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Iraqi police officers rally in protest in Baghdad's, Iraq, Shiite district of Sadr City. About 150 policemen rallied at the district's main police station, denouncing the interior ministry's orders to redeploy them in the western side of Baghdad where Sunni insurgents are active. (Photo by Karim Kadim /AP)

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Shiite politician assassinated, U.S. warns of sectarianism

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Reuters

Senate leaders say Rumsfeld replacement Gates should win Pentagon job

Republican and Democratic leaders of the U.S. Senate say Robert Gates should win speedy confirmation to lead the Pentagon.

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Reuters

Asian leaders talk trade, debate North Korea security threat

Asia-Pacific leaders will pledge to break a deadlock in global trade talks as they open a two-day summit in Hanoi.

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U.S., Japan, South Korea prod North Korea

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Reuters

Major battle in Iraq's Baqouba kills 18

Iraqi and American forces fought Sunni insurgents in an hours-long street battle in the violent city of Baqouba, as residents fled indoors.

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Army unit to serve third tour in Iraq

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Gonzales attacks ruling against domestic spying

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales contended Saturday that some critics of the Bush administration's warrantless surveillance program were defining freedom in a way that presents a "grave threat" to U.S. security.

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CNN

U.S. military plans Gitmo legal compound

The U.S. military said it plans to build a $125 million compound at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to hold war-crimes trials for terror suspects by the mid-2007.

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Yahoo!News

Karzai: Afghanistan a 'threat to wider region'

Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said instability in Afghanistan is a huge threat to peace and prosperity in the wider region.

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BBC

Is international sympathy turning against Israel?

International opinion has started to turn against Israel after its army killed Palestinian civilians this month, Arab and Muslim officials said in Saudi Arabia on Saturday.

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Reuters

Hopes dashed for diplomats to resolve Darfur crisis

Hopes that a diplomatic breakthrough might soon send international troops into Darfur to end violence largely evaporated as fighting escalated and Sudan's government seemingly torpedoed any deal.

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India welcomes U.S. Senate's approval of nuclear pact

India gave a cautious welcome to the U.S. Senate approval of a plan for nuclear cooperation between the two countries, a proposal that would allow the U.S. to start shipping nuclear fuel and technology to India.

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International Herald Tribune

Half-baked attempt to kill Supreme Court crumbles

Cookies mailed to the U.S. Supreme Court last year contained enough rat poison to kill all nine justices, retired member Sandra Day O'Connor said at a conference.

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CNN

Toys for Tots does about-face on talking Jesus dolls

The Marine Reserves' Toys for Tots program has decided to accept a donation of Bible-quoting Jesus dolls, reversing course after saying earlier that it couldn't take them.

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CNN

Housing construction drops in October

Housing construction plunged in October as builders slashed activity to the lowest level in more than six years.

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Businessweek

Stocks await Black Friday in holiday week

Trading will be at a minimum on Wall Street next week, with the market closed on Thursday for the Thanksgiving holiday, but investors' attention will quickly turn to retail sales the following day.

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Reuters

Through the tears, Foley remembers father as good man

Former Congressman Mark Foley came to bury his father, emerging from the rehab center where he had been weathering outrage and investigations since resigning in disgrace.

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Palm Beach Post

Senate Dems plan overhaul of military tribunals bill

Gearing up for a major clash with the Bush administration, several key Senate Democrats plan to overhaul the newly minted legislation governing military tribunals of detainees.

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The Hill

Columns And Op-Ed

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My blown opportunity to be a Bollywood star

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Christian Science Monitor

Katrina's purgatory

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Unfair trade

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Houston Chronicle

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Reject outdated theology on gays and lesbians

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Miami Herald

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Soldiers tell trues stories from war

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San Francisco Chronicle

Few military options in Iraq

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Forbes

Condi's Iraq surprise

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Salon

Some on Capitol Hill still don't get it

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Miami Herald

Money, liberty--and lunch

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Chicago Tribune

The Big Three's diminished pull

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Los Angeles Times

A role for Iran in an Iraq exit strategy

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Christian Science Monitor

Through the conference hall and out of Iraq

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Students donate gifts around the world

The students of Robert E. Lee High School have filled more than 100 shoeboxes with toys, stuffed animals, candy, money and other gifts to donate to Operation Christmas Child.

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Baytown Sun

Volunteer pilots help wounded troops travel for care

A non-profit group of pilots is helping fly troops around the country for medical treatments and other needs.

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Fayetteville Observer

A's may not be hot on Bonds

Despite talk that the A's are interested in signing Giant Barry Bonds to a 2007 contract, replacing Frank Thomas as designated hitter, a club source said it probably won't happen.

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San Francisco Chronicle

Blue Jays sign Thomas for two years, $18 million

The Blue Jays reached a tentative deal with Frank Thomas, the 38-year-old designated hitter.

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ESPN

Shaq to have knee surgery, miss four to six weeks

Miami Heat center O'Neal, who tore cartilage in his left knee Sunday when he collided with Houston's Chuck Hayes, will go under the knife while the reigning NBA champs deal with the loss.

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ESPN

Nintendo launches Wii, challenging Sony

Nintendo's new video game console, the Wii, goes on sale Sunday, just two days after the launch of the rival PlayStation 3 from Sony turned violent at some stores.

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Mercury News

Robbers prey on PlayStation 3 buyers

Two armed thugs tried to rob a line of people waiting for the new PlayStation 3 game system to go on sale early Friday and shot one man who refused to give up his money, authorities said.

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CNN

Universal Music sues MySpace.com for copyright infringement

Universal Music Group sued MySpace.com, claiming the online social networking hub illegally encourages users to share music and music videos on the site without permission.

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Mercury News

Hubble Telescope makes new discovery

The Hubble Space Telescope has shown that a mysterious form of energy appears to have been fueling the expansion of the universe for most of its history.

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Washington Post

Love unveils new angle on Beatles

There was more than a twinkle of emotion in George Martin's eye when he was asked what John and George would have thought of Love, the new album of reworked Beatles' songs.

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BBC

Writers Preserve American Landscape Words

A group of writers has collected more than 800 fading landscape terms in a new book -- Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape.

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NPR

O.J.: Is it about more than the money?

Experts say that in writing a book about how he hypothetically would committed a double-murder, O.J. Simpson may be trying to recapture the limelight - or he's trying to get something off his chest.

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Seattle Post Intelligencer

As memories slip away, it's still a 'wonderful life'

Five years ago, Ken Morganstern was told he had early-stage Alzeheimer's disease. Since then, his memory has gotten worse - and he has lost some of the stories of his own life.

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NPR

FDA OKs wide sales of silicone breast implants

Silicone breast implants will be widely available in the United States for the first time in 14 years after U.S. health officials approved sales by two companies.

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Reuters

Dodging Medicare drug plan pitfalls

Open enrollment begins for seniors and other Medicare beneficiaries eligible for the program's drug plan. Perhaps the best advice for seniors is this: Don't be afraid to ask for help in figuring out a complex system.

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NPR

China's path to modernity, mirrored in troubled river

The source of the Yellow River in China, itself the water source for 140 million people in a country of about 1.3 billion, is in crisis

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Tilting at windmills

The clean-energy business is turning into the next big investment boom, in which risks are lightly brushed aside.

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Economist

Forest fires may actually cool climate

Climatologists have worried for years that forest fires would worsen global warming but now there is an indication that the fires could have a regional cooling effect.

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Environmental News Network

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