<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Global-news News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=1&amp;catid=459</link><description>News Feed for - Global-news</description><item><title>UK must be at heart of Europe - PM</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96310049&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:30:00</pubDate><description>Britain must put itself at the heart of Europe to protect jobs and support economic growth, Gordon Brown has insisted.In thinly-veiled criticism of the Tories, the Prime Minister claimed that retreating </description><source>Halifax Evening Courier</source></item><item><title>U2 confirmed as headline act for Glastonbury festival's 40th anniversary</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96290840&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:18:00</pubDate><description>Irish rock giants U2 have been confirmed as the headline act for Glastonbury's 40th anniversary, founder Michael Eavis said today. of  Images Lead singer Bono Photo: AP It will be the first time U2 have </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Iraq parliament passes new vote law</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96173889&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T14:53:00</pubDate><description>BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's fractious parliament on Monday approved an amended version of a law needed to hold a general election next year, but deliberately sidestepped a veto by Sunni Arab Vice President </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>China families protest mine disaster; toll hits 104</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96267586&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:50:00</pubDate><description>By Maxim Duncan HEGANG, China (Reuters) - Relatives of victims of a gas blast at a northeast Chinese coal mine scuffled with police and demanded answers from the owners on Monday as state media put the </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Pakistani forces attack Taliban, kill 22</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96165275&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:40:00</pubDate><description>By Hassan Orakzai HANGU, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security forces backed by tanks and artillery attacked Taliban positions in the northwest of the country, killing 22 militants, a senior police </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>China sentences quake activist to 3 years in prison</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96273957&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:09:00</pubDate><description>BEIJING -- A veteran Chinese human rights campaigner, Huang Qi, who challenged the central government over the faulty construction of school buildings that collapsed during last year's Sichuan earthquake, </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>Russian weapons blast kills eight</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96313562&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T14:55:00</pubDate><description>At least eight people have been killed at a Russian ammunition depot, 10 days after explosions tore through the same site, the defence ministry says. The explosion happened at an arsenal on the outskirts </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>Obama adds Afghanistan meeting to Monday schedule</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96314856&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:15:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama added a Monday night meeting with top advisers on Afghanistan to his schedule as he closes in on a decision on whether to send more U.S. troops. The White </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>High School Musical gets Chinese remake</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96226001&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:44:00</pubDate><description>Disney co-production said to be inspired by original High School Musical, rather than a direct translation One has millions of devoted adherents, a doctrine of clean-cut conformity and an unstoppable, </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>India ties solar plans to global climate support</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96295991&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:01:00</pubDate><description>NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India issued solar power targets on Monday, with plans to boost ouptut from near zero to 20 gigawatts (GW) by 2022, but tied chances of the plan's success to availability of international </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>India tests nuclear-capable missile after sunset</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96307862&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:46:00</pubDate><description>BHUBANESWAR (Reuters) - India's army tested a nuclear-capable Agni missile after sunset on Monday for the first time to demonstrate it could be fired whenever required, defence officials said. The surface-to-surface </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>Europe H1N1 flu deaths doubling every 2 weeks - experts</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96314308&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:01:00</pubDate><description>LONDON (Reuters) - The number of H1N1 swine flu deaths in Europe has doubled almost every two weeks since the middle of October and 169 people died of the virus in the past week, disease surveillance </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>Germany Warns Fellow EU Gov'ts Against GM Jobs Aid</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96300310&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:27:00</pubDate><description>Germany warned fellow European governments on Monday against offering financial aid to General Motors Europe in exchange for job guarantees, hours ahead of a meeting in Brussels to discuss the future </description><source>ABC News</source></item><item><title>China Asks Its Banks to Slow Down Lending</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96306588&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T16:03:00</pubDate><description>Chinese banking regulators are putting pressure on the countryâ??s banks to raise more capital and temper their rapid growth in lending, in the clearest signs yet of official concern about the sustainability </description><source>CNBC</source></item><item><title>UPDATE 1-Iran gained $5 bln on shift from US dollar -state TV</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96300771&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:20:00</pubDate><description>TEHRAN, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Iran has gained $5 billion through its policy of shifting away from the U.S. currency in favour of the euro, state television reported on Monday, citing Central Bank Governor </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>UK's Thatcher Sweeps Back to Downing Street</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96307416&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:23:00</pubDate><description>Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher is returning to London's Downing Street for good  in the form of a portrait installed at the country's official leader's residence. Thatcher, the British </description><source>ABC News</source></item><item><title>Q+A - India, U.S. and Pakistan</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96301177&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T11:55:00</pubDate><description>NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said Pakistan's objectives in Afghanistan are not necessarily those of the United States, a rare, harsh criticism of Islamabad by a man seen </description><source>Reuters India</source></item><item><title>China Information Security Technology Ranked Among Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96302559&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:10:00</pubDate><description>SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Information Security Technology, Inc., (Nasdaq: CPBY) ('China Information Security,' 'CIST' or the 'Company'), a leading total solutions provider </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Ebix Announces its Focus on Singapore &amp; India as Centers of Technology Excellence</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96308233&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:38:00</pubDate><description>ATLANTA--(Business Wire)-- Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX) a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance industry, today announced that it has decided to further </description><source>Reuters</source></item><item><title>Germany Attacks Israel Settlement Plan Before Visit</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96307371&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:24:00</pubDate><description>BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany on Monday criticized Israeli plans to expand settlements in the occupied West Bank, in unusually explicit terms a week before the two countries' leaders meet in Berlin. The </description><source>ABC News</source></item><item><title>Chinese Critic on Quake Response Gets 3 Years</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96292871&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:36:00</pubDate><description>A Chinese court on Monday sentenced to three years in prison a veteran dissident who had criticized the government's response to a 2008 earthquake that killed about 90,000 people. Huang Qi was convicted </description><source>ABC News</source></item><item><title>Remains of British hostage found in Lebanon</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96231528&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:02:00</pubDate><description>Your browser's settings may be preventing you from commenting on and viewing comments about this item. See instructions for fixing the problem. Discussion Policy CLOSE Comments that include profanity </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>French ship Russia wants to buy in St Petersburg</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96226326&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:04:00</pubDate><description>ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - A French navy ship of the type that Russia hopes to buy arrived Monday for a visit to St. Petersburg, fueling concern in Georgia and other ex-Soviet nations that it may be used </description><source>CTV.ca</source></item><item><title>Obama Jobs Forum May Be More Political Than Practical</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96277343&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:26:00</pubDate><description>President Barack Obama's December jobs forum may be better at serving his political need to show the White House cares about sky-high U.S. unemployment, than discovering new ways to cheaply boost economic </description><source>CNBC</source></item><item><title>China TransInfo Receives Deloitte Technology Fast 50 China 2009 Award</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96307557&amp;Channel_ID=1&amp;Category_ID=459</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:45:00</pubDate><description>BEIJING, Nov. 23 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China TransInfo Technology Corp., (Nasdaq: CTFO), ('China TransInfo' or 'the Company'), a leading provider of public transportation information systems </description><source>Reuters</source></item></channel></rss>