Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/721 world World News en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:53:51 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/721 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed ap/20091126/as_philippines_hostages_killed AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:45:23 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.53bb00a411c541b7be657633a3b4c71c.philippines_hostages_killed_xaf116.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=VBxB3t9B6ZPjId4zVLS.jg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="A man digs beside a backhoe as they recover a vehicle that was dumped together with massacre victims along a hillside grave in Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country's worst election massacre, said Wednesday they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the government along with four police commanders. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" border="0" /></a>AP - A scion of a powerful clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in Wednesday amid mounting pressure on the government to crack down on lawlessness and warlords.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_philippines_hostages_killed"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.53bb00a411c541b7be657633a3b4c71c.philippines_hostages_killed_xaf116.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=VBxB3t9B6ZPjId4zVLS.jg--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man digs beside a backhoe as they recover a vehicle that was dumped together with massacre victims along a hillside grave in Ampatuan, Maguindanao province, southern Philippines on Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country's worst election massacre, said Wednesday they are investigating a member of a powerful clan allied with the government along with four police commanders. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan ap/20091126/as_afghanistan AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:12:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259176154829-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3TAh7pMQir6dI9SerS8JMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Marines come under fire as they return to base following a search operation in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama will announce his new Afghan strategy in an address to the nation Tuesday from the prestigious West Point military academy, the White House said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0" /></a>AP - A helicopter belonging to an international military contractor has gone missing in Afghanistan, officials said Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_afghanistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259176154829-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=3TAh7pMQir6dI9SerS8JMw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Marines come under fire as they return to base following a search operation in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. US President Barack Obama will announce his new Afghan strategy in an address to the nation Tuesday from the prestigious West Point military academy, the White House said.(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_khmer_rouge_tribunal ap/20091126/as_cambodia_khmer_rouge_tribunal AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:08:49 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_khmer_rouge_tribunal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.e0176ad9584444988611ab414647e320.cambodia_khmer_rouge_tribunal_hs106.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=gqWgyR92SB1mlSp31XZzpA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, center, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, now known as Tuol Sleng genocide museum, stands in the court room of the U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Prosecutors in the genocide trial of the former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded he be sentenced to 40 years in jail for his role in the killing of thousands of Cambodian prisoners. (AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)" border="0" /></a>AP - The prison chief being tried for running a Khmer Rouge torture center apologized but said he was only following orders and couldn't stop the abuse and the thousands of killings there, as prosecutors sought a 40-year prison sentence.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_cambodia_khmer_rouge_tribunal"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.e0176ad9584444988611ab414647e320.cambodia_khmer_rouge_tribunal_hs106.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=gqWgyR92SB1mlSp31XZzpA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo released by the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia, Kaing Guek Eav, center, the former chief of the Khmer Rouge's notorious S-21 prison, now known as Tuol Sleng genocide museum, stands in the court room of the U.N.-backed tribunal in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. Prosecutors in the genocide trial of the former Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded he be sentenced to 40 years in jail for his role in the killing of thousands of Cambodian prisoners. (AP Photo/Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_latam_iran ap/20091126/lt_latam_iran AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:34:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_latam_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.cdf467f2ddb444ce9aa1f0e4016f28b0.aptopix_venezuela_iran_xac101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=RNYkXAD6j41IVTYwGDo_RQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, react during an official welcoming ceremony at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad sought to expand Tehran's influence in Latin America and deepen his alliance with Venezuela's Hugo Chavez on Wednesday in a visit that gave him a platform to defend his country's nuclear program.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_latam_iran"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.cdf467f2ddb444ce9aa1f0e4016f28b0.aptopix_venezuela_iran_xac101.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=RNYkXAD6j41IVTYwGDo_RQ--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, left, and Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, right, react during an official welcoming ceremony at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan ap/20091126/as_pakistan AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:11:26 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091126/i/r3048202225.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=LpptnIFm.XGLhUGln.U61g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="A medic looks over the X-ray of a boy who was injured in a bomb blast in Peshawar November 26, 2009. At least three people, including two policemen were injured in a blast on Charsadda Road in Peshawar, Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reported. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN CONFLICT CRIME LAW HEALTH)" border="0" /></a>AP - A roadside bomb targeting a police officer exploded in the main northwestern city of Peshawar on Thursday, injuring three people in the latest of a wave of attacks to strike the area since the army launched a major anti-Taliban offensive last month.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_as/as_pakistan"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091126/i/r3048202225.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=LpptnIFm.XGLhUGln.U61g--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="photo" title="A medic looks over the X-ray of a boy who was injured in a bomb blast in Peshawar November 26, 2009. At least three people, including two policemen were injured in a blast on Charsadda Road in Peshawar, Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reported. REUTERS/Fayaz Aziz (PAKISTAN CONFLICT CRIME LAW HEALTH)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091125/wl_time/031542194260400 time/20091125/031542194260400 Time.com world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:25:00 GMT Time.com - One unlucky traveler got hit with an excess-baggage charge so outrageous, he may as well have bought his luggage its own seats on the flight http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/wl_uk_afp/afghanistanunrestbritainmilitary afp/20091126/afghanistanunrestbritainmilitary AFP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:45:16 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/wl_uk_afp/afghanistanunrestbritainmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259205570340-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=K3PlV5okTPKpDbURXGfyEA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Protestors attend a demonstration in London in October held by Stop the War coallition. A former head of MI6 criticised Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over its funding for and handling of the Afghan mission.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A former head of MI6 criticised Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over its funding for and handling of the Afghan mission.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/wl_uk_afp/afghanistanunrestbritainmilitary"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259205570340-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=K3PlV5okTPKpDbURXGfyEA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Protestors attend a demonstration in London in October held by Stop the War coallition. A former head of MI6 criticised Prime Minister Gordon Brown's government over its funding for and handling of the Afghan mission.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians ap/20091126/ml_israel_palestinians AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:40:10 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.93eae475958a4a42b8da37acb63d4503.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl134.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=dKVMveU3Noo6.DDnGTRLCg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, gestures as he speaks during a press conference in his Jerusalem office, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2009. Israel will halt construction in its West Bank settlements for 10 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday, in an effort to restart peace talks, but Palestinians rejected the freeze as insufficient because it did not include east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)" border="0" /></a>AP - Israel on Wednesday proposed a 10-month halt to new construction in West Bank settlements as a step toward restarting Mideast peace negotiations. Washington welcomed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's offer, but the Palestinians swiftly rejected it because it did not include a building freeze in Jewish neighborhoods in east Jerusalem, the mainly Arab sector of the city they want as the capital of a future state.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_israel_palestinians"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.93eae475958a4a42b8da37acb63d4503.mideast_israel_palestinians_jrl134.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=dKVMveU3Noo6.DDnGTRLCg--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, gestures as he speaks during a press conference in his Jerusalem office, Wednesday, Nov. 29, 2009. Israel will halt construction in its West Bank settlements for 10 months, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Wednesday, in an effort to restart peace talks, but Palestinians rejected the freeze as insufficient because it did not include east Jerusalem. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico ap/20091126/lt_drug_war_mexico AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:07:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.403d2171be3946768ee043681966d2c4.grenades_in_america_arizona_xlat101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=_2iBvrS65Tgnq6HCxv2OjQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="This undated photo released by the Arizona Department of Public Safety shows casings for hand grenades taken in an undercover bust in Phoenix. Federal agents who investigate explosives cases say they will periodically come across people wanting to buy or sell grenades in Arizona, one of the country's busiest hubs for marijuana smuggling and where drug cartels send people to buy guns that are later sneaked into Mexico. (AP Photo/Arizona Department of Public Safety)" border="0" /></a>AP - Residents in the violent Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez will soon be able to report crime through an anonymous international tip line, Mayor Jose Reyes said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/lt_drug_war_mexico"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.403d2171be3946768ee043681966d2c4.grenades_in_america_arizona_xlat101.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=_2iBvrS65Tgnq6HCxv2OjQ--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="This undated photo released by the Arizona Department of Public Safety shows casings for hand grenades taken in an undercover bust in Phoenix. Federal agents who investigate explosives cases say they will periodically come across people wanting to buy or sell grenades in Arizona, one of the country's busiest hubs for marijuana smuggling and where drug cartels send people to buy guns that are later sneaked into Mexico. (AP Photo/Arizona Department of Public Safety)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_af/af_congo_rebel_network ap/20091126/af_congo_rebel_network AP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:16:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_af/af_congo_rebel_network"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.708bae123a394c8bbac84e7d0532593a.congo_rebel_network_cgo101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7Mm_u7jj0hdWRM5MdO2Amw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, a Rwandan Hutu rebel carries a gun as he walks past a United Nations peacekeeper encampment in the village of Kimua, eastern Congo. A United Nations report leaked to The Associated Press confirms that one of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and Europe who facilitate arms trafficking, money transfers and day-to-day operational support. The Security Council is due to discuss the report on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)" border="0" /></a>AP - One of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries, including the United States and some in Europe, a United Nations report said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_af/af_congo_rebel_network"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.708bae123a394c8bbac84e7d0532593a.congo_rebel_network_cgo101.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=7Mm_u7jj0hdWRM5MdO2Amw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009, a Rwandan Hutu rebel carries a gun as he walks past a United Nations peacekeeper encampment in the village of Kimua, eastern Congo. A United Nations report leaked to The Associated Press confirms that one of Africa's most brutal rebel movements relies on a vast, international network of supporters in at least 25 countries including in the United States and Europe who facilitate arms trafficking, money transfers and day-to-day operational support. The Security Council is due to discuss the report on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/wl_asia_afp/philippinesmassacrepolitics afp/20091126/philippinesmassacrepolitics AFP world Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:53:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/wl_asia_afp/philippinesmassacrepolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259193744002-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=jh30Z2swXVTOzalBZklc5Q--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="A backhoe lifts a mangled vehicle unearthed from a shallow grave as investigators try to find more bodies, victims of a massacre in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. Several gunmen linked to a powerful Philippine politician were arrested Thursday over the election-related massacre of at least 57 people, the country's police chief said.(AFP/Ted Aljibe)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Philippine authorities on Thursday took into custody a politician named as the top suspect in an election massacre that left at least 57 people dead, Interior Secretary Ronaldo Puno told reporters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091126/wl_asia_afp/philippinesmassacrepolitics"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259193744002-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=99&q=85&sig=jh30Z2swXVTOzalBZklc5Q--" align="left" height="99" width="130" alt="photo" title="A backhoe lifts a mangled vehicle unearthed from a shallow grave as investigators try to find more bodies, victims of a massacre in Ampatuan town, Maguindanao province. Several gunmen linked to a powerful Philippine politician were arrested Thursday over the election-related massacre of at least 57 people, the country's police chief said.(AFP/Ted Aljibe)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_afghan nm/20091125/canada_us_afghan Reuters world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:36:23 GMT Reuters - Two former Canadian military commanders denied accusations on Wednesday that they had ignored warnings that Afghan authorities might torture and abuse detainees handed over to them. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_new_zealand_icebergs ap/20091125/as_new_zealand_icebergs AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:52:12 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_new_zealand_icebergs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.56078dc3622c49af8da957116f140a51.australia_iceburg_maq801.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=JxBbYrtv34Cfi6i58j115w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="In this Nov. 16, 2009 photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division, an iceberg is seen at Sandy Bay on Macquarie Island's east coast, in the Southern Ocean 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It is very rare to see icebergs from Macquarie Island and is uncommon to find icebergs in this general region. (AP Photo/Australian Antarctic Division, Eve Merfield)" border="0" /></a>AP - Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_as/as_new_zealand_icebergs"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.56078dc3622c49af8da957116f140a51.australia_iceburg_maq801.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=JxBbYrtv34Cfi6i58j115w--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Nov. 16, 2009 photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division, an iceberg is seen at Sandy Bay on Macquarie Island's east coast, in the Southern Ocean 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It is very rare to see icebergs from Macquarie Island and is uncommon to find icebergs in this general region. (AP Photo/Australian Antarctic Division, Eve Merfield)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091125/wl_mcclatchy/3365242 mcclatchy/20091125/3365242 McClatchy Newspapers world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:59:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091125/wl_mcclatchy/3365242"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259115346759-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CqfPhvZOeBqDzT_r61debw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="US Marines fire mortar rounds from their forward operating base in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0" /></a>McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON &mdash; President Barack Obama will unveil his long-awaited Afghanistan strategy in a prime-time address from West Point, N.Y., on Dec. 1, the White House said Wednesday, but the administration's advance remarks have sparked concern that talk of an eventual U.S. withdrawal will encourage Islamist insurgents to persevere.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091125/wl_mcclatchy/3365242"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259115346759-4-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=CqfPhvZOeBqDzT_r61debw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="US Marines fire mortar rounds from their forward operating base in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban(AFP/Manpreet Romana)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (McClatchy Newspapers) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091125/wl_csm/omchelicopters csm/20091125/omchelicopters The Christian Science Monitor world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 09:00:00 GMT The Christian Science Monitor - In one of the worst chapters of their casualty-marred deployment in Afghanistan, Canadian forces earlier this year lost 10 soldiers in 90 days to improvised bombs on one stretch of highway in Kandahar province. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20091124/wl_time/08599194239200 time/20091124/08599194239200 Time.com world Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:50:00 GMT Time.com - French President Nicolas Sarkozy wants to move Albert Camus' ashes to the famed PanthÉon in Paris as a way of revering the writer and philosopher. His critics, however, see more tactical motivations http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/world/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/oneworld/20091125/wl_oneworld/world3681871259178583 oneworld/20091125/world3681871259178583 OneWorld.net world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:47:27 GMT OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Nov 25 (OneWorld.net) - The Obama administration announced yesterday that it would not be joining a treaty signed by 158 other countries to ban landmines. Human Rights Watch (HRW) said the decision "lacks vision, compassion, and basic common sense."