du Preez looking forward to baptism of fire AFP - 1 hour, 47 minutes ago

    UDINE, Italy (AFP) - Loosehead prop Wian du Preez will make his South Africa debut against Italy here on Saturday with Leicester Tiger Martin Castrogiovanni's snarling teeth ready to welcome him.

  • Egyptians burn an Algerian flag as they protest near the Algerian embassy in Cairo. Violent protestors injured dozens of police near the Algerian embassy in Cairo on Friday, fanning the flames of a diplomatic row that erupted over a football World Cup qualifier won by bitter rivals Algeria.(AFP/Cris Bouroncle)
    35 Egyptian police hurt as football violence simmers AFP - Fri Nov 20, 2:59 PM ET

    CAIRO (AFP) - Protesters injured dozens of police near the Algerian embassy in Egypt's capital on Friday, fanning the flames of a diplomatic spat that erupted after Algeria won a football World Cup qualifier.

  • The European Commission has signed a 677 million euro ($1 billion) deal to help Nigeria tackle challenges in its restive oil-producing region, promoting peace, good governance and trade, the EU said. The deal was signed in Brussels by European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid Karel De Gucht and Nigeria's Executive Secretary of the National Planning Commission Sylvester Monye.(AFP/File/Adalberto Roque)
    EU signs deal with Nigeria to support peace AFP - Fri Nov 20, 1:38 PM ET

    ABUJA (AFP) - The European Commission has signed a 677 million euro (one billion dollar) deal to help Nigeria tackle challenges in its restive oil-producing region, promoting peace, good governance and trade, the EU said Friday.

Asia News

  • South Korean model Daul Kim is seen presenting a creation by Alexander Mcqueen during Spring/Summer 2008 ready-to-wear collection show in Paris, in 2007. Kim was found hanged in her central Paris apartment after an apparent suicide, the South Korean embassy said on Friday, citing French police officials.(AFP/File/Francois Guillot)
    S.Koreans mourn rising star supermodel AFP - 11 minutes ago

    SEOUL (AFP) - Fans and friends on Saturday expressed shock at the death of a South Korean supermodel who was found hanged in her central Paris apartment earlier this week.

  • Buddhists from 2 Koreas to hold joint ceremony AP - 26 minutes ago

    SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Buddhist monks headed to North Korea on Saturday for a joint ceremony with monks there, showing the countries continue civil exchange despite a bloody naval skirmish earlier this month.

  • Shi Ming Yi, a high-living Buddhist monk who ran one of Singapore's most well-known charities has been jailed for 10 months for fraud, according to court officials.(AFP/File)
    High-living Singapore monk jailed for fraud AFP - 27 minutes ago

    SINGAPORE (AFP) - A high-living Buddhist monk who ran one of Singapore's most well-known charities was Saturday jailed for 10 months for fraud, court officials said.

Canada

  • Tories, Liberals slip as NDP surges: poll Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 9:00 PM ET

    TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada's ruling Conservatives and the main opposition Liberals both lost ground in a poll published on Friday as the left-leaning New Democrats enjoyed a surprising surge in public support.

  • Canada to have vaccine soon for half population Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 12:39 PM ET

    OTTAWA (Reuters) - Enough H1N1 flu vaccine for almost half of Canada's population will have been shipped out by the end of the next week, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq said on Friday.

  • TD Bank hit with lawsuit in Florida Ponzi case Reuters - Fri Nov 20, 9:01 PM ET

    MIAMI (Reuters) - TD Bank was hit with a multimillion-dollar lawsuit on Friday calling it the "financial epicenter" of an alleged Ponzi scheme run by disgraced Florida lawyer Scott Rothstein.

Australia/Antarctica News

  • A city worker is seen reading the paper in the shade during a hot day in Sydney. Australia is facing its worst fire danger in four years, with hotter and windier conditions and earlier than normal outbreaks forecast, according to government analysis published this week.(AFP/Greg Wood)
    Australia issues 'catastrophic' alerts as fires rage AFP - 32 minutes ago

    SYDNEY (AFP) - "Catastrophic" alerts have been issued in Australia after record-breaking temperatures and wild lightning storms sparked more than 100 fires across the country, officials said on Saturday.

  • File photo shows Greenpeace activists aboard an inflatable boat as a harpooned Minke whale is winched aboard a Japanese whaling ship in the Antarctic Ocean. Australia has said it is "deeply disappointed" after a fleet of vessels set out from Japan to kill hundreds of the giant ocean mammals on their annual hunt.(AFP/HO/File)
    Australia 'disappointed' at Japan whaling mission AFP - Fri Nov 20, 8:04 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia said it was "deeply disappointed" after a fleet of Japanese whaling ships set out to kill hundreds of the giant ocean mammals on their annual hunt.

  • Aerial view of Sydney Harbour (front, right) is seen in this file photo. An Australian pin-up pilot forced to bring an emergency medical flight down in shark-infested waters was Friday hailed a hero for the daring landing from which all aboard escaped unharmed.(AFP/File/Torsten Blackwood)
    Aussie pilot who landed in shark waters hailed a hero AFP - Fri Nov 20, 12:03 AM ET

    SYDNEY (AFP) - An Australian pin-up pilot forced to bring an emergency medical flight down in shark-infested waters was Friday hailed a hero for the daring landing from which all aboard escaped unharmed.

Most Popular World News

  • In this Aug. 12, 2000 file photo, The Holy Shroud, a 14 foot-long linen revered by some as the burial cloth of Jesus, is shown at the Cathedral of Turin, Italy. A Vatican researcher claims a nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves the authenticity of the artifact revered as Jesus’ burial cloth. The claim made in a new book by historian Barbara Frale drew immediate skepticism from some scientists, who maintain the shroud is a medieval forgery. Frale, a researcher at the Vatican archives, said Friday that she used computers to enhance images of faintly written words in Greek, Latin and Aramaic scattered across the shroud. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, file)
    Researcher: Faint writing seen on Shroud of Turin AP - 21 minutes ago

    ROME - A Vatican researcher has rekindled the age-old debate over the Shroud of Turin, saying that faint writing on the linen proves it was the burial cloth of Jesus. Experts say the historian may be reading too much into the markings, and they stand by carbon-dating that points to the shroud being a medieval forgery.

  • Resisdents of the village of Cockermouth, England, are seen being rescued from their homes by members of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI), who were mobilized to help the residents after heavy rain caused local flooding in the picturesque village, Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. The Royal Air Force and RLNI rescue services have joined efforts to rescue around 200 people who are stranded by rising floodwater in the northern England tourist town.(AP Photo/Scott Heppell)
    Floods devastate UK Lake District, much of Ireland AP - Fri Nov 20, 6:22 PM ET

    COCKERMOUTH, England - Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain, killing a police officer and trapping dozens in their swamped homes.

  • FILE -This Dec. 7, 2008 file photo shows children collecting stagnant water for use at home in Glen View, Harare, Zimbabwe. Even though cheap tools could prevent and cure diarrhea and pneumonia, they kill an estimated 3.5 million kids under 5 each year globally, which is more than HIV and malaria combined. (AP Photo/Tsvangirayi Mukwazhi, File)
    AIDS, malaria eclipse the biggest child-killers AP - Thu Nov 19, 3:01 PM ET

    HANOI, Vietnam - Diarrhea doesn't make headlines. Nor does pneumonia. AIDS and malaria tend to get most of the attention.