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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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Stocks gain on auto deal optimism

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Stocks advanced on Thursday after a Senate Democratic aide said senators reached a bipartisan agreement on aid for automakers. ...  > 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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U.S. judge: Five Algerians at Guantanamo can be 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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Three senators still hope for auto rescue deal

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Three U.S. senators were still working on a bipartisan bill to assist the automotive industry and hoped to reach a deal, a Democratic Senate aide told Reuters on Thursday. ...  > full story
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Markets hit new lows on global job losses

LONDON/ WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Fears of a deep, long global recession intensified on Thursday as markets hit new lows in alarm at reports of record U.S. job losses, oil prices plunging below $50 a barrel and worry that U.S. automakers would not get a bailout from Washington. ...  > full story
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U.S. urges vigilance against Iranian banks in Dubai

ABU DHABI, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Dubai should keep a close eye on sanctions-hit Iranian banks operating in the Gulf trade hub, a U.S. official involved in tracking suspicious financial activity said on Wednesday. ...  > full story
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Oil dips under $50 as investor confidence sinks

LONDON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Oil dived under $50 a barrel on Thursday to hit the lowest level since May 2005, deepening losses as financial markets reflected ever lower confidence in the world economy and evidence mounted of falling fuel demand. ...  > 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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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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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

South Africa to withhold Zimbabwe aid over deadlock

HARARE, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — South Africa said on Thursday it will withhold aid for Zimbabwe until a representative government is in place, in what appeared to be the first punitive measure by a regional country to enforce a power-sharing agreement. ...  > 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

ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Darfur rebels

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

Politics

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

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

Georgia race key in Senate power struggle

ATLANTA, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — A contest for a U.S. Senate seat from Georgia has become a last stand for the Republican Party to block Democrats from gaining a majority big enough to push their legislation through the chamber almost at will. ...  > full story

Three senators still hope for auto rescue deal

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Three U.S. senators were still working on a bipartisan bill to assist the automotive industry and hoped to reach a deal, a Democratic Senate aide told Reuters on Thursday. ...  > full story

Business

Citigroup shares tumble further despite Alwaleed move

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Citigroup Inc lost as much as a quarter of its market value Thursday as mushrooming worries about whether the bank has enough capital to withstand billions of dollars of additional loan losses outweighed new support from its largest individual investor. ...  > full story

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

Stocks gain on auto deal optimism

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Stocks advanced on Thursday after a Senate Democratic aide said senators reached a bipartisan agreement on aid for automakers. ...  > full story

GM shares hit 70-year low as quick bailout hopes dim

DETROIT, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Shares of General Motors Corp tumbled as much as 39 percent to hit a 70-year low on Thursday as prospects dimmed that lawmakers would reach a compromise on a proposed $25 billion bailout for U.S. automakers before Congress adjourns this week. ...  > 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

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

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
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