Libya complains of Israeli high sea 'piracy' to UN council
AFP - 1 hour, 3 minutes agoLibya protested in vain Wednesday before the UN Security Council over Israel's interception of one of its cargo ships attempting to offload aid in Gaza.
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Richardson to head Commerce
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Ex-World Leaders Urge U.N. Chief To Intervene In Myanmar
INO News - 17 minutes ago(RTTNews) - More than 100 former government leaders wrote to U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Wednesday asking him to intervene in military-ruled Myanmar, media reports said.
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Zimbabwe police charge into protesting doctors
The Kansas City Star - 25 minutes agoRiot police charged into a group of doctors and nurses protesting Zimbabwe's deepening economic and health crisis, eyewitnesses said Wednesday as deaths rose sharply from a cholera epidemic blamed on collapsing infrastructure.
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Obama names Richardson to Cabinet to head Commerce
Daily Vidette - 27 minutes agoCHICAGO - President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary on Wednesday, filling a top economic post in troubled times and placing a second former campaign rival in his new Cabinet. Talking optimistically despite the recession, Obama also said, "We have everything we need to renew our economy, we have the ingenuity and technology, the skill and ...
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Obama Names Richardson to Head Commerce Department
WBOC Salisbury - 37 minutes agoCHICAGO (AP)- President-elect Barack Obama named New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary on Wednesday, filling a top economic post in troubled times and placing a second former campaign rival in his new Cabinet.
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As More Eat Meat, a Bid to Cut Emissions
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UN 'hopeful' about Obama presidency, says expert
Journal Gazette & Times-Courier - 52 minutes agoCHARLESTON — A 2006 photo of President-elect Barack Obama in front of the popular Superman sculpture in the small Southern Illinois town of Metropolis generally received one of two reactions.
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China, U.S. to Sign Energy-Conservation, Water Quality Accords
Bloomberg - 52 minutes agoDec. 4 (Bloomberg) -- China and the U.S., the world's biggest polluters, will sign two agreements later today on cooperation in projects promoting energy conservation and water quality.
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Libya complains of Israeli high sea 'piracy' to UN council
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour, 3 minutes agoLibya protested in vain Wednesday before the UN Security Council over Israel's interception of one of its cargo ships attempting to offload aid in Gaza.
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CNN Student News Transcript: December 4, 2008
CNN - 1 hour, 3 minutes agoDecember 4, 2008
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Providence Write-a-thon for Human Rights set for Sunday
The Providence Journal - 1 hour, 5 minutes agoGrace Akallo was a 15-year-old schoolgirl in Uganda when rebel soldiers dragged her from her dormitory and forced her to become a soldier. In her book, Girl Soldier, Akallo recounts the abuse, forced marches, beating and starvation she endured until she escaped seven months later.
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Policía desmiente atentado a esposa de Uribe
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From hoof to dinner table, a new bid to cut emissions
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Obama Makes Good On Diversity Pledge
CBS News - 1 hour, 25 minutes agoBarack Obama is on the way to making good his pledge to have a Cabinet and White House staff that are among most diverse ever, although some supporters are asking him to go even further.
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Obama nominates Richardson for Cabinet
CNN - 1 hour, 32 minutes agoPresident-elect Barack Obama announced New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as his pick for secretary of commerce on Wednesday, calling him a "leading economic diplomat for America."
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Richardson Brings Long Record Of Experience To New Post
KOAT Albuquerque - 1 hour, 33 minutes agoBill Richardson was born in Pasedena, California on Nov. 15, 1947, but he spent most of his early childhood in Mexico City.
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Afghanistan says it will sign cluster bomb treaty
International Herald Tribune - 1 hour, 38 minutes agoIn a surprising reversal, the government of Afghanistan agreed to sign a treaty that the U.S. has rejected.
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UN Plans Asteroid Response Framework
Slashdot - 1 hour, 45 minutes agochrb writes "The Association of Space Explorers, a non-profit group of people who have completed at least one Earth orbit in space, has presented a report to the United Nations titled Asteroid Threats: A Call for Global Response. The UN will now meet in February to discuss the issue and try to define a global political framework for dealing with asteroid-based threats to the Earth." Read ...
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Obama is delivering diversity, but some seek more
Boston Globe - 1 hour, 52 minutes agoBarack Obama, soon to be the first black U.S. president, is on the road to making good his pledge to have a Cabinet and White House staff that are among most diverse ever, although some supporters are asking him to go even further. He added to the minority representation at the top of his administration Wednesday when he named New ...
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Rwanda Stirs Deadly Brew of Troubles in Congo
New York Times - 2 hours, 2 minutes agoEvidence seems to be growing that Rwanda is meddling again in Congo?s troubles.
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