Travelers disembark 'nightmare' cruise amid cheers (AP)

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• Travelers disembark 'nightmare' cruise amid cheers (AP)
• Murkowski camp cries foul in ballot count (AP)
• Pessimism pervades as G20 leaders show sharp split (AP)
• Sunni walkout mars Iraq parliament session (AP)
• 2014 is the new date to watch in Afghanistan (AP)
• Big ideas for cutting deficit, but they'd hurt (AP)
• Palestinian held for Facebook criticism of Islam (AP)
• Ex President George W. Bush honors vets in Ohio (AP)
• Holiday shopping battle starts to get pitched (AP)
• Bad 'Alibi': Idaho burglary suspect found at bar (AP)
• G20 grapples with formula to ease currency strains (Reuters)
• October foreclosures fall as processing stalls (Reuters)
• Bedraggled cruise passengers return to port (Reuters)
• South Korea, U.S. fail to resolve trade deal row (Reuters)
• Talabani and PM Maliki to stay on under Iraqi pact (Reuters)
• Top Russian spy defects after betraying ring in U.S. (Reuters)
• Obama tells North Korea to end "belligerence" (Reuters)
• Suicide car bomb kills at least 15 in Karachi (Reuters)
• Bomb hits police in Pakistani city of Karachi, kills 18 (AFP)
• Iraq takes first step to form government amid MPs' walk-out (AFP)

Travelers disembark 'nightmare' cruise amid cheers (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:17 PM PST AP - A disabled cruise liner inched into San Diego Bay on Thursday after three nightmarish days adrift on the Pacific, sparking cheers from passengers who disembarked and described limited food, backed-up toilets and dark cabins.

Murkowski camp cries foul in ballot count (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:17 PM PST AP - U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski's campaign on Thursday accused observers for rival Joe Miller of making petty challenges in the counting of voters' write-in ballots in an attempt to tilt the Alaska Senate race in their favor.

Pessimism pervades as G20 leaders show sharp split (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:17 PM PST AP - A strong sense of pessimism shrouded the start of an economic summit of rich and emerging economies Thursday, with President Barack Obama and fellow world leaders arriving in Seoul sharply divided over currency and trade policies.

Sunni walkout mars Iraq parliament session (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:17 PM PST AP - Iraq's president gave Shiite Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki the nod to form the next government Thursday after an eight-month deadlock, but a dramatic walkout from parliament by his Sunni rivals cast doubt on a power-sharing deal reached by the two sides less than a day earlier.

2014 is the new date to watch in Afghanistan (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:17 PM PST AP - Message to the Taliban: Forget July 2011, the date that President Barack Obama set to begin withdrawing U.S. forces from Afghanistan. The more important date is 2014 when the international coalition hopes Afghan soldiers and policemen will be ready to take the lead in securing the nation.

Big ideas for cutting deficit, but they'd hurt (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:17 PM PST AP - Voters who demanded Washington rein in the nation's spiraling debt are getting a message from President Barack Obama and leaders of his deficit commission: It'll hurt.

Palestinian held for Facebook criticism of Islam (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:38 PM PST AP - A mysterious blogger who set off an uproar in the Arab world by claiming he was God and hurling insults at the Prophet Muhammad is now behind bars — caught in a sting that used Facebook to track him down.

Ex President George W. Bush honors vets in Ohio (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:12 PM PST AP - Former president George W. Bush said Thursday he's enjoying being away from politics and won't get involved in current debates about his successor or Washington.

Holiday shopping battle starts to get pitched (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:46 PM PST AP - From free shipping from Wal-Mart to Sears stores open on Thanksgiving for the first time, the battle for holiday shoppers' dollars has begun in earnest.

Bad 'Alibi': Idaho burglary suspect found at bar (AP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:25 PM PST AP - Police said it didn't take them long to locate an Idaho man suspected in the robbery of a Cedars Inn — he was next door at The Alibi bar.

G20 grapples with formula to ease currency strains (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:17 AM PST Reuters - The Group of 20 labored to agree how to put the world economy on a sounder footing on Thursday as fears about Ireland's ability to pay its debts underscored lingering fallout from the global financial crisis.

October foreclosures fall as processing stalls (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 09:07 AM PST Reuters - The number of U.S. homes taken over by banks fell 9 percent in October as foreclosure processing was stalled by questionable paperwork, real estate data company RealtyTrac said on Thursday.

Bedraggled cruise passengers return to port (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:45 PM PST Reuters - The cruise ship stranded off Mexico this week by an engine fire limped back into port under tow on Thursday with 3,300 passengers bedraggled by three days at sea without hot water, air conditioning or cooked meals.

South Korea, U.S. fail to resolve trade deal row (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 06:00 AM PST Reuters - The United States and South Korea failed to revive a stalled free trade agreement on Thursday, dealing a blow to both countries' leaders and putting a brake on bilateral trade.

Talabani and PM Maliki to stay on under Iraqi pact (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:15 PM PST Reuters - Iraqi lawmakers voted to reappoint incumbent Jalal Talabani as president on Thursday and he nominated Nuri al-Maliki to stay on as prime minister.

Top Russian spy defects after betraying ring in U.S. (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:47 PM PST Reuters - The head of Russia's deep cover U.S. spying operations has betrayed the network and defected, a Russian paper said Thursday, potentially giving the West one of its biggest intelligence coups since the end of the Cold War.

Obama tells North Korea to end "belligerence" (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 03:27 AM PST Reuters - President Barack Obama on Thursday demanded North Korea cease provocations on the divided peninsula, but held out the prospect of economic aid and respect if it abandons its nuclear arms program.

Suicide car bomb kills at least 15 in Karachi (Reuters) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 10:47 AM PST Reuters - At least 15 people were killed and 100 injured in a suspected Taliban suicide car bomb attack on Thursday at a security compound in Pakistan's largest city Karachi where militants are held, officials said.

Bomb hits police in Pakistani city of Karachi, kills 18 (AFP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 01:12 PM PST AFP - Militants armed with guns and a truck bomb demolished a police department used to detain terror suspects in Pakistan's biggest city of Karachi on Thursday, killing 18 people and wounding 130 others.

Iraq takes first step to form government amid MPs' walk-out (AFP) Posted: 11 Nov 2010 12:55 PM PST AFP - Iraq's political factions took a first step to end its eight-month impasse on Thursday but a meeting of MPs fell into acrimony amid claims a power-sharing deal made a day earlier had already been violated.

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