State Supreme Court to hear challenges to Prop. 8 - San Francisco Chronicle
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:07:01 GMT


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State Supreme Court to hear challenges to Prop. 8
San Francisco Chronicle - 1 hour ago
(11-19) 14:38 PST SAN FRANCISCO -- The state Supreme Court plunged back into the same-sex marriage wars today, agreeing to decide the legality of a ballot measure that repealed the right of gay and lesbian couples to wed in California.
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Ex-Senate leader Daschle to serve as HHS head - The Miami Herald
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:25:37 GMT


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Ex-Senate leader Daschle to serve as HHS head
The Miami Herald - 52 minutes ago
By MARGARET TALEV WASHINGTON -- Former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, a veteran of Capitol Hill and a backer of the Clinton administration's failed health-care effort of the early 1990s, is President-elect Barack Obama's choice to be secretary of ...
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Pirate mother ship blown out of water by frigate as two more boats ... - Times Online
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:49:23 GMT


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Pirate mother ship blown out of water by frigate as two more boats ...
Times Online - 1 hour ago
The battle with pirates operating off the coast of Somalia grew yesterday when raiders seized two more ships but lost one of their own in an uneven firefight with the Indian Navy.
Spate of piracy draws Indian counterattack International Herald Tribune
EU anti-piracy operation to begin on Dec. 8 Xinhua
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Growth to slow in Peru and China in 2009 - The Associated Press
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:41:48 GMT


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Growth to slow in Peru and China in 2009
The Associated Press - 36 minutes ago
LIMA, Peru (AP) - The Pacific Economic Cooperation Council says China's and Peru's robust growth rates of 9.3 and 9.2 percent respectively will fall in 2009, but Peru's drop-off will be more pronounced.
Apec must blow away financial fog New Straits Times
Chinese envoy says president's Peru visit to open new chapter in ties Xinhua
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Missiles and Messages - Newsweek
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 21:43:38 GMT

Missiles and Messages
Newsweek - 2 hours ago
In the latest example of a sharp escalation of US air strikes inside Pakistan, an unmanned US drone was killed an alleged Al Qaeda fixer and four associates along the Afghan-Pakistani border, according to reports from the region and a Western ...
Suspected US missile strike kills at least 6 in Pakistan International Herald Tribune
US drone hits militant hideout in Pakistan Christian Science Monitor
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