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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page London Mercury.com http://www.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/10/id/b8de8e630faf3631/ en-us Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:26:21 -0500 Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:26:21 -0500 30 In what the UN has described as collective punishment, the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip continues. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433138/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 15:05:36 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433138/cs/1/ Thousands of noisy demonstrators filled Baghdad's renowned Firdous Square to protest a new military pact between Iraq and the United States which is being debated in parliament. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433139/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:12:56 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433139/cs/1/ A store in Standish, Maine, has come under fire after asking customers to place bets on an assassination of President-elect Barack Obama. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432797/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:59:46 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432797/cs/1/ US Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who collapsed during a speech in Washington, has been recovering in hospital and is said to be conscious and alert. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432796/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:58:14 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432796/cs/1/ Qurban-Bibi and Nahil Abu-Rada are two women, one Afghan and the other Palestinian, who made news with similar tragedies. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432930/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:00:05 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432930/cs/1/ The US military will execute a former Army cook on December 10th due to his guilt in murder and rape incidents. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432795/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:53:54 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432795/cs/1/ An outbreak of the deadly Ebola disease that killed 37 people in Uganda last year is being regarded as a new strain of the virus. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432794/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:52:07 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432794/cs/1/ Chinese officials have revealed that more than 19,000 people died in schools that collapsed when an earthquake hit Sichuan province in May. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432793/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:50:38 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432793/cs/1/ The Verizon Wireless company in the US has revealed that Verizon employees accessed records for one of Barack Obama’s phones during the election campaign. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432792/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:48:13 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432792/cs/1/ A wealthy businessman who stole pages from books in the British Library and Bodleian Library has pleaded guilty to theft. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432791/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 02:46:53 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432791/cs/1/ It has been announced that US troops have killed a leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432696/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:26:24 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432696/cs/1/ American pop rock singer-songwriter, and occasional actress Ashlee Simpson has given birth to her first child from musician husband Pete Wentz. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433126/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:00:54 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433126/cs/1/ President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432695/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:25:35 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432695/cs/1/ Jordan's King Abdullah has warned Israel not to put further constraints on Palestinians. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432694/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:24:22 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432694/cs/1/ Pop star Britney Spears has spoken candidly for the first time about her bitter split with former boyfriend Justin Timberlake in 2002. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433121/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:00:33 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433121/cs/1/ A US federal judge has ordered the release of five Algerian detainees from Guantanamo Bay prison in Cuba. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432693/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:22:28 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432693/cs/1/ The Australian lawyer of a convicted supporter of terrorism has said his client can finally move on after the dropping of a control order. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432692/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:21:25 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432692/cs/1/ The European Union said Friday that unexpected massive interest was the cause for the shut-down of Europe 's digital library 'Europeana' hours after it was launched Thursday. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433115/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:00:07 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433115/cs/1/ The Greek Justice Ministry has announced plans to free around half of the country's 12,000 inmates within the next few months. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432691/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:19:05 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432691/cs/1/ Police in Lucknow, India, claim to have solved the murder of a seven-year-old boy whose body was found in a suitcase on a train. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432689/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:16:32 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432689/cs/1/ US pop diva Madonna and her British film director husband Guy Ritchie were granted a divorce after nearly eight years http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433067/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:02:00 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433067/cs/1/ Team A1 India had an excellent outing during the free practice session ahead of the weekend's third round of the A1 Grand Prix race at the Sepang International Circuit, here Friday in hot and humid conditions. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433060/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:01:24 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433060/cs/1/ Sean Penn believes that fewer gays would have died of AIDS if San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk hadn't been assassinated in his prime. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432879/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:01:20 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432879/cs/1/ Moscow, Nov 21 (RIA Novosti) Russia's Neustrashimy (Fearless) missile frigate was escorting an international convoy of nine vessels past the Horn of Africa to protect them from Somali pirate attacks, a Russian Navy spokesman said Friday. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433052/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:00:39 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433052/cs/1/ Moscow/Athens, Nov 21 (RIA Novosti) Somali pirates have released the Greek tanker Genius after receiving a ransom payment, Russia's Sovfracht maritime bulletin said Friday. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433045/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:00:07 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433045/cs/1/ London, Nov.21 : Ecologists, academics, scientists and religious leaders from around the world will gather in London next week. Their aim will be to prevent the destruction of the Gulf of Mannar, one of the last remaining intact ecosystems on earth and home to the famous Ram Sethu or Adam's Bridge, a site sacred to one billion Hindus worldwide. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433042/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:00:31 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433042/cs/1/ A baby girl was born aboard a Finnair flight from Bangkok to Helsinki, above Kazakhstan at an altitude of 11,000 metres, officials said. The baby's Swedish mother, who was returning from Thailand, and the child are in good health. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433031/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:01:33 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433031/cs/1/ London, Nov.21 : It is interesting to note how countries across the world have been performing in this temporary phase of global slowdown. Asia, which has comparatively been a little less 'harmed' than the Western world, has had its share of impact and is still trying to cope with it. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433013/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:03:59 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433013/cs/1/ The price for crude oil produced by the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) fell to $44.06 Thursday, the first time it went below $45 since May 2005. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433006/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:03:24 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/433006/cs/1/ Baghdad, Nov 21 : A new 'status-of-forces agreement' between Washington and Baghdad will make it mandatory for the US forces in Iraq to first obtain warrants before searching Iraqi homes or detaining terrorist suspects. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432985/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:02:10 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432985/cs/1/ The United Arab Emirates (UAE) next month will host an international maritime convention on 'green shipping' that will present the latest energy-efficient and environment friendly technologies, WAM reported Friday. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432984/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:02:04 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432984/cs/1/ Pop legend Michael Jackson will give evidence in person at London's High Court to defend allegations that he owes $7 million to an Arab sheikh. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432690/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 18:17:26 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432690/cs/1/ Britain’s vehicle licensing agency has banned offensive number plates that could be read as Osama and other words supporting terrorism. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432976/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:01:13 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432976/cs/1/ Moscow, Nov 21 (RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has urged the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum to play a stronger role in ensuring global security and overcoming the financial crisis. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432970/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 07:00:14 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432970/cs/1/ Chicago, Nov 21 : The Shanghai World Financial Center, which some describe as an elegant bottle opener, has been adjudged the world's the best skyscraper. The tower is world's second-tallest building. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432955/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:01:39 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432955/cs/1/ London, Nov 21 : Hollywood actor Ben Affleck is urging the world to help stop the suffering of innocent civilians in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432946/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:01:03 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432946/cs/1/ This weekend's Confederations Cup draw in Johannesburg will be adorned by some of the world's most beautiful women, world football body FIFA said Friday. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432940/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:00:32 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432940/cs/1/ A British police officer has been taken off duty after his name figured in a list of the far-right British National Party (BNP) that was put up anonymously on the Internet. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432936/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 06:00:20 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432936/cs/1/ London, Nov.21 : British tennis star and World Number four Andy Murray has handed over a selection of his own candid snaps to the "The Right To Play" to help it to raise cash for poverty-stricken kids around the globe. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432929/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:02:20 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432929/cs/1/ Washington, Nov.21 : The National Intelligence Council (NIC), America's leading intelligence organization, has forecasted an unpredictable world in which the advance of western-style democracy is far from guaranteed. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432926/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:02:14 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432926/cs/1/ London, Nov 21 : The makers of the anti-impotence drug Viagra have withdrawn an application to make the 50-milligram tablets available over the counter in Europe. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432910/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:01:35 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432910/cs/1/ Former Pakistan cricket chief Lt Gen (retd) Tauqir Zia believes Shoaib Akhtar's international career is over and has advised the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to show the door to the controversial fast bowler by giving him one last farewell match. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432905/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:01:18 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432905/cs/1/ Berlin, Nov 21 : A unique three year research project has determined that there are more than 11,000 alien species present in Europe, that have biologically invaded the continent. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432898/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:01:02 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432898/cs/1/ German Defence Minister Franz Josef Jung has promised UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon assistance in the fight against piracy off Somalia. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432899/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:01:02 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432899/cs/1/ London, November 21 : A Meghalayan man's claim that he has the most fingers and toes on Earth has prompted Guinness World Records bosses to probe whether he has become the third Indian national to hold world record for having the larges number of digits. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432895/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:46 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432895/cs/1/ A huge haul of fake medicines in a raid by Spanish police suggests that it's not a good idea to log on to buy pills to treat erectile dysfunction. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432892/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:00:02 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432892/cs/1/ Two British schoolboys with an alleged 'nasty attitude' toward Asians have been sentenced to life imprisonment for the unprovoked killing of an Asian man in the town of Bolton. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432883/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:01:32 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432883/cs/1/ Sydney, Nov 21 : Almost all the leading news agencies across the world have decided to boycott covering the first Test between Australia and New Zealand, which began yesterday at the Gabba, because of 'conditions imposed by the organizers'. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432875/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:01:16 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432875/cs/1/ London, Nov 21 (DPA) The end of the seven-year marriage between US pop star Madonna and her British film director husband Guy Ritchie is to be sealed before the High Court in London Friday, it has been announced. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432867/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:01:02 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432867/cs/1/ Bodhgaya, Nov 21 : Thousands of Buddhists from across the world congregated at Bodh Gaya for Krodhi-Kali ceremony for world peace on Thursday. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432862/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:00:53 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432862/cs/1/ Chennai, Nov.21 : World Chess Champion Viswanathan Anand today returned to his hometown. He was given a warm welcome at the Chennai Airport for retaining his world title and doing the country proud at international level. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432850/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:00:32 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432850/cs/1/ Indian golfer Jeev Milkha Singh, on a roll after winning the Singapore Open, is hoping to make a serious charge in the company of Jyoti Randhawa at the World Cup starting here Thursday. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432847/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:00:23 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432847/cs/1/ London, Nov.21 : A think tank in The Netherlands has warned that the European Union is developing a military space policy that has the "potential for triggering an arms race in region". http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432837/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:02:53 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432837/cs/1/ London, Nov.21 : Two U.S. soldiers have been charged by the military with conspiracy to commit premeditated murder relating to the shooting deaths of four Iraqi prisoners in Baghdad in early 2007. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432828/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:02:07 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432828/cs/1/ London, Nov 21 : UK commander in Basra Major Gen Andy Salmon has dropped enough hints that British combat troops, nearly 4000 in number, will start withdrawing from Iraq by early next year, shortly after key local elections (in Iraq) held at the end of January. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432822/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:01:37 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432822/cs/1/ The UN has approached India and several other nations to send more troops to the conflict-prone African nation of Congo, where the world body has a peacekeeping mission. India is now the largest troop contributor to the UN's mission in Congo, accounting for more than one-fourth of the over 17,000 UN peacekeeping forces in Congo. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432811/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:00:59 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432811/cs/1/ A UN body has received complaints about the presence of child soldiers in certain militancy and Maoist-affected parts of India and has started the process to verify them, officials said. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432806/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:00:47 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432806/cs/1/ Former 'Friends' star Jennifer Aniston is happy for fans to take pictures of her as long as they don't try to sell them. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432798/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 03:00:05 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432798/cs/1/ Sydney, Nov 21 : Defending his "third world country" remark, Australian opener Matthew Hayden has insisted that he meant no disrespect to any nation or its citizens in that category. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432757/cs/1/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 01:02:43 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432757/cs/1/ Astronauts from the space shuttle Endeavour Thursday completed a second spacewalk on their construction mission to the International Space Station, which was marking its 10th anniversary. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432713/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:00:02 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432713/cs/1/ Citing the continued lack of security in Somalia as a threat to international peace and security, the UN Security Council Thursday imposed a travel ban and a freeze of financial assets on some individuals considered obstacles to the peace process. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432708/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:01:11 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432708/cs/1/ Austrian steelmaker voestalpine AG announced Thursday it would throttle production by three to five percent and was considering layoffs, in an effort to cut costs in the current global financial and economic crises. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432707/cs/1/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:01:07 -0500 London Mercury.com http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/432707/cs/1/ COLOMBO: The Sri Lankan military on Friday claimed to have reached the “outskirts” of Kilinochchi town, the administrative headquarters of the LTTE. The Defence Ministry said troops had re... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752959/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:21:28 -0500 The Hindu http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752959/ SANTO DOMINGO. – Foreign minister Carlos Morales said Dominican exports to the European market have topped US$600 million so far this year, which in his view is proof that signing the Association Ec... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752963/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:18:22 -0500 Dominican Today http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752963/ With his choice of Hillary Clinton as secretary of state all but certain, President-elect Barack Obama has promised to bring a "fresh perspective" to US relations with the rest of the world. Obama,... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752966/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:11:56 -0500 One News http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752966/ The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged nearly 500 points in the last hour of trading after reports that president-elect Barrack Obama would name Mr Geithner to the top Treasury post. Buyers became en... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751513/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:43:02 -0500 The Australian http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751513/ BRUSSELS, Belgium - It sounds easy: Dispatch naval commandos to storm a hijacked cargo ship, shoot or capture the ragtag band of pirates and free the hostage crew. http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751788/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:36:09 -0500 MSNBC http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751788/ WARSAW: Researchers say they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer’s books. The findings... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752961/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:21:26 -0500 The Hindu http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752961/ MANAGUA : Nicaragua's ruling Sandinistas were set to rally in the streets Friday after the Supreme Electoral Council said they held sway in more than two-thirds of local elections -- results the oppos... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751466/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:16:56 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751466/ U.N. says gunmen forced families from huts, looted dwellings in Congo camp Violence in Congo is offshoot of Hutu-Tutsi animosity after Rwandan genocide In addition to violence, camp faces threats of c... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751479/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:06:16 -0500 CNN http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751479/ MIAMI (AP) _ A college student committed suicide by taking a drug overdose in front of a live webcam as some computer users egged him on, others tried to talk him out of it, and another messaged OMG i... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752975/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:55:19 -0500 Newsday http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752975/ State Committee for Diaspora Issues finishes work on the “World Azerbaijanis Charter”. The Committee informed that approximately 20 experts have been involved in preparation of the aforesa... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751804/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:20:40 -0500 ANS http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751804/ BAGHDAD (AP) - Chanting "no to America," supporters of a radical Shiite cleric burned an effigy of President George W. Bush Friday in a protest demanding parliament scuttle a U.S.-Iraqi security pact ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752987/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:21:19 -0500 Breitbart http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752987/ An Indian national working for a Dubai-based aviation firm was among seven persons killed when a Soviet-built civilian cargo plane crashed near the Iraqi city of Fallujah. "According to available inf... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751524/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:31:20 -0500 Hindustan Times http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751524/ Dubai: As the Middle East Business Aviation closed on a high note last week with organisers announcing deals worth over $1.5 billion (Dh5.5 billion), International Air Transport Association (IATA) chi... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751775/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:49:33 -0500 Gulf News http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751775/ "Bolt" is well-written, clever, enjoyable Film about heroic dog who believes own notices, has to find way home Breakout character is overenthusiastic hamster named Rhino http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751744/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:05:55 -0500 CNN http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751744/ SANTIAGO, Chile - Canada dropped a 2-0 decision to Japan on Friday in its opening game at the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup. Michi Goto scored in the 28th minute and Asuna Tanaka in the 40th for Japan.... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751782/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:45:06 -0500 TSN http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751782/ Dubai: Former top South African player tennis Wayne Ferreira wants to be an inspiration to kids around the world, but was not interested in overseeing the sport in his country. "The aim is always... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751779/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:49:21 -0500 Gulf News http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751779/ ISLAMABAD: Nasir Sultan, the 15-year-old Pakistani boy whose Bollywood dreams landed him in a jail in Faridkot in Punjab, was reunited with his family on Friday after he was released by the Indian gov... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752962/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:21:26 -0500 The Hindu http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752962/ ISLAMABAD: At least 10 people were killed and 20 injured in a bomb attack on a Shia funeral procession in Pakistan’s troubled North-West Frontier Province on Friday. The attack, which police ha... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752960/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:21:27 -0500 The Hindu http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752960/ Hunters from the village of Pond Inlet on Baffin Island discovered the animals trapped near Bylot Island, about 17 kilometres from Pond Inlet, on November 15. The local hunters are allowed to harvest... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751511/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:43:10 -0500 The Australian http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751511/ Prime Minister Stephen Harper is expected to tout free trade as an antidote to the global economic crisis when he attends the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Peru this weekend. Free and op... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752970/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:05:44 -0500 CBC News http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752970/ Supporters of Hojatoleslam Moqtada al-Sadr, the anti-American cleric, burnt an effigy of George Bush in Baghdad yesterday and gave warning of a return to armed resistance if parliament approves a de... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752953/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:35:03 -0500 Times Online http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752953/ Posted on: Friday, 21 November 2008, 11:30 CST NBC is offering users of the social-networking site, Facebook, the chance to test their knowledge using video from the network's archives.The applicat... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751673/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:29:33 -0500 RedOrbit http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751673/ MONTREAL, CANADA--(Marketwire - Nov. 21, 2008) - Syscan International Inc. ("Syscan" or the "Company") (TSX VENTURE:SYA) today announced that it has received a Letter of Demand ("LOD") from attorney's... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752956/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:25:10 -0500 Market Wire http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752956/ Triple Canopy and KBR, of the changes on Thursday as the Iraqi parliament continues contentious debate on a security deal that will govern the presence of American forces in Iraq after January.That so... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752985/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:25:34 -0500 Baltimore Examiner http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752985/ The Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — The State Department has renewed an appeal to Iran for information about a former FBI agent, Floridian Robert Levinson, who went missing in Iranian territor... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752981/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:31:43 -0500 Iran Focus http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752981/ Prime Minister John Key has told business leaders at the Apec summit in Lima they must urge their governments to deliver trade liberalisation and help the world recover from the financial crisis.Mr Ke... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751717/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:11:08 -0500 New Zealand Herald http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751717/ WASHINGTON — Discussions are "very much on track" for Hillary Rodham Clinton to become President-elect Barack Obama's secretary of State nominee, a Clinton spokesman said Friday as Obama's team m... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751475/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:08:57 -0500 USA Today http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751475/ WASHINGTON: Barack Obama is “on track” to nominate Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State after next week’s Thanksgiving holiday, said an aide to the president-elect’s transitio... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752958/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:21:28 -0500 The Hindu http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752958/ Anthony Badger: British students impressed that Americans stood in lines to vote Barack Obama is reading about Franklin Roosevelt's first 100 days Badger says there are parallels today to what FDR fac... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751483/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:06:09 -0500 CNN http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751483/ U.S. President George W. Bush on Friday signed into law a bill that will keep unemployment cheques flowing to jobless Americans through the holiday season. The bill extending unemployment benefits wa... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752971/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:05:42 -0500 CBC News http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752971/ 1. On September 15, 2008, the director general reported to the board of governors on the implementation of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of UN Secur... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752686/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:17:57 -0500 The Daily Star http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752686/ A look at economic developments and stock market activity around the world Friday: ___ LONDON — The downturn in the euro-zone economy, particularly within the manufacturing sector, gathered pa... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751554/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:31:17 -0500 Star Tribune http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751554/ The family of a teenager who committed suicide live on the internet condemned viewers and the website tonight for failing to save him. Abraham Biggs, 19, from Pembroke Pines in Broward County,... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752967/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:07:28 -0500 Belfast Telegraph http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752967/ Teen gets four life terms for murder; 68 years for 11 counts of attempted murder Lawyer said he will appeal the sentence, claiming court made a mistake Nel killed a mother and her infant, a 70-year-ol... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751485/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:06:08 -0500 CNN http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751485/ WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama is set to appoint New York Federal Reserve chief Timothy Geithner as his Treasury secretary to take charge of fixing the parlous economy, reports said Friday.... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751465/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:17:02 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751465/ BRUSSELS : The European Union is to launch an inquiry into the causes of the Russia-Georgia conflict, papers seen Friday show, amid growing recriminations against Tbilisi over its role in fanning the ... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751468/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 18:16:52 -0500 Channel News Asia http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19751468/ Published Date: November 22, 2008 By Ben Garcia, Staff Writer While the tension between the United States and Iran continues, countries in the Middle East, as well as European nations, are media... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752979/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:34:19 -0500 Kuwait Times http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752979/ Abu Dhabi: Abu Dhabi police said on Friday they foiled an attempt by an international organised crime ring, which was trying to smuggle Asian nationals to Europe through UAE airports. The human traffi... http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752347/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:49:43 -0500 Gulf News http://story.londonmercury.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/b8de8e630faf3631/id/19752347/