World News Briefs -- November 21, 2010

DigitalGlobe satellite image of the Yongbyon nuclear site taken on September 29, 2010 (L) and one taken on November 4, 2010 (R) (source: ISIS)

U.S. Alerts Asian Capitals To Possible North Korean Uranium Enrichment Program -- Washington Post

The Obama administration has dispatched a team of experts to Asian capitals to report that North Korea appears to have started a program to enrich uranium, possibly to manufacture more nuclear weapons, a senior U.S. administration official said Saturday.

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MIDDLE EAST

Ill Saudi King seeks treatment in U.S.

Abbas: PA won't return to talks without e. J'lem freeze.

Iraqi parliament to get down to work.

Rights group: Egyptian authorities silencing critics as election nears.

ASIA

Pyongyang shows off nuclear secret.

Taliban rejects 2014 pullout vows to keep fighting.

Japan plans troop deployment near disputed islands: Nikkei.

Families of trapped New Zealand miners face more delays.

AFRICA

Soldiers end Madagascar officer 'mutiny'.

Burkina Faso president poised for re-election.

Nigeria: ...more militants surrender in N'delta.

South African township struggles to cope with killing of Anni Dewani.

EUROPE

US, Russian presidents hold impromptu summit.

Russia 'to work with Nato on missile defence shield'.

Irish plan 4-year cuts as IMF studies debt crisis. Ireland fears civil unrest as bank crisis deepens.

The Pope drops Catholic ban on condoms in historic shift.

AMERICAS

Travelers, lawmakers up in arms over airport security measures.

Haiti cholera cases underestimated: expert. U.N. blasts global response to Haiti cholera outbreak as inadequate.

Chavez demands action against owner of TV channel.

66 Mexican journalists killed in five years.

TERRORISM/THE LONG WAR

Al-Qaeda vows to continue parcel bomb attacks. Report: Would-be plane bombers post attack details.

Suspected US missiles kill 6 in NW Pakistan.

Yemen postpones trial of alleged American al Qaeda member.

Qaeda terrorists with Dawood's help plotting attack on Germany.

ECONOMY/FINANCE/BUSINESS

US poised for more insider trading charges.

Canada snaps up British companies, but slams the door on foreign investors.

China raises RRR again as inflation fight intensifies. China should tighten its monetary policy: central bank advisor.