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<title><![CDATA[Mayor in Alabama faces fraud charges]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The mayor of Alabama's largest city was arrested yesterday on charges of steering millions of dollars of bond work to a friend in exchange for more than $230,000 in bribes to pay for an expensive wardrobe and flashy jewelry.]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Six babies may have died from melamine, China says]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[BEIJING -- China's Health Ministry said yesterday that six babies may have died after consuming tainted milk powder, up from a previous official figure of three deaths.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazilian president asks God to stop devastating rains]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Brazil's president asked God to stop the devastating rains that have killed at least 116 people in a southern state and offered new plans yesterday to help tens of thousands of people rebuild ruined homes and businesses.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Newsmakers]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[&#9632;  Ivana Trump has issued a statement confirming reports of marital discord with Italian entrepreneur Rossano Rubicondi. Trump, who married Rubicondi in April, said yesterday that she filed a legal-separation agreement three months ago. Trump said she kept quiet because she did not want to ruin Rubicondi's chances as a contestant on the Italian edition of the reality TV show <i>Survivor</i>. Rubicondi is Trump's fourth husband. "Rossano wants to live in Miami and work in Milan.... But, I am a New Yorker and my family, friends and businesses are here" she said.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Clinton's close ties to India could complicate her new job]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[The close ties with India that Secretary of State-nominee Hillary Clinton forged during her years as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate could complicate diplomatic perceptions of her ability to serve as a neutral broker between India and its nuclear neighbor, Pakistan.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Deadline nearing on asthma inhalers]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Last warning: Asthma inhalers go "green" Dec. 31, and patients still using the old-fashioned kind will have to make a pricey and even confusing switch.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Series of bombings across Iraq leaves at least 33 dead]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A suicide bomber attacked a line of recruits waiting to enter a police academy as several other bombings targeted Iraqi security forces yesterday, killing at least 33 people and wounding many others, among them four U.S. soldiers and an Iraqi general.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Gulf Coast states still waiting for FEMA aid after hurricanes]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[A 30-mile scar of debris along the Texas coast stands as a testament to what state and local officials say is FEMA's sluggish response to the 2008 hurricane season.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[A Troublesome Tide: Venice residents and tourists wading through record high-water levels]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Residents and tourists waded through knee-deep water yesterday as they navigated Venice, Italy's narrow streets and alleys, and its historic St. Mark's Square was inundated. Boxes of tourist merchandise floated inside the flooded shops around the square, and the city's pigeons sought refuge on rooftops and windowsills.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bill Drake, pioneer in radio, dies of cancer]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Bill Drake, a legendary radio programmer who revamped Top 40 radio in the 1960s, has died. He was 71.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Recession: A year old; Dow sinks]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Most Americans sorely knew it already, but now it is official: The country is in a recession, and it is getting worse. Wall Street convulsed at the news -- and a fresh batch of bad economic reports -- dropping nearly 680 points.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[American deaths in Afghanistan decline sharply in November]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[One American serviceman died in Afghanistan in November, a dramatic drop that the U.S. military attributed to their campaign against insurgent leaders, operations by Afghan and Pakistani forces and the onset of winter.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Bush administration planning to announce 'conscience' rule]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Study details personality disorders in young adults]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Almost one in five young American adults has a personality disorder that interferes with everyday life, and even more abuse alcohol or drugs, researchers reported yesterday in the most extensive study of its kind.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[India demands 'strong action' from Pakistan]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[India demanded yesterday that Pakistan take "strong action" against those behind the deadly Mumbai attacks, and Washington pressured Islamabad to cooperate with the investigation.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Palin urges Georgians to vote for Chambliss in today's runoff]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska urged Georgia voters to back Sen. Saxby Chambliss in today's runoff in an election-eve appeal that demonstrated her popularity within the Republican Party and the GOP's efforts to stave off erosion of its shrinking Senate numbers.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Canada's opposition  parties sign ouster plan]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[TORONTO -- Canada's opposition parties signed an unprecedented agreement yesterday to topple the Conservative government in a no-confidence vote next week and form a coalition government less than two months after national elections.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Brazil has plan to decrease destruction of the rain forest]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[SAO PAULO, Brazil -- Brazil plans to increase spending and programs to slow the destruction of the Amazon rain forest by 2017, in an effort to reduce global warming by cutting the amount of carbon dioxide emitted when trees are burned.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Woman pleads guilty to selling medical records]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[LOS ANGELES -- A former employee of UCLA Medical Center pleaded guilty yesterday to selling information from the medical records of high-profile patients, among them Britney Spears and Farrah Fawcett, to the <i>National Enquirer</i>.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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<title><![CDATA[Woman admits lying about affair with Detroit mayor]]></title>

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<description><![CDATA[DETROIT -- Stoic and publicly silent through months of a sex scandal, the woman whose relationship with former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick led to his downfall fought tears yesterday as she pleaded guilty and admitted to lying under oath.]]></description>
<pubDate><![CDATA[Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST]]></pubDate>
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