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Soldiers on patrols on a street in Fiji's capital Suva buy peanuts and peas from a street vendor. Fiji's powerful council of tribal chiefs refused to recognize the country's military regime. (Photo by Rick Rycroft / AP Photo)

Koreans launch joint Olympic bid

North and South Korea have launched a joint bid for the 2014 Winter Olympics. They will both back the bid of South Korean city Pyeongchang.

BBC

Analysts: U.S. at root of effort to topple Lebanese government

Many in Beirut say that U.S. failure to stop Israel's onslaught against Hezbollah last summer hurt the Lebanese government while strengthening Hezbollah.

McClatchy

Annan asks how world can allow 'horror' in Sudan

Outgoing U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan is asking how the international community can allow the "horror" in Sudan's Darfur region to continue.

Reuters

Foley panel: GOP didn't protect pages

The House ethics committee reported that Republican lawmakers and aides failed to protect young male pages from former Rep. Mark Foley's improper advances,.

Yahoo! News

Iraq insurgents’ bombmaking gets more lethal

Of the many dangers lying in wait for American soldiers in Iraq, the U.S. military increasingly fears one thing: the new, advanced roadside bombs planted by insurgents.

MSNBC

Bush, Congressional leaders meet on Iraq

Yahoo! News

Judge weighs torture claim vs. Rumsfeld

A federal judge appeared reluctant to give Donald H. Rumsfeld immunity from torture allegations, yet said it would be unprecedented to let the departing defense secretary face a civil trial.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Experts: U.S. port security unlikely to stop nukes

Efforts to screen U.S.-bound cargo for radioactive weapons are unlikely to stop a determined militant group from smuggling nuclear material into the U.S.

Reuters

U.S. pilots charged in Brazil plane crash

Brazilian police charged two U.S. pilots with endangering air safety in the crash of a Brazilian airliner over the Amazon rain forest in which all 154 people on board were killed.

Reuters

Blair: Paying religious groups is a mistake

Tony Blair formally declared Britain's multiculturalist experiment over as he told immigrants they had "a duty" to integrate with the mainstream of society.

Daily Telegraph

Investigators say former KGB spy was poisoned in hotel

As Alexander Litvinenko was buried, investigators revealed they now suspect that the former Kremlin spy was poisoned in the bar of a luxury London hotel when he met two Russian businessmen.

London Times

BUSINESS

China suppliers to Wal-Mart accused of abuse

Several Chinese suppliers of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fail to pay legally required wages or provide health insurance and allow poor working conditions, a Hong Kong-based labor group says.

Business Week

Number of jobs rise, but so does unemployment

Employers boosted payrolls by 132,000 in November, but the unemployment rate edged up to 4.5 percent.

Forbes

Speculation builds that Bank of America will buy Barclays

Bank of America is about to buy Barclays in a $100 billion deal that will be the largest financial services acquisition ever. Or, maybe not.

International Herald Tribune

EDUCATION

Gateway lands Illinois education work

Sixth-graders and teachers in several Illinois school districts will get Gateway notebook PC’s as part of a pilot project using technology to improve education.

Washington Technology

Native Canadians in British Columbia to get control over K-12 education

B.C. First Nations will soon have jurisdiction over the K-12 curriculum at band-operated schools following a unanimous vote Tuesday by federal MPs in Ottawa.

Chilliwack Progress

SPORTS

Ex-Giants SS Uribe killed in car crash

Former San Francisco Giants shortstop Jose Uribe was killed in a car crash in his native Dominican Republic.

Sports Illustrated

Staying put: Bonds to re-up with Giants for $16 million

The San Francisco Giants and Barry Bonds reached agreement on a $16 million, one-year contract that will keep the controversial slugger in the Bay Area to take aim at baseball's home run record.

ESPN

West Virginia football coach turns down offer from Alabama

West Virginia coach Rich Rodriguez turned down Alabama, telling his players he'll be back for his sixth season with the Mountaineers.

ABC News

RELIGION

Santa 'teaching false message'

Pastor Steve McNeilly of the New Life Christian Church has accused Santa of being a blasphemous stand-in for God who makes liars of parents and confuses children.

Herald Sun

'Tis the season of melding secular and spiritual

As the song says, in the air there's a feeling of Christmas. But not in Brooksville, Florida's square, which is decorated with a 15-foot "holiday" tree.

Scripps Howard

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GOOD NEWS

Formerly conjoined twins going home

Angie Benzschawel and Ryan Shaw held their surgically separated twin boys in their laps and prepared to return home to Wisconsin as more than 30 doctors, nurses and other medical staff bid them farewell.

Happy News

U.S. baby boomers seen donating $100 billion this year

U.S. baby boomers are expected to give roughly $100 billion to charity this year, marking a 25 percent increase from 2005, a study shows.

Reuters

NATION

Former U.N. envoy Kirkpatrick dies

Jeane J. Kirkpatrick, an unabashed apostle of Reagan era conservatism and the first woman U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has died. She was 80.

Newsday

Man arrested for alleged holiday bomb plot in Illinois

A Muslim convert was charged in a plot to set off hand grenades at a shopping mall during the Christmas rush. Investigators said Derrick Shareef, 22, was acting alone and never obtained any grenades.

MSNBC

E. coli outbreak now in seven states; agencies zero in on Taco Bell

As many as 84 people in seven states have been confirmed as having the strain of E. coli bacteria involved in an outbreak that may be linked to Taco Bell restaurants.

CNN

POLITICS

Last gasp of a smoke-filled room?

When the District goes smoke-free Jan. 2, at least one nicotine haven will remain: the U.S. Capitol. Lawmakers, several of whom enjoy a good cigar, have exempted themselves from the city's smoking ban.

MSNBC

POLITICS

Senate to hold closed joint caucus

The first thing the new, Democratic-led Senate will do next year is meet in a closed "bipartisan caucus" to help set what leaders call a more pleasant tone.

Yahoo!News

HEALTH

'Pro-anorexia' Web sites draw fire

Proponents say they offer 'support,' but a Stanford study finds that patients who visited pro-anorexia Web sites were sicker longer.

Newsweek

HEALTH

Why McDonald's isn't free of trans fat

Public opinion is swinging against the use of the artery-clogging fat. But it's hard for some companies to give up the habit.

BusinessWeek

Malaria could fuel spread of HIV

Malaria infections could be fuelling the spread of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa, scientists have warned.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Cloudy skies keep space shuttle on launchpad

NASA scrubbed the launch of the space shuttle Discovery because of a low cloud ceiling near the ship's launchpad; NASA now hopes for a weekend launch.

Orlando Sentinel

Nintendo owns the new generation

In the real-life video-game console shoot-'em-up contest, Nintendo is racking up the points, Microsoft has a respectable score, and Sony keeps dropping the joystick.

Forbes

ENVIRONMENT

Scientists: Plastic may be poisoning oceans

Microscopic particles of plastic are not biodegradable and may be poisoning oceans, British scientists fear.

Daily India

Yoko Ono not ready to forgive Lennon's killer

Yoko Ono has called for the anniversary of John Lennon's death to become a worldwide day of forgiveness, but she says she cannot yet absolve her husband's killer.

Reuters

Wesley Snipes surrenders to Feds on tax charges

Wesley Snipes, the Hollywood action star, is free on bail, and will be allowed to go back to Namibia to finish filming a motion picture, but must return by Jan. 10 to face charges of failing to pay taxes.

Los Angeles Times

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