Roberto Abraham Scaruffi

Thursday, 2 December 2010


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S Korean Spy Chief: N Korea Likely to Attack Again

Won Sei-hoon says North Korea attacked Yeonpyeong Island on November 23 to distract attention from internal problems
General Hwang Eui-don, right, the Chief of the General Staff of South Korean Army, checks the fence of the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas as he patrols with Army soldiers along in Paju, South Korea, 1 Dec 2010

China Urges Restraint As US, South Korea Plan New Drills

Seoul gears up to stage live-fire artillery drills next week as tensions continue in wake of attack by Pyongyang
China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi listens to Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez during a meeting in Havana, Cuba, Saturday July 31, 2010.

WikiLeaks: Britain Pledged to Protect US in Iraq Inquiry

Private assurances were made to Washington by a top British military official
A man views a news stand displaying newspapers, some carrying the story on WikiLeaks' release of classified US State Department documents, in London, Nov. 29, 2010

Clinton Says Leaks Will Not Impede US Diplomacy

US secretary of state attempts damage control with many leaders named in leaked classified US cables at OSCE summit in Astana
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton walks in to shake hands with Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev in Astana on December 1, 2010 during a welcoming ceremony of the OSCE Summit.

Supporters of Ivory Coast President Delay Release of Election Results

Country's electoral commission has said three times that it would release results, but then has done nothing
Poll workers finish counting votes at a polling station in the Treichville neighborhood of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, 28 Nov. 2010

'Lost Boys' of South Sudan Lead Diaspora Voter Registration Drive

Young Sudanese who fled their homeland during Sudan's civil war are signing up to vote absentee in January 9 independence referendum
A prospective Sudanese voter dips his finger in ink at a voter registration facility in Glendale, Arizona, 26 Nov. 2010

Egypt Rejects US Election Criticism

US expresses concern about polling, which results in President Hosni Mubarak's party capturing nearly all parliamentary seats
An Egyptian woman casts her vote at a polling station in Alexandria, 10 Nov 2010

Countries Around World Marking World AIDS Day

In proclamation, US President Barack Obama pledges support for 33 million people worldwide who live with HIV, AIDS
People attend a rally on the occasion of the World Aids Day in Karachi, Pakistan, 01 Dec 2010

Combination Exercise Program Benefits Diabetics

Patients do better with aerobics plus weight lifting

US Scientists Reverse Signs of Aging in Mice

Elderly mice restored to middle age
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