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F-15s grounded after plane breaks up in flight

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Big holiday deals unwrapped early

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Anxious retailers are already clamoring to outdo each other with bigger and better Black Friday-like deals, threatening to make Black Friday itself a non-event this year.

ICE chief apologizes over Halloween costume

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Exploding comet visible to naked eye

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Oklahoma targets illegal immigrants

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U.S. soldier survives bizarre injury

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Teacher who took 13-year-old due in court

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Discovery undocks for ride home

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Late-night shows head to reruns due to strike

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Oprah matron charged with abuse

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How (not) to get a man

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Damascus Journal: A Fierce Sport From Britain Finds a Foothold in Syria

Renowned for its exhausting nonstop play and rough, often bloody, full contact, rugby has tapped into a deep well of Syrian Arab pride over the past three years.

A Modern Marketplace for Israel?s Ultra-Orthodox

The Israeli economy has adjusted in surprising ways to the market power of the ultra-Orthodox community.

In Rape Case, a French Youth Takes On Dubai

When it comes to the protection of foreigners, Dubai?s criminal legal system remains perilous.

Iraq Asks for Iran?s Help in Calming Kurdish Crisis

Tensions between Iraq and Turkey over Kurdish guerrillas in northern Iraq threaten to overshadow other topics at a regional meeting that starts Thursday in Istanbul.

Memo From Egypt: An Unanswered Question: Who Follows Mubarak?

The issue of succession is so delicate that Egypt?s government threatened to imprison an editor after his newspaper ran stories that the Egyptian president was ill.

In Report to Congress, Oversight Officials Say Iraqi Rebuilding Falls Short of Goals

More than $100 billion has been devoted to rebuilding Iraq, but output in critical areas like water and electricity remain below U.S. goals.

Suicide Bomber on Bike Kills 29 Iraqi Policemen

The bomber also wounded 19 people, including seven policemen who were severely injured and a woman and her baby, the authorities said.

Israeli Premier Says He Has Treatable Prostate Cancer

Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said that the early stage cancer was not life-threatening and would not distract from his work.

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2,000-Year-Old Christian Community in Iraq Gains a Spiritual First in Baghdad

Iraq?s shrinking Christian population now has a cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church, the first in Iraq in modern times.



USA

Diapers, other evidence tossed in Nowak case

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Composite sketches released of girl in box

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IRS: E-mail scam targets aid for wildfire victims

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Noel expected to pound parts of New England

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EUROPE

Spanish Police Arrest 6 Suspected of Recruiting Islamic Militants

Spanish Police Arrest 6 Suspected of Recruiting Islamic Militants

Spanish authorities have arrested six suspected Islamists who allegedly belong to an international network that promotes holy war on the Internet.

Bush Stands by Plan for Missile Defenses

Bush Stands by Plan for Missile Defenses

President Bush defended his plans for missile defenses, arguing that Iran posed a threat to some NATO allies.

Young Resistance Fighter Becomes Icon of France?s Center-Right

Young Resistance Fighter Becomes Icon of France?s Center-Right

On Monday, France paid tribute to Guy M?quet, who was executed by the Nazis in 1941, despite protests that the center-right government was appropriating a Communist hero.

Kurdish Rebels Ask for Cease-Fire and Talks With Turkey, Which Continues Shelling

Kurdish Rebels Ask for Cease-Fire and Talks With Turkey, Which Continues Shelling

The Kurdish separatist group that is fighting Turkey from hide-outs in northern Iraq has declared its willingness for a cease-fire, according to a statement.

AFRICA

Resentment and Rations as Eritrea Nears a Crisis

Resentment and Rations as Eritrea Nears a Crisis

Facing rising prospects of war with Ethiopia and increasing tensions with the West, Eritrea has hit its most difficult point since winning its hard-fought independence 14 years ago.

Memo From Egypt: On Human Rights, U.S. Seems to Give Egypt a Pass

Memo From Egypt: On Human Rights, U.S. Seems to Give Egypt a Pass

Democracy campaigners in Egypt say that while Washington may criticize Egypt?s human rights failings, it does little to follow up to ensure results.

As Angola Rebuilds, Most Find Their Poverty Persists

As Angola Rebuilds, Most Find Their Poverty Persists

Thanks to surging oil production, Angola?s economy is booming, but most Angolans remain as poor as ever.

World Bank Neglects African Farming, Study Says

World Bank Neglects African Farming, Study Says

A withering new internal report has found that the World Bank has long neglected African agriculture, one of the most important sectors in addressing chronic poverty.

RUSSIA AND FSU

Syria intends to develop relations with Russia - Assad

MOSCOW, December 19 (Itar-Tass) - Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad said at talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday that Syria intends to develop relations with Russia, implement agreements in concrete projects, the more so that the Russian role in the world has substantially grown.

Agents "Spying on Russia with NATO help"

Moscow, Associated Press,December 16, 2006.Russia's security chief said foreign intelligence agents are actively spying on Russia with the help of new NATO members, according to an interview published yesterday.

Russia to re-equip its new mobile ICBMs with multiple warheads

The Russian Strategic Missile Troops are set to start re-equipping its single-warhead mobile Topol-M (SS-27) intercontinental ballistic missile systems with multiple re-entry vehicles, its commander told press on Friday.

Lebanese Opposition to Putin: US-Israeli policies putting Lebanon on knife edge of "New Middle East"

The Lebanese National Opposition sent a memo to Russian President Vladimir Putin reminding of the war that ravaged Lebanon and of the suffering of the Lebanese people cause by the Israeli occupation.

MIDDLE EAST

Saudi King Tries to Grow Modern Ideas in Desert

Saudi King Tries to Grow Modern Ideas in Desert

King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is staking $12.5 billion on a bid to catch up with the West in science and technology.

Photos Show Cleansing of Suspect Syrian Site

Photos Show Cleansing of Suspect Syrian Site

A Syrian site that Israel bombed last month no longer bears any obvious traces of what analysts said appeared to have been a partly built nuclear reactor.

Rice Says ?Hole? in U.S. Law Shields Contractors in Iraq

Rice Says ?Hole? in U.S. Law Shields Contractors in Iraq

Condoleezza Rice said the administration would support new laws that would apply to contractors but expressed reservations about proposals to bring contractors under the military justice system.

Hiriya Journal: Recycling in Israel, Not Just Trash, but the Whole Dump

Hiriya Journal: Recycling in Israel, Not Just Trash, but the Whole Dump

A former garbage dump on the outskirts of Tel Aviv will be named Ariel Sharon Park, after the former prime minster who fought to reclaim the land as open green space.

OCEANIA

Australia's Howard Government 'knew Iraq plans a year before' 2003 Invasion

AWB 'knew Iraq plans a year before' Ayear before the invasion of Iraq, the then Australian ambassador to the United Nations, John Dauth, confidentially told AWB's former chairman Trevor Flugge the Howard Government would participate in miliary action with the US to overthrow Saddam Hussein, new...

Australian Foreign Minister denies suppressing report which confirmed that "hunt for Iraqi WMD was flawed"

Downer denies suppressing WMD letterForeign Minister Alexander Downer has denied trying to suppress a letter from an Australian expert that said the hunt for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was flawed.

Rising Tide of Xenophobia: Australia’s Shallow Multiculturalism

Since the 9/11 attacks on the U.S., racial and violent attacks against the Muslims by the media, the elites and politicians have increased markedly and are becoming part of a daily routine.

The New Anti-Terror Laws in Australia

Anyone supporting the insurgency in Iraq or Afghanistan faces possible jail sentence

ASIA

Hospitals Full of Victims and Solidarity With Bhutto

Hospitals Full of Victims and Solidarity With Bhutto

In a Karachi hospital where volunteers from Benazir Bhutto?s procession were being treated for their wounds, the mood was one of solidarity and defiance.

Divided Korea Paralyzes Families Torn Apart Long Ago

Divided Korea Paralyzes Families Torn Apart Long Ago

Thousands of South Korean families are still waiting to hear from loved ones taken to North Korea as prisoners during the Korean War over a century ago.

Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese Architect Who Pioneered Organic Structures, Dies at 73

Kisho Kurokawa, Japanese Architect Who Pioneered Organic Structures, Dies at 73

Mr. Kurokawa was one of the youngest founding members of Japan?s Metabolist movement.

The World: Sorting Out Pakistan?s Many Struggles

The World: Sorting Out Pakistan?s Many Struggles

A deadly bombing that threw the triumphant return of Benazir Bhutto to Karachi into chaos puts a focus on the multiple conflicts and rivalries that roil Pakistan.

CANADA

Thinking the unthinkable about Canada’s future

In the eye-opening film Hoodwinked: The Myth of Free Trade, former Liberal prime minister John Turner reflects on the mid-’80s battle over the North American Free Trade Agreement.

The Harper Government and Canada's 'War-on-Terror' Immigration Policy

1. Some key terms Three terms are at play in the situation I wish to analyze.

Québec Solidaire Adopts a Program for Government : New left party debates election platform

Québec solidaire’s 25 "concrete and realizable commitments" New Left Party Debates Election Platform in First Policy Convention MONTRÉAL – Quebec’s new party of the left, Québec solidaire, held its first policy convention here on November 24-26.

The Militarization of Canada: Canadian Invasion Exercise

Editoral Note The following Canadian Pressreport points to the integration of the US and Canadian military,where Canadian forces are being deployed in a training exercise inside US territorial watersin close collaboration with the US Marine Corps.

LATIN AMERICA

VENEZUELA: "It's My Party, and I'll Cry If I Want to": Chavez Moves Forward

Was it my imagination or were there lots of sad faces at last night's meeting at the Teresa Carrena theatre -- the site of so many Bolivarian rallies and celebrations? Certainly, here was another occasion for celebration.

The Last Man of the Junta: An Open Letter to Henry Kissinger from One of Pinochet's Political Prisoners

All of the original members of the military junta that overthrew Allende and his government with the knowledge and the direct support of the US government, are now gone. Nixon is gone and Kissinger is left alone on this earth.

La búsqueda de la seguridad por medio de las fortificaciones, la vigilancia de fronteras y los muros; Una ilusión (in spanish)

La búsqueda de la seguridad por medio de las fortificaciones, la vigilancia de fronteras y los muros; Una ilusión (in spanish)

El 4 de octubre de 2005, el presidente George W. Bush promulgó una ley para la construcción de un muro sobre la frontera que separa a los Estados Unidos de México, con una longitud de 1,200 Kilómetros, casi cerca del 40% de los 3,200 que delimitan a ambos países.

The Spirit of Democracy in Venezuela

"Today we gave another lesson in dignity to the imperialists, it is another defeat for the empire of Mr. Danger....another defeat for the devil. We will never be a colony of the US again....Long live the socialist revolution....Destiny has been written....Socialism is human. Socialism is love.



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