Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1274 politics Politics - World en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:42:15 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1274 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_pager_messages ap/20091126/us_sept11_pager_messages AP us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:42:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_pager_messages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.7d5a15005419476f85b8c301ec053946.sept_11_pager_messages_nyol544.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=96x9XOK4a8_18ZP.pddq9Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="This screen grab from Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 shows the Wikileaks.org home page. An activist group called Wikileaks has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001. The group says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appear to be from regular people, including frantic New Yorkers trying to reach loved ones in and around the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.com) --NO SALES--" border="0" /></a>AP - An activist group has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001, from "Second World Trade Center tower collapses" to "I'm ok & love you..xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxox."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091126/ap_on_re_us/us_sept11_pager_messages"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091126/capt.7d5a15005419476f85b8c301ec053946.sept_11_pager_messages_nyol544.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=96x9XOK4a8_18ZP.pddq9Q--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="This screen grab from Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2009 shows the Wikileaks.org home page. An activist group called Wikileaks has begun posting 573,000 pager messages purportedly sent on Sept. 11, 2001. The group says some of the messages were sent by federal and local officials, but most appear to be from regular people, including frantic New Yorkers trying to reach loved ones in and around the World Trade Center. (AP Photo/Wikileaks.com) --NO SALES--" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*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/worldpolitics/*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/worldpolitics/*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/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/mcclatchy/20091125/wl_mcclatchy/3365106 mcclatchy/20091125/3365106 McClatchy Newspapers world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:55:00 GMT McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan &mdash; When Susan Marx was awoken before dawn last month with word that United Nations colleagues across town were under attack, the 32-year-old human rights researcher did the only thing she could think of to calm her nerves: Bake. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/pl_nm/us_climate nm/20091125/us_climate Reuters politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:49:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/pl_nm/us_climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r2803881965.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=vo9s7Ro6I4eaLhC1SIphaA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh in the East Room at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States unveiled its proposal to cut greenhouse gases by 2020 on Wednesday and said President Barack Obama will attend U.N. climate talks in Copenhagen next month -- before other world leaders show up.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/pl_nm/us_climate"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r2803881965.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=vo9s7Ro6I4eaLhC1SIphaA--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="President Barack Obama speaks during a joint news conference with Prime Minister of India Manmohan Singh in the East Room at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_national_identity ap/20091125/eu_france_national_identity AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:29:27 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_national_identity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.21390f6a9f7c47ee82cb908d425078ca.france_national_identity_par105.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=5uqNFDgLE3KN2oaUQjhOfQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="FILE - In this Oct.21 2009 file French Immigration Minister Eric Besson leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting. Besson formally launched the national soul-searching, dubbed the Great Debate, on Nov. 2 with a Web site where citizens are contributing their thoughts on what it means to be French. Talking points for the debates include French history, culture, religion or language. Ultimately, they are meant to address a handful of proposals such as the meaning of national symbols like the flag or whether youths should be obliged to sing the national anthem at least once a year, and how to share values with immigrant citizens (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - What does it mean to be French?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_national_identity"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.21390f6a9f7c47ee82cb908d425078ca.france_national_identity_par105.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=5uqNFDgLE3KN2oaUQjhOfQ--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Oct.21 2009 file French Immigration Minister Eric Besson leaves the Elysee Palace after the weekly cabinet meeting. Besson formally launched the national soul-searching, dubbed the Great Debate, on Nov. 2 with a Web site where citizens are contributing their thoughts on what it means to be French. Talking points for the debates include French history, culture, religion or language. Ultimately, they are meant to address a handful of proposals such as the meaning of national symbols like the flag or whether youths should be obliged to sing the national anthem at least once a year, and how to share values with immigrant citizens (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_rocket_man ap/20091125/eu_spain_rocket_man AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:10:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_rocket_man"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.298f0cbf1a69487fae4df2de94cdd8ac.spain_rocket_man_lon806.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=vTfDSS.Fsgq9Q4KyYuzCrw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="In this image from video released by organizers Webtel.mobi, Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy gestures from the doorway of a rescue helicopter after ditching in the sea Wednesday Nov 25 2009 while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings. Rossy took off Wednesday from Tangiers but halfway through an expected 15-minute flight he went down into wind-swept waters. (AP Photo/ Webtel. mobi)" border="0" /></a>AP - A Swiss adventurer trying to soar from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings ditched safely into the Atlantic on Wednesday after hitting turbulence and clouds so thick he could not tell if he was flying up or down.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_spain_rocket_man"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.298f0cbf1a69487fae4df2de94cdd8ac.spain_rocket_man_lon806.jpg?x=130&y=95&q=85&sig=vTfDSS.Fsgq9Q4KyYuzCrw--" align="left" height="95" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this image from video released by organizers Webtel.mobi, Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy gestures from the doorway of a rescue helicopter after ditching in the sea Wednesday Nov 25 2009 while trying to fly from Morocco to Spain on jet-powered wings. Rossy took off Wednesday from Tangiers but halfway through an expected 15-minute flight he went down into wind-swept waters. (AP Photo/ Webtel. mobi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_endangered_tiger ap/20091125/eu_russia_endangered_tiger AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:57:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_endangered_tiger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.e50b765e3e514ae9abe72993ed0738a8.russia_endangered_tiger_mosb107.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=55OLkN8aYHV2spAjzpCJmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="FILE -- In this Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, file photo Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a head of the tranquilized five-year-old Ussuri tiger as a researcher puts a collar with a satellite tracker on the animal in a Russian Academy of Sciences reserve in Russia's Far East. Putin's Siberian tigress cannot be traced anymore &mdash; as other giant felines of her rare breed may approach extinction, a leading animal-protection group said. Russia's Prime Minister placed a tracking collar on a female Siberian tiger in August 2008, and Moscow pledged to hold a 'tiger summit' next September to help double the global tiger population.(AP Photo/File)" border="0" /></a>AP - A rare Siberian tiger that Vladimir Putin fitted with a radio-tracking collar is alive and well, the Russian prime minister's spokesman said Wednesday, easing concerns raised when an environmentalist said the tracking device had gone silent.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_endangered_tiger"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091125/capt.e50b765e3e514ae9abe72993ed0738a8.russia_endangered_tiger_mosb107.jpg?x=87&y=130&q=85&sig=55OLkN8aYHV2spAjzpCJmQ--" align="left" height="130" width="87" alt="photo" title="FILE -- In this Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008, file photo Prime Minister Vladimir Putin holds a head of the tranquilized five-year-old Ussuri tiger as a researcher puts a collar with a satellite tracker on the animal in a Russian Academy of Sciences reserve in Russia's Far East. Putin's Siberian tigress cannot be traced anymore &mdash; as other giant felines of her rare breed may approach extinction, a leading animal-protection group said. Russia's Prime Minister placed a tracking collar on a female Siberian tiger in August 2008, and Moscow pledged to hold a 'tiger summit' next September to help double the global tiger population.(AP Photo/File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_us_fraud ap/20091125/eu_britain_us_fraud AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:08:53 GMT AP - A former security consultant wanted in the U.S. on charges of defrauding a client of more than $2 million was refused bail in a British court Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia ap/20091125/af_somalia AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:08:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259175503923-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=srcKrFf.AVprL5kLnIY4Rg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="A photo released by the Brennan family in 2008 shows Australian freelance photographer Nigel Brennan. Two independent journalists, including Brennan, have been freed after 15 months in captivity in Somalia, one of their kidnappers told AFP.(AFP/HO/File/Brennan Family)" border="0" /></a>AP - The African Union's Somalia envoy said Wednesday donors have released only 30 percent of funds they pledged months ago toward bolstering Somalia's security, frustrating efforts to turnaround the lawless country.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_af/af_somalia"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091126/capt.photo_1259175503923-1-0.jpg?x=89&y=130&q=85&sig=srcKrFf.AVprL5kLnIY4Rg--" align="left" height="130" width="89" alt="photo" title="A photo released by the Brennan family in 2008 shows Australian freelance photographer Nigel Brennan. Two independent journalists, including Brennan, have been freed after 15 months in captivity in Somalia, one of their kidnappers told AFP.(AFP/HO/File/Brennan Family)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_lawyer_s_death ap/20091125/eu_russia_lawyer_s_death AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:28:26 GMT AP - Russian investigators have defended their treatment of a lawyer whose death in a Moscow prison last week has prompted deep concern and criticism. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/eupoliticscommission afp/20091125/eupoliticscommission AFP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:17:22 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/eupoliticscommission"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259172713657-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=B3v97lVmyA4SbOvNNqdmlQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso arrives at European Council headquarters on November 19. Barroso announced the nominations for his new team Wednesday, with conservatives to the fore and more women members than the outgoing EU executive.(AFP/Georges Gobet)" border="0" /></a>AFP - European Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso announced the nominations for his new team Wednesday, with conservatives to the fore and more women members than the outgoing EU executive.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091125/wl_afp/eupoliticscommission"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259172713657-1-0.jpg?x=93&y=130&q=85&sig=B3v97lVmyA4SbOvNNqdmlQ--" align="left" height="130" width="93" alt="photo" title="European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso arrives at European Council headquarters on November 19. Barroso announced the nominations for his new team Wednesday, with conservatives to the fore and more women members than the outgoing EU executive.(AFP/Georges Gobet)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_greece_ancient_theater ap/20091125/eu_greece_ancient_theater AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:55:24 GMT AP - The ruined theater under the Acropolis where the works of Euripides and other classical playwrights were first performed some 2,500 years ago will undergo partial restoration over the next six years, Greek officials said Wednesday . http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry ap/20091125/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:31:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.4135d200b8f34f9d99a3eb5ac52b31c1.britain_iraq_inquiry_llp102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cPoKFx1cNV7vaMU3y6jQCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Anti-war protesters from the 'Stop the War' group, wearing masks depicting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, center and former US president George W. Bush, left, pose for the photographers, outside the conference center where the Iraq war inquiry is taking place, in central London, Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. In the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain's role in the conflict begins questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0" /></a>AP - Iran and Libya, not Saddam Hussein's Iraqi regime, were Britain's main security concerns before the invasion of Iraq, Foreign Office officials testified Wednesday at an inquiry probing Britain's role in the war.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_iraq_inquiry"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091124/capt.4135d200b8f34f9d99a3eb5ac52b31c1.britain_iraq_inquiry_llp102.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=cPoKFx1cNV7vaMU3y6jQCA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Anti-war protesters from the 'Stop the War' group, wearing masks depicting British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, right, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, center and former US president George W. Bush, left, pose for the photographers, outside the conference center where the Iraq war inquiry is taking place, in central London, Tuesday Nov. 24, 2009. In the most sweeping inquiry by any nation involved in the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain's role in the conflict begins questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble former Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to conflict. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_afghanistan ap/20091125/eu_britain_afghanistan AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:30:11 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_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 - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said Wednesday that several NATO nations will jointly offer 5,000 more troops for Afghanistan, as London and Washington push allies to take on a greater share of the war burden.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_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/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_apnewsalert ap/20091125/eu_apnewsalert AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:17:37 GMT AP - Swiss minister sees 'no reason' to appeal Polanski's bail. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_bully_beefeaters ap/20091125/eu_britain_bully_beefeaters AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:11:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_bully_beefeaters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257170008617-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=VauehW11EIZXEAJ_USO7jQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Moira Cameron, the first female Beefeater who was appointed in 2007. Two Beefeaters at the Tower of London have been suspended and a third is under investigation over allegations they bullied the first woman ever to join their ranks, an official has said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AP - Two ceremonial guards known as Beefeaters at the historic Tower of London were fired Wednesday after an internal investigation found that they harassed their first and only female colleague.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_britain_bully_beefeaters"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091102/capt.photo_1257170008617-1-0.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=VauehW11EIZXEAJ_USO7jQ--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Moira Cameron, the first female Beefeater who was appointed in 2007. Two Beefeaters at the Tower of London have been suspended and a third is under investigation over allegations they bullied the first woman ever to join their ranks, an official has said.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_myanmar_nargis nm/20091125/us_myanmar_nargis Reuters world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:38:29 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_myanmar_nargis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r1629677002.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mwWRgUWdtUcKXDd3K.QcXQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A woman sifts through the debris of her home destroyed by Cyclone Nargis near Kunyangon May 9, 2008. REUTERS/Sstringer" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Hundreds of thousands of people are still living in makeshift homes 18 months after Cyclone Nargis tore into Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta, killing at least 140,000, the United Nations said Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_myanmar_nargis"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091125/i/r1629677002.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=mwWRgUWdtUcKXDd3K.QcXQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A woman sifts through the debris of her home destroyed by Cyclone Nargis near Kunyangon May 9, 2008. REUTERS/Sstringer" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20091125/pl_bloomberg/a5vbbha4wsou bloomberg/20091125/a5vbbha4wsou Bloomberg politics Wed, 25 Nov 2009 15:29:23 GMT Bloomberg - Nov. 25 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama will attend United Nations climate-change talks in Copenhagen next month amid international pressure for the U.S. to do more to reduce its record production of greenhouse gases. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091125/ap_on_re_eu/eu_war_crimes_serbia ap/20091125/eu_war_crimes_serbia AP world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:11:54 GMT AP - Judges at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal have ordered the resumption of a Serb nationalist's trial almost a year after it was suspended amid claims of witness intimidation, the court announced Wednesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_congo_democratic_un nm/20091125/us_congo_democratic_un Reuters world Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:21:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_congo_democratic_un"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259154309194-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=vbEGbu46.F1sTEP711WIMg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="Children walk through a transit camp for ex-rebel soldiers of the Democratic Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in Kasiki, 190 km north-west of Goma. Rwandan Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have thwarted UN-led attempts to disarm them militarily and global action is needed to cut off their financing, UN experts say.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.N. backing for Congolese army operations in the east has failed to stamp out Rwandan rebels, the United Nations' own experts said on Wednesday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/worldpolitics/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091125/wl_nm/us_congo_democratic_un"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091125/capt.photo_1259154309194-1-0.jpg?x=96&y=130&q=85&sig=vbEGbu46.F1sTEP711WIMg--" align="left" height="130" width="96" alt="photo" title="Children walk through a transit camp for ex-rebel soldiers of the Democratic Force for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR) in Kasiki, 190 km north-west of Goma. Rwandan Hutu rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo have thwarted UN-led attempts to disarm them militarily and global action is needed to cut off their financing, UN experts say.(AFP/File/Lionel Healing)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters)