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1. No relief seen in global crisis (Reuters)
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2. Aide: Obama on track to nominate Clinton (AP)
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3. Obama considers retired general for security adviser (Reuters)
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4. Somali pirates demand 25 million dollars for Saudi oil tanker (AFP)
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5. Crucial partner
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6. Kennedy set for major health care bill push
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7. High & Low Finance: Looking to Washington Again, So Far in Vain
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8. Angelina Jolie's Carefully Orchestrated Image
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9. Argentine pension takeover passed
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10. Citigroup eyes options including merger (Reuters)
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11. C.I.A. Withheld Data in Peru Plane Crash Inquiry
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12. DVDs, Hollywood's Profit Source, Are Sagging
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13. South Africa Is Aiming to Ease Dangers of Digging for Gold
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14. Steelers take 10-7 lead over Bengals at half (AP)
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15. Soldier With Mental History Suspected in Attacks
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16. Gay activists focusing on rights issues other than marriage
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17. US Lockerbie families compensated
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18. Most president-elects name Cabinet members in December
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19. M.T.A. Board Warns of Service Cuts and Fare Increases
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20. Fed's Bullard: U.S. deflation an issue Fed must face (Reuters)
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21. Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3 (AP)
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22. Congress extends jobless benefits, stocks sink (AP)
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23. Gates more likely to remain Secretary of Defense under Obama (AP)
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24. Judge orders release of five terror suspects at Guantanamo (AP)
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25. First otter reaches Farne Islands
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26. Report: Records search on Joe the Plumber improper (AP)
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27. Scientists say remains, grave of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus found (AP)
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28. Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise (AP)
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29. French Socialists in run-off vote
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30. Cell phone in man's chest pocket stops bullet (AP)
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31. Welfare plan 'may cause poverty'
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32. Brazil targets illegal abortions
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33. Madonna split 'not about money'
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34. Magnate's body stolen in Austria
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35. Found: Body of Copernicus, man who revealed the solar system
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36. Wilkinson 'can play 'til he's 40'
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37. Taliban warns of retaliation if U.S. attacks in Pakistan continue (AFP)
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38. It's quiz time!
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39. Gallas questions Arsenal courage
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40. EU reaches deal on farm reforms
No relief seen in global crisis (Reuters)
Reuters - Signs of distress in the global economy mounted on Friday, with shares in U.S. bank Citigroup Inc plunging on fears about its future, oil prices falling and the future of U.S. automakers hanging in the balance.
Aide: Obama on track to nominate Clinton (AP)
AP - President-elect Barack Obama is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, an aide to his transition said Thursday.
Obama considers retired general for security adviser (Reuters)
Reuters - Retired Marine Gen. James Jones emerged as a leading contender for White House national security adviser as President-elect Barack Obama worked on Thursday to assemble his foreign policy team.
Somali pirates demand 25 million dollars for Saudi oil tanker ...
AFP - Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil super-tanker demanded a 25 million dollar ransom Thursday amid calls for tougher action to end threats to one of the world's key maritime routes.
Kennedy set for major health care bill push
High & Low Finance: Looking to Washington Again, So Far in Vain
Angelina Jolie's Carefully Orchestrated Image
Argentine pension takeover passed
Citigroup eyes options including merger (Reuters)
Reuters - Citigroup Inc lost more than one-quarter of its market value on growing worries over whether it has enough capital to withstand billions of dollars of potential losses and despite new support from its largest individual investor.
C.I.A. Withheld Data in Peru Plane Crash Inquiry
DVDs, Hollywood's Profit Source, Are Sagging
South Africa Is Aiming to Ease Dangers of Digging for Gold
Steelers take 10-7 lead over Bengals at half (AP)
AP - Ben Roethlisberger threw a touchdown pass to Heath Miller and Jeff Reed made a 37-yard field goal, giving the Pittsburgh Steelers a 10-7 halftime lead over the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night.
Soldier With Mental History Suspected in Attacks
Gay activists focusing on rights issues other than marriage
US Lockerbie families compensated
Most president-elects name Cabinet members in December
M.T.A. Board Warns of Service Cuts and Fare Increases
Fed's Bullard: U.S. deflation an issue Fed must face (Reuters)
Dems delay auto bailout vote, seek plan from Big 3 (AP)
AP - The $25 billion rescue plan for the auto industry, desperately sought by Detroit's beleaguered Big Three, collapsed Thursday as Congress drew the line at one more bailout and Democrats said they wouldn't even consider it until the companies produced a convincing plan for rebuilding their once-mighty industry.
Congress extends jobless benefits, stocks sink (AP)
AP - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running out.
Gates more likely to remain Secretary of Defense under Obama (AP)
AP - What Robert Gates once called "inconceivable to me" — his remaining as defense secretary beyond Inauguration Day — is looking a bit more conceivable to the rest of Washington.
Judge orders release of five terror suspects at Guantanamo (AP)
AP - A federal judge on Thursday ordered the release of five Algerians held at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and the continued detention of a sixth in a major blow to the Bush administration's strategy to keep terror suspects locked up without charges.
First otter reaches Farne Islands
Report: Records search on Joe the Plumber improper (AP)
AP - An agency director improperly used state computers to find personal information on "Joe the Plumber," a government watchdog said in a report released Thursday. There was no legitimate business purpose for the head of Ohio's Department of Job and Family Services to order staff to look up the records, Inspector General Tom Charles said.
Scientists say remains, grave of astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus found...
AP - Researchers said Thursday they have identified the remains of Nicolaus Copernicus by comparing DNA from a skeleton and hair retrieved from one of the 16th-century astronomer's books. The findings could put an end to centuries of speculation about the exact resting spot of Copernicus, a priest and astronomer whose theories identified the Sun, not the Earth, as the center of the universe.
Dr Pepper to deliver on its free-soda promise (AP)
AP - Dr Pepper is making good on its promise of free soda now that the release of Guns N' Roses' "Chinese Democracy" is a reality. The soft-drink maker said in March that it would give a free soda to everyone in America if the album dropped in 2008. "Chinese Democracy," infamously delayed since recording began in 1994, goes on sale Sunday.
French Socialists in run-off vote
Cell phone in man's chest pocket stops bullet (AP)
Welfare plan 'may cause poverty'
Brazil targets illegal abortions
Madonna split 'not about money'
Magnate's body stolen in Austria
Found: Body of Copernicus, man who revealed the solar system
Wilkinson 'can play 'til he's 40'
Taliban warns of retaliation if U.S. attacks in Pakistan continue ...
AFP - A militant Taliban group warned Thursday of reprisals in Pakistan if there was another US drone attack, as the government condemned the latest missile strike in its territory.
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