- Travelers disembark 'nightmare' cruise amid cheers (AP)
- Pessimism pervades as G20 leaders show sharp split (AP)
- Iraqi parliament convenes in 1st steps to new govt (AP)
- Mortgage rates fall to fresh lows this week (AP)
- Companies yank cord on residential phone books (AP)
- New 'Call of Duty' blasts last year's sales record (AP)
Nov 11, 2010
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Economic Outlook Improving For Americans
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Geithner rebuffs Greenspan over dollar
US would never ‘deliberately devalue currency to boost exports’
- Gavyn Davies Gold price and the G20
- Greenspan warns over weaker dollar
- In depth Currency wars
- Alan Greenspan stark lessons for G20
Barroso reaffirms offer of help to Ireland
Commission president says Dublin has not asked for EU assistance
- Gillian Tett Irish pragmatism
- Eurozone periphery bonds
Siemens unveils 70% dividend increase
German industrial group sets pay-out ratio for first time
Alert over emerging markets volatility
TPG co-founder warns of ‘crisis of expectation’
European Parliament backs new hedge fund rules
Long-awaited agreement on tough regulatory regime
- Editorial New regulations for hedge funds
- In depth Hedge funds
China inflation surges to 25-month high
Jump in prices could lead to more rate rises
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Microsoft links up with China internet portal
Venture with Sina could boost MSN’s Chinese presence
Beauty Queen Carrie Prejean Pregnant
LOS ANGELES, Calif. --
Controversial former beauty queen Carrie Prejean — who made headlines for coming out against same-sex marriage in 2009 at the Miss USA pageant — is reportedly pregnant.
“We are just so excited,” Carrie told FOX411.com. “I’m due in May on my grandmother’s birthday. She recently passed away, so that’s very special to us.”
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Billy Ray Cyrus' Achy Breaky Mullet Is Back
Rihanna and Matt Kemp: Eurostar Sweethearts
Sugarland: "Stuck Like Glue" at the CMA Awards
They’re a perennial favorite in the country realm, and Sugarland sounded fantastic at tonight’s 44th Annual CMA Awards (November 10).
Jennifer Nettles and Kristian Bush took the stage at the Bridgestone Arena for a spirited performance of their hit “Stuck Like Glue.”
Kelly Clarkson: CMA Awards Performance
She’s always been eager for the stage, and last night (November 10) Kelly Clarkson joined Jason Aldean for his performance at the 44th Annual CMA Awards.
The “Since You’ve Been Gone” songstress sang “Don’t You Wanna Stay” at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville much to the delight of the packed crowd.
Jessica Simpson Talks Nick Lachey Engagement
Rumors quickly circulated that she was “flipping out” when ex husband Nick Lachey proposed to fiancée Vanessa Minnillo last week, but Jessica Simpson recently cleared the air on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show.
On Thursday morning (November 11), the “Come On Over” singer explained, "I am extremely, extremely happy for him."
Gerard Butler's Night at the Victoria's Secret Runway Show
It’s always a celebrity draw, and Gerard Butler was spotted front row at the 2010 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show on Wednesday night (November 10).
The “Bounty Hunter” hunk sported a scruffy look as he enjoyed watching the super sexy Angels strut their stuff on the runway.
Alessandra Ambrosio Heats Up the Victoria's Secret Runway
Showing why she is one of Victoria’s Secret top models, Alessandra Ambrosio was spotted strutting her stuff for the annual fashion show in New York City on Wednesday night (November 10).
The beautiful brunette donned several different ensembles (including the infamous giant wings) as she made numerous trips down the runway.
"Harry Potter" UK Premiere Live Feed!
Of course, Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson are expected to make an appearance at the London Odeon venue in Leicester Square, along with plenty of other UK celebrities.
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- Powerless cruise ship reaches San Diego harbor (AP)
- Pessimism pervades as G20 leaders show sharp split (AP)
- Mortgage rates fall to fresh lows this week (AP)
- Iraqi parliament convenes in 1st steps to new govt (AP)
- US homes lost to foreclosure drops 9 pct in Oct. (AP)
- Companies yank cord on residential phone books (AP)
China's Continued Failure to Rebalance Growth Threatens Global Economic Stability
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Stranded luxury cruise passengers fed Spam
By Jon Swaine in New York
But the 4,500 passengers on the Carnival Splendor were on Wednesday fed chopped pork shoulder mixed with ham, modified potato starch and sodium nitrite in aspic – Spam.
Iraq gets new government after coalition deal
Ayad Allawi (left) and Nouri al-Maliki Photo: AP.By Richard Spencer, Middle East Correspondent 8:49AM GMT 11 Nov 2010.
The country's 249 days of impasse set a new world record, and led to fears in America and among its neighbours
Silvio Berlusconi defeated three times in Parliament as grip on power grows weaker
Osama bin Laden appoints new commander to spearhead war on West
Known to western intelligence services by the alias Saif al-Adel, or "Sword of the Just", al-Qaeda's new chief of international operations is believed to have conceived of the wave of strikes that set off terror alerts across Europe recently, as well as last week's mid-air parcel-bomb plot.
U.S., South Korea fail to reach free-trade deal
SEOUL - Negotiations over a U.S.-Korea free-trade agreement broke down on Thursday after four days of discussions, a setback for the leaders of the two nations and a blow to efforts to rekindle broader world trade talks.
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- Democrats pressing Pelosi to step aside (AP)
- Regulator: Oil fire may have caused A380 problem (AP)
- Brad Paisley takes CMA entertainer of the year (AP)
- Deficit targets: Social Security, mortgage breaks (AP)
- Obama says no deal yet on SKorean trade agreement (AP)
- AP-GfK Poll: Palin most polarizing of 2012 crowd (AP)
Nov 10, 2010
Health services should be easily accessible, believe candidates
BASIC health services should continue to be easily accessible for all Tongans, believed a panel of candidates discussing health, although the issue of life style diseases such as diabetes was also raised as a concern.
Antique furniture was not bought for students, says Tonga's Minister of Information
Monetary policy measures muted by tight credit conditions
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Quashing an indictment is "NOT an acquittal", states Justice Shuster
Chairman US Joint Chiefs of Staff thanks Tonga for support
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Taliban insurgency alive and well, warns British major general
Two Andy Warhol artworks sell for combined total of £60m in New York
Russian reporter left in wheelchair by attack is convicted of defaming official
• Case linked to weekend beating of another journalist
Former minister suggests UK home for Robert Mugabe
Israel 1hr 16min ago
Ariel Sharon may leave Israel hospital nearly five years after stroke
Silvio Berlusconi barracked as video shows women being ushered into house
Million plus in Europe's 60s generation of ageing drug addicts, report finds
Student protest over fees turns violent
George Bush's memoir set for sales success
Brazil 2hr 45min ago
Stone age etchings found in Amazon basin as river levels fall
Falkland Islanders deny defence cuts leaves them vulnerable
US calls for return to democratic rule in Madagascar
Senior US diplomat, Karl Wycoff, tells Malagasy people their government is 'insufficiently democratic and consensual'
Mervyn King warns of global threats to UK's economic recovery
Iran 5hr 13min ago
Iran exiles claim defection of former air force officer
French retirement age change to 62 becomes law
Chilean miners accept Israeli invitation – if their relatives can go too
Amid the euphoria surrounding the rescue of the 33 trapped Chilean miners last month, Israel has invited the men to spend Christmas in the Holy Land.
The miners – who became instant heroes after surviving 69 days trapped underground – have accepted the free trip, but with only one condition. They will not go without their relatives – all 70 of them.
Bombings target Christian neighbourhoods in Baghdad
At least four people have been killed and dozens injured in co-ordinated attacks on Christian neighbourhoods in Baghdad.
More than 14 bombs and mortar shells were detonated, targeting homes and a church across the Iraqi capital.
Cargo plane bomb 'timed to detonate over US'
The timer on the bomb found on a cargo plane at East Midlands airport last month was set for the device to detonate over the eastern seaboard of the US, Scotland Yard said today.
Demo 2010 student protests
A police spokesman tonight said 32 people had been arrested for a range of offences, including criminal damage and trespass, and were now in custody. Those arrested are being taken to a police stations across central London including Westminster and Fulham.
Cameron in China: What does Beijing think of us? Let's start with hypocrisy
As David Cameron vowed to raise human rights as a topic of discussion in Beijing today, it became the subject of two other international news stories.
Awlaqi lawyer denies cleric linked to killing of Frenchman
Awlaqi and his relative, Othman al-Awlaqi, have been charged in absentia with "incitement to kill
Qantas reviews way it runs A380s in engine investigation
Qantas's use of its A380 engines is being looked into as part of a wider investigation into why a Rolls-Royce Trent 900 engine blew apart last
Mumbai attacker plotted attacks in Copenhagen: report
Headley, a Pakistani-American who has confessed to helping plot the Mumbai attacks that left 166 dead, has already been charged with plotting an attack on a Danish newspaper that published caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed.
Libyan president orders release of 20 journalists
The Oea weekly and the Libyapress news agency, both run by the Al-Ghad publishing company sponsored by Seif al-Islam Kadhafi, said Monday that 10 of their journalists had been picked up by agents of the Internal Security Agency, among them three Tunisians and two Egyptians. A further 10 journalists working for Al-Ghad titles were rounded up in a second wave of arrests.
Nuclear fuel swap talk an 'independent issue': Iran
IRAN reiterated yesterday that the nuclear fuel swap issue was separate from its overall atomic programme for which the six world powers and Tehran are expected to hold talks later this month.
"We have said from the beginning that these two issues are independent from one another," Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast told AFP.
35 injured Iraqis arrive in France
THIRTY-FOUR Iraqi Christians and a Muslim guard wounded in a deadly al-Qaeda attack on a Baghdad church just over a week ago flew in to France late Monday for admission to hospitals for treatment.
Bearing bullet and grenade wounds from the October 31 attack, they arrived at Orly airport outside Paris on a plane dispatched to Iraq earlier Monday to
Chirac faces new corruption charges
Investigating magistrate Jacques Gazeaux decided to refer Chirac, 77, to a criminal court over the case involving alleged use of public funds to pay salaries to his political allies, said a judicial official who asked not to be named.
German nuke waste convoy arrives after mass protests
Accompanied by swarms of riot police and dozens of armoured police cars, the convoy of 11 white containers on lorries crawled slowly into its storage site at Gorleben, northern Germany, after a 20-kilometre (12-mile) road trip.
Palestinians say it's time to recognise their state
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Yemen ups security, but skeptics remain
RSS feed for United Kingdom Ireland slowly locates its "disappeared"
Indonesia Visit | Barack Obama | Jakarta
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Dany looks nervously over his shoulder: “Come on, we have to move.”
A few feet behind the slender 25-year-old, two policemen are approaching, clapping their hands and barking at the street vendors,
Copper surges to new peak on heavy Asian buying
Eurozone peripheral bonds slip as Portuguese bond spreads hit record