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Monday, December 17
Dec 10, 2007; ... Today is Monday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2007. There are 14 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1531 - Pope Clement VII introduces the Inquisition to Portugal. 1538 - Pope Paul III excommunicates England's King Henry VIII. 1718 ...
Monday, December 17
Dec 10, 2007; ... Today is Monday, Dec. 17, the 351st day of 2007. There are 14 days left in the year. Highlights in history on this date: 1531 - Pope Clement VII introduces the Inquisition to Portugal. 1538 - Pope Paul III excommunicates England's King Henry VIII. 1718 ...
WORLD SPORTS at 0000 GMT
Dec 10, 2007 ... SOCCER: CLUB WORLD CUP: Sepahan gets chance at revenge, meets Urawa in rematch of Asian final TOKYO _ Sepahan gets a chance at revenge Monday, taking on Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds in a rematch of the Asian Champions League final with the winner earning a semifinal against ...
Iraq plans crackdown in province northeast of Baghdad; Sunni VP supports pact with US
Dec 10, 2007; ... Iraq's defense minister promised to wage a new crackdown in a volatile province northeast of Baghdad where militants are trying to regroup after being routed from their urban stronghold there last summer. Suicide attacks have killed more than 20 people in the last three days in Diyala ...
System off Puerto Rico has potential to become tropical storm
Dec 10, 2007 ... A little more than a week after the Atlantic hurricane season ended, forecasters said a system off Puerto Rico has the potential to become a tropical or subtropical storm. At 5 p.m. (2200 GMT) Sunday, the system was about 550 miles (885 kilometers) east-northeast from Puerto Rico. It ...
Iraq plans crackdown in province northeast of Baghdad; Sunni VP supports pact with US
Dec 10, 2007; ... Iraq's defense minister promised to wage a new crackdown in a volatile province northeast of Baghdad where militants are trying to regroup after being routed from their urban stronghold there last summer. Suicide attacks have killed more than 20 people in the last three days in Diyala ...
System off Puerto Rico has potential to become tropical storm
Dec 10, 2007 ... A little more than a week after the Atlantic hurricane season ended, forecasters said a system off Puerto Rico has the potential to become a tropical or subtropical storm. At 5 p.m. (2200 GMT) Sunday, the system was about 550 miles (885 kilometers) east-northeast from Puerto Rico. It ...
New engineering whiz kids learn people skills, too
Dec 10, 2007; ... Hands wave in the air as students join a spirited discussion about start-up financing and laughter ripples through the class when someone identifies the three "Fs" of independent funding: Friends, family, fools. But this is not a business school course for fired-up young ...
New engineering whiz kids learn people skills, too
Dec 10, 2007; ... Hands wave in the air as students join a spirited discussion about start-up financing and laughter ripples through the class when someone identifies the three "Fs" of independent funding: Friends, family, fools. But this is not a business school course for fired-up young ...
Olmert ally insists Israel would keep Jewish sections of east Jerusalem, cede Arab parts
Dec 10, 2007; ... Just before peace negotiations are scheduled to resume, a top Israeli official set out a policy on Jerusalem that has Israel retaining the Jewish neighborhoods it built on captured land but ceding control of Arab sections to the Palestinians. Vice Premier Haim Ramon voiced the ...
Women's World Cup Slalom Results
Dec 10, 2007 ... Results from Sunday's women's World Cup slalom race on the Lower Ruthie's Run course (individual run times in parentheses): 1. Nicole Hosp, Austria, 1 minute, 34.60 seconds (46.13, 48.47 seconds). 2. Tanja Poutiainen, Finland, 1:35.79 (46.10, 49.69). 3. Kathrin ...
Republicans prepare to debate before largely Hispanic audience
Dec 10, 2007; ... Seven Republican presidential candidates gathered at the University of Miami for an unusual Spanish-language debate, with immigration high on the agenda and the race in a topsy-turvy state. Sunday's debate comes as polls show former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee bolting from the back of ...
Olmert ally insists Israel would keep Jewish sections of east Jerusalem, cede Arab parts
Dec 10, 2007; ... Just before peace negotiations are scheduled to resume, a top Israeli official set out a policy on Jerusalem that has Israel retaining the Jewish neighborhoods it built on captured land but ceding control of Arab sections to the Palestinians. Vice Premier Haim Ramon voiced the ...
Women's World Cup Slalom Results
Dec 10, 2007 ... Results from Sunday's women's World Cup slalom race on the Lower Ruthie's Run course (individual run times in parentheses): 1. Nicole Hosp, Austria, 1 minute, 34.60 seconds (46.13, 48.47 seconds). 2. Tanja Poutiainen, Finland, 1:35.79 (46.10, 49.69). 3. Kathrin ...
Sharif's party to contest Pakistan's elections, other members of opposition to decide later
Dec 10, 2007; ... The party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced it will participate in Pakistan's parliamentary elections next month after failing to convince rival Benazir Bhutto to join a boycott to protest emergency rule. Greater participation will make the balloting look more open, ...
Sharif's party to contest Pakistan's elections, other members of opposition to decide later
Dec 10, 2007; ... The party of former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has announced it will participate in Pakistan's parliamentary elections next month after failing to convince rival Benazir Bhutto to join a boycott to protest emergency rule. Greater participation will make the balloting look more open, ...
Gore, U.N. climate panel accepting Nobel Peace Prize at gala ceremony in Oslo
Dec 10, 2007; ... Al Gore and the U.N. climate panel's chief scientist accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Monday for sounding the alarm over what the former U.S. vice president called the "planetary emergency" of global warming. "That phrase may sound shrill to some ears but it is ...
Gore, U.N. climate panel accepting Nobel Peace Prize at gala ceremony in Oslo
Dec 10, 2007; ... Al Gore and the U.N. climate panel's chief scientist accept the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Monday for sounding the alarm over what the former U.S. vice president called the "planetary emergency" of global warming. "That phrase may sound shrill to some ears but it is ...
A look at the 2007 winners of Nobel Prizes
Dec 10, 2007; ... The winners of the 2007 Nobel Prizes will receive their awards at ceremonies Monday in Stockholm and Oslo. Here is a list of the six awards and their winners: _ Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine to Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, of the United States, and Sir Martin J ....
A look at the 2007 winners of Nobel Prizes
Dec 10, 2007; ... The winners of the 2007 Nobel Prizes will receive their awards at ceremonies Monday in Stockholm and Oslo. Here is a list of the six awards and their winners: _ Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine to Mario R. Capecchi and Oliver Smithies, of the United States, and Sir Martin J ....
Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1975
Dec 10, 2007; ... A look at Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1975: _ 2007: Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. _ 2006: Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, the Bangladeshi bank he founded. _ 2005: Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt, and ...
Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1975
Dec 10, 2007; ... A look at Nobel Peace Prize winners since 1975: _ 2007: Former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and the U.N.'s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. _ 2006: Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank, the Bangladeshi bank he founded. _ 2005: Mohamed ElBaradei, Egypt, and ...
World's top polluters `not ready' to commit to mandatory emissions' cuts
Dec 10, 2007; ... The world's top two polluters, the U.S. and China, say they are not ready to commit to mandatory caps on greenhouse gases, but U.N. climate conference organizers say they are not worried and want only to jump-start talks on a new climate accord. "This meeting is not about ...
World's top polluters `not ready' to commit to mandatory emissions' cuts
Dec 10, 2007; ... The world's top two polluters, the U.S. and China, say they are not ready to commit to mandatory caps on greenhouse gases, but U.N. climate conference organizers say they are not worried and want only to jump-start talks on a new climate accord. "This meeting is not about ...
Palestinians make three feature films despite occupation, no audience and no funding
Dec 10, 2007; ... In a flip-flop of reality, a surly Palestinian soldier guards a West Bank checkpoint, as a line of haggard Israelis wait to have their ID cards examined. The scene is from a satirical Palestinian film that reverses the roles of occupier and occupied, one of three full-length feature ...
Palestinians make three feature films despite occupation, no audience and no funding
Dec 10, 2007; ... In a flip-flop of reality, a surly Palestinian soldier guards a West Bank checkpoint, as a line of haggard Israelis wait to have their ID cards examined. The scene is from a satirical Palestinian film that reverses the roles of occupier and occupied, one of three full-length feature ...
Reports: China's Sinopec, Iran sign agreement on developing Yadavaran oilfield
Dec 10, 2007 ... China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, and Iran have signed an agreement for development of the Yadavaran oilfield in southwestern Iran, the official Xinhua News Agency and Iranian reports said Monday. "The initial estimation of the project's cost is about 2 billion U.S ....
Reports: China's Sinopec, Iran sign agreement on developing Yadavaran oilfield
Dec 10, 2007 ... China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, and Iran have signed an agreement for development of the Yadavaran oilfield in southwestern Iran, the official Xinhua News Agency and Iranian reports said Monday. "The initial estimation of the project's cost is about 2 billion U.S ....
Oprah Winfrey campaigns for White House hopeful Obama in early voting state South Carolina
Dec 10, 2007; ... The Oprah and Obama tour hit the early primary voting state of South Carolina, with the talk show host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey exhorting nearly 30,000 to ignore Barack Obama's detractors and help him capture the Democratic nomination and the presidency. "South Carolina _ ...
Oprah Winfrey campaigns for White House hopeful Obama in early voting state South Carolina
Dec 10, 2007; ... The Oprah and Obama tour hit the early primary voting state of South Carolina, with the talk show host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey exhorting nearly 30,000 to ignore Barack Obama's detractors and help him capture the Democratic nomination and the presidency. "South Carolina _ ...
Europe, Africa summit brings little progress on key issues
Dec 10, 2007; ... European and African leaders sought to open a new era of closer relations, but their summit closed with squabbling over trade and human rights. Old divisions surfaced at the first summit in seven years between the continents as leaders swapped accusations over the crises in Zimbabwe ...
Europe, Africa summit brings little progress on key issues
Dec 10, 2007; ... European and African leaders sought to open a new era of closer relations, but their summit closed with squabbling over trade and human rights. Old divisions surfaced at the first summit in seven years between the continents as leaders swapped accusations over the crises in Zimbabwe ...
Religious vigilantes killed 40 women this year in southern Iraqi city of Basra, police say
Dec 10, 2007; ... Religious vigilantes have killed at least 40 women this year in the southern Iraqi city of Basra because of how they dressed, their mutilated bodies found with notes warning against "violating Islamic teachings," the police chief said. Maj. Gen. Jalil Khalaf blamed sectarian ...
British police arrest wife of man accused of faking death in insurance scam
Dec 10, 2007; ... British police hope the arrest of a woman whose husband is accused of faking his own death in an insurance scam will shed new light on his whereabouts for the past five years. Anne Darwin was arrested on suspicion of fraud after her flight from ...
British police arrest wife of man accused of faking death in insurance scam
Dec 10, 2007; ... British police hope the arrest of a woman whose husband is accused of faking his own death in an insurance scam will shed new light on his whereabouts for the past five years. Anne Darwin was arrested on suspicion of fraud after her flight from Atlanta, Georgia, touched down at ...
US senator wants special counsel to probe CIA's destruction of interrogation tapes
Dec 10, 2007; ... A Senate Democratic leader says the U.S. attorney general should appoint a special counsel to investigate the CIA's destruction of videotaped interrogations of two suspected terrorists. Sen. Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations ...
US senator wants special counsel to probe CIA's destruction of interrogation tapes
Dec 10, 2007; ... A Senate Democratic leader says the U.S. attorney general should appoint a special counsel to investigate the CIA's destruction of videotaped interrogations of two suspected terrorists. Sen. Joe Biden, a Democratic presidential candidate and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations ...
EU foreign ministers to discuss how to ease tensions over Kosovo's future
Dec 10, 2007; ... Efforts to defuse tensions over Kosovo as the province edges toward declaring independence from Serbia will be a top priority when European Union foreign ministers meet Monday. Possible new U.N. sanctions against Iran and peace efforts in the Middle East will also feature at the talks ...
EU foreign ministers to discuss how to ease tensions over Kosovo's future
Dec 10, 2007; ... Efforts to defuse tensions over Kosovo as the province edges toward declaring independence from Serbia will be a top priority when European Union foreign ministers meet Monday. Possible new U.N. sanctions against Iran and peace efforts in the Middle East will also feature at the talks ...
Afghan, British troops just outside Taliban town; Britain's defense minister in Kabul
Dec 10, 2007; ... Afghan, British and U.S. troops closed in on a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan, sparking fierce clashes, while combined forces elsewhere in the south killed 30 Taliban fighters, officials said. A statement from the Afghan Defense Ministry said Sunday that Taliban fighters in ...
Afghan, British troops just outside Taliban town; Britain's defense minister in Kabul
Dec 10, 2007; ... Afghan, British and U.S. troops closed in on a Taliban-held town in southern Afghanistan, sparking fierce clashes, while combined forces elsewhere in the south killed 30 Taliban fighters, officials said. A statement from the Afghan Defense Ministry said Sunday that Taliban fighters in ...
Liverpool to rely on history of comebacks to make second round of Champions League
Dec 10, 2007; ... Liverpool is hoping to rely on its history of comebacks to reach the second round of the Champions League. The five-time European champion needs a win at Marseille on Tuesday to advance and avoid watching scoreboards for help. The Reds started the group stage with a draw, ...
Liverpool to rely on history of comebacks to make second round of Champions League
Dec 10, 2007; ... Liverpool is hoping to rely on its history of comebacks to reach the second round of the Champions League. The five-time European champion needs a win at Marseille on Tuesday to advance and avoid watching scoreboards for help. The Reds started the group stage with a draw, ...
2 killed at Christian missionary center near Denver; 4 later shot at church in Colo. Springs
Dec 10, 2007; ... A gunman killed two staff members at a missionary training center after being told he could not spend the night, and about 12 hours later four people were shot at a busy megachurch in Colorado Springs. Colorado Springs police Lt. Fletcher Howard said a suspect had been detained in the ...
Reports: China's Sinopec, Iran sign agreement on developing Yadavaran oilfield
Dec 10, 2007 ... China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, and Iran have signed a long awaited agreement for development of the Yadavaran oilfield, the official Xinhua News Agency and Iranian reports said Monday. "The initial estimation of the project's cost is about 2 billion U.S ....
Gadhafi's official visit marks return to grace
Dec 10, 2007; ... Col. Moammar Gadhafi is pitching his tent in Paris on Monday for an official visit that marks the Libyan leader's return to grace, after shedding his rogue image for that of trusted statesman ready to sign off on deals worth billions. In keeping with Gadhafi's flamboyant persona, his ...
Reports: China's Sinopec, Iran sign agreement on developing Yadavaran oilfield
Dec 10, 2007 ... China Petroleum and Chemical Corp., or Sinopec, and Iran have signed a long awaited agreement for development of the Yadavaran oilfield, the official Xinhua News Agency and Iranian reports said Monday. "The initial estimation of the project's cost is about 2 billion U.S ....
Gadhafi's official visit marks return to grace
Dec 10, 2007; ... Col. Moammar Gadhafi is pitching his tent in Paris on Monday for an official visit that marks the Libyan leader's return to grace, after shedding his rogue image for that of trusted statesman ready to sign off on deals worth billions. In keeping with Gadhafi's flamboyant persona, his ...
Dollar lower against yen in early Tokyo trade
Dec 10, 2007 ... The dollar was trading at 111.54 yen at 8:50 a.m. Monday ...
Dollar lower against yen in early Tokyo trade
Dec 10, 2007 ... The dollar was trading at 111.54 yen at 8:50 a.m. Monday ...
Greek arsonists attack diplomatic cars from Turkey, Italy, Philippines
Dec 10, 2007 ... Arsonists burned four diplomatic cars from Turkey, Italy and the Philippines in attacks across Athens early Monday, authorities said. The attacks were carried out within 35 minutes, using small cooking gas canisters to burn the cars, all bearing diplomatic license plates, the police ...
Greek arsonists attack diplomatic cars from Turkey, Italy, Philippines
Dec 10, 2007 ... Arsonists burned four diplomatic cars from Turkey, Italy and the Philippines in attacks across Athens early Monday, authorities said. The attacks were carried out within 35 minutes, using small cooking gas canisters to burn the cars, all bearing diplomatic license plates, the police ...
Republicans debate immigration before largely Hispanic audience
Dec 10, 2007; ... Republican presidential hopeful John McCain told a Spanish language television audience that harsh immigration rhetoric voiced by some Republicans have driven Hispanics away from the party at a primary debate. McCain has stood apart from most of his Republican rivals because he ...
Preliminary results indicate Kuzmanovic on track to become Bosnian Serb president
Dec 10, 2007; ... Rajko Kuzmanovic was on track to become the new president of the Bosnian Serb ministate, according to preliminary official results in an election following the death of President Milan Jelic two months ago. Kuzmanovic, 76, is the candidate of the Bosnian Serbs' most powerful party, ...
Republicans debate immigration before largely Hispanic audience
Dec 10, 2007; ... Republican presidential hopeful John McCain told a Spanish language television audience that harsh immigration rhetoric voiced by some Republicans have driven Hispanics away from the party at a primary debate. McCain has stood apart from most of his Republican rivals because he ...
Preliminary results indicate Kuzmanovic on track to become Bosnian Serb president
Dec 10, 2007; ... Rajko Kuzmanovic was on track to become the new president of the Bosnian Serb ministate, according to preliminary official results in an election following the death of President Milan Jelic two months ago. Kuzmanovic, 76, is the candidate of the Bosnian Serbs' most powerful party, ...
Clinton campaign asked for resignation from second coordinator for hoax Obama e-mail
Dec 10, 2007; ... Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign requested the resignation of a second volunteer coordinator in Iowa who forwarded a hoax e-mail saying Barack Obama is a Muslim possibly intent on destroying the United States. Obama is a member of the United Church of Christ and says he has never ...
Clinton campaign asked for resignation from second coordinator for hoax Obama e-mail
Dec 10, 2007; ... Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign requested the resignation of a second volunteer coordinator in Iowa who forwarded a hoax e-mail saying Barack Obama is a Muslim possibly intent on destroying the United States. Obama is a member of the United Church of Christ and says he has never ...
South Korea struggles to clean up blackened shore after country's largest oil spill
Dec 10, 2007; ... Thousands of people used shovels and buckets to clean up a devastating oil spill at a scenic beach on South Korea's western coast, some battling headaches and nausea from the stench. About 7,500 volunteers, local residents, civil servants and members of the coast guard, police and ...
South Korea struggles to clean up blackened shore after country's largest oil spill
Dec 10, 2007; ... Thousands of people used shovels and buckets to clean up a devastating oil spill at a scenic beach on South Korea's western coast, some battling headaches and nausea from the stench. About 7,500 volunteers, local residents, civil servants and members of the coast guard, police and ...
Oscar time revives awards dread for `Away From Her' star Julie Christie
Dec 10, 2007; ... Julie Christie jokes that she comes out of seclusion to do a movie about once a decade. And just about as often, the Academy Award-winning actress earns an Oscar nomination for the effort. The same could happen with Christie's remarkable performance as a woman succumbing to ...
Oscar time revives awards dread for `Away From Her' star Julie Christie
Dec 10, 2007; ... Julie Christie jokes that she comes out of seclusion to do a movie about once a decade. And just about as often, the Academy Award-winning actress earns an Oscar nomination for the effort. The same could happen with Christie's remarkable performance as a woman succumbing to ...
Chavez, allies launch Bank of the South as alternative to US-backed lenders
Dec 10, 2007; ... Hugo Chavez and leaders of six other South American nations launched a regional development bank that they tout as the continent's answer to U.S.-influenced international lenders. With as much as US$7 billion (4.8 billion) in expected startup capital, backers say the Banco del Sur, or ...
Chavez, allies launch Bank of the South as alternative to US-backed lenders
Dec 10, 2007; ... Hugo Chavez and leaders of six other South American nations launched a regional development bank that they tout as the continent's answer to U.S.-influenced international lenders. With as much as US$7 billion (euro4.8 billion) in expected startup capital, backers say the Banco del ...