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  Iran, Korea and Mideast top Rice agenda AP - 56 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says nuclear programs in Iran and North Korea, the rocky resumption of the Middle East peace process, instability in Lebanon and uncertainty in Iraq will dominate Bush administration foreign policy concerns during its final year.

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  Gore: US blocking climate talks progress AP - 1 hour, 20 minutes ago

  BALI, Indonesia - Al Gore said Thursday the United States is "principally responsible" for blocking progress at the U.N. climate conference, and European nations threatened to boycott U.S.-led climate talks next month unless Washington compromises on emissions reductions.

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  Common children's vaccine recalled AP - 59 minutes ago

  TRENTON, N.J. - The recall of a routine vaccine for babies due to contamination risks could trigger a shortage and likely will alarm parents, but officials said there is no known health threat.

• Opera complains to EU about Microsoft AP - 18 minutes ago

  BRUSSELS, Belgium - Web browser developer Opera Software ASA said Thursday it had complained to the European Commission about Microsoft Corp., calling on regulators to make the company to give users a choice of Internet software with its Windows operating system.

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  Globes nominations to signal Oscar field AP - 1 hour, 4 minutes ago

  BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. - Hollywood's awards season kicks off before clear front-runners have emerged, though Golden Globe voters have no shortage of fine films and performances to choose from when nominations are announced Thursday morning.

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  Interest high in scope of Mitchell steroids report Reuters - Thu Dec 13, 12:13 AM ET

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - The keenly anticipated Mitchell Report on steroids usage in Major League Baseball will be issued on Thursday, fueling hope the record will be set straight on a suspected doping era in the sport.

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  EU and U.S. trade charges of blocking Bali talks Reuters - 2 hours, 1 minute ago

  NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) - The European Union threatened on Thursday to boycott U.S. talks among top greenhouse gas emitting nations, accusing Washington of blocking goals for fighting climate change at U.N. talks in Bali.

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  Russia, Iran agree nuclear power station timetable Reuters - 2 hours, 46 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and Iran have settled all differences over the construction of the Bushehr nuclear power station and agreed on a time-table for its completion, the Russian contractor building the station said on Thursday.

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  Huckabee faces his own Willie Horton case Reuters - 40 minutes ago

  WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Will the ghost of Willie Horton haunt the U.S. campaign trail of Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee?

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  Sixteen bodies found in a ditch north of Baghdad Reuters - Thu Dec 13, 3:22 AM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Sixteen dead bodies were found on Thursday in a ditch in a town north of Baghdad within Iraq's most violent province, police said.

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  Afghans say hundreds of Taliban killed in Musa Qala Reuters - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago

  KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan and NATO-led troops killed, wounded and detained hundreds of insurgents during fighting in the Taliban's biggest stronghold, the Defence Ministry said on Thursday.

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  Iranian forces kill four planning attacks: agency Reuters - 1 hour, 10 minutes ago

  TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian forces killed four members of a group that had been planning to carry out bombings and assassinations in a southeastern region bordering Pakistan, the official IRNA news agency said on Thursday.

• Bomb explodes under Indian train, 5 killed Reuters - 1 hour, 26 minutes ago

  GUWAHATI, India (Reuters) - A bomb exploded under a packed passenger train in India's troubled northeast early on Thursday, killing at least five people, officials said.

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  EU leaders sign landmark reform treaty AFP - 36 minutes ago

  LISBON (AFP) - Leaders of the 27-nation European Union on Thursday signed a landmark treaty to revitalise decision-making after years of wrangling on how much power they are willing to hand over.

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  Iran, Russia resolve problems on nuclear station: Moscow AFP - 2 hours, 24 minutes ago

  MOSCOW (AFP) - Disputes holding up the completion by Russia of Iran's first nuclear power station at Bushehr have been resolved, the head of Russian state contractor Atomstroiexport said Thursday.

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  Palestinian civilians 'hostage' to worsening conflict: Red Cross AFP - 41 minutes ago

  GENEVA (AFP) - Palestinians have become a "hostage to the conflict" between militants and the Israeli armed forces and are bearing the brunt of the hostilities, the international Red Cross warned on Thursday.

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  Al Gore arrives as high noon looms for tense UN climate talks AFP - 1 hour, 13 minutes ago

  NUSA DUA, Indonesia (AFP) - The European Union and United States sparred Thursday as negotiators raced against the clock to come up with framework deal to fight global warming after 2012.

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  New Australian PM vows to defend whales AFP - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

  DENPASAR, Indonesia (AFP) - Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd pledged Thursday to protect whales in a bitter dispute over Japan's hunting of the giant mammals.

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  World stocks slump despite central bank aid AFP - 29 minutes ago

  LONDON (AFP) - European and Asian stock markets fell heavily on Thursday, even after Wall Street had ended higher as major central banks sought to soothe a global credit squeeze caused by the US home-loan collapse.

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  Asia economic growth to remain strong in 2008: development bank AFP - 2 hours, 28 minutes ago

  MANILA (AFP) - Economic growth among the developing economies of East Asia will ease to a still robust eight percent next year, but the downside risks are rising, the Asian Development Bank said Thursday.

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• 6 Tips on Retirement Account Withdrawals U.S. News & World Report - Wed Dec 12, 10:02 AM ET

  As consumers we have learned to play by other people's rules to avoid getting burned by fees. We try to use our own bank's ATM, get paranoid about how many minutes we are using up on our cellphones, and tuck money away into 401(k)'s and IRAs to lower our tax bills. But, after years of stashing cash in these retirement plans to avoid taxes, there is also a tax penalty if you don't take the money out in a timely manner--and it can bite.

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  Six- and 10-month-old babies are much more capable judges of character than previously thought. Not only can infants pick out a good Samaritan, they tend to identify with them, according to a Yale University study published in the journal Nature.

• Liza Minnelli collapses on stage in Sweden Reuters - 2 hours, 55 minutes ago

  STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Veteran entertainer Liza Minnelli collapsed on stage a few songs into a performance in Sweden's second city and was taken to hospital before being discharged on Thursday, a concert promoter said.

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  Sixteen bodies found in a ditch north of Baghdad Reuters - Thu Dec 13, 3:22 AM ET

  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Sixteen dead bodies were found on Thursday in a ditch in a town north of Baghdad within Iraq's most violent province, police said.

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  Diana was "madly in love" with Dodi: stepmother Reuters - Wed Dec 12, 2:48 PM ET

  LONDON (Reuters) - Princess Diana's stepmother told an inquest on Wednesday she thought Diana and Dodi al-Fayed were "madly in love" and planning to wed before their deaths in a 1997 Paris road crash.