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07 Dec 2009 08:24:36 GMT
An express line for AIDS treatment
HAVE YOU ever waited in line for a long time for something you didn't just want but desperately needed? Have you ever faced the prospect of dying in line while you waited? Have you ever wondered which of the people near the front of the ...

07 Dec 2009 08:16:25 GMT
PRESS DIGEST - Iran - Dec 7
TEHRAN, Dec 7 (Reuters) - These are some of the leading stories in Iranian newspapers on Monday. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. ETEMAD - "We ...

07 Dec 2009 08:15:35 GMT
Russia mourns as nightclub fire victims are buried
* Medvedev declares Monday national day of mourning * Grim task of burying the dead continues * 112 fire victims, 121 still hospitalised * Documents seized as probe ...

07 Dec 2009 08:09:26 GMT
A school sign is seen near the chimney of coal-fired power plant at an industrial park in Shizuishan, China's northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region
A school sign is seen near the chimney of coal-fired power plant at an industrial park in Shizuishan, China's northern Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, December 7, 2009. The biggest climate meeting in ...

07 Dec 2009 08:07:39 GMT
Smuggled cash pours out of Afghanistan
KABUL, AFGHANISTAN An estimated $10 million a day is smuggled out of Afghanistan, most of it through Kabul's international airport, rather than through secret routes over the mountains or across the desert, the country's finance minister ...

07 Dec 2009 08:07:39 GMT
THE WORLD; Parliament approves election law for Iraq; Wrangling lasts until shortly before the midnight deadline. The vote is expected by the end of February.
BAGHDAD Iraqi lawmakers ended a governmental crisis Sunday by passing an election law just before a midnight deadline, after intense wrangling among the sides and, according to several participants, late phone calls from President Obama and ...

07 Dec 2009 08:07:39 GMT
THE WORLD; No 'exit' strategy set, Gates says; The withdrawal from Afghanistan will be gradual, the Defense chief insists. He also warns of casualties.
WASHINGTON Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates denied Sunday that President Obama had set an "exit strategy" for Afghanistan, and he forecast that only a "handful" of U.S. troops may leave the country in July 2011, when a withdrawal is due to ...

07 Dec 2009 08:07:38 GMT
A U.S. strain of extremism may be rising; The number and scale of cases indicate more radicalization among American Muslims, anti-terror experts say.
WASHINGTON The Obama administration, grappling with a spate of recent Islamic terrorism cases on U.S. soil, has concluded that the country confronts a rising threat from homegrown extremism.

07 Dec 2009 08:07:38 GMT
Senate picks up pace on healthcare talks; The president heads to the Capitol to rally Democrats. The main topics are a public option and abortion.
WASHINGTON President Obama traveled to Capitol Hill on Sunday to rally Democrats on his signature healthcare initiative as the Senate moved closer to addressing two of the biggest land mines in the bill's path: the terms of a new public ...

07 Dec 2009 08:07:38 GMT
CALIFORNIA; Ready, maybe, for rainstorm's punch; Residents of areas near last summer's Station fire hope that all the preparations against mudslides are enough.
A weeklong barrage of rainstorms will test repairs to roads, ravines and utility services following the summer's devastating Station fire -- as well as canyon homeowners' patience if the deluge triggers flooding or mudslides, officials said ...

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