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CANBERRA, Australia, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Dissent among Australia's Liberal Party members meant a missed deadline for the Senate to pass the emissions trading legislation, officials said. While the Senate adjourned Friday -- its...
November 2009 Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat White House Christmas Tree Arrives ABC News' Yunji de Nies reports: The First Lady and First Tweens were on hand this afternoon to accept the White House Christmas tree. As is tradition...
BY JAMES HOOKWAY AND CRIS LARANO Philippine conglomerate San Miguel Corp.'s retirement fund Friday sold a 28% stake in the company to a group of friendly investors known as Top Frontier Investment Holdings Inc. for $1.37...
NEW YORK, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Human Rights Watch called Friday for a full investigation into the possible torture of detainees turned over to Afghanistan by Canadian forces in 2006-07. The group says testimony by a senior Canadian...
Peter Sharp, Asia correspondent Garlic opportunists have been making millions since word got out that the little bulbs prevent swine flu. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please...
WASHINGTON -- The dollar fell briefly to its lowest level in 14 years against the Japanese yen Friday but rallied against the euro and other currencies as Dubai's debt problems roiled currency markets.
Sudan may be unable to hold credible elections in coming months because the ruling party and opposition cannot agree on ground rules for the polls, the U.S. State Department said on Friday. At the end of a trip to Sudan by...
MOSCOW, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- A former commander of Russia's Northern Fleet says warship decommissioning could cause the Russian navy to shrink significantly by 2015. Adm. Vyacheslav Popov said the Russian navy would be seriously...
David Williams, Sky News Online The Prince of Wales has helped show flood-hit Cumbria is still "open for business" by turning on a town's Christmas lights. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your...
By Joene Hendry NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Some medications with known fetal risk, such as drugs that control epilepsy, are essential during pregnancy, Dr. Anick Berard, at the University of Montreal in Quebec, noted in an...
