Top Stories: Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has said that peace talks will not be able to resume unless Israel halts settlement activity in East Jerusalem as well as the West Bank. Big News Network.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:47:06 -0500The US proposal to hold talks with the Afghan Taliban leadership, with Pakistan and Saudi Arabia playing the role of mediators, has fallen apart. Big News Network.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:29:41 -0500Internationally recognised Human Rights Watch has complained to Saudi authorities about a death sentence imposed on a Lebanese national convicted of practicing witchcraft. Big News Network.com Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:22:24 -0500US Patriot missile PAC-3 systems will be placed in Poland next year. Big News Network.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:45:26 -0500Following the decision by a Swiss federal court to release Roman Polanski on bail, the international law enforcer, Interpol, has issued an alert. Big News Network.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:24:46 -0500Immense cruelty to animals has occurred at the world’s largest killing fair on Nepal’s Terai plains. Big News Network.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:16:07 -0500Iranian authorities have grabbed the Nobel Peace Prize medal from Shirin Ebadi, the human rights lawyer. Big News Network.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:20:27 -0500Rain and flooding in Saudi Arabia has killed at least 48 people. Big News Network.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:37:25 -0500Indonesia has said it will deport seven foreign Greenpeace activists who were involved in a protest against the Asia Pulp and Paper company, which they have accused of deforestation practices. Big News Network.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:05:23 -0500Internationally famous singer Bob Dylan has given a rare interview in a magazine which homeless and unemployed people sell on the streets. Big News Network.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:38:58 -0500Two uninvited guests managed to make their way into the recent state dinner at the White House, the US Secret Service has confirmed. Big News Network.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:23:00 -0500Soldiers of Pakistan army enter in tunnel allegedly used by militants in stronghold of Taliban in Kot Kai in Pakistan's tribal area of Waziristan along the Afghanistan border on Thursday, Nov. 26,... Sign on San Diego Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:35:30 -0500Jennifer Haberkorn For weeks, Sen. Blanche Lincoln has been attacked as a "flip-flopper" or an obstructionist in television ads aimed at Arkansas voters, who will decide next year if she gets to keep... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:49 -0500Patrice Hill While President Obama and congressional leaders say they would like to do more to spur job creation, economists and business executives warn that their plans to impose new health care an... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:48 -0500By Mary Yuhas THE WASHINGTON TIMES MINNEAPOLIS | When Lisa Gross and her two daughters make their twice-annual trek to the Minneapolis-St. Paul area, they have three things on their must-do list: vis... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:47 -0500OPINION/ANALYSIS: Can this marriage be saved? The union of junk scientists, on the prowl for government handouts to pay for their computer games, and eager politicians sniffing an enormous new source... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:46 -0500By David Bauder ASSOCIATED PRESS Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching — instead of mall-hopping — on Black Friday, an event it has traditionally ign... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:45 -0500Kelly Jane Torrance Kate Moss is no stranger to controversy. The iconic British model lost some high-profile contracts after a U.K. tabloid ran photographs that appeared to show her taking cocaine. H... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:44 -0500By Nicholas K. Geranios ASSOCIATED PRESS Bing Crosby didn't have to dream of a white Christmas — he could bank on it. The crooner was from Spokane, Wash., a city that is among the most likel... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:43 -0500By Yuri Kageyama ASSOCIATED PRESS TOKYO | Toyota is slashing bonus pay for managers as the Japanese automaker tackles a massive recall in the U.S. and deep losses for the second straight fiscal year.... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:42 -0500By ASSOCIATED PRESS GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) | Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger's luxury estate in Connecticut has sold for $20 million, about $8 million below its original asking price. Sotheby's Int... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:41 -0500By ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) | American Municipal Power Inc. scrapped plans to build a coal-fired power plant in southern Ohio because construction costs jumped from $3.3 billion to $4 bil... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:40 -0500By George Frey ASSOCIATED PRESS FRANKFURT, Germany | General Motors Co. said Thursday that it will not close its Vauxhall plant in Ellesmere Port, England, and doesn't expect job cuts there as part o... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:40 -0500By Geoff Mulvihill ASSOCIATED PRESS MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. The state-to-state attempt to legalize gay marriage across the left-leaning Northeast has lost more momentum since a setback three weeks ago ... Washington Times Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:39 -0500The UN nuclear agency's board censured Iran on Friday, with 25 nations backing a resolution that demands Teheran immediately mothball its newly revealed nuclear facility and heed UN Security Council r... Jerusalem Post Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:22:28 -0500Victims campaigners have reacted with anger and disbelief after it emerged the Vatican and papal nuncio in Ireland ignored repeated requests from investigators for information on clerical sexual abu... The Independent Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:20:55 -0500The invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy", Britain's ambassador to the United Nations at the time of the war said today. Sir Jeremy Greenstock told the official inquiry i... The Independent Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:20:53 -0500KHAR, Pakistan ? A key anti-Taliban tribal leader was assassinated Friday in a roadside bombing, the latest in a series of attacks against pro-government militias in the Afghan border area of nor... CTV Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:18:32 -0500The nation's retailers ushered in the traditional start of the holiday shopping season on Friday with expanded hours and deep discounts on everything from toys to TVs to lure crowds of shoppers. USA Today Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:10:24 -0500KABUL, Afghanistan - The governor of the volatile southern Afghan province of Kandahar survived an assassination attempt when a bomb targeting his convoy exploded as he headed for Friday prayers to ma... MSNBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:09:27 -0500Nov. 26: How did socialites Tareq and Michaele Salahi crash the White House state dinner? NBC’s Savannah Guthrie reports that Secret Service is interviewing agents, White House staff and reviewing s... MSNBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:09:25 -0500Fall River police allege Michael Monahan put his kids, ages 3 and 6, in the trunk of his Pontiac Trans Am for several minutes Tuesday morning while he went inside a sailing shop. MSNBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:09:24 -0500Manila, Philippines (CNN) -- One hundred more suspects -- including police officers -- could face arrest over massacre in the Philippines, a government official said Friday after authorities charged t... CNN Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:07:35 -0500(CNN) -- The number of Americans with diabetes will nearly double in the next 25 years, and the costs of treating them will triple, according to a new report. CNN Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:07:34 -0500The probe, named Chang'e-2, will orbit 60 miles (100 km) closer to the moon than the nation's first probe, which launched in 2007, according to China Daily. CNN Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:07:34 -0500The way hospitals are regulated should be urgently reformed after a report found a catalogue of failings at two hospitals in Essex, a charity has said. Do you agree? The Patients Association, an indep... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:03:46 -0500The total number of teachers in Scotland has fallen by 1,348 over the past year, according to Scottish government statistics.Opposition parties rounded on Education Secretary Fiona Hyslop, with Labour... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:03:43 -0500France will take charge of the key internal market post in the new 27-strong European Commission, whose composition has just been announced.Former French agriculture minister Michel Barnier got the jo... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:03:41 -0500Chancellor Alistair Darling will say in his pre-Budget report that the economy performed worse in 2009 than he first predicted, Treasury sources have said.Mr Darling is expected to say that the UK eco... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:03:39 -0500Wikipedia has disputed claims that it has lost a huge number of editors that help maintain the online encyclopaedia.On 26 November it was reported that ten times more editors had left Wikipedia in ear... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:03:38 -0500China today forget real-estate, gold or silver - garlic has outperformed the lot. As fears of swine flu grow, traders are hoarding garlic and watching the price of the pungent vegetable go through th... Sky News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:03:31 -0500DECORAH, Iowa — “We can’t fish my favorite trout stream today, because there’s a Jersey bull in the pasture there that hates me.”... International Herald Tribune Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:00:15 -0500VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog governors voted overwhelmingly on Friday to censure Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret. Reuters Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:55:52 -0500BERLIN (Reuters) - A senior ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel faced a barrage of calls to step down on Friday over his failure to disclose details of an air strike that killed civilians in Afgha... Reuters Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:55:50 -0500ROMAN Polanski will have to spend one more weekend in jail, with Swiss authorities saying he won't be transferred to his chalet, where he is to be placed under house arrest, before Monday. The Australian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:47:13 -0500OIL and gas producer Tap Oil Ltd has reached a final settlement with its insurers over the Varanus Island gas explosion last year. The Australian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:47:06 -0500MINING services and processing firm Mineral Resources Ltd has entered into a long-term manganese sales deal with China's largest steel maker Baosteel and flagged possible further deals in future. The Australian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:47:03 -0500THE shock announcement of a plan for the massive Dubai World conglomerate to suspend debt payments is a "serious misjudgment or, more likely, a breathtaking cock-up," the Financial Times sai... The Australian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:47:00 -0500RIO Tinto says it will need as many as 1000 new employees when its iron ore operations in Western Australia's Pilbara region expand. The Australian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:46:56 -0500CENTENNIAL Coal Company Ltd expects a stronger second half as new mines in NSW enter production and demand from Asia-Pacific markets for all coal types continues to strengthen. The Australian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:46:53 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Secret Service maintains that President Barack Obama was never in danger at a state dinner after an uninvited Virginia couple got through security, but it wouldn't comment on wh... New York Post Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:24:01 -0500SEATTLE (AP) -- Food banks across the country are undergoing a high-tech revolution, adopting sophisticated databases, bar coding, GPS tracking, automated warehouses and other technologies used in the... New York Post Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:24:00 -0500Ross Ohlendorf didn't mention his 95 mph sinking fastball, but it probably wouldn't have hurt his chances. Department officials were impressed that the Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher wanted to work for th... New York Post Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:23:59 -0500It's all part of his job. Most nights, after he snuffs out his menthol cigarette, Perkins slides onto the piano bench in some club and eases into a wail about hard times and treacherous women. New York Post Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:23:58 -0500RICHMOND, Va. (AP) -- The bluish haze that has hung over the Third Street Diner's bar and booths for decades finally lifts next month as a new anti-smoking law takes hold in Virginia, a huge shift for... New York Post Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:23:57 -0500This time, he was the object of an apology from the NFL Network instead of league-wide criticism for jawing with San Diego's linebackers. Oh, and the Broncos finally won a game again, beating the New ... New York Post Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:23:56 -0500Detectives investigating the deaths of British art curator Nick Waterlow and his daughter Chloe today charged his 42-year-old son with their murders. Antony Waterlow, 42, was armed with a smal... The Independent Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:05:47 -0500A man arrested for questioning about three murders in Limerick sat naked for several hours while he was being quizzed by detectives earlier this week. He was one of two suspects taken out of p... The Independent Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:05:38 -0500HONG KONG - Asian stock markets tumbled Friday, with Hong Kong and South Korea down nearly 5 percent, as fears mounted over the fallout from Dubai's massive debt problems. European stocks extended the... MSNBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:53:36 -0500Fulham defender Brede Hangeland has signed a new contract that will keep him at Craven Cottage until 2013.Hangeland only joined the Londoners in January, 2008, but has been linked with big-money moves... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:49:15 -0500Former England midfielder Kieron Dyer is nearing a first-team return for West Ham after being out with a hamstring injury since the end of September.Dyer, 30, scored twice for the reserves in Tuesday'... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:49:14 -0500Scotland's prison population has continued to rise, according to new national statistics.The figures showed the average daily prison population in the year to March was 7,835, up by 6% on the previous... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:49:12 -0500A court in Namibia has ruled that the National Society for Human Rights must have its status as election observers reinstated hours after polls opened.The electoral commission withdrew the group's sta... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:49:10 -0500The Conservatives say they would save £60bn by persuading civil servants to work harder and improving efficiency.Shadow chief secretary to the Treasury Philip Hammond will later set out how a Co... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:49:08 -0500The crew of the space shuttle Atlantis are preparing to land in Florida after their 11-day mission to the International Space Station (ISS).Nasa said it was expecting sunny skies when the shuttle touc... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:49:07 -0500Millions of Americans - some in their pyjamas - hit department stores in America to grab bargains on Black Friday, the country's busiest shopping day. Sky News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:48:57 -0500An Israeli air strike wounded four Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip on Friday, the Israeli military and Palestinian medical workers said. An Israeli military spokeswoman said the strike had ... IOL Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:42:12 -0500Ross, 69, had his final day on air this evening, as he heads into retirement after a career in journalism spanning more than 50 years.Ross was shown a video montage of his broadcast career, before tha... The Australian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:32:08 -0500JEREMIAH TROTTER'S on-field contribution to the Eagles' defense this season has been negligible. Seven games, 12 tackles. He is what he is, which is a 32-year-old linebacker with the heart of a lion ... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:30:47 -0500Officers salute during the unveiling of a memorial at the Chester County Courthouse in West Chester in honor of two officers who were ambushed and killed in Kennett Square in 1972. Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:30:40 -0500HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. - When the envelope arrived, Windy Horner was talking with her husband, Nick - Windy on a cell phone, Nick in the Blair County jail. Windy Horner did not recognize the return addre... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:30:36 -0500Strictly from a basketball standpoint, Iverson is a clear-cut Hall of Famer. Along with Isiah Thomas and Nate "Tiny" Archibald, the barely 6-foot Iverson is one of the best little men in ba... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:30:31 -0500HONG KONG (AP) -- Asian stock markets tumbled Friday, with Hong Kong and South Korea down nearly 5 percent, as fears mounted over the fallout from Dubai's massive debt problems. European stocks extend... New York Post Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:10:21 -0500It's all part of his job. Most nights, after he snuffs out his menthol cigarette, Perkins slides onto the piano bench in some club and eases into a wail about hard times and treacherous women. New York Post Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:10:19 -0500SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- The medical student who died in a Utah cave was the third spelunker in recent years to get stuck in the same tiny crevice but the only one die - an outcome that devastated the d... New York Post Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:10:18 -0500The Israel Air Force bombed a rocket-launching squad in the Gaza Strip Friday morning, leaving four people hurt, two of them reportedly in serious to critical condition. The Israel Defense Forces Spok... Haaretz Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:50:11 -0500 Nov. 23: Weighing in on whether excessive lobbyists will bring abuse to the system, with Dan Mitchell, Cato Institute and Christian Weller, Center for American Progress. MSNBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:34:58 -0500Riot police were in attendance at the match between West Ham and Millwall "It was a moment of madness. I was sitting in the crowd trying to get my opinion across. Fans were goading each other. ... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:30:45 -0500The BBC has learned that a former major property developer is being sued over his alleged failure to complete the purchase of an apartment booked at the peak of the housing boom.Michael Taggart is amo... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:30:43 -0500China's decision to unveil carbon emissions targets two weeks before the Copenhagen climate change summit has put pressure on India, a minister says.Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh has said China's... BBC Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:30:42 -0500An unidentified gunman shot Unicef worker Nestor Bulahan at a bus terminal in Parang town, Maguindanao province, on Thursday morning. He died in hospital a short time later, a statement from the nati... Sky News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:30:34 -0500CHRISTMAS ISLAND, Australia ? “The good times are back on Christmas Island,” said Trish O’Donnell, this island’s sole real estate agent. “Three-quarters of Australia... International Herald Tribune Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:27:50 -0500Khmer Rouge ended Friday when the defendant unexpectedly asked to be set free despite his repeated admissions of guilt. “I would ask the chambers to release me,” said the defendant,... International Herald Tribune Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:27:47 -0500Manila - A scion of a powerful political family detained for allegedly masterminding a gruesome massacre of 57 civilians in the southern Philippines on Friday blamed Muslim separatist rebels for the c... IOL Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:23:58 -0500Mecca, Saudi Arabia) - Pilgrims pelted pillars symbolising the devil with pebbles to show their defiance on the third day of the hajj on Friday as Muslims worldwide marked the Eid al-Adha holy day wit... IOL Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:23:54 -0500KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai reached out to the Taliban on Friday, part of a call for reconciliation that the palace says will be the main focus of his second term that began last w... Reuters Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:22:01 -0500MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines was already considered among the most dangerous places in the world to be a journalist even before 27 were killed on Monday in an election-related massacre. Reuters Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:21:58 -0500VANUATU'S Prime Minister lost his seat in Parliament today due to a simple paperwork error, officials said, throwing the tiny Pacific nation's politics into turmoil. The Australian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:13:38 -0500Ross, 69, had his final day on air this evening, as he heads into retirement after a career in journalism spanning more than 50 years.Ross was shown a video montage of his broadcast career, before tha... The Australian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:13:36 -0500Two Indonesian nationals, aged 32 and 18, were charged on Wednesday with people smuggling, and the Australian Federal Police said on Friday they had charged another 19-year-old Indonesian.The trio wer... The Australian Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:13:31 -0500BLACK FRIDAY, the day to rejoice in great deals or revolt against massive consumerism, has arrived. The annual post-Thanksgiving, shop-till-you-drop tradition that kicks off the holiday shopping seas... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:12:22 -0500Not everyone will be out and about today to buy and revel in one of the biggest-selling retail days of the year. Instead, some may observe "Buy Nothing Day," a day of activism for the anti-... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:12:19 -0500Jamele Greenwood's life has been full of ups and downs, disappointments and joys. The 21-year-old has been in and out of the city's child-welfare system. He has cerebral palsy, and walks with a limp.... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:12:16 -0500Adopting or fostering older kids has its challenges, no doubt, but it also has its rewards. Older kids "teach families a lot of things," said Elisa Esh, director of recruitment and family d... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:12:12 -0500RUNNING FOR governor of Pennsylvania can be a tricky geographical balancing act. A front-runner like state Attorney General Tom Corbett, with a Republican political base in Allegheny County, may be t... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:12:10 -0500Three Delaware County children spent Thanksgiving in the hospital after being struck Tuesday afternoon by a driver while walking home from Beverly Hills Middle School. Dawn Denise Snell, 42, of Lansd... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:12:06 -0500Philadelphia mob associate Louis "Bent Finger Lou" Monacello, a key figure in a Delaware County-based gambling and loan-sharking enterprise that was broken up last year, took a plea deal thi... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:12:02 -0500Dear Harry: My father recently passed away. His will left his entire estate to my mother. It consisted of very little money and his interest in their home. He also left her a small life-insurance poli... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:11:58 -0500Basil Nutter, the 75-year-old father of Mayor Nutter, died Wednesday at the South Jersey assisted-living facility where he resided. Nutter apparently died of natural causes, said mayoral spokesman Do... Philadelphia Daily News Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:11:55 -0500 | 
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