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19 minutes ago North Korea's Kim goes to the zoo (AFP)
AFP - North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, believed to have suffered a debilitating stroke earlier this year, has visited Pyongyang zoo to give advice on its reconstruction plans, state ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:52 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
French first lady joins global fight against AIDS (AP)
AP - France's glamorous first lady threw her considerable star power behind the global fight against AIDS on Monday, as the world tallied the victims of the HIV virus that ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:50 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Dalai Lama calls for dealing firmly with China (AFP)
AFP - Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, Monday called on the world to stand firm when dealing with China, while recognising that the Asian economic giant could not be ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:47 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Iraq: Key figures since the war began (AP)
AP - _October 2007: 170,000 at peak of troop buildup.
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:40 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Swiss court imprisons ex-manager of Israeli bank (AP)
AP - A Swiss court has sentenced a former branch manager of Israel's Bank Leumi to eight years in prison for a string of fraud-related offenses.
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:36 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Luxury British carmaker Aston Martin hit by downturn (AFP)
AFP - Aston Martin, the maker of luxury cars driven by royals and James Bond, said Monday it was planning to cut 600 full-time and temporary jobs because of falling ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:30 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
ECB to relaunch bid process for building new HQ (AP)
AP - The European Central Bank will reopen the bidding process for companies that want a hand in building its new headquarters.
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:25 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
More African children face malnutrition in 2020: study (AFP)
AFP - About 16 million more children in Africa face malnutrition in 2020 as a result of low economic growth and dwindling investments in agriculture, an international study released Monday ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:14 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Truffle fetches 130,000 pounds at auction (Reuters)
Reuters - Defying the economic downturn, an Italian white truffle weighing just over 1 kg (2.2 lb) sold at an international auction Saturday for $200,000 (130,000 pounds).
Yahoo! News: World News - 4:11 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
US, European stocks plummet again (AFP)
AFP - US and European stocks plunged on Monday as weak economic data pointed to a looming global recession, dashing hopes of a quick recovery in equity prices after the ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 3:56 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
EU moves toward new hedge fund rules (AP)
AP - The European Union will this week take the first step toward new rules governing high-risk hedge funds, the EU's financial services chief said Monday.
Yahoo! News: World News - 3:50 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Al-Qaida's Zawahri praises executed Bali bombers (AP)
AP - Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader has praised the three Bali bombers recently executed in Indonesia and criticized Saudi and other Arab leaders for participating in a U.N. interfaith conference.
Yahoo! News: World News - 3:43 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
UN names new AIDS chief (AP)
AP - The United Nations' AIDS program says Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed a new chief for the group.
Yahoo! News: World News - 3:36 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
A mother loses libel action over 'ugly' daughter (AFP)
AFP - A British woman lost a libel case on Monday against her daughter, a lawyer who wrote a tell-all book accusing her mother of a catalogue of childhood abuse ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 3:33 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Deadly Nigerian riots tied to rifts over election (AP)
AP - Iki Atsen told the women in his family to flee and grabbed an ax as a man with a bullhorn urged 100 Muslim men to storm Atsen's Christian ...
Yahoo! News: World News - 3:29 a.m. Tuesday 2nd December 2008

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