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  Congress returning for daunting agenda AP - 37 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - A daunting agenda confronts lawmakers as they return Monday for an abbreviated holiday season session. Taxes, spending, paying for the war, energy, farm subsidies and wiretapping top a crowded list of items Congress will consider during the three weeks.

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  Thousands expected at Sean Taylor funeral AP - 51 minutes ago

  MIAMI - Some mourned the athlete. Others mourned the classmate and neighbor. All mourned the hometown hero. Thousands were expected to follow a wake and vigil Sunday night with a massive funeral for slain NFL player Sean Taylor on Monday at Florida International University's Pharmed Arena.

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  Vivendi to buy major Activision stake AP - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

  LOS ANGELES - Vivendi SA said Sunday that it plans to acquire a controlling stake in Activision Inc. and combine the company with Vivendi Games in a deal that would create a rival to Electronic Arts Inc. as the world's largest video game publisher.

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  Mummified dinosaur may have outrun T Rex AP - 1 hour, 2 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - One of the most complete dinosaur mummies ever found is revealing secrets locked away for millions of years, bringing researchers as close as they will ever get to touching a live dino.

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  LSU earns spot opposite Ohio St. in BCS AP - 1 hour, 5 minutes ago

  Ohio State flopped as the favorite last season, so the Buckeyes plan to enjoy life as the slighted in this season's BCS championship game. A date with LSU at the Superdome awaits the Buckeyes, who are hoping to find redemption in New Orleans on Jan. 7 after struggling in last season's national title game against Florida.

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  Chavez loses "president-for-life" vote Reuters - 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

  CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez crashed to an unprecedented vote defeat on Monday as Venezuelans narrowly rejected his bid to run for re-election indefinitely and accelerate his socialist revolution in the OPEC nation.

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  Sudan pardons British teacher over teddy bear Reuters - 1 hour, 6 minutes ago

  KHARTOUM (Reuters) - The British teacher jailed in Sudan for letting her students name a teddy bear Mohammad won a pardon on Monday and was released into British care.

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  Europe urges Russia to probe alleged election fraud Reuters - 46 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Europe joined the United States on Monday in demanding Russia probe alleged abuses in an election won overwhelmingly by President Vladimir Putin's party, and Germany denounced the poll as undemocratic.

• U.S. rights stance faces big test in Guantanamo case Reuters - 11 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The tarnished U.S. human rights image faces a major test this week as the Supreme Court considers whether terrorism suspects held for years without charges at Guantanamo Bay are wrongly detained.

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  Radio host Imus returns after firing Reuters - 37 minutes ago

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Radio personality Don Imus returned to the airwaves on Monday, promising to keep his edgy tone but refrain from the kind of racist and sexist comments that got him fired earlier this year.

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  Australia steals show at Bali climate talks Reuters - Mon Dec 3, 3:42 AM ET

  BALI, Indonesia (Reuters) - Australia won an ovation at the start of U.N.-led climate change talks in Bali on Monday by agreeing to ratify the Kyoto Protocol, isolating the United States as the only developed nation outside the pact.

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  Israel frees Palestinian prisoners to help Abbas Reuters - 19 minutes ago

  RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israel released 429 Palestinian prisoners on Monday to bolster President Mahmoud Abbas after a U.S.-sponsored conference last week on Palestinian statehood, Israeli officials said.

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  Pakistan's Sharif barred from January vote Reuters - 43 minutes ago

  LAHORE, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan's Election Commission on Monday barred former prime minister and opposition leader Nawaz Sharif from a January 8 general election because of his criminal record.

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  Putin hails victory as observers cry foul AFP - 36 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - President Vladimir Putin on Monday hailed his party's landslide election victory and brushed off opposition charges of fraud that were echoed by foreign observers and European governments.

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  Sudan releases British 'teddy' teacher AFP - 1 hour, 12 minutes ago

  KHARTOUM (AFP) - A British woman jailed in Sudan for insulting religion was released on Monday after being granted a presidential pardon for insulting religion by giving a teddy bear the same name as Prophet Mohammed.

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  Climate change conference opens on Indonesia's Bali AFP - 2 hours, 34 minutes ago

  NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) - A major UN-sponsored climate change conference opened on Indonesia's Bali Monday, tasked with crafting a road map for negotiations leading to a new pact for addressing global warming.

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  Venezuelans reject constitutional change, Chavez accepts AFP - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago

  CARACAS (AFP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez acknowledged Monday his first-ever defeat at the polls after voters rejected reforms in a weekend referendum that would have strengthened his grip on power and turned his oil-rich country into a socialist state.

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  Australian PM ratifies Kyoto Protocol AFP - 2 hours, 23 minutes ago

  SYDNEY (AFP) - Labor Party leader Kevin Rudd became Australia's 26th prime minister Monday and immediately began dismantling the former government's policies by ratifying the Kyoto Protocol on climate change.

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  Human resources company Randstad takes over competitor AFP - 2 hours, 41 minutes ago

  AMSTERDAM (AFP) - The Dutch temporary employment company Randstad announced Monday that it would take over competitor Vedior to become the second largest human resources company worldwide.

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  French minister announces plan to sell 2.5 percent of EDF AFP - Mon Dec 3, 3:01 AM ET

  PARIS (AFP) - France's Finance Ministry announced Monday the sale of a 2.5 percent share of electricity monopoly EDF to raise funds for higher education, with the option of selling 3.7 percent according to demand.

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  Naples "miracle chair" draws childless couples Reuters - Sun Dec 2, 8:35 PM ET

  NAPLES (Reuters) - An ordinary old armchair under a worn blanket in a three-room flat in Naples draws thousands of hopeful pilgrims. Pasted all over the walls around it are birth announcements: pink for girls, blue for boys.

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  Miss China on top of the world AFP - Sat Dec 1, 11:27 AM ET

  SANYA, China (AFP) - Pre-contest favourite Miss China won the Miss World 2007 title in her own country late Saturday, much to the delight of the audience, in front of an estimated two billion viewers around the globe.

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  Chavez wins Venezuela vote: sources Reuters - Sun Dec 2, 6:34 PM ET

  CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez appeared headed for victory on Sunday in a referendum on allowing the leftist to rule for as long as he keeps winning elections, government-linked sources said, citing exit polls.

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  British store tries "faux gras" challenge to French delicacy AFP - Sat Dec 1, 4:17 PM ET

  LONDON (AFP) - A British supermarket that stopped selling the French delicacy fois gras six years ago because of animal welfare concerns has developed an alternative, "faux gras", for sale this Christmas, it announced Saturday.

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  US author to unveil Washington's Masonic past AFP - Thu Nov 29, 12:57 AM ET

  WASHINGTON (AFP) - A sequel to the blockbuster thriller "The Da Vinci Code" is set to lift the veil on mysterious Freemason symbols carved into the very fabric of the historic streets and buildings of the US capital.