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Chinese HIV cases jump nearly 30%

CBC Lead Headline | Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:00 EST
Two months before the end of 2006, China's reported number of HIV/AIDS cases already is nearly 30 per cent higher than for all of last year, with intravenous drug use as the biggest source of infection, the Health Ministry said Wednesday. more

U.S. groups drop boycott of Wal-Mart over outreach to gay groups

CBC Lead Headline | Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:00 EST
An American conservative group that had called on supporters to boycott Wal-Mart's post-Thanksgiving Day sales in the U.S. to protest the retailer's support of gay-rights groups has withdrawn its objections. more

Getty to return 26 disputed artifacts to Italy

CBC Lead Headline | Wed Nov 22, 2006 12:00 EST
The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has agreed to return 26 artifacts to Italy after a long-running dispute over whether they were looted. more

Ex-Guantanamo Prisoner Accuses Germany of Inaction

Deutsche Welle (Europe) | Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:10 EST
A former Guantanamo prisoner on Wednesday accused German and Turkish authorities of failing to help him escape unjustified imprisonment and torture linked to his years-long term in the US military camp on Cuba.

U.N.: 3,709 Iraqis killed in October

CNN Lead Headline | Wed Nov 22, 2006 11:00 EST
Insurgent attacks in Iraq killed 3,709 civilians last month, making October the deadliest month since the war began in 2003, according to U.N. figures. The report attributes the violence to "terrorist acts and sectarian strife, including revenge killings, fueled by insurgent, militia and criminal activities."

Prescribe heroin to addicts - officer

BBC News Lead Headline | Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:50 EST
Addicts should be prescribed heroin as a way of curbing crime including murder, a senior police officer suggests.

Lebanon Cancels Independence Holiday, Mourns Slain Minister

ABC-US World News | Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:20 EST
Lebanese minister Pierre Gemayel's assassination has set of a wave of grief in Lebanon, as the country tries to cling to a precarious democracy.

Bush, Iraqi PM to Meet in Jordan

Foxnews Lead Headline | Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:20 EST
President, Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki will powwow next week to discuss deteriorating security situation in Iraq

U.N.: 3,709 Iraqis Killed In October

CBS News (World) | Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:20 EST
The United Nations said 3,709 Iraqi civilians were killed in October, the highest monthly toll since the war began. Meanwhile, President Bush and Iraq's prime minister said they will meet in Jordan next week to discuss Iraq's crumbling security.

UK may transfer Basra 'in spring'

BBC News Lead Headline | Wed Nov 22, 2006 10:20 EST
The UK may transfer control of Basra to Iraqi forces next spring, Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett says.

Iraq civilian death toll reaches new high: UN

CBC Lead Headline | Wed Nov 22, 2006 09:50 EST
As many as 3,709 Iraqi civilians were killed in October, exceeding the previous monthly high set in July, the United Nations said Wednesday. more

Botched Surgeries at Guantanamo?

ABC-US World News | Wed Nov 22, 2006 09:30 EST
A detainee in need of a heart operation fears the procedure because he says base surgeons botched medical procedures on others. The base commander denies the allegation.

Surging Violence, Iraqi Civilian Deaths at New High

ABC-US World News | Wed Nov 22, 2006 09:20 EST
A United Nations report says that 3,709 civilians ded in Iraq in October, the highest in one months since the start of war. Sectarian strife is largely to blame for the unprecendented spike in violence.

U.N.: October bloodiest month yet for Iraqi civilians

CNN Lead Headline | Wed Nov 22, 2006 09:10 EST
The United Nations today said 3,709 Iraqi civilians were killed in October, the highest monthly toll since the March 2003 U.S. invasion and another sign of the severity of Iraq's sectarian bloodbath.

Lebanon Nervous After Assassination

CBS News (World) | Wed Nov 22, 2006 08:50 EST
There were some disturbances overnight after popular Christian politician Pierre Gemayel was killed. His father, a former Lebanese president, and many other leaders urged restraint. The country's Independence Day celebrations were canceled.

Lebanon mourns murdered minister

Euronews Lead Headline | Wed Nov 22, 2006 08:48 EST
Lebanon has begun three days of mourning for Pierre Gemayel, the murdered the anti-Syrian Christian cabinet minister. The assassination has turned Lebanon's Independence Day into a sombre occasion. All festivities have been cancelled. Hundreds of people have gathered in the town of his birth, Bekfaya, to pay their respects at his family home... 22/11 13:40 CET Mideast

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