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New York rally planned to protest 9/11 trial

NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — A group against bringing the self-professed mastermind of the September 11 attacks to trial in a U.S. civilian court will hold a rally in New York demanding Washington reconsider its decision, the group said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Big powers draft resolution to press Iran at IAEA

VIENNA, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Six world powers have drafted a resolution at the UN nuclear watchdog urging Iran to clarify the purpose of its previously secret uranium enrichment site and confirm it has no more hidden atomic work, diplomats said. ...  > full story

Fed asks U.S. banks to submit TARP repayment plans

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The U.S. Federal Reserve this month asked banks that were part of its "stress tests" to submit plans to repay government money, if they have not already repaid it, a person familiar with the situation said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

U.S. third-quarter economic growth revised down

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The U.S. economy grew more slowly than first thought in the third quarter, but a fifth month of gains in house prices in September and an improvement in consumer morale signaled the anemic recovery was intact. ...  > full story

Rajaratnam denies insider charges, blasts wiretaps

NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam attacked a U.S. regulator's lawsuit on Tuesday, denying insider trading charges and saying government wiretaps violated his constitutional rights. ...  > full story

WHO probing drug resistant swine flu

GENEVA, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The World Health Organization is looking into reports in Britain and the United States that the H1N1 flu may have developed resistance to Tamiflu in people with severely suppressed immune systems, a spokesman said Tuesday. ...  > full story

Iraq national vote unlikely in January

BAGHDAD, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Iraq will be unable to hold a national election in January as planned, a poll official said on Tuesday, heaping more uncertainty on a vote meant to cement democracy and pave the way for a partial U.S. troop withdrawal. ...  > full story

Netanyahu says Hamas prisoner deal may not happen

JERUSALEM, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — An Israeli prisoner exchange with Hamas has not yet been agreed and may not happen, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Tuesday, after a senior cabinet colleague predicted a breakthrough within weeks. ...  > full story

Iran says needs guarantees to send uranium abroad

TEHRAN, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Iran could consider sending its low-enriched uranium abroad, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday, apparently softening its opposition to a U.N. plan aimed at keeping a check on its nuclear ambitions. ...  > full story

Obama seeks to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday of his commitment to boosting U.S. ties with India even as his administration has set its rivals, China and Pakistan, as key priorities. ...  > full story

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Crew member killed in attack on tanker off Benin

COTONOU, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Pirates attacked an oil tanker off Benin, killing a Ukrainian crew member and stealing the contents of the ship's safe, the head of the West African country's navy said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

World Bank to start agriculture fund with $1.5 billion

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The World Bank will start a trust fund to boost agriculture in poor countries with an initial $1.5 billion, its president Robert Zoellick said on Tuesday, warning of the risk of another food price crisis. ...  > full story

Escort's book describes night with Berlusconi

ROME, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The escort at the heart of a sex scandal involving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi gave graphic details of their alleged lovemaking in a book published on Tuesday and said she had been attacked and threatened since. ...  > full story

Libya says Gaddafi will mediate in soccer dispute

TRIPOLI, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has accepted an Arab League request to calm tension between Egypt and Algeria sparked by their soccer World Cup play-off matches, Libyan state media reported Tuesday. ...  > full story

Politics

U.S. senators urge Europe to act on Oracle, Sun deal

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Fifty-nine U.S. senators, led by John Kerry and Orrin Hatch, have urged European antitrust regulators to conclude their investigation of the Oracle and Sun Microsystems merger and justify any further delay in making a decision on the deal. ...  > full story

U.S. will not join treaty banning landmines: spokesman

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — President Barack Obama has no plans to join a global treaty banning landmines because a policy review found the United States could not meet its security commitments without the weapons, the State Department said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Obama admin sees more U.S. stimulus hiring in 2010

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The Obama administration, facing criticism its economic stimulus plans are failing to halt layoffs, on Tuesday said hiring prompted by the spending would accelerate next year. ...  > full story

Salazar blasts critics of U.S. energy policy

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday fired back at critics who claim he's not supportive enough of domestic energy production, saying their accusations have the same "poison and substance of election-year politics." ...  > full story

Business

AIG board OKs CEO pay, as Benmosche agrees to stay

NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — American International Group Inc , the insurer that received billions of dollars in a U.S. bailout, has been authorized by its board to pay Chief Executive Robert Benmosche's $7 million compensation, after it laid to rest concerns that he may quit the post. ...  > full story

J Crew full-price sales spur profit beat, shares up

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — J Crew Group Inc reported a quarterly net profit far above Wall Street estimates due to strong autumn sales of clothing and expanded profit margins from depressed year-ago levels. ...  > full story

Microsoft CFO to leave, look for bigger job

NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Microsoft Corp's Chief Financial Officer Chris Liddell is to leave the company at the end of the year, indicating that he is looking for a bigger job at another company. ...  > full story

Privately held Facebook sets up dual-class stock

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Facebook has established a dual-class stock structure to ensure voting control by existing owners, but has no plans to become a public company, it said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Science

Dark ocean depths home to exotic, unknown life

OSLO, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The permanent darkness of the ocean depths is home to a far greater range of animals, from luminous jellyfish to tubeworms that live off oil seeping from the seabed, than previously thought, scientists said on Sunday. ...  > full story

Darwin debate rages on 150 years after "Origin"

PARIS/LONDON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Even 150 years after it first appeared in print, Charles Darwin's "On The Origin of Species" still fuels clashes between scientists convinced of its truth and critics who reject its view of life without a creator. ...  > full story

Soviet Union's non-Communist astronaut dies age 83

MOSCOW, Nov. 22, 2009 (Reuters) — The Soviet Union's only non-Communist astronaut, Konstantin Feoktistov, has died at the age of 83, Russia's space agency said on Sunday. ...  > full story

Art collector finds Galileo's lost tooth, fingers

ROME, Nov. 20, 2009 (Reuters) — An art collector has found a tooth, thumb and finger of the renowned Italian scientist Galileo Galilei who died in the 17th century, Florence's History of Science museum said on Friday. ...  > full story

Entertainment

Nude photo of Sharon Tate, Roman Polanski set for auction

NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — A nude photo of film director Roman Polanski, who is now being held in a Swiss prison, and his wife Sharon Tate taken shortly before she was brutally murdered, will be sold at an upcoming auction where it could fetch more than $10,000, organizers said. ...  > full story

UK poll shows ABBA band people most want to reform

LONDON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The British public would like to see Swedish band ABBA reform more than any other act, according to a survey. ...  > full story

Lohan to stay on at Ungaro fashion house, despite criticism

MILAN, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Hollywood wild child Lindsay Lohan is staying on as artistic adviser at fashion house Emanuel Ungaro despite her debut collection being panned by critics, president and chief executive Mounir Moufarrige said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Rock-star wife details drug mayhem in new book

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — It could have been a great rock 'n' roll love story. ...  > full story

Sports

Flyers' Briere suspended for two games for late hit

TORONTO, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Philadelphia Flyers forward Daniel Briere has been suspended for two games for "a late hit on an unsuspecting opponent," the NHL said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Wizards owner Abe Pollin, 85, dies

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Long-time Washington Wizards owner Abe Pollin died on Tuesday at the age of 85, his company Washington Sports & Entertainment said in a statement. ...  > full story

Federer crushes Murray to end year on top

LONDON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Roger Federer rebounded from a poor start to crush Andy Murray at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday, claiming a 3-6 6-3 6-1 victory that ensures he will end the year as the world's top ranked player for a fifth time. ...  > full story

Champions Nestor and Zimonjic eliminated at ATP finals

LONDON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Champions Daniel Nestor and Nenad Zimonjic lost all hope of defending their ATP World Tour Finals doubles title on Tuesday when they suffered their second successive round-robin defeat at the O2 Arena. ...  > full story
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