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Obama taps Arizona governor for homeland security: report

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing multiple sources. ...  > full story
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Stock futures cut losses after PepsiCo, Citi news

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Stock index futures cut losses on Thursday after PepsiCo , a food and beverage company, reaffirmed its 2008 profit and CNBC television reported that Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal planned to boost his stake in Citigroup to 5 percent, a day after the bank's shares plummeted. ...  > full story
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Recession blues play on

LONDON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — World economic misery spread on Thursday with forecasts of a global recession running well into 2009, Japan's exports to Asia falling for the first time in six years and job losses mounting. ...  > full story
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Oil dives below $52 as investor confidence sinks

LONDON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Oil fell below $52 a barrel on Thursday, deepening losses over the previous four sessions as battered financial markets reflected ever lower confidence in the world economy and evidence mounted of falling fuel demand. ...  > full story
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African Union says Somali politicians fuel piracy

MOGADISHU, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The growth in piracy off Somalia is being aggravated by the country's feuding politicians and the United Nations should send peacekeepers there quickly, the African Union's top diplomat said on Thursday. ...  > full story
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Pakistan protests over U.S. missile strikes

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan summoned U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson on Thursday to protest over missile strikes launched by pilotless drone aircraft against militant targets in Pakistan. ...  > full story
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Prospect for auto bailout dims

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Chances dimmed that a last-minute plan being crafted by Republican senators, with White House support, to provide $25 billion to bail out U.S. automakers would receive enough backing from Democrats to pass before the end of this week. ...  > full story
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Woman posed as teen online in suicide case: attorney

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — A Missouri woman established a fake identity online to torment a vulnerable teenage girl who later committed suicide, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday in a trial that is being closely watched by the burgeoning social networking industry. ...  > full story
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Global stocks at 5-1/2 year lows

LONDON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — World stocks dropped to 5-1/2 year lows and oil hit 22-month troughs as investors reacted to dire Federal Reserve warnings on the economy and fears about the viability of major U.S. auto makers and bank giant Citigroup. ...  > full story
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California court to hear gay marriage ban case

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — California's Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a legal challenge against the state's voter-approved ban on gay marriage and let the ban stand in the meantime. ...  > full story
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Bomber attacks NATO base in Afghanistan

KHOST, Afghanistan, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — A suicide car bomber attacked a NATO base in eastern Afghanistan Thursday, inflicting some casualties, a NATO force spokeswoman said. ...  > full story

African Union says Somali politicians fuel piracy

MOGADISHU, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The growth in piracy off Somalia is being aggravated by the country's feuding politicians and the United Nations should send peacekeepers there quickly, the African Union's top diplomat said on Thursday. ...  > full story

Pakistan protests over U.S. missile strikes

ISLAMABAD, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Pakistan summoned U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson on Thursday to protest over missile strikes launched by pilotless drone aircraft against militant targets in Pakistan. ...  > full story

Mistrust fuels intolerance in divided Kosovo

GORAZDEVAC, Kosovo, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Darko Dimitrijevic lives in a Serbian enclave of Kosovo that is protected by international troops and rarely interacts with ethnic Albanians in surrounding villages. ...  > full story

Politics

Obama taps Arizona governor for homeland security: report

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama's top choice to lead the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, CNN reported on Wednesday, citing multiple sources. ...  > full story

Prospect for auto bailout dims

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Chances dimmed that a last-minute plan being crafted by Republican senators, with White House support, to provide $25 billion to bail out U.S. automakers would receive enough backing from Democrats to pass before the end of this week. ...  > full story

Alaska Republican Sen. Stevens concedes defeat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Alaska Republican Sen. Ted Stevens, convicted last month of corruption charges, conceded defeat on Wednesday in his bid for an eighth term, a day after his Democratic opponent claimed victory. ...  > full story

California court to hear gay marriage ban case

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — California's Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a legal challenge against the state's voter-approved ban on gay marriage and let the ban stand in the meantime. ...  > full story

Business

Citigroup up on report Alwaleed plans bigger stake

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Citigroup Inc shares rose in premarket trading Thursday on a report that longtime shareholder Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal plans to increase his stake in the bank to 5 percent. ...  > full story

PepsiCo stands by 2008 earnings outlook

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — PepsiCo Inc reiterated its full-year 2008 earnings outlook on Thursday and said it would discuss innovation plans for 2009 for its North American beverage unit later in the day. ...  > full story

GMAC applies to become bank holding company

Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Finance company GMAC filed an application with the Federal Reserve to become bank holding company. Highlights: ...  > full story

Stock futures cut losses after PepsiCo, Citi news

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Stock index futures cut losses on Thursday after PepsiCo , a food and beverage company, reaffirmed its 2008 profit and CNBC television reported that Saudi Prince Alwaleed bin Talal planned to boost his stake in Citigroup to 5 percent, a day after the bank's shares plummeted. ...  > 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

Michael Jackson to testify in British court: lawyer

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

Japan's top filmmaker takes swipe at comic-mad PM

TOKYO, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Japanese Oscar-winning filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki criticized Prime Minister Taro Aso's penchant for "manga" comic books Thursday and said children should spend more time experiencing nature than getting engrossed in video games and TV. ...  > full story

The Who look back to '77 on live DVD

DETROIT, Nov. 20, 2008 (Billboard) — A 1977 concert filmed for the Who documentary "The Kids Are Alright" has long been considered a holy grail by rock fans. But frontman Roger Daltrey remembers it as taking place on "kind of a weird day." ...  > 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

Sports

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

Canucks fire five past Lundqvist to beat Rangers

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — The Vancouver Canucks fired five goals past the New York Rangers' Henrik Lundqvist, one of the NHL's top goaltenders, on the way to a 6-3 victory on Wednesday. ...  > full story

Nine-man Mexico lose but keep World Cup dream alive

BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Mexico stumbled into the final stage of the CONCACAF zone World Cup qualifiers on goal difference on Wednesday despite losing 1-0 to Honduras and having two players sent off. ...  > full story

World champion to pound streets in Singapore marathon

SINGAPORE, Nov. 19, 2008 (Reuters) — Kenya's world champion Luke Kibet will race in next month's Singapore marathon, organizers said on Thursday. ...  > full story
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