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 - 8 minutes ago
Egypt’s President Warns Israel Over Jerusalem Israel will anger all Muslims if it does not resolve Jerusalem’s disputed status, Egypt’s president warned his Israeli counterpart on Sunday. Staff, AP NEWS - 10 minutes ago
Nelson Might Not Back Next Step for Health Bill A moderate Democratic senator who voted to allow debate over a health care bill says he might not support the bill in its next hurdle in the Senate. Staff, AP NEWS - 14 minutes ago
Denmark: 65 World Leaders for UN Climate Summit Sixty-five world leaders so far have said they will attend the Copenhagen climate summit in December and several more have responded positively to invitations, a Danish official said Sunday. Jan Olsen, AP NEWS - 15 minutes ago
Indonesian Ferry Sinks; 29 Dead, Some 240 Rescued Rescuers saved more than 240 people aboard a crowded Indonesian passenger ferry that sank Sunday in rough waters off Sumatra island, but 29 people have died and at least 17 others were missing, officials said. Ali Kotarumalos, AP NEWS - 20 minutes ago
Russian Cosmonaut Feoktistov Dies at 83 Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-Communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83. Staff, AP NEWS - 22 minutes ago
Officials: Pakistani Troops Kill Some 40 Militants Pakistani troops killed nearly 40 suspected militants Sunday in a series of operations in northwestern tribal areas near the Afghan border, officials said. Anwarullah Khan, AP NEWS - 28 minutes ago
Iran Begins War Games to Protect Atom Sites A commander of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that air defence forces would “annihilate” Israeli warplanes if they attacked the Islamic republic, as the forces began five days of war games. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 30 minutes ago
Senate Dems Frustrated With Sway Held by Moderates A Democratic senator says moderates in his party shouldn’t be allowed to dictate the terms of the health care debate and that the final bill should include a government-run option for Americans lacking insurance. Anne Flaherty, AP NEWS - 33 minutes ago
Lawmaker Says Health Bill Won’t Limit Mammograms A Democratic lawmaker who has been treated for breast cancer says worries that the proposed health care overhaul would limit cancer screenings are overblown. Staff, AP NEWS - 43 minutes ago
Iran Ex-Official Gets 6 Years in Jail for Protests A former vice president has been released on bail in the mass trial of opposition figures accused of fomenting the country’s post-election unrest, official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. Ali Akbar Dareini, AP NEWS - 47 minutes ago
Iran Begins War Games to Protect Nuclear Sites Iran on Sunday began large-scale air defense war games aimed at protecting the country’s nuclear facilities against any possible attack, state television reported. Staff, AP NEWS - 55 minutes ago
Former NIH Chief: Ignore New Mammogram Guideline The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer. Staff, AP NEWS - 57 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 - 61 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 - 63 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 - 63 minutes ago
Iran Begins Air Defence War Games Iranian armed forces launch air defence war games to show off the country’s deterrent capabilities in the face of pressure from the West over its nuclear programme. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 68 minutes ago
Police: IRA Dissidents Plant Car Bomb in Belfast Irish Republican Army dissidents left a 400-pound (180-kilogram) car bomb outside police reform headquarters in Belfast but the homemade device failed to detonate, Northern Ireland’s police commander said Sunday. Shawn Pogatchnik, AP NEWS - 71 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 - 89 minutes ago
Iran Wants Guarantees Over Nuclear Fuel Supply Iran’s envoy to the UN atomic watchdog, Ali Asghar Soltanieh, insisted on Sunday that Tehran needs guarantees that it will receive nuclear fuel on time for its research reactor. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 90 minutes ago
Former Iran VP to Be Released on Bail Iranian former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi, who has been sentenced to six years in prison in connection with protests over June’s presidential election, is to be released on bail, the judiciary said on Sunday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 90 minutes ago
Iran Insists on Guarantees for Nuclear Fuel Supply A top Iranian official reiterated on Sunday Tehran wanted a guaranteed supply of atomic fuel for its research reactor, as world powers expressed disappointment over its continued nuclear defiance. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 90 minutes ago
Former Iran VP Released on Bail Iranian former vice president Mohammad Ali Abtahi, who has been sentenced to six years in prison in connection with protests over June’s presidential election, has been released on bail, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 90 minutes ago
Israeli Air Strikes on Gaza Wound Eight: Medics Three Israeli air strikes on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip overnight wounded eight Palestinians, one of them seriously, medics said on Sunday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 90 minutes ago
Romanians Vote in Tight Presidential Election Romanians voted on Sunday in a tight presidential election seen as a chance to resolve a political crisis that has hindered the recent EU member’s bid to recover from a deep recession. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 90 minutes ago
Separatist Blasts Kill Five in Northeast India Suspected separatists in northeast India set off two explosions on Sunday killing five people and wounding 50 more, police said, as two of the movement’s leaders remained under arrest. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 90 minutes ago
Scores Dead as Indonesian Ferry Sinks Twenty-one people were killed and another 232 were plucked to safety after a ferry sank in heavy seas off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Sunday, an official said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 90 minutes ago
Up to 26 Dead After Indonesia Ferry Sinks Up to 26 people were killed and some 250 were plucked to safety after a ferry sank in heavy seas off Indonesia’s Sumatra island on Sunday, officials said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 90 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 - 90 minutes ago
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