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100 nations make call for cluster bomb ban - 3 Hours ago

Washington More than 100 nations, including Britain, gathered in Oslo yesterday to sign a treaty renouncing the use of cluster bombs, in the hope of shaming some of the worlds biggest military powers

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CNN

High school math teacher sells ads on tests - 80 Minutes ago

San Diego Published 8 hour(s) ago A California high school math teacher is adding up dollars from ads he sells on his tests. Tom Farber came up with the idea to compensate for cuts in school funding for

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Rice attempts to calm tension in India - 5 Hours ago

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Bill Clinton urges Asians to give more
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China encourages banks to grant more loans
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Rice demands Pakistan help in probe of Mumbai attacks
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Obama picks Bill Richardson as Commerce secretary - 5 Hours ago
Reporting from Washington and Chicago President-elect Barack Obama this morning named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to serve as secretary of Commerce in his Cabinet, saying Richardson would be 'a key
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US gives Mexico anti-drug funding - 69 Minutes ago
troops in its anti-drug crackdown A $197m (133m) aid package to help Mexico fight drugs cartels has been released by the US government. The move is part of the Merida Initiative, a $400m (270m) scheme

California passes college affordability test - 5 Hours ago
An independent report on American higher education flunks all states but California when it comes to affordability - an embarrassing verdict that is unlikely to improve as the economy contracts. The biennial
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Politics/Law

Obama says automakers' plan is "more serious" - 5 Hours ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said on Wednesday struggling automakers have put forward a 'more serious' restructuring proposal to Congress but withheld judgment on the plans until hearings
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New York mayor urges Obama to fix municipal bond market - 84 Minutes ago
NEW YORK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he had advised President-elect Barack Obama's transition team to boost U.S. economic growth by fixing the credit markets so that

Obama Abandons Windfall Profits Tax on Oil Companies; Liberals Smell a Corporate - 5 Hours ago
Shortly after clinching the Democratic presidential nomination in June, Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., 'I'll make oil companies like Exxon pay a tax on their windfall profits, and we'll use the money to help
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Business

UPDATE 3-RIM to make C$66 mln takeover bid for Certicom - 84 Minutes ago
(Adds Certicom response) OTTAWA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM.TO: Quote, Profile, Research) (RIMM.O: Quote, Profile, Research) said on Wednesday it plans to make a direct
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One in 3 toys is toxic, group says - 3 Hours ago
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- One in three toys tested was found to contain toxic chemicals such as lead, flame retardants and arsenic, according to a report issued Wednesday by an environmental group. Researchers
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Senior CPC official: China expects promotion of Mideast peace process - 61 Minutes ago
RAMALLAH, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- A visiting senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said here on Wednesday that China hopes for joint efforts to push forward the Middle East peace process. Liu

Finance

Bank expected to cut rates again - 60 Minutes ago
The Bank is expected to cut rates still further on Thursday The Bank of England is expected to cut interest rates to their lowest in more than half a century later on Thursday. Economists and business

Harper says coalition takeover undemocratic - 34 Minutes ago
By Randall Palmer and David Ljunggren OTTAWA (Reuters) - Prime Minister Stephen Harper promised in a rare televised address Wednesday to use 'every legal means' to block a plan by opposition parties to

Wall Street's Bumpy Ride - 4 Hours ago
The major averages broke back into positive territory, but declines beat gains on a broader scale. The U.S. equity market was in flux Wednesday, grasping for a sense of direction and coming up empty.

Sports

Laviolette fired, Maurice back in as 'Canes coach - 3 Hours ago
RALEIGH, N.C. --Peter Laviolette won more games than any American-born coach in NHL history. But he didn't win enough of them lately to keep his job with the Carolina Hurricanes, so they replaced him
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Red Sox sign MVP Pedroia to lucrative six year deal - 4 Hours ago
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox signed American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) Dustin Pedroia to a $40.5 million, six-year contract extension on Wednesday. Pedroia's deal includes a $1.5 million
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Raptors fire Mitchell day after 132-93 debacle - 2 Hours ago
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have fired coach Sam Mitchell one day after the team absorbed an embarrassing loss at Denver. Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo says assistant Jay Triano has been promoted
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Industry

Obama Names Richardson as Next U.S. Commerce Secretary - 81 Minutes ago
President-elect Barack Obama (left) and New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson in Chicago, Dec. 03, 2008. President-elect Barack Obama has chosen yet another former political rival to join his incoming cabinet.
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Jeb Bush mulling U.S. Senate run, aide says - 62 Minutes ago
MIAMI (Reuters) - Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, the younger brother of President George W. Bush, is considering running in 2010 for the U.S. Senate seat being vacated by fellow Republican Mel Martinez,

Paulson plans bailout for mortgage borrowers - 24 Minutes ago
Henry Paulson, the US Treasury Secretary, is trying to use his last month in office to force through a bailout for struggling mortgage borrowers. The Treasury Department is currently drawing up plans

Internet

UPEK Launches Fingerprint Reader With Mac OS X Support in Japan - 70 Minutes ago
(BUSINESS WIRE) -- UPEK(R), Inc., the leading provider of fingerprint sensors embedded in laptop computers, today launched the Eikon(R) Digital Privacy Manager in Japan, available on the Apple Online

Mortgage safety net for middle classes: Brown to guarantee loans up to Â£400,000 - 61 Minutes ago
Gordon Brown has thrown the housing market a lifeline by offering homeowners facing repossession a mortgage interest holiday. Families with a loan up to Â£400,000 can defer payments for up to two years

An Online Sales Boom That May Not Last - 45 Minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO - In a rare bright spot for the retail industry, e-commerce sites had a strong holiday weekend, with online sales from Friday through Monday up 13 percent compared with last year, according

Science

Unapproved GMO cotton shipped to gin: Monsanto - 60 Minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A small amount of an unapproved research line of genetically modified cotton in Texas was accidentally harvested and sent to a processor earlier this fall, Monsanto Co (MON.N:

INTERVIEW: Monsanto Drought-Resistant Corn Seen Ready By 2012 - 65 Minutes ago
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. (MON) may be ready to commercialize a genetically modified corn seed that protects the plant from drought conditions in the U.S. as early as 2012,

New fabric can wipe away toxic chemicals: study (Reuters) - 28 Minutes ago
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new dry wipe can clean up chemical agents such as mustard gas, giving soldiers a more convenient way to deal with toxic materials on the battlefield, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday.

Entertainment

Cinema Review: Keep remakes it in Quarantine - 67 Minutes ago
'Oh dear,' says Picturenose's James Drew, as another ill-advised remake of a horror classic hits the big screens of Europe. Regular readers of Expatica's film-review section will recall that I raved over

Film review: Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr Hunter S Thompson - 62 Minutes ago
HUNTER S THOMPSON always had one beady, sun-bespectacled eye on posterity. At 21, living in poverty in a remote cabin in the Catskill Mountains and toiling away at an autobiographical first novel, Prince

`Maude' Star Among TV Hall of Fame Inductees - 6 Hours ago
'Maude' and 'Golden Girls' star Bea Arthur is happily poised to enter the TV Academy Hall of Fame, but she acknowledges it's her own fault the recognition didn't come sooner. Arthur says the academy approached
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Technology

RIM lowers outlook with preliminary Q3 results - 5 Hours ago
BlackBerry maker cites lower product shipments, economic woes Share Top Stories December 3, 2008 (IDG News Service) Research In Motion Ltd.'s preliminary results for its fiscal third quarter fell below
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Despite what Apple says, Macs will have malware - 7 Hours ago
People seemed to get into a tizzy about Apple posting an announcement recommending Anti-Virus software for Macs. Even though it was retracted, I do think that Apple priming Mac users for the eventuality
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Hawaii Endorses Plan for Electric Cars - 10 Hours ago
Hawaii and the Hawaiian Electric Company on Tuesday endorsed an effort to build an alternative transportation system based on electric vehicles with swappable batteries and an â??intelligentâ? battery
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Health

Exercise helps overweight kids with anger - 4 Hours ago
IST storyKeywords 'US EXERCISE RTR_ArticleTitle 'Exercise helps overweight kids with RTR_ArticleBlurb 'By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters ) Sedentary overweight children who start exercising after school
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Vermont called healthiest state, Louisiana last - 5 Hours ago
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Louisiana has displaced Mississippi as the unhealthiest U.S. state and other Southern states were close rivals due to high obesity and smoking rates in new rankings
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Passion of the smoking ban - 62 Minutes ago
Discussion of the ban generated debate Wednesday as the City Council listened to the concerns of people for and against the extended ban on Wednesday. Mike Olander, district manager of Fox and Hound Pub

Culture

Maori artwork to rest in Cambridge museum - 70 Minutes ago
Tonight calming Maori prayers will be murmured to a spectacular work of art which has come to rest in a Cambridge museum after decades standing forgotten in a Portsmouth naval base. James Schuster, the

YouTube Symphony Orchestra: Google sees a future in fancy music of the past - 64 Minutes ago
Google is bringing its mighty influence to the fine arts, announcing the creation of a YouTube Symphony Orchestra on Monday. Video conferencing simultaneously from New York, London and San Francisco,

Lindt ? English National Ballet competition - 47 Minutes ago
Lindor chocolates are offering readers a chance as sweet as a box of truffles. Win tickets for a private box at the London Coliseum to see English National Ballets christmas productions. For each night