Top Stories: The UN climate change conference has opened in Copenhagen, with diplomats from 192 nations attending an event which has taken some time to bring to fruition. Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:33:56 -0500At least five people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack outside in Pakistan. Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 05:21:45 -0500The Iranian Supreme Leader has blamed Western attitudes for student protests in the country. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:48:51 -0500The former Olympic Gold medalist has told police he was 11 years old when the abuse began. Big News Network.com Mon, 07 Dec 2009 06:22:00 -0500Republican terrorists are highly likely to strike British troops in Northern Ireland during Christmas, secret documents have revealed. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 05:24:58 -0500Iraq has approved parliamentry elections for early next year, as a prelude to the withdrawal of US troops. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:29:15 -0500Violence escalated in Greece’s two largest cities Sunday, with protesters out in force to commemorate the first anniversary of the shooting death of a teenager by police. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:59:11 -0500At least 21 people were killed on the weekend when two buses collided head-on. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 17:33:25 -0500In South Africa, the king of the Zulus has said he will reintroduce circumcision. Big News Network.com Sun, 06 Dec 2009 20:29:59 -0500Though the government took a step in the right direction by declaring a ten-month settlement freeze, the "tactical" move will backfire on Israel, opposition chairwoman Tzipi Livni charged on Monday."K... Haaretz Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:59:52 -0500Opposition leader Tzipi Livni criticized Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's 10-month settlement moratorium on Monday, saying it demonstrated a lack of decision-making over the fate of outposts and se... Jerusalem Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:56:53 -0500UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen , we will be using Debategraph as a new kind of global citizen reporting tool to help people around the world make sense collectively of what's happening ... The Independent Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:55:15 -0500A Bishop severely criticised for mishandling clerical child sex abuse cases in Ireland was expected to offer his resignation to Pope Benedict in Rome today. Bishop of Limerick Donal Murray was... The Independent Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:55:13 -0500BUCHAREST - Centre-right Romanian President Traian Basescu was declared the winner of weekend elections Monday but his rival's party immediately challenged the result with allegations of fraud. Despit... Channel News Asia Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:50:45 -0500Scott Harshbarger , says there were lapses, however. He said the advice that ACORN staffers gave to a woman and a man posing as a prostitute and her boyfriend resulted from lack of training, lack of p... USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:44:35 -0500WASHINGTON - The Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering people's health and must be regulated, officials told The Associated Press. MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:43:48 -0500 Dec. 7: A consumer group is questioning the safety of Zhu Zhu Pets, the hottest toy of the holiday season, saying it may contain levels of metals that could be harmful to children. TODAY’s Nata... MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:43:44 -0500Copenhagen, Denmark (CNN) -- The United States and China have not offered to go far enough to combat climate change, a top European Union official said as a major international summit on the subject o... CNN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:42:03 -0500Editor's note: Every weekday, CNN focuses on a handful of people in the news. This is a chance to find out more about what they've done -- good or bad -- what they've said, or what they believe, and w... CNN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:42:02 -0500The UK government felt "helpless" to deal with the kidnappings of its citizens in Iraq following the war, a senior diplomat has said.Edward Chaplin, former UK ambassador to Iraq, said the ta... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:37:08 -0500A teenager has died four months after collapsing with a mysterious illness while on a charity work trip to Kenya.Chris Morrone, 18, from Newport, spent two weeks with a group of young people helping t... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:37:06 -0500Less than 30 pence in every pound spent on some carbon offset schemes goes directly to projects designed to reduce emissions, according to a new report.The research, based on 10 projects, was carried ... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:37:05 -0500The Liberal Democrats say they would cap public sector pay rises at £400 a year for two years if they were elected to power at the next general election.Treasury spokesman Vincent Cable said it ... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:37:03 -0500WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States hopes to get all of the 7,000 troops being pledged by allies into Afghanistan in the first half of 2010, a senior Pentagon official said Monday. Reuters Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:28:39 -0500Secret Service in the Hotseat With Michaele and Tareq Salahi refusing to testify about their White House party-crashing escapade, the hotseat was left to Secret Service director Mark Sullivan to expla... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:26:15 -0500Ed Johann sits in front of his Lincoln City, Ore., beach cottage. Johann was a teenage apprentice seaman on Dec. 7, 1941, when he spotted Japanese planes coming in over Pearl Harbor. The 86-year-old O... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:26:14 -0500Under a Supreme Court ruling, the so-called endangerment finding is needed before the EPA can regulate carbon dioxide and five other greenhouse gases released from power plants, factories and automobi... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:26:13 -0500Even as the U.S. military scrambles to support a troop surge in Afghanistan, it is donating passenger vehicles, generators and other equipment worth tens of millions of dollars to the Iraqi government... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:26:12 -0500Politics Today is CBSNews.com's inside look at the key stories driving the day in politics, written by CBS News Political Director Steve Chaggaris: ** Another public option compromise surfaces... ... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:26:10 -0500Climate Depot squared off against Professor Andrew Watson of the University of East Anglia in eastern England. It didn't take long before the two got in each other's face and Watson became increasingl... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:26:09 -0500Full or partial compensation for rising costs would be available for couples with children on an income up to $160,000, as well as for singles on $30,000 a year or less.Mr Rudd acknowledged that the G... The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:20:39 -0500"We want a success at Copenhagen, in fact we want a resounding success," Ms Hand said last night, to applause from the floor."We're committed to bold action, we're committed to a strong... The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:20:34 -0500PARENTS will pay up to $50 a week more for full-time childcare under sweeping quality improvements agreed by the Council of Australian Governments yesterday. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:20:28 -0500PEAK health groups have demanded Kevin Rudd stop talking and act on improving the nation's health system, flatly declaring he is taking too long to decide how to reform the troubled sector. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:20:25 -0500THE Coalition's dumped immigration spokeswoman, Sharman Stone, says she has been "done over by the Right" as Tony Abbott moves to harden the Coalition's stance on immigration. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:20:24 -0500ATLANTA - Bill Belichick, Don Shula, Tom Landry. Those are the three coaches not named Andy Reid who have won 100 games with one team in one decade. Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:18:57 -0500Harry G. Ochs Jr., the feisty Italian teenager who apprenticed at the Reading Terminal Market when it was still a lively railroad hub and stayed on to become its iconic butcher and for more than half ... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:18:56 -0500]+(>|$)/g, ""); formObj.field.value += ' (HTML deleted)'; } //alert('After Flag | mT: ' + mT + ' | kP: ' + kP) return insertComment(formObj, true, updateComments, true); };... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 10:18:50 -0500COPENHAGEN (AP) -- The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the last best chance fo... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:58:22 -0500TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Security forces and militiamen clashed with thousands of protesters shouting "death to the dictator" outside Tehran University on Monday, beating them with batons and firing tear ... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:58:17 -0500NEW YORK (AP) -- Diane Sawyer says this week is her last as co-anchor of ABC's "Good Morning America" as she prepares to replace Charles Gibson on the network's "World News."... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:58:16 -0500By Robert Burns ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) -- Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House o... Washington Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:51:50 -0500Opposition leader Tzipi Livni on Monday criticized a Swedish proposal that the European Union declare Jerusalem as the capital of a future Palestinian state. Jerusalem Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:41:51 -0500The conference opened with video clips of children from around the globe urging delegates to help them grow up in a world without catastrophic warming. On the sidelines, climate activists competed for... Jerusalem Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:41:49 -0500Unrest continued in the West Bank on Monday, with settlers blocking civil administration inspectors from delivering orders to enforce a recently announced 10-month moratorium on settlement constructio... Jerusalem Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:41:47 -0500ATHENS : A band of youth attacked a police station in central Athens on Monday as Greece braced for a second day of violence marking the death of a teenager shot by police a year ago. About 20 youths ... Channel News Asia Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:34:49 -0500ROME (AP) ? Italy's foreign minister says there has been no adverse relations between Rome and Washington over the murder conviction of American student Amanda Knox in Italy. USA Today Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:28:29 -0500In this economy, few workers may want to give a gift to a manager who has furloughed them, slashed their benefits or has them doing the work of two people due to downsizing. MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:27:16 -0500As the recession prompts more employers to scale back or cancel holiday parties, some are looking for alternative ways to celebrate the season without spending too much money or appearing ostentatious... MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:27:14 -0500PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - An Italian journalist was mortally wounded by gunmen who may have tried to rob him outside a bank in Haiti's capital, Haitian media reported Sunday. MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:27:13 -0500(CNN) -- The first major winter storm of the season will strike parts of Southwestern and north-central United States between Monday and Wednesday, causing widespread power outages and making travel n... CNN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:25:35 -0500NEW YORK -- Best day of football of the year? Well, at least it was the best set of early games, with the most dramatic missed field goal of 2009, the Saints falling out of a Redwood and landing on th... CNN Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:25:34 -0500Stoke City will hold an internal investigation amid reports of a bust-up between James Beattie and Tony Pulis.BBC Radio Stoke understands manager Pulis and striker Beattie had to be separated in the d... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:20:07 -0500Two men have been arrested over an attack on a well-known newspaper editor at Belfast's Christmas Market.Jim McDowell, 60, northern editor of the Sunday World, suffered head injuries in the beating in... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:20:06 -0500Fragile families in the UK face a shortage of emotional support and friendship as much as a lack of material support, says a think tank.A report, Sinking and Swimming, published by the Young Foundatio... 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CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:07:28 -0500Dangerous Batch of H1N1 Vaccine Found (AP) Pushing Americans to receive H1N1 (swine) flu vaccinations, the Obama administration on Monday released a new slate of television and radio ads to counter an... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:07:26 -0500Smiles For "New Moon" If you had a franchise this popular, you'd be grinning, too. (CBS) Sandra Bullock's latest movie has taken the industry by surprise. She stars in the football-inspired drama "... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:07:25 -0500The group's leader, Sanjeev "Alex" Kuhendrarajah, said about 10 per cent of the Tamils on board the Jaya Lestari, moored at Merak in western Java, were eager to give up and come ashore, now ... The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:26 -0500FEDERAL Opposition Leader Tony Abbott will introduce some fresh faces and recall a few old warhorses when he likely announces his new frontbench today. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:20 -0500SOUTH Australian Premier Mike Rann, his wife, his alleged former lover and her cuckolded husband could be forced to appear in the same courtroom next year. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:19 -0500FORMER NSW premier Nathan Rees fulfilled a long-held dream of his predecessor Bob Carr when he rushed though the formation of a national park to preserve river red gums on the Murray River. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:19 -0500KRISTINA Keneally went against advice from the NSW Department of Environment, along with that of her own planning watchdog, when she approved a controversial development proposal in outer western Sydn... The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:18 -0500RETAILERS are bracing themselves for a Christmas spending season without the Rudd government stimulus that drove strong sales a year ago. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:17 -0500RETAILERS can expect only modest sales growth next year in the face of rising interest rates and unemployment, independent forecaster Access Economics says. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:16 -0500MYSTERY company Assure Fast Holdings may get a bigger slice of weapons maker Metal Storm through an emergency equity placement designed to keep the Brisbane company alive. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:15 -0500The benchmark S&P/ASX 200 index fell 25.7 points, or 0.55 per cent, to 4676.5, while the broader All Ordinaries index reversed 26 points, or 0.55 per cent, to 4695.2.On the Sydney Futures Exchange... The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:13 -0500THE cruise industry defied the global downturn to record soaring growth last year, but it has warned that future expansion will be constrained unless port infrastructure and regulation is improved. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:10 -0500THE meltdown in the US housing market is not over yet, with experts warning that a rise in home foreclosures next year and in 2011 could undermine the chances of a sustained economic recovery in the U... The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 09:01:08 -0500ATLANTA - Michael Vick saw the familiar skyline from the windows of the team bus as it traveled downtown on Saturday, and each turn of the route to the stadium yesterday morning was traced into his me... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:59:43 -0500NEW YORK - Police and relatives say the wife of former NBA All-Star World B. Free was shot to death while intervening in a fight outside her family's Brooklyn home. Audrey Johnson was shot in the hea... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:59:42 -0500Concern that the school district isn't doing enough to address violence at South Philadelphia High School, 30 Asian students plan to meet and discuss the problem today, instead of going to school.The ... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:59:41 -0500NEW YORK - Stock futures are slightly lower and the dollar is rising Monday as investors bet that the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates sooner than expected. The dollar jumped to a five-week h... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:59:40 -0500Officials are trying to identify the decomposed body of a man found by firefighters putting out a trash fire under the Atlantic City Boardwalk over the weekend. The fire was under Schiff's Central Pi... Philadelphia Daily News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:59:38 -0500COPENHAGEN (AP) -- The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the best last chance fo... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:39:28 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- Buoyed by a presidential pep talk and intense rounds of negotiations, Senate Democrats hope to move closer to embracing a major health care bill this week by tackling the nettlesome... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:39:27 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration will lose $200 billion less than expected from the federal bailout program and is looking at using part of the savings to fund new job creation efforts. New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:39:26 -0500ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Pakistan's Supreme Court began hearing petitions Monday against an expired amnesty that had protected President Asif Ali Zardari and key allies from graft charges, a case that could ... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:39:23 -0500WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama is looking for help in Afghanistan from Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan even as tensions simmer between the two NATO allies on Iran and the Middle... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:39:22 -0500"The Amazing Race," which sends 12 two-person teams around the world in a series of pulse-pounding competitions, is a steady ratings performer for CBS on Sunday nights and has won seven Emmys for best... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:39:21 -0500The imperfect method of choosing a national champion paired top-ranked Alabama against No. 2 Texas in the BCS title game - a Jan. 7 meeting that will bring together Heisman Trophy hopefuls Colt McCoy ... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:39:20 -0500Drew Brees isn't sure about voodoo. Destiny and karma? His long NFL career has made him subscribe to both concepts, and the New Orleans Saints' wild undefeated season has only made him more of a belie... New York Post Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:39:19 -0500By Arthur Max ASSOCIATED PRESS COPENHAGEN (AP) -- The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opened Monday, with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this ... Washington Times Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:21:35 -0500President Barack Obama greets Michaele and Tareq Salahi before a state dinner with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh of India, on November 24. The Salahis had not been invited to the gala dinner but manag... MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:58:45 -0500Baylor Univeristy Mayborn museum collection manager Anita Benedict talks about the discovery of the largest known collection of rare prehistoric Columbian mammoths bones. MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:58:44 -0500The number of women connected to Tiger Woods could topple a dozen by week’s end, according to several sources familiar with Woods’ behavior during his frequent trips to Las Vegas. MSNBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:58:42 -0500Liu Xia, wife of detained Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo. (THE ASSOCIATED PRESS) BEIJING - The wife of an outspoken Chinese dissident who has been jailed for a year without charge said Monday if the go... C News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:56:52 -0500Little Britain stars David Walliams and Matt Lucas and presenters Ant and Dec are among the new entries in the latest edition of Who's Who.Actors Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman have also been added to t... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:53:50 -0500A bomb blast has killed at least seven students at a school in Iraq, reports from the capital say.The explosion also wounded at least 30 others, the reports say. The toll is expected to rise. The atta... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:53:47 -0500Romania's opposition Social Democrat party says Sunday's presidential election was rigged and plans to contest the result.Official results showed incumbent President Traian Basescu with a winning marg... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:53:44 -0500Rock band Pearl Jam have been announced as the headline act for 2010's Hard Rock Calling event in London.The Seattle group, who came to attention at the peak of grunge, have gone on to establish thems... BBC Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:53:43 -0500The head of the UN's Nobel-winning panel of climate scientists on Monday attacked the so-called Climategate affair as a suspected bid to undermine the credibility of his organisation. Rajendra Pach... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:47:46 -0500An Iranian reformist website said on Monday that Iran had shut down the mobile phone network in central Tehran to block supporters of Mirhossein Mousavi communicating with one another. Mousavi is a... IOL Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:47:43 -0500Gates: U.S. "Will Not Abandon Afghanistan" (CBS/ AP) Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House o... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:44:29 -0500Health Care The latest news and analysis on the continuing battle over Barack Obama's health care reform plans. (CBS/ AP) Buoyed by a presidential pep talk and intense rounds of negotiations, Senate D... CBS News Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:44:28 -0500AN Australian who fell to his death while hiking with his partner in New Zealand's Mount Aspiring National Park was loved for his sense of humour. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:38:06 -0500PRISON gangs have started cleaning up the Alice Springs town camps, with Indigenous Affairs Minister Jenny Macklin saying the work will benefit the elderly, women and children. The Australian Mon, 07 Dec 2009 07:38:03 -0500 | 
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