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Reuters: Switzerland voted to ban the construction of new minarets on Sunday, a surprise result certain to embarrass the neutral government and which the justice minister said could affect Swiss exports and tourism. The Swiss news agency ATS and other media said about 57.5 percent of voters and all but four of the 26 cantons approved the proposal in the nationwide referendum, which was backed by the right-wing Swiss People's Party (SVP). The government and parliament had rejected the initiati... Read Full Story
AP: A rescue ship righted a capsized ferry on Sunday, easing the work of those searching the submerged cabins for scores believed trapped inside more than a day after the boat sank in southern Bangladesh. So far, 45 people have been confirmed dead, authorities said. The M.V. Coco was packed with hundreds of travelers leaving Dhaka to head home for the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha when it went down late Friday. It started to take on water as it arrived at Nazirhat town in the coastal distri... Read Full Story
Reuters: A clutch of major emerging economies including China and India have forged a united front to put pressure on developed countries at next month's climate change negotiations in Copenhagen. Over two days of quietly arranged talks in Beijing, the countries said they had reached agreement on major issues, including the need for the West to provide finance and technology to help developing nations combat global warming. The meeting was attended by senior officials from China, India, Brazi... Read Full Story
Los Angeles Times - Embroiled in a major crisis that threatens his political future, President Asif Ali Zardari has given up control of Pakistan's nuclear weapons and has pledged to relinquish his power to dissolve parliament. Zardari's actions coincided with the expiration of an amnesty today that had shielded him and thousands of other government officials from corruption charges and criminal accusations. Zardari handed over control of the National Command Authority, which oversees the coun... Read Full Story
Reuters: Hondurans vote for a new president Sunday in the latest chapter of a months-long political standoff triggered by a coup that has divided the United States from Latin American powers Brazil and Argentina. Neither President Manuel Zelaya nor arch-rival Roberto Micheletti, installed as interim president by Congress after Zelaya's overthrow in June, is in the race. That leaves the door open for someone else to take Honduras beyond the gridlock that has crippled the Central American natio... Read Full Story
AFP: Australia's commitment to slash carbon pollution by up to 25 percent was in jeopardy Sunday, as rebel opposition politicians refused to support the deal. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd wants legislation on an emissions trading scheme, which would cut greenhouse gas emissions by between five to 25 percent from 2000 levels by 2020, in place ahead of a global summit on climate change in Copenhagen. But it is uncertain whether the bipartisan deal, which was agreed by the governing centre-left Lab... Read Full Story
Reuters: Venezuela plans to open an embassy in Palestinian territories and upgrade its ties to ambassadorial level, President Hugo Chavez said on Friday, to support Palestinians in their struggle against Israel. "We have decided to designate an ambassador and open an embassy in Palestine," Chavez said after talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas. "We now have a charge d'affaires; we will name an ambassador in coming days as part of accords to boost our bilateral relatio... Read Full Story
AP: A Zimbabwe cargo plane crashed as it took off Saturday from Shanghai's main international airport, killing three crew members, a government official said. The official Xinhua News Agency cited Shanghai's municipal information office as saying three people died. A man answering the phone there confirmed the deaths and said one other crew member was seriously injured, with the other three slightly hurt. Xinhua cited health officials as saying two of the seven crew were from the United State... Read Full Story
AP: An express train carrying hundreds of passengers from Moscow to St. Petersburg derailed, killing dozens of people and injuring scores of others in what may have been an act of sabotage, Russian officials said. Health Minister Tatyana Golikova later told reporters Saturday morning that 25 people were killed, 19 were missing and 96 were being treated in hospitals after the last three cars of the 14-car Nevsky Express left the tracks in the Tver province northwest of Moscow. Earlier, Emergen... Read Full Story
