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A man views a news stand displaying national newspapers, some carrying the story on WikiLeaks' release of classified U.S. State Department documents, at a newsagent in central London, Monday, Nov. 29, 2010. The online whistleblower WikiLeaks released classified U.S. diplomatic cables that reportedly raise concerns about unflattering assessments of world leaders and revelations about backstage U.S. diplomacy. US condemns Wikileaks diplomatic cables release
Have you seen anything in the documents you would like to share with the BBC? Contact us using the form below | ... (photo: AP / Sang Tan) BBC News
Defence   Diplomacy   Photos   US   Wikipedia: WikiLeaks  
Supporters of Haiti's presidential candidates Michel Martelly and Charles-Henri Baker ride atop a pick up truck during a demonstration against the general elections in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Twelve of the 19 candidates, including Martelly, endorsed a joint statement denouncing Sunday's voting as fraudulent and calling on their supporters to show their anger with demonstrations against the government and the country's Provisional Electoral Council. Calls to scrap 'corrupt' Haiti election
10:13 AM Monday Nov 29, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink | Nearly all the major candidates in Haiti's presidential election called for today's election to be voided amid allegations of widespread ... (photo: AP / Dieu Nalio Chery) NZ Herald
Elections   Haiti   Photos   Politics   Wikipedia: Politics of Haiti  
Hundreds of opposition Muslim Brotherhood supporters alleging electoral fraud make a standoff with riot police outside a counting center in the Shubra el-Kheima neighborhood of Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Hundreds of Muslim Brotherhood supporters protested outside vote counting stations, scuffling with police and denouncing what they called widespread fraud in Egypt's parliament elections on Sunday, as the government appeared determined to ensure its monopoly on the legislature in uncertain political times. Protests and clashes as Egypt votes for parliament
| Tweet | - Violence and charges of irregularities marred voting in Egypt's election on Sunday, with the ruling party certain to boost its domination of parliament at the expense of the harried Islami... (photo: AP / Ben Curtis) The Jordan Times
Egypt   Elections   Photos   Protests   Wikipedia: Muslim Brotherhood  
South Korean ships stage off of the coast of South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. The United States and South Korea prepared for war games Sunday as South Koreans demanded vengeance over a deadly North Korean artillery bombardment that has raised fears of more clashes between the bitter rivals. Beijing proposes emergency talks on Korea crisis
| Tweet | - China called for emergency talks on resolving a crisis on the Korean peninsula on Sunday, and Seoul and Tokyo said they would study the proposal, as the US and South Korean militaries star... (photo: AP / David Guttenfelder) The Jordan Times
China   Korea   Photos   US   Wikipedia: Shelling of Yeonpyeong  
Founder of the WikiLeaks website, Julian Assange, speaks during a press conference in London, Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010. WikiLeaks unleashes flood of confidential US cables
By Joseph Krauss 8:08 AM Monday Nov 29, 2010 Share Email Print Expand Shrink | WASHINGTON - WikiLeaks has unleashed a torrent of more than a quarter of a million confidential US cables detailing a wid... (photo: AP / Lennart Preiss) NZ Herald
Diplomacy   Photos   Politics   US   Wikipedia: WikiLeaks  
A woman walks past a branch of the Bank of Ireland in Central Dublin, Ireland, Sunday, Nov. 28, 2010. Debt-crippled Ireland has completed negotiations for an EU-IMF bailout and a deal will be ratified and published by fellow European governments within hours, Prime Minister Brian Cowen said Sunday. Cowen said in a statement that Dublin talks which began Nov. 18 with International Monetary Fund, European Commission and European Central Bank experts "are concluding today" in Brussels. He says the Irish Cabinet met late Saturday to approve the plans. Irish bailout fixed at 85 bn euros, 35 bn for banks
Brussels . Ireland's bailout was formally announced on Sunday at 85 billion euros (113 billion dollars), 10 billion of which is for "immediate recapitalisation" and 25 billion for contingency support ... (photo: AP / Peter Morrison) The Times Of India
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