WORLD HEADLINES 12/10/2010
Liu Xiaobo, jailed in China, honored in absentia by Nobel committee
OSLO – The blue-and-white upholstered chair reserved for him was empty. His words were spoken not in his own voice, but by the Norwegian actress and movie director Liv Ullmann. While the Nobel committee honored him …Washington Post · 29 minutes ago
Jailed Nobel Peace Prize winner applauded in Oslo
Associated Press
Nobel Peace Prize Is Bittersweet for Jailed Dissident
Time
Attack on Prince Charles’ car by protesters prompts flurry of questions about UK security
LONDON (AP) — How could rampaging students so easily threaten Britain’s heir to the throne? Government security officials had no quick answer Friday for that mortifying question, amid calls in the media for officials to be …Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel · 2 hours ago
Cops were seconds from drawing guns on mob attacking Prince Charles’ car
New York Post
Why Students are Rioting in London
Time
Hacker group defends attacks on WikiLeaks foes
Computerworld – Anonymous, a loosely affiliated group of Internet vigilantes that has claimed responsibility for a series of Internet attacks against organizations perceived as hostile to WikiLeaks, today sought to cast itself …Computerworld · 2 hours ago
Assange Distances Himself From WikiLeaks Cyber Attacks
FOX News
Spam downloads surge among WikiLeaks supporters
KYTV
Bucking trend, Bolivia lowers retirement age to 58
LA PAZ, Bolivia — Bolivia enacted a law Friday lowering the country’s retirement age to 58, bucking a global trend in which countries push people to work longer to counteract the burden on national treasuries of rising life …Houston Chronicle · 18 minutes ago
Bolivia lowers retirement age to 58, nationalizes pensions and extends them to the poor
Los Angeles Times
Big Hollywood
Somali Pirates Hijack US-operated Ship, Crew Of 23
(AP) NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) – The European Union anti-piracy force says pirates have hijacked a U.S.-operated ship with 23 crew members aboard. The EU Naval Force said the MV Panama was attacked Friday just east of …CBS News · 1 hour ago
Somalia mulls privately trained antipiracy force
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
EU: Pirates take control of U.S.-operated ship
Navy Times
Mexican police hunt leaders of La Familia cartel
MORELIA, Mexico — Federal police kept up the hunt Friday for leaders of
the La Familia drug cartel, and authorities said a top drug lord may be among several people killed in two days of narco-blockades and shootouts …Houston Chronicle · 22 minutes ago
Mexican marines hunt for La Familia cartel leaders
Reuters
Mexican security spokesman says La Familia cartel chief believed killed in shootout
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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