Top Stories: Two 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 -0500Heterosexuals are at greatest risk amongst those engaging in unsafe sex practices in China. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:57:33 -0500US President Barack Obama has told a Washington war council meeting he intends to finish the job in Afghanistan by destroying al-Qaeda and its extremist allies so that they can't operate in the region. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:16:46 -0500Survivors and relatives of the victims of Chile's military dictatorship may have another chance to register for compensation. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:59:06 -0500An emergency has been declared in the Philippines in the aftermath of a savage political massacre that left at least 46 people dead. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:52:37 -0500International scientists, working on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, have given a report on their most recent data and observations. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:41:25 -0500A civilian helicopter has plunged into the sea off central Israel, killing three tourists on board and the pilot. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:22:07 -0500Human Rights Watch has accused Britain of being complicit in the torture of terrorism detainees in Pakistan. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:31:15 -0500Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has offered to mediate in a football row between Algeria and Egypt. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:11:13 -0500Spanish police have arrested 36 members of banned youth group with alleged links to ETA. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:03:30 -0500The United States is in secret talks with the Afghan Taliban, with countries like Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Britain playing the role of mediators. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:51:56 -0500A report issued by Global Footprint Network, an international think tank, has said the world's population each year uses resources equivalent to nearly one-and-a-half times what the Earth has to offer. Big News Network.com Tue, 24 Nov 2009 03:01:31 -0500Joseph Curl President Obama's first state dinner attracted a bevy of Hollywood A-listers, big-money fundraisers and Washington power brokers to fete Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh under a big t... Washington Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:58:38 -0500Ben Conery When news broke in September that a census worker had been found hanged in rural Kentucky with the word "fed" scrawled across his bare chest, a number of liberal commentators suggested tha... Washington Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:58:38 -0500By Jeannine Aversa ASSOCIATED PRESS The economy is growing modestly, with consumers too wary about spending to invigorate the recovery. That's the picture that emerged from reports Tuesday on the ... Washington Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:58:37 -0500By ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA (AP) | Let us give thanks - and pass the Purell. Your family might be sharing more than turkey and pumpkin pie this Thanksgiving. Swine flu may also be on the table, an... Washington Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:58:36 -0500By ASSOCIATED PRESS CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) | After a week together, the crews of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station said goodbye Tuesday and closed the hatches between ... Washington Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:58:34 -0500By Jason Keyser ASSOCIATED PRESS CAIRO Angry soccer fans rampaged through a posh diplomatic neighborhood in Cairo over the weekend, smashing shop windows and shouting obscenities in a frenzy fed b... Washington Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:58:32 -0500By Larry O'Dell ASSOCIATED PRESS RICHMOND | The governors of Virginia and Maryland, both Catholics, said Tuesday that it would be wrong for the church to suspend or reduce social services in the nati... Washington Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:58:31 -0500By BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) | A 19-year-old man from Ashburn, Va., is among three lacrosse players for a Catholic university in New England who has been charged with conspiring to sexually assault a fe... Washington Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:58:30 -0500By Sarah Karush ASSOCIATED PRESS Federal agents looking for evidence of illegal drug distribution have seized patient records from the home office of a Bethesda physician, according to court records.... Washington Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:58:29 -0500By Jim Davenport ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBIA, S.C. | A cool-headed legal debate has replaced the once-passionate calls to oust Gov. Mark Sanford that began after his tearful summertime admission that h... Washington Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:58:28 -0500The Prime Minister's Office is expected to announce Wednesday a 10-month freeze on construction in settlements in the West Bank, sources in the American administration told Haaretz. The sources said t... Haaretz Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:48:23 -0500A string of incidents of insubordination in the IDF, in which soldiers displayed banners against evacuation of West Bank settlements has reached the Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee on ... Jerusalem Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:45:02 -0500Top Israeli diplomats have made a rare visit to the Persian Gulf state of Oman this week to discuss Middle East peace efforts, said a senior Omani official Wednesday. The official said Yossi Gal, d... Jerusalem Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:45:00 -0500Two British men who were passengers in a car involved in a fatal accident in Cyprus and jailed for manslaughter lost their High Court bid to avoid extradition to the holiday island to serve their se... The Independent Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:43:26 -0500Search the news archive for more stories This long-forgotten prehistoric civilization that once called Gilf Kebir home left their mark in the form of cave paintings and other forms of rock art, i... The Independent Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:43:25 -0500Iraq was not the biggest worry for British officials trying to halt the spread of weapons of mass destruction two years before it was invaded, the inquiry into the conflict heard today. Sadda... The Independent Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:43:17 -0500A businessman whose firm helped to look for Madeleine McCann was arrested after a hotel manager recognised him as an alleged fraudster wanted by US authorities. Kevin Halligen, 48, had been s... The Independent Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:43:15 -0500-- In May, American Humane, PetSmart Charities' Emergency Relief Waggin, ASPCA, HSUS, Hooved Animal Rescue and Protection Society and UAN helped Cazenovia, Wis., agencies remove and care for horses, d... USA Today Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:31:54 -0500Emotional battle over medical debts Oct. 20: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., talks about new legislation introduced to ease bankruptcy laws for those devastated by medical debt. MSNBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:31:08 -0500Despite a new law that bans six chemicals from children's products and lowers the lead limit for them, a public interest group has found a number of toys at major retailers that contain the chemicals ... MSNBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:31:06 -0500Nov. 24: After a three-month review, President Barack Obama said Tuesday that next week he'll announce his strategy to "finish the job" in Afghanistan. NBC's Savannah Guthrie reports. MSNBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:31:03 -0500Nov. 12: Dozens of protesters demonstrate outside the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo two days before President Obama's first trip to Japan. Msnbc.com's Dara Brown reports. MSNBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:31:01 -0500A court in Islamabad has charged seven suspects in connection with last year's attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai.They include the alleged mastermind Zaki Ur Rehman Lakhvi, according to prosecution ... BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:26:07 -0500British police risk losing the support of the public if they confront demonstrators with tactics seen as aggressive and unfair.Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary Denis O'Connor criticised p... BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:26:06 -0500Supermarket giant Tesco has joined a growing number of UK firms offering Apple's popular iPhone.A spokesperson for the firm said that it hoped to offer the phone "in time for Christmas". Alt... BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:26:05 -0500Roger Federer said ending the year as world number one has been one of the greatest achievements of his career.The 28-year-old lost the number one ranking to Rafael Nadal towards the end of 2008, but ... BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:26:03 -0500Indian President Pratibha Patil has flown in a fighter jet, becoming the country's first woman to fly in a combat plane.Mrs Patil, 74, described her 30-minute flight in a two-seater Sukhoi jet as &quo... BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:26:01 -0500TV interior designer Colin McAllister has become the second person to be voted out of I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!McAllister - better known as one half of duo Colin and Justin - has left his... BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:26:01 -0500The Iraq government has followed in the footsteps of the Queen and the Pope and set up its own YouTube channel.The channel has been set up to promote transparency and allows people to watch speeches a... BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:26:00 -0500A huge UN force in Democratic Republic of Congo has failed to defeat Rwandan rebels - and local insurgents have even seized new territory, according to United Nations experts. Sky News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:25:55 -0500A 13-year-old boy with Asperger's Syndrome spent 11 days hiding on the New York subway until he was spotted by an officer who recognised him from missing person posters. Sky News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:25:53 -0500Qantas airlines - asked him to check in his wheelchair. The Australian budget airline offered him its own wheelchair, specially designed for planes, but told Fearnley he would have to be pushed by ai... Sky News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:25:52 -0500BRUSSELS, Nov 25 (Reuters) - Flemish Christian Democrat Yves Leterme was nominated to become Belgium's prime minister for a second time on Wednesday to replace Herman Van Rompuy, who has been appointe... International Herald Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:22:59 -0500Khmer Rouge prison chief demanded a 40-year jail sentence Wednesday for a man they described as responsible for snuffing out innocent lives and spreading terror across Cambodia.Victims of the Khmer Ro... International Herald Tribune Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:22:57 -0500WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to "finish the job" of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan, and officials said he could announce an increase of ar... Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:18:07 -0500NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group against bringing the self-professed mastermind of the September 11 attacks to trial in a U.S. civilian court will hold a rally in New York demanding Washington reconsider ... Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:18:07 -0500CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Wednesday after a seven-day stay to deliver gear to keep the outpost operating after the shuttle prog... Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:18:06 -0500THE NIGHT IT happened, Margie Cason had just seen her grandson, Curtis Brinkley. He had left her house to pick up his sister from work. But what happened then was so strange: There she was, typing awa... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:07:29 -0500A GOOD PLACE to start a plea for Chone Figgins are those words uttered by the Phillies manager after the Yankees eliminated his team on that cold night less than a month ago. Moments earlier Charlie M... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:07:27 -0500Propeller Jeffrey Haas tells a story that many of us have long waited to read. His book, The Assassination of Fred Hampton: How the FBI and the Chicago Police Murdered a Black Panther (Lawrence Hill... In These Times Wed, 25 Nov 2009 06:02:51 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama expects Americans to support more U.S. troops in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, and he is preparing to make his case to the nation nex... New York Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:47:38 -0500MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- A Philippine police official says five more bodies have been recovered from a third mass grave for victims of the country's worst election violence. The discovery raises th... New York Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:47:37 -0500BRUSSELS (AP) -- Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he... New York Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:47:36 -050011/25/2009 The documentary was supposed to have a simple script: Two friends in their 20s leave behind the comfortable suburbs of west St. Louis County and head to Africa, living off $1.25 a day. ... St. Louis Post-Dispatch Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:28:40 -0500Mr. Seaney said the poor economy prompted many travelers to seek the lowest fares, even if it meant adjusting their travel dates. “Everybody’s looking at every dime,” Mr. Seaney said. “They’... MSNBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:08:52 -0500Manila, Philippines (CNN) -- Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo declared Wednesday a national day of mourning, as authorities tried to round up suspects in this week's killing of 46 people. CNN Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:07:39 -0500Liverpool chief executive Christian Purslow has insisted manager Rafael Benitez's position is safe, despite the club's early Champions League exit.Liverpool failed to make it past the group stages for... BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:04:26 -0500The widow of a senior policeman killed in the 2008 attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai (Bombay) has criticised police for what she says were lapses. Vinita Kamte said police were slow to respond to t... BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:04:23 -0500Singer Dame Julie Andrews is to appear on the UK stage for the first time in 30 years, organisers have announced.The 74-year-old is set to sing songs from her stage and screen hits at London's O2 Aren... BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:04:22 -0500The British Government's claim that Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction will be the leading issue during the second day of the inquiry into the Iraq war. Sky News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 05:04:17 -0500ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani security agencies have detained a former army officer for possible links with two men arrested in Chicago on terrorism charges, an army spokesman said on Wednesday. Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:57:01 -0500MUMBAI (Reuters) - The paramilitary troops outside the Trident and Taj Mahal hotels suggest a higher level of security a year after militants laid siege to Mumbai, but it may all be a mirage as the co... Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:57:00 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The third anniversary of the signing of the U.S.-Colombia free trade pact came and went this month with the Obama administration still negotiating the fine print, Congress showing l... New York Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:25:27 -0500JERUSALEM (AP) -- With cutting-edge anti-missile systems and two new submarines that can carry nuclear weapons, Israel is readying a new generation of armaments designed to defend itself against dista... New York Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:25:27 -0500AMPATUAN, Philippines (AP) -- Philippine authorities, under intense public pressure to make arrests in the country's worst election massacre, said Wednesday they are investigating a member of a powerf... New York Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:25:25 -0500WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) -- Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, off... New York Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:25:23 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The economy is not growing as fast as the government first thought and the recovery still faces significant obstacles, including households nervous about spending and rising unemplo... New York Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:25:22 -0500News ) said Tuesday in a filing with the SEC that it has amended the employment agreement of Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Stephen Holmes, on November 19. The amendment extends Holmes' employm... RTT News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:05:43 -0500The prisoner swap deal currently being hammered out between Israel and Hamas, which would see the release of captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian ... Haaretz Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:02:57 -0500The four leading candidates for the position of Israel's next attorney-general have become three, after Yedidya Stern announced on Wednesday morning that he was quitting the race in protest over Prime... Jerusalem Post Wed, 25 Nov 2009 04:00:09 -0500Mr. Seaney said the poor economy prompted many travelers to seek the lowest fares, even if it meant adjusting their travel dates. “Everybody’s looking at every dime,” Mr. Seaney said. “They’... MSNBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:46:36 -0500ANAHEIM, Calif. - A wind-driven wildfire broke out south of Los Angeles Tuesday night as late season Santa Ana winds blasted down burning slopes toward homes. MSNBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:46:33 -0500With her private life and public persona firmly back on track and a successful world tour still going strong after long eight months, pop princess Britney Spears is said to be happy, healthy and ready... MSNBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:46:30 -0500ANCHORAGE, Alaska - The Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks in Alaska and representatives of almost 300 alleged victims of sex abuse by clergy have agreed on a settlement of almost $10 million. MSNBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:46:28 -0500(CNN) -- A slightly higher number of Americans will travel Thanksgiving holiday weekend compared with last year, but those traveling by air is expected to decline, AAA said. CNN Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:45:04 -0500Google has apologised over a racially offensive image of Michelle Obama which appears when users search for images of the US first lady.The picture appears top of the Google Image search results for M... BBC Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:41:41 -0500Cotabato, Philippines - A politician whose family was targeted in a southern Philippine massacre that left 52 people dead described the attackers on Wednesday as monsters, saying his murdered sister a... IOL Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:35:26 -0500Lima - Ex-president Alberto Fujimori's defense lawyer on Tuesday asked the Supreme Court to revoke his client's 25-year prison sentence for human rights abuses on the second day of hearings to review ... IOL Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:35:23 -0500Mumbai - Shamu Lakshman Chavan and his wife Viju look like any other proud parents in the Colaba Woods Garden in south Mumbai, playing with their young daughter as she wriggles and gurgles in their ar... IOL Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:35:21 -0500AMPATUAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine security forces found six more bodies on Wednesday at the site of an election-related massacre in the south of the country, taking the toll to 52 dead, off... Reuters Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:33:53 -0500AUSTRALIAN ballroom dancing star Kym Johnson has teamed up with 1970s teen idol Donny Osmond to win America's version of TV reality show Dancing with the Stars. The Australian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:24:23 -0500Docker River, 500km south west of Alice Springs, has been inundated by thousands of feral camels in recent weeks.The Northern Territory Government today said it would conduct an emergency cull of some... The Australian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:24:22 -0500No contempt has been found against Mr Grech, Liberal senator George Brandis told Parliament today.It has also been told the conduct of the media was excessive and inappropriate around a Senate hearing... The Australian Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:24:21 -0500Top cop Charles Ramsey (right) leaves the Criminal Justice Center yesterday after John "Jordan" Lewis was sentenced. Leaving the courtroom, Ramsey said that in being sentenced to death, Lewi... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:32 -0500MANY COP-KILLERS have rap sheets as long as that proverbial mile. Not so in the case of John "Jordan" Lewis, a young man with the physique of Humpty Dumpty and wise-old-owl eyeglasses. Bef... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:30 -0500In a bad economy, a good pair of running shoes is essential if you plan to participate in Black Friday's bargain-hunting madness. Unless, of course, you're headed out to Walmart, which plans to stay ... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:28 -0500Instead of wiling away the afternoon after an early dismissal from school yesterday, three middle-schoolers in Upper Darby were seriously injured when they were hit by a car, police said. Two of the ... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:26 -0500Rosemarie Wilson said she should never have trusted convicted swindler Joseph Forte because he never looked her in the eye. Testifying at Forte's sentencing yesterday, Wilson, 57, of Chambersburg, re... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:23 -0500An off-duty police officer who fatally shot an unarmed man in front of his Port Richmond home Saturday has been involved in seven civilian complaints investigated by Internal Affairs, according to rec... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:20 -0500Federal authorities in Philadelphia announced charges yesterday against four men for their alleged participation in a two-year plot to funnel money and weapons to the terrorist group Hezbollah, the se... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:19 -0500A Lansdowne woman, swerving across three lanes of busy Marshall Road in Upper Darby to get around a traffic jam yesterday, slammed her car into two schoolchildren, then drove on at high speed and hit ... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:16 -0500The hardest decision the Rodriguez family made was to consent to allow Francisco "Paco" Rodriguez to be removed from the machine that was enabling the critically injured boxer to breathe. T... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:13 -0500Seven years ago, an Internal Affairs investigator warned Philadelphia Police Officer Frank Tepper, now accused by neighbors of fatally shooting an unarmed 21-year-old man Saturday night in a fit of te... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:09 -0500I LIKE dark horses. They can challenge conventional wisdom and enhance any race. So, this week I spent a little time with two dark horses in next year's race for governor, Republican congressman Jim ... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:06 -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 Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:03 -0500Dear Harry: My wife and I are having a huge problem regarding our estate. Since we are well under the estate-tax exemption, we don't have that worry. However, we have a problem with respect to several... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:23:00 -0500Officer Chuck Cassidy's family - from left, his widow, Judy, and children John, Colby, and Katie - after the sentencing. "There are no winners today - we are all losers here," Judy Cassidy t... Philadelphia Daily News Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:22:55 -0500 | 
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