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Top Stories: Five Afghan border policemen have been killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan. Big News Network.com Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:43:30 -0500Italian authorities have arrested two Pakistanis suspected of helping provide support for last year's terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:10:50 -0500Officials in Afghanistan have reported a rocket attack near a luxury hotel in the capital Kabul. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:36:39 -0500US Defence Secretary Robert Gates has told a defence summit in Halifax, Canada that the United States will tighten control on Afghan aid, in an effort to reduce the corruption which has become epidemic in in the war-torn nation. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:29:02 -0500The militant group Hamas has agreed with other Palestinian militants to stop firing rockets into Israel. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:21:01 -0500An Aussie housemistress has been charged with 34 counts of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated indecency after seven boys at the boarding school came forward with allegations of rape. ANI Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:37:34 -0500Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has told a group of socialist politicians he believes Carlos the Jackal and several other world leaders should never have been considered bad. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:24:00 -0500People in the UK county of Cumbria have had their lives totally disrupted in the past week due to devestating floods. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:12:16 -0500In the US, newly-released court papers have shown that Dr Conrad Murray, Michael Jackson's personal dphysician, bought the anaesthetic Propofol in Las Vegas. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:02:18 -0500A Lebanese mother found dead with her three daughters admitted on a videotape that she had poisoned her family. Big News Network.com Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:52:09 -0500A gliding plane crashed in a northwestern province of Turkey on Sunday. The pilot survived the crash. The Brazilian pilot of the gliding plane made an emergency landing on Sapanca Lake in Sapanca town... World Bulletin Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:24:00 -0500Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi said on Sunday that the army has a zero tolerance policy for soldiers who refuse orders during their service."We have no tolerance for this type of ... Haaretz Sun, 22 Nov 2009 11:14:10 -0500DUBLIN - Irish Republican Army dissidents left a 400-pound car bomb outside police reform headquarters in Belfast but the homemade device failed to detonate, Northern Ireland's police commander said S... MSNBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:55:40 -0500Israel Air Force hit weapons facilities in northern and central Gaza, military says Israel says it was responding to the firing of a rocket at southern Israeli town of Sderot Sources in Hamas, which c... CNN Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:54:35 -0500Paul Collingwood put in a brilliant all-round performance as England won the second one-day international against South Africa by seven wickets.Collingwood hit an unbeaten 105, took a superb catch off... BBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:51:29 -0500Filed at 9:39 a.m. ET JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation... International Herald Tribune Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:49:14 -0500BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The Iraqi parliament on Sunday failed to resolve an impasse threatening to delay the country's election in January, which could affect the U.S. military's plans for a partial pullo... Reuters Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:44:24 -0500COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - Sixty-five world leaders have confirmed they will attend a U.N. conference in Copenhagen in December that will try to clinch a new global climate deal, and many more are conside... Reuters Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:44:24 -0500In this Sept. 22 file photo, Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I. gestures during a health care news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Kennedy from receiv... CBS News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:42:07 -0500"Sunday Morning" Recipes Index (CBS) There are a lot of things in life we can do without, but food is not one of them. It's the essential ingredient in our lives. Food sustains us both physically and ... CBS News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:42:06 -0500"Sunday Morning" Recipes Index (CBS) Not your typical Thanksgiving dinner, but "sliders" as they're called are a satisfying meal to share all the same. For chef Bobby Flay the tiny burgers are a small... CBS News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:42:05 -0500Truffled Macaroni and Cheese, prepared by chef John DeLucie of New York's Waverly Inn & Garden. The classic comfort food is here topped with shavings of truffles. And it's not cheap. CBS News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:42:04 -0500Members of the new National Congress of Australia's First Peoples will be subject to unprecedented probity checks to avoid the corruption problems that besieged ATSIC, and will be made up equally of m... The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:34:23 -0500FORMER parliamentary barmaid Michelle Chantelois has detailed a series of alleged sexual encounters with South Australian Premier Mike Rann in his office and a car, saying he coached her on how to lie... The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:34:22 -0500LEFT faction bosses in NSW Labor have denied reports they are eyeing a spot in state parliament reserved for the Right as factional turbulence continued in the wake of last week's execution by Pr... The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:34:21 -0500COMPUTER hackers have broken into Britain's leading climate science research centre, making public thousands of private emails between top climate change scientists and, in the process, laying ba... The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:34:19 -0500For more than a month, the 250 Tamil asylum-seekers have staged a sit-in on the wooden fishing boat, refusing to enter Indonesian detention amid threats they would be immediately returned to Sri Lanka... The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:34:18 -0500ROME - A Vatican researcher asserts that nearly invisible text on the Shroud of Turin proves that the artifact revered as Jesus' burial cloth is authentic. The assertion made by Barbara Frale in a bo... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:32:42 -0500RENOVO, Pa. - For decades, natural-gas drilling has been part of the landscape in Sproul State Forest, a vast timberland in northern Pennsylvania pocked with hundreds of shallow wells and crossed by p... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:32:41 -0500For years, Joseph S. Forte acted like a wealthy man. The money manager gave $1.8 million to schools, invested $800,000 in private firms, even helped a brother-in-law buy a $580,000 house near his own ... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:32:37 -0500EDDIE BELL was a pioneer in the ranks of college and pro football. He was the first black All-American and captain of the football team at the University of Pennsylvania, and then one of the brave sou... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:32:34 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict ... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:14:29 -0500TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- A former vice president has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the country's post-election unrest, official IRNA news agency report... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:14:27 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five deca... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:14:25 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer. New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:14:24 -0500LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kate Hudson, Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris and other stars who are used to getting applause were giving it gladly at a ceremony honoring people who make a difference in the l... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:14:22 -0500DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Lee Westwood of England became Europe's No. 1 golfer on Sunday after winning the Dubai World Championship by six strokes. New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 10:14:21 -0500"The minute we shall start to negotiate, there won't be new settlements, there won't be confiscation of land," pledged President Shimon Peres at a news conference following a meeting with Egyptian Pre... Jerusalem Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:49:22 -0500Rockets into roses. Photo: Courtesy of www.rocketsintoroses.com A 38-year-old art teacher, Bob has spent the last year molding missiles fired into Israel by Hamas into metal roses. Bob lives on ... Jerusalem Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:49:20 -0500His wife, Rebecca, gave birth to their second child back home in Houston on Saturday at 11:04 p.m. CST. They have a 3-year-old son, adopted from Ukraine. MSNBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:36:27 -0500PROVIDENCE, R.I. - Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman's suppor... MSNBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:36:25 -0500An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" found in a family's guest lavatory in southern England. MSNBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:36:23 -05001428: Both players go through their warm-up routines and we should be off and running very soon. Team Murray are in position, desperate to see their man finish the year on a high. BBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:31:49 -0500New South Wales Rural Fire Service (RFS) has issued a series of warnings about the largest of some 100 separate blazes, many sparked by lightning strikes and fuelled by dry conditions. Of most concer... Sky News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:31:42 -0500Athens as the sounds of bass-heavy noise pop drifted across Karitsi Square, a tucked-away cobblestone oasis near the city center. In the outside seating area of... International Herald Tribune Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:28:45 -0500CAIRO (Reuters) - Israel's president said Sunday expanding Jewish settlements in the West Bank was a "marginal" issue blocking resumption of peace talks with the Palestinians. Reuters Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:23:40 -0500JAKARTA (Reuters) - An overloaded ferry sank in bad weather off Indonesia's Riau islands on Sunday, killing four while nearly 300 passengers survived the accident, officials said. Reuters Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:23:39 -0500KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai could invite militants to attend a "Loya Jirga," or grand council meeting, aiming to seek peace and reconciliation with the Taliban, a spokesman said on... Reuters Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:23:39 -0500NEW YORK (Reuters) - Michael Jackson's famous white glove sold for $350,000 at a memorabilia auction on Saturday, soaring far past pre-sale estimates, while a black jacket he wore during a 1989 world ... Reuters Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:23:38 -0500"Sunday Morning" Recipes Index (CBS) We dream all year of a big Thanksgiving feast. Happily, most of us can bank on it. And even folks going through hard times have reason to hope for a place at the t... CBS News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:21:17 -0500In a photo released by the semi-official Iranian Fars News Agency, former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi, left, is seen with other defendants at a court room in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 1, 200... CBS News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:21:16 -0500THE nephew of former president John F. Kennedy has been barred from receiving communion at his Catholic church due to his support for abortion rights, according to a newspaper report. The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:13:44 -0500IRANIAN air defence forces this week began training manoeuvres involving simulated attacks on the country's nuclear sites, state media reported. The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:13:43 -0500PARENTS desperate to save NSW's only boarding school for severely disabled children are appealing to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to stop its closure. The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:13:42 -0500THE debt of Australia's six state governments could soon outrank the $136 billion owed by the commonwealth as they state administrations fund an ambitious infrastructure program in a bid to boost... The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:13:40 -0500Calls for bigger Australian funds and more consolidation have not gone unheeded in Australia's industry. "The Cooper Inquiry has caused boards of funds to re-think their strategic plans for the f... The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:13:39 -0500AS Betfair chief executive Andrew Twaits was cross-examined in the Federal Court last week, an intriguing game was being played out behind the scenes. The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:13:37 -0500GREENS leader Bob Brown will this week try to ignite a debate on the use of tax havens by the likes of Commonwealth Bank and the Future Fund, putting a motion to the Senate that "deplores" t... The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:13:35 -0500In her time earlier this decade as a Temple undergraduate, Lisa Campbell confessed, she was not the most devout Owls football fan. "I didn't know they had a football team when I went there,"... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:11:56 -0500GLENDALE, Ariz. - In a pregame talk last night, Flyers coach John Stevens told his players: Good teams don't lose two in a row. But that's just what happened as the Flyers dropped a 3-1 decision to t... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:11:54 -0500A police officer displays two bottles containing human fat while another sets seized sticks of dynamite during a press conference in Lima, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009. Peruvian police said they have broke... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:11:50 -0500JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least 25 people have died, officials sai... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:53:10 -0500BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iraq's state television has shown what it says are confessions of alleged conspirators in October bombings of government offices that killed more than 150 people. New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:53:09 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five deca... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:53:08 -0500TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- An Iranian court sentenced a former vice president to six years in jail as part of a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest after the disputed June presi... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:53:07 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club. New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:53:05 -0500LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kate Hudson, Pierce Brosnan, Neil Patrick Harris and other stars who are used to getting applause were giving it gladly at a ceremony honoring people who make a difference in the l... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:53:04 -0500BROMONT, Quebec (AP) -- A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be havin... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:53:04 -0500TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) -- Oregon quarterback Jeremiah Masoli watched as red-clad Arizona students ringed the sidelines as time ticked down, ready to rush the field. New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:53:03 -0500Israel appeared to edge closer to choosing a new attorney-general on Sunday as the cabinet approved the initiative of Defense Minister Ehud Barak that Menahem Mazuz's successor be chosen from the four... Jerusalem Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:27:51 -0500FBI special agent has been interviewed for books and calls and questions keep coming from teachers, authors and historians. Now, as another anniversary of the assassination arrives, Sibert, 91, was as... USA Today Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:15:20 -0500HILLSBORO, Ore. - A gunman fatally wounded a passenger in another vehicle at an Oregon intersection Saturday, setting off a police chase that ended when the suspect crashed and was killed by officers,... MSNBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:14:23 -0500Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., speaks after the U.S. Senate voted to begin debate on legislation for a broad health care overhaul at Capitol Hill in Washington, as Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn.... C News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:12:57 -0500A US astronaut on board the space shuttle Atlantis is literally walking on air, with the news of the birth of a daughter back on Earth.Randolph Bresnik, who is on his first space flight, became a fath... BBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:09:56 -0500DavidAttenborough on My Sport says: "Why is Swanson not starting today? When I have seen Utd play this season, he has been far and away their best performer."... BBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 08:09:53 -0500JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Rescuers saved more than 230 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least nine people have died, an official... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:34:13 -0500His wife, Rebecca, gave birth to their second child back home in Houston on Saturday at 11:04 p.m. Central Time. They have a 3-year-old son, adopted from Ukraine. New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:34:11 -0500Stephen Dinan Just before Sen. John Ensign took the Senate floor Friday evening to blast Democrats' health care bill, a Senate staffer lugged a 2-foot-tall tower of papers to his desk to make sure it... Washington Times Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:22:03 -0500Matthew Mosk President Obama's deep bow to Japanese Emperor Akihito last week may be the most enduring image from his first trip to Asia, but not because it provided easy fodder for jabs from the rig... Washington Times Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:22:01 -0500By Mehdi Jedinia THE WASHINGTON TIMES A Potomac, Md., Islamic center maintains links to Iran despite its claims that it is independent of a foundation that is being sued by the U.S. government on cha... Washington Times Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:22:00 -0500Gabriella Boston The recession has caused drops in everything from retail sales to divorce rates. While the former is edging up, however, the latter is continuing to fall. In fact, the latest surv... Washington Times Sun, 22 Nov 2009 07:21:59 -0500Conservative leader David Cameron has told the BBC he plans to hold an emergency budget within 50 days if his party wins the next general election.Mr Cameron told BBC One's Andrew Marr Show it would b... BBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:52:34 -0500Critics have been swift to lambast England's style of play come victory or defeat. Former captain Will Carling is the latest to home in on the lack of tries, branding England "static and predicta... BBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:52:33 -0500Powers allowing airguns to be banned in Scotland are expected to be handed to Holyrood, it has emerged.The move was one of the recommendations of the Calman Commission review of devolution, to which t... BBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:52:32 -0500A former Iranian vice-president has been sentenced to six years in jail for attempting to destabilise the country following June's disputed elections.Mohammed Ali Abtahi is one of the most high-profil... BBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:52:31 -0500At least 87 people were killed in the blast - the death toll doubling overnight as emergency crews reached the underground accident site. According to survivors, a build-up of gas had been detected e... Sky News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:52:24 -0500WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pandemic of swine flu may be hitting a peak in the Northern Hemisphere, global health officials said on Friday, but they cautioned it was far from over. Reuters Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:45:19 -0500Walker was announced the winner at the Sydney Opera House tonight, beating rock chick Hayley Warner."I just want to thank God, man, hey I want to thank my family for coming and supporting me, my famil... The Australian Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:36:35 -0500Thursday Pennsylvania New Jersey Banks Closed Optional Savings & loans Closed Optional Federal agencies Closed Closed Federal courts Closed Closed State agencies* Closed Closed Local/state c... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:34:42 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five deca... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:16:32 -0500SAIPAN, Northern Mariana Islands (AP) -- The gunman who killed four people and wounded nine in a shooting rampage on the Pacific island of Saipan was identified Sunday as a Chinese national believed t... New York Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:16:29 -0500The number of new recruits in the Israel Defense Forces seeking to serve in combat units has jumped by six percent, the army said on Sunday as it began to induct the large November draft.According to ... Haaretz Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:51:52 -0500Israel Beiteinu will "staunchly oppose" the creation of "an interim Palestinian state," Foreign Minister and party leader Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday amid rumors that the government was pushing for ... Jerusalem Post Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:49:14 -0500Last year, a 40-acre Greenwich, Conn., property with a 21,897-square-foot, 14-bedroom Jacobean manor was listed for $125 million. It was the world's second most expensive home for sale. MSNBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:35:42 -0500NEW YORK - A subway passenger was stabbed to death in front of horrified riders in a dispute with another man over a seat in the car in midtown Manhattan, police said. MSNBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:35:39 -0500Five people died after two blasts went off within minutes of each other outside a police station in Nalbari town near the Assam state capital, Gauhati, a local police official said. MSNBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:35:37 -0500Students expect police will try to end UC Santa Cruz protests Students are protesting regent board's decision to approve 32 percent tuition hike University officials say tuition hike needed to avoid f... CNN Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:34:38 -0500Thrilled Scotland coach Andy Robinson praised the bravery of his players after their dramatic 9-8 victory over Australia at jubilant Murrayfield.Scotland defended doggedly and were handed victory when... BBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:31:41 -0500England manager Martin Johnson insists his side are making progress despite a 19-6 loss to New Zealand at Twickenham."I'm proud of the guys but ultimately it's an opportunity lost to have a crack... BBC Sun, 22 Nov 2009 05:31:40 -0500 |
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