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Obama vows to 'finish' Afghanistan job
President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, has promised he will soon announce his decision on troop deployment.
November 25, 2009, 3:17 pm -
Turnbull leadership challenge fails
Malcolm Turnbull remains Australia's leader of the opposition.
November 25, 2009, 3:51 pm -
Obama hails 'indispensable' India
Barack Obama has thrown the biggest party of his presidency for Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, hailing the world's largest democracy as "indispensable".
November 25, 2009, 3:11 pm -
Scorching heat kills contractor
A 19-year-old Sydney man has collapsed and died of heat exhaustion while installing roof insulation.
November 25, 2009, 2:55 pm -
World's biggest cruise ship is a floating resort
FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida (Reuters) - Royal Caribbean's new Oasis of the Seas is the largest, widest, tallest, most expensive cruise ship afloat, a cornucopia of amusements aimed at quashing the notion that cruising is a sedentary vacation, said chief executive Richard Fain.
November 25, 2009, 2:11 pm -
World Bank to start agriculture fund with $1.5 billion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The World Bank will start a trust fund to boost agriculture in poor countries with an initial $1.5 billion, its president Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday, warning of the risk of another food price crisis.
November 25, 2009, 1:46 pm -
Venezuela opposition and Jews protest Iran visit
CARACAS (Reuters) - Opposition parties and the Jewish community criticized a visit by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Venezuela, citing worries over his denial of the Holocaust, human rights violations and Iran's nuclear program.
November 25, 2009, 1:43 pm -
'Evil' scammer gets four years in jail
An "evil" US con man who portrayed himself as a "Hanoi Hilton" prisoner of war survivor has been jailed.
November 25, 2009, 1:31 pm -
Film director Tyler Perry gives $1 mln to NAACP
LOS ANGELES, Nov 24 (Reuters) - Director and comic actor
November 25, 2009, 1:29 pm
Tyler Perry, whose films include the recent "I Can Do Bad All
By Myself," has given $1 million to the NAACP in the largest
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Obama will not sign landmine ban
The Obama administration has decided not to sign an international convention banning land mines.
November 25, 2009, 12:14 pm -
Man charged over N Ireland police attack
Police in Northern Ireland say they've charged a 26-year-old man with attempted murder in connection with an attack on a police patrol.
November 25, 2009, 12:09 pm -
China executes two over tainted milk
China has executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula.
November 25, 2009, 12:08 pm -
Nude photo of Sharon Tate, Polanski set for auction
NEW YORK, (Reuters) - A nude photo of film director
November 25, 2009, 12:06 pm
Roman Polanski, who is now being held in a Swiss prison, and
his wife Sharon Tate taken shortly before she was brutally
murdered, will be sold at an upcoming auction where it could
fetch more than $10,000, organizers said. -
Crew member killed in attack on tanker off Benin
COTONOU (Reuters) - Pirates attacked an oil tanker off Benin, killing a Ukrainian crew member and stealing the contents of the ship's safe, the head of the West African country's navy said on Tuesday.
November 25, 2009, 11:54 am -
U.S. not expecting quick Afghan troop hikes by allies
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. allies will likely wait weeks before deciding whether to send more troops to Afghanistan rather than responding immediately to President Barack Obama's coming announcement on U.S. forces, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
November 25, 2009, 10:54 am -
Muslim pilgrims gather in Mecca for haj
An estimated 2.5 million Muslims have converged on Mecca for the annual haj pilgrimage.
November 25, 2009, 10:50 am -
Darwin book found on bathroom shelf makes $171,000
LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - A first edition of Charles
November 25, 2009, 10:43 am
Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," which had been kept in a
bathroom bookcase in England for years, fetched 103,250 pounds
($171,000) at auction Tuesday, around twice its pre-sale
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Booker winner Hilary Mantel vies for Costa Book Award
LONDON, Nov 24 (Reuters) - British author Hilary Mantel,
November 25, 2009, 10:23 am
who won the coveted Booker Prize for "Wolf Hall" set in the
16th century royal court of Henry VIII, is in the running for
the Costa Book Awards after nominees were announced on
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Strong quake strikes off Tonga: USGS
NUKU'ALOFA (AFP) - A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 6.
November 25, 2009, 10:00 am -
Pirates kill seaman in W.Africa tanker attack
COTONOU (AFP) - Pirates attacked an oil tanker off the coast of west Africa, killing a Ukrainian officer before escaping with the contents of the ship's safe, the ship's owners and Benin's navy commander said Tuesday.
November 25, 2009, 9:58 am
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