<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><atom:link href="http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/resources_rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><title>CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports</title><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational</link><description><![CDATA[CBS3.com - Philadelphia's Source For Breaking News, Weather, Traffic and Sports]]></description><language>en-US</language><copyright><![CDATA[(c)  MMIX, CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved.]]></copyright><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:26:14 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Rare Charles Darwin Book Found On Toilet Bookshelf]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Rare.Charles.Darwin.2.1327274.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Rare.Charles.Darwin.2.1327274.html</link><description><![CDATA[An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England. Christie's auction house said Sunday the book — one of around 1,250 copies first printed in 1859 — had been on a toilet bookshelf at a family's home in Oxford. The book will be auctioned on Tuesday — the 150th anniversary of the publication of the famous work. Christie's said the book is likely to sell for 60,000 pounds ($99,000).]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:11:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran Ex-official Gets 6 Years In Jail For Protests]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Iran.former.vice.2.1327221.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Iran.former.vice.2.1327221.html</link><description><![CDATA[An Iranian court sentenced a former vice president to six years in jail as part of a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest after the disputed June presidential election, the defendant's lawyer said Sunday. Mohammad Ali Abtahi, who served as vice president during former President Mohammad Khatami's two terms from 1997-2005, is the most senior former official among the more than 100 people on trial since August. Khatami is now one of the leading figures in the pro-reform movement in Iran. Last week, state television reported that five defendants in the mass trial have been sentenced to death and 81 got prison terms ranging from six months up to 15 years.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:07:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Iran Begins War Games To Protect Nuclear Sites]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Report.Iran.begins.2.1327238.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Report.Iran.begins.2.1327238.html</link><description><![CDATA[Iran on Thursday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country's nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. It said the five-day drill will cover an area a third of the size of Iran and spread across the central, western and southern parts of the country. Gen. Ahmad Mighani, head of an air force unit that deals with threats to Iran's air space, said Saturday the war games would cover regions where Iran's nuclear facilities are located.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:37:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Denmark: 65 World Leaders For UN Climate Summit]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Denmark.says.65.2.1327258.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Denmark.says.65.2.1327258.html</link><description><![CDATA[A Danish official says 65 world leaders so far will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December and several more have responded positively to invitations. The official says those coming include the heads of state or government of Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, Indonesia, Japan, Spain and the United Kingdom. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not an official spokesman. Denmark last week sent out formal invitations to world leaders in 191 countries to attend the Dec. 7-18 U.N. climate summit in Copenhagen.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:23:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Indonesian Ferry Sinks; 9 Dead, Some 230 Rescued]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Indonesian.ferry.sinks.2.1327190.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Indonesian.ferry.sinks.2.1327190.html</link><description><![CDATA[Rescuers saved more than 230 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least nine people have died, an official said. An unknown number of passengers were still missing. A second ferry was still stranded in nearby waters after running aground, but all its passengers were said to be safe. Rescue teams have found nine bodies, including those of two children, and rescued 232 survivors from the Dumai Express 10, said Nurdin Basirun, a local government official.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:16:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Report: Leaked UK Documents Show Iraq War Chaos]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/British.newspaper.says.2.1327257.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/British.newspaper.says.2.1327257.html</link><description><![CDATA[A British newspaper claims leaked government documents show plans for the 2003 invasion of Iraq were drafted more than a year earlier — calling into question Tony Blair's public statements on the military buildup. The Sunday Telegraph published details Sunday of a series of interviews with senior military figures undertaken by a government-commissioned inquiry seeking to learn lessons from the U.S.-led invasion. One document disclosed that some planning for the war had begun in February 2002. In July 2002, Tony Blair told lawmakers no preparations were being made to invade.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:14:35 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ugandans Upset Over Praise For Former Dictator]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Ugandans.upset.over.2.1327247.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Ugandans.upset.over.2.1327247.html</link><description><![CDATA[Ugandan officials say they are offended that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has praised former dictator Idi Amin. Officials including President Yoweri Museveni's secretary Tamale Mirundi say Amin ruled brutally in the 1970s. Chavez on Friday called the East African dictator a nationalist and a patriot. Mirundi countered on Sunday with Amin's record of torturing and killing opponents — including one of his wives. James Kizza Baliruno said he was offended by the praise as Amin's soldiers killed both of his parents in front of him when he was 4 years old.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:47:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Israeli Aircraft Strike Gaza Targets]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Israel.aircraft.strike.2.1327163.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Israel.aircraft.strike.2.1327163.html</link><description><![CDATA[Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel. The airstrikes, which wounded at least seven people — including one seriously — came despite an announcement by Gaza's Hamas rulers that the territory's military factions had all agreed to stop firing rockets. The Hamas announcement came late Saturday, after the rocket attack. Hamas' interior minister, Fathi Hamad, said the proclaimed halt in rocket fire was designed to prevent Israeli retaliation and provide stability for Gaza, which continues to suffer from the aftermath of a massive Israeli military offensive in December and January.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:27:54 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 Afghan Border Security Guards Killed In South]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Roadside.bomb.kills.2.1326007.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/Roadside.bomb.kills.2.1326007.html</link><description><![CDATA[A roadside bomb killed five Afghan border security guards traveling on a heavily used road in southern Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan on Sunday. Gen. Abdul Raziq, a border security commander, said the bombing occurred before dawn in the Spin Boldak district of Kandahar province. The Ministry of Interior said the explosive struck an Afghan National Police vehicle, killing the five. The attack comes amid reports that nearly a dozen militants suspected of having ties to high-ranking Taliban members were detained in separate operations Sunday, underlining the security struggle in the country's south.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:08:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[2 Bomb Blasts Leave 7 Dead, 52 Wounded In India]]></title><guid>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/2.bomb.blasts.2.1327192.html</guid><link>http://cbs3.com/wireapnational/2.bomb.blasts.2.1327192.html</link><description><![CDATA[Suspected militants set off two bombs outside a police station in India's restive northeast on Sunday, killing seven people and wounding more than 50, police said. Five people died instantly after two blasts went off within minutes of each other outside the station in Nalbari town near the Assam state capital, Gauhati, a local police official said. Two people died later in a hospital, he said. The official, speaking on condition of anonymity as he is not authorized to speak to the media, said what officials had earlier reported was a third bomb in a market a few miles (kilometers) away, turned out to be a firecracker.]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:54:20 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>