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Yahoo! Alerts Yahoo! News - My Alerts - Edit Alert Wednesday, November 16, 2005 09:00 PM PST Today's World News: Bush, S. Korean President United on Nukes Six More U.S. Service Members Die in Iraq Iraq Says Abused Detainees From All Sects Pacific Rim Execs Discuss Investments Marine Life Cut too far costs Tokyo hair salon $2000 U.N. Expert Urges Probe of Lawyers' Deaths Two Dozen Leftist Colombia Rebels Disarm Two Sudanese Soldiers Sentenced to Death Security Tight As Sri Lankan Voting Begins Nov. 28 target date for opposition to bring down Liberals, force election Four Women Arrested Trying to Board Plane Bush, S. Korean President United on Nukes Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:46 pm PST AP - In a show of unity, President Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun declared Thursday that a nuclear-armed North Korea "will not be tolerated" and agreed the problem should be resolved through peaceful diplomacy. Full Story Top Six More U.S. Service Members Die in Iraq Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:52 pm PST AP - Five U.S. Marines were killed in fighting with al-Qaida-led insurgents near the Syrian border and an Army soldier died of wounds suffered in Baghdad, making Wednesday the second deadliest day for American forces in Iraq this month. Full Story Top Iraq Says Abused Detainees From All Sects Wed, 16 Nov 2005 05:34 pm PST AP - A top Interior Ministry official said Wednesday the 173 malnourished prisoners found by U.S. forces included all Iraqi sects, playing down allegations of a campaign by Shiite-led security forces to suppress Sunni Arabs ahead of next month's election. Full Story Top Pacific Rim Execs Discuss Investments Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:53 pm PST AP - Pacific Rim business leaders discussed investment opportunities and obstacles in their vast region Thursday against the backdrop of the rising threat of a possible global flu pandemic and worries over stalled global trade talks. Full Story Top Marine Life Tue, 15 Nov 2005 06:43 pm PST Kevin Sites in the Hot Zone - Marines are still living -- and dying -- in Iraq's most unforgiving province Full Story Top Cut too far costs Tokyo hair salon $2000 Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:44 pm PST Reuters - A Japanese hair salon was ordered to pay 240,000 yen (1,200 pounds) in compensation this week after a female customer sued the hairdresser for cutting her hair too short and dying it the wrong colour. Full Story Top U.N. Expert Urges Probe of Lawyers' Deaths Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:03 pm PST AP - A U.N. rights expert called on the Iraqi government Wednesday to launch an independent investigation into the assassination of two lawyers involved in the trial of Saddam Hussein. Full Story Top Two Dozen Leftist Colombia Rebels Disarm Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:50 pm PST AP - Two dozens Colombian rebels laid down their arms Wednesday in the first group demobilization ceremony of leftist guerrillas since President Alvaro Uribe took office three years ago, the government said. Full Story Top Two Sudanese Soldiers Sentenced to Death Wed, 16 Nov 2005 06:51 pm PST AP - A court set up by Sudan to try war crimes in its violence-plagued Darfur region issued its first sentences Wednesday, condemning to death two soldiers in the torture killing of a Sudanese citizen. Full Story Top Security Tight As Sri Lankan Voting Begins Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:48 pm PST AP - Security forces guarded polling sites across Sri Lanka Thursday as Sri Lankans voted for a president to shape peace efforts in a country bloodied by civil war and devastated by a tsunami. Full Story Top Nov. 28 target date for opposition to bring down Liberals, force election Wed, 16 Nov 2005 07:46 pm PST Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Opposition party leaders are marking Nov. 28 as the red-letter day they intend to bring down the minority Liberal government, sparking a Christmas election campaign that will culminate with a mid-January vote. Full Story Top Four Women Arrested Trying to Board Plane Wed, 16 Nov 2005 08:24 pm PST AP - Four Australian women were arrested while trying to board a plane in Syria after a dismantled handgun was allegedly found inside a toy the women were carrying, officials and media reports said Thursday. Full Story Top You received this email because you subscribed to Yahoo! Alerts. Use this link to unsubscribe from this alert. To change your communications preferences for other Yahoo! business lines, please visit your Marketing Preferences. To learn more about Yahoo!'s use of personal information, including the use of web beacons in HTML-based email, please read our Privacy Policy. Yahoo! is located at 701 First Avenue, Sunnyvale, CA 94089.