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- Barack Obama appoints blind Indian-American to key post
- Obama hits out at 'Scrooge' Republicans on tax
- Lakshmi Mittal, French govt strike deal over disputed Florange unit
- Couple wins lottery worth more than Rs 1,600 crore, second largest in US history
- US college shooting: At least one dead, one wounded in Wyoming
- WikiLeaks suspect turned bed sheet into a noose
- Two more cases of new virus related to SARS in Jordan
- Tajikistan blocks US-funded news website
- Suu Kyi wants Government apology for violent crackdown
- Ireland abortion row: Human Rights Commission registers case
- Silvio Berlusconi drags his own party to destruction before Italy vote
- Afghanistan presses Pakistan to free Taliban prisoners
- Spain shipwreck treasure shown for the first time
- Russian news agency fires editor, loses entire staff
- New Jersey bridge collapses, train derailed, hazardous spill reported
- Global hacking network 'Anonymous' declares Internet war on Syria
- Tension mounts over Mittal plant facing French takeover
- Thousands march in violence-hit Tunisian town
- Myanmar verifying Muslim citizenship
- For most, tax burden is lower than in 1980
- Syria: Airport road reopens but Internet still cut
- Congo rebels extend stay in Goma
- Egypt constitution finalised as opposition cries foul
- Napoleon's secret coded Kremlin letter on sale
- Chinese man sentenced to death in sex slave murder case
| Barack Obama appoints blind Indian-American to key post Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:59 PM PST The Obama administration has announced to appoint a blind Indian-American to a key administrative post in an independent US agency devoted for people with disabilities. 
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| Obama hits out at 'Scrooge' Republicans on tax Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:01 PM PST US President Barack Obama warned on Friday that Republicans would give Americans a lump of coal for Christmas if they kill his plan to raise $1.6 trillion from higher taxes on the wealthy. 
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| Lakshmi Mittal, French govt strike deal over disputed Florange unit Posted: 30 Nov 2012 06:26 PM PST French Prime Minister Bernard Ayrault announced the government had shelved its nationalisation plan. In return, ArcelorMittal chief Lakshmi Mittal has promised to invest 180 million euros at the Flora... 
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| Couple wins lottery worth more than Rs 1,600 crore, second largest in US history Posted: 30 Nov 2012 11:22 AM PST A Missouri mechanic and his unemployed wife came forward on Friday as holders of one of two winning tickets in the second largest lottery in US history: a $587.5 million Powerball jackpot. 
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| US college shooting: At least one dead, one wounded in Wyoming Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:25 AM PST At least one person was killed and another was wounded on Friday morning in an attack at a community college in central Wyoming. 
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| WikiLeaks suspect turned bed sheet into a noose Posted: 30 Nov 2012 10:04 AM PST The army private accused of the biggest leak of official secrets in US history admitted on Friday he had turned a prison bed sheet into a makeshift noose he could have used to kill himself. 
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| Two more cases of new virus related to SARS in Jordan Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:55 AM PST International health officials have confirmed two more fatal cases of a mysterious respiratory virus in the Middle East. 
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| Tajikistan blocks US-funded news website Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:44 AM PST Tajikistan has blocked a popular U.S.-funded news website, only days after barring access to social networking site Facebook for featuring content allegedly insulting to the Central Asian nation's pre... 
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| Suu Kyi wants Government apology for violent crackdown Posted: 30 Nov 2012 09:22 AM PST Opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday said authorities must apologize for a violent crackdown on monks and other foes of a mine in northwest Myanmar, but she also stuck to the government's view... 
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| Ireland abortion row: Human Rights Commission registers case Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:54 AM PST The National Human Rights Commission on Friday registered a case on the death of dentist Savita Halappanavar, who died last month in Ireland after doctors refused to terminate her miscarriage pregnanc... 
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| Silvio Berlusconi drags his own party to destruction before Italy vote Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:39 AM PST Five years after he won one of Italy's biggest postwar election victories, Silvio Berlusconi is dragging his own party towards destruction by a mixture of indecision and refusal to withdraw gracefully... 
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| Afghanistan presses Pakistan to free Taliban prisoners Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:23 AM PST The Afghan foreign minister pressed Pakistan on Friday to free more Taliban detainees in Islamabad's custody in a bid to help coax the militant group into peace negotiations to end the 11-year-old war... 
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| Spain shipwreck treasure shown for the first time Posted: 30 Nov 2012 08:15 AM PST Spanish cultural officials allowed the first peep on Friday at some of the 16 tons (14.5 metric tons) of shipwreck treasure worth an estimated $500 million that a U.S. salvage company gave up this yea... 
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| Russian news agency fires editor, loses entire staff Posted: 30 Nov 2012 06:39 AM PST The head of a major Russian regional news agency unusually critical of the local authorities was fired on Friday in what she called the result of official pressure on editorial policy. 
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| New Jersey bridge collapses, train derailed, hazardous spill reported Posted: 30 Nov 2012 05:31 AM PST A freight train derailed on Friday on an old-style swing bridge that apparently buckled, three years after a similar failure, toppling at least two tanker cars into a creek and causing a leak of hazar... 
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| Global hacking network 'Anonymous' declares Internet war on Syria Posted: 30 Nov 2012 05:27 AM PST Global hacking network Anonymous said it will shut down Syrian government websites around the world in response to a countrywide Internet blackout believe aimed at silencing the opposition to Presiden... 
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| Tension mounts over Mittal plant facing French takeover Posted: 30 Nov 2012 05:22 AM PST Steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal and the French government sought a last-ditch solution on Friday on the eve of the expiry of his deadline to the state to find a new buyer for a plant it has threatened to ... 
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| Thousands march in violence-hit Tunisian town Posted: 30 Nov 2012 05:19 AM PST Thousands of people protested for a fourth straight day on Friday in the central town of Siliana demanding the governor quit, as political instability mounts in Tunisia two years after a revolution. 
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| Myanmar verifying Muslim citizenship Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:48 AM PST Guarded by rifle-toting police, immigration authorities in western Myanmar have launched a major operation aimed at settling an explosive question at the heart of the biggest crisis the government has... 
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| For most, tax burden is lower than in 1980 Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:38 AM PST Alan Hicks divides long days between the insurance business he started in the late 1970s and the barbecue restaurant he opened with his sons three years ago. He earned more than $250,000 last year and... 
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| Syria: Airport road reopens but Internet still cut Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:11 AM PST Syrian rebels battled regime troops south of the capital on Friday and Internet and telephone lines were cut for a second day, but the government reopened the road to Damascus' airport in a sign that ... 
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| Congo rebels extend stay in Goma Posted: 30 Nov 2012 04:00 AM PST A rebel spokesman says that his fighters have delayed their departure from Goma by 48 hours for "logistical reasons," defying for a second time an ultimatum set by neighboring African countries. 
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| Egypt constitution finalised as opposition cries foul Posted: 30 Nov 2012 03:37 AM PST An Islamist-led assembly raced through approval of a new constitution for Egypt on Friday to end a crisis over President Mohamed Morsi's expanded powers, but the opposition said it was an escalation t... 
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| Napoleon's secret coded Kremlin letter on sale Posted: 30 Nov 2012 03:28 AM PST The single line of Napoleon's secret code told Paris of his desperate, last order against the Russians: "At three o'clock in the morning, on the 22nd I am going to blow up the Kremlin." 
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| Chinese man sentenced to death in sex slave murder case Posted: 30 Nov 2012 02:10 AM PST A Chinese court sentenced a man to death for holding six women as sex slaves in an underground prison and killing two of them, Xinhua news agency said on Friday. 
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