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Top Stories: The Australian dollar fell to .9035 as the Australian All Ordinaries dived 2.50% on Friday. Big News Network.com Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:52:25 -0500Port of Spain, Nov.27 : Commonwealth leaders from 53 member nations, mainly former British colonies begin their three-day summit here from today. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:50:04 -0500Port of Spain, Nov.27 : The Caribbean Princess is a little city in itself and is one of two cruise liners placed at the seafront not far from the Hyatt Hotel, the venue of this year's 21st Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:50:03 -0500Port of Spain, Nov.27 : Britain's Queen Elizabeth and members of her royal household are arriving here today to attend the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:50:02 -0500Port of Spain, Nov.27 : The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, arrived on Thursday afternoon from Washington to attend the attend the three-day Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) here. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:50:01 -0500London, Nov 27 (DPA) Roger Federer and Juan Del Potro qualified in nail-biting style for semi-final places in the ATP World Tour Finals, with Scot Andy Murray kept from a spot by the tyranny of mathematics. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:30:02 -0500Port of Spain, Nov 27 (IANS) If US President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle wanted to charm their Indian guests at the first state dinner of his presidency, they appear to have succeeded hugely. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was lavish in his praise of the White House banquet Tuesday, calling it 'magnificent' and 'one of the best dinners I have attended'. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:00:03 -0500Rome, Nov 27 (DPA) Charith Rajamanthri is a rarity in Italy's under-15 age group cricket team. He is one of just three Italian nationals in the 13-member squad, which also includes Britons, Bangladeshis, Indians and Pakistanis. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:30:02 -0500Port of Spain, Nov.26 : The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has ordered all schools and public offices here to be closed on Friday in anticipation of the city playing host to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM). ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:30:02 -0500London, November 26 : Roman Polanski, who is imprisoned in Switzerland over a US child sex case, has been granted bail. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:30:04 -0500Mexico City, Nov 27 (DPA) Mexico expects a peak in influenza A (H1N1) infections in late December and early January, Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos said Thursday. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:20:02 -0500Amman, Nov 27 (DPA) The Jordanian government Thursday rejected Israel's latest offer to temporarily freeze settlement activity in the West Bank excluding East Jerusalem, which Israel seized from Jordan in the 1967 Middle East war. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:30:01 -0500London, Nov 27 (DPA) The London Stock Exchange felt the shock waves of the Dubai World debt moratorium call Thursday, with the FTSE 100 index dropping 3.2 percent. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:30:02 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) American rapper Eminem wants to be a judge on British reality show 'The X Factor'. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:10:02 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) Hollywood actor Sam Worthington has signed on to star in two sequels of upcoming sci-fi epic 'Avatar'. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:10:01 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) Singer-actress Mariah Carey has said she will one day quit showbiz to lead a simple life. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:50:02 -0500Berlin, Nov 26 (DPA) NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Thursday that European states would have to send more troops to Afghanistan, as a scandal over civilian casualties in the country rocked the German government. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:30:01 -0500Moscow, Nov 26 (RIA Novosti) The Russian Air Force considers the unmanned aerial vehicles offered by domestic manufacturers to be inferior in quality, the force commander said Thursday. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:20:02 -0500Brussels, Nov 26 (DPA) European Union regulators Thursday formally charged Dutch electronics giant Philips and other manufacturers of cathode ray tubes (CRT) of forming a cartel aimed at inflating the price of television sets and computer monitors. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:30:01 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has called for India and Pakistan to work closely at the 'highest possible level' in order to resolve the Kashmir issue, saying there is no room for any other countries to intervene. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:40:02 -0500Rome, Nov 26 (IANS/AKI) The wife of Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, Veronica Lario, is reported to be seeking 43 million euros a year in divorce proceedings. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:40:02 -0500Vienna, Nov 26 (DPA) International pressure mounted on Iran Thursday at a meeting of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna at which six world powers sought a vote on a resolution censuring Tehran for secretly building a new nuclear site. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 09:20:02 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) The late Indian-origin rock star Freddie Mercury has been honoured with a Hollywood-style granite star in the northwest London suburb that was his first home in Britain. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:50:02 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) A year after terrorists killed six people in Nariman House, Jews around the world are marking the event - not in sorrow or anger, but to 'keep the spirit of Mumbai alive'. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:40:02 -0500Forte dei Marmi (Italy), Nov 26 (IANS/AKI) Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli will have even more to celebrate during this year's holiday season. His latest album, 'My Christmas', is the number one album on Billboard's holiday and classical chart in the US and is number two on Billboard's top 200. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:30:09 -0500Rome, Nov 26 (IANS/AKI) Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi, his estranged wife Veronica Lario, transsexual prostitutes and Pope Benedict XVI are among figurines featured in a mock nativity scene in the southern city of Naples. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:30:06 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) The heart has to be extremely durable and tough to pump 250 million litres of blood through the body in the course of a single lifetime. Now, researchers have discovered a protein that is the mainstay of the smallest muscular unit, the sarcomere, which contributes to a healthy heart. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:30:02 -0500Vienna, Nov 26 (DPA) The dispute over Iran's nuclear programme showed no sign of abating as diplomats gathered at the International Atomic Energy Agency Thursday for a meeting that would be the last under IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:30:02 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) The absence of phone or the Internet often multiplies the problems of rescuers working in remote places. Now, a team of specialists and researchers has got together to connect rescue workers with networks wherever they are. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:50:02 -0500Tegucigalpa, Nov 26 (EFE) Honduras' Supreme Court's building and Channel 10 television station's office in Tegucigalpa were hit by blasts, but no one was injured, police said. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:40:05 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) The brain's ability to reconstruct fragmented sounds allows us to successfully carry on a conversation in a noisy room. Now, a new Dutch study throws up interesting insights into how the brain allows us to perceive a physically interrupted sound as being continuous. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:50:02 -0500Helsinki, Nov 26 (IANS) The $35-billion Indian chemical industry that exports products to European countries may soon find the cost of doing business going up because of new legislation adopted by the EU to regulate their end-use. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:50:02 -0500Jamshedpur, Nov 26 (IANS) Younger politicians in Jharkhand are shedding khadi for denims and other forms of western wear while campaigning for the ongoing state assembly polls. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:30:05 -0500Hamburg, Nov 26 (DPA) Bayern Munich secured the 1-0 victory they needed at home to Maccabi Haifa to retain any hope of progressing to the knockout stages of the Champions League. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:30:04 -0500London, Nov 26 (DPA) One-time alternate Robin Soderling stepped up to claim the first semi-final spot as the ATP World Tour Finals moved toward the business end while Spain's Rafael Nadal dealt himself out of the competition with a second defeat. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:30:03 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) Hollywood actress Sandra Bullock has banned husband Jesse James from getting more tattoos, insisting that she doesn't want him to decorate certain parts of his body. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:20:05 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) Hollywood actors Daniel Craig and Hugh Jackman raised money for charity by selling their sweaty vests. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:20:04 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) Colombian pop star Shakira seems to be following Halle Berry and Celine Dion's footsteps -- the singer is the latest celebrity to get hooked to golf. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:20:03 -0500London, Nov 26 (IANS) Singer Rihanna will earn $500,000 to perform at a New Year's eve party in Abu Dhabi. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:20:03 -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 -0500Anti-war protesters from the 'Stop the War' group, hold fake US dollar bills covered in fake blood outside the conference center where the Iraq war inquiry is taking place, in central London, 24 Nov 2... VOA Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:41:32 -0500UN chief Ban Ki-moon and French President Nicolas Sarkozy will fire early shots in the global climate debate at the Commonwealth summit opening in Trinidad on Friday.The 53-nation Commonwealth has giv... West Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:40:00 -0500Inter Milan were given a lesson on Tuesday by a Barcelona team that still proved superior despite missing star forwards Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic. But while Inter's UEFA Champions League str... FIFA Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:27:28 -0500BERLIN -- General Motors is to reduce its Opel workforce in Europe by about 9,000, the U.S. car company's new chief executive for Europe, Nick Reilly, said Wednesday in Germany on a tour to meet polit... The China Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:25:13 -0500LONDON -- The head of the London Stock Exchange on Wednesday called for a harmonized, pan-European regulatory framework for central clearing houses to help bring down costs and increase trading volume... The China Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:24:41 -0500There was a cascade of resignations from the opposition front bench today. (AAP) Malcolm Turnbull has put on a defiant display in front of the nation's press, standing firm as Opposition Leader. SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:38:45 -0500Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party Julie Bishop has reportedly told Malcolm Turnbull to stand down as leader (AAP) Tony Abbott has put new pressure on Malcolm Turnbull to change his mind on the emis... SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:38:39 -0500The inquiry into the war in Iraq yesterday heard evidence of how 'patchy' intelligence briefings on WMD were in the lead up to the invasion. Britain was told just days before invading Iraq that the ... SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:38:34 -0500A Briton accused of hacking into US military and NASA computers faces extradition to the United States after the British government rejected last-ditch requests to block the move. SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:38:27 -0500News ) said Thursday that the company plans to invest Euro 400 million over the next five years for a gas development project in Bolivia. Repsol said that its chairman Antonio Brufau and President of ... RTT News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:13:53 -0500Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has reached Trinidad, ahead of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Port of Spain after completing his visit to the United States as Obama's first stat... NDTV Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:11:52 -0500LONDON -- European banks were hit by concern about potential exposure to debt problems in Dubai on Thursday, while companies where Middle Eastern investors own big stakes also came under pressure. The China Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:03:38 -0500ATLANTERRA, Spain -- Swiss adventurer Yves Rossy ditched in the sea Wednesday due to turbulence, foiling his bid to make aviation history by flying from Africa to Europe using a jet-powered wing attac... The China Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:03:34 -0500By Sir Ronald Sanders The European Union (EU) has not included in the Lisbon Treaty a crucial article that was a feature of treaties between the EU and African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. The ... Caribbean Net News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:03:22 -0500MOSCOW, November 27 (RIA Novosti) - Muslims in Russia join the Islamic world on Friday in celebrating Eid al-Adha, Festival of Sacrifice, or Kurban Bairam, as it is called by Russian and Central Asian... RIA Novosti Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:41:30 -0500The announcement marks the first time China has issued numerical targets for plans to curb emissions. (Getty Images) China promised on Thursday to slow its carbon emissions, saying it would nearly h... SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:19:09 -0500LONDON (Reuters) - Andy Murray rated his serve as 'pants' Tuesday but was still optimistic about reaching the semi-finals of the ATP World Tour Finals despite being out-hit and out-foxed by Roger Fede... SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:18:50 -0500LONDON (Reuters) - Roger Federer held court in a swish hotel on the banks of the River Thames on Friday and left nobody in any doubt he was determined to become only the second male player to reclaim ... SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:18:46 -0500British officials have launched an investigation into the escape from prison of a convicted murderer and former aide to the Duchess of York who spent almost three days on the run. SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:18:36 -0500Lawyer’s death is ‘stain’ on Russia’s system By Catherine Belton in MoscowPublished: November 27 2009 01:36 | Last updated: November 27 2009 01:36... Financial Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:17:58 -0500PARIS (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin will offer French firms a bigger role in major energy projects at talks on Friday while clinching Renault's support to save Soviet-era indebted ... The Star Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:31:36 -0500The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has said he is deeply sorry and ashamed about the widespread sexual abuse of children by priests.Cardinal Sean Brady also apologised for the way the Church... BBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:24:22 -0500, through its Energy Unit, is the only representative from the Spanish State within APOLLON, the largest European photoelectric energy research project, falling within the remit of the 7th R+D Framewo... AZoM Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:53:57 -0500A British man who falsely claimed to be an aristocrat about to inherit a fortune has been detained in Spain on suspicion of conning women he promised to marry out of hundreds of thousands of euros, po... Breitbart Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:53:36 -0500Outgoing IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei fired a parting shot at Iran on Thursday, saying efforts to verify the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear program have reached a dead end, as the UN atomi... SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:49:08 -0500Russia plans to deploy another five battalions equipped with the advanced S-400 Triumph air defense systems in 2010, the Air Force commander said on Thursday. "So far we have two S-400 battalions... People's Daily Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:46:54 -0500Russia and France are preparing an agreement on French auto giant Renault's involvement in the modernization of Russia's ailing carmaker Avtovaz. The accord could be signed during Russian Prime Minist... People's Daily Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:46:53 -0500The French Senate House has passed the finance bill for 2010 Budget on Wednesday night, raising the planned public deficit to 117.6 billion euros (176.7 billion U.S. dollars). With 176 favoring votes,... People's Daily Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:46:48 -0500The head of Germany's armed forces has resigned over allegations of a military cover-up following a Nato air strike in Afghanistan that killed dozens of civilians. General Wolfgang Schneiderhan's resi... The Independent Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:11:09 -0500After more than half a century of being ignored by Anglo-Saxon popular culture, Johnny is going to Hollywood, or perhaps Hallywood. Quentin Tarantino has asked the indestructible French rock star J... The Independent Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:11:05 -0500A student opened fire at a university in the southern Hungarian city of Pecs yesterday, killing one student and wounding three others. The 23-year-old pharmacology student is reported to have started... The Independent Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:11:01 -0500The Catholic church in Ireland yesterday offered abject apologies following a report which exposed in harrowing detail how its most senior figures had covered up thousands of cases of child abuse by p... The Independent Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:10:51 -0500A seemingly unending wave of sex scandals, many of them involving children, has decimated the once-proud standing of the Catholic church in Ireland and rendered its power a pale shadow of what it wa... The Independent Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:10:47 -0500MANAUS, Brazil (Reuters) - The presidents of France and Brazil said on Thursday that rich countries must immediately boost aid for developing nations to fight global warming if they want to reach a cl... The Star Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:02:44 -0500The money will be split equally between Terry Herbert, who unearthed the Staffordshire Hoard in July, and landowner Fred Johnson.The hoard comprises more than 1,500 mainly gold and silver items though... SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:22:37 -0500A first-year male student was killed in the shooting, which took place shortly before midday at the Scientific University of Pecs. Two students and a cleaning lady were wounded, two of them seriously.... SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:22:31 -0500Tony Abbott says he will make a bid for the leadership of the Liberal Party if Malcolm Turnbull does not amend his ETS stance, as a string of high-profile resignations throws the party into chaos. SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:22:17 -0500Turkey's Marmaray Project to connect Asia and Europe by rail progresses slowly as Archeologists try to save remains of 4th Century Byzantine port, sunken ships and clay pots dated over 1,000 years... VOA Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:01:13 -0500European leaders, environmentalists hail as good news President Obama's decision to attend at least part of December's climate summit in Copenhagen... VOA Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:01:13 -0500PARIS (Reuters) - Twenty-one migrants drowned trying to get to France's Indian Ocean island of Mayotte from Comoros, the French immigration ministry said Thursday.Eleven survivors were found cling... West Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:59:48 -0500PARIS (AFP) - France this year returned to its position as the world's top wine producer with an estimated output of 45.7 million hectolitres, the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV)... West Australian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:59:41 -0500Related Video Oceans cover nearly three-quarters of Earth's surface, yet they remain the least explored territories of our planet. Oceans, a new film produced by filmmaker Jacques Perrin, captures ... RedOrbit Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:54:53 -0500The Court of the southern Bulgarian District of Haskovo has issued an order for the permanent detention of Deniz Turkmen who is the brother-in-law of “legendary” Bulgarian mafia boss of Sy... Novinite Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:53:05 -0500) - The Czech government said Thursday it had picked a new minister for European affairs to replace Stefan Fule who was named as the country's candidate for European commissioner last week. As of nex... EU Business Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:46:23 -0500Europe's football chiefs have backed a proposal to limit the age of players featuring at the Olympics to under 21.Uefa's strategy council of clubs as well as national associations, leagues and players... BBC Sport Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:31:39 -0500By Peter Millership London - George Bush and Tony Blair appeared to have "converged" on regime change in Iraq after talks at the American president's Texas ranch in April 2002, a former British amb... IOL Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:24:57 -0500“Stalin’s Legacy” debate stirs strong emotions MOSCOW, November 26 (RIA Novosti) - Any comparison between Nazi Germany and Stalin's Soviet Union is unacceptable, the head of the European Jewish ... RIA Novosti Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:19:40 -0500Some five per cent of boys and up to 10 per cent of girls in rich nations suffer from severe sexual abuse during childhood, the UN Children's Fund said in a report released on Tuesday. SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:56:30 -0500OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 26, 2009) - The Honourable Greg Thompson, Minister of Veterans Affairs, will participate in an official send-off event for a delegation of Veterans, parliamentarian... Market Wire Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:19:12 -0500European Jews asked Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Thursday if his country would observe International Holocaust Day starting from next year. The day marking the liberation of the Nazis' Auschwi... Haaretz Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:15:33 -0500A long-lost twin of one the most famous exhibits at the Canadian War Museum appears to have surfaced in western Germany. A vintage armoured Mercedes 770K, believed to be one of a pool of vehicles use... CBC News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:03:27 -0500A long-lost twin of one the most famous exhibits at the Canadian War Museum appears to have surfaced in western Germany. A vintage armoured Mercedes 770K, believed to be one of a pool of vehicles use... CBC News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:03:25 -0500KYIV, Ukraine - European lawmakers issued scathing criticism of Ukraine's electoral system Thursday as they began a mission to observe a January presidential vote, saying the election will likely be m... C News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:03:23 -0500PARIS (Reuters) - The number of deaths in mainland France from the H1N1 swine flu virus jumped in the last week, according to official data on Thursday. Reuters Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:55:57 -0500Lyon, France - Police and witnesses say four armed, masked men made off with hundreds of thousands of euros worth of loot after a holdup at a Cartier jewelry store in south-east France. Police in t... IOL Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:53:43 -0500Canadian Cirque du Soleil founder Guy Laliberte returned to Earth last month after a stint as the seventh paying space tourist aboard the station. Laliberte, the first professional artist to fly to sp... CBS News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:51:20 -0500It's the turrets that do it, every time. France has an abundance of atmospheric places in which to stay, from rustic gîtes and medieval inns to grand, 18th-century townhouses, but there's nothin... The Independent Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:38:12 -0500Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin flew to France on Thursday to pursue strategic military and energy goals that have raised concerns among states that were once under the grip of the Kremlin. Mosc... Breitbart Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:06:39 -0500More Brits are heading to Australia than ever before (AAP) The number of people leaving Britain has soared to a record high, with Australia the top country of choice to set up home, new statistics s... SBS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:01:55 -0500 |
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