<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.congoo.com/css/rss.css" type="text/css" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Top-World-Stories News - Congoo</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/feed/newschannelsfeed.aspx?chid=65&amp;catid=361</link><description>News Feed for - Top-World-Stories</description><item><title>Cumbria floods: Cockermouth residents return</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96232364&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T18:48:00</pubDate><description>Residents of the flood-ravaged town of Cockermouth have been allowed back into their homes and businesses to begin the long process of cleaning up the damage. Police said people could return to the 900 </description><source>Telegraph</source></item><item><title>Iran begins war games to protect nuclear sites</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96145735&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T18:59:00</pubDate><description>Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting its nuclear facilities from attack, state TV reported, as an air force commander boasted the country could deter any military </description><source>Katu.com</source></item><item><title>Pricing Afghan troop buildup: $500,000 a soldier?</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305466&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:47:00</pubDate><description>Reporting from Washington - As President Obama measures the potential burden of a new war strategy in Afghanistan, his administration is struggling to come up with even the most dispassionate of predictions: </description><source>Chicago Tribune</source></item><item><title>In recession, one road led student back home</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96205006&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T05:28:00</pubDate><description>Melissa had always been too big for this town, her father liked to say. She was editor of the school newspaper, an intern in the U.S. Senate and the only student from Sentinel High School's Class of 2005 </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>Plan C for Afghanistan</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96271489&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T04:43:00</pubDate><description>President Obama is soon likely to settle on something closest to the third approach regarding Afghanistan. This will make no one very happy. Yet it might be the least dangerous choice. No one would choose </description><source>Washington Post</source></item><item><title>Bears game a first for Cubs' Carlos Zambrano</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96265137&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T02:03:00</pubDate><description>Cubs pitcher Carlos Zambrano was in Soldier Field for the Bears' game against the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday night, watching from a suite with friends. Earlier, Zambrano was spotted wearing a Brian </description><source>Chicago Tribune</source></item><item><title>Cumbria braced for more floods</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96213860&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T19:24:00</pubDate><description>Residents in areas of Cumbria hit by devastating floods have been warned to expect further heavy rain and possibly more flooding. The warning came after residents and business-owners returned to about </description><source>BBC</source></item><item><title>Policeman who faked car crash killed fiancee with hammer</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96312475&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T18:53:00</pubDate><description>Martin Forshaw jailed for life with minimum term of 18 years for what judge describes as 'brutal killing'  A policeman was jailed for at least 18 years today for killing his fiancee by bludgeoning her </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>The high cost of health care reform</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96064582&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T19:39:00</pubDate><description>Americans are rightfully dissatisfied with the high cost of health care and the rough treatment they receive from private insurers, but the reforms Democrats in Congress are cooking up will only make </description><source>Enter Stage Right</source></item><item><title>Manmohan Singh Arrives In U.S., Strategic Ties Poised For New Heights</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96148714&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T06:42:00</pubDate><description>Optional: Temporarily hide the 'tabber' class so it does not 'flash' on the page as plain HTML. After tabber runs, the class is changed to 'tabberlive' and it will appear. //Function Which Calls Swap </description><source>RTTNews.com</source></item><item><title>Sachin must learn from Sourav: Saamna</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96132859&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T01:14:00</pubDate><description>MUMBAI: In a tactical move, the Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna once again hit out at cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar in its Sunday edition, claiming that Sachin plays only for the Indian cricket board and </description><source>Times of India</source></item><item><title>NE China colliery explosion kills 104</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96123611&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T01:40:00</pubDate><description>HEGANG, Heilongjiang, Nov. 23 (Xinhua) -- The death toll from the deadly coal mine blast in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province has risen to 104, said local authorities early Monday morning. Another </description><source>Xinhua News Agency</source></item><item><title>The 'manbag' that got me into trouble with the fashion police</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96259913&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T00:23:00</pubDate><description>I was suspected of being a thief in Canary Wharf  This is how I decide on a bag: is it easy to carry, and does it fit all that I need? Ascribing it a gender ranks low in my considerations, behind function, </description><source>Guardian.co.uk</source></item><item><title>China mine disaster kills at least 104</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96216634&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T13:53:00</pubDate><description>HEGANG, China - Grieving miners' families demanded answers Monday from mining officials about the underground gas explosion that left at least 104 men dead in northeastern China. The massive blast Saturday </description><source>CNEWS</source></item><item><title>PM Manmohan gives thumbs up to US economy, dollar</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96305282&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:44:00</pubDate><description>WASHINGTON: In an extraordinary endorsement of the United States economic resilience, Indias Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has said questions about the American economic model and the setbacks it is suffering </description><source>Times of India</source></item><item><title>Angry Liberhan says he didn't leak Babri demolition report</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96297842&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:07:00</pubDate><description>CHANDIGARH: 'Get lost!' This was M S Liberhan's outburst when confronted by journalists over his leaked report into the Babri mosque razing published Monday. The retired Supreme Court judge, whose report </description><source>Times of India</source></item><item><title>People smuggling trade flourishing</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96293875&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T10:02:00</pubDate><description>People smuggling networks taking asylum seekers from Indonesia to Australia are flourishing despite Jakarta's pledges to combat the trade. Al Jazeera's Step Vaessen gained rare access to a network of </description><source>Al Jazeera</source></item><item><title>S.Africa police arrest 22 over xenophobic attacks</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96060815&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T09:46:00</pubDate><description>00 am ET JOHANNESBURG (AFP) South African police said Friday that 22 people were arrested for public violence after 3,000 mainly Zimbabwean migrants fled their homes due to tensions with locals over competition </description><source>AFP via Yahoo!</source></item><item><title>Arrest warrants for 2 Afghan ministers</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96189914&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T07:14:00</pubDate><description>KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 23 (UPI) --  Two ministers in the Cabinet of Afghan President Hamid Karzai face arrest warrants on corruption charges, sources told The Times of London.</description><source>UPI</source></item><item><title>We will hit India hard: Headley in emails to friends</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96261373&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T00:41:00</pubDate><description>NEW DELHI: David Coleman Headley, the Pakistan-origin US national who is suspected of plotting another version of 26/11, showed his feelings for India in emails to his old schoolmates. Writing about India </description><source>Times of India</source></item><item><title>26 killed as ferry sinks in Indonesia</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96213158&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T15:11:00</pubDate><description>AFP/Jakarta Twenty six people were killed and some 250 were rescued after a ferry sank in stormy seas off Indonesia?s Sumatra island yesterday, a navy official said. The 147-tonne Dumai Express was sailing </description><source>Gulf Times</source></item><item><title>Cumbria takes stock of flood damage</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96294877&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T20:15:00</pubDate><description>Flood-hit communities are facing up to the devastation brought about by the torrential downpours, as homes and businesses in Cumbria found themselves cut off by collapsed or damaged bridges. Jill Stannard, </description><source>IC Tamworth</source></item><item><title>Iran's death penalty is seen as a political tactic</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96260573&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T12:49:00</pubDate><description>CAIRO â?? A flurry of executions and death sentences in Iran has raised concern that the government is using judicially sanctioned killing to intimidate the political opposition and quell pockets of ethnic </description><source>Iran Focus</source></item><item><title>Indian court commission indicts Atal, Advani for Babri demolition</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96262057&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T20:18:00</pubDate><description>NEW DELHI: The Justice Manmohan Singh Liberhan Commission of Inquiry of Indian court has indicted former Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, current Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha L K Advani </description><source>Geo Tv</source></item><item><title>Britain's Brown visits flood-hit Cumbria</title><link>http://www.congoo.com/news/addstorycomment.aspx?st=96079559&amp;Channel_ID=65&amp;Category_ID=361</link><pubDate>2009-11-23T08:13:00</pubDate><description>Brown visited flood-hit Cumbria in north west England on Saturday to see the damage caused by record rainfall and pay tribute to a policeman who died when a bridge collapsed. 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