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Official: Change would aid Turkish women Friday 20th of November 2009 04:06:59 PM ISTANBUL, Turkey, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Turkish official said Friday a shift in society's mentality is needed to allow women in the country to advance in business and political fields. Selma Aliye Kavaf, the state minister responsible for women's affairs, said changes in Turkey's laws and legislation would not allow women to make significant headway in either are... Read more	Record flooding hits northwest England Friday 20th of November 2009 03:47:16 PM LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Record rain and flooding in northwest England killed a police officer Friday when a bridge collapsed beneath him as he directed drivers away from it. Bill Barker's body was found hours later about 10 miles from the Northside Bridge in Workington, The Independent reported. Barker, who had been with the Cumbria police for 25 years, would ... Read more
Russian ship free of Antarctic ice trap Friday 20th of November 2009 03:37:07 PM VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A Russian cruise ship called The Captain Khlebnikov has broken free of an ice trap in Antarctica and is headed to Argentina, a shipping official said Friday. Farestern Shipping Company spokeswoman Tatyana Kulikova told ITAR-Tass the Russian vessel is traveling 780 miles to the Argentine port of Ushuaia after freeing itself... Read more	K2 adventurer Lacedelli dead at age 83 Friday 20th of November 2009 03:37:02 PM VENICE, Italy, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Italian mountaineer Lino Lacedelli, who successfully climbed K2 in 1954, died Friday of unspecified causes after a heart operation, his family said. Lacedelli's family said the 83-year-old adventurer never recovered from his surgery this summer and his death comes six months after the death of Achille Compagnoni, the man who joi... Read more
ID chips added to pigs in China Friday 20th of November 2009 03:11:28 PM CHENGDU, China, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A city official in Chengdu, China, said Friday that pigs are being tagged with identification chips to provide the public and officials with data. An unidentified spokesman with Chengdu's food and drug administration the two identification chips will collect information on where pigs are sold, slaughtered, inspected and eventua... Read more	U.K. apologizes to Spain for buoy colors Friday 20th of November 2009 03:06:18 PM LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Britain says it is sorry the Royal Navy used a buoy painted the colors of the Spanish flag for target practice. Giles Paxman, the British ambassador to Spain, offered an official apology at the Spanish Foreign Ministry in Madrid for the red-and-yellow marker on the buoy used by the navy, the BBC reported Friday. Paxman said the c... Read more
U.N. moves in on South African violence Friday 20th of November 2009 02:35:12 PM DE DOORNS, South Africa, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The United Nations announced its condemnation of violence and xenophobic attacks that drove 3,000 foreigners from their shacks in South Africa. The foreigners included refugees and asylum-seekers from Zimbabwe staying in De Doorns, about 87 miles northeast of Cape Town, South Africa, the office of the U.N. High Commiss... Read more	Former Rwandan official warns of violence Friday 20th of November 2009 01:41:23 PM KIGALI, Rwanda, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A former speaker of the Rwandan Parliament has warned his country could again spiral into a dark world of violence. The warning comes 15 years after genocide killed up to 1 million people in the long-troubled east-central African nation. Joseph Sebarenzi, who lost most of his family in the rash of massacres, told CNN Wed... Read more
Rebels derail Indian train, 2 die Friday 20th of November 2009 01:25:45 PM TATANAGAR, India, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Maoist rebels derailed a passenger train in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand early Friday, killing two people and injuring 47 others, police said. Eight coaches of the train were derailed after a portion of the track between Tatanagar and Bilaspur was blown up, the BBC reported. Rebels are fighting for communist r... Read more	China to host 12th summit with EU Friday 20th of November 2009 01:01:36 PM STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Swedish government says climate change will be one of the main topics of discussion when China and the European Union hold their 12th summit November 30. The meeting in Nanjing, China, will also focus on how the relationship between the EU and China should move forward under the Lisbon Treaty, the Swedish Government Offi... Read more
Charges dropped over Wales sleep slaying Friday 20th of November 2009 01:01:25 PM SWANSEA, Wales, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- All charges were withdrawn Friday against a 59-year-old man in Wales who strangled his wife in his sleep because of a rare behavioral state, a judge said. Swansea Crown Court Justice Nigel Davis said Brian Thomas was not responsible for the death of his 57-year-old wife, Christine, who Thomas strangled in his sleep in July 2008... Read more	China helped privileged Namibia youths Friday 20th of November 2009 12:10:46 PM BEIJING, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The Chinese government offered scholarships to the children of nine powerful officials in Namibia instead of those truly in need of aid, officials said. Norman Tjombe, director of the non-profit Legal Assistance Center, said the general public in the impoverished African country never were allowed a chance to receive one of China's sch... Read more
Five-alarm fire at Montreal condo Friday 20th of November 2009 11:20:07 AM MONTREAL, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A five-alarm fire that raged for three hours early Friday destroyed 32 condominium units under construction in Montreal, fire officials said. The fire erupted around 3 a.m. at the site and the initial fire crews put out four calls for assistance as the flames swept through the exposed wood framing, CTV News reported. Fire depar... Read more	Australian toddler attacked by wallaby Friday 20th of November 2009 11:01:05 AM WHITE ROCK, Australia, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- A two-year-old Australian girl was attacked by a wallaby and suffered minor injuries, her mother said. The child, Susan Hutchins, and her mother, Tamar, were on their White Rock rental property feeding their horses when the smaller relative of the kangaroo sprang from the bushes, the Cairns Post reported Friday. Read more
Bodies of Mumbai gunmen remain in morgue Friday 20th of November 2009 11:00:50 AM MUMBAI, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- No one has claimed the embalmed bodies of nine gunmen killed during a terrorist attack on the Indian city of Mumbai last year, police in India say. The bodies have been kept in a government hospital morgue since Muslim clerics denied permission to bury them in local graveyards, the BBC reported Friday. The head of India's Muslim ... Read more	Heat and lightning spark bushfires Friday 20th of November 2009 10:55:25 AM SYDNEY, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Firefighters battled dozens of bushfires in South Australia Friday as record-breaking temperatures and lightning storms continued, officials say. Emergency crews fought scores of fires in the populous state of New South Wales, some on the outskirts of Sydney, Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported. There is quite a deal of fir... Read more
Rights group: China must end harassment Friday 20th of November 2009 10:45:59 AM BEIJING, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Chinese officials must stop harassing and detaining human rights activists targeted during U.S. President Obama's visit, Amnesty International said Friday. Government security forces kept dozens of lawyers and activists under house arrest or surveillance during Obama's visit to China earlier this week, preventing them from having conta... Read more	Minister: War against Taliban winnable Friday 20th of November 2009 10:40:08 AM KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- The war against the Taliban is winnable and the fight against corruption in Afghanistan's government will be waged, Afghan Interior Minister Hanif Atmar says. While security in the country's provinces is uneven, Atmar told CNN Friday he was confident the Taliban and other insurgents could be defeated. We have to s... Read more
Serbia officially recognizes Macedonia Friday 20th of November 2009 10:10:22 AM BELGRADE, Serbia, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Serbia has officially recognized Macedonia under its constitutional name and that position will not change, Serbian President Boris Tadić said. Tadic made the statement Thursday after meeting with his Macedonian counterpart Gjorge Ivanov in Belgrade. In a joint statement after the meeting, the two presidents repeated ... Read more	Ashton prepares to be EU foreign minister Friday 20th of November 2009 10:06:42 AM LONDON, Nov. 20 (UPI) -- Cathy Ashton, a former leader of Britain's House of Lords, said she will prove her negotiating pedigree as the European Union's first-ever foreign minister. Ashton, the European Union trade commissioner, was selected Thursday as high representative for foreign policy and security while Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rumpoy, a candida... Read more