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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 top priorities. ...  > full story

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Venezuela opposition and Jews protest Iran visit

CARACAS, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Opposition parties and the Jewish community criticized a visit by Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Venezuela, citing worries over his denial of the Holocaust, human rights violations and Iran's nuclear program. ...  > full story

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

Politics

U.S. will not join treaty banning landmines

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 them, the State Department said on Tuesday. ...  > full story

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

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

Asia shares gain but Nikkei hits 4-month low

HONG KONG, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Asian stocks climbed on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised U.S. growth forecasts for 2010 but Japanese shares fell to a four-month low on worries about capital raisings and government economic policy. ...  > full story

Starbucks sees China as next key market after U.S.

SHANGHAI, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Starbucks will see China become the company's next major market after the United States in the near future, the firm's China chairman said on Wednesday. ...  > full story

World Bank: Raising rates quickly may cause slump: report

SINGAPORE, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Swift interest rate hikes aimed at containing inflation in product and asset prices could cause another downturn in the slowly recovering economies of the United States and Europe, the head of the World Bank said. ...  > full story

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

Science

Hormones, incentive, experience "make best traders"

LONDON, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — British scientists say a perfect combination of testosterone, experience and a hunger for a share of profits can produce financial traders who consistently outperform the market -- even during a crisis. ...  > full story

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

Entertainment

Donny Osmond dances to victory on "Stars" finale

NEW YORK, Nov. 25, 2009 (Reuters) — Donny Osmond danced his way to victory on Tuesday, winning the 9th season of the hit ABC television show "Dancing With the Stars" after wowing the judges with his irrepressible determination and final tango. ...  > full story

Twenty-five recordings added to Grammy Hall of Fame

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The Recording Academy on Tuesday added songs by James Brown, Bob Marley, the Beach Boys, Louis Armstrong and others to its Grammy Hall of Fame, bringing the total number of titles in the collection to 851. ...  > full story

Film director Tyler Perry gives $1 million to NAACP

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Director and comic actor Tyler Perry, whose films include the recent "I Can Do Bad All By Myself," has given $1 million to the NAACP in the largest gift ever by a single person to that civil rights group. ...  > full story

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

Sports

Canadiens' late rally hands Blue Jackets third straight loss

MONTREAL, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — The Montreal Canadiens scored three times in the third period to defeat the Columbus Blue Jackets 5-3 on Tuesday. ...  > full story

Fatigued Beckham switches focus to loan spell in Italy

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 24, 2009 (Reuters) — Bruised, battered and fatigued after enjoying his most successful season with Los Angeles Galaxy, David Beckham turned his thoughts on Tuesday to his loan spell with AC Milan in January. ...  > full story

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
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