* Assange uses embassy balcony for speech to avoid arrest * Assange tells Obama to end 'witch-hunt' against WikiLeaks * Assange calls on Obama to free suspect Bradley Manning * British police cover all exits from London embassy * United States says has … A Chilean filmmaker uses movie magic to inspire slum children
LO HERMIDA, Chile – Inside the community centre for this slum where children shiver in the winter chill, dozens of kids in a cardboard plane are dreaming of flying away. Their pilot is 9-year-old Benjamin Ortega, who tips his hat and calls for takeoff while an old 16-mm projector rolls and clicks, projecting Walt Disney’s 1928 classic film “Plane Crazy” on a white sheet.
Mexico's Calderon says he was target of assassination threat: report
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexican President Felipe Calderon was warned during the early years of his administration of a credible threat to assassinate him while he was in the presidential jet, Mexican media reported on Sunday. According to reports in major newspapers, Calderon said on Saturday that security advisers told him before a trip within Mexico that they had information about the assassination attempt, although he took the plane anyway. …
Waste Management stock risks 10-15 percent drop: Barron's
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Investors have been attracted to Waste Management Inc’s high dividends, but the stock of the trash hauling company is at risk of falling as much as 10 percent to 15 percent if it continues missing profit expectations, Barron’s financial weekly reported on Sunday. Waste Management’s revenue, earnings, margins and cash flow have been stagnant for years as many investors seem content collecting a 4 percent annual yield on the stock, Barron’s said. It said a Waste Management spokeswoman noted that the company already has started to slow its rate of dividend increases. …
Life on a South African mine, decades of squalor
From scrawny dogs wandering shanties to pit toilets, workers at South Africa's tragedy-hit Marikana platinum mine still live in miserable conditions 18 years after the end of apartheid. New Somali parliament votes for president Monday
Somalia has a new parliament in place that has enough members to hold a vote for president on Monday. 
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