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Herald Tribune Sun 26 Dec 2010
Lyons: 'Tis the season, Virginia, for Christmas cliches
Unless something drastic is done, I warned many Decembers ago, every third holiday feature story will begin with "'tis the season ..." But I understated the problem. It... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar)
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The New York Times Fri 24 Dec 2010
It Seems the Grinch Stole This Year's Holiday Movies
LOS ANGELES — Have a happy holiday. But don’t look for much help from Hollywood. For the first time since 2001, Christmas Day arrives without a holiday-theme... (photo: WN / John Sahid)
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The Honorable Neil Abercrombie, Representative of Hawaii, delivers his remarks during a joint Oklahoma Memorial Committee/National Park Service dedication ceremony for battleship USS Oklahoma (BB 37) Memorial.

The New York Times Fri 24 Dec 2010
Hawaii's Governor Takes On 'Birthers'
HONOLULU — Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who befriended President Obama’s parents when they were university students here, has been in office for less than... (photo: US Navy / Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class James E. Foehl)
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The New York Times Fri 24 Dec 2010
Medvedev Praises Obama for Treaty
MOSCOW — Russia’s president, Dmitri A. Medvedev, on Friday called the New Start treaty “a cornerstone of security for the coming decades,” and... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Government Obama Photos Politics Wikipedia:Barack Obama

Secretary of Treasury Timothy Geithner testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, May 4, 2010, before the Senate Finance Committee.

Zeenews Fri 24 Dec 2010
Treasury okayed US business with Iran: Report
Washington: The Treasury Department has granted nearly 10,000 exceptions to American companies over the past decade so that they could skirt US sanctions on Iran and... (photo: AP / Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
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Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner speaks at the Treasury Department in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 10,2009, detailing the Obama Administrations plans for the economic recovery.

Khaleej Times Fri 24 Dec 2010
Treasury OK'd US business with Iran
WASHINGTON ' The Treasury Department has granted nearly 10,000 exceptions to American companies over the past decade so that they could skirt US sanctions on Iran and... (photo: AP / Lawrence Jackson)
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South Korea

	Asia stocks post gains on US data, China's Europe support Gulf News
	Toshiba revamps chip ops with Samsung, Sony deals The Times of India
	War rhetoric rises between North and South Korea Newsday
	A Cup of Plenty? New America Foundation

Japan

	Dollar stays in upper 82 yen range in Tokyo after China's rate hike+ Breitbart
	Emerging markets report 2010 inflows seven times 2009 levels Gulf News
	Honda says fuel-cell research helped development of the battery-powered Fit The Providence Journal
	Japan PM considering cabinet reshuffle China Daily
	Miami Heat (22-9) at Los Angeles Lakers (21-8), 5 p.m. The News & Observer

China

	China interest rate rise to hit miners, global commodities The Daily Telegraph
	Gold Regains Lost Ground as Bargain Hunting Supports ABC News
	Price of Silver Soaring Wall Street Journal
	China Says It Can Subdue Prices Wall Street Journal
	China emerges as saviour for Europe Gulf News

President Barack Obama arrives to greet guests during the official arrivals for the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Monday April 12, 2010

US ratifies nuke treaty

President Barack Obama, accompanied by Vice President Joe Biden, speaks about the health care reform bill, Tuesday, March 23, 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington

US OKs N-arms pact with Russia

President Barack Obama arrives at Hickam Air Force base in Honolulu, Hawaii, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010, for the his holiday vacation.

YEARENDER: Obama seeking a kinder 2011 as re-election looms

SKorea vows retaliation if North attacks again Denver Post
In North Korea, hardship amid visions of prosperity Denver Post
South Korea's Lee says unity vital to counter North The Star
LEAD: Sunrise Party snubs Kan's offer to join ruling coaliti Breitbart
In N. Korea, hardship mixes with hope Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Sunrise Party likely to turn down Kan's offer to join coalit Breitbart
S. Korea president says nation's survival depends on unity CNN
Train carrying gifts for North Korea's heir derails Zeenews
ROK president defends persistent drills China Daily
S.Korea's Lee says unity vital to counter North The Star
Train carrying gifts for N.Korea's heir derails Breitbart
Visitors See North Korea Still Stunted by Its Isolation Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Kim Jong-Un's presents caught as train derails The Daily Telegraph Australia
A glimpse inside North Korea Star Tribune
South Korea's Lee calls for solidarity against North Khaleej Times
Ivory Coast general strike called to oust Gbagbo Zeenews
SKorea's president vows relentless retaliation against North Star Tribune
South KoreaÂ´s Lee calls for solidarity against North The Himalayan
South Korea's Lee Myung-bak calls for solidarity against Nor The Times of India
CIA decodes Civil War message in a bottle after 147 years The Daily Telegraph

Aussie Dollar - AUD - Australian Dollar - Currency - Money.

Robust Australian dollar keeps on climbing

South Korean Army's K-9 self-propelled gun fire live rounds during the largest joint air and ground military exercises on the Seungjin Fire Training Field in mountainous Pocheon, 20 miles (30 kilometers) from the Koreas' heavily fortified border, South Korea Thursday, Dec. 23, 2010. South Korean tanks fired artillery and fighter jets zoomed by to drop bombs Thursday in the military's largest air-and-ground firing drills of the year, a show of force a month after a deadly North Korean artillery attack.

ANALYSIS - Korea threat seen rhetoric but risk still watched

A currency trader smiles in front of a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 19, 2009.

Stock Index Futures Unchanged

Asian shares mixed after China rate hike Inquirer
Our view on commerce: Trade deal with South Korea deserves r USA Today
As Hot Money Rushes Into China, The Smart Money Is Getting T Business Insider
North Korea Holy War Threat Business Insider
Traveling TV exec's job filled with adventure Inquirer
Still things to be grateful for Jamaica Observer
The Big (Military) Taboo The New York Times
Outlook 2011: Is the Smart Money Right About China? Seeking Alpha
Iraq to recognise Kurdish foreign oil contracts Gulf News
Outlook 2011 & the Next Decade: China: Is The Smart Money Ri Business Insider
US trading with blacklisted nations The Times of India
Sanctions no bar, US allows trade with Iran, N Korea Indian Express
US approved business with blacklisted nations Deccan Chronicle
U.S. Allowed American Companies To Do Business With Blacklis Huffington Post
European shares set for best December in a decade The Times of India
Japan defence budget focuses on tackling new threats The Star
Japan approves record budget draft CNN
U.S. allowing business deals with Iran The Columbus Dispatch
U.S. approved business with blacklisted nations including Ir The Daily Mail
US approved business with blacklisted countries: NYT The Siasat Daily

Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., left, and the committee's ranking Republican, Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., take part in a news conference, on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, after the Senate's ratification of the New START Treaty.

US Senate approves nuclear arms treaty with Russia

Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind., right, and Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., talk about the New START Treaty on Capitol Hill in Washington Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010.

US Senate set 'to pass' START pact

A 100-foot-tall (30-meter-tall) steel Christmas tree is lit at the western mountain peak known as Aegibong in Gimpo, South Korea, Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2010. The Christmas lights went on again for the first time in seven years.

SKorean Christmas Tree Sign Of New Propaganda War

N Korea Threatens Nuclear War If Attacked Seoul has staged d Newsvine
Possible trial in nuclear smuggling case could expose CIA se The Dallas Morning News
What's North Korea's next move? Perhaps a nuclear weapons te The Christian Science Monitor
NYT: U.S. Businesses Licensed to Trade with Iran CBS News
North Korea Ready To Use Nuclear Arms National Post
With U.S. consent, companies skirt sanctions on Iran, others Denver Post
U.S. lets some firms skirt trade blocks The News & Observer
Report: U.S. Treasury approved business with Iran Ha'aretz
US allowing firms to skirt Iran sanctions The Boston Globe
US made trade exceptions for Iran Al Jazeera
Report: U.S. let firms skirt Iran sanctions Seattle Times
U.S. applies its tough trade sanctions with an asterisk Star Tribune
Report: Treasury OK'd US business with Iran Philadelphia Daily News
What 2011 might hold The Times of India
Russian president lauds U.S. passage of nuclear arms treaty CNN
North Korea threatens 'sacred' nuclear war if attacked The Jordan Times
Swiss Close to Charges in Nuclear Smuggling Plot NBC Washington
IAEA wants access to Myanmar nukes The Himalayan
NKorea threatens 'sacred' nuclear war if attacked Denver Post
North Korea threatens 'sacred' nuclear war against South if Ha'aretz

President Barack Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington.

With Obama's Signature, 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Is Repealed

Michael Rutigliano, a floor official with W.J. Bonfanti, Inc., works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in this file photo of Oct. 6, 2006. NYSE's iconic trading floor is hurtling toward an uncharted future as the exchange embraces replaces the system where frenzied traders scream "buy" and "sell" with transactions quietly processed by computers. For traders, the leap into the digital age drastically curtails human interaction and puts all of their jobs on the

Wall Street Rides Latest Round of Deals

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov addresses the media at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Friday, Dec. 4, 2009. Some two dozen countries will send an estimated 7,000 more troops to Afghanistan next year, the chief of NATO said Friday as U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton told her allied counterparts that an infusion of forces is crucial to turning the tide in the long war.

Russia Warns Senate Not to Amend Arms Control Treaty

WIKIWEASEL II-THE ALTERNATIVE MEDIA CRUSHES WIKILEAKS Pakalert Press
NKorea troops boast of artillery attacks on SKorea Herald Tribune
An open letter to the Oxford Union regarding President Rajap Tamil Eelam
Nigeria: At least 11 killed in Xmas Eve blasts The News & Observer
South Korea frees 3 Chinese fishermen after protest Zeenews
CIA secrets could surface in Swiss N-case The Times of India
Case against Khan network could expose CIA The Hindu
Bruno's Lawyers Seek to Have Conviction Overturned The New York Times
A Mysterious Picasso Trove Gains More Accusations but Less C The New York Times
New Laws in Venezuela Aim to Limit Dissent The New York Times
Moles in A Q Khan ring may expose CIA secrets Indian Express
Taurasi May Face Olympic Ban for Positive Drug Test The New York Times
Man arrested for manslaughter after woman killed in dog atta The Daily Telegraph
CIA secrets may tumble out in Swiss nuke case Deccan Herald
Council calls for tougher dog laws after woman is killed by The Daily Telegraph
Russian 'spy': Katia Zatuliveter vows to stay in Britain 'to The Daily Telegraph
NKorea praises 'iron-willed commander' Kim Jong Il Herald Tribune
Dog mauling: Belgian mastiffs not classified as dangerous The Daily Telegraph
C.I.A. Secrets Could Surface in Swiss Nuclear Case Herald Tribune
Nuclear technology smuggling case may reveal CIA secrets The Boston Globe

Gallery of the Tibetan nomad lifestyle displaying at the museum of the Norbulingka Institute, near Dharamshala town, H.P, India.

Museum and Gallery Listings for Dec. 24-30

This undated but recent photo shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, right, inspecting a construction project of power stations in North Phyongan Province, northern North Korea, released by the Korea Central News Agency Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003

North Korea Resumes War Threats

President Barack Obama gestures during a news conference on the White House complex in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2010.

Obama Gamble Pays Off With Approval of Arms Pact

HK duck's epic Arctic trip sheds light on migration Breitbart
Chile's Atacama desert to be simulator for Mars mission Zeenews
Carlos Andrés Pérez, Led Venezuela Through Boom and Bust, Di The New York Times
N.F.L. Postpones Vikings-Eagles Game Because of Blizzard The New York Times
Corks Worth Popping for 2011 The New York Times
A Meal Worth Eating, and Seeing, Too The New York Times
Dec. 26 �ro" Jan. 1 The New York Times
Snow Heads North After Dusting South The New York Times
Proposal to Expand State's Office Space Runs Against Nationa The New York Times
A Quest to Explain What Grades Really Mean The New York Times
Frank Bessac, Scholar and Adventurer, Dies at 88 The New York Times
Bundle Up, It's Global Warming The New York Times
Ensconced in the Presidency, With No Budging in Ivory Coast The New York Times
Nigerian Villages and Churches Are Struck in Deadly Attacks The New York Times
Schools of Hard Knocks The New York Times
Taliban Challenge U.S. in Eastern Afghanistan The New York Times
Phoenix Abuzz as a Palin Buys a Home Nearby The New York Times
Hong Kong protest marks first anniversary of Liu Xiaobo jail m&c;
South Korea releases Chinese fishermen m&c;
Arms Talks Now Turn to Short-Range Weapons The New York Times

$First Lady Michelle Obama, Haitian First Lady Elisabeth Delatour Preval, and Dr. Jill Biden, receive flowers from children at 'The Children\'s Place' in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, April 13, 2010. The Children\'s Place, which was created by Elisabeth Delatour Preval, has Haitian artists work with children on art projects as part of a post-quake therapy program. (Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson)$