http://www.ajc.com/news/international-news-82109.html en-us Copyright 2009 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:35:34 GMT 2009-12-04T05:35:34Z en-us Copyright 2009 http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/samoan-tsunami-wave-was-225518.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 WELLINGTON, New Zealand - The tsunami that killed more than 180 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high - more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:35:03 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/samoan-tsunami-wave-was-225518.html 2009-12-04T05:35:03Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/cuba-blasts-us-black-225499.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 HAVANA - Cuba hit back Thursday at 60 prominent U.S. black leaders who challenged its race record, with island writers, artists and official journalists calling the criticism an attack on their country's national identity. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:10:07 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/cuba-blasts-us-black-225499.html WILL WEISSERT 2009-12-04T05:10:07Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/8-journalists-in-philippine-223826.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 GENERAL SANTOS, Philippines - A funeral procession for eight journalists among 57 people massacred in the Philippines' worst political violence was showered with flowers Friday, as security forces confiscated an entire armory from a powerful clan suspected in the carnage. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 05:06:17 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/8-journalists-in-philippine-223826.html PAT ROQUE 2009-12-04T05:06:17Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/chinese-mob-bosses-sentenced-225408.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 GUANGZHOU, China - Two mob bosses - nicknamed the "Hammerhead" and "Spicy Qin" - have been sentenced to death for murder and illegally running a business empire involving underground casinos, cement factories and poultry markets in southern China, a court official and local media said Friday. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:50:01 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/chinese-mob-bosses-sentenced-225408.html WILLIAM FOREMAN 2009-12-04T04:50:01Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/knox-tells-italian-court-223820.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 PERUGIA, Italy - American student Amanda Knox tried one last time Thursday to convince the Italian court trying her for murder that she is not a killer, urging jurors not to brand her with "the mask of an assassin." Knox spoke at the end of a trial that has exposed some of the most intimate details of her life, with prosecutors depicting her as a promiscuous and manipulative she-devil who brutally murdered her British roommate in Perugia, Meredith Kercher. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:41:12 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/knox-tells-italian-court-223820.html MARTA FALCONI 2009-12-04T04:41:12Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/mexico-city-police-free-225401.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 MEXICO CITY - Mexico City police on Thursday freed 107 people who were forced to work under slave-like conditions in a clandestine factory making shopping bags and clothing clasps, authorities said. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:26:11 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/mexico-city-police-free-225401.html 2009-12-04T04:26:11Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/suicide-bomber-hits-somali-223857.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 MOGADISHU, Somalia - A suicide bomber disguised as a woman attacked a graduation ceremony in Somalia on Thursday, turning a rare reason to celebrate into carnage that killed at least 22 people - including medical students, doctors and three government ministers. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:20:18 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/suicide-bomber-hits-somali-223857.html MOHAMED OLAD HASSAN 2009-12-04T04:20:18Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ap-interview-karzai-praises-224245.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 KABUL - President Hamid Karzai put a brave face Thursday on President Barack Obama's decision to start pulling out troops in mid-2011, telling The Associated Press in his first public response that it will push Afghans to take control of their own destiny. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:15:15 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ap-interview-karzai-praises-224245.html KATHY GANNON 2009-12-04T04:15:15Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/clinton-arrives-for-nato-225082.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 BRUSSELS - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, arriving Friday at NATO headquarters, welcomed an expected series of announcements by allied nations of additional military, civilian and financial support for the war effort in Afghanistan. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:15:11 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/clinton-arrives-for-nato-225082.html ROBERT BURNS 2009-12-04T04:15:11Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nicaragua-lawmakers-resist-president-225358.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 MANAGUA, Nicaragua - President Daniel Ortega's attempt to run for re-election has run into a setback in congress. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:46:15 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/nicaragua-lawmakers-resist-president-225358.html 2009-12-04T03:46:15Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/australian-dives-face-first-225301.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 SYDNEY - A man dove face-first into an extremely venomous, peanut-sized jellyfish in waters off northeast Australia and medics flew him to a hospital intensive care unit to treat the potentially fatal sting, officials said Friday. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:26:13 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/australian-dives-face-first-225301.html KRISTEN GELINEAU 2009-12-04T03:26:13Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/china-sentences-5-more-223838.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 BEIJING - A Chinese court sentenced five more people to death Thursday for killing a police officer with a brick, kicking bystanders to death and other crimes committed during ethnic riots that rocked the western region of Xinjiang in July. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 02:01:17 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/china-sentences-5-more-223838.html SCOTT McDONALD 2009-12-04T02:01:17Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/gitmo-judge-denies-request-225100.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A judge in Guantanamo Bay's war crimes court has denied a request by military prosecutors to expand their case against a Sudanese detainee accused of being a bodyguard for Osama bin Laden. Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:55:05 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/gitmo-judge-denies-request-225100.html DAVID McFADDEN 2009-12-04T00:55:05Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/cuban-dissident-groups-unite-224975.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 HAVANA - Activists from 32 little-known organizations opposed to Cuba's communist government issued a call for an end to social repression on the island at a Thursday gathering in the home of a prominent human rights activist. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:55:08 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/cuban-dissident-groups-unite-224975.html 2009-12-03T23:55:08Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/pakistan-we-need-more-223592.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 LONDON - Pakistan's prime minister on Thursday defended his country's efforts in fighting terrorism, saying he didn't believe Osama bin Laden was in Pakistan and that Pakistani security forces had been successful in tackling terrorism within the country's borders. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:35:12 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/pakistan-we-need-more-223592.html RAPHAEL G. SATTER 2009-12-03T23:35:12Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/guinea-s-president-wounded-224540.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 CONAKRY, Guinea - A renegade faction of Guinea's presidential guard opened fire on the African country's leader Thursday, slightly wounding him amid rumors of deep divisions within the army nearly three months after a military-led massacre of protesters at a peaceful rally. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:20:11 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/guinea-s-president-wounded-224540.html RUKMINI CALLIMACHI 2009-12-03T23:20:11Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/un-warning-on-cargo-224764.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 VIENNA - Traces of cocaine among the remains of a cargo plane recently discovered in West Africa suggest that large aircraft are increasingly being used to smuggle drugs and even weapons to the region, possibly benefiting terrorists, the U.N.'s anti-crime chief said Thursday. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:35:13 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/un-warning-on-cargo-224764.html VERONIKA OLEKSYN 2009-12-03T22:35:13Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/official-guinea-s-president-224937.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 CONAKRY, Guinea - Official: Guinea's president has been slightly wounded in shooting. ___ December 03, 2009 05:25 PM EST Copyright 2009, The Associated Press. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:25:07 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/official-guinea-s-president-224937.html 2009-12-03T22:25:07Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ousted-honduran-leader-is-224775.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - Where does Manuel Zelaya go now? Congress slammed the door on restoring the ousted Honduran leader to power, ignoring intense international pressure to reverse Central America's first coup in 20 years. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:11:24 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/ousted-honduran-leader-is-224775.html ALEXANDRA OLSON 2009-12-03T22:11:24Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/us-envoy-nato-to-223898.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 BRUSSELS - U.S. special envoy Richard C. Holbrooke acknowledged Thursday that the war in Afghanistan is unpopular, given "the legacy of Iraq and Vietnam," but he predicted that NATO allies will soon contribute more forces to join the 30,000 additional U.S. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:11:13 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/us-envoy-nato-to-223898.html SLOBODAN LEKIC 2009-12-03T22:11:13Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/q-a-of-ap-224762.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 Afghan President Hamid Karzai spoke to The Associated Press on Thursday about the newly announced U.S. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:46:09 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/q-a-of-ap-224762.html 2009-12-03T21:46:09Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/excerpts-of-interview-with-224756.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 Excerpts of Afghan President Hamid Karzai's interview with The Associated Press on Thursday at the presidential palace in Kabul: ___ U.S. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:05:11 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/excerpts-of-interview-with-224756.html 2009-12-03T21:05:11Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/putin-talks-of-possible-223822.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 MOSCOW - Wagging his pen and gazing directly into the camera, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin sent his strongest signal yet Thursday that he plans to return to Russia's presidency, telling millions of TV viewers that he will consider running in 2012. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:50:15 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/putin-talks-of-possible-223822.html DAVID NOWAK 2009-12-03T20:50:15Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/irish-lawmakers-open-debate-224732.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 DUBLIN - Ireland's lawmakers opened debate Thursday on a bill to grant marriage-style rights to gay couples, a social milestone in a country long observant of Roman Catholic opposition to homosexuality. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:46:12 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/irish-lawmakers-open-debate-224732.html SHAWN POGATCHNIK 2009-12-03T20:46:12Z http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/uk-leader-again-under-224705.html?cxtype=rss_news_82109 LONDON - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was forced to make fresh apologies to relatives of soldiers slain in Afghanistan, after it emerged Thursday that three bereaved families received belated letters of condolence from the leader - including one that arrived two years late. Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:26:20 GMT http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/uk-leader-again-under-224705.html DAVID STRINGER 2009-12-03T20:26:20Z