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Button signs up for McLaren F1 dream team

LONDON (AFP) - World champion Jenson Button will drive for McLaren alongside Lewis Hamilton in an all-British Formula One dream team next year.
November 19, 2009, 3:10 am
Johnny Depp named People's "sexiest man alive"

NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Pirates of the Caribbean"
star Johnny Depp was named People magazine's "Sexiest Man
Alive" Wednesday, reclaiming a title he first won in 2003.
November 19, 2009, 3:23 am
Obama vows Afghan exit; Clinton prods Karzai

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama pledged on Wednesday to end the Afghan war before he leaves office, and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on Hamid Karzai to make a new compact with his people on the eve of his inauguration.
November 19, 2009, 3:00 am
Seized tanker's captain dies, Alabama attacked again

HARADHEERE, Somalia (Reuters) - The captain of a Virgin-Islands owned chemical tanker hijacked this week has died from gunshot wounds sustained when the ship was attacked, a Somali pirate said on Wednesday.
November 19, 2009, 1:20 am
Chocolate groups Hershey, Ferrero eye Cadbury

LONDON (AFP) - US chocolate maker Hershey and Ferrero of Italy said on Wednesday they were mulling a potential counter-bid for British confectioner Cadbury, the object of a hostile offer from Kraft Foods.
November 19, 2009, 12:56 am
British PM unveils final plans before election

LONDON (AFP) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown unveiled a crackdown on the banking industry on Wednesday as part of a voter-friendly agenda designed to boost his party's chances at elections barely six months away.
November 19, 2009, 12:44 am
Cattle raid kills 47 in south Sudan, says official

JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - A tribal cattle raid this week left 47 dead in south Sudan, an army spokesman said, the latest in a cycle of fatal clashes between pastoralists.
November 19, 2009, 12:39 am
South Sudan clashes leave 47 dead: military

JUBA, Sudan (AFP) - Forty-seven people were killed in ethnic clashes in south Sudan's Lakes state region, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
November 19, 2009, 12:34 am
Obama concedes delay in closing Guantanamo

WASHINGTON (AFP) - US President Barack Obama admitted for the first time on Wednesday that the United States would miss the January 2010 deadline he set for closing the US war on terror prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
November 19, 2009, 12:33 am
Israel settlement building 'very dangerous': Obama

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Israel's decision to press ahead with the construction of new settlements in East Jerusalem could be "very dangerous," US President Barack Obama said on Wednesday in an interview with Fox News.
November 19, 2009, 12:20 am
WFP says needs $1 billion for east Africa food aid

ROME (Reuters) - The U.N. emergency food aid agency needs $1 billion (597 million pounds) to feed 20 million people in east Africa over the next six months, it said on Wednesday.
November 19, 2009, 12:16 am
Sudan hikes security for World Cup qualifier

KHARTOUM (AFP) - Sudan's security forces threw a tight security cordon around Khartoum to prevent violence between fans of Algeria and Egypt, who clash on Wednesday for a place at the World Cup football finals.
November 19, 2009, 12:10 am
EU-Russia summit tackles thorny gas issue

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - EU and Russian leaders met in Stockholm on Wednesday for a summit dominated by energy issues, as Europe hopes to avoid an interruption of Russian natural gas supplies via Ukraine this winter.
November 19, 2009, 12:07 am
Failed drug could be 'women's Viagra'

A drug that failed to fight the blues could be the female answer to the little blue pill Viagra, the lead US investigator analysing tests of the drug says.
November 19, 2009, 12:06 am
Iraq VP vetoes part of vote law, poll work halted

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraq's Sunni Arab vice president vetoed an election law on Wednesday over the number of seats for refugees, prompting poll workers to halt preparations and casting fresh doubt on whether the vote can take place in January.
November 19, 2009, 12:05 am
Brown builds up to UK election campaign

The British government has vowed to slash the deficit and tighten up rules for the financial services industry as the countdown to the general election begins.
November 19, 2009, 12:03 am
Forty seven dead in south Sudan clashes

Forty-seven people were killed in ethnic clashes in south Sudan's Lakes state region, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
November 18, 2009, 11:59 pm
India says needs no help to heal Pakistan ties

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India on Wednesday said it needs no external help to improve ties with neighbor Pakistan, in a testy response to a statement issued by the United States and China.
November 18, 2009, 11:52 pm
For victims, lengthy Khmer Rouge trial painful

PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - After six months of testimony in the first U.N.-backed trial of a high-ranking member of the former Khmer Rouge, many Cambodians who suffered from the tyrannical regime have one question.
November 18, 2009, 11:49 pm
Obama vows Afghan exit; battered Karzai to take oath

KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama aims to bring the Afghan war to an end before he leaves office, he said on Wednesday, the eve of a swearing-in ceremony Western officials hope can help salvage Hamid Karzai's tattered reputation.
November 18, 2009, 11:37 pm