Great Indian Ocean earthquake of 2004 set off tremors in San Andreas fault 9,000 miles awayKamchatka Volcano Visual, Courtesy Of NASA's TerraMagnitude 5.0 - RYUKYU ISLANDS, JAPANMagnitude 5.1 - SUNDA STRAIT, INDONESIAMagnitude 5.2 - SUNDA STRAIT, INDONESIAMagnitude 5.5 - KEPULAUAN MENTAWAI REGION, INDONESIAMagnitude 6.0 - MINAHASA, SULAWESI, INDONESIAMagnitude 6.0 - SANTA CRUZ ISLANDSModerate earthquake hits PakistanTwo dead, three injured in southwest China earthquake
- 8 really, really scary predictions - Nouriel Roubini
- Cholera does not exist in Zimbabwe, says Mugabe
- Mugabe agents surrender themselves to Malawi authorities
- Rights group- New crackdown on dissent in Zimbabwe
- Smith warns of Zimbabwe 'influx'
- The four horsemen of Harare
- Time for regime change in Zimbabwe
- Peacekeepers 'did nothing' to stop DR Congo massacre
- UN claims Rwanda is abetting Congo rebels
- UN envoy says Congo rebels stall talks
- Thousands Seek Revival in Kenya at Mass Prayer Gathering
- Kenya must do more to find Rwandan genocide fugitive court
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- Asia Japan PM Aso to raise territorial spat with Wen FM
- Asia KMT head hopes to work with Japan on isles
- Breakaway Anglicans Begin Official Transition for New Rival Body
- A light -- and rare -- snow surprises Houma area
Disaster Unusual snow blankets New Orleans and south Louisiana
- Incidence and Impact of Lyme Disease on the Rise
- Musina cholera cases rise overnight
- Nigerian Cholera Outbreak Kills 10 People in Rivers State
- Rains bring relief and locust threat
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- WHO- Cholera death toll rises to 775 in Zimbabwe
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- Bernanke ‘War Powers’ Undermine Fed Bank Presidents
- Iceland Forecasts Record $1.4 Billion Budget Deficit
- Treasury Studying ‘Novel Approaches’ to Sell Debt
- U.S. Dollar Breakdown a Cause for Concern
- XL, Bermuda's Biggest Insurer, Is Said to Seek Buyer
- 'Christmas is the pathway to hell' Muslim lawyer's extraordinary rant at 'evil' celebration
- Cardinal- Religion Treated as 'Private Eccentricity' in Britain
- Former World Bank expert named Romanian premier
- Kurdish Terrorist Captured at Bulgarian Border
- Nations Gather to Prep for Baltic Sea Interoperability Exercise
- Switzerland joins European open borders area
- Athens in tumult as police officer charged
- Greek-inspired protests spread across Europe
- Is Greece burning?
- Protest vandalism hits Greek embassy
- Rioting Picks Up as General Strike Hits Greece
- Riots cost Athens shops 200 mln euros- association
- Greece comes to a standstill as riots continue
- Greek protest spread with arrests across Europe
***- US 'willing to lead climate push'
- Good governance can help countries overcome financial crisis
- Group seeks nuclear weapons ban
- International Leaders Launch Global Campaign to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons
- Welcome Global Zero
- Iraq plans EU-style Middle East union
- U.N. chief tells world we need a Green New Deal
- What about NATO
- World hoping for EU global warming deal
***- Gazprom plans temporary refinery closure
- 5 Tunnels Of Natural Gas Pipeline Got Through
- Arabtec may shave Gazprom project budget
- Baiji-Baghdad gas pipeline re-operated
- Gazprom in Serbia on South Stream talks
- Gazprom looks to fuel growth
- IPI A pipeline of risks
- Korea Gas Seeks Stakes in Australia, Oman, PNG Fields, CEO Says
- KPC building new pipeline to Eldoret
- Leaders of Multilateral Agencies and The Panama Canal Sign Agreement for $2.3 Billion to Finance The Canal Expansion Program
- Pipeline ready but gas isn't
- Rio job cuts start of global mining industry cutbacks
- Russia demands full loading of the Baku-Novorosiysk oil pipeline
- Russia looks to Bolivia-Argentina gas pipeline - Medvedev
- Ukraine's Naftogaz in bank talks to clear Gazprom debt
- Nigeria- Oando Commences South-East Gas Pipeline Project
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- The dangerous illusion of independent terrorists
- 6 Palestinian teens arrested for assaulting Jewish girl near J'lem
- Mumbai attacks prompt creation of Jewish rescue units
- New York Students Thank Moshe's Mumbai Nanny
- Obama's atomic umbrella U.S. nuclear strike if Iran nukes Israel
- [In return for what?]
- Olmert- Israel will continue to transfer shekels to Gaza
- Sarkozy to visit Syria in bid to push for direct Israeli-Syrian talks
- Israel Pardons 45 Fatah Terrorists
- Israel rejects claims of 'crime against humanity'
- 'German center ignores Iranian threat'
- Iran grants Ecuador $40 mn credit line
- Iranian missiles for errant Eritrea
Iraq urges Obama to talk to Iran, Syria- 55 dead in bombing at restaurant in Iraq's north
- Attacks on Iraq Christians Largely Under-reported
- Dhimmi Carter urges Lebanon, Israel to work for peace
- Diplomacy is 'best course' to stop Iran nuclear work, Rice says
- Growing tensions between Iran and Egypt
- Hamas urges Egypt to open Rafah crossing after UN human rights report
- Iran's leaders don't want better relations with the U.S.
- [Well, duh.]
- Iranian nuclear workers arrested for spying
- Iranian, French leaders clash over Ahmadinejad
- Lebanon Eyes Military Deals with Russia
- Obama aide Brzezinski, ex-Carter adviser, sees Iran ties modeled on China opening
- [gaaack.]
- Pakistan Arrests Leaders of Charity Linked to Mumbai Attacks
- Pakistan targets group linked to Mumbai attacks
- The EU and Syria Move Closer
- Turkey's CHP targets support of working class, after veiled women
- Turkish army says 1,049 PKK terrorists neutralized in 2008
- U.S., NATO Seek Afghan Supply Routes Other Than Pakistan
- Obama wants to 'reboot America's image'
President-elect Barack Obama says he will try to "reboot America's image" among the world's Muslims and will follow tradition by using his entire name — Barack Hussein Obama — in his swearing-in ceremony.
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He pledged anew to give such a speech, though he declined to say whether it would happen during his first year in office.
"It's something I intend to follow through on," Obama said in an interview published Wednesday in the Chicago Tribune and the Los Angeles Times. "We've got a unique opportunity to reboot America's image around the world and also in the Muslim world in particular. So we need to take advantage of that."
Obama said his message would be twofold: that his administration will be unyielding in stamping out terrorist extremism but also "unrelenting in our desire to create a relationship of mutual respect and partnership with countries."
"I think the world is ready for that message," he said in the interview, conducted Tuesday.
***- Does the United States expect a new war?
- Putin names Caucasus mountain peak in honor of Russian spies
- US, Russia to discuss missile shield in Moscow next week
- Russia cynical on nuclear disarmament
- Russia Issues New Warning to West
- Russia says ready for visa-free regime with EU
- Russia Volunteers to Join an OPEC Cut in Oil Output
- Russia's Putin creates anti-crisis body
- Russia, Argentina sign cooperation deals
- Russian Coast Guard detains 15 ships for poaching in Far East
- Russian general admits ‘serious shortfalls’ in Georgia war
- Russian generals fight Putin to preserve corruption
- Russian working for nuclear company dies in Iran
- Russia’s Incredible Shrinking Economy
- Somali pirates set up agencies on three continents
- Piracy threat to Egypt's Suez revenues
- 'Super-Ants' Taking Over Europe
- [I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords.]
- God's postbox
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