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Abbas says may call for Palestinian elections

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday he would call for elections in 2009 if his secular Fatah movement and its Islamist rivals Hamas do not reconcile by the end of this year. ...  > full story
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Obama to announce his top economic team

CHICAGO, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday prepared to announce his top economic team as he worked on a stimulus plan designed to lift the country out of its worst financial crisis in decades. ...  > full story
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Obama tells Karzai Afghan security will be priority

KABUL, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama told Afghan President Hamid Karzai he would make it a priority to fight terrorism and bring security to Afghanistan and the region, the Afghan presidential palace said Sunday. ...  > full story
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Venezuelans vote in local election test for Chavez

CARACAS, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Venezuelans vote Sunday in state elections where President Hugo Chavez aims to consolidate his grip on the OPEC nation to re-energize his drive toward socialism a year after he suffered a referendum defeat. ...  > full story
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Iraq president in talks with blocs opposed to pact

BAGHDAD, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq's leaders met with recalcitrant politicians on Sunday to try to persuade them to accept a pact allowing U.S. troops to remain in Iraq for three years ahead of a parliamentary vote this week. ...  > full story
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Obama picks point men for crisis fight back

WASHINGTON/LIMA, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama has picked two experienced policymakers, Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, to spearhead the fight against the global financial crisis -- appointments which should bring some cheer to world markets ...  > full story
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Zimbabwe's MDC could boycott Mbeki meeting: source

HARARE, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) may boycott a meeting to discuss a constitutional bill that would allow President Robert Mugabe to form a unity government, an opposition official said on Sunday. ...  > full story
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Obama taps Geithner, Summers for top economic jobs

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen seasoned policymakers Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers as his two top economic lieutenants to direct the fight to rescue the economy and stem the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years. ...  > full story
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Obama to unveil economic team on Monday

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama will announce the members of his economic team at a news conference in Chicago at 11 a.m. CST (1700 GMT) Monday, his transition office said. ...  > full story
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Pelosi says Congress could back huge stimulus plan

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi said on Sunday that Congress could put together an economic stimulus package of several hundred billion dollars that should also contain tax cuts. ...  > full story
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Abbas says may call for Palestinian elections

RAMALLAH, West Bank, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Sunday he would call for elections in 2009 if his secular Fatah movement and its Islamist rivals Hamas do not reconcile by the end of this year. ...  > full story

Violence against Afghan children rising: U.N

KABUL, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Violations of children's rights are increasing in Afghanistan with more attacks against schools, more children killed and more evidence of child sexual abuse, the United Nations said on Sunday. ...  > full story

Obama tells Karzai Afghan security will be priority

KABUL, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama told Afghan President Hamid Karzai he would make it a priority to fight terrorism and bring security to Afghanistan and the region, the Afghan presidential palace said Sunday. ...  > full story

Venezuelans vote in local election test for Chavez

CARACAS, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Venezuelans vote Sunday in state elections where President Hugo Chavez aims to consolidate his grip on the OPEC nation to re-energize his drive toward socialism a year after he suffered a referendum defeat. ...  > full story

Politics

Obama to announce his top economic team

CHICAGO, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama on Sunday prepared to announce his top economic team as he worked on a stimulus plan designed to lift the country out of its worst financial crisis in decades. ...  > full story

Obama tells Karzai Afghan security will be priority

KABUL, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — U.S. President-elect Barack Obama told Afghan President Hamid Karzai he would make it a priority to fight terrorism and bring security to Afghanistan and the region, the Afghan presidential palace said Sunday. ...  > full story

Iraq president in talks with blocs opposed to pact

BAGHDAD, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Iraq's leaders met with recalcitrant politicians on Sunday to try to persuade them to accept a pact allowing U.S. troops to remain in Iraq for three years ahead of a parliamentary vote this week. ...  > full story

Obama taps Geithner, Summers for top economic jobs

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen seasoned policymakers Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers as his two top economic lieutenants to direct the fight to rescue the economy and stem the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years. ...  > full story

Business

Obama picks point men for crisis fight back

WASHINGTON/LIMA, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama has picked two experienced policymakers, Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers, to spearhead the fight against the global financial crisis -- appointments which should bring some cheer to world markets ...  > full story

Black Friday sales intensify in downturn

NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Black Friday, the traditional start to the U.S. holiday shopping season, means more to retailers this year as they struggle to win over consumers with a recession looming. ...  > full story

Obama taps Geithner, Summers for top economic jobs

WASHINGTON, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — President-elect Barack Obama has chosen seasoned policymakers Timothy Geithner and Lawrence Summers as his two top economic lieutenants to direct the fight to rescue the economy and stem the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years. ...  > full story

Wanted: catalysts for buying

LONDON, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Many financial assets across the world are looking cheap after the market ructions of the past year but investors in general have yet to rediscover the impulse to buy. ...  > full story

Science

Astronauts finish longest spacewalk outside station

HOUSTON, Nov. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — Two shuttle Endeavour astronauts finished the longest of their planned spacewalks outside the orbiting International Space Station on Saturday, a nearly seven-hour effort aimed at cleaning and repairing a contaminated joint on the station's solar power array. ...  > full story

Meteor lights up skies over Western Canada

CALGARY, Alberta, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — A massive ball of fire that lit up the skies over two Western Canadian provinces on Thursday evening was likely among the biggest meteor events to be witnessed in Canada this year, one expert said. ...  > full story

Spiders get their space legs

HOUSTON, Nov. 21, 2008 (Reuters) — Spiders flying as an educational project aboard the International Space Station seem to have gotten the hang of weightlessness. ...  > full story

Astronauts finish second spacewalk outside station

HOUSTON, Nov. 20, 2008 (Reuters) — Shuttle Endeavour astronauts working outside the orbiting International Space Station faced glitches during a second spacewalk on Thursday, as one astronaut experienced high carbon-dioxide levels after his crew mate lost a tool bag on the mission's first spacewalk. ...  > full story

Entertainment

Moviegoers enter "Twilight" zone at box office

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — "Twilight," the vampire romance that has spurred feverish anticipation among young female moviegoers, took a bigger-than-expected $70.55 million bite out of the weekend box office in North America, according to studio estimates issued on Sunday. ...  > full story

Sony's Crackle.com set to roll out new Web shows

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — A Web site owned by Sony Corp is expected on Monday to unveil a slew of new Internet programs in the latest move by a division of a major media company to bolster online entertainment. ...  > full story

Vatican forgives John Lennon for Jesus quip

VATICAN CITY, Nov. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — The Vatican's newspaper has finally forgiven John Lennon for declaring that the Beatles were more famous than Jesus Christ, calling the remark a "boast" by a young man grappling with sudden fame. ...  > full story

Actors union to seek strike authorization

LOS ANGELES, Nov. 22, 2008 (Reuters) — The main union representing U.S. film and television actors said on Saturday it would seek a strike authorization vote by members after federal mediation failed to break a logjam in labor talks with major Hollywood studios. ...  > full story

Sports

Spain win Davis Cup after Verdasco beats Acasuso

MAR DEL PLATA, Argentina, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Spain won the Davis Cup for the third time on Sunday when Fernando Verdasco beat Jose Acasuso in five sets to give them an unassailable 3-1 lead over Argentina in the final. ...  > full story

Late salvo helps streaking Red Wings douse Flames

CALGARY, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — The Detroit Red Wings broke open a tight contest with three third period goals in a 5-2 victory over the Calgary Flames on Saturday as the Stanley Cup champions secured a fifth successive win. ...  > full story

Hatton beats Malignaggi with 11th round TKO

LAS VEGAS, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — Briton Ricky Hatton retained his IBO light-welterweight title on Saturday with an 11th round stoppage of American Paulie Malignaggi. ...  > full story

Thunder fire coach Carlesimo after abysmal start

NEW YORK, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — The Oklahoma City Thunder have fired coach P.J. Carlesimo after a league-worst 1-12 start, the team said Saturday. ...  > full story
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