Top Stories: President Barack Obama is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will approve the sending of 30,000 additional American troops to Afghanistan. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:13:58 -0500A Spanish High Court judge, Baltasar Garzon, has threatened to seize money from Banco de Chile and other individuals who are suspected of laundering funds for the former Chilean dictator, Augusto Pinochet. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:28:19 -0500Switzerland's ban on the building of minarets has released criticism from religious and political leaders around the world. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:40:04 -0500Heavily armed police in Seattle raided the house of a suspect in the killing of four police officers on Monday, only to find the man had already gone. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:13:35 -0500Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the Chevron World Challenge golf tournament because of injuries suffered in a car crash near his Florida home. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:52:09 -0500Ongoing hostilities between Cambodia and Thailand are believed to be jeopardising the completion of the Trans-Asian Railway. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:31:53 -0500A judge in Argentina has overturned a ruling that would have allowed the first gay marriage in Latin America... Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:34:22 -0500The toll from a ferry accident in Bangladesh’s southern Bhola district rose to 71 Monday after rescuers retrieved more bodies trapped in the sunken vessel. IANS Mon, 30 Nov 2009 21:39:16 -0500US film director Michael Moore has spoken about the Afghanistan war in a message to President Barack Obama. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:23:02 -0500Two Japanese courts have partially recognized law suits from five more people suffering from radiation-linked illnesses due to the 1945 atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 17:31:31 -0500Iran's vice-president has said Iran only decided to build ten new nuclear facilities because of UN rebukes. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:38:36 -0500In their latest ploy to cause maximum damage to international forces stationed in Afghanistan, the Taliban is using donkey ’suicide’ bombs to attack British troops in southern Afghanistan. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:27:33 -0500More and more United States' citizens are making use of government food aid. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 04:57:28 -0500The Kaiga nuclear power plant in India is under investigation after several workers tested positive for increased levels of radiation after they had consumed water from a cooler. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:37:06 -0500A man who has been accused of being a guard at a Nazi death camp is to appear in court in Munich for what will likely prove to be the end of Holocaust trials. Big News Network.com Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:28:45 -0500Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, center, speaks to the press with Senator Chris Dodd, right, and Senator Tom Harkin after the Senate voted to formally launch debate on historic legislation to enact ... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:18:16 -0500The effort to corral them is putting the spotlight on Reid, who grew up poor and paid his way through law school by working nights as a policeman in the... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:18:15 -0500Seattle, Washington (CNN) -- Investigators searching for the suspected killer of four Seattle-area police officers have rounded up several of his relatives and friends to keep them from helping him es... CNN Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:16:04 -0500Efforts are continuing by the Foreign Office to secure the release of five Britons detained by the Iranian navy while sailing from Bahrain to Dubai.Their Volvo 60 yacht backed by the UK's Team Pindar ... BBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:12:26 -0500Attempts to establish the breed of dog which mauled a four-year-old boy to death in Liverpool are continuing.Merseyside Police hope to discover later whether the dog which killed John Paul Massey was ... BBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:12:24 -0500MANILA ? Prosecutors charged the scion of a powerful political clan in the southern Philippines with multiple counts of murder on Tuesday, eight days a after the massacre of 57 people, more than ... International Herald Tribune Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:09:49 -0500Ciudad Juarez, Mexico - Seven women were murdered in Mexico, including one who was beheaded in the southern beach resort of Cancun, authorities reported on Monday. Four of the women were killed in ... IOL Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:06:24 -0500By Razak Ahmad Kuala Lumpur - A Malaysian court on Tuesday rejected opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's bid to drop his sodomy charge, paving the way for a trial in January that is set to further inf... IOL Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:06:20 -0500Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina - Once they lived here in their thousands, but now only a handful of Afrikaans-speaking Boers remain in the windswept Patagonian coastal town of Comodoro Rivadavia and it... IOL Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:06:12 -0500Couple crashes State dinner Washington - A week after a pair of Virginia socialites became the world's most famous gatecrashers by attending a White House dinner uninvited, the furore shows no sign... IOL Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:06:09 -0500BEIJING (Reuters) - Talks remain the best way to solve the Iran nuclear issue, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Tuesday, after Iran announced plans to expand uranium enrichment in d... Reuters Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:04:57 -0500In this photo taken, Nov. 21, 2009, John Marcotte discusses his proposed ballot initiative to ban divorce as Cynthia Keagy, left, signs his petition to get measure on the ballot, in Sacramento, Calif. CBS News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 03:03:04 -0500The Australian dollar closed lower on Tuesday as investors were disappointed that the central bank did not hint at future rate rises after it lifted the cash rate. The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:56:24 -0500SEATTLE (AP) -- Authorities believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends and family, a police spokesman said Monday night. New York Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:35:37 -0500LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- As governor of Arkansas, Mike Huckabee had a hand pardoning or commuting many more prisoners than his three immediate predecessors combined. Maurice Clemmons, the suspect in ... New York Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:35:36 -0500LYNDON, Kan. (AP) -- A former Missouri city official previously accused of assaulting his wife was charged Monday with capital murder in the shootings of her and their two teenage daughters in eastern... New York Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:35:35 -0500The Task Force to Save the Nation and the Land, the organization that offered every soldier refusing to evacuate a settlement, and the Kfir Brigade soldiers who publicly demonstrated their opposition ... Haaretz Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:15:06 -0500Sign saying "The Shimshon Battalion will not evacuate Homesh" at the Western Wall last month. Photo: Courtesy of Miri Tzachi (Homesh Tehila) I know that such scenarios are the nightmare of many sold... Jerusalem Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:12:14 -0500"Whenever I go to a new city, the first thing I do is check out its transportation system," says Hirsch. "And when I began considering the idea of tackling Jerusalem's bus map, people told me, 'If any... Jerusalem Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:12:12 -0500The body of Omri Lahad, a 23-year-old Rosh Pina resident, was identified in Peru on Tuesday. Lahad, who went missing about a month ago, was apparently died from a snake bike. Although his body was... Jerusalem Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:12:10 -0500WASHINGTON: An Algerian detainee, Saber Lahmar, was transferred Monday from the US prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to French territory, his lawyer said here. The 39-year old Lahmar is the last of five ... Channel News Asia Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:06:26 -0500BELFAST: An unexploded bomb was found Monday near a police station in Northern Ireland, officers said, in the latest threat to the troubled British province's fragile peace. The device was found outsi... Channel News Asia Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:06:24 -0500TEGUCIGALPA: Newly elected Honduran president Porfirio Lobo has come under pressure from critics of his election, held under the regime that deposed his predecessor, Manuel Zelaya. Hundreds of Zelaya ... Channel News Asia Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:06:21 -0500House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., ordered the payments posted online in June after a scandal erupted in Britain over members of Parliament billing taxpayers for such things as X-rated movies and g... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:33 -0500A girl stands near water towers outside her home near the site of the Union Carbide factory in Bhopal, India. By Daniel Berehulak, Getty Images... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:32 -0500Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, accompanied by Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen, gestures during a news conference at the Pentagon on Nov. 19 to discuss the Fort Hood shootings. Gates h... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:31 -0500The 2009 Atlantic hurricane season ended Monday without a hurricane landing on U.S. shores and with the fewest named storms in 12 years, according to the National Hurricane Center. USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:30 -0500Walgreens has reduced its prices by nearly 20% and CVS nearly 10% for a scarce liquid form of the H1N1 drug Tamiflu amid state investigations into potential price gouging. USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:00:30 -0500New Orleans Saints quarterback Drew Brees celebrates his 38-yard touchdown pass to Robert Meachem during the second quarter of Monday's game against the Patriots. MSNBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:59:38 -0500The winner of the race to succeed Rhodri Morgan as leader of Labour in Wales and first minister in the Welsh assembly will be announced later.The result will be announced at about 1730 GMT at the Wale... BBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:55:17 -0500Shares on the main stock indexes in Dubai and Abu Dhabi have tumbled for the second day in a row.Both indexes were down about 6% after recording big losses on Monday. Dubai World has unveiled plans to... BBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:55:16 -0500By Mike Collett-White London - Chelsea striker Didier Drogba teamed up with U2 frontman Bono on Monday to launch an initiative to fight HIV and Aids. On the eve of World Aids Day, sports manufac... IOL Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:49:16 -0500MICHAEL Jackson's death thrust the singer to the top of yahoo.com internet searches in 2009, putting an end to Britney Spears' four-year reign and helping bump the President Barack Obama fro... The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:39:03 -0500AN Indian villager used a hammer and chisel over the span of 14 years to carve a tunnel through a rocky mountain so that he could park his truck in front of his house. The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:39:00 -0500A COURT has fined eBay 1.7 million euros ($2.77 million) for violating a 2008 injunction that prevents French users of the online auction site from buying or selling LVMH perfumes and cosmetics on any... The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:38:59 -0500Figures released by The Cancer Council Queensland show a steady rise in the national incidence of cancer among girls aged under 15.Girls have traditionally lagged behind boys when it comes to cancer -... The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:38:55 -0500THE sharemarket ended the day stronger after Australian investors shrugged off news of an expected interest rate hike by the RBA. The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:38:52 -0500The Sydney-based company has not traded since November 17, when it said it was due to announce the “imminent” finalisation of the sale of one of its wind farms.WHL was suspended from trade... The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:38:51 -0500THE Liberal party is desperately vowing to put forward a united front and fall in behind Tony Abbott as the new Liberal leader, who has vowed to oppose the Rudd Government's emissions trading sch... The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:38:49 -0500THIS is a fundamental change in the power and ideology of the Liberal Party. A highly progressive leader, Malcolm Turnbull, has been replaced by a highly conservative leader, Tony Abbott. The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:38:48 -0500The Rudd government's Youth Allowance changes are set to remain blocked into next year after Family First senator Steve Fielding today rejected another last-minute offer from Education Minister J... The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:38:47 -0500TONY Abbott has addressed parliament for the first time as opposition leader - and declared he will now have to stop flirting with Acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard. The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:38:46 -0500SEATTLE (AP) -- Authorities believe the man sought in the slaying of four police officers is still alive and has been aided by a network of friends and family, a police spokesman said Monday night. New York Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:17:38 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The couple who crashed the Obama administration's first state dinner communicated with a senior Pentagon official about going to the event, but the official denies that she helped t... New York Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:17:36 -0500THOUSAND OAKS, Calif. (AP) -- Tiger Woods still isn't talking. Now he's not playing, either. Woods withdrew Monday from his own golf tournament, citing injuries from a car crash near his Florida home.... New York Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:17:34 -0500NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Drew Brees and the unbeaten Saints left Tom Brady in the dust, zipping up and down the field in a dominant romp over the New England Patriots. New York Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 01:17:30 -0500Despite widespread efforts by both government and non-governmental bodies, the plight of disabled Israelis remains severe. That was the conclusion of a Justice Ministry report to be released Tuesday, ... Jerusalem Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:48:59 -0500In face of the growing missile threat against Israel, the IDF Operations Directorate has established a new department responsible for coordinating efforts to protect IDF bases. Jerusalem Post Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:48:55 -0500SYDNEY - John Daly has urged Tiger Woods to be open and end speculation over his late night car crash. Daly had told reporters in Australia he didn't want to know the details of Woods' accident outsi... New Zealand Herald Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:38:54 -0500Harley Hoffine Jr. examines water damage to the top of the facade above the columns at the Hermitage, the historic home of President Andrew Jackson. USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:16 -0500Silver carp, a variety of Asian carp, can jump up to 10 feet out of the water when disturbed by a passing boat. Boaters and water-skiers on the Illinois River have been injured by the airborne fish. B... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:15 -0500Edmund Loew says the fees on his cabin outside Globe, Ariz., in the Tonto National Forest will quadruple over the next few years. By David Wallace, The Arizona Republic... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:14 -0500SEATTLE ? The hunt for a suspect in the fatal shooting of four police officers at a coffee house intensified Monday in a search that stretched 40 miles along the... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:13 -0500Along the Pech River, where a handful of houses constitute a village and Taliban influence runs deep, the culture is not easily changed. Some Afghan officials say U.S. forces fail to understand the mi... USA Today Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:37:12 -0500US President Barack Obama is set to unveil his new Afghan strategy, with an expected commitment to send thousands more troops to fight the Taliban.Mr Obama will make his announcement in a televised sp... BBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:31:59 -0500The man accused of shooting dead four police officers in the US state of Washington is still alive and has been helped by friends, police say.A sheriff's spokesman said police had spoken to several pe... BBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:31:56 -0500A member of a powerful clan accused over a massacre of 57 people in the southern Philippines has been charged with multiple murders, prosecutors say.Andal Ampatuan Jr, a mayor from lawless Maguindanao... BBC Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:31:48 -0500BEIJING (Reuters) - China has lifted its bans on imports of pork products from the United States, Canada and Mexico, its quarantine bureau said on Tuesday, but analysts said the move would not likely ... Reuters Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:24:02 -0500FHA Loan Probe The Federal Government's home mortgage insurer is at risk of running out of money itself. As Hari Sreenivasan reports, a federal agency has been helping the housing market, but this is ... CBS News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:22:00 -0500A helicopter makes a water drop on the fire line in the Angeles National Forest north of Los Angeles, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2009. The U.S. Forest service is considering allowing helicopters to fight fire... CBS News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:21:59 -0500NORTH Korea has sharply revalued its currency for the first time in 17 years in an apparent attempt to curb inflation and clamp down on black-market trading, reports said today. The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:16:17 -0500A GUNMAN alleged to have shot dead four police officers is on the run as shell-shocked officials condemned the killings as a "senseless act of violence". The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:16:15 -0500THE uncle of rugby league star Johnathan Thurston was fatally bashed in a Brisbane park after a dispute with a "mob" of men over a stolen purse, a court has been told. The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:16:11 -0500Paramedics say they are treating victims of the spill at Bayswater who are suffering breathing difficulties and chest pains.A Country Fire Authority (CFA) spokesman says about 40 members are at the si... The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:16:10 -0500GOVERNOR-GENERAL Quentin Bryce has warned Australians not to be complacent about the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus, with new infections increasing at an "alarming rate". The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:16:08 -0500POLICE claim they have smashed a major illegal drugs and firearms distribution syndicate, after seven men were arrested and four properties raided on NSW's south coast. The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:16:06 -0500In a small ceremony at Bomana War Cemetery, just outside the capital Port Moresby, Lieutenant Tim Logan and Lance-Sergeant Jim Wheeler were today buried with full military honours.As the coffins were ... The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:16:05 -0500FEDERAL Treasurer Wayne Swan says the latest official interest rate rise was "unsurprising" but admits it will be tough on the family budget. The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:16:02 -0500WESTPAC has become the first major bank in Australia to react to today's interest rate rise, and will slug customers with a hike in mortgage rates that is nearly double the increase ordered by th... The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:16:01 -0500THE Housing Industry Association (HIA) says the central bank's decision to raise official interest rates for the third month in a row will damage the chances of a strong recovery in the home buil... The Australian Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:15:58 -0500Tonight, Andre Iguodala's game-tying three-pointer with 5.6 seconds left came a few ticks before Jason Terry's turnaround game-winner, which splashed through the net with 1.4 seconds remaining as the ... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:14:24 -0500YORK, Pa. - The Salvation Army says someone dropped a gold coin worth more than $1,000 in a collection kettle in south-central Pennsylvania. York Salvation Army Maj. Lurlene Mudge said the South Afric... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:14:15 -0500PITTSBURGH - The U.S. Supreme Court has cleared the way for the retrial of a central Pennsylvania man who allegedly murdered his wife and then shot himself in the head, leaving him delusional and a pa... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:14:14 -0500PHILADELPHIA - Police say three people stole a watch from a dying man in a Philadelphia hospital waiting room. Police say Richard Alten and two others swiped the watch from the wrist of 63-year-old J... Philadelphia Daily News Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:14:12 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- After months of debate, President Barack Obama will spell out a costly Afghanistan war expansion to a skeptical public Tuesday night, coupling an infusion of as many as 35,000 more ... New York Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:54:42 -0500As recently as Sunday, hours before the shooting suspect was linked to him, Huckabee said he was leaning against running again for president, telling "Fox News Sunday" he was "less likely rather than ... New York Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:54:32 -0500MIAMI (AP) -- A South Florida woman has been charged with calling in a bomb threat to keep her boss from missing a flight. An arrest report said a 31-year-old woman was charged Thursday with making a ... New York Post Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:54:30 -0500WASHINGTON: Influenza infections fell for the fourth week in a row in the United States but the number of flu deaths remained above the epidemic threshold, a government health agency said in a weekly ... Channel News Asia Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:09:01 -0500WASHINGTON ? Americans who buy health insurance through their employer wouldn't see a big difference in premiums if the Senate's health care bill becomes law, a non-partisan analysis released Mon... USA Today Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:03:19 -0500A clock marks the entrance to the Vandergrift, Pa., business district. The community has a plan to become environmentally sustainable for the 21st century and beyond. By Keith Srakocic, AP... USA Today Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:03:18 -0500Nov. 30: Gen. William Caldwell, former spokesman for Gen. David Petraeus in Baghdad, offers his perspective on the current troop surge and plans to command training of Afghan troops. NBC’s Jim Maced... MSNBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:02:31 -0500ROME - Two Tunisians who had been detained at Guantanamo arrived in Italy late Monday and will be tried on international terrorism charges for having allegedly recruited fighters for Afghanistan, offi... MSNBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:02:29 -0500“As that hair fell, a lot of things changed in me, and she was a part of that,” Matt said. The two grew closer, and six months later, Matt proposed on the TODAY Show. The couple now has two kids. MSNBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:02:27 -0500Roman Polanski has been in jail while he fights extradition to U.S. Swiss authorities say he can leave jail and live under house arrest In 1977, Polanski pleaded guilty to having sex with 13-year-old ... CNN Mon, 30 Nov 2009 23:01:15 -0500A woman's genes are much more likely than lifestyle factors such as stress or diet to cause greying hair, a study suggests.Unilever scientists studied more than 200 identical and non-identical Danish ... BBC Mon, 30 Nov 2009 22:57:49 -0500 | 
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