Top Stories: A US Senate report has revealed that US forces could have captured Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan in late 2001. Big News Network.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:53:32 -0500Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed alMegrahi was implicated in the purchase and development of chemical weapons by Libya, the US has claimed. ANI Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:56:45 -0500The Swiss people are voting in a referendum this weekend on whether to ban the construction of minarets. Big News Network.com Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:41:57 -0500Russia’s federal security chief has said an explosive device caused the derailment of the Nevsky Express travelling from Moscow to St. Petersburg. Big News Network.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 19:02:54 -0500US reports about alleged abuses in the secretive Bagram jail in Afghanistan, have angered human rights workers. Big News Network.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:45:15 -0500The credibility of the opposition Liberal Democratic Party in Japan, has sunk lower after revelations about secret deals between Washington and Tokyo about the presence of nuclear weapons on Japanese soil. Big News Network.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:38:40 -0500British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has asked for an international conference on Afghanistan next year. Big News Network.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:51:25 -0500A Bangladeshi ferry carrying more than 1,000 passengers sank late Friday, on the Tetulia River on Bhola island, some 150 kilometres south of the capital, Dhaka. Big News Network.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:55:39 -0500While over 270 people survived, at least 73 people were killed when a boat sank on a lake in the west of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Big News Network.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:16:31 -0500A man from Taiwan has allegedly had his hand chopped off to collect insurance. Big News Network.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 18:09:52 -0500Saudi Arabia’s civil defence authority Saturday raised the toll from this week’s flash floods caused by heavy downpours to 106. Big News Network.com Sat, 28 Nov 2009 17:46:27 -0500National Infrastructures Minister Uzi Landau on Sunday filed an appeal over the cabinet's decision to freeze construction in West Bank settlements for 10 months, asking that the government hold a deba... Jerusalem Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:30:51 -0500MK Nachman Shai (Kadima) is receiving a lifetime IDF pension despite the fact that he only served a few years in the Army Spokesperson's Unit, it was revealed Sunday. Jerusalem Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:30:49 -0500Lawmakers urged Iran's government today to submit a plan on reducing cooperation with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), after the UN body rebuked Tehran for building a uranium enrichmen... The Independent Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:29:32 -0500The White House released this photo of President Obama as he greets Michaele and Tareq Salahi in the Blue Room of the White House before the State Dinner with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, of I... USA Today Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:20:10 -0500Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with... USA Today Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:20:09 -0500Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- Another explosive detonated Saturday near the site of a deadly Russian train derailment, an incident caused by what authorities say was an "act of terror."... CNN Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:17:53 -05001213: Lee Bowyer has another pot-shot, this time from further out. Marcus Hahnemann, who is making his first league start NOT his debut (ahem), is equal to it - diving low to his right to save comfort... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:14:44 -0500A government minister has blamed Indonesia's recent string of natural disasters on people's immorality.Communication and Information Minister Tifatul Sembiring said that there were many television pro... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:14:43 -0500U.N. nuclear watchdog voted to rebuke Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret."Because of world powers' behavior, the government should submit its plan over reducing Iran's cooperation ... International Herald Tribune Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:11:34 -0500Munich, Germany - Eighty-nine-year-old John Demjanjuk takes the stand on Monday over the gas chamber deaths of thousands of Jews in what will likely be the last major Nazi war crimes trial. The Ukr... IOL Sun, 29 Nov 2009 07:08:25 -0500HUNDREDS of fire fighters have battled about 60 blazes across New South Wales, with an uncontained fire in the state's north blackening more than 100 hectares. The Australian Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:58:55 -0500THERE was no sign of flamboyant Dr Geoffrey Edelsten or his Californian bride Brynne Gordon on their big day.But the more than 500 wedding guests arriving at Melbourne's Crown Casino today didn't seem... The Australian Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:58:55 -0500President Obama greeting Michaele and Tareq Salahi of Virginia in the Blue Room during Tuesday's state dinner. The couple had posed with Obama at his inauguration. Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:57:31 -0500With the Senate set to begin debate Monday on health care overhaul, the all-hands-on-deck Democratic coalition that allowed the bill to advance is fracturing. New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:39:18 -0500ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's main opposition party demanded Sunday that the president immediately relinquish much of his power amid calls for the unpopular leader to assume a ceremonial role or resign... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:39:17 -0500DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- Dubai World "totally rejected" the possibility of selling off some of its top performing assets in the months before the heavily indebted conglomerate turned to cre... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:39:16 -0500WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) -- Moments after pulling out of his driveway in the middle of the night, Tiger Woods drove his SUV over a fire hydrant and into a tree, causing injuries that sent him to the hosp... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:39:15 -0500GENEVA (AP) -- Swiss voters are deciding in a referendum Sunday whether to accept a ban on the construction of minarets, which right-wing parties regard as symbols of militant Islam. New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:39:14 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the te... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:39:13 -0500KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they a... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:39:13 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration, battling a foreclosure crisis that shows no signs of relenting, will step up pressure on mortgage companies to do more to help people remain in their homes... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:39:12 -0500STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Toby Gerhart turned what could be Charlie Weis' final game as Notre Dame coach into his own Heisman Trophy infomercial. Gerhart ran for 205 yards and three scores, threw an 18... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:39:11 -0500S.A. Miller Sen. Jim DeMint has locked a "hold" on President Obama's pick to head the Transportation Security Administration over concerns the nominee would undermine safety by allowing airport secur... Washington Times Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:25:56 -0500Matthew Mosk President Obama will attempt to persuade the American public this week that more time, troops and money will accomplish what eight years of effort and every outside power in history have... Washington Times Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:25:55 -0500Sarah Abruzzese Virginia Delegate David Marsden thinks he can win the state Senate seat that will be vacated by Attorney General-elect Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II in Fairfax County. Mr. Marsden, a De... Washington Times Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:25:53 -0500And there used to be a ballpark, where the field was warm and green. And the people played their crazy games, with a joy I've never seen. — Frank Sinatra, 1973... Washington Times Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:25:51 -0500Karen Goldberg Goff Go ahead and play those Mozart CDs, teach a toddler to hit a tennis ball or tutor him in advanced algebra. In the end, you might have listened to some good music or spent some ... Washington Times Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:25:50 -0500Ralph Z. Hallow Mitch Daniels might be the best-kept secret in the country as well as in his own Republican Party. Except among the conservative movement's cognoscenti, Mr. Daniels is not on the l... Washington Times Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:25:49 -0500TEHRAN : Iranian lawmakers on Sunday demanded the government of hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad reduce ties with the UN atomic watchdog after it censured Tehran for building a new nuclear plant... Channel News Asia Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:11:13 -0500KABUL, Afghanistan - Days after President Obama outlines his new war strategy in a speech Tuesday, as many as 9,000 Marines will begin final preparations to deploy to southern Afghanistan and renew an... MSNBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:05:10 -0500Two Burmese fishermen and a 17-year-old boy have been jailed for murdering a yachtsman from East Sussex off the coast of Thailand.Malcolm Robertson, 64, of Hastings, was bludgeoned and thrown overboar... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:01:06 -0500The creche at a council-owned sports centre in Glasgow has been shut during a police investigation. Strathclyde Police said they were carrying out inquiries in response to information they had receive... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:01:05 -0500Rwanda has announced that it has become the 54th member of the Commonwealth.The African country was admitted at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Trinidad and Tobago. A Rwandan governmen... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:01:04 -0500Gordon Brown has told the BBC that Pakistan must do more to "break" al-Qaeda and find Osama Bin Laden.The prime minister said, eight years after the 2001 attacks on the US, nobody had been a... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 06:01:03 -0500London - The British government's chief legal advisor informed then prime minister Tony Blair in 2002 that deposing Saddam Hussein would contravene international law, a newspaper reported on Sunday. ... IOL Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:54:46 -0500Nazirpur, Bangladesh - Bangladeshi rescue workers on Sunday pulled more bodies from a capsized ferry as police said at least 37 people had died and warned that "scores" more corpses remained in the ve... IOL Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:54:43 -0500DHAKA (Reuters) - The death toll from an overcrowded ferry that sank in Bangladesh two days ago rose to 49, officials said Sunday, with rescuers saying many more victims were still trapped inside the ... Reuters Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:53:19 -0500THE Sri Lankan general who led troops to victory over Tamil separatists after decades of war has formally announced that he would try to unseat the president in January elections. The Australian Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:45:21 -0500Zardari transferred command of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal to the prime minister Friday and said he would surrender more powers by the end of the year. New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:25:13 -0500STANFORD, Calif. (AP) -- Toby Gerhart turned what could be Charlie Weis' final game as Notre Dame coach into his own Heisman Trophy infomercial. Gerhart ran for 205 yards and three scores, threw an 18... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:25:12 -0500MK Ya'akov Katz (National Union) filed an appeal to the High Court of Justice on Sunday morning, asking that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu be ordered to publish the findings of a commission tasked... Jerusalem Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:00:22 -0500Swiss voters are deciding in a referendum Sunday whether to accept a ban on the construction of minarets, which right-wing parties regard as symbols of militant Islam. Jerusalem Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 05:00:16 -0500OCCUPIED EAST JERUSALEM, Nov 28 (IPS) - In this city of fraternal faiths and conflicting political aspirations, dreams need to be made of sterner stuff.Israelis dream of the world accepting their hold... IPS Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:59:31 -0500A woman walks behind a campaign poster on Nov. 23 in Corseaux, Switzerland, of the far-right Swiss People's Party supporting a ban on the building of new minarests in the country. MSNBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:48:51 -0500CARACAS, Venezuela - Hugo Chavez says he is starting to "bombard" clouds now that Cuba has provided Venezuela with cloud-seeding help in an effort to produce rain and alleviate the effects of a severe... MSNBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:48:50 -0500The Iranian parliament has urged President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's government to reduce co-operation with the UN nuclear watchdog.The move comes two days after the International Atomic Energy Agency (IA... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:44:09 -0500Former Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has been given evidence his three times great-grandfather fathered children with his own daughter.Mr Prescott, who was born in Prestatyn, Denbighshire in 193... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:44:08 -0500A reading expressing distress at clerical child abuse in Dublin is being read at masses in Down and Connor, Northern Ireland's largest diocese.It was prepared on behalf of Bishop Noel Treanor and his ... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:44:07 -0500SHANGHAI – A Zimbabwe-registered cargo plane crashed in flames during takeoff from Shanghai’s main airport Saturday, killing three American crew members and injuring four others on board. ... The News Tribune Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:28:49 -0500]+(>|$)/g, ""); formObj.field.value += ' (HTML deleted)'; } //alert('After Flag | mT: ' + mT + ' | kP: ' + kP) return insertComment(formObj, true, updateComments, true); };... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:26:29 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the te... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:07:47 -0500ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's unpopular president is coming under increasing pressure from the powerful army and political opponents to resign or relinquish most of his powers, fueling political turmoi... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:07:45 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration, battling a foreclosure crisis that shows no signs of relenting, will step up pressure on mortgage companies to do more to help people remain in their homes... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:07:45 -0500KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they a... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:07:42 -0500NEW YORK (AP) -- The chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank's ability to handle future crises and may politicize mone... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:07:42 -0500JUPITER, Fla. (AP) -- Investigators in Florida alerted Michigan authorities to be on the lookout Saturday for a man accused of shooting four relatives to death after a Thanksgiving dinner in South Flo... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:07:41 -0500SHENZHEN, China (AP) -- Francesco and Edoardo Molinari became the first brother combination to win the World Cup of Golf, beating Sweden and Ireland by a stroke Sunday to give Italy its first victory ... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 04:07:40 -0500LOS ANGELES - When Matt Barkley kneeled down to end Southern California’s victory in the final minute, UCLA defiantly stopped the clock with a timeout. MSNBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:32:36 -0500US forces had Osama Bin Laden "within their grasp" in Afghanistan in late 2001, a US Senate report says.It says calls for US reinforcements were rejected, allowing the al-Qaeda leader to &qu... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:28:34 -05006th over - 24-1 That's liquid cricket from De Villiers, waiting on a ball from Broad and steering him through cover-point for four. That was a peach, buffed, with the dew still on it. BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:28:33 -0500Tomorrow is the big sporting event of the year in Pennsylvania. Forget the World Series, the Super Bowl, the Stanley Cup, the NBA playoffs. Tomorrow is Opening Day - the first day of the main two-week... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:11:07 -0500New Jersey's drug-free school-zone law, conceived to protect schoolchildren, could be amended to give judges more discretion in sentencing offenders under a bill the Legislature is considering. Passe... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:11:03 -0500Even with the best efforts of race organizers and city officials, keeping the Dad Vail Regatta in Philadelphia might have been economically impossible. But a review of events leading to the regatta's... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:10:57 -0500It began in 1947, with kids at Haverford High sitting around at lunch, spinning records, and pretending to be on radio. Principal Oscar Granger had an idea: Why pretend? Why not start an FM station? ... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:10:54 -0500Concerned that American men may be embracing the same kind of misguided sex-hormone use that brought calamity to women, the government is funding a national study to see whether older men with low tes... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:10:52 -0500Val Pistilli, 65, sets down an HO locomotive at a meeting of the Greater Abington Township Society of Model Engineers. He says the trains are "full of action. They sound like they're breathing an... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:10:49 -0500President Obama greeting Michaele and Tareq Salahi of Virginia in the Blue Room during Tuesday's state dinner. The couple had posed with Obama at his inauguration. Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:10:46 -0500Mark Chilutti earned a footnote in political history when, back in 2000, the gunshot-victim-turned-political-neophyte came within 93 votes of beating State Rep. John M. Perzel, one of the most powerfu... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:10:42 -0500ATLANTA _ More bad news for the Flyers: Danny Briere, who is second on the team with 10 goals, will miss tonight's game in Atlanta because of the flu. Briere had missed the previous two games becaus... Philadelphia Daily News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 03:10:41 -0500ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's unpopular president is coming under increasing pressure from the powerful army and political opponents to resign or relinquish most of his powers, fueling political turmoi... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:52:18 -0500The Prime Minister says he wants an extra 5,000 Afghan forces trained in Helmand province by next year, and he wants details on reform of the police and government. Mr Brown told Sky's political edit... Sky News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:14:49 -0500Gately, 33, was found dead at his holiday villa in Majorca in October. A post mortem found he died from natural causes. Tonight's memorial concert has been organised by the singer's civil partner An... Sky News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 02:14:47 -0500A small plane crashed at Lake Elmo Airport on Saturday, injuring the pilot, Washington County officials said. The single-engine plane lost power during takeoff and made a crash landing in a grassy ar... Pioneer Press Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:59:31 -0500SENATOR Nick Minchin has refused to be drawn into a public slanging match with Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull, declaring he is not trying to wreck the Liberal Party. The Australian Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:58:08 -0500NICK Minchin has held up his 30 years of full time work for the Liberal Party to scoff at claims by Malcolm Turnbull that his ETS views were wrecking the party. The Australian Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:58:07 -0500WINDERMERE, Fla. (AP) -- The mystery over Tiger Woods' car crash intensified Saturday when his agent called state troopers on their way to Woods' house and asked them to wait another day before speaki... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:35:41 -0500KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) -- The growth of cell phones with global-positioning technology is making life uncertain for the makers of personal navigational devices that help drivers figure out where they a... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:35:38 -0500NEW YORK (AP) -- The chairman of the Federal Reserve is concerned that congressional efforts at financial reform could weaken the central bank's ability to handle future crises and may politicize mone... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:35:37 -0500Gerhart ran for 205 yards and three scores, threw an 18-yard touchdown pass and scored the game-winning touchdown with 59 seconds left to help Stanford hand Weis and the Fighting Irish a fourth straig... New York Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:35:35 -0500Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will not allow the Likud central committee to convene to debate his decision to freeze construction in Judea and Samaria, sources in the Prime Minister's Office said ... Jerusalem Post Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:12:11 -0500BRUSSELS: The EU's first president Herman Van Rompuy takes office Tuesday, along with foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, hoping to boost Europe's global standing amid criticism of the low-profile ... Channel News Asia Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:06:39 -0500PORT OF SPAIN: Global climate talks to be held in Copenhagen got a big boost on the weekend when leaders representing a third of the planet's population put their full weight behind sealing a deal. Th... Channel News Asia Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:06:37 -0500WASHINGTON - Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terroris... MSNBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:00:22 -0500Gerhart ran for 205 yards and three scores, threw an 18-yard touchdown pass and scored the game-winning touchdown with 59 seconds left to help Stanford hand Weis and the Fighting Irish a fourth straig... MSNBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 01:00:20 -0500A memorial concert will be held later in London to celebrate the life of Boyzone singer Stephen Gately.Some 1,000 friends, family and fans will attend the event at the Palace Theatre, which has been o... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:56:25 -0500Presidential elections are due to be held in Honduras, five months after a political crisis ousted President Manuel Zelaya.He was forced from Honduras at gunpoint in June, and replaced by Roberto Mich... BBC Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:56:24 -0500Obama to Unveil Afghan Strategy in Address (AP) Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly ... CBS News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:46:12 -0500This undated photo provided by Jim Sitton via WPTV shows Makayla Sitton, 6. Four people including a child in bed were shot to death during a family Thanksgiving gathering Thursday night in Jupiter, Fl... CBS News Sun, 29 Nov 2009 00:46:11 -0500 | 
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