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2008-12-04 03:22	AP International	Mumbai Jews on edge after attacks in India MUMBAI, India (AP) - Mumbai's tiny Jewish community feels itself under threat for the first time in hundreds of years in the wake of the deadly attacks by suspected Muslim militants that included a bloody two-day siege at an ultra-Orthodox Jewish center....
2008-12-04 03:22	AP International	Feds nix plan to sell Detroit houses tied to drugs DETROIT (AP) - Federal prosecutors twice pursued a former autoworker suspected of running a multimillion-dollar drug operation....
2008-12-04 03:22	AP International	Israelis can't escape troubles in world travels TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) - After three grueling years of compulsory service in the Israeli military, 21-year-old Arbel Altschuler is heading for some peace and quiet in what has become the most popular haven for thousands of recently discharged Israeli soldiers mdash; India....
2008-12-04 03:20	Reuters UK	Thai focus shifts to king as airport reopens
2008-12-04 03:10	Reuters UK	Refuse man collects Â£10,000 banknote jigsaw
2008-12-04 03:07	AP International	Ex-NY Gov. Spitzer debuts as columnist for Slate NEW YORK (AP) - Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer is back in the media, this time as a member of the Fourth Estate....
2008-12-04 03:07	AP International	Russian president optimistic about ties with US MOSCOW (AP) - President Dmitry Medvedev says he hopes Russia's relations with the United States improve after President-elect Barack Obama takes office....
2008-12-04 02:52	AFP	Indian airports on alert, warnings of airborne attacks: officials NEW DELHI (AFP) - India on Thursday put all of its major airports on high alert following warnings of possible attacks using hijacked airlines, officials said....
2008-12-04 02:52	AFP	China, US join forces as world recession looms BEIJING (AFP) - US and Chinese officials joined forces Thursday against the world financial crisis, vowing to ward off the threat of a world recession as major US automakers appeal to be rescued from bankruptcy....
2008-12-04 02:35	Reuters UK	Russell Brand developing "Arthur" remake
2008-12-04 02:32	AP International	Israel opens Gaza border to foreign journalists JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has lifted a four-week-old ban on international journalists entering the Gaza Strip....
2008-12-04 02:32	AFP	US, NKorea envoys in Singapore talks SINGAPORE (AFP) - The top US nuclear negotiator began talks with his North Korean counterpart in Singapore Thursday hoping for clarification on how to verify disarmament of the North#39;s weapons programmes....
2008-12-04 02:30	Reuters UK	Europe poised to lower rates
2008-12-04 02:30	Reuters UK	Rice urges Pakistan to get tough on terror
2008-12-04 02:17	AP International	Governor of key Afghan province sacked KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - The governor of Afghanistan's key southern Kandahar province said Thursday he was sacked by the central government and complained that powerful people in his region had been sabotaging his work....
2008-12-04 02:17	AP International	DC rail extension to airport gets key fed approval WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials have approved a plan to extend the D.C. region's Metrorail system to Dulles International Airport, nearly a year after cost concerns threatened to kill the $5.2 billion project....
2008-12-04 02:15	Reuters UK	Three Indian airports on security alert
2008-12-04 02:15	Reuters UK	Credit Suisse October-November loss at 1.7 billion pounds
2008-12-04 02:00	Reuters UK	Credit Suisse made 1.7 billion pound net loss
2008-12-04 01:57	AP International	Officials: Pakistan group leaders linked to attack MUMBAI, India (AP) - India suspects two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group orchestrated the three-day siege of the country's financial capital that killed at least 171 people, Indian officials said Thursday....
2008-12-04 01:52	AP Top News	Officials: Pakistan group leaders linked to attack MUMBAI, India (AP) - India suspects two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group orchestrated the three-day siege of the country's financial capital that killed at least 171 people, Indian officials said Thursday. Evidence collected in the investigation pointed to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Yusuf Muzammil as masterminds behind the bloody rampage in Mumbai, according to two government officials familiar with the matter....
2008-12-04 01:50	Reuters UK	Rate cut slump
2008-12-04 01:50	Reuters UK	Nomura says to cut up to 1,000 staff
2008-12-04 01:50	Reuters UK	1.7 billion pound loss for Credit Suisse
2008-12-04 01:50	Reuters UK	GM and Chrysler considering bankruptcy
2008-12-04 01:50	Reuters UK	Oil falls to almost four-year lows
2008-12-04 01:50	Reuters UK	China says "no future" for free Tibet
2008-12-04 01:42	AP International	Australia gets its first national security adviser CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Prime Minister Kevin Rudd appointed Australia's first U.S.-style national security adviser on Thursday as part of a major revamp of counterterrorism and national safety strategies....
2008-12-04 01:40	Reuters UK	Global shares fall on economic gloom
2008-12-04 01:40	Reuters UK	Aussies mull breath-test before voting
2008-12-04 01:35	Reuters UK	Read my lips-China again orders no lip-synching
2008-12-04 01:20	Reuters UK	Rice looks to curb India response
2008-12-04 01:17	AP Top News	Thailand restores international air links BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's battered political parties tried to come up with a candidate Thursday to replace the ousted prime minister as airport authorities hurried to restore international air links severed by protesters who occupied Bangkok's two airports for a week. The airport sieges, which were lifted Wednesday, had stranded more than 300,000 travelers while an unknown number have been trying to fly into Thailand from around the world....
2008-12-04 01:15	Reuters UK	Australians told to take a break, for the economy
2008-12-04 00:57	AP International	Thailand restores international air links BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - Thailand's battered political parties tried to come up with a candidate Thursday to replace the ousted prime minister as airport authorities hurried to restore international air links severed by protesters who occupied Bangkok's two airports for a week....
2008-12-04 00:57	AFP	Zimbabwe declares cholera outbreak a national emergency HARARE (AFP) - Zimbabwe has declared a cholera outbreak which has claimed 565 lives a national emergency and appealed for international aid to tackle the epidemic, the state-run Herald daily said Thursday....
2008-12-04 00:50	Reuters UK	Thai crisis shifts focus to king's speech
2008-12-04 00:42	AP International	Bangkok's main airport to be fully open Friday BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) - A Thai aviation official says Bangkok's main Suvarnabhumi international airport will become fully operational on Friday....
2008-12-04 00:42	AP International	Rice urges 'robust' Pakistani response to attacks ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday the Pakistani government must mount a robust response to the terror bombings in India, which blames the carnage on terrorists operating from neighboring Pakistan....
2008-12-04 00:40	Reuters UK	Grammy field Brit heavy
2008-12-04 00:35	Reuters UK	GM and Chrysler considering bankruptcy to get bailout
2008-12-04 00:25	Reuters UK	Coldplay lead Brit-heavy Grammy field
2008-12-04 00:22	AP International	Bus carrying students collides with truck in Ill. LOSTANT, Ill. (AP) - Authorities say a chartered bus carrying students has collided with a semitrailer in northern Illinois, and people have been taken to hospitals as a precaution....
2008-12-04 00:22	AP Top News	Automakers plead with Congress; votes lacking WASHINGTON (AP) - Imperiled automakers and their union worked feverishly Wednesday to sell a skeptical Congress on a $34 billion aid plan, promising labor concessions and restructuring. The Senate's Democratic leader said there still weren't enough votes to tap the $700 billion federal bailout fund to prop up the foundering Big Three. One day before the chiefs of the auto companies return to Capitol Hill to make their urgent cases for loans, Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., said the money was unlikely to come from the Wall Street rescue fund....
2008-12-04 00:12	AP International	Prosecutor slain in violent Mexico border city CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) - The No. 2 federal prosecutor in a violent Mexican border city near Texas has been shot dead....
2008-12-04 00:12	AP International	Official: Pakistan group leaders linked to attacks NEW DELHI (AP) - An officials says India suspects that two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group masterminded the deadly Mumbai attacks....
2008-12-04 00:07	AP Top News	Official: Pakistan group leaders linked to attacks MUMBAI, India (AP) - India suspects that two senior leaders of a banned Pakisanti militant group masterminded last week's three-day terrorist attacks that killed 171 people in Mumbai, an Indian intelligence official said Thursday. Evidence collected in the investigation of the deadly siege points to Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and Yusuf Muzammil, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak publicly about the details....
2008-12-04 00:07	AP Top News	Online Money: Fidelity expands online news focus BOSTON (AP) - Fidelity Investments is joining the rush to satisfy investors' growing appetite for news about financial market turmoil. The nation's largest mutual fund company planned Thursday to announce a redesign of http://www.fidelity.com, with a deeper trove of information accessible from the home page. Most of it is news and commentary from outside media sources that appear alongside links to information on Fidelity's products....
2008-12-04 00:07	AFP	China, US vow to tackle global crisis BEIJING (AFP) - China and the United States vowed Thursday to work together to tackle the global financial crisis as they gathered for their last cabinet-level economic meeting under George W. Bush#39;s administration....
2008-12-04 00:02	Reuters Lead Headline	Analysis:Detroit demise would hit Asian rivals Asia's top automakers would not welcome the collapse of one or even all of their three big Detroit rivals....


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