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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, center in the balcony, gives a speech to his supporters after winning the re- election from a balcony at Miraflores Presidential Palace in Caracas, Venezuela, (Photo by Howard Yanes / AP)

WORLD

Egypt arrests American, others in terror plot

Police have arrested an American, 11 Europeans and several others from Arab countries for allegedly plotting terrorist attacks in Middle Eastern countries including Iraq, the Interior Ministry said.

MSNBC

Hope for finding typhoon survivors fades

Officials and rescuers all but gave up hope of finding survivors in mudslide-swamped villages on the slopes of the Mayon volcano, five days after a typhoon killed an estimated 1,000 people.

CNN

Venezuela's Chavez easily wins re-election

Anti-American socialist Hugo Chavez said his claimed victory in the Venezuelan presidential election was "another defeat for the devil."

CNN

Bush to meet Shiite leader amid calls for change

Under pressure to change course in Iraq, President Bush will meet with British Prime Minister Tony Blair, his closest ally in the U.S.-led war.

CNN

Bush aide: Changes needed, but Iraq policy is not a failure

US News & World Report

Deadly weekend for U.S. troops in Iraq

CBS

Report: U.S.-trained Afghan police force is failing

Five years after the fall of the Taliban, a U.S. report has found that the American-trained police force in Afghanistan is incapable of carrying out routine law enforcement work.

IHT

U.N.'s Annan: Average Iraqi's life is 'worse'

Yahoo! News

50 bodies found in Baghdad

Reuters

Bolton to step down as U.N. ambassador

ABC

Russia warns Britain over ex-spy inquiry

The Russian foreign minister has warned that speculation over the death of Alexander Litvinenko is harming relations between Russia and Britain.

BBC

Friend says he knows who poisoned former Soviet spy

CNN

U.S. Marine convicted of rape, gets life sentence

A Philippine court convicted a U.S. Marine on rape charges and sentenced him to life in prison, ending an emotional year-long case that tested Philippine-American relations.

International Herald Tribune

Chilean ex-dictator Pinochet alert, talking after heart attack

Former dictator Augusto Pinochet, whose health problems long helped him escape trial for abuses during his rule, was conscious and talking after emergency surgery to clear a clogged artery that caused a heart attack.

Globe and Mail

Bank of New York to buy Mellon Financial

Bank of New York Co. Inc. has announced plans to buy Mellon Financial Corp. for about $16.5 billion, creating a powerhouse in securities servicing and asset management.

Reuters

Unemployment rate up in November

The unemployment rate crept higher in November and job growth fell short of the year's average, signs of a slowing U.S. economy, according to forecasts ahead of a government release this week.

Bloomberg

High Court to consider use of race in school assignments

The ability to use race when assigning students to public schools is on the line in two cases before the Supreme Court that could produce the most important decision on school desegregation in decades.

AOL

Hillary Clinton dogged by questions of 'electability'

While Hillary Rodham Clinton tops national polls of likely 2008 Democratic presidential contenders, she is dogged by questions of “electability” — political code for whether she can prevail in a general election.

MSNBC

Poll: America wants more religion and values

A recent survey commissioned by the American Bible Society and carried out by pollster Zogby International shows that 85 percent of American viewers want more religious values.

Epoch Times

RELIGION

Pope says trip to Turkey was 'unforgettable'

Pope Benedict XVI said his recent trip to Turkey was an "unforgettable" experience that he hoped will lead to dialogue with Muslims.

Yahoo!News

Diet books add a taste of religion to weight loss

There's not a diet book worth its salt substitute that attempts to reform the body without enlisting the mind, but some go a step further, calling on the soul as well.

Times Union

Pfizer stops development of promising heart drug

Doctors leading a global war on heart disease say they are "devastated" by the loss of a new drug they had expected to be an important weapon in the fight against high cholesterol.

USA Today

'Double diabetes' a new threat

Despite the flurry of public service campaigns and education efforts, the diabetes epidemic in the United States continues to escalate out of control.

Health Day

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GOOD NEWS

Soldiers honored for heroic acts

Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Monsoor had just an instant to react when a hand grenade was tossed into his rooftop hideout in Iraq.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Woman beats cancer, becomes Miss Rodeo

Miss Rodeo North Dakota Ashley Andrews had goals of beating cancer and winning the Miss Rodeo America crown. She accomplished both.

Happy News

Wind-whipped wildfire destroys California homes

Powerful, erratic winds hampered crews fighting a wildfire that destroyed at least five homes and threatened hundreds more in Southern California.

San Jose Mercury News

Hundreds of thousands without power following killer storm

About 350,000 households in Missouri and Illinois are without power in freezing temperatures, as crews work overtime to repair power lines downed by an ice storm blamed for at least 19 deaths.

USA Today

Virus fells hundreds on world's largest cruise ship

Nearly 400 passengers and crew were sickened by a common stomach virus on a Caribbean cruise aboard Royal Caribbean's Freedom of the Seas, the company said.

Reuters

Dolly Parton, Steven Spielberg among Kennedy Center honorees

From Hollywood to Dollywood, Motown to Broadway, a select group of stars from the film, stage and music worlds received recognition for a lifetime of achievement in the performing arts.

Newsday

Paris Hilton to Billboard: No thanks

Paris Hilton canceled an appearance at the Billboard Music Awards because she didn't like jokes written for her, according to a spokesman, who said "some satirical references ridiculed some of her peers."

Showbuzz

SPORTS

Phelps finishes with six gold medals at U.S. Open

Two-time Olympian Michael Phelps was pleasantly surprised by his success at the U.S. Open Swimming Championships.

Sports Illustrated

Davis Cup title goes to Russian

Marat Safin overcame a surface he hated and a stubborn Argentine opponent give Russia its first Davis Cup title on home soil, beating Jose Acasuso 6-3, 3-6, 6-3, 7-6 (5) for a 3-2 victory.

International Herald Tribune

The future of robots

Futurist Ray Kurzweil explains how the boundary between man and machine is quickly disappearing.

South Korean researchers claim to have designed and built a new inexpensive optical lens that collects light from a large area and produces a virtually distortion-free wide angle image.

Zee News

'Math is a fun, sexy thing'

Aman Kumar spends Monday nights in Stanford's math department plunging into theorems for fun. He gets no credit for this. But like dozens of other students, Kumar is there because of Ravi Vakil.

San Francisco Chronicle

Students with good attendance can win a new car, truck

Sixteen-year-old Kaytie Christopherson was preparing to do homework when she got the call: She had won a brand-new pickup truck for near-perfect school attendance.

CNN

Drilling might resume in Alaska bay

President Bush is deciding whether to lift a ban on oil and gas drilling in federal waters off Alaska's Bristol Bay, home to endangered whales and sea lions and the world's largest sockeye salmon run.

CNN

In Britain, wind turbines offer homespun electricity

Amid the rooftops and chimneys of Brighton, a seaside town south of London, spins a solitary symbol of Britain's growing devotion to green energy: wind turbines.

Christian Science Monitor

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