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Japan Ground Self Defence Force tanks roll in a military parade during the inspection, marking the 50th Anniversary of the founding of Japan Self Defense Forces at Asaka Base, north of Tokyo, Sunday, Nov. 7, 2004 Japan shifts defence focus to China, N.Korea
Yahoo Daily News2010-12-17
TOKYO (AFP) – Japan said Friday it would shift its defence focus from the Soviet Cold War threat to southern islands nearer China, labelling the military build-up of its giant neighbour a global "concern". Aside from boosting its southern forces and submarine fleet and upgrading its fighter-jets, Japan will strengthen missile defences against the threat from nuclear-armed North...

Police patrol the Gare du Nord train station in Paris where security was reinforced Thursday, July 7, 2005, following a series of deadly bombings in London. The French government, which strongly condemned the attacks, raised its terror alert level to the second-highest ranking. Qaeda plans US, Europe attack: Interpol
Zeenews2010-12-17
Lyon: Interpol on Thursday said it had received information from its office in Baghdad about possible al Qaeda attacks on US and European targets. "We received information yesterday (Wednesday) from the Interpol office in Baghdad about possible threats, especially in the US and Europe, due to orders given to al Qaeda cells by al Qaeda commanders," the global police agency said. All 188 countries...

A police officer guards the bus stop, rear, where a knife attack took place in Toride, Ibaraki prefecture, north of Tokyo, Friday, Dec. 17, 2010. Man arrested in Japan after wounding 13 people on a bus
CNN2010-12-17
(CNN) -- Police arrested a 27-year-old man Friday after he wounded 13 people with...

Supporters of longtime opposition leader Alassane Ouattara whose presidential election victory has been acknowledged by the U.N., U.S., France and the African Union gather around three dead men in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, Thursday Dec. 16, 2010. 12 dead as Ivory Coast nears civil war
The Australian2010-12-17
VIOLENCE has erupted across Ivory Coast leaving at least 12 people dead and taking the volatile country to the brink of civil war. The main city,...

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange holds up a court document for the media after he was released on bail, outside the High Court, London, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010. WikiLeaks's Assange walks free on bail in London
Yahoo Daily News2010-12-17
ELLINGHAM, England (Reuters) – WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, fighting extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes, walked free on bail from a British jail on Thursday protesting his innocence and pledging to continue exposing official secrets. Assange spoke to a crowd of journalists and supporters waiting in outside the High Court in London five hours after a judge said he could be...

Indian policemen detain a kashmiri protestor during a protest in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, July 2, 2009. Shops and businesses remained closed for the Third day across the Kashmir Valley in response to a call by separatist groups protesting the paramilitary firing in Baramulla and the deaths of two young women in Shopian, another town in the Indian portion of Kashmir, which locals have blamed on government forces. India accused of widespread Kashmir torture: WikiLeaks
Yahoo Daily News2010-12-17
SINGAPORE - (Reuters) – Indian security forces fighting a 20-year insurgency in Kashmir beat suspects, subjected them to electric current and tortured them with water in widespread human rights abuses, the Red Cross told the U.S. embassy according to a leaked diplomatic cable. The 2005 cable, released by WikiLeaks and published by the Guardian, documents systematic prisoner abuse by Indian...

A man walks in central London, after a night of heavy snow, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010. More heavy snow caused havoc across Britain on Thursday, keeping Gatwick airport closed for a second day, disrupting rail services and leaving travellers stranded. Britain braces for weeks of transport chaos
The Independent2010-12-17
Britain is gritting its teeth and its roads today in anticipation of the return of Arctic conditions, with heavy snow and ice storms likely to bring wide-scale disruption. With many parts of the country only just beginning to return to normal after weeks of sub-zero temperatures, the Met Office said up to 25cm of snow was expected to fall in parts of Scotland, North Wales, Northern Ireland and the...

India and its Muslims get a thumbs up from US
The Times of India2010-12-17
WASHINGTON: In a rousing endorsement of the secular and nationalistic nature of India and its Muslim population, the United States has recognized and appreciated that a "vast majority" of them remain committed to the Indian state and seek to participate in mainstream politics and economic life, thus cutting down scope for recruitment by extremist organizations. In an extensive commentary about...

Murió la esposa de Pablo Moyano tras hacerse una cirugía estética
Clarin2010-12-17
Patricia Villares, segunda esposa del secretario adjunto de la Federación de Camioneros, Pablo Moyano, murió en la madrugada de ayer a los 40 años en una clínica de la localidad bonaerense de Avellaneda. Según indicaron fuentes policiales, la causa habría sido una “descompensación” tras ser sometida a una cirugía estética. Pero desde el gremio sólo se limitaron a confirmar su...

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, let, and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, delivers a statement in the Brady Press Briefing room in the White House in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2010, on the Afghanistan-Pakistan Annual Review. Obama touts Afghan war progress
Independent online (SA)2010-12-17
Washington - President Barack Obama told war-weary Americans on Thursday that enough progress was being made in Afghanistan to begin withdrawing US troops in July, even as he faces growing doubts about his war strategy. Obama, under pressure to show results after criticising his predecessor George Bush for neglecting the war, insisted that US-led forces were scoring gains against the Taliban and...

Snow grounds 450 flights, halts traffic in Germany
Gulf News2010-12-17
Berlin: Heavy overnight snowfall grounded about 450 flights and caused major delays at German airports Friday, forced schools to close, left highways clogged with traffic and caused scores of accidents that killed at least two people. Snow also hindered flights in the neighboring Netherlands, where Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport saw 30 cancellations and major delays ahead of the busy Christmas...

Lawyer: Killing of Danroy Henry was murder
Boston Herald2010-12-17
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. — The police killing of a college football player was "nothing short of intentional murder," a lawyer for the student’s family said Thursday as he renewed his demand for an independent prosecutor to investigate the off-campus shooting. Attorney Michael Sussman’s charge was an escalation of his previous comments on the Oct. 17 killing of 20-year-old Danroy...

UN calls for probe into origin of Haiti cholera
Jamaica Observer2010-12-17
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The United Nations secretary-general plans to call for an independent commission to study whether UN peacekeepers caused a cholera outbreak that has killed more than 2,400 people in Haiti, an official said Wednesday. UN officials initially dismissed speculation about the involvement of peacekeepers. The announcement indicates that concern about the epidemic's origin...

Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard, center right, of the Federal Labor Party receives her ballot papers before voting at the Seabrook Primary School in Melbourne, Australia, Saturday, Aug. 21, 2010. WikiLeaks has not broken Australian law: Gillard
Zeenews2010-12-17
Sydney: Police in Australia have concluded that WikiLeaks and its Australian-born founder Julian Assange have not broken any laws in his home country, Prime Minister Julia Gillard announced on Friday. The government ordered the Australian Federal Police to determine whether the website broke any Australian laws by publishing sensitive US diplomatic cables that have embarrassed and outraged...

Chinese Prime minister Wen Jiabao looks on during a presser at the end of the 4th Ministerial Conference of the Sino-African Forum in Egypt's Sharm el Sheik resort Sunday, Nov. 8, 2009. Wen wins, we lose
Merinews2010-12-17
WEN CAME, Wen won. India hosted, India gained nothing.  Wen Jiabao, Prime Minister of China paid a 3-day official visit to India from 15 to 17 Dec 10 and showed to the world that he is a good businessman. He signed and collected a 16 billion dollar worth of contracts, all favouring China. Wen did not utter a word of sympathy for the victims of 26/11 terror attack in Mumbai because...

An Afghan National Army (ANA) general visits ANA soldiers Oct. 2, 2009, at Forward Operating Base Geronimo in the Nawa district of the Helmand province of Afghanistan. The general came to Nawa to visit his troops and provide leadership and support in their ongoing efforts to root out the Taliban and restore peace in the district. The 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, a ground combat element of Regimental Combat Team 3, is conducting counterinsurgency operations in partnership with Afghan National Security Forces in southern Afghanistan. (U.S Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Freddy Cantu/Released) Taliban Extend Reach to North, Where Armed Groups Reign
The New York Times2010-12-17
KUNDUZ, Afghanistan — This city, once a crossroads in the country’s northeast, is increasingly besieged. The airport closed months ago to commercial flights. The roads heading south to Kabul and east to Tajikistan as well as north and west are no longer safe for Afghans, let alone Westerners. Mixed Picture on Taliban as Pentagon Reviews War On Thursday, the Pentagon will release a...

Nokia - Mobile Phone - Technology Nokia Sues Apple for Patent Infringement in Europe
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette2010-12-17
BERLIN -- In the latest salvo of a protracted legal battle, Nokia sued Apple on Thursday in Britain, Germany and the Netherlands, alleging that the U.S. technology company used 13 of its patents, including a basic touch-screen maneuver, without its permission. The lawsuits filed by Nokia are the most recent demands for royalty payments from its archrival Apple, the computer and device maker based...

Poland condemns plane crash report
Irish Times2010-12-17
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk criticised as "unacceptable" today a Russian report on the April plane crash that killed Poland's president, a view that may upset Warsaw's cautious rapprochement with Moscow. President Lech Kaczynski, his wife Maria and 94 others, mostly senior Polish officials, died on April 10th when their Tu-154 plane crashed in thick fog near Smolensk airport in...

Soldiers of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Brigade, Afghanistan National Army, search for suspected Taliban and weapons caches in schools and other compounds in the Gardez Province, as part of Operation Warrior Sweep, July 22, 2003. ula1 Afghanistan progress report warns of continued al-Qaida threat
Kansas City Star2010-12-17
More News President Barack Obama and his aides released a strategy assessment of the war in Afghanistan on Thursday that asserts U.S. troops are making gains but acknowledges serious threats to the effort and lays out a timeline that promises several more years of U.S. involvement. The terse, five-page unclassified version of the secret review says that U.S. military operations have disrupted the...

Alcohol Drink - Health Alcohol does more harm than believed
Zeenews2010-12-17
A recent research has pointed out that alcohol does much more harm to the body than just damaging the liver. Researchers at the Loyola University Medical Center have found that alcohol intake can also weaken the immune system, slow healing, impair bone formation, increase the risk of HIV transmission and hinder recovery from burns, trauma, bleeding and surgery. At Loyola, about 50 faculty members,...

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