Aaron's Daily WWW Newspaper

HOUSTON - The smoked turkey is ready to be heated up. All the freeze-dried green beans and cornbread dressing need are water injections before they're served.

LONDON - Asian and European stocks were higher Thursday after U.S. shares rose for the fourth day running ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Indian markets were closed after deadly attacks in the country's financial capital.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Police for weeks had neither a suspect nor a motive in the beating death of a popular television anchorwoman. A suspect is now in custody, but many questions remain unanswered.

LOS ANGELES - A Malaysian technology conglomerate has repaid $900,000 to Bruce Willis after the actor filed a lawsuit demanding a refund of his investment.

Even with a hobbled Tyler Hansbrough, top-ranked North Carolina breezed through the EA Sports Maui Invitational. No wonder the Tar Heels are a unanimous No. 1.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's prime minister pointed a finger on Thursday at "external linkages" for the attacks in Mumbai that killed more than 100 people, as militants holding hostages in a Jewish center offered to hold talks.

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's parliament approved a landmark security pact with the United States Thursday that paves the way for U.S. forces to withdraw by the end of 2011.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat declared a state of emergency on Thursday at two Bangkok airports besieged by anti-government protesters, a minister said, as rumors of a coup swirled round the capital.

LONDON (Reuters) - Global stocks hit two-week highs on Thursday with European equities playing catch up to strong gains overseas, but more grim economic reports briefly sent government bond yields in Europe to a fresh three-year low.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Thanksgiving Day may mean leisurely time with family for many Americans, but some U.S. stores were set to open to shoppers on the holiday itself, hoping to salvage what could be a disastrous holiday sales season.

LONDON/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - China warned on Thursday its economic downturn was deepening and pressure grew on the European Central Bank (ECB) to make a big cut in interest rates to help contain the global financial crisis.

LUCERNE, Switzerland (Reuters) - UBS said on Thursday it has discovered a few cases of tax fraud as part of a U.S. inquiry into whether it helped wealthy Americans dodge taxes through accounts in Switzerland.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. authorities have warned of a possible al Qaeda threat to transit systems in and around New York City, a Homeland Security official said on Wednesday.

MUMBAI (AFP) - Indian commandos were on Thursday battling Islamist gunmen who launched coordinated attacks against luxury hotels and other targets in Mumbai, taking foreign hostages and killing over 100 people.

BAGHDAD, Nov 27, 2008 (AFP) - Iraq's parliament was expected on Thursday to vote to approve a wide-ranging military agreement with a timetable for the withdrawal of all US troops by 2011, lawmakers said.

WASHINGTON, Nov 26, 2008 (AFP) - The United States and Britain led global condemnation of the attacks in India's financial capital Mumbai on Wednesday, where blasts and shootings targeted at foreigners left over 100 people dead.

NEW DELHI (AFP) - India's prime minister said Thursday that those behind coordinated attacks against Mumbai were based "outside the country" and warned "neighbours" who provide a haven to anti-India militants.

BANGKOK (AFP) - Thailand's government asked the military to stay in their barracks Thursday as rumours spread that the army was plotting a coup to end mass protests that have shut down both of Bangkok's airports.

COLOMBO (AFP) - The leader of Sri Lanka's Tamil Tiger rebels, Velupillai Prabhakaran, vowed in a radio broadcast Thursday to fight on and evict government forces closing in on his de facto political capital.

LONDON (AFP) - Massive stimulus efforts to stave off a global recession steadied stock markets on Thursday but grim outlooks in China and elsewhere indicated that the economic crisis still has a long way to run.