Copyright 2006, Reuters AlertNet http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/rss/index.xml en-gb Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:12:30 +0000 5 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/rss/index.xml http://www.alertnet.org/images/rtrfndn_alertnet_new_tr.gif http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/ea049ac4d12cc47a0f08e37151bcc9d7.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/HRW/ea049ac4d12cc47a0f08e37151bcc9d7.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:42:56 +0000 Source: Human Rights Watch (New York) - The Thai government should immediately end the detention of 158 Lao Hmong refugees held in poor and abusive conditions for three years, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Prime ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20247124.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20247124.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:22:45 +0000 Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The chairman of the U.S. House Armed Services Committee, Representative Ike Skelton, cast doubt on Friday about the Obama administration's decision to try the Sept. 11, ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20246421.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20246421.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:46:29 +0000 Source: Reuters WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. Justice Department prosecutors asked a federal judge on Friday to dismiss the charges against one of five Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 unarmed ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LK134573.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LK134573.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:38:17 +0000 Source: Reuters LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - The Afghan government would quickly be overthrown if NATO troops pulled out of the country now, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said on Friday. "If ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20238220.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20238220.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:02:41 +0000 Source: Reuters * IPO timing capitalizes on environmental enthusiasm * Filing is near but exact date not clear (Adds background on Tesla and industry) By Poornima Gupta SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 20 (Reuters) - U.S. ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20243634.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20243634.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:50:26 +0000 Source: Reuters (For more flu stories click on [ID:nWORLDFLU]) * Disease may be on the wane in Northern Hemisphere * New peaks could come at any time * Drug-resistant strains not yet worrying By Maggie Fox, ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20236587.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20236587.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:05:11 +0000 Source: Reuters * Chavez's insults, dynamited bridges raise tensions * Border town residents forced to wade across river * Colombian military chiefs meet, no troop buildup seen (Adds Colombia to complain to U.N ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20236711.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20236711.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:53:40 +0000 Source: Reuters * U.S. eyeing tighter control of its Afghan contracts * Timing of "endgame" depends on situation on ground * Afghan mission "sustainable" despite some withdrawals (Adds ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LK733354.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LK733354.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:42:10 +0000 Source: Reuters (Adds details and reaction) * Five H1N1 patients resistant to Tamiflu * Possible person-to-person spread of resistant strain LONDON, Nov 20 (Reuters) - British health officials are ...

]]> http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20237948.htm http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N20237948.htm Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:40:48 +0000 Source: Reuters * Fight could affect Reid's re-election chances * Reid claims to be Nevada most powerful senator ever * Battle packs risks, possible rewards, for all senators By Thomas Ferraro WASHINGTON, Nov ...

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