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Dubai looks to oil-rich neighbor for possible aid

As world markets absorbed the shock of Dubai’s debt crisis, the ruler of the once-booming city-state left town for an important meeting in a desert palace.

Democrats whack Obama over his Afghanistan plan

Sen. Carl Levin appears on ‘Face the Nation’ on Sunday. Levin said said President Obama’s principal mission should be training the Afghan military.

German Tourist Arrested In Disney Fake Bomb Threat

A German tourist has been arrested on charges of making a false bomb threat while visiting Walt Disney World.

Video that appears to show president hitting boy in face dominates campaign in Romania

Romania’s government has collapsed and its economy is in shambles but its presidential campaign has been dominated in recent days by a video that appears to show the president striking a 10-year-old boy in the face.

Swiss seek to ease tension after minaret vote
Micheline Calmy-Rey, foreign minister, says Switzerland is working to ease potential tensions with Muslim countries as religious leaders across the world condemn the ban on the building of minarets

Lion cubs are instant stars in Tokyo

Nov 27 – Three adorable lion cubs draw a crowd at the Kamine Zoo, north of Tokyo, Japan.

International Space Station crew lands safely

Astronauts from Canada and Belgium and a Russian cosmonaut landed safely on the Kazakhstan steppe on Tuesday, wrapping up a six-month stint on the International Space Station.

Mexico City’s Juanito refuses to be a political place-holder
Rafael Acosta, aka Juanito, a flamboyant street vendor, ran for a borough office in a deal with the PRD that called for him to give up the post to its favored candidate. But he’s changed his mind.

One of Mexico’s most flamboyant political figures, the headband-sporting street vendor known as Juanito, revived a circus-like power struggle Monday by saying he would like to govern the capital’s largest borough after all.

Craftsmen carve out their corner in Egypt
With almost no unemployment, Damietta, a center of handmade furniture, is an anomaly in Egypt. But the $1-billion industry, reliant on exports, is feeling the squeeze of the global downturn.

Chisel, scrape, chisel, scrape.

White House emphasizes the positive in Afghanistan
In the run-up to Obama’s expected troop-increase announcement, administration officials praise the Afghan government for progress in crucial areas.

As they prepare to roll out a new Afghanistan policy to a skeptical U.S. audience, Obama administration officials are starting to replace their grim public assessments of the battered country with praise for the skills and idealism of its officials and its progress in important areas.

Amid droughts and failed crops, a cycle of poverty worsens
India has long been plagued by unscrupulous moneylenders who exploit impoverished farmers. But with crops failing more frequently, farmers are left even more desperate and vulnerable.

She stops for long stretches, lost in thought, trying to make sense of how she’s been left half a person.

Bank of Japan offers low-interest loans
The Bank of Japan decided at an unscheduled policy meeting to offer up to Y10,000bn in three-month low-interest loans to commercial banks, a move it said would “firmly support” the recovery of the world’s second largest economy

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