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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 -0500Tehran students are claiming to be at war with their government after a massive campaign of repression, with arrests and convictions taking place on university campuses. Big News Network.com Sat, 05 Dec 2009 18:33:28 -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 -0500President Evo Morales looked set for an easy re-election in Bolivia last night after exit polls suggested he had won back power with more than 62 per cent of the vote. Mr Morales' closest challenger, ... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:25:00 -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 -0500James Jones , said bin Laden, believed hiding mainly in a rugged area of western Pakistan, may be periodically slipping back into Afghanistan. But Obama's Pentagon chief,... USA Today Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:14:41 -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. MSNBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:13:48 -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 -0500Daniela Busciglio still winces at the memory of shivering in line for hours to get into New York sample sales, then shoving her way through throngs of other shoppers looking for deals on designer clot... International Herald Tribune Sun, 06 Dec 2009 22:06:08 -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 -0500KIWI foster kids got a big serve of swearing and sex talk in a risque Christmas play put on by the country's child protection agency. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:49:59 -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 -0500WESTPAC boss Gail Kelly is making long-term succession plans by moving long time BT boss Rob Coombe into the key retail and business banking role to give him line banking experience. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:49:45 -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 -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 21:28:29 -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 Sun, 06 Dec 2009 21:28:27 -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 -0500Masked youths hurled firebombs and chunks of marble at police during a march in Athens yesterday, the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager whose death sparked massive riots. ... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:53:06 -0500For the second time this year, a Fresno beef company is recalling thousands of pounds of ground beef contaminated with a drug-resistant strain of salmonella. USA Today Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:42:37 -0500Not surprisingly, swine flu ranked No. 1. But a couple of other health terms that made the AOL list, such as lupus and herpes, could make you stop and scratch your head (not because of any medical con... USA Today Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:42:36 -0500This group of longtime Latino friends, called El Grupo, is participating in a study on aging and Alzheimer's. They meet regularly at Bitz-ee Mama's Restaurant in Glendale, Ariz., to share comfort food... USA Today Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:42:35 -0500Four ranches in the Southwest have gone out of business since the wolf reintroduction began and another four are expected to do the same before next summer. MSNBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:41:27 -0500Vice president, who vetoed election bill earlier, said to be satisfied with revision Al-Hashimi had said bill failed to provide enough seats for Iraqi refugees... CNN Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:39:53 -0500Athens, Greece (CNN) -- The anniversary of a fatal police shooting triggered a new riot in Greece's capital Sunday, with protesters occupying a university building and throwing rocks and burning garba... CNN Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:39:52 -0500There is a large variation in how long patients are signed off work for by GPs for the same condition, despite clear national guidance, a study suggests.Researchers studied 113 GPs in one English heal... BBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:35:59 -0500WASHINGTON ? The Obama administration sent a forceful public message Sunday that American military forces would remain in Afghanistan for a long time, seeking to blunt criticism that Mr. Obama ha... International Herald Tribune Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:33:48 -0500Iran tightened security and arrested over 20 mothers who were mourning children killed in the unrest that has broken out since the disputed June 12 elections. The mothers had taken part in an antigove... International Herald Tribune Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:33:45 -0500POLICE have named the Australian hiker who died after falling 40m down a bluff in New Zealand's Mount Aspiring National Park on Saturday. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:59 -0500A TASMANIAN man at the centre of a two-day missing persons operation in New Zealand has been found drinking in a bar and oblivious to the search. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:57 -0500THE man charged with assaulting South Australian Premier Mike Rann has appeared in court and has indicated he will defend the charge. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:54 -0500A MAN jailed for allegedly raping a woman at a Melbourne nightclub has walked free after DNA evidence linking him to the crime may have been contaminated. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:52 -0500THE mother of two children trained by legendary swim coach Terry Buck has rubbished claims he abused a number of elite Australian swimmers. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:49 -0500Police have confirmed that the bodies were found amongst the wreckage discovered about five kilometres north-west of Yarrawonga on the Murray River.The aircraft, with two brothers in their 50s aboard,... The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:46 -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 20:17:44 -0500RIO Tinto says it is pulling out of a carbon capture and storage project in the United Arab Emirates, and will focus investment in the clean technology in California. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:41 -0500But an analyst says the rise in job ads will do little to stop unemployment peaking at 6.5 per cent next year.Overall, job ads averaged 140,658 a week, up 5.2 per cent from October.Newspaper job ads w... The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:38 -0500EMBATTLED weapons maker Metal Storm has hedged its bets and flagged a $25 million equity raising after the first tranche of Assure Fast Holdings' $US35m package again failed to arrive over the we... The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:36 -0500ORIGIN Energy has been prevented from buying the full 51.55 per cent stake in the Otway Gas Project it sought from Woodside Energy, after a joint venture partner decided to exercise its pre-emption ri... The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:32 -0500POWER generation fund Babcock & Brown Power said today it agreed to settle around $444 million in debts and fees of its manager, a unit of failed investment bank Babcock & Brown. The Australian Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:17:29 -0500Melissa Magee WPVI has its new weekend weather anchor in-house. Station insiders ID her as Melissa Magee, who was laid off in June from New York City's Fox5 station. She had worked for Accuweather ... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:15:40 -0500LAURADA BYERS still has nightmares, 10 years later, about not being able to save her husband's life. The dreams do not replay the details of the night that Daily News columnist and senior editor W. R... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:15:38 -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 19:57:31 -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 19:57:30 -0500LANDOVER, Md. (AP) -- The New Orleans Saints had no business winning. Two of their biggest plays were unbelievable flukes, bad mistakes that somehow morphed into positive results. Then they needed the... New York Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:57:24 -0500Hesder yeshiva heads declared Sunday night they would fight any attempts by the IDF to penalize the Har Bracha Yeshiva, whose head, Rabbi Eliezer Melamed, has called on soldiers to refuse to act again... Jerusalem Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:28:45 -0500The new British Embassy building in Algiers is a striking piece of modernist design. But cutbacks mean it could well be the last of its kind, warns Jay Merrick... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:27:43 -0500Philippines troops arrested 62 people and discovered another major weapons cache yesterday after martial law was imposed in a southern province following the country's worst political massacre. Thous... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:27:36 -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 19:27:32 -0500Why, one wonders, if the Indian Government wants to win over the hearts and minds of the people of Kashmir, does it act without bothering properly to think? In what the authorities in Delhi said was a... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:27:29 -0500Authorities have closed all Baghdad nightclubs and dozens of shops selling alcohol, concerned for "public morals," the city's governor said yesterday. Police have closed 95 unlicensed club... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:27:27 -0500Swiss liberals are considering a new referendum to overturn the ban on new minarets. Club Helvetique, a group of over 20 Swiss intellectuals, will draw up an action plan to overturn the ban, ... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:27:23 -0500The United States has no real idea where Osama bin Laden, the al-Qa'ida leader, may be hiding, and has not had the benefit of any substantial intelligence on his possible whereabouts "for years", the ... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:27:18 -0500The attack came just 12 minutes after leaving the base – short, staccato bursts of Kalashnikov fire hitting the open-top, seven-ton truck. A shot went through the driver's windscreen, others fle... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:27:09 -0500The news that a leaked set of emails appeared to show senior climate scientists had manipulated data was shocking enough. Now the story has become more remarkable still. The computer hack, said a sen... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:27:06 -0500Given the peace and quiet Tutankhamun enjoyed for three millennia, it has been a rough 87 years for him since he was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. He was immediately relieved of his treasures; ... The Independent Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:27:00 -0500NEW YORK - A New York City woman faces charges that she tricked her husband's pregnant mistress into taking a drug that would cause an abortion. Police say Kisha Jones of Brooklyn used a doctor's pre... New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:18:25 -0500WASHINGTON - Sarah Palin poked fun at herself in a speech to journalists Saturday night, drawing laughter when she announced she "came down from my hotel room and I could see the Russian Embassy". Th... New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:18:24 -0500Shrink Given the peace and quiet Tutankhamun enjoyed for three millennia, it has been a rough 87 years for him since he was discovered by Howard Carter in 1922. He was immediately relieved of his tre... New Zealand Herald Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:18:20 -0500SIOUX CITY - Hundreds of fans of former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin gathered at a bookstore in Sioux City, Iowa, waiting early Sunday morning for Palin to arrive and begin autographing cop... MSNBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:16:02 -0500A riot policeman's clothing catches fire after demonstrators threw petrol bombs at them, as violence erupted during a march to mark the first anniversary of the police shooting of a teenager, whose de... C News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:13:41 -0500A mother and her two sons who were killed in a crash in the Highlands had been on their way to deliver Christmas presents to a relative, it has emerged.Michelle Owen, 36, who was a home carer, and her... BBC Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:10:02 -0500NOWADAYS, the international media are obsessed with the question of who "lost" Turkey and what that supposed loss means for Europe and the West. More alarmingly, some commentators liken Turkey's neigh... The Scotsman Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:08:58 -0500CLAIMS that Tiger Woods has silenced one of his mistresses with a million-dollar payoff gathered steam yesterday, as it was revealed how he struck a separate deal two years ago to keep another of his ... The Scotsman Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:08:56 -0500"ALLAH Akbar" blares from the loudspeakers as hundreds of Muslims file into the mosque for prayers. Outside, halal meat stores line the street as in Damascus, Cairo or Baghdad, but this is the working... The Scotsman Sun, 06 Dec 2009 19:08:55 -0500Residents walk and ride bicycles in downtown Zurich, Switzerland. Many in Zurich are trying to reduce their energy use to 2,000 watts per second. That's the global average, but far below the average o... CBS News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:57:42 -0500William Panas Sr., father of the slain young man, shouts in anger toward the home of Police Officer Frank Tepper on Nov. 23, two days after the Port Richmond shooting. Last week, the D.A. handed the c... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:50:00 -0500You're supposed to wait at least three years before evaluating an NFL draft class. With the Eagles' Class of 2009, there's no reason to wait. Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:49:51 -0500Shivering on the sidewalk outside the emergency room where Joaquin Rivera died and was robbed while waiting to see a doctor, Puerto Rican civil rights activists Sunday called for the "overhaul of an i... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:49:49 -0500PERM, Russia (AP) -- Grieving relatives on Sunday began to bury the victims of a nightclub fire that left at least 112 people dead, as four people were ordered held pending an investigation into the c... New York Post Sun, 06 Dec 2009 18:31:18 -0500 |
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