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Malaysia Star
Split life defined alleged Mumbai attack conspirator
Christian Science Monitor
David Coleman Headley lived in two worlds – using a fake name and a fake job to help a terrorist group in Pakistan plan the 2008 Mumbai attack and a potential attack against a Danish newspaper, the FBI says. He pleaded not guilty to conspiracy charges ...
Terror suspect has roots in Pakistan, USCNN
Doubts mount on Pakistan's 26/11 investigationHindu
Man Accused of Aiding Mumbai Attacks Pleads Innocent (Correct)Bloomberg
AFP -The Associated Press -Reuters
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CBC.ca
Most of world exposed to deadly tobacco smoke: WHO
Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - More than 94 percent of the world's people are not protected by laws against smoking, leaving them exposed to the biggest cause of preventable death, the World Health Organization said on Wednesday. In a Global Tobacco Epidemic ...
Smoking bans still rare: WHOCBC.ca
WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every yearThe Associated Press
WHO Report Warns Of Worldwide Secondhand Smoke DeathsOzarks First
abc7news.com -AFP -TheDay.com
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Washington Times
George Turner named interim chief for Atlanta police
Atlanta Journal Constitution
George Turner on Wednesday called it an "amazing time" for him to serve as Atlanta's acting police chief and made it clear he wants to keep the job on a full-time basis. Leita Cowart Deputy Chief George Turner is Mayor-elect Kasim Reed's ...
Augusta native to find out if recount gives her mayorshipAugusta Chronicle
Reed Wins Recount In Atlanta Mayoral RaceNews/Talk 750 WSB
Kasim Reed is Atlanta's Next MayorGPB
WXIA-TV -AHN -Los Angeles Times
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Reuters
No 'Pass' for Developing Countries in Next Climate Treaty, Says US Envoy
New York Times
COPENHAGEN -- The top US climate negotiator stressed today that the next international global warming agreement must include major commitments from a suite of fast-growing countries; otherwise, greenhouse gas emissions ...
US sees robust climate talks, no "reparations"Reuters
The Tip of the Climategate IcebergWall Street Journal
Climate policy experts respond to outcry over Danish textguardian.co.uk
The Associated Press -Atlantic Online (blog) -Telegraph.co.uk
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New York Daily News
Sarah Palin says Barack Obama should boycott Copenhagen climate talks
Los Angeles Times
In the practice of preaching to the choir, Sarah Palin appears to have all but patented the art of saying what a few want to hear. Palin, who was the Republican nominee for vice president, is suggesting that President Obama "boycott'' an international ...
Palin's climate changePolitico
Sarah Palin at the Gridiron Dinner. Excerpts, PhotosChicago Sun-Times
Who Wants to Make Sarah Palin the Leader of the Republican Party?Cato @ Liberty
New York Daily News -Kansas City Star -Anchorage Daily News
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National Post
'Public Option' Keeps Toehold in Senate Deal on Health Bill
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The “broad agreement” that Senator Harry Reid announced Tuesday night on the proposed overhaul of the health care system was less a comprehensive accord among Democrats than an effort by the party's leaders to keep ...
Democrats: private Medicare plans waste billionsReuters
Separate But Equal? Insurance, Abortion, And PoliticsNewsweek
Public Option No More? Obama Throws Weight Behind New DealABC News
Wall Street Journal -The Associated Press -New York Daily News
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guardian.co.uk
EPA chief: U.S. making up for lost time
Washington Post
COPENHAGEN--The United States has been "fighting to make up for lost time" in the fight against global warming since President Obama took office, Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lisa P. Jackson said Wednesday. ...
Administration Warns of 'Command-and-Control' Regulation Over EmissionsFOXNews
EPA chief: Obama to work with Congress on climateThe Associated Press
UN Summit 'Wasn't Our Impetus' for Endangerment Release on Greenhouse Gases ...New York Times
KGTV, 10News.com -Los Angeles Times -CafeSentido.com
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Reuters
In Bid to Replace Kennedy, Another Prominent Democrat
New York Times
BOSTON — “They said that women don't have much luck in Massachusetts politics,” Martha M. Coakley said in her victory speech Tuesday night. “But we believed it was quite possible that that luck was about to change, and change it did. ...
Kennedy special election puts GOP in spotlightThe Associated Press
Massachusetts' top lawyer poised to replace Ted KennedyChristian Science Monitor
Coakley, Brown winners in DoverDover-Sherborn Press
Ms. Magazine -Wakefield Observer -WBUR
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Reuters
Obama Pushes New Stimulus
Wall Street Journal
President Barack Obama pressed forward with an expansion of his $787 billion stimulus plan Tuesday, unveiling job-creation proposals that largely build on the initial package, including a hiring tax credit that his own party ...
Obama still hopes for bipartisan support on jobsThe Associated Press
Cutting taxes and limiting credit are among president's ideasWashington Post
Obama's Jobs speech: Mostly music to business interestsFleet Owner
San Jose Mercury News -NECN -Politico
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HotIndieNews.com
Explosion Rocks Chemical Plant Near Houston, Texas
Wall Street Journal
An explosion rocked through a chemical plant near Houston, Texas, Wednesday morning shortly before 9:00 am local time. Black smoke could be seen for miles around the Bayport terminal, a container facility and chemical plant near Seabrook, Texas. ...
Crews respond to explosion at Houston area-plantThe Associated Press
Massive blast rocks Seabrook areaABC30.com
Plant Explosion Reported Near Pasadena39online.com
Firefighter Hourly -TVNZ -Post Chronicle
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BigPond News
Japan Releases Stimulus Package as Recovery Weakens
Bloomberg
Dec. 8 (Bloomberg) -- The Japanese government unveiled a 7.2 trillion yen ($81 billion) economic stimulus package amid signs the recovery and Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's popularity are waning. ...
HIGHLIGHTS-Japan govt unveils $81 bln economic stimulusReuters
Japan Puts Forth an $80.6 Billion Stimulus PackageNew York Times
Japanese gov't approves $80.6 bln stimulus packageXinhua
ABC News -MarketWatch -RTT News
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New York Times
NJ Committee Passes Marriage Bill
New York Times
The crowd reacts as the vote was taken on a bill to legalize gay marriage. The bill passed, 7-6. By DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI TRENTON — The battle over same-sex marriage in New Jersey headed toward a legislative showdown Monday night, when a bill that would ...
Gay marriage bill passes key hurdle in New JerseyReuters
Senate panel clears same-sex marriageThe Star-Ledger - NJ.com
New Jersey Gay Marriage Bill Clears Panel, Goes to Full SenateBloomberg
Philadelphia Inquirer -New York Daily News -Asbury Park Press
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CBS News
In Kabul, Gates Vows US 'In This Thing to Win'
FOXNews
AP Defense secretary says he will tell Afghan President Karzai that the US is committed to the fight despite plans to begin pulling troops out in 2011. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, right, sits with US military leaders before President Obama ...
Gates in Kabul to Meet with KarzaiNew York Times
Gates in Kabul plays down need for big shakeupReuters
US Defense Secretary on unannounced visit to AfghanistanXinhua
Bloomberg -AFP -RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
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Reuters
Blasts in eastern Pakistan city kill up to 48
Washington Post
AP LAHORE, Pakistan -- Twin blasts at a market in eastern Pakistan killed up to 48 people as militants struck back amid an army offensive against the Taliban, but the country's president said the bombings would not deter the government ...
Death Toll From Blasts In Pakistan's Lahore Up To 49 - PoliceWall Street Journal
At least 46 killed in Pakistan bombingsLos Angeles Times
Pakistan terror attack dent Lahore's safest city imageChristian Science Monitor
Xinhua -MiamiHerald.com -Daily Times
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Boston Globe
Pearl Harbor survivors recall attack
Chicago Tribune
On the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, Ralph Laedtke was working on a medical support vessel in Pearl Harbor when the sound of nearby torpedoing rumbled through his ship. "I scrambled up the ladder and I saw bombs and ships ...
'NOVA' looks at Japanese midget sub in Pearl Harbor attackLos Angeles Times
Valley remembers attack on PearlYoungstown Vindicator
Pearl Harbor not about to be forgotten by local veteransEvening Observer
Dekalb Daily Chronicle -The Daily Athenaeum -Richmond Times Dispatch
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Los Angeles Times
Iran streets, campuses erupt in protest
Los Angeles Times
The demonstrations are more widespread than those after the disputed June 12 election, which is still the main cause of the outrage. Security forces refrain from deadly force, but there is violence. An Iranian opposition supporter gestures as she takes ...
Iran opposition protesters clash with security forcesBBC News
PROTESTS MET WITH FORCE Some officials call for a compromiseWashington Post
'Iran can now produce nuclear bomb'Jerusalem Post
Boston Globe -New York Times -Bloomberg
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New York Times
Man Arrested for Throwing Tomatoes at Sarah Palin, Police Say
FOXNews
A man was arrested for allegedly throwing two tomatoes at Sarah Palin from the second floor balcony during a book signing event at the Mall of America in Minnesota, MyFoxTwinCities.com. reported. Neither tomato came close hitting the former 2008 ...
A brush with SarahMarshall Independent
Man arrested for throwing tomatoes at Sarah Palin during 'Going Rogue' book ...New York Daily News
Palin devotees line up in Northern Va.msnbc.com
KARE -CBS News -KTIV
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Telegraph.co.uk
Google Search Goes Real Time
InformationWeek
Search is changing at Google, with new real-time, voice-driven translation, and image recognition capabilities. By Thomas Claburn In a flurry of major announcements, Google has reinvented the nature and scope of Internet search, a move likely to leave ...
Google's Search Future: Real-Time, LocationPC Magazine
Google Fully Embraces Realtime In Search ResultsWashington Post
Google Personalized Results Could Be Bad for SearchPC World
CNET News -BBC News -VentureBeat
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Globe and Mail
US charges Chicago man in 2008 Mumbai attack
Reuters
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A Chicago man previously accused of plotting to attack a Danish newspaper was charged Monday with scouting targets for a militant Pakistani group for the 2008 attack on Mumbai that killed 166 people. US prosecutors accused David ...
Chicago Man Is Charged in 2008 Attack on MumbaiNew York Times
Chicago Man Charged by US in 2008 Mumbai AttackBloomberg
US charges 'Mumbai attack plotter'Aljazeera.net
ABC Online -Philadelphia Inquirer -UPI.com
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Aljazeera.net
Attack in Eastern Pakistan City Market Kills 30
New York Times
LAHORE, Pakistan — Militants set off two bombs on Monday night in one of the busiest markets of this eastern Pakistani city, then sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing at least 30 and wounding more than 100 others, ...
Twin blasts kill 46 people in PakistanGulfNews
10 Killed As Twin Bomb Blasts Rock Pakistani City Of LahoreRTT News
Market bombs 'kill dozens' in Pakistan's LahoreBBC News
Voice of America -WGME -Xinhua
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