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Top Stories: Iraq has approved parliamentry elections for early next year, as a prelude to the withdrawal of US troops. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:29:15 -0500The Iranian Supreme Leader has blamed Western attitudes for student protests in the country. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:48:51 -0500Violence escalated in Greece’s two largest cities Sunday, with protesters out in force to commemorate the first anniversary of the shooting death of a teenager by police. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:59:11 -0500At least 21 people were killed on the weekend when two buses collided head-on. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:33:25 -0500Two Nile river passenger ferries have collided in Egypt, causing one to overturn and the other to break in half. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:19:48 -0500In South Africa, the king of the Zulus has said he will reintroduce circumcision. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:29:59 -0500Machine gunfire broke out during a birthday party at a downtown Baltimore hotel, critically injuring three people. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:12:38 -0500Republican terrorists are highly likely to strike British troops in Northern Ireland during Christmas, secret documents have revealed. ANI Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:24:58 -0500The Israel Defense Forces and Defense Ministry security guards shot and killed an Israeli civilian before dawn Monday as he tried to cross the border into Gaza at the Erez border crossing. The man, in... Haaretz Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:26:25 -0500Pearl Harbor Survivor Harold B. O'Connor, left, autographs a card for Rebecca Dale, of Melbourne, Australia, as work continues behind them on the new visitor center for the USS Arizona Memorial. USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:08:52 -0500Joe Wallace of Hammond, Ind., lights a cigarette at Crow Bar in Chicago on Dec. 6. Bar owner Pat Carroll does not enforce the city's smoking ban but encourages donations to a "smoke jug" to help offse... USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:08:51 -0500The Obama administration received more than 38,000 ideas from federal workers across the USA on how their agencies can save money and perform better, and Monday it announces the four finalists for the... USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:08:49 -0500The war in Afghanistan "will be a step-by-step operational campaign," Army Gen. David Petraeus said. "There will at times be increases in violence as the Taliban fight back."... USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:08:49 -0500Last month, a bird blasted a hole through the windshield of a cargo plane over Arizona. The plane managed to land safely in Show Low, Ariz., but the pillot suffered minor facial injuries and a bruised... USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:08:48 -0500Before traveling to Copenhagen to lobby world leaders for policies to limit climate change, Sister Joan Brown leads a prayer vigil Wednesday in Albuquerque... USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:08:47 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) ? A Treasury official says the Obama administration plans to cut its estimate of the projected costs of the government bailout program by more than $200 billion. USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:08:45 -0500This little-known accident in Rome two years ago demonstrates that there are simple things regulators and airlines can do to reduce risks from birds, according to top experts in bird hazards. USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:08:44 -0500$700 billion bailout program, provided by two Treasury officials on Sunday ahead of a report to Congress on Monday, is vastly improved from the Obama administration’s estimates last summer of $341... MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:07:59 -0500Team effort for Arizona Dec. 6: Bob Costas and Tony Dungy recap the Cardinals' win, saying Arizona's offensive and defensive lines both came up big to secure the victory. MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:07:57 -0500The image of a mother clutching her baby to her chest in the frigid waters off Saturna Island gave solace to hundreds at the funeral of Dr. Kerry Morrissey and her six-month-old daughter Sarah.The mot... Times Colonist Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:05:38 -0500Philippine armed forces and police say they are pursuing at least 3,000 armed men loyal to the Ampatuan clan in the southern province of Maguindanao.Troops have cordoned off the province, confiscated ... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:03:45 -0500Thousands of environmental campaigners, politicians and journalists are descending on Copenhagen in a bid to strike a political deal to tackle climate change. Sky News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:03:40 -0500Martin Cooper, who developed the first portable cellphone, recalled testifying before a Michigan state commission about the risks of talking on a phone while driving. International Herald Tribune Mon, 07 Dec 2009 01:01:14 -0500By David Alexander Washington - President Barack Obama's July 2011 date for beginning to pull US forces from Afghanistan is not a "drop-dead deadline" but a message to Kabul about the urgency of fi... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:47 -0500Washington - The United States will launch a new effort to track down Osama bin Laden, who is believed to be hiding in the mountains along the Afghan-Pakistan border, a senior US official said on Sund... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:44 -0500Guatemala City - Enraged Guatemalan villagers beat and burned to death a suspected murderer on Sunday, police said, continuing a spate of mob killings of suspected criminals. Residents of San Pedro... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:41 -0500London - Conservative leader David Cameron said on Sunday that Prime Minister Gordon Brown was being spiteful and petty by alluding to his private education at Britain's most exclusive independent sch... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:39 -0500Paris - Most top Paris museums were open on Sunday but unions said a strike against government cost cuts could resume next week, closing the doors of major attractions. The modernist Pompidou Centr... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:57:37 -0500After a meeting of The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) in Brisbane today, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said he and the leaders spoke for a number of hours on health, going through the national r... The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:46:32 -0500The 31-year-old male victim, who has yet to be formally identified, was allegedly struck by an unknown object at the Viva Karaoke bar in Clarence Street.He then fell down a flight of stairs and lost c... The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:46:30 -0500The 15-year-old was one of two youths who approached the man as he was walking back to work from a laundromat in Footscray, in Melbourne's west, at 2.15pm on November 29, police say.The 23-year-old ma... The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:46:28 -0500The latest Australian Institute of Petroleum weekly report shows the national average rose for a second straight week, up by 0.3 cents per litre to 121.80 cents, near a three-month high.The average me... The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:46:25 -0500WESTPAC chief executive Gail Kelly has defended the bank's decision to hit customers with an increase in mortgage rates nearly double the Reserve Bank?s interest rate rise, by blaming uncertaint... The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:46:24 -0500Westpac reshuffle flags future leaders WESTPAC chief executive Gail Kelly has put in place a long-term succession plan and defended the bank's decision on interest rates. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:46:23 -0500Temple will play either Army or UCLA in the EagleBank Bowl at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C. on December 29 at 4:30 p.m. If Army beats Navy, the Owls will play the Black Knights. If the Midshipmen w... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:45:00 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Osama bin Laden may be slipping back and forth from Pakistan to Afghanistan. Or the U.S. might not have a clue, more than eight years after the al-Qaida leader masterminded the terr... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:25:20 -0500COPENHAGEN (AP) -- Delegates converged Sunday for the grand finale of two years of tough, sometimes bitter negotiations on a climate change treaty, as U.N. officials calculated that pledges offered in... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:25:20 -0500LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) -- President Evo Morales easily won re-election Sunday, according to unofficial results, getting an overwhelming mandate for further revolutionary change on behalf of Bolivia's lo... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:25:19 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- U.S. President Barack Obama is looking for help in Afghanistan from Turkish prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan even as tensions simmer between the NATO allies on Iran and the Middl... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:25:18 -0500With those words, President Barack Obama greeted Bruce Springsteen Sunday night at a White House reception before the iconic rocker was lauded with Kennedy Center Honors along with Robert De Niro, com... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:25:17 -0500GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Two old quarterbacks with golden resumes and ageless arms took the field Sunday night. Kurt Warner was marvelous, Brett Favre was miserable. New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:25:16 -0500News ) has disclosed that it is canceling the launch of an advanced graphics chip based on a novel design code-named "Larrabee", according to media reports on Sunday. The move is a setback to the comp... RTT News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 00:04:11 -0500The 10-month moratorium on new Jewish West Bank construction could cost the state half a billion shekels, Likud MK Ze'ev Elkin told The Jerusalem Post on Sunday. Jerusalem Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:59:28 -0500President Barack Obama, center, with Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., second from left, leaves the Senate Democratic caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington on Sunday. USA Today Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:48:17 -0500NATICK, Mass. ? Shoppers at the big mall just off the turnpike here know they've got an unaccustomed addition to their holiday chores this year: a trip to the polls. When it comes to making a cho... USA Today Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:48:16 -0500Iraq 's parliament passed a reworked election law on Sunday, heading off a dispute among religious and ethnic factions that threatened to derail upcoming elections and potentially delay the withdrawal... USA Today Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:48:15 -050015th meeting of the Conference of Parties begins Monday in Copenhagen Yvo de Boer, U.N. chief on climate talks, says nations must act now World's biggest emitters are the U.S. and China Firm funding f... CNN Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:46:06 -0500U.S. government warns against eating oysters from Texas' San Antonio Bay Oysters contaminated with highly contagious noroviruses, which cause stomach flu Texas authorities are investigating how oyster... CNN Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:46:04 -0500Washington (CNN) -- More than 20,000 pounds of beef have been recalled by a California company amid worries the meat is linked to two cases of salmonella, a federal food safety agency said. CNN Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:46:03 -0500A Cumbrian town split in half by floods which demolished two bridges across its river is set to be reunited with the opening of an army-built crossing.Schoolchildren will be first to cross the 170ft (... BBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:42:31 -0500Consideration should be given to building an extra runway at Gatwick rather than Stansted, a report by MPs has suggested.The Commons Transport Committee said it was "not convinced" a nationa... BBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:42:29 -0500Online retailers have forecast record sales as they prepare for the busiest internet shopping day of the year.The first Monday in December is considered the peak and one-day sales are expected to top ... BBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:42:28 -0500TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said on Sunday the reform movement was alive despite pressure from the clerical establishment which he said was suppressing students, his... Reuters Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:32:58 -0500Guinea military leader Capt. Moussa Dadis Camara salutes next to his aide Abubakar "Toumba" Diakite during independence day celebrations in Conakry, Guinea in this photo taken Friday, Oct. 2, 2009. CBS News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:31:09 -0500Kiwis apparently loved the humour of the advertisement which described the thunderous 1980s machine as a frightening beast that "makes guests scared and children cry"."Once, while washi... The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:24:12 -0500Police across the Tasman had to send out separate search and rescue teams to find a too-merry Gold Coast bridesmaid and wayward Tasmanian fishing enthusiast in two holiday expeditions gone wrong.In th... The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:24:12 -0500TWO young American businessmen have developed a green alternative to ubiquitous polystyrene packaging - made from farm waste and mushrooms - that uses 10 times less energy to produce and biodegrades i... The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:24:11 -0500TWO brothers who died in an ultralight plane crash in northern Victoria have been named as Edward (Ted) Berryman and Alan Berryman. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:24:08 -0500A MAN caught driving five times over the blood alcohol limit with two baby girls in his car is just one of many cases of "stupidity" on NSW roads, police say. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:24:07 -0500Nathan Smith, 18, of St Albans, has admitted killing Nathan Roberts-Nunan, 20, during a fight allegedly involving more than a dozen people at Diggers Rest on February 8 this year.His plea came before ... The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:24:04 -0500AUSTRALIAN swim team head coach Alan Thompson has taken personal leave following a claim of "inappropriate behaviour", says Swimming Australia (SA). The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:24:02 -0500TONY Abbott says he only wants to argue climate change with the Prime Minister, not with Malcolm Turnbull, the man he deposed as federal Opposition leader. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:23:59 -0500MALCOLM Turnbull has today described the new Liberal leader Tony Abbott's views on climate change as "bullshit" and vowed to cross the floor and vote with Labor when the legislation is ... The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:23:55 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Osama bin Laden may be slipping back and forth from Pakistan to Afghanistan. Or the U.S. might not have a clue, more than eight years after the al-Qaida leader masterminded the terr... New York Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:02:26 -0500Senate Minority leader Mitch McConnell says the fact that President Barack Obama has come to Capitol Hill to meet with Democrats tells people how the health care vote is going to go. New York Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:02:25 -0500COPENHAGEN (AP) -- Delegates converged Sunday for the grand finale of two years of tough, sometimes bitter negotiations on a climate change treaty, as U.N. officials calculated that pledges offered in... New York Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:02:24 -0500It isn't by choice. Until a few weeks ago, Proctor was among the record 5.9 million Americans who have been jobless for at least six months. Now she belongs to a subset of that group: Out-of-work prof... New York Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:02:22 -0500In both a skit and multiple "Weekend Update" jokes this weekend, NBC's comedy institution took on the golfer, who has admitted to letting his family down with "transgressions" that came to light follo... New York Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:02:20 -0500GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) -- Kurt Warner connected with Anquan Boldin and Larry Fitzgerald for three first-half touchdown passes Sunday to give the Arizona Cardinals a 21-10 lead over the Brett Favre-led V... New York Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:02:20 -0500Alabama and Texas get to play in a national title game. For TCU, Cincinnati and Boise State, the math doesn't quite add up but they still get a spot in a BCS bowl. New York Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:02:18 -0500Both Israeli and European officials believe the conclusions on the Middle East expected to emerge from Monday's EU foreign ministers' meeting will be different from a Swedish draft text calling for ea... Jerusalem Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:26:24 -0500The cuts in greenhouse gas emissions being proposed at the Copenhagen climate conference, which opens today, are completely inadequate to stop dangerous climate change, one of Britain’s leadin... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:24:58 -0500LA PAZ: Bolivia's leftist President Evo Morales won a landslide reelection victory Sunday in voting that also handed him unfettered control of Congress, according to exit polls. The results mean that ... Channel News Asia Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:20:42 -0500Ten balloons get a tryout during preparations for the weekend's DARPA Network Challenge. The MIT Red Balloon Challenge Team won Saturday's $40,000 nationwide hunt, which the defense agency organized t... MSNBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:13:45 -0500 Dec. 6: The Consumer Product Safety Commission is investigating one of the season’s hottest toys after claims it may contain unsafe levels of two toxic metals. NBC’s Lester Holt reports. MSNBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:13:43 -0500Rivers Cuomo of Weezer suffered minor injuries when the group's tour bus hit some ice, skidded across the New York State Thruway, struck a guide rail and slid into a ditch early Sunday, Dec. 6, police... MSNBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:13:42 -0500With tensions over finances, Kelly and Jeremy Fields participated in a study at the University of Georgia aimed at merging the realms of therapy and financial planning. MSNBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:13:41 -0500(CNN) -- Top aides to President Obama on Sunday signaled that some U.S. troops could start coming home from Afghanistan as soon as July 2011, but most would likely remain there for several years. CNN Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:12:04 -0500Delegates from 192 countries are gathering in the Danish capital Copenhagen for the opening of the long-awaited UN summit on climate change.The conference has been described by some scientists as the ... BBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:08:25 -0500Russia is holding a day of mourning for the 112 people killed in a nightclub fire in the city of Perm.Some TV programmes have been cancelled, flags are flying at half-mast and memorial services are be... BBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:08:23 -0500But as representatives of about 200 nations converge in Copenhagen on Monday to begin talks on a new international climate accord, they do so against a background of renewed attacks on the basic scien... International Herald Tribune Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:06:10 -0500Russia ’s Far East, and one question looms over his day, as crucial as the trawler schedules or the Pacific tidal patterns. What time is it in Moscow, 5,000 miles away?... International Herald Tribune Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:06:03 -0500Personal Foul, Part 1 Disgraced ex-NBA referee Tim Donaghy speaks for the first time about betting on pro basketball games, his Mafia involvement and subsequent prison term. Bob Simon reports. CBS News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:56:22 -0500AROUND 60 families have already been forced away from the once idyllic fishing community of Khun Samutchine, as the sea that local people rely on for their livelihood advances inland by more than 20m ... The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:49:57 -0500A study conducted by Telstra found more than 60 per cent of people will be apart from an immediate family member over Christmas.Distance and financial concerns were the main reasons keeping people apa... The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:49:51 -0500A MAN who said a bomb he built would "make a big bang" should have known it had the potential to seriously injure, a court has been told. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:49:51 -0500QUEENSLAND Police have begun draining a water-filled disused mineshaft after a tip-off that it could contain the body of a woman presumed murdered. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:49:50 -0500THE dollar was lower at noon, as traders continued to focus on the prospect of interest rate rises in the US on the back of a better-than-expected jobs report. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:49:47 -0500THE share market was softer at noon on light volume with falls in commodity prices weighing heavily on resources stocks and investors moving towards financial stocks. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:49:46 -0500THE Australian share market was softer by early afternoon on light volume, with falls in commodity prices weighing heavily on resources stocks and investors moving towards financial stocks. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:49:43 -0500HARRISBURG - Prosecutors have offered former House Speaker Bill DeWeese, one of Pennsylvania's most influential Democrats, a chance to testify before the so-called Bonusgate grand jury, according to a... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:48:06 -0500Mayor Nutter will enter the final half of his four-year term with nearly $1.4 million in the bank - a sizable sum that may help stave off challengers. "It's a good bit of money," said G. Te... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:48:04 -0500NOTE: You still need to confirm your registration before you can fully access our site features.Please go to the email we sent you at ' + userEmail + ' and click on the confirm link. '); }... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:48:02 -0500World The IDF Spokesman said the visit was part of the deepening of relations between the two countries and their armed forces. Kapoor was here for a working visit a month ago. "In the past year, I... Jerusalem Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:54:58 -0500A newly formed blue-ribbon government committee to combat anti-Semitism is embroiled in a dispute over a discussion of whether to avoid working with survivors of the Holocaust because they are not "ob... Jerusalem Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:54:53 -0500World "The good relations between Turkey and Israel are founded on shared interests, and will continue to be strong because it's for the good of both countries and the region," Ayalon told The Jerus... Jerusalem Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:54:50 -0500Maj.-Gen. Eitan Dangot, the new Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT), formally assumed his post Sunday in a ceremony at the School of Coordination of Government Operations i... Jerusalem Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:54:47 -0500Violent scuffles broke out between security personnel and settlers in Kedumim on Sunday, as Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu tried to reassure settlers and Likud members that the 10-month moratorium ... Jerusalem Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:54:44 -0500As Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito completed their first weekend behind bars as convicted murderers, the arguments about their trial and the quality of Italian justice showed no signs of abating. ... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:53:10 -0500 |
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