Britain, Australia saying sorry to child migrants (AP)
AP – Britain and Australia are saying sorry to thousands of British children who were promised a better life overseas, only to suffer abuse and neglect thousands of miles from home.
Pacquiao’s amazing run continues
Manny Pacquiao proved without a doubt he is boxing’s best pound-for-pound fighter.
APEC leaders douse hopes on climate pact (AFP)
AFP – Asia-Pacific leaders on Sunday buried hopes a key UN meeting next month would forge a binding pact to combat climate change, saying talks would drag on well past the Copenhagen meeting.
Military sees increase in wounded in Afghanistan (AP)
AP – Far from winding down, the numbers of wounded U.S. soldiers coming home have continued to swell. The problem is especially acute among those who fought in Afghanistan, where nearly four times as many troops were injured in October as a year ago
AP-GfK Poll: Country in a funk (AP)
AP – The euphoria of 2008 is over: America is in a funk.
Analysis: France-Germany ties fade (AP)
AP – Throughout the Cold War, Germany was the steadfast trans-Atlantic ally — and France the perpetual skeptic. Paris snubbed NATO, booted allied soldiers off its soil and sought a privileged relationship with Moscow.
Blackwater Said to Approve Iraqi Payoffs After Shootings
Former executives said it was unclear if the payoffs of about $1 million were made, but the goal was to hush criticism and buy support after 17 civilians were killed in 2007.
Steven Weber: GOP Pisses Off World; Wins Prize!
Welcome to the new world order where isolationism is as fusty a notion as fairness and balance. Actions on the local level reverberate so globally that even the pissy little nyah-nyah-nyahing which the right wing Republicons persist in using as their chief mode of expression has twanged the world-wide-wire and driven said world to confer upon Obama a Nobel Peace Prize
Seychelles captures 11 suspected pirates (AP)
AP – French soldiers successfully defended two fishing boats from capture by pirates in the Indian Ocean on Saturday, and 11 men suspected of involvement in the failed attack were pursued at sea and captured, officials said.
China objects to U.S. steel pipes probe (Reuters)
Reuters – China said it adamantly opposed a U.S. inquiry that could lead to new duties of 100 percent or more on seamless steel Chinese-made pipes, accusing Washington of “blindly” hitting its products with anti-dumping accusations.
