Multiple global incidents surfaced in brief report
Reports include a Seoul watchdog urging Korean Air to diversify male cabin crews, a Cairo case charging an Australian teacher with trafficking ancient mummies, and a Beijing area steel plant gas leak killing 17 with 27 injured from carbon monoxide exposure at Ganglu Iron and Steel Co. Ltd.
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Seoul
South Korea
Korean Air
Na Sang-won
Labor Ministry
Cairo
Egypt
Horus
Thoth
Beijing
China
Xinhua
Zinhua
Hebei
Ganglu
Military-led group seizes power in Guinea after Conte coup
A military council declared a coup in Guinea following the death of Lansana Conte. The upheaval comes as the nation faces rising inflation and wealth from bauxite, gold, diamonds, and iron ore deposits shaping its economy.
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Guinea
Lansana Conte
Enes
Germany seeks ICJ ruling over Nazi war crimes damages
Germany filed a lawsuit at the International Court of Justice in The Hague seeking to halt Italy's awards to Nazi victims. The case stems from a $1.4 million judgement to nine relatives of victims of a 1944 Tuscan massacre in Civitella and longstanding Italian compensation efforts for slave labor and other wartime abuses.
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Amsterdam
Netherlands
Germany
World Court
Italy
Hague
Civitella
Luigi Ferrini
Berlin
International Court of Justice
U.N
Guinea coup leader proclaims interim rule in Conakry
Captain Moussa Camara, unknown before the coup, declared himself interim ruler and led a march of thousands of soldiers through Conakry. He pledged credible elections by end of 2010 and imposed a curfew while the government claimed it remains in control.
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Guinea
Somali prime minister resigns amid infighting over leadership
A Somali official said prime minister Nur Hassan Hussein resigned after a disputed appointment by President Abdullahi Yusuf sparked internal clashes. The move deepens a split that weakens the U.N. backed government as Islamist insurgents gain strength and international concern over terrorism rises.
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Mogadishu
Somalia
al-Qaida
Nur Hassan Hussein
Mohamed Mohamud Guled
Guled
Baidoa
Abdullahi Yusuf
Hussein Mohamed Mohamud
Hussein
Iraqi ex speaker praises journalist who threw shoes at Bush
In Baghdad the ex speaker Mahmoud al Mashhadani praised the journalist Muntadhar al Zeidi calling him brave though the parliament did not. In central Iraq the U.S. military says three soldiers were killed in a vehicle accident with few details available. The case of al Zeidi, who faces up to two years in prison, has sparked Iraqi protests and scrutiny of foreign troops.
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Baghdad
George W. Bush
Iraq
U.S
Mahmoud al-Mashhadani
Bush
al- Mashhadani
Muntadhar al-Zeidi
Al-Zeidi
Nouri al-Maliki
Uday
al-Maliki
U.N
al-Mashhadani
Germans braving Baltic Christmas swim in Warnemünde
Members of a winter swimmers association bathe in 39 degree Baltic waters at Warnemünde beach. They traditionally meet on Christmas Eve to swim in the cold water despite the chill.
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Baltic
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Camara
Ahmed Tidiane Souare
France
Conte
United States
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