2012年11月25日星期日

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For Thanksgiving travelers, a smooth trip home

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 04:17 PM PST

Customer service representative Julia Jacoby directs a traveler to the nearest security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport, Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2012, in Atlanta. Feeling the pinch of the sluggish economic recovery, many Americans setting out on the nation's annual Thanksgiving migration had to sacrifice summer vacations, rely on relatives for airfare or scour the Web for travel deals to ensure they made it home. (AP Photo/David Goldman)Travelers heading home after the long Thanksgiving weekend had yet another reason to be thankful on Sunday: favorable weather and few airport delays reported on what is traditionally the busiest travel day of the year.


Israel successfully tests new missile defence system against mid-range missile threat

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 01:37 PM PST

JERUSALEM - Israel successfully tested its newest missile defence system Sunday, the military said, a step toward making the third leg of what Israel calls its "multilayer missile defence" operational.

Israel successfully tests missile defense system

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 12:15 PM PST

Israel successfully tested its newest missile defense system Sunday, the military said, a step toward making the third leg of what Israel calls its "multilayer missile defense" operational.

Five killed in attack on Pakistan Shi'ite gathering, 90 hurt

Posted: 25 Nov 2012 03:36 AM PST

A security official inspects the site of a remote control bomb blast in Dera Ismail Khan in Pakistan's northwestDERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A bomb killed at least five people and wounded 90 near a Shi'ite procession in Pakistan on Sunday, police said, as the government struggles to stop a wave of attacks by sectarian Sunni militant groups determined to wipe out the minority sect and seize power. Sunni hardliners threatened to strike hard this weekend, an important one in the Shi'ite religious calendar, prompting authorities to halt cellphone coverage in several areas to prevent bombings triggered by remote control. ...


China's role in Southeast Asia questioned

Posted: 24 Nov 2012 09:44 PM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 20, 2012 file photo, China's Premier Wen Jiabao, right, chats with U.S. President Barack Obama, left, as Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen stands between them during a family photo at the 7th East Asia Summit Plenary Session in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. China's finding the once friendly ground of Southeast Asia bumpy going, with anger against Chinese claims to disputed islands, once reliable ally Myanmar flirting with democracy and renewed American attention to the region. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)China is finding the once friendly ground of Southeast Asia bumpy going, with anger against Chinese claims to disputed islands, once reliable ally Myanmar flirting with democracy and renewed American attention to the region.


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