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2008-12-03 11:32	AFP	Bad economic news buries hopes worst is over LONDON (AFP) - Worse-than-expected US job losses, more cuts in Italy and Spain, plunging German auto sales and a quot;horriblequot; eurozone services report pointed Wednesday to a deep and painful recession ahead....
2008-12-03 11:30	Reuters UK	Goverment to back interest deferral
2008-12-03 11:30	Reuters UK	Britain to host Israeli-Palestinian talks
2008-12-03 11:17	AP Top News	Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal Church Conservatives form rival group to Episcopal ChurchWHEATON, Ill. (AP) - Theological conservatives upset by the liberal views of the Episcopal Church are forming a rival denomination. The new Anglican Church in North America will include four Episcopal dioceses that recently split from the U.S. church, along with breakaway Anglican parishes from Canada....
2008-12-03 11:15	Reuters UK	Croat police apologize for Facebook arrest
2008-12-03 11:07	AP Top News	Leftover explosives found in Mumbai train station NEW DELHI (AP) - Police on Wednesday discovered leftover explosives hidden in a bag in Mumbai's main train station - a stunning new example of botched security after the deadly rampage that left the government open to accusations it missed warnings and bungled its response. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Islamabad has a special responsibility to cooperate with the investigation into the attacks, which Indian and U.S. officials have blamed on militant groups based in Pakistan....
2008-12-03 11:05	Reuters UK	Speaker says no warrant for police search
2008-12-03 11:05	Reuters UK	Interest rate cut bets knock pound to 13-year low
2008-12-03 11:02	AP Top News	Online retailers see surge on 'Cyber Monday' Online retailers see surge on 'Cyber Monday'NEW YORK (AP) - Like their counterparts at the malls, online merchants finally got some relief with the unofficial start of the holiday shopping season, spurred by a bevy of deals and free shipping offers. But the stronger-than-expected bump in online sales Monday couldn't cancel out a lackluster November. Internet research company comScore Inc. said Wednesday that online sales spiked 15 percent to $846 million on Cyber Monday, which was named by the National Retail Federation in 2005 to describe the surge in online spending when customers returned to work after Thanksgiving and shopped from their desks....
2008-12-03 10:57	AP International	US soldier's hearing in Iraqi deaths to continue VILSECK, Germany (AP) - A hearing to decide if there is enough evidence to court-martial a U.S. Army sergeant on charges of murder in the deaths of four Iraqis has ended for the day without a decision....
2008-12-03 10:47	AP International	No sign of hard times as Queen opens Parliament LONDON (AP) - Hard times have hit Britain, but you wouldn't know it by watching Queen Elizabeth II open Parliament....
2008-12-03 10:47	AP International	Calif. Assembly ex-speaker's son accused of murder SAN DIEGO (AP) - The 19-year-old son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez was arrested on suspicion of murder in the death of a college student who was stabbed during a fight in October, authorities said....
2008-12-03 10:32	AP International	French aid worker freed in Afghanistan PARIS (AP) - President Nicolas Sarkozy says a French aid worker seen in an Afghanistan hostage video was released by his captors minutes ago....
2008-12-03 10:32	AP International	Police: Kmart shooting suspect commits suicide PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A Philadelphia man suspected in the shooting of a Kmart manager on a store loading dock has committed suicide....
2008-12-03 10:32	AP International	Ala. county sets 'Barack Obama Day' as new holiday MARION, Ala. (AP) - A small central Alabama county where Barack Obama received more than 70 percent of the vote on Election Day has created an annual holiday in honor of the president-elect....
2008-12-03 10:32	AP International	California Democrat considered for trade job WASHINGTON (AP) - California Democratic Rep. Xavier Becerra, a strong proponent of labor protections in free trade pacts, is in discussions with the Obama transition team about taking the job of U.S. trade representative....
2008-12-03 10:30	Reuters UK	Government to back interest payment deferral scheme
2008-12-03 10:30	Reuters UK	Zimbabwe police charge protestors
2008-12-03 10:15	Reuters UK	Financials shorting ban likely to continue
2008-12-03 10:07	AP International	Rice call for Pakistan to help with Mumbai probe NEW DELHI (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says that Pakistan has a special responsibility to cooperate with the investigation into the deadly Mumbai attacks...
2008-12-03 10:02	AP Top News	Stocks retreat on more signs of weak economy NEW YORK (AP) - Wall Street pulled back sharply Wednesday as investors absorbed more evidence of a weak economy, this time disappointing productivity figures and a lowered outlook from the maker of BlackBerry devices. The Labor Department said productivity, the key ingredient for rising living standards, rose at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the third quarter, down from a 3.6 percent growth rate in the second quarter. At the same time, wage pressures increased. But neither development is expected to raise inflation alarms at the Federal Reserve, which is likely to view the findings as temporary....
2008-12-03 09:57	AP International	Russian warship to cross Panama Canal MOSCOW (AP) - The Russian Navy says one of its warships will sail across the Panama Canal after joint maneuvers with the Venezuelan navy....
2008-12-03 09:57	AP International	Police arrest aunt in Calif. shackled teen case BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Police in Tracy, Calif., say they've arrested the aunt of a 17-year-old boy who showed up at a local gym shackled and terrified, claiming he had just fled his captors....
2008-12-03 09:57	AP International	Doctors' panel won't rule on 'miracles' at Lourdes PARIS (AP) - An international doctors panel appointed by the Roman Catholic Church says it's getting out of the business of judging if pilgrims to the French shrine of Lourdes may have benefited from miracle healing....
2008-12-03 09:57	AP International	Leftover explosives found in Mumbai train station NEW DELHI (AP) - Police on Wednesday discovered leftover explosives hidden in a bag in Mumbai's main train station mdash; a stunning new example of botched security after the deadly rampage that left the government open to accusations it missed warnings and bungled its response....
2008-12-03 09:52	AP International	Iran's president concedes oil prices hurt economy TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has acknowledged publicly for the first time that tumbling oil prices are hurting Iran's fragile economy, a sensitive subject for the leader critics have accused of mismanaging the country's finances, state media reported Wednesday....
2008-12-03 09:47	AFP	Oil prices slide under $45 per barrel LONDON (AFP) - World oil prices sank under 45 dollars per barrel in London on Wednesday, their lowest level since February 2005, as concerns mounted about weakening global energy demand, traders said....
2008-12-03 09:42	AP International	India defense chief: Beef up air, coastal security NEW DELHI (AP) - India's defense minister summoned the army, navy and air force chiefs Wednesday to warn them to be prepared for terror attacks from the air and the sea in the wake of growing criticism about slack security, missed warnings, and a bungled response to the Mumbai attacks....
2008-12-03 09:42	AP Top News	Stocks open lower on more signs of weak economy NEW YORK (AP) - More evidence of a weak economy, this time disappointing productivity figures and a lowered outlook from the maker of BlackBerries, is sending stocks lower in early trading. The Labor Department says productivity rose at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the third quarter, down from 3.6 percent in the second quarter....
2008-12-03 09:42	AP Top News	Productivity growth better than expected in 3Q WASHINGTON (AP) - Worker productivity slowed in the summer while wage pressures increased, but both developments were better than expected and are unlikely to raise inflation alarms at the Federal Reserve. The Labor Department reported Wednesday that productivity, the key ingredient for rising living standards, rose at an annual rate of 1.3 percent in the July-September quarter. That's down from the 3.6 percent growth rate in the second quarter, but slightly higher than the 1.1 percent increase initially reported a month ago and better than the 0.9 percent rise economists expected....
2008-12-03 09:40	Reuters UK	ANALYSIS: Europe's banks take shape
2008-12-03 09:32	AFP	Rice pressures Pakistan over Mumbai attacks NEW DELHI (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Pakistan Wednesday to quot;cooperate fully and transparentlyquot; with India#39;s investigation into last week#39;s Islamic militant attacks on Mumbai....
2008-12-03 09:32	AFP	Riot police break up Zimbabwe protests as cholera deaths mount HARARE (AFP) - Baton-wielding riot police broke up protests in Harare and detained dozens of unionists on Wednesday, as Zimbabwe#39;s health and economic crises worsened with more than 560 people now killed by a cholera epidemic....
2008-12-03 09:32	AFP	British conjoined twin dies after separation surgery LONDON (AFP) - A one-week-old conjoined twin died following high-risk emergency surgery to separate her from her sister, a London hospital said on Wednesday....
2008-12-03 09:25	Reuters UK	Competition concerns over on-demand TV
2008-12-03 09:22	AP International	US soldier faces hearing in 2007 deaths of Iraqis VILSECK, Germany (AP) - A military court heard conflicting testimony Wednesday as to whether a U.S. Army sergeant helped kill four Iraqis who were bound, blindfolded, shot and dumped in a Baghdad canal last year....
2008-12-03 09:22	AFP	US pressures Pakistan over Mumbai attacks NEW DELHI (AFP) - US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Pakistan Wednesday to quot;cooperate fully and transparentlyquot; with India#39;s investigation into last week#39;s Islamic militant attacks on Mumbai....
2008-12-03 09:17	AP International	Spain: Businessman is shot, killed in ETA attack MADRID, Spain (AP) - A Spanish businessman was shot and killed Wednesday in an attack by the Basque separatist group ETA, a police official said....
2008-12-03 09:15	Reuters UK	Resolution eyes rights issue post IPO
2008-12-03 09:10	Reuters UK	Bookies slash odds on a white Christmas
2008-12-03 09:10	Reuters UK	Rice urges Pakistan cooperation in Mumbai probe
2008-12-03 09:02	AP International	Police find explosives at Mumbai train station MUMBAI, India (AP) - Police found explosives hidden in a bag in Mumbai's main train station Wednesday, which they said were left over from last week's attacks....
2008-12-03 09:00	Reuters UK	Croat PM wants report on police Facebook detentions
2008-12-03 08:55	Reuters UK	On-demand TV plan raises competition concerns
2008-12-03 08:52	AP Top News	Police find explosives at Mumbai train station MUMBAI, India (AP) - Police found explosives hidden in a bag in Mumbai's main train station Wednesday, which they said were left over from last week's attacks. The bag was found when police officials were going through abandoned luggage, said senior police official Rakesh Maria....
2008-12-03 08:50	Reuters UK	England check security for test series
2008-12-03 08:50	Reuters UK	Police say find explosives at Mumbai station
2008-12-03 08:47	AP International	NATO backs US missile shield over Russian protest BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday affirmed their support for U.S. plans to install anti-missile defenses in Europe despite Russia's strong opposition....
2008-12-03 08:45	Reuters UK	Train drain
2008-12-03 08:45	Reuters UK	Glaxo to shed another 200 jobs


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