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Andy Borowitz: Polanski Barred from Poking People on Facebook
Huffington Post - 4 Hours ago
GENEVA (The Borowitz Report) - In what is being seen as a setback for Roman Polanski, the Swiss court that ordered the famed director free on bail today prohibited him from poking people on the popular Add Comment

The Other Education
New York Times - 12 Hours ago
While our scholastic education is formal and supervised, our emotional education, the one we glean on our own from artists and musicians, is more important to our long-term happiness. Add Comment

Universal Coverage: Choosing Decency and Vibrancy
New York Times - 12 Hours ago
David Brookss column (Nov. 24) encapsulates many of the unsound arguments that have characterized the health care reform debate over the past year. We do not face a brutal choice between a more decent Add Comment

The disaster of Christmas giving
Washington Post - 11/26/2009
This voluntary December calamity is explained in a darkly amusing little book that is about the size of an iPhone. 'Scroogenomics: Why You Shouldn't Buy Presents for the Holidays' comes from a distinguished

George F. Will on the disaster of Christmas giving Washington Post

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US politics

White House crashers no strangers to trouble
New York Daily News - 4 Hours ago
Michaele Salahi cozies up to CBS news anchor Katie Couric. CLICK PHOTO for more pics!! Take our Poll Party Crashers Should Tareq and Michaele Salahi be praised, or punished, for crashing the Obama administration's

Those White House gate crashers Washington Post

The First Draft: White House â??gate crashersâ? to tell their own story Reuters

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CDA to U.S. Policymakers: Don't Ratify Honduras Elections as 'Free and Fair'
Reuters - 5 Hours ago
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Sarah Stephens, executive director of the Center for Democracy in the Americas (CDA), released this statement urging the United States government not to

CDA to U.S. Policymakers: Dont Ratify Honduras Elections as Free and Fair Street Insider

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WHITE HOUSE SAYS WELCOMES CHINA'S EMISSIONS PROPOSAL, WORLD WILL
Forbes.com - 4 Hours ago
HomeBusiness Tech Markets Entrepreneurs Leadership Personal Finance ForbesLife Lists Opinions Video Blogs E-mail Newsletters Portfolio Tracker Special Reports Commerce Energy Health Care Logistics Manufacturing Add Comment

Iran Faces "Consequences" on Nuclear Issue: U.S.
ABC News - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog's vote to rebuke Iran on Friday should send a clear message that Tehran will face consequences if it fails to engage with major powers on the nuclear issue,

U.S.: Iran to face consequences for nuclear defiance Haaretz

Time running out for Iran on nuclear issue: White House Reuters

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US social policy

White House official's net neutrality comments irk AT&T
Washington Post - 4 Hours ago
AT&T doesn't like the idea of new regulations mandating unfettered access to the Internet, and recent comments from the Obama administration that connected the issue to censorship in China have really

AT&T and White House spar on â??Net neutrality' Houston Chronicle

White House official laments healthcare bill obscuring climate push The Hill

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Research and Markets: Civil Rights in Wartime Offers a Sharp Analysis of the Legal
Business Wire - 5 Hours ago
Research and Markets: Offers a Sharp Analysis of the Legal Battles Fought By Sikhs in Post-9/11 America DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/702803/civil_rights_in_wa) Add Comment

Obama, GOP remain at odds over health care
Capitol Hill Blue - 9 Hours ago
President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this Thanksgiving but offered starkly different recipes for relief. Add Comment

Employers urged getting social security for workers
Individual.com - 16 Hours ago
Sindh Minister for Labour and Chairman Governing Body Sindh Employees Social Security Institution (SESSI) Amir Nawab Khan has said the employers should get registered their workers in Social Security Add Comment

International development

Gov't to Increase Tax-Free Imports from Developing Nations
Digital Chosun - 18 Hours ago
The Korean government will take steps to increase the quota of tax-exempt imports from developing nations starting next year. The Ministry of Strategy and Finance says the current 80 percent ratio of Add Comment

New Satellite Business Shows Europe's Strength In Developing World
Aviation Week - 3 Hours ago
Two moves in South Asia could provide Astrium with a launch customer for a new small communications spacecraft, while reinforcing the company's lock on the remote-sensing satellite market. On Nov. 16, Add Comment

Dams, bio-fuel plantations cannot be classified "green energy": NGO
TheStar.com.my - 12 Hours ago
MIRI: Hydro-electric dam projects and biofuel-plantation projects that uproot tribal folks from their ancestral homes must be de-listed from their ''green energy'' tags and classified as ''people-destructive Add Comment

NGO MONITOR: Trojan Horse:The Impact of European Government Funding for Israeli
Independent Media Review Analysis - 14 Hours ago
Executive Summary Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) wield very significant political and legal power in Israel, particularly through their use of the language and frameworks of human rights and humanitarian Add Comment

Human rights

War crimes envoy a 'champion' of the brutalized
Washington Post - 18 Hours ago
As a 21-year-old congressional intern, Rapp was kidnapped by three men, pistol-whipped, had a gun barrel shoved in his mouth, and then was thrown into the trunk of his 1961 Chevrolet. His captors took

War crimes envoy has personal touch Washington Post

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Furor Over Seized Nobel Medal
Radio Free Europe - 4 Hours ago
Iranian human rights activist Shirin Ebadi speaking in Abu Dhabi Controversy is growing over the reported seizure by Iranian authorities of human rights activist Shirin Ebadi's 2003 Nobel Peace Prize.

Tehran seizes rights lawyer's Nobel prize Detroit News

Tehran seizes Peace medal from Nobelist Journal-Gazette

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Canadian forces accused of war crime
The Argosy - 5 Hours ago
Canadaâ??s government has found itself embroiled in a scandal that endangers its international credibility and possibly implicates the country in a war crime. On November 18, Canadian diplomat Richard Add Comment

COLOMBIA: Escobar cases could become 'crimes against humanity'
France24 - 9 Hours ago
Crimes involving the Medellin drug cartel and its late chief, Pablo Escobar, could be reclassified as "crimes against humanity" to enable prosecutors to avoid a 20-year time limit, officials in Bogota Add Comment

Iran

IAEA Votes to Censure Iran Over Nuclear Cover-Up
ABC News - 4 Hours ago
VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear watchdog governors voted overwhelmingly on Friday to censure Iran for building a uranium enrichment plant in secret. The resolution, passed by a 25-3 margin with six abstentions,

Iran censured at UN nuclear meeting Toronto Star Online

Diplomats: Iran censured at U.N. nuclear meeting Washington Post

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IAEA censures Iran's nuclear defiance
Jerusalem Post - 4 Hours ago
The UN nuclear agency's board censured Iran on Friday, with 25 nations backing a resolution that demands Teheran immediately mothball its newly revealed nuclear facility and heed UN Security Council resolutions

IAEA votes to censure Iran Washington Post

IAEA votes to censure Iran nuclear program Christian Science Monitor

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IAEA urges Iran to scrap nuke plant
CNN - 76 Minutes ago
Mohamed ElBaradei has criticized Iran's over its failure to provide information about its nuclear program. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Board of the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency criticized Iran's activities

2nd LD Writethru: IAEA urges Iran to fully cooperate on nuclear issue Individual.com

IAEA urges Iran to fully cooperate on nuclear issue People's Daily Online

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Iran slams Norway over Nobel claims
CNN - 5 Hours ago
Iran is denying Norway's claim that the Islamic republic confiscated the of human rights activist Shirin Ebadi, and indicated the issue involved tax evasion. 'It is most surprising to see Norwegian officials

Norway: Iran has Nobel laureate's deposit box with medal (Roundup) Monsters and Critics

Norway: Iran has Nobel laureate's deposit box with medal - Summary Earthtimes.org

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Iraq

Legality of Iraq war 'questionable'
Ananova - 3 Hours ago
The invasion of Iraq was of 'questionable legitimacy', according to Britain's ambassador to the United Nations at the time. Sir Jeremy Greenstock told the official war inquiry he believed the military

Legality of Iraq war 'questionable' The invasion of Iraq was of "questionable legitimacy", Beverley Today

UK & World News: Legality of Iraq war 'questionable' Runcorn and Widnes Weekly News

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UK Diplomat: Iraq Invasion Of "Questionable ...
Morningstar UK - 4 Hours ago
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Iraq invasion 'of questionable legitimacy' Adfero

UK questions 2003 Iraq invasion Bangkok Post

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U.S. followed own timetable on Iraq war - UK envoy
Reuters - 4 Hours ago
* British envoy says U.S. did not let diplomacy run course * Delay would have given greater legitimacy * Iraqi counterpart told him they had no WMD LONDON, Nov 27 (Reuters) - The United States followed

US 'followed own Iraq timetable' Irish Times

U.S. followed own timetable on Iraq war Khaleej Times

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Suicide attacks down, extortion up in Iraq's Mosul
Reuters Canada - 7 Hours ago
MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Drive-by shootings, murders and extortion are the new calling cards of a weakened insurgency in Mosul, replacing suicide bombings as the worst nightmare for residents of the northern

Suicide attacks down, extortion up in Iraq's Mosul (Reuters) Yahoo! News

Iraq city attacked by suicide bombers Malaysia Sun

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US security

FEATURE - CIA goes hiring in heart of Arab America
Reuters India - 5 Hours ago
DEARBORN, Mich. (Reuters) - At Tuhama's Lebanese deli in Dearborn, and at bakeries and barbershops throughout town, it's no secret the CIA is looking for a few good spies. 'There is a lot of talk, and

CIA goes hiring in heart of Arab America KNAU

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U.S.: Iran to face consequences for nuclear defiance Haaretz

Time running out for Iran on nuclear issue: White House Reuters

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Legal setback for Pentagon hacker
CNN - 6 Hours ago
The lawyer for hacker Gary McKinnon, who has admitted breaking into computers at NASA and the Pentagon, said Friday she would continue to fight his extradition to the United States after a top British

Pentagon hacker 'hopeful' despite setback CNN

Pentagon hacker hopeful despite setback CNN

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Lancaster's spy plane raises privacy worries
Los Angeles Times - 14 Hours ago
A plan to patrol Lancaster with an airplane that would record the movements of people on the ground has stoked the concerns of civil liberty advocates while being embraced by some residents who say they Add Comment

Climate change

Centamin Egypt: Results of Annual General Meeting of Shareholders...
Zibb - 86 Minutes ago
Companies: Centamin Egypt Ltd. (CEE), Centamin Egypt Ltd. (CEYEF) Centamin Egypt Limited ("Centamin" or "the Company") (TSX: CEE)(ASX: CNT)(LSE: CEY) wish to advise that, pursuant to Listing Rule 3.13.2,

Centamin Egypt: Annual General Meeting Chairman's Address Yahoo! Canada

Centamin Egypt: Annual General Meeting Chairman's Address Reuters

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Commonwealth opens summit set to stoke climate debate
The Age - 59 Minutes ago
Heads of Commonwealth nations and the United Nations opened an unprecedented summit Friday aimed at strengthening the debate on global warming 10 days ahead of Copenhagen talks. Opening the meeting, Commonwealth

Commonwealth summit in Trinidad targets climate change Kenya Broadcasting Corporation

Commonwealth summit to stoke climate debate (AFP) Yahoo! News

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U.S. says world analyzing China's climate goals
Reuters - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House gave a mixed reaction on Friday to China's plans to cut its carbon intensity levels, welcoming the proposal but saying the world would watch whether Beijing kept

World is watching China's climate progress, U.S. says Reuters India

EU welcomes US and China bids on climate Strategic Risk

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India feels growing pressure to set target for emissions cut
Los Angeles Times - 71 Minutes ago
Reporting from New Delhi - India found itself under growing pressure to set an emissions reduction target this week after China and the United States announced their pledges in advance of a global summit Add Comment

Physical Sciences

North Carolina Based Cromoz Inc. Launches Carbon Nanotechnology for Target Drug
Reuters - 5 Hours ago
DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Cromoz Inc., located in Research Triangle Park, will initiate water-soluble carbon nanotube-based cancer drug delivery system in Hyderabad, India. The water-soluble

North Carolina-based Cnanoz Unveils NanoPure to Government Leaders in Hyderabad, Carolina Newswire

North Carolina-based Cnanoz Unveils NanoPure(TM) to Government Leaders in Hyderabad, E Releases

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Everything you need to know about the Large Hadron Collider, CERN and the Higgs
CNET.co.uk - 4 Hours ago
Need to impress a sexy physics fan or wow your boss with your massive brain? Our idiot's guide to the LHC will turn you into an expert in five easy steps

Large Hadron Collider Gets Smashing Tech News World

Large Hadron Collider is now up and running The Hindu

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Interview: Inside CERN with an LHC scientist
CNET.co.uk - 8 Hours ago
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is one of the most ambitious experiments of all time and following a year of shutdown, it's finally started to do its business again. So we thought we'd have a chat to

Life and Work On the LHC At CERN Slashdot

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Pop star prof worried about UK's support for LHC
New Scientist - 4 Hours ago
about his new book - Why Does - in the famous Faraday lecture theatre with his co-author Jeff Forshaw, a fellow professor at Manchester University (Paul Clarke has posted ). At the end of his grand tour Add Comment



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