Top Stories: The Obama administration in the US has welcomed an action by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to freeze for 10-months any new settlement construction in the West Bank. Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:29:00 -0500British officials have told panel members reviewing Britain's role in the Iraq war that there was little information that Iraq's then president, Saddam Hussein, had been colluding with al-Qaeda. Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:00:53 -0500President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India have launched their commitment to combating climate change. Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:20:46 -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 -0500Pakistani prosecutors have charged seven suspects of planning and helping to carry out last year's terror attacks in Mumbai. Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:10:39 -0500Academy Award-winning director, Roman Polanski, has been granted bail in Switzerland. Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:47:59 -0500A European medical society has expressed alarm that there is widespread opposition in Europe against the swine flu vaccine. Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:42:10 -0500The foreign-based International Campaign for Human Rights in Iran has reported the arrests of students from universities across the country. Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:33:22 -0500Scientists in New Zealand have warned there is a chance a huge flotilla of icebergs may reach the country. Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:25:59 -0500The UK government has been accused of row allowing the funding of extremism by Tory leader David Cameron. Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 18:19:06 -0500Two bombs have ripped into Iraq after suicide bombers entered the central part of the city of Karbala. Big News Network.com Wed, 25 Nov 2009 07:41:59 -0500By Shawn Pogatchnik ASSOCIATED PRESS DUBLIN (AP) -- The Roman Catholic Church in Dublin covered up decades of child abuse committed by priests because bishops wanted to protect the church's reputatio... Washington Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:24:08 -0500By ASSOCIATED PRESS GENEVA (AP) -- The Swiss government says it will release Roman Polanski on bail and place him under house arrest at his chalet in the Alps. The Justice Ministry says in a state... Washington Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:24:07 -0500The birthrate of the Muslim community in Israel is on the decline, according to data provided by the Central Burea of Statistics (CBS) ahead of Id el Adha (The Muslim Feast of Sacrifice, when Muslims ... Jerusalem Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:12:48 -0500The two fertility doctors who were held in Romanian custody landed in Israel on Thursday, after their investigation there came to its end, and on condition that they would return to Bucharest, if so r... Jerusalem Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:12:46 -0500Mass-goers in the heart of the Dublin Archdiocese today claimed that the devastating clerical abuse scandals were wiping out trust in the Catholic Church. As the daily afternoon service b... The Independent Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:11:09 -0500The Catholic hierarchy in Ireland was granted immunity to cover up child sex abuse among paedophile priests in Dublin, a damning report revealed today. Authorities enjoyed a cosy relationship ... The Independent Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:11:05 -0500A Spider-Man balloon floats down Central Park West during the Macy's 83rd Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City on Thursday. USA Today Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:00:08 -0500FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. - Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl whose kidnapping and slaying received national news coverage. MSNBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:59:08 -0500Forensic scientist The court heard he had examined more than 1,000 fires in his career, including the Bloomfield Road fire which killed Miss McCagh. Mr Wade said damage found on the handle of the ... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:54:28 -0500A jury has heard how a woman allegedly murdered by her ex-partner told a friend: "He will come back and get me," after she ended the relationship.Karen McGraw, 50, was stabbed to death at he... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:54:26 -0500Campaigning in Namibia has been hit by legal rows ahead of polls on Friday.The National Society for Human Rights is going to court after the electoral commission withdrew its observer status, saying i... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:54:24 -0500Andal Ampatuan Junior is facing murder allegations over the slaughter in Maguindanao province. He was flown to southern General Santos City by an army helicopter after being handed over to officials ... Sky News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:54:16 -0500BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of Germany's armed forces and a senior defense ministry official were forced to resign on Thursday over reports the military withheld details about a deadly September 4 air... Reuters Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:46:40 -0500Exit Strategy for Afghanistan Building a strong Afghan army to bring stability and security to the country could be the best exit strategy for the U.S. Mandy Clark reports on the challenges of this op... CBS News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:44:43 -0500It is common to see some camels in the remote community, but a continuing drought and an early heat wave have dried up other water sources and forced great numbers of them into town. Much of Australia... CBS News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:44:42 -0500Body Count Rises in Philippines Massacre (AP) The chief Philippine prosecutor says he will be filing murder charges Friday against a scion of a powerful pro-government clan accused of leading the mass... CBS News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:44:41 -0500Man Charged with Murder of Shaniya Davis (AP) Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl whose kidnapping and slaying received national news coverage... CBS News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:44:40 -0500PAKISTAN has paid an informer the equivalent of nearly $US120,000 ($128,770) after arresting a lieutenant of the country's Taliban warlord before a major Muslim festival, the military says. The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:38:38 -0500THE Islamist Hamas movement ruling the Gaza Strip released 150 prisoners today, including what it calls security detainees, in honour of the Muslim feast Eid al-Adha. The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:38:37 -0500AN Anglo-Saxon treasure trove found by a man with a metal detector in an English field has been valued at £3.28 million ($5.89 million). The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:38:35 -0500This is about the future of our planet and the future of our children and their children. It is one of the great challenges of our time. Now I know there are many people, including many people who are... The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:38:28 -0500MALCOLM Turnbull lost many of his key lieutenants yesterday, as Tony Abbott's decision to quit the opposition frontbench sparked a flurry of resignations that plunged the Liberal Party into turmo... The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:38:26 -0500JOHN Howard refused yesterday to weigh into the debate over whether the Coalition should support the Rudd government's emission trading bills, as opposition frontbenchers dramatically abandoned t... The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:38:24 -0500THE wave of discontent that has swept the Liberal Party from mere turmoil into a state of all-out war began to swell on Wednesday afternoon. The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:38:21 -0500Buyers motivated by tax credits and low-interest-rate mortgages are chipping away at the region's abundance of houses for sale. But supply still far exceeds demand. So a large number of homes and con... Philadelphia Daily News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:36:39 -0500WASHINGTON - Michaele and Tareq Salahi like a good party, an attorney who knows them said Thursday, and maybe that's why the couple from Virginia's horse country didn't look out of place at the White ... Philadelphia Daily News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:36:37 -0500FILE - This undated file photo provided by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children shows Shaniya Nicole Davis. Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal has paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old ... Philadelphia Daily News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:36:36 -0500NEW YORK (AP) -- The 83rd annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has kicked off in New York City with a 60-foot-tall Kermit the frog hovering over holiday revelers. New York Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:17:05 -0500By Brock Vergakis ASSOCIATED PRESS SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- A man stuck upside-down in a cave for more than a day died early Thursday, despite the efforts of dozens of rescuers, authorities said. Jo... Washington Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:03:52 -0500A Palestinian stabbed and injured two Israelis outside the settlement of Kiryat Arba near Hebron in the West Bank on Thursday before being himself shot and wounded. A Reuters witness saw at least 10 a... Haaretz Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:55:21 -0500The Israel Defense Forces is investigating allegations that soldiers in the Kfir infantry brigade repeatedly abused one of their comrades over the course of eight months, Israel Radio reported.The sol... Haaretz Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:55:20 -0500For all their talk of standing by the Palestinians, the Arab regimes sure have a strange way of showing it. Despite reaping an oil-driven windfall last year of unprecedented proportions, few Arab stat... Jerusalem Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:52:41 -0500Lone soldiers and foreign volunteers serving in the army far from their families can sometimes feel lonely. But two organizations are trying to make sure that despite the distance, lone soldiers from ... Jerusalem Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:52:33 -0500Avram Grant was appointed manager of Portsmouth on Wednesday, taking over a team struggling to get out of the Premier League's relegation zone. Jerusalem Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:52:31 -0500LIMA, Nov 26 (IPS) - The Peruvian government is once again being called on to bring to justice the perpetrators of the Voluntary Surgical Contraception (VSC) programme carried out by the Alberto Fujim... IPS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:51:20 -0500WASHINGTON : President Barack Obama vowed to put the US economy back on track in his Thanksgiving address to the nation Thursday, but admitted there were still too few jobs being created. Acknowledgin... Channel News Asia Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:45:20 -0500ALICE SPRINGS, Australia (AP) ? Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampl... USA Today Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:39:25 -0500The bail does not affect the Justice Ministry's pending decision on whether to extradite the 76-year-old director to the United States for having sex in Los Angeles in 1977 with a 13-year-old girl. MSNBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:38:17 -0500NEW YORK - Macy's annual Thanksgiving Day Parade is sporting a new look this year as it bypasses Broadway for the first time in its 82-year history. MSNBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:38:15 -0500Nov. 25: Joined by daughters Sasha and Malia, President Barack Obama granted an official pardon to the White House turkey Wednesday. NBC's Brian Williams reports. MSNBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:38:13 -0500Mina, Saudi Arabia (CNN) -- Hina Babar had prepared for this day for months. But now, as she landed in Saudi Arabia for the Muslim pilgrimage Hajj, the time seemed to have flown by. CNN Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:36:25 -0500A truck rests again one of the small plane it hit at an airport in El Cajon, Calif. The driver of the truck passed out, sending the vehicle crashing through a fence and into a row of parked planes. (A... C News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:35:52 -0500Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Mohamed ElBaradei waits for the start of the IAEA's 35-nation board meeting. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS/Hans Punz) VIENNA, Austria - The h... C News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:35:51 -0500Jesus Christ could have come to Britain to further his education, according to a Scottish academic.Church of Scotland minister Dr Gordon Strachan makes the claim in a new film entitled And Did Those F... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:31:38 -05001428: For Murray today, the key will be his serve, which he described as being "pants" in the final two sets of his defeat by Roger Federer on Wednesday. Murray beat Del Potro in his first m... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:31:37 -0500Brazil is due to host a regional summit on how to save the Amazon basin from deforestation and climate change.Delegates from eight nations who share the Amazon, as well as France which has an overseas... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:31:36 -0500A student has opened fire on classmates at a university in southern Hungary, killing one person and wounding three others, university officials say.The 23-year-old pharmacology student is reported to ... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:31:35 -0500Two men in Bangladesh have been jailed for severely beating a pregnant crocodile at an Islamic shrine.The crocodile, named Pipil, was badly injured and lost one eye after the men hit her with bamboo s... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:31:34 -0500Premier Wen Jiabao will pledge to cut the amount of carbon dioxide per person by 40-45% by 2020, compared to levels in 2005. He will take the goal to the crucial climate change talks in... Sky News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:31:25 -0500More than 150 firefighters were tackling the massive fire, which spread rapidly in the early hours. One resident spoke of flames shooting 20ft high from the three- and four-storey blocks as residen... IOL Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:25:13 -0500Cotabato, Philippines - Twenty-seven journalists were among 57 people killed in a massacre in the southern Philippines blamed on an ally of President Gloria Arroyo, the military said on Thursday. T... IOL Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:25:11 -0500WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. debt that is topping $12 trillion is raising fresh questions about the cost of President Barack Obama's proposed healthcare overhaul, but those concerns are unlikely to s... Reuters Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:23:41 -0500BUDAPEST (Reuters) - A student opened fire at a university in the southern Hungarian city of Pecs Thursday, killing one student and wounding three other people, a university spokesman said. Reuters Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:23:40 -0500President Barack Obama: "As much as we all have to be thankful for, we also know that this year millions of Americans are facing very difficult economic times."... CBS News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:21:02 -0500(CBS/AP) A redheaded sixth-grade girl victimized by a Facebook prank calling for students to participate in "Kick a Ginger Day" says she was scared that the incident could have gotten worse. Hannah... CBS News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:20:59 -0500SOMALI pirates said today they had released a Greek cargo vessel and its Ukrainian crew after a payment of $US3.7 million ($3.97 million) more than six months after it was captured in the Indian Ocean... The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:13:04 -0500VERONICA Lario, the wife of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, is seeking 43 million euros ($69.87 million) a year in a divorce settlement, the Corriere della Sera newspaper said today. The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:13:03 -0500The 38-year-old victim suffered minor facial injuries when he was shot through the driver's side window outside a house in Amarco Crescent, Maribyrnong, about 6.30pm (AEDT) last night, police said.The... The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:12:59 -0500THE federal government will urgently move to clean up Alice Springs Aboriginal town camps ahead of a $100 million package of housing upgrades, after a court rejected a last-ditch bid by residents to h... The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:12:57 -0500EMPIRE of the Sun have scored their second ARIA Award at this year's annual event taking out the best group gong.The duo of Luke Steele and Nick Littlemore beat Aussie rock legends AC/DC, Eskimo Joe, ... The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:12:56 -0500LLOYDS Banking Group's ambitious capital-raising plans were overshadowed yesterday as it emerged that, at the height of the banking crisis last year, it concealed from its shareholders that HBOS,... The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:12:53 -0500"I don't think there's any retailer in the country that wants to see a rate hike in December, because consumer confidence is still fragile and to dampen that now wouldn't seem to me to be a very ... The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:12:48 -0500THE London Stock Exchange has revealed an abrupt collapse in profit from its core capital markets operation because of the entry of new competition and a fall-off in business. The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:12:45 -0500For all the negative actions that he may have been a part of off the floor , he was a tremendous basketball player with a huge heart. While the Sixers were a good team, the front office was never able... Philadelphia Daily News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:11:09 -0500Barry Lackro, a Special Forces officer who is among patients suing the Philadelphia VA, said he is "deeply offended as an officer" that the agency has failed his fellow veterans. Philadelphia Daily News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:11:07 -0500CHICAGO (AP) -- There's still family, turkey and football, but one Thanksgiving tradition is taking a hit this year. Millions of Americans are spending the holiday at home, saying the poor economy has... New York Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:50:48 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this Thanksgiving but offered starkly different r... New York Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:50:47 -0500Meanwhile, three cooks on the Joint Combat Operations Post scurried to prepare a traditional meal. Putting a turkey on a soldier's Thanksgiving table isn't always easy in Afghanistan. New York Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:50:45 -0500NEW YORK (AP) -- As stores prepare for hordes of Black Friday shoppers and mark down high-definition TVs and hot toys, they're also pushing deals on something more mundane - necessities like socks and... New York Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:50:45 -0500VIENNA (AP) -- The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday that his probe of allegations that Iran tried to make nuclear arms is at "a dead end" because Tehran is not cooperating ... New York Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:50:44 -0500LONDON (AP) -- A fierce fire cut through apartment blocks and a construction site in southeast London early Thursday, spreading across a road and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people. New York Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:50:43 -0500Detroit has lost five straight games on the holiday by an average of 23.4 points since beating the Packers in 2003, and its worst game this season was at Green Bay. New York Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:50:40 -0500By Erika Kinetz ASSOCIATED PRESS MUMBAI, India (AP) -- Black-clad commandos rappelled down a building and Mumbai's police showed off their new gear Thursday in what was intended as a reassuring displ... Washington Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:10:40 -0500By Douglass K. Daniel ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this Than... Washington Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:10:38 -0500Gilad Schalit should be released in every "feasible and appropriate way, but not at any price," Defense Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday, a day after the Hamas leadership in Syria decided to suspe... Jerusalem Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:57:03 -0500Meanwhile, three cooks on the Joint Combat Operations Post, scurried to prepare the traditional meal. Putting a turkey on a soldier's Thanksgiving table isn't always easy in Afghanistan. USA Today Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:44:01 -0500MUMBAI, India - Black-clad commandos rappelled down a building and Mumbai's police showed off their new gear Thursday in what was intended as a reassuring display of force a year after a terror attack... MSNBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:43:13 -0500Peers are to get an effective pay rise as part of expenses reforms being announced later, the BBC has learned.But members of the House of Lords will also see tighter rules, and a cut in expenses they ... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:37:11 -0500The estranged wife of Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi is making a 43m euros (£39m) a year divorce claim, according to a media report.Veronica Lario filed for divorce in May, angered by ... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:37:09 -0500The UK's banks should be forced to publicly disclose the number of their employees who earn more than £1m per year, a report has concluded. Does any job justify a £1m salary?The Walker Review into t... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:37:07 -0500Sree Santh took six wickets as India closed in on victory over Sri Lanka on day three of the second Test in Kanpur.Sri Lanka started the day on 66-1 in reply to India's 642 but were dismissed for 229 ... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:37:04 -0500Labour's Brian Iddon has topped the annual MPs' ballot to get a shot at making their own law.Fellow Labour MPs David Chaytor, Andrew Gwynne and Albert Owen followed him in the private members' bills b... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:37:04 -0500Royal Philips Electronics NV and others with running a cartel to fix the price of cathode ray tubes used in televisions and computer monitors, the EU executive and Philips said Thursday.The... International Herald Tribune Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:34:24 -0500BEIJING (Reuters) - China has unveiled its first firm target to curb greenhouse gas emissions, laying out a carbon intensity goal on Thursday that Premier Wen Jiabao will take to looming climate talks... Reuters Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:29:51 -0500VIENNA (Reuters) - World powers are demanding that Iran immediately mothball a uranium enrichment site it hid for years, heightening fears it is secretly planning to build atom bombs, in a resolution ... Reuters Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:29:48 -0500US President Barack Obama vowed to put the US economy back on track in his Thanksgiving address to the American nation today, but admitted there were still too few jobs being created. The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:19:48 -0500THE CSIRO will punish one of its scientists after he published a paper on climate change that criticised the Government's emissions trading scheme. The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:19:44 -0500Hughes, who also won the Print News Report category, was awarded for his personal account of the Black Saturday bushfires, which he wrote just after watching his Kinglake house burn down.The Walkley A... The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:19:41 -0500Woolworths and National Foods have issued an immediate recall of two litre bottles of Woolworths Fresh Milk Lite.The recall applies to the milk with a use by date of December 6 sold in all stores, inc... The Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:19:39 -0500 | 
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