http://www.cbc.ca/world/?ref=rss FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY en-ca Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:07:03 EST Copyright: (C) Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, http://www.cbc.ca/aboutcbc/discover/termsofuse.html#Rss http://www.cbc.ca/rss/ http://www.cbc.ca/rss/image/cbc_144.gif http://www.cbc.ca/world/?ref=rss http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/iran-censure-canada-un-resolution.html?ref=rss 2000335073 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:51:47 EST A United Nations committee has approved a Canadian-led resolution urging Iran to stop harassing political opponents in the wake of its disputed presidential elections. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/uk-flood-cumbria.html?ref=rss 2000334967 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:55:47 EST Raging floods engulfed northern England's picturesque Lake District on Friday following the heaviest rainfall ever recorded in Britain. A police officer died and hundreds of people were forced to evacuate. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/afghanistan-bomb-farah.html?ref=rss 2000334964 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:47:41 EST A suicide bomber on motorcycle has killed 16 people and wounded 23 others in a crowded square in the city of Farah in western Afghanistan. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/peru-fat-gang-cosmetic.html?ref=rss 2000334975 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:03:37 EST Three members of a Peruvian gang have confessed to killing people and draining the fat from the corpses to sell on the black market for use in cosmetics, according to police officials. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/saipan-shooting.html?ref=rss 2000334963 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:28:45 EST A gunman went on a rampage on the Pacific resort island of Saipan on Friday, killing four people and wounding six others before fatally shooting himself, officials said. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/fort-hood-hearing.html?ref=rss 2000335120 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:01:38 EST An attorney for the U.S. Army psychiatrist charged in the mass shooting at Fort Hood says his client will have his first court hearing in his hospital room on Saturday. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/radovan-karadzic-lawyer-un-war-crime.html?ref=rss 2000335016 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:07:55 EST A British lawyer has been appointed the stand-in counsel for Radovan Karadzic at the former Bosnian Serb leader's war crimes trial in The Hague. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/bomb-ringleader.html?ref=rss 2000335125 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:21:08 EST The ringleader of a group of men convicted of plotting to destroy Chicago's Sears Tower and bomb FBI offices has been sentenced to 13 1/2 years in prison. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/19/honduras-president019.html?ref=rss 2000334954 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:25:55 EST Honduras' interim president announced Thursday he will step down temporarily to allow voters to concentrate on the upcoming presidential elections. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/japan-economy-deflation.html?ref=rss 2000334994 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 09:19:54 EST Japan's government highlighted the danger of deflation for the first time in three years Friday, warning that falling prices and a further worsening of the labour market could drag on the weak recovery. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/20/soccer-fifa-ireland-france-rematch.html?ref=rss 2000334968 Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:45:25 EST FIFA rejected Ireland's request to replay its World Cup qualifier against France on Friday, while Thierry Henry said a rematch would be "the fairest solution" to resolve the furor over his extra-time hand ball that set up the deciding goal. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/19/china-colvin-headlines-harper.html?ref=rss 2000334716 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:06:47 EST Allegations that Afghan detainees transferred by Canadians were likely tortured made headlines in China, just weeks before Prime Minister Stephen Harper's first visit to the economic superpower. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/19/islamic-treaty019.html?ref=rss 2000334955 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:41:16 EST Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/19/eu-president.html?ref=rss 2000334876 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:15:16 EST Belgian Prime Minister Herman Van Rompuy was chosen as the European Union's first president at a summit in Brussels on Thursday. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/11/19/ft-hood-hasan-psychiatric.html?ref=rss 2000334884 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:29:08 EST Trying to avert another tragedy like the Fort Hood shootings, U.S. Defence Secretary Robert Gates has appointed two senior military officials to lead a review of Pentagon programs.