Hesham Hassaballa: Best Buy brouhaha highlighted ignorance - Chicago Tribune

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:37:55 GMT+00:00

Hesham Hassaballa: Best Buy brouhaha highlighted ignorance
Chicago Tribune
I could not believe my eyes when I saw it: Best Buy had printed in its weekly ad "Happy Eid Al Adha." My heart was so very warmed, and it made me so very happy that Best Buy acknowledged the upcoming Muslim holiday. (And, it made me determined to make ...
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Climate debate heats up Caribbean summit - The Associated Press

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:31:25 GMT+00:00

Sky News

Climate debate heats up Caribbean summit
The Associated Press
PORT-OF-SPAIN, Trinidad — An approaching global climate summit has raised the temperature at a typically low-key meeting of leaders from Britain's former colonial empire. The Commonwealth heads of government, meeting in the Caribbean this week, ...
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Philippines massacre: 25 journalists named - guardian.co.uk

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:29:41 GMT+00:00

Telegraph.co.uk

Philippines massacre: 25 journalists named
guardian.co.uk
The latest assessment of the people killed in the Philippines massacre claims that 27 journalists were among the total of 57 deaths. It is possible that the journalistic toll may rise. There is difficulty in identifying some bodies, according to the ...
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Shock, awe over nerve of White House state dinner party crashers - New York Daily News

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:28:00 GMT+00:00

Telegraph.co.uk

Shock, awe over nerve of White House state dinner party crashers
New York Daily News
Should Tareq and Michaele Salahi be praised, or punished, for crashing the Obama administration's state dinner? Punished! They slipped into a high-security function. Forget them, punish the Secret Service agent who let them get in. ...
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Jeddah flood toll rises to 83: reports - AFP

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:15:59 GMT+00:00

BBC News

Jeddah flood toll rises to 83: reports
AFP
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia — More bodies have been recovered in the western Saudi city of Jeddah, gateway for Muslim pilgrims headed to Mecca, pushing the death toll from Wednesday's flash flood to 83, reports said on Friday. The Al-Watan and Okaz newspapers ...
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Irish Catholic Church covered up abuse, report finds - Los Angeles Times

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:00:44 GMT+00:00

National Post

Irish Catholic Church covered up abuse, report finds
Los Angeles Times
A three-year government inquiry into the church and state's handling of abuse cases in Dublin from 1975 to 2004 reveals a policy of cover-up. Officials even took out insurance to pay future claims. Irish Justice Minister Dermot Ahern pauses at a news ...
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US futures brace for losses on Dubai debt news - MarketWatch

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 10:17:11 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca

US futures brace for losses on Dubai debt news
MarketWatch
MADRID (MarketWatch) -- US stock market futures were trading sharply lower on Friday as debt problems for Dubai spread fear across worldwide markets and traders nervously awaited a shortened Wall Street session after ...
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World powers seek Iran nuclear censure - AFP

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:16:03 GMT+00:00

CBC.ca

World powers seek Iran nuclear censure
AFP
VIENNA — World powers united on Friday to seek a new UN censure of Iran's nuclear programme and demand that it halt construction of uranium enrichment site kept secret until recently. Britain, France, Germany, the United States, Russia and China ...
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A happy Thanksgiving on skid row - Los Angeles Times

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:32:34 GMT+00:00

NECN

A happy Thanksgiving on skid row
Los Angeles Times
The Fred Jordan Mission provides free meals to more than 2000 people in downtown LA Many of the diners were first-timers. By Victoria Kim The plates were foam, the gravy in plastic pitchers and the disposable tablecloths brightly colored. ...
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Volunteers find the key to happy holiday is giving backIndianapolis Star
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Explorer Dies After 28 Hours Stuck in Cave - New York Times

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:03:35 GMT+00:00

Times Online

Explorer Dies After 28 Hours Stuck in Cave
New York Times
By AP SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — An amateur cave explorer who had become stuck upside down in a passage at a popular Utah spelunking site died there early Thursday after 28 hours. Dozens of rescuers had tried for hours to extract the 26-year-old caver, ...
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