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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

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

N.Y. governor seeks one-time authority to balance budget

NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — New York Governor David Paterson on Tuesday submitted emergency legislation that would grant him the one-time authority to balance the state budget without approval from the legislature. ...  > 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

U.S. pledges new arms sales to Taiwan

TAIPEI, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The United States plans to resume arms sales to Taiwan and warned of a build-up of missiles aimed at the island by China, a top U.S. diplomat said Tuesday. ...  > full story

Business

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

U.S. court bars promotion of stock sale tax scheme

WASHINGTON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — A federal judge has barred the promotion of a scheme designed to help clients evade taxes on more than $1.25 billion in asset sales, the U.S. government 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

Federer beats Murray, to end year as world number one

LONDON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Roger Federer ensured he would end the year as world number one after he beat Andy Murray 3-6 6-3 6-1 in a round-robin match at the ATP World Tour Finals on Tuesday. ...  > 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

Roddick targets London 2012 Olympics

LONDON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — When injured American Andy Roddick was caught on camera watching the action at the ATP World Tour Finals, the applause that rang around the cavernous O2 Arena spoke volumes for his popularity in London. ...  > full story

Duncan guides San Antonio Spurs to win over Milwaukee

SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Tim Duncan scored 24 points and had 12 rebounds as the San Antonio Spurs beat Milwaukee 112-98 on Monday to end the Bucks' three game winning streak. ...  > full story
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