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Abbas resists U.S. pressure to resume peace talks

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:20:15 -0500

RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - The Palestinian president on Wednesday resisted U.S. pressure for a resumption of peace talks with Israel, repeating his demand for a complete halt to West Bank settlement building before negotiations.

Fort Hood probe spotlights Web-savvy preacher

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:22:17 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - A radical Muslim preacher linked by U.S. intelligence to a gunman who killed 13 people at a U.S. Army base is an influential voice in English-language Internet forums increasingly used by militants unfamiliar with Arabic.

NATO expects more resources for Afghan training

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:33:46 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - NATO's secretary-general said on Wednesday he expected alliance members to provide more resources for training Afghan troops and police, but would not comment on exact troop numbers.

Get ready, America: Here comes Sarah Palin

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:15:47 -0500

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Get ready, America. Like her or not, Sarah Palin is coming to a city near you.

Clinton says Korea naval fight won't deter U.S. envoy visit

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:12:07 -0500

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - A naval skirmish between the two Koreas will not derail the Obama administration's plans to send its first envoy to Pyongyang to revive dormant nuclear talks, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday.

U.S. aid worker held over Afghan boy's shooting

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:27:51 -0500

KABUL (Reuters) - An American aid worker in northern Afghanistan is being held by Afghan authorities over the fatal shooting of an Afghan teenager at his home, a provincial police chief said on Wednesday.

United Airlines pilot charged with being drunk

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:32:44 -0500

LONDON (Reuters) - A United Airlines pilot has been charged after being arrested at London's Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being drunk shortly before he was about to fly a transatlantic airliner, police said on Wednesday.

Madoff's NYC, Palm Beach homes get price cuts

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:05:23 -0500

NEW YORK (Reuters) - It's still not cheap, but Livin' La Vida Madoff may now cost a bit less. Asking prices for homes once occupied by now imprisoned Ponzi schemer Bernard Madoff in Manhattan's Upper East Side and in Palm Beach, Florida, have been cut, after about two months on the market.

Geithner wants strong dollar, will tackle deficit

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 08:22:03 -0500

TOKYO (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said on Wednesday he believes strongly in the need to maintain a strong dollar and said the United States was determined to get its budget deficit down.

Sniper who terrorized Washington area is executed

Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:01:52 -0500

JARRATT, Virginia (Reuters) - John Allen Muhammad was executed on Tuesday for masterminding and carrying out with his teenage accomplice the 2002 sniper shootings that killed 10 people and terrified the Washington, D.C., region a year after the September 11 and the deadly anthrax attacks.