Nov. 29, 2009 (Xinhua News Agency) -- Xinhua world news summary at 0030 GMT, Nov. 30
SAN FRANCISCO -- Four police officers were shot and killed at a coffee shop in the U.S. state of Washington Sunday morning in what seemed to be a "targeted attack," local media reported.
Reports said that the officers were shot to death at a Forza coffee shop in a region dozens of miles south of Seattle. (US-Police-Shooting)
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TEGUCIGALPA -- The Honduran Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) announced on Sunday that it will extend one hour more the closing of the voting centers.
The TSE said that they will close the voting centers at 5:00 p. m. (0100 GMT), extending one more hour the voting time, which at morning had been announced to end at 4:00 p.m.
The TSE also said that they expect to start giving the first outcomes about 7:00 p.m. (0300 GMT). The outcomes will be given department by department as soon as each department finishing counting the votes. (Honduras-Election)
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MONTEVIDEO -- Uruguay voting circuits have closed their doors this Sunday at 7:30 p.m. local time (2130 GMT), 12 hours after their opening this morning for the election that will define a successor to President Tabar Vzquez.
The leftist Jose Mujica, from the ruling party Frente Amplio (FA), comes as a favorite leading with seven percentage points in relation to his opponent Luis Lacalle of the National party (PN), surveys indicate.(Uruguay-Elections)
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TEHRAN -- Iran's government ordered the Atomic Energy Organization to build 10 new uranium enrichment sites in the country, the state IRIB TV reported.
Under a government decree issued on Sunday, the Atomic Energy Organization will start the construction of five new uranium enrichment sites and will present its proposal for the locations of five others within two months, the report said.
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said at a cabinet session on Sunday that to produce 20,000 megawatt electricity, it is important to build 10 new nuclear enrichment sites at the scale of its main enrichment complex in the central city of Natanz. (Iran-Nuclear Sites-Roundup)
