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Today's World News: Officials: Top Indian rebel surrenders Clinton arrives for NATO talks, praises allies Nepal holds highest Cabinet meeting at Mt. Everest Dubai ruler's ambition helped sow seeds of crisis Analysis: `Not Iraq:' 1 surge doesn't fit all China Vs. Disney: The Battle for Mulan Bailouts for British banks hit 850 billion pounds Iraq VP holds out hope for election law compromise Cuba blasts US black leaders for charges of racism Eq. Guinea's ruler wins 95 percent in elections Soldiers storm Philippine massacre suspects' homes CN Rail, union resume contract talks Australian dives face-first into deadly jellyfish What does Obama's Afghan timeline mean? Depends who's asking Sri Lanka Tamils: freed from camps, their votes may give them new clout Afghanistan: Can Obama Sell America on This War? Activists Push to End Violence Against Women Officials: Top Indian rebel surrenders Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:41 pm PST AP - The commander of a powerful rebel movement in India's remote northeast surrendered Friday with a top deputy, officials said. Full Story Top Clinton arrives for NATO talks, praises allies Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:57 pm PST AP - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, arriving Friday at NATO headquarters, welcomed an expected series of announcements by allied nations of additional military, civilian and financial support for the war effort in Afghanistan. Full Story Top Nepal holds highest Cabinet meeting at Mt. Everest Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:15 pm PST AP - Nepal's top politicians strapped on oxygen tanks Friday and held a Cabinet meeting amid the frigid, thin air of Mount Everest to highlight the danger global warming poses to glaciers, ahead of next week's international climate change talks. Full Story Top Dubai ruler's ambition helped sow seeds of crisis Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:09 pm PST AP - Dubai's ruler writes poetry, rides horses across the desert in long-distance endurance races and hobnobs with royals like the Queen of England. Mixing extravagance with boundless ambition, he commanded the desert city-state's meteoric rise — and helped sow the seeds, some observers say, of its debt crisis. Full Story Top Analysis: `Not Iraq:' 1 surge doesn't fit all Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:40 pm PST AP - America's second major military "surge" shares the same goal as the first nearly three years ago: to stem runaway violence in Afghanistan as troops did eventually in Iraq. The comparisons quickly fade from there. Full Story Top China Vs. Disney: The Battle for Mulan Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:55 am PST Time.com - The Chinese have not been happy that the Magic Kingdom appropriated their folkloric heroine for global gain. Now they've come up with their own movie Full Story Top Bailouts for British banks hit 850 billion pounds Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:55 pm PST AFP - Britain's support for its banks has hit 850 billion pounds in the wake of the global financial crisis, a watchdog report said Friday, amid tensions over performance pay for senior bankers. Full Story Top Iraq VP holds out hope for election law compromise Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:34 am PST AP - Iraq's vice president said Thursday he remains open to talks to break an impasse on holding parliamentary elections scheduled for next month but stands by his demand that minority Sunnis have a greater voice in the voting. Full Story Top Cuba blasts US black leaders for charges of racism Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:04 pm PST AP - Cuba hit back Thursday at 60 prominent U.S. black leaders who challenged its race record, with island writers, artists and official journalists calling the criticism an attack on their country's national identity. Full Story Top Eq. Guinea's ruler wins 95 percent in elections Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:27 pm PST AP - The government of Equatorial Guinea says the African country's ruler of 30 years has been re-elected with 95.37 percent of votes, while opponents and international human rights groups denounced the electoral process in Africa's No. 3 oil producer as fraudulent. Full Story Top Soldiers storm Philippine massacre suspects' homes Thu, 3 Dec 2009 11:52 pm PST AFP - Philippine troops wearing body armour and carrying assault rifles on Friday stormed the homes of a powerful clan suspected of involvement in a massacre that left 57 people dead. Full Story Top CN Rail, union resume contract talks Thu, 3 Dec 2009 09:08 am PST Reuters - Canadian National Railway Co is resuming labor talks on Thursday with its locomotive engineers after a brief strike, with a one-week deadline to reach a deal on wages, benefits and contract length. Full Story Top Australian dives face-first into deadly jellyfish Thu, 3 Dec 2009 07:23 pm PST AP - A man dove face-first into an extremely venomous, peanut-sized jellyfish in waters off northeast Australia and medics flew him to a hospital intensive care unit to treat the potentially fatal sting, officials said Friday. Full Story Top What does Obama's Afghan timeline mean? Depends who's asking Thu, 3 Dec 2009 04:22 pm PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ The Obama administration is giving different explanations of its July 2011 deadline for the start of an Afghanistan troop withdrawal, assuring foreign officials that it applies only to the 30,000 to 35,000 additional U.S. troops that President Barack Obama is sending next year, but suggesting to Congress that it covers all U.S. forces. Full Story Top Sri Lanka Tamils: freed from camps, their votes may give them new clout Tue, 1 Dec 2009 01:00 am PST The Christian Science Monitor - Sri Lanka's government freed hundreds of thousands of Tamils from vast internment camps in the north of the island Tuesday – prompted as much by upcoming elections as concerns over human rights, say analysts. Full Story Top Afghanistan: Can Obama Sell America on This War? Thu, 3 Dec 2009 05:55 am PST Time.com - The President offered a reasoned case for expansion in Afghanistan. But Americans need inspiration as well Full Story Top Activists Push to End Violence Against Women Thu, 3 Dec 2009 10:36 pm PST OneWorld.net - WASHINGTON, Dec 4 (OneWorld.net) - Twenty years ago Sunday, an angry gunman killed 14 female university students in Montreal, Canada. As advocacy groups remember the 1989 Montreal Massacre, activists are working to end violence against women worldwide. Full Story Top

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