NEW YORK, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Key retail stocks fell on Monday as investors feared that deep discounts offered by U.S. stores during the year's first holiday shopping weekend could sap profits and would not save a bleak season. ... > full story
MILAN, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Car makers reported tumbling sales across Asia and Europe on Monday as the recession drove buyers from showrooms and drew a warning of more gloom next year. ... > full story
JOS, Nigeria, Dec. 1, 2008 (Reuters) — Authorities in the central Nigerian town of Jos may relax a curfew Monday after the army quelled clashes between Muslim and Christian gangs which killed hundreds of people. ... > full story
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — The space shuttle Endeavour fired its braking rockets and left orbit on Sunday, beginning an hourlong glide to California after finishing a marathon home-improvement mission at the International Space Station. ... > full story
BETHLEHEM, West Bank, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — "Jingle Bells" rang out over Manger Square on Sunday as Bethlehem opened a Christmas market that the Palestinian city hopes will help cap a boom year for tourism with a profitable festive season. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 30, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq's government tried to quell criticism on Sunday of a security pact which sets deadlines for U.S. military withdrawals, saying opponents could wait to judge how Washington honors commitments to pull back its troops. ... > full story
HAVANA, Nov. 29, 2008 (Reuters) — Cuban President Raul Castro attended a ceremony for the country's first religious beatification on Saturday in another sign of warming relations between the Communist-ruled island and the Catholic Church. ... > full story
BAGHDAD, Nov. 28, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide bomber killed 12 people in an Iraqi mosque on Friday while thousands of followers of anti-American Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr demonstrated in Baghdad after parliament passed a pact allowing U.S. troops to remain through 2011. ... > full story
KABUL, Nov. 27, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide car bomber struck a convoy of foreign troops near the U.S. embassy in Kabul on Thursday, killing four civilians, the government said. ... > full story
BRUSSELS, Nov. 26, 2008 (Reuters) — China, angry at plans for Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai Lama to visit Europe, has called off a summit with the European Union next Monday which may have forged a joint response to the global economic crisis. ... > full story
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NASA managers clear shuttle Endeavour to land Nov. 30, 2008 (NBC 2 Southwest Florida) — HOUSTON: Space shuttle endeavour is cleared to land in a matter of hours, as long as the weather co-operates. . . NASA officials are watching the ...
Reisman: What I saw in space Nov. 30, 2008 (NY Daily News) — Every new astronaut dreams of floating up to the window of his spaceship and getting that first look at the Earth in all of her majesty. Well, that ...
NASA works on Internet for space Nov. 30, 2008 (Salt Lake Tribune) — San Francisco In space, no one can hear you scream. But scoring an Internet hookup suddenly isn't out of the question.. . NASA scientists have ...
Shuttle due to land in Florida Nov. 30, 2008 (Kerryman, Ireland) — The shuttle Endeavour is making its way back to earth and is due to land in Florida this evening. . . Its crew have been working on a mission to ...
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