Iran Jails Former VP Over Vote Unrest: Report Iran has jailed former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi for six years on charges linked to protests over June’s presidential election, a moderate conservative website reported. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 10 minutes ago
Romanians Vote for President Amid Political Crisis Romanians voted for new president Sunday, hoping to end a leadership crisis that threatens a euro1.5 billion ($2 billion) IMF loan their country desperately needs to ease a painful recession. Alison Mutler, AP NEWS - 11 minutes ago
More Americans Expected to Travel for Thanksgiving The number of Americans traveling away from home for Thanksgiving will be up only slightly this year from 2008, according to a report from the AAA auto club. Nafeesa Syeed, AP FEATURES - 19 minutes ago
Canadian Woman Loses Benefits Over Facebook Photo A Canadian woman on long-term sick leave for depression says she lost her benefits because her insurance agent found photos of her on Facebook in which she appeared to be having fun. Staff, AP NEWS - 25 minutes ago
Denmark: 65 World Leaders for UN Climate Summit A Danish official says 65 world leaders so far will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December and several more have responded positively to invitations. Jan Olsen, AP NEWS - 26 minutes ago
Rare Charles Darwin Book Found on Toilet Bookshelf An auction house says it is selling a rare first edition of Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species” found in a family’s guest lavatory in southern England. Staff, AP NEWS - 28 minutes ago
Iran Ex-Official Gets 6 Years in Jail for Protests An Iranian court sentenced a former vice president to six years in jail as part of a mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the unrest after the disputed June presidential election, the defendant’s lawyer said Sunday. Ali Akbar Dareini, AP NEWS - 31 minutes ago
Sizing Up the Kennedy Dynasty’s Next Generation Sen. Edward M. Kennedy will be a tough act to follow, even for the Kennedys. His death, coupled with the decision by family members not to seek the seat he held for nearly five decades, has prompted predictions that the family’s long-running political dynasty is over. Andrew Miga, AP NEWS - 33 minutes ago
Kennedy Says RI Bishop Banned Him From Communion Roman Catholic Bishop Thomas Tobin has banned Rep. Patrick Kennedy from receiving Communion, the central sacrament of the church, in Rhode Island because of the congressman’s support for abortion rights, Kennedy said in a newspaper interview published Sunday. Ray Henry, AP NEWS - 33 minutes ago
Historic Health Care Bill Clears Senate Hurdle A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama. Staff, AP NEWS - 34 minutes ago
Astronaut’s Wait Over as Daughter Born Back Home Astronaut Randolph Bresnik is a new dad again, after launching into space and taking a spacewalk, all for the first time. Marcia Dunn, AP NEWS - 34 minutes ago
Liberians Mourn UN Worker Killed in Afghanistan Hundreds of people jammed into a Monrovia church to mourn a Liberian United Nations worker killed in an October attack by Taliban gunmen in Afghanistan’s capital. Staff, AP NEWS - 37 minutes ago
Indonesian Ferry Sinks; 15 Dead, Some 230 Rescued Rescuers saved more than 230 people aboard an Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but at least 15 people have died, officials said. Search operations were called off after nightfall for the unknown number of passengers still missing. Ali Kotarumalos, AP NEWS - 39 minutes ago
Israeli Aircraft Strike Gaza Targets Israeli aircraft attacked two suspected weapons-making factories and a smuggling tunnel in the Gaza Strip early Sunday in what the military said was retaliation for Palestinian rocket fire into southern Israel. Josef Federman, AP NEWS - 42 minutes ago
Deutsche Bahn Signs $26B Qatar Railroad Deal An investment company owned by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund has signed a $26 billion (euro17 billion) joint venture with Germany’s national railway operator to build a railroad network in the natural gas-rich Gulf sheikdom. Staff, AP NEWS - 62 minutes ago
Iraq’s Oct. Oil Exports Drop Due to Attacks An Iraqi official says insurgent attacks caused a 4 percent drop in the country’s oil exports in October compared to the previous month, but that revenues were up due to higher prices. Staff, AP NEWS - 64 minutes ago
Beirut Sets Out to Woo Back Shoppers Brimming with style, Beirut is regaining its reputation as a shoppers' paradise, with luxury labels such as Christian Dior and Louis Vuitton among a slew of shops opening in the city’s renovated souks. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 70 minutes ago
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