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Today's World News: Knox convicted, sentenced to 26 years in Italy Reports: Russian nightclub blast kills 102 Car bomb kills 3 near KFC in NW Pakistan Report: N.Korea orders soldiers to shoot defectors Work gives Afghan women hope amid security worries 2-Min. Bio: Student Amanda Knox, on Trial in Italy Knox jailed 26 yrs for sex murder of British housemate Egypt: 2 boats collide in Nile; dozens missing Shootouts in northern Mexico kill 13 after raid Brazil get Portugal, England lucky in World Cup draw Indonesia police probe deadly karaoke club fire Canada November job gains beat expectations Australian dives face-first into deadly jellyfish U.S. action on climate policy is key to international treaty China under pressure to play key role at Copenhagen climate summit Russia and Georgia Wage War with Films and Documentaries Activists Push to End Violence Against Women Knox convicted, sentenced to 26 years in Italy Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:52 pm PST AP - American college student Amanda Knox was found guilty of murdering her British roommate and sentenced to 26 years in prison early Saturday after a year-long trial that gripped Italy and drew intense media attention. Full Story Top Reports: Russian nightclub blast kills 102 Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:35 pm PST AP - An explosion and fire blamed on fireworks tore through a nightclub in the Russian city of Perm early Saturday, killing 102 people, Russian officials said. Full Story Top Car bomb kills 3 near KFC in NW Pakistan Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:21 pm PST AP - A car bomb exploded Saturday near a KFC fast-food restaurant in Pakistan's main northwestern city, killing at least three people and leaving others trapped in a blazing building where many lawyers have offices, officials said. Full Story Top Report: N.Korea orders soldiers to shoot defectors Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:59 pm PST AP - North Korea has ordered its border guards to open fire on anyone who crosses its border without permission, in what could be an attempt to thwart defections by people disgruntled over its recent currency reform, a news report said Saturday. Full Story Top Work gives Afghan women hope amid security worries Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:21 pm PST AP - Nazia is an 8-year-old in tattered secondhand clothes whose name means "hope." Full Story Top 2-Min. Bio: Student Amanda Knox, on Trial in Italy Fri, 4 Dec 2009 02:05 am PST Time.com - A verdict is expected for the 22-year-old American student on trial for killing her roommate while studying abroad in Italy Full Story Top Knox jailed 26 yrs for sex murder of British housemate Fri, 4 Dec 2009 10:18 pm PST AFP - American Amanda Knox was found guilty early Saturday along with her former Italian boyfriend in the 2007 sex murder of her British housemate Meredith Kercher and sent to prison for 26 years. Full Story Top Egypt: 2 boats collide in Nile; dozens missing Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:55 pm PST AP - An Egyptian security official says two motorboats have collided in the Nile in northern Egypt and dozens of passengers are missing. Full Story Top Shootouts in northern Mexico kill 13 after raid Fri, 4 Dec 2009 09:16 pm PST AP - A pair of shootouts between troops and gunmen in northern Mexico have killed 13 people, including a bystander and a drug trafficker linked to the killing of a retired army officer. Full Story Top Brazil get Portugal, England lucky in World Cup draw Fri, 4 Dec 2009 08:40 pm PST AFP - Brazil and Portugal were propelled on a collision course, while Lady Luck smiled on England during the final draw for .the 2010 World Cup in South Africa Full Story Top Indonesia police probe deadly karaoke club fire Fri, 4 Dec 2009 11:46 pm PST AFP - Indonesian police on Saturday questioned a man they believed accidentally started a fire in a crowded karaoke bar that killed 20 people. Full Story Top Canada November job gains beat expectations Fri, 4 Dec 2009 05:31 am PST Reuters - Canada's economy added far more jobs than expected in November, more than erasing the losses in October and suggesting stronger fourth-quarter growth as predicted by the Bank of Canada. 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 U.S. action on climate policy is key to international treaty Fri, 4 Dec 2009 02:56 pm PST McClatchy Newspapers - WASHINGTON _ Negotiators in Copenhagen will try to nail down all the main elements of a treaty to curb global warming in the next two weeks, but a final agreement won't be possible until the United States figures out what it will do to reduce emissions of heat-trapping pollution. Full Story Top China under pressure to play key role at Copenhagen climate summit Fri, 4 Dec 2009 01:00 am PST The Christian Science Monitor - As the world's worst greenhouse-gas emitter, China will be under especially intense pressure at next week's climate change summit in Copenhagen to play a key role in cutting the world's carbon emissions. Full Story Top Russia and Georgia Wage War with Films and Documentaries Fri, 4 Dec 2009 12:00 am PST Time.com - Dueling film versions of last year's bloody conflict reprise old arguments and ensure that the war of words between the two nations continues 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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