Al Qaeda warns President-elect Barack Obama not to follow President
W. Bush's policies.

An Obama spokeswoman in Washington said the president-elect's office was
not planning to comment.

REUTERS -
Al-Qaeda's second-in-command emerged on the airwaves, ...   more »

Chile looks for answers after man declared dead during military
dictatorship shows up alive.

SANTIAGO, CHILE (FILE - SEPTEMBER 1973) CH 13 -
His name is on a monument to victims of Gen. Augusto Pinochet's
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A team of 40 ice sculptors gathered in the Belgium city of Bruges for the
eighth Ice Festival.

BRUGES, BELGIUM (NOVEMBER 18, 2008) REUTERS -
The team sculptors includes citizens from Canada, the United States,
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Israeli President Shimon Peres addresses both houses of British parliament
as about 100 people from the Palestinian Solidarity Campaign and Jews for
Justice for Palestinians hold a protest outside.

LONDON, ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM (NOVEMBER 19, ...   more »

One of the world's largest underground thermal lakes has been discovered
under the Hungarian capital, officials say.

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY (NOVEMBER 18, 2008) HIRTV-
An underground thermal lake recently discovered under a Turkish bath
in central ...   more »

New Zealand's new government is sworn-in, promising quick action to pull
the country out of recession.

WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND (NOVEMBER 19, 2008) TVNZ -
New Zealand's new government was sworn in on Wednesday (November
19) ...   more »

Ancient Chinese Han-style weddings make a comeback among youngsters wishing
to revive their culture.

(ASIA) BEIJING, CHINA (NOVEMBER 16, 2008) REUTERS -
In China it's good-bye to western wedding gowns and suits, as
more and ...   more »

The Indian Navy Warship, INS Tabar, armed with supersonic BrahMos (PJ-10)
anti-ship cruise missiles, sinks a pirate vessel off the Somali coast after an
exchange of fire.

(MUMBAI) (NOVEMBER 18, 2008) ANI-
The Indian Navy ...   more »