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Romania to sign US military bases deal next week
Source: Reuters - Dec 2 2005 06:57
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will sign the accord in a brief visit to Bucharest during a European trip which also includes stops in Germany and Brussels.




Israel Successfully Tests Missile Program (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Dec 2 2005 06:54
AP - Israel carried out a successful test of its Arrow missile defense system Friday, intercepting a missile similar to the long-range Shahab 3 being developed by Iran, defense officials said.

Israel successfully tests anti-missile system
Source: Reuters - Dec 2 2005 06:12
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel carried out a successful test of its missile-interceptor system on Friday when an Arrow II missile downed an incoming rocket designed to simulate an Iranian Shahab-3, the defense ministry said.

UN says torture widespread in China, probe obstructed (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Dec 2 2005 06:04

UN human rights commission's special investigator on torture Manfred Nowak is pictured at his office in Vienna, November 14, 2005. Nowak has said that torture was still widespread in China and accused authorities of trying to obstruct his work on a historic 12-day fact-finding mission.(AFP/File/Jakub Sukup)AFP - A United Nations rights investigator has said that torture was still widespread in China and accused authorities of trying to obstruct his work on a historic 12-day fact-finding mission.



Greenspan to bid farewell at London G7
Source: Reuters - Dec 2 2005 05:18
LONDON (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the world's richest nations headed for talks on the world economy in London on Friday and a farewell party for Alan Greenspan, who is about to bow out after nearly 20 years as U.S. central bank chief.

Most Pakistan quake tents can't withstand winter (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News - Dec 2 2005 05:32
Reuters - Most of the tents handed out to Pakistani earthquake survivors are incapable of withstanding the winter and the focus of relief efforts is now on other ways to ensure people stay warm, aid officials said on Friday.

Most Pakistan quake tents can't withstand winter
Source: Reuters - Dec 2 2005 05:18
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Most of the tents handed out to Pakistani earthquake survivors are incapable of withstanding the winter and the focus of relief efforts is now on other ways to ensure people stay warm, aid officials said on Friday.

China criticizes local officials over toxic slick (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News - Dec 2 2005 05:18

Residents stand in a queue to receive water in Harbin, the capital of northeastern Heilongjiang province, November 25, 2005. China has criticized environment officials in its northeastern province of Jilin for their failure to report on a toxic spill and said the delay hampered efforts to control pollution, the China Daily reported on Friday. (Jason Lee/Reuters)Reuters - China has criticized officials in a northeastern province for failing to report a toxic spill, saying the delay hampered efforts to control a slick that forced cuts in water supply to millions and is bearing down on Russia.



Pakistan closes Afghan border crossing after spat
Source: Reuters - Dec 2 2005 04:48
The crossing between the Pakistani town of Chaman and Afghanistan's Spin Boldak was closed late on Thursday after Pakistani forces accused their Afghan counterparts of "kidnapping" a paramilitary trooper and beating him.

Lawmakers Examine a la Carte Cable Options (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Dec 2 2005 04:02
AP - Conservative groups love the idea of letting TV viewers pay for only the channels they want on cable and are happy it's back on the table in Washington, where lawmakers and regulators are fed up with raunchy television.

Ballot boxes set on fire in Palestinian ballot (Reuters)
Source: Yahoo! News - Dec 2 2005 03:10

Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon (C), Israeli Defence Minister Shaul Mofaz (R) and Israeli officials during a tour of the Israeli Egyptian border November 29, 2005. (GPO/Avi Ohayon/Reuters)Reuters - Voting in a primary election for the ruling Fatah faction was halted in a Palestinian town near the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday after ballot boxes were set on fire, election officials said.



Ballot boxes set on fire in Palestinian ballot
Source: Reuters - Dec 2 2005 03:54
NABLUS, West Bank (Reuters) - Voting in a primary election for the ruling Fatah faction was halted in a Palestinian town near the West Bank city of Nablus on Friday after ballot boxes were set on fire, election officials said.

GOP Wants to Create Secretive Gov't Agency (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Dec 2 2005 03:21
AP - The proposed Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Agency, or BARDA, would be exempt from long-standing open records and meetings laws that apply to most government departments, according to legislation approved Oct. 18 by the Senate health committee.

Plan to Allow Scissors on Planes Opposed (AP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Dec 2 2005 03:00

In a file photo sharp objects confiscated at Portland International Airport by the Transportation Safety Administration sit in a large barrel in Salem, Ore., at the state's surplus property warehouse, Thursday, May 30, 2003. Airline passengers will be allowed to carry small scissors and tools onto planes, reversing a rule that led to confiscation of many thousands of sharp objects at airports since the Sept. 11 terror attacks, a Homeland Security Department official said Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2005.  (AP Photo/John Gress)AP - A proposal to allow small scissors and tools back onto airliners is drawing strident opposition from flight attendants, families of victims of the Sept. 11 hijackings and several lawmakers.



Singapore hangs Australian drug trafficker (AFP)
Source: Yahoo! News - Dec 2 2005 03:48

Mourners hold yellow flowers as they bow their heads during a vigil in support of Nguyen Tuong Van in Sydney. Amnesty International and other human rights groups have condemned the execution of the Australian drug runner in Singapore(AFP/Greg Wood)AFP - Singapore has hanged an Australian heroin smuggler who pleaded he was trying to pay off his twin brother's debts, ignoring a high-level diplomatic campaign to save the 25-year-old's life.



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