December 3rd, 2008
  • Bombs found in Mumbai train station a week later (AP)

    A bomb disposal squad officer, center, takes a suspicious box to the police station after diffusing a bomb at Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Police on Wednesday discovered leftover explosives hidden in a bag in Mumbai's main train station, a stunning new example of botched security after the deadly rampage that left the government open to accusations it missed warnings and bungled its response. (AP Photo)AP - Police searching a mound of baggage abandoned amid the carnage of the attack on Mumbai's main train station found two bombs Wednesday — nearly a week after they were left there by gunmen — in a stunning new example of the botched security that has become a major issue in India since the three-day siege.


  • Russia to send warship through Panama Canal (AP)

    This is a July 2004 file photo of the Admiral Chabanenko, Russian anti-submarine destroyer, seen in the Barents Sea, Russia, Russia. The  Admiral Chabanenko  will sail through the Panama Canal this week for the first time since World War II, the Russian navy announced Wednesday Dec. 3, 2008, pushing ahead with a symbolic projection of Moscow's power in a traditional U.S. zone of influence.  (AP Photo/File)AP - Russia said Wednesday it is sending a warship through the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II, a short journey loaded with symbolic weight: the destroyer will dock at a former U.S. naval base, showcasing Russia's growing influence in the region.


  • Cruise passengers describe 'cheeky' pirate attack (AP)

    Pirates ride alongside the luxury American cruise ship M/S Nautica, in this photo take from the Nautica, during a hijack attempt on the vessel, off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008.  The M/S Nautica, carrying 656 international passengers and 399 crew members, was sailing through the Gulf of Aden on Sunday when it encountered six bandits in two speedboats.  The pirates fired at the passenger liner but the larger ship was faster than the pirates' vessels, and escaped being boarded.(AP Photo)AP - Ordered to get inside and stay down, Oregon tourist Clyde Thornburg heard the pirates' rifle shots hit the side of the luxury cruise liner — "Pop! Pop! Pop!" — then felt the ship speed up to escape.


  • 92 nations sign cluster-bomb ban; US, Russia don't (AP)

    Norwegian Minister for Foreign Affairs, Jonas Gahr Stoere, right, welcomes the Afghan cluster bomb survivor Soraj Ghulam Habib,  to the dinner in honor of the signing conference on the Convention On Cluster munition at Akershus Castle in Oslo, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. An Afghan teenager who lost both legs in a cluster bomb explosion helped persuade his country to change its stance and join nearly 100 nations in signing a treaty Wednesday banning the disputed weapons. Afghanistan was initially reluctant to join the pact which the United States and Russia have refused to support but agreed to after lobbying by victims maimed by cluster munitions, including 17-year-old Soraj Ghulan Habib. (AP Photo/Heiko Junge, SCANPIX)AP - An Afghan teenager who lost both legs in a cluster bomb explosion helped persuade his country to change its stance and join nearly 100 nations in signing a treaty Wednesday banning the disputed weapons.


  • Human noise drowns out song of whales (AP)

    In this March 14, 1999 file photo, a gray whale with her baby swims in the Ojo de Liebre lagoon in Baja California Sur, Mexico. On the sidelines of a UN wildlife conference in Rome, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008, United Nations officials and environmental groups say human-made noise in the oceans is increasing, further threatening endangered animals like whales and dolphins that use sound to communicate and orient themselves. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, files)AP - The songs that whales and dolphins use to communicate, orient themselves and find mates are being drowned out by human-made noises in the world's oceans, U.N. officials and environmental groups said Wednesday.