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Hondurans back opposition leader

Alex Renderos and Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times — 2009-11-30T06:47:23Z

Hondurans voted yesterday for a new president, many hoping that despite questions surrounding the election they could restore legitimacy to their national government five months after a military-backed coup ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

Hunt harder for Al Qaeda, Britain urges Pakistan

Associated Press — 2009-11-30T06:33:16Z

Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged Pakistan yesterday to intensify its hunt for Osama bin Laden and other Al Qaeda leaders.

US prods Yemen to do more for ex-detainees

Sudarsan Raghavan, Washington Post — 2009-11-30T06:33:06Z

Two years ago, Mohsin al-Askari was released from his prison cell at Guantanamo Bay, but he has found neither freedom nor a new life in his homeland. Potential employers are afraid to hire him. At 28, he depends on his father for financial support, charities for medical care.

Somali camps may pose threat to US

Mohamed Olad Hassan, Associated Press — 2009-11-30T06:32:58Z

The recruits gather in scorching desert hideouts in Somalia, use portraits of President Obama for target practice, learn how to make and detonate bombs, and vow allegiance to Osama bin Laden.

Swiss ban new mosque minarets in backlash against Muslims

Alexander G. Higgins, Associated Press — 2009-11-30T06:32:51Z

Swiss voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets yesterday, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers in a surprise vote that put Switzerland at the forefront of a European backlash against a growing Muslim population.

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Former guerrilla wins Uruguay run-off vote

Michael Warren, Associated Press — 2009-11-30T06:32:31Z

A plain-talking socialist who once led an armed revolutionary movement and now scorns “stupid ideologies’’ won Uruguay’s presidential run-off yesterday, keeping the ruling center-left coalition in power, according to three exit polls.

Equatorial Guinea leader set to cruise to win

Associated Press — 2009-11-30T06:32:24Z

Equatorial Guinea held an election yesterday that was certain to extend the 30-year rule of Teodoro Obiang Nguema, a man accused of draining his nation’s oil wealth to fabulously enrich family and cronies while his people suffer in slums.

WHO urges earlier treatment for HIV

Associated Press — 2009-11-30T06:32:15Z

People infected with the virus that causes AIDS should start treatment earlier than currently recommended, the World Health Organization said today.

Russians mourn victims of train wreck

Associated Press — 2009-11-30T06:32:07Z

Russians mourned at religious services and soccer stadiums yesterday after a deadly train wreck that authorities blamed on a terrorist bomb. The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church urged the nation not to give in to fear.

Obama offers Pakistan additional support

Washington Post — 2009-11-30T06:31:59Z

President Obama has offered Pakistan an expanded strategic partnership, including additional military and economic cooperation, while warning with unusual bluntness that its use of insurgent groups to pursue policy goals “cannot continue.’’

Israel to bolster settlement freeze order

Associated Press — 2009-11-30T06:31:43Z

Israel’s defense minister ordered his office yesterday to triple the number of construction inspectors in the West Bank to enforce a new settlement freeze declared by the government, while settler leaders vowed to defy the edict.

Iran unveils plans for vast expansion of nuclear program

Thomas Erdbrink, Washington Post — 2009-11-30T06:31:33Z

Iran’s government will build 10 new sites to enrich uranium, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said yesterday, a dramatic expansion of the country’s nuclear program and one that is bound to fuel fears that it is attempting to produce a nuclear weapon.

Channel praising Hussein hits airwaves

Associated Press — 2009-11-30T06:31:22Z

Turning on their televisions during the long holiday weekend, Iraqis were greeted by a familiar if unexpected face from their brutal past: Saddam Hussein.