British Iraq War Probe Starts Hearings A long-awaited public inquiry into Britain’s role in the Iraq war held its first hearing Tuesday, six and a half years after Tony Blair controversially led the country in backing the US-led conflict. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 4 minutes ago
Bomb Kills 6 Family Members in Eastern Afghanistan A remote-controlled bomb exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing six members of a family, including four children, authorities and relatives said. Staff, AP NEWS - 5 minutes ago
Stock Futures Little Changed Ahead of Open Stock futures are little changed ahead of Tuesday’s opening as investors await a report that is expected to show the economic recovery in the third quarter was not as fast as initially estimated. Stephen Bernard, AP NEWS - 7 minutes ago
German Business Optimism Rises Again in November German business confidence rose for an eighth consecutive month in November as Europe’s biggest economy recovered steadily from its worst recession in decades, a leading survey showed Tuesday. George Frey, AP NEWS - 12 minutes ago
Chavez Faces Hunger Strike Protest Venezuelan students stage a hunger strike in Caracas to protest President Hugo Chavez’s policies. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 12 minutes ago
Atlanta Cops, Shaken Community Try to Make Amends After a 92-year-old grandmother was cut down in a hail of police bullets during a botched raid three years ago, her community seemed to trust officers about as much as the drug dealers who roam the blighted streets. Greg Bluestein, AP NEWS - 15 minutes ago
Agent Showing House Finds Pile of Bones A real estate agent showing a house got to the basement and found about 100 human bones in a corner. Staff, AP NEWS - 16 minutes ago
Govt Issues Record 2.1M Recall for Dropside Cribs More than 2.1 million drop-side cribs by Stork Craft Manufacturing are being recalled, the biggest crib recall in U.S history, following reports of four infant suffocations. Jennifer C. Kerr, AP NEWS - 17 minutes ago
BMO Financial to Buy Diners Club N. American Ops BMO Financial Group says it will buy the Diners Club North American franchise from Citigroup, which will more than double its corporate card business. Staff, AP NEWS - 19 minutes ago
Ex-Spy, Submarines, Dubai Co. Part of Fla. Lawsuit Former French intelligence officer Herve Jaubert believed he was essentially being held captive in Dubai when his passport was confiscated by authorities amid a dispute with his employer, a powerful government-run conglomerate. He claimed he was threatened with torture and worried each day he would be arrested. Curt Anderson, AP NEWS - 19 minutes ago
Official: Iraq Faces Election Delay An Iraqi election official says a political dispute has made it “impossible” to hold elections in January as required by the constitution, and that a delay is certain. Staff, AP NEWS - 20 minutes ago
SC Legislators Begin Sanford Impeachment Hearings Legislators irked for months over Gov. Mark Sanford’s summertime vanishing act and his tearful revelation that he was in Argentina for a rendezvous with his lover plan to start debating a measure Tuesday that ultimately would remove him from office. Jim Davenport, AP NEWS - 21 minutes ago
GM to Present Opel Plan to Unions on Wed General Motors Co. will present to unions on Wednesday its restructuring plan for the Opel unit, expected to include up to 9,500 job cuts, the carmaker’s top official in Europe said Tuesday. Erich Reimann, AP NEWS - 23 minutes ago
British Panel Begins Inquiry on Iraq War In the most sweeping inquiry on the Iraq war, a panel investigating Britain’s role in the conflict began questioning witnesses Tuesday in hearings that critics hope will humble ex-Prime Minister Tony Blair and expose alleged deception in the buildup to fighting. Paisley Dodds, AP NEWS - 23 minutes ago
Ailing Japan Airlines to Receive Emergency Loans Japan Airlines said Tuesday it obtained government approval to receive up to $1.1 billion in emergency loans aimed at preventing the money-losing company from grounding flights. Mari Yamaguchi, AP NEWS - 25 minutes ago
India Probe Blames Mosque Attack on Hindu Leaders A government investigation released Tuesday reportedly implicated dozens of Hindu nationalist politicians — including a former prime minister — in the 1992 demolition of a mosque that sparked deadly communal riots. Ravi Nessman, AP NEWS - 27 minutes ago
Clothing Sales Down Nov., But Online Roars Back After showing signs of improvement in early fall, sales of clothing and luxury goods weakened a bit the first half of November, compared with a year ago, when stores pulled shoppers in with massive discounts, figures released Tuesday show. Anne D'Innocenzio, AP NEWS - 27 minutes ago
2 Warlords Plead Innocent in Congo Massacre Trial Two Congolese militia leaders sent child soldiers and other fighters to wipe out a village in a revenge attack that left more than 200 men, women and children dead, a prosecutor told judges Tuesday at the International Criminal Court. Mike Corder, AP NEWS - 29 minutes ago
Sudanese Woman Praised for Fighting Pants Law France’s foreign minister has praised the courage of a journalist who has led a fight against a law in Sudan allowing for women to be flogged for wearing pants. Staff, AP NEWS - 29 minutes ago
Oil Slips Towards $77 as Markets Await Data Oil slipped towards $77 a barrel Tuesday as markets awaited data expected to show that the pace of U.S. economic recovery is slower than previously estimated. Barry Hatton, AP NEWS - 29 minutes ago
Pakistani Troops Kill 18 Islamist Militants Pakistani troops killed 18 militants in a fresh offensive Tuesday against insurgents blamed for a wave of recent bombings in the main northwestern city of Peshawar. Riaz Khan, AP NEWS - 32 minutes ago
Iraq Election Law Faces Second Veto An Iraqi vice president has indicated he will veto an election law for a second time, deepening political uncertainty in a country struggling to recover from years of war. Staff, AP NEWS - 43 minutes ago
Philippines Declares Emergency After 46 Killed The Philippine president placed two southern provinces under emergency rule Tuesday as security forces unearthed more bodies from one of the worst incidents of election violence in the nation’s history, pushing the death toll to 46. Aaron Favila, AP NEWS - 45 minutes ago
Brazil’s President Urges West to Work With Iran Iran’s leader got a welcoming bear hug from the Brazilian president, who urged Western nations to drop threats of punishment over the Iranian nuclear program and instead negotiate a fair solution. Alan Clendenning, AP NEWS - 46 minutes ago
SPIN METER: Legislation Inflation Grips GOP Republicans love to get their hands on the Democrats' health care legislation. They show it to the cameras at every opportunity, even piling one version on top of another to make a big pile look even bigger. Calvin Woodward and Douglass K. Daniel, AP NEWS - 48 minutes ago
China Executes 2 for Role in Tainted Milk Scandal China executed two people Tuesday for their roles in a tainted milk powder scandal in which at least six children died and more than 300,000 became sick. Staff, AP NEWS - 56 minutes ago
Big Bang Atom Smasher Starts Speeding Proton Beams Scientists running the world’s largest atom smasher used the $10 billion machine’s accelerator to speed up proton beams for the first time Tuesday, in a step toward experiments about the makeup of the universe. Alexander G. Higgins, AP NEWS - 59 minutes ago
Google Documents Iraqi Museum Treasures Google is documenting Iraq’s national museum and will post photographs of its ancient treasures on the Internet early next year, Google chief Eric Schmidt announced Tuesday. Staff, AP NEWS - 63 minutes ago
Banks Weigh on World Markets After China Warning World stock markets fell Tuesday following big gains on Monday, with China’s main index posting its biggest drop in three months after the country’s central bank warned commercial banks to control their lending. Pan Pylas, AP NEWS - 64 minutes ago
Shalit Prisoner Swap ‘Very Close:’ Israeli Minister An Israeli minister said on Tuesday that a deal with the Islamist movement Hamas to swap a Gaza-held soldier for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners was “very close.” Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 64 minutes ago
French First Lady Bruni to Act for Woody Allen France’s first lady, singing ex-supermodel Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, has agreed to star in US auteur Woody Allen’s next movie, she told a television interviewer. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 64 minutes ago
China Executes Two Over Tainted Milk Scandal Two men were executed in China on Tuesday for their roles in a contaminated milk powder scandal that led to the deaths of at least six infants and sickened up to 300,000, state media said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 65 minutes ago
Liverpool Ready for Must-Win Clash With Debrecen Liverpool set out for a must-win Champions League clash with Debrecen without injured striker Fernando Torres but with captain Steven Gerrard insisting they can still turn their season around. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 65 minutes ago
FTSE 100 Falls at Start of Trading The FTSE 100 fell at the start of trading on Tuesday after beginning the week sharply higher. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 65 minutes ago
Rangers Hint at Twin-Pronged Assault on Stuttgart Rangers manager Walter Smith has hinted that Kris Boyd could be handed the chance of resurrecting the club’s Champions League hopes against Stuttgart on Tuesday. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 65 minutes ago
Gunners Seek Euro Tonic Ahead of Chelsea Showdown Arsene Wenger has told his Arsenal stars to forget about a looming showdown with Chelsea and the absence of injured striker Robin van Persie as they look to book their place in the knockout stage of the Champions League. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 65 minutes ago
Lloyds to Sell Shares at 37p in Biggest Rights Issue Lloyds Banking Group on Tuesday said it was offering shareholders new stock at a discount of almost 60 percent under the country’s largest ever rights issue. Afp, AFP EUROPEAN EDITION - 65 minutes ago
Chinese Banks to Be Punished for Risky Lending China has stepped up its moves to curb banks lending massive amounts of money by issuing a rare warning it will restrict lenders' access and other operations if they do not meet risk requirements. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 65 minutes ago
Japan Govt Urges JAL to Slash Pension Payouts Japan’s transport minister Tuesday urged struggling Japan Airlines to slash its pension payouts before seeking a public bailout as investors dumped JAL stock, sending its share price skidding. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 65 minutes ago
Chinese Banks to Be Punished for Risky Lending China has issued a rare warning that it will impose curbs on banks unless they beef up their defences against bad loans as Beijing tries to put the brakes on a massive lending spree. Afp, AFP ASIAN EDITION - 65 minutes ago
US Downplays Climate Change Talks The White House is acknowledging that getting a binding agreement for cutting greenhouse gases at the Copenhagen Summit is very unlikely. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 72 minutes ago
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