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Top Stories: London, Nov.26 : British intelligence agencies had tipped off the CIA over David Coleman Headley, an alleged Lashkar operative in the U.S. of Pakistani origin, days before he was arrested, sources have revealed. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:40:11 -0500Islamabad, Nov.26 : The United States has rejected media reports regarding the presence of controversial private security firm, Blackwater, in Pakistan. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 07:40:10 -0500London, Nov 26 : Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney says his gigs are a way of connecting with other members of the band and his late wife Linda. he singer was speaking at a London bar where he released his new CD and DVD set, titled Good Evening New York City. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:30:15 -0500New York, November 25 : ABC has come under fire for booking Chris Brown for an interview and a performance on TV show 'Good Morning America'. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:30:05 -0500New York, November 26 : Leonardo DiCaprio and Bar Rafaeli have sparked reports of rekindling romance after being spotted together in the Bahamas. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:30:01 -0500London, Nov 26 : American actress Cameron Diaz says she feels more confident and sexier with age. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:30:09 -0500London, Nov 26 : Lindsay Lohan's mum, sis and grandma spread the joy of Thanksgiving as they served people at a charity lunch in New York on Tuesday. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:30:07 -0500London, Nov 26 : Scottish singer Susan Boyle got so emotional after singing in New York for the country's biggest breakfast show that she broke down in tears. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:30:03 -0500London, Nov 26 : American actor Sylvester Stallone has been slammed for violating a California state law, after he was seen driving with two children squeezed into the passenger seat of his car. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:30:02 -0500Washington, Nov 26 : Scientists in the U.S. have found primitive emotion-like behaviour in fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:10:10 -0500New York, Nov.26 : A year after the ghastly Mumbai terror attacks, in which about 170 people were killed and numerous lives were ruined, Pakistan is yet to take credible action against the perpetrators. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:40:06 -0500Washington, Nov.26 : Visits by heads of government or state to the United States usually don't occupy much space in the American media, especially on their front pages and in times of global economic distress, but this visit by the Indian Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, as President Barack Obama's first State Guest has seen the American fourth estate playing it up, certifying the rarity of the... ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:00:12 -0500New York, November 26 : Two uninvited guests managed to make their way into the recent state dinner at the White House, the US Secret Service has confirmed. ANI Thu, 26 Nov 2009 03:00:07 -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) India's Leander Paes and the Czech Republic's Lukas Dlouhy are out of the ATP World Tour Finals doubles with a straight set loss to American Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike. IANS Thu, 26 Nov 2009 08:10:02 -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 -0500A medical student who died Thursday after a daylong effort to rescue him 150 feet underground was an outdoors lover and experienced caver who was expecting the birth of his second child next year, off... The Examiner Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:06:01 -0500(AP Photo) NO SALESThis screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinne... The Examiner Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:05:27 -0500BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- Officials say flooding from heavy rains has killed 12 people in three South American nations and forced more than 20,000 to flee their homes. The China Post Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:03:45 -0500TORONTO - Toyota Canada Inc. said Thursday that an investigation into potential problems with its floor mats that forced a recall of four million vehicles in the United States, does not affect its Can... Canadian Business Thu, 26 Nov 2009 22:03:08 -0500WASHINGTON ? President Obama's top aides met frequently with lobbyists and health care industry heavyweights as his administration pieced together a sweeping plan for health care, according to... USA Today Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:58:18 -0500This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows, from left, Tareq Salahi, Vice-President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, at the White House state dinner in Washington on Tuesday. CBC News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:55:58 -0500Filiberto Cervantes has already separated from his wife and kids, lost his car, moved into his truck and says he subsists largely on a diet of $1 cheese burritos. But Jan. 1 looms like a date with the... Los Angeles Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:46:45 -0500The boy woke up early and was playing at about 7:30 a.m. when he smelled smoke in the home on the 600 block of Mayfair Avenue, said Acting Battalion Chief Mike Krause. Two adults, including the boy's ... Oakland Tribune Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:46:04 -0500ATLANTA, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- College football fans across the nation have cast their ballots and have chosen the 2009 season's twelfth recipient of the AT&T All-America Player of the... Earth Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:44:20 -0500Bluesy riffs and jazzy notes offer a soothing counterpoint to the bustle within Chicago's airport terminals. But the hand-picked songs also promote one of Chicago's biggest assets: its music.A project... Chicago Tribune Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:43:53 -0500The holiday shopping season is off to an early start as some stores are opening their doors on Thanksgiving Day. As Hari Sreenivasan reports, before Black Friday comes Gray Thursday... CBS News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:43:24 -0500On stage, Samia Merritt is all poise and presence - a diminutive dynamo with a lilting voice and a commanding air, delivering a monologue you can't look away from. In class at Philadelphia's High Sch... Philadelphia Daily News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:35:05 -0500The brother of a man who died early Thursday trapped 700-feet inside a Utah cave said his family is remarkably strong but struggles to make sense of what happened. (File)... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:21:02 -0500AMPATUAN, Philippines (AP) ? Under threat of military attack, the scion of the clan suspected in the slaughter of 57 people in the southern Philippines turned himself, and prosecutors say he wi... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:21:00 -0500MANAUS, Brazil (AP) ? Brazil's president said Thursday that "gringos" should pay Amazon nations to prevent deforestation, insisting rich Western nations have caused much more past environmental... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:20:59 -0500"Early on, he was surprised that the words came out of his finger," Fina Nicolaes said. "Now, he is busy writing a book." However, his communication, with the help of a speech therapist holding his... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:20:58 -0500Free-market ideals survive the crunch By Alan Beattie in London and Geoff Dyer in Beijing Published: November 27 2009 02:00 | Last updated: November 27 2009 02:00... Financial Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:17:59 -0500China's top political advisor Jia Qinglin on Thursday called for closer cooperation between China and Latin American countries to bring more benefits to both sides. Addressing the Brazilian National C... People's Daily Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:16:46 -0500This screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinner in Washington... Sign on San Diego Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:53:21 -0500(AP Photo) NO SALESThis screen image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, Vice President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi, right, at the White House state dinne... The Examiner Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:37:23 -0500FILE - In this Thursday July 9, 2009 file photo, Iranian Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi, center, gestures with youths wearing T-shirts with "Peace" written on the front, as she visits the Scampia d... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:30:36 -0500NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. shoppers may stretch tight budgets this year to reward loved ones after months of thrift, a softening of heart that store chains hope will erase the holiday season sales deba... Reuters Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:16:09 -0500Shelves are stocked at the Chittenden Emergency Food Shelf in Burlington, Vt., Wednesday. Around Vermont, demand is up at food shelves as Vermonters lose jobs, try to make ends meet on unemployment an... CBS News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:13:57 -0500The Kelly siblings at the family's vacation home in Ocean City, N.J., during the 1940s (from left): Elizabeth, Grace, Margaret Kelly Conlan, and John Jr. All are deceased. Philadelphia Daily News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:05:03 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) - The couple who crashed a White House state dinner were being filmed that day by a camera crew connected with a reality television program, although none of the filming took place on ... Breitbart Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:53:48 -0500SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (AP) ? Brazilians will be seeing a whole lot more of the student whose short pink dress got her booted from college: She's agreed to march in the nation's famously... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:51:23 -0500TORONTO (AP) ? Canada's former top official on Afghanistan says allegations of abuse in Afghan jails were well known in 2006 when the Canadian military was turning over detainees to Afghanistan... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:51:21 -0500Leading US retailers are this year expanding their Christmas sales drive by targeting smartphone users through the new generation of mobile devices such as the... Financial Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:48:23 -0500MANAUS, Brazil, Nov. 26 (Xinhua) -- The Brazilian Minister of External Relations Celso Amorim reaffirmed Thursday the divergences with the United States about the crisis in Honduras before the beginni... SINA Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:47:15 -0500Honduras in June is now seeking to legitimise its illegal government through the international recognition of elections on 29 November. Such recognition would give a green light to opponents of democr... The Guardian Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:09:49 -0500Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests and sky-is-falling speeches characterizing much of the health care debate is a less visible, but no less intense push to broaden the face of the... The Examiner Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:09:00 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Authorities in Ohio say a turkey fryer caused a house to catch fire as the homeowner was preparing a Thanksgiving meal. Columbus firefighters say no one was ... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:01:50 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TRUCKEE, Calif. -- More than 1,200 acres of scenic meadow land and a spectacular waterfall in California have been bought by the U.S. Forest Service. The property in the Sierr... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:01:49 -0500Editor's note: Hamid Dabashi is the author of "Iran: A People Interrupted." He is Hagop Kevorkian Professor of Iranian Studies and Comparative Literature at Columbia University in New York. ... CNN Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:59:04 -0500SAN FRANCISCO — As fires raged downtown after the 1906 earthquake, residents of this city fled to two nearby districts to the south, Bernal Heights and Glen Park. Though part of... International Herald Tribune Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:53:23 -0500WASHINGTON — The Obama administration pushed back Wednesday against claims that it's not doing enough to slow the growth of health-care costs, a topic senators will debate heavily in coming week... Deseret News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:44:31 -0500Andrew Case was so passionate about lacrosse that he joked about living in his sister's basement - she was planning to be a doctor, so could afford to put him up - so he could travel around the world ... Philadelphia Daily News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:37:39 -0500The White House on Thursday slammed as "baseless" the new charges levied against Iranian-American scholar Kian Tajbakhsh, jailed in Iran for his alleged role in post-election unrest. "The United State... Breitbart Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:26:48 -0500Buildings are illumiated along Sheikh Zayed road in Dubai early April 09, 2008. Mega-projects underway in Dubai include the world's largest airport, the world's tallest tower and an extensive metro ne... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:24:37 -0500American writer Elizabeth Kostova has made her fascination with Bulgaria world-known through her novel "The Historian". Photo by BGNES... Novinite Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:53:12 -0500Jason Fox has started 47 games in his career at left tackle for the Hurricanes, but it's doubtful he'll play in his last regular season game Saturday when UM takes on the University of South Florida. ... The Miami Herald Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:51:38 -0500By CHARMAINE NORONHAASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER TORONTO -- Canada's prime minister is reversing his position and will attend a United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen next month, Stephen... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:38:55 -0500THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DENVER -- It wasn't fresh mountain snow but toilet paper that blanketed the front lawn of the Colorado governor's mansion Thanksgiving morning. Gov. Bill Ritter told KUSA-TV t... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:38:54 -0500For many wireless operators, current 3G wireless technology is far from dead Mobile operators around the world are seeing a huge growth in traffic 4G networks will certainly increase network speeds an... CNN Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:36:00 -0500Immigration And Naturalization Who's coming to America? Find out what's being done to screen for terrorists and take a citizenship quiz. (AP) Beyond the noisy town hall meetings, Tea Party protests an... CBS News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:21:44 -0500President Barack Obama enjoyed a quiet first Thanksgiving at the White House, telephoning U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world. (File)... CBS 2 Chicago Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:18:53 -0500TOKYO — Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada and U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday discussed U.S. President Barack Obama’s new war strategy in Afghanistan to be announced soon... Japan Today Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:08:59 -0500President Barack Obama enjoyed a quiet first Thanksgiving at the White House, telephoning U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world. (File)... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:58:54 -0500LONDON (AP) ? The British government said Thursday it will not prevent the extradition of an autistic hacker accused of breaking into U.S. military computers. WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:58:53 -0500TEHRAN, Iran (AP) ? Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi's medal, her lawyer and Norway's government said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:58:50 -0500DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) ? Just a year after the global downturn derailed Dubai's explosive growth, the city is now so swamped in debt that it's asking for a six-month reprieve on payin... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:58:48 -0500RAMALLAH, West Bank (AP) ? Palestinians appealed to the United States on Thursday to raise pressure on Israel, saying an Israeli plan to halt new construction in the West Bank was insincere. WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:58:47 -0500One of a Muslim's duties, according to the five pillars of Islam, is to make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca at least once during his or her lifetime. An estimated three million Muslims have tr... VOA Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:28:36 -0500One of a Muslim's duties, according to the five pillars of Islam, is to make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca at least once during his or her lifetime. An estimated three million Muslims have tr... VOA Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:28:34 -0500Eugene Peterson , 35, an unemployed construction worker from Detroit, said he had plenty to be thankful for."I'm thankful we have a president who understands we're going through a hard time," Peterson... The Examiner Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:14:20 -0500Michael 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.According to court records, Monahan told invest... The Examiner Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:14:19 -0500(AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)In this Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 photo, a lost lobster trap sits on the ocean floor off Biddeford, Maine. Marine biologists say "ghost traps" lost by lobstermen continue to cat... The Examiner Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:14:17 -0500By JOHN MILLERASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BOISE, Idaho -- Edward Stimpson, an aviation advocate who pushed to rejuvenate struggling small aircraft manufacturers in the 1990s by limiting lawsuits agains... Seattle Post-Intelligencer Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:06:26 -0500Obama placed calls from the Oval Office to 10 U.S. servicemen and women — two each in the Army, Navy, Air Force, the Marines and the Coast Guard — stationed in combat zones in Iraq and Afg... USA Today Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:06:01 -0500An image made from Michaele Salahi's Facebook page shows a photo of, Tareq Salahi, left, U.S. Vice-President Joe Biden and Michaele Salahi at the White House state dinner in Washington. The Globe and Mail Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:53:16 -0500DUBLIN (AP) ? Roman Catholic Church leaders in Dublin spent decades sheltering child-abusing priests from the law and most fellow clerics turned a blind eye, an investigation ordered by Ireland... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:29:57 -0500Barack Obama is right to visit the Copenhagen climate talks. The meeting will achieve less than was once hoped for, and Mr Obama’s hands, to be sure, are tied by domestic politics. But his personal ... Financial Times Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:27:04 -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 15:18:17 -0500CBS News Interactive: Children In Danger Basketball star Shaquille O'Neal paid for the funeral of a 5-year-old North Carolina girl after being moved by national news coverage of the case of Shaniya Da... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:04:23 -0500MUMBAI, India (AP) ? A grandfather visited the room where his grandson was orphaned. A young man returned to the hotel where he narrowly escaped death. Mumbai residents went in droves to donate... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:04:21 -0500SAO BERNARDO DO CAMPO, Brazil (AP) ? Brazilians may be seeing a whole lot more of the student whose short pink dress got her booted from college: She's agreed to march in the nation's famously ... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:04:20 -0500MANAUS, Brasil (AP) ? Brazil's foreign minister acknowledges differences with the U.S. government over Honduras and other issues — and says he spent more than an hour Thursday talking with U.... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:04:18 -0500SAN SALVADOR, EL Salvador (AP) ? A strong earthquake has rocked El Salvador and parts of Guatemala, but no there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in either country. WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:04:17 -0500GSTAAD, Switzerland (AP) ? After two months in a Swiss jail, Roman Polanski prepared Thursday for the splendid captivity of his $1.6 million chalet in one of world's most luxurious winter resor... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:04:15 -0500WASHINGTON: There were the glitterati (Night Shyamalan, Kal Penn and other tinsel town types) and the literati (Amartya Sen, Fareed Zakaria etc); there were the digerati (Shantanu Narayen, CEO of A... Times of India Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:04:03 -0500WASHINGTON: After 10 months in office, President Barack Obama on Wednesday granted his first pardon — to Courage, a 45-pound turkey spared from the Thanksgiving table. Accompanied by daughters... Times of India Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:04:01 -0500SALT LAKE CITY: A man stuck upside-down in a cave for more than a day died early on Thursday, despite the efforts of dozens of rescuers, authorities said. John Jones, 26, of Stansbury Park died ... Times of India Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:04:00 -0500America 's Thanksgiving Parade. The country's longest-run Thanksgiving Day parade was held in Philadelphia for its 90th year.Aboard Atlantis, astronauts expecting to give thanks with pantry leftovers ... The Examiner Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:07:48 -0500Donna Pringle were newly widowed when they fell in love and decided to slip into retirement together at a sprawling community being built for the 55-and-up crowd a few miles from their homes in this s... The Examiner Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:07:46 -0500A missile to avoid DAMAGE control is never as good as damage prevention. Despite repeated reassurances, the countries of eastern Europe are worried about security. Their biggest concern is NATO, where... The Economist Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:06:41 -0500Folha newspaper. “It is quite another to welcome their leaders into your house.” Yet that is what some Latin American countries have been doing. Farideh Farhi of the Woodrow Wilson Centre... The Economist Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:06:41 -0500RAPID CITY, S.D. - A Nebraska man who told a judge he fled with his wife and children into the South Dakota wilderness to avoid authorities has been sentenced to three years in prison for stealing a f... MSNBC Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:58:21 -0500Terrence McGee is practising for the first time in more than three weeks since having surgery on his right knee. He could play against Miami this weekend. McGee said he experienced no pain in his knee... Sports Illustrated Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:57:22 -0500Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is seriously considering running for U.S. Senate in New Jersey in 2012 as a stepping stone to a possible White House bid. (AP File Photo) Former CNN host Lou Dobbs is serious... C News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:56:28 -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 13:35:24 -0500(12/1/2008) Online retailers hope the convenience of the Web, plus discounts and deals, spur still-nervous shoppers to spend more online this holiday season ? even as traditional retailers brac... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:21:47 -0500VIENNA (AP) ? A media watchdog is warning that government-influenced TV in Russia and many post-Soviet states is hampering democracy and could endanger international peace and security if misus... WBZ4 Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:21:45 -0500 |
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