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Thursday, 04 December 2008

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Israeli police officers and soldiers remove a Jewish settler during the evacuation of a disputed house in the West Bank city of Hebron, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008.

Israel removes Jewish settlers from disputed home

CNN

From Michal Zippori and Jordana Miller CNN JERUSALEM (CNN) -- The Israeli military Thursday declared the southern part of the West Bank, including the entire city of Hebron, a closed military zone after evacuating Jewish settlers from a disputed house, the military said....

photo: AP / Nasser Shiyoukhi

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Opinion Worldwide

The surprising life of a polar archipelago

International Herald Tribune

Life on this planet always surprises us. Animals turn out to be smarter than humans expect....

Mayor Boris, the liberal

The Guardian

November was a big month for Boris Johnson. Policy initiatives flowed, on transport, on...

Sainsbury's Britishness test

The Guardian

It was only in June that Sainsbury's boss, Justin King, criticised campaigns encouraging...

Russia's Putin vows commitment to EU cooperation

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Monday, Feb. 26, 2007. Putin and his foreign minister expressed concern Monday about talk of potential strikes against Iran in a televised exchange th

Novosti

MOSCOW, December 4 (RIA Novosti) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia was committed to cooperation with the European Union, which has strengthened economic stability for both sides. "Our joint work will improve the...

photo: AP /RIA Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Mikhail Klimentyev

Economic slowdown spans nation

Perth,Australia - Oriental Shop - Food - Supermarket - Consumer.

The Providence Journal

The U.S. economy weakened across all regions since the middle of October as getting loans became tougher and demand for credit shrank, the Federal Reserve said yesterday in its regional economic survey. Retail sales, tourism spending and...

photo: WN / patricia

John Reid criticises Jacqui Smith's 'placid' style - while she tells him to calm down

Britain´s Home Secretary Dr. John Reid speaking at a Labour Party rally in south London, Thursday Jan. 4, 2007. Reid, Britain´s top law enforcement official, sketched out his vision of a post-Tony Blair Britain, saying the Labour party must p

The Guardian

is a classic exponent of the "hard man" school of politics and he obviously thinks that the woman now doing his old job at the Home Office needs to do a bit more shouting. He's normally an arch loyalist, but in the Commons just now he took a swipe at...

photo: AP/Alastair Grant

Rice satisfied with Pakistan's anti-terror stance

U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gestures as she responds the answers of a journalist during a press conference at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Rice said Thursday she is satisfied with Pakistan's commitment to fight terrorism and its readiness to pursue any lead in the attacks in India.

Denver Post

Click photo to enlargeU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice talks to journalists during a press conference at Chaklala airbase in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. Rice said Thursday she is satisfied with Pakistan's commitment to fight...

photo: AP / Emilio Morenatti

H.H the Dalai Lama meets Belgian PM Yves Leterme

H.H the Dalai Lama, the spiritual leader of Tibet addressing the 560 Tibetan delegations about future Tibet at Tibetan temple.

WorldNews.com

By Yeshe Choesang, WN correspondent Dharamshala: 4 December 2008-Brussels-Tibetan spiritual leader His Holiness the Dalai Lama met Belgian Prime Minister Yves Leterme on Wednesday, the latest leg of a European tour after meeting with former Czech...

photo: WN / Yeshe Choesang

Credit Suisse cutting 5,300 jobs after loss

CNN

(CNN) -- Credit Suisse will cut 5,300 jobs -- about 11 percent of its workforce -- following a net loss of about 3 billion Swiss francs ($2.5 billion) in October and November, the Swiss bank announced Thursday....

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