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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmar, center, pumps his fist as he rings the Nasdaq opening bell to begin trading to celebrate Microsoft's launch of its new Vista operating system. At left is Microsoft CFO Chris Liddell, and Nasdaq CEO Robert Greifeld applauds at right. (Photo by Richard Drew / AP Photo)

Powell joins voices calling Iraq conflict a 'civil war'

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Iraq had descended into civil war and urged world leaders to accept that "reality."

ABC News

U.S. media talk of Iraq civil war

BBC

Britain monitors five planes in spy death radiation probe

Britain is monitoring five planes for radiation in an ever-widening probe into the poisoning of a former Russian spy that has heightened tensions with Moscow.

Reuters

GM promises to build hybrid car

General Motors became the first automaker to commit to producing plug-in hybrids, as CEO Rick Wagoner pledged his company will make the high-mileage gas-electric vehicles.

San Jose Mercury News

Bush says no 'quick exit' from war; touts Maliki as 'right guy' for Iraq

USA Today

Iraq panel to advise gradual U.S. pullback

Following an intense assessment of U.S. policies in Iraq, the Iraq Study Group will recommend that a "gradual but meaningful" reduction of U.S. troops begin "relatively early in the New Year.".

CNN

The wait is over: Microsoft releases pro Vista

For the first time in five years, Microsoft is finally unveiling a new system for operating personal computers.

Yahoo!News

Record number in jails, on parole

A record 7 million people in the U.S. - one in every 32 adults - were behind bars, on probation or on parole last year.

US News & World Report

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Britain's Prince Charles greets an enthusiastic crowd of locals in Dawakin Kudu village, near Kano, northern Nigeria, as part of a three-day visit to Africa's oil giant. (Photo by George Osodi / AP)	A Guarani-Kaiowa Indian smokes a pipe as she holds her baby at a rally in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to protest encroachment of ranchers and farmers on traditional Indian territory. (Photo by Andre Penner / AP)	Tomas Velazquez is nailed to a cross in a mock crucifixion to protest Lino Cesar Oviedo's imprisonment. The former Paraguayan army chief is serving 10 years for plotting a coup. (Photo by Jorge Saenz / AP)

Iraq's violent 'brain drain' called a threat to future

Dozens of Iraqi academics and their families have been attacked and killed by extremists in recent weeks in what human rights groups say is an effort to eliminate remaining intellectuals and skilled professionals.

Boston Globe

Aide: Ill ex-Russian PM Gaidar possibly poisoned

MSNBC

In Congo, superstitions breed large number of homeless children

Peace has brought its own challenges to the Congo, as refugee families flow into the capital, Kinshasa. Out of survival, many are using witchcraft as an excuse to expel their most vulnerable members: children.

Christian Science Monitor

U.S. incomes are up; so is spending

U.S. incomes and spending rose in October, providing the means for consumers to keep spending as the holiday shopping season approached, while core consumer prices rose modestly, the government says.

Reuters

Forecast: Global demand, OPEC to keep oil near $64 in 2007

Healthy global demand, OPEC cuts and geopolitical tensions will keep oil prices near $64 a barrel next year, a Reuters running poll concludes.

Reuters

$30 billion in suspect munis redeemed, refunded

An estimated $30 billion of municipal bonds have been redeemed or refunded over the last six years after coming under Internal Revenue Service audit, a senior IRS muni enforcement official said.

MSN Money

Iowa Gov. Vilsack to run for president

Democratic Gov. Tom Vilsack is launching a long-shot bid for the presidency, calling for an end to U.S dependence on foreign oil in favor of alternative energy sources.

Forbes

Pastor defends invitation to Obama

Famed pastor Rick Warren defended his invitation to Sen. Barack Obama to speak at his church, despite objections from some evangelicals who oppose the Democrat's support for abortion rights.

AOL

RELIGION

Pope holds intimate Mass in Turkey

Pope Benedict XVI held an intimate Mass under a flower-covered canopy at one of the holiest Christian places in this predominantly Muslim nation, as riot police patrolled a hillside nearby.

ABC News

Church: Presiding bishop's comments taken out of context

Katharine Jefferts Schori, the Episcopal Presiding Bishop, is drawing fire for comments that some say demean other faiths.

BeliefNet

College chiefs’ pay on the rise

Presidents of 70 private colleges received more than $500,000 in salary and benefits last year.

Providence Journal

College leaders fare well elsewhere

Some Iowa university presidents who left the state are now among the highest-paid college leaders in the nation, according to a new national survey of executive compensation.

Des Moines Register

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