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Stocks adds to losses as oil drops below $50

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Stocks added to losses on Thursday, led by energy shares as oil fell below $50 a barrel, while investors worried about the prospects for a bailout of battered automakers. ...  > full story
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Democrats set December 2 deadline for automakers' to offer plan

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Senate and House Democratic leaders at a news conference: ...  > full story
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Jobs data miserable, regional factories slump

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The number of American workers on the unemployment rolls surged to the highest in a quarter century and a regional manufacturing gauge slumped as U.S. economic misery intensified. ...  > full story
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Oil touches 3-1/2 year low under $50 as demand weighs

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Oil dropped more than 3 percent on Thursday, touching the lowest level since May 2005 as record U.S. job losses intensified concerns of a long and deep global recession and further crushed demand expectations. ...  > full story
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U.S. judge orders five Algerians at Guantanamo freed

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Five of six Algerians must be released after nearly seven years of captivity at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba, a federal judge ruled on Thursday in a setback for the Bush administration. ...  > full story
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Four senators reach bipartisan auto aid deal

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Four senators have reached a bipartisan agreement on a bill to assist the struggling automotive industry, the lawmakers announced in a joint statement on Thursday. ...  > full story
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Lawmakers fault Treasury, Fed on bailout

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Exasperated U.S. lawmakers criticized Federal Reserve and Treasury Department efforts to shore up the faltering economy on Thursday, telling officials that their financial rescue efforts have not reached small businesses or homeowners. ...  > full story
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Medvedev's Venezuela, Cuba trips set to rile U.S.

MOSCOW, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's visits to Venezuela and Cuba during a week-long trip to Latin America look set to irk Washington, highlighting a foreign policy challenge facing President-elect Barack Obama. ...  > full story
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Bipartisan auto aid agreement reached: aide

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Senators Levin, Bond, Voinovich, Stabenow reached an agreement on bipartisan auto aid agreement a senate democratic aide said on Thursday. ...  > full story
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Bush, Olmert to meet Monday, review peace efforts

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — President George W. Bush will meet Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Monday to review Middle East peace efforts that the U.S. leader had once hoped would produce an agreement before he left office. ...  > full story
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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Darfur rebels

AMSTERDAM, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The International Criminal Court prosecutor requested arrest warrants on Thursday for Darfur rebels for the first time, accusing them of storming an African Union camp and killing 12 peacekeepers. ...  > full story

Over 1,000 melamine babies still in China hospitals

BEIJING, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Over a thousand Chinese infants are still in hospital receiving treatment for kidney damage caused by tainted milk, China's Health Ministry said on Thursday, more than two months after the scandal broke. ...  > full story

Suicide bomber kills 9 in Afghanistan

KHOST, Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide car-bomber killed nine people and wounded 16, including two U.S. soldiers, in an attack on Thursday on a government compound in eastern Afghanistan, a government official said. ...  > full story

U.N. council approves increase in Congo peacekeepers

UNITED NATIONS, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The U.N. Security Council voted unanimously on Thursday to send some 3,000 additional U.N. peacekeepers to the Democratic Republic of the Congo to help prevent a new war in the country's east. ...  > full story

Politics

Democrats set December 2 deadline for automakers' to offer plan

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Senate and House Democratic leaders at a news conference: ...  > full story

Pritzker says not candidate for Commerce slot

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Chicago businesswoman Penny Pritzker said on Thursday she was not a candidate to serve as commerce secretary in President-Barack Obama's administration. ...  > full story

Rice meets Gaddafi son, asks about dissident

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met the son of Libyan leader Col. Muammar Gaddafi on Thursday and raised the case of a leading political dissident held in Tripoli, the State Department said. ...  > full story

Four senators reach bipartisan auto aid deal

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Four senators have reached a bipartisan agreement on a bill to assist the struggling automotive industry, the lawmakers announced in a joint statement on Thursday. ...  > full story

Business

Stocks adds to losses as oil drops below $50

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Stocks added to losses on Thursday, led by energy shares as oil fell below $50 a barrel, while investors worried about the prospects for a bailout of battered automakers. ...  > full story

Democrats set December 2 deadline for automakers' to offer plan

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Senate and House Democratic leaders at a news conference: ...  > full story

Jobs data miserable, regional factories slump

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The number of American workers on the unemployment rolls surged to the highest in a quarter century and a regional manufacturing gauge slumped as U.S. economic misery intensified. ...  > full story

Paulson: U.S. has the tools for financial stability

SIMI VALLEY, California, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday that federal authorities have the right tools and have taken the necessary steps to prevent a financial system collapse. ...  > full story

Science

Astronauts install water recycler on space station

HOUSTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Astronauts hooked up a water recycling system and installed two new bedrooms aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday while crew mates prepared for a second spacewalk to fix the outpost's power system. ...  > full story

Clump of dark matter may loom near solar system

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — A balloon-borne instrument soaring high over Antarctica has found evidence of a possible large clump of mysterious so-called dark matter relatively close to our solar system, scientists said on Wednesday. ...  > full story

Israeli archaeologists unearth Herod family tombs

BEIT SAHOUR, West Bank, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — An Israeli archaeologist said on Wednesday he had unearthed what he believed were the 2,000-year-old remains of two tombs which had held a wife and daughter-in-law of the biblical King Herod. ...  > full story

Mammoth genome sequence may explain extinction

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Researchers have sequenced the gene map of a long-extinct, mummified woolly mammoth, using DNA taken from its hair. ...  > full story

Entertainment

Madonna and Ritchie to divorce on Friday

LONDON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Pop star Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie are to divorce in London on Friday, according to the High Court where so-called "quickie" divorces are formalized. ...  > full story

McCartney, Guns N' Roses albums to launch on MySpace

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney and Guns N' Roses released their biggest hits on vinyl records and compact discs, but on Thursday, their new albums will debut online on MySpace. ...  > full story

Suri Cruise tops list of Hollywood's power kids

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — With her stylish outfits, stylish hair and stylish parents, two-year-old Suri Cruise has topped an annual list of the most influential celebrity children. ...  > full story

Michael Jackson to testify in British court

LONDON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Michael Jackson will appear in a British court next week to testify in a lawsuit brought against him by a Bahraini prince, the singer's lawyer said on Thursday. ...  > full story

Sports

Yankees pitcher Mussina retires

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — New York Yankees starter Mike Mussina announced his retirement Thursday, becoming the first pitcher to end his career after posting a 20-win season since Hall of Famer Sandy Koufax in 1966. ...  > full story

I could have been a good F1 driver, says Rossi

MUGELLO, Italy, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — MotoGP world champion Valentino Rossi said Thursday he could have been a good Formula One driver if he had made the switch three years ago. ...  > full story

2010 Tour de France to start in Rotterdam

PARIS, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The 2010 Tour de France will start in Rotterdam, organizers said Thursday. ...  > full story

Billups leads in-form Nuggets to win over Spurs

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Chauncey Billups scored a game-high 22 points to lead the Denver Nuggets to a 91-81 win over the San Antonio Spurs on Wednesday. ...  > full story
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