Reuters – Europe officially fell into recession on Friday and the U.S. economy suffered further blows as world leaders headed to Washington to address the worst financial crisis in 80 years.
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AP – Thousands of hungry and homeless lined up for food Friday deep in rebel-held territory in eastern Congo as the U.N. began its first large-scale delivery in the area since fighting broke out in late October.
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AP – Cem Ozdemir tells public audiences how he was wrapped in a towel in a Turkish bath when a German woman walked in naked. So he dropped his towel, “to show that I was well integrated at home in Germany.”
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AP – Here’s a look at the cost this year for the average Thanksgiving meal for a gathering of 10, and the difference from last year, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation:
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Reuters – Zimbabwe’s opposition MDC will not join a unity government with President Robert Mugabe until all issues in power-sharing talks are resolved, a party official said on Friday after a meeting to decide whether to take part.
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AP – A missile strike apparently by a U.S. drone hit a house in Pakistan’s tribal region close to the Afghan border Friday, killing at least 12 people including several foreign militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said.
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AP – A court refused Friday to release from prison a cancer-stricken Libyan man convicted of the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over the Scottish town of Lockerbie.
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AP – French President Nicolas Sarkozy undercut the American rationale for a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe on Friday by saying that the system would do nothing to improve European security.
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AP – Two dead birds, one big idea.
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AFP – Taiwanese prosecutors on Friday questioned relatives of former president Chen Shui-bian over a corruption scandal, two days after the ex-leader was detained in an ongoing money laundering probe.
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