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Breaking News Thu, 31 Dec 2009
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Venezuela's Chavez condemns remarks by Spanish environment minister on climate talks
Thu 31 Dec 2009
CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is trading barbs with Spain's environment minister over the Copenhagen summit on climate change. Chavez objects to remarks by Spanish Environment... (photo: Creative Commons / ¡Que comunismo!)
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Iceland approves new Icesave deal
Thu 31 Dec 2009
Iceland's parliament has approved a bill to repay $5.4bn (3.8bn euros) to savers in Britain and the Netherlands. The money will go to the British and Dutch governments, who partially compensated... (photo: Creative Commons / Morgner)
 Alexander Milinkevich, the central figure of the Belarusian opposition forces, center, speaks during a sanctioned rally in Minsk, on Sunday, March 25, 2007, with white and red opposition flags and E.U. flags in the background. Police on Sunday blocked th  The New York Times  Wed 30 Dec 2009
E.U. Challenged to Restore Fiscal Credibility
LONDON - Is Europe's monetary union about to crack? That is the current fear of those who say that Greece or another weak country might default on its sovereign debt obligations, forcing the richer... (photo: AP Photo/Sergei Grits)
Credibility   Crisis   E.U.   Monetary   Photos
Ireland's secret trade links with Libya revealed  The Independent  Wed 30 Dec 2009
Ireland's secret trade links with Libya revealed
The Irish Government secretly forged trade links with Libya in the 1970s while privately acknowledging the north African state was arming the IRA, newly-released files revealed today. Confidential... (photo: WN / marzena)
Africa   Ireland   Libya   Photos   Trade
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E=MC2 Mariah Carey Victory Party The Siasat Daily Thu 31 Dec 2009
Mariah Carey picks up first acting award
London, Dec 31: Popstar Mariah Carey had sacrificed glamour to play a dowdy social worker in ‘Precious’ and the effort is paying rich dividends as she picked up her first... (photo: WN)
Acting   Glamour   London   Photos   Star
British Chancellor Gordon Brown, centre left, and entrepreneur Alan Sugar, centre right, speak to school children and young entrepreneurs during a speed networking session at the Young Vic in London, Friday, Nov. 17, 2006. The Daily Mail Thu 31 Dec 2009
The Noughties - so nutty you couldn't make them up! Test your knowledge of a ...
  How did Gordon Brown refer to the Government's role in the financial crisis? 1. According to Army documents, exposed on the eve of the Chilcot inquiry into the... (photo: AP / Sang Tan, Pool)
British   Financial   Iraq   Photos   Troop
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, left, is joined by former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, center and actor Hugh Jackman, right, for Climate Week NYC opening ceremony in New York on Monday, Sept. 21, 2009. The Daily Mail Thu 31 Dec 2009
Let this be the year the spinning stops
At the dawn of 2010, we're facing a crisis of confidence in our politicians on a scale unprecedented in modern times. It's a sickness that has been growing for more than... (photo: AP / Frank Franklin II)
Dawn   Decade   Minister   Photos   Politic
Actor Patrick Stewart was among more than 20,000 soccer fans watching the All-Star game. Stewart sought an introduction to Staff Sgt. Alvy Powell after Powell, a well-known opera singer, performed the National Anthem. Chicago Sun-Times Thu 31 Dec 2009
Patrick Stewart of “Star Trek” receives knighthood

LONDON (AP) — There’s an especially starry knight in Britain’s latest round of royal honors. Patrick Stewart — “Star Trek: The Next Generation’s” Capt. Jean-Luc Picard —... (photo: U.S. Army/Cdt. Patrick Caughey)
Actor   Britain   London   Photos   Star
James Stewart and Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story trailer China Daily Thu 31 Dec 2009
Mother Teresa, Katharine Hepburn to get US stamps

LOS ANGELES: The US Postal Service on Wednesday said Nobel Peace Prize winner Mother Teresa and Hollywood actress Katharine Hepburn will be honored in 2010 with their own... (photo: Public Domain)
Hollywood   Peace   Photos   Star
President Barack Obama speaks about jobs, Friday, May 8, 2009, in the Eisenhower Executive Office building Indian Express Thu 31 Dec 2009
US failed to read terror plot signals

President Obama declared on Tuesday that there had been a “systemic failure” of the nation’s security apparatus after being told about more missed signals and... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak)
Intelligence   Nigeria   Photos   Terrorism   US
 Peter Moore, with the Corporate Entertainment Business Entertainment and Devices Division, speaks during the Microsoft E307 Media Briefing at Santa Monica High School in Santa Monica, Tuesday, July 10, 2007. (ss2) The Daily Mail Thu 31 Dec 2009
'I thought they were going to shoot me': Iraqi kidnappers release British hostage after two-and-a-half years
Released: Hostage Peter Moore took his first steps of freedom for 946 days yesterday Peter Moore took his first steps to freedom yesterday after 946 days in the hands of... (photo: (AP Photo/Ann Johansson))
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