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Cambodians register to attend a hearing of Kaing Guek Eav, alias Duch, the former Khmer Rouge prison chief at Tuol Sleng prison, at the court hall of Khmer Rouge Tribunal headquarters in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. (Photo by Heng Sinith / AP)

3,000 Pakistan activists released from jail

More than 3,000 people jailed in Pakistan under emergency rule have been released, the Interior Ministry said, in the latest sign that President Pervez Musharraf is rolling back some of his harsher measures.

Times Online

Thick fog causes delays at Los Angeles International Airport

Thick coastal fog shut down one of two runways for arriving planes at Los Angeles International Airport, causing minor delays for passengers.

ABC News

Energy costs holiday travelers

CBS News

The future of reading

Amazon's Jeff Bezos already built a better bookstore. Now he believes he can improve upon one of humankind's most divine creations: the book itself.

Newsweek

Khmer Rouge prison chief faces court

The head of the Khmer Rouge's most notorious prison appeared in front of a tribunal in the Cambodian capital, Phnom Penh, accused of crimes against humanity.

Guardian

Key figures in the Khmer Rouge

BBC

Killing fields probe gets underway

Reuters

Bangladesh seeks more foreign aid

Bangladesh sought more foreign aid to help thousands of survivors after Cyclone Sidr killed more than 3,100 people, according to an official tally that is expected to rise.

MSNBC

Thousands dead in Bangladesh

National Geographic

More women dying of heart disease

For decades, heart disease death rates have been falling. But more women under 45 are dying of heart disease due to clogged arteries, according to a new study.

TIME

Crisis in Somalia worse than Darfur

The worst humanitarian crisis in Africa may not be unfolding in Darfur, but rather along a 32-kilometer strip of busted-up asphalt, several United Nations officials said.

International Herald Tribune

Familiar scenes of violence arise in Mogadishu

NPR

NATION

FBI reports upsurge in hate crimes

Hate crime incidents in the United States rose last year by almost 8 percent, the FBI reported, as racial prejudice continued to account for more than half the reported instances.

CBS News

President Bush to Americans: 'Show thanks by giving back'

A reflective President Bush honored acts of everyday decency and supreme sacrifice, and called on Americans to give back to their communities.

USA Today

Feds tackle school bus safety

The Bush administration proposed a new rule to improve the safety of school bus seats and expand the use of shoulder belts, but stopped short of ordering that all new buses include seat belts.

MSNBC

POLITICS

In New Hampshire, the swing voters who count first

In New Hampshire, undeclared voters dominate the political landscape and may hold the key to the first-in-the-nation presidential primary.

Christian Science Monitor

Obama edges Clinton in key states

Presidential hopeful Sen. Barack Obama has edged ahead of national front-runner Sen. Hillary Clinton in the latest poll in the key state of Iowa, which kicks off the party nominating process on Jan. 3.

NEWS.com.au

45 days to Iowa

MSNBC

BUSINESS

Rate talk sends dollar to record low

Financial Times

Builders see worse times ahead

Home builders' confidence stayed at record low levels in a November reading, as a slight uptick in buyer traffic was balanced out by a slightly more pessimistic view six months down the road.

CNNMoney

Ripple effect of housing decline

MSNBC

HEALTH

As with people, diabetes rising in pets

As with people, the incidence of diabetes in cats and dogs is increasing. Not so much of a problem in decades past, diabetes now affects as many as one in 50 animals, some statistics show.

MSNBC

Study finds higher costs for caregivers

The out-of-pocket cost of caring for an aging parent or spouse averages about $5,500 a year, according to the nation’s first in-depth study of such expenses.

Ledger

SPORTS

Vick surrenders to begin serving dogfighting sentence

Michael Vick got a head start on a possible long prison stretch, surrendering before he was to be sentenced for his involvement in a bloody dogfighting ring.

ESPN

Alex Rodriguez captures AL-record tying third MVP award

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been named the American League's Most Valuable Player for the third time, as voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America.

Sports Network

RELIGION AND SPIRITUALITY

Military chaplains: being a cog-of-conscience in the military killing machine

Navy Capt. James Fisher, a born-again Christian ordained in the Evangelical Covenant Church who ministers American troops, brings his evangelical Christian faith to work with Afghan military mullahs.

Christian Science Monitor

Fort Worth's conservative Episcopalians drift from U.S. group

The Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, took the first steps to withdraw from the U.S. church as part of a growing rift over scriptural interpretation and homosexuality.

USA Today

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GOOD NEWS

Nursing students get a lesson in caring and compassion

Towson University students studying to be nurses are regularly treating residents of the Helping Up Mission in Baltimore. Towson students have been working with mission residents since 2003.

Baltimore Sun

Having lots of kids helps dads live to 100

A young, trim farmer with four or more children: According to a new study, that's the ideal profile for American men hoping to reach 100 years of age.

HealthDay

WORLD

At least 80 killed in Ukraine mine

Rescuers battled a raging fire and a rock slide in search of 20 trapped coal miners following a powerful methane blast that killed at least 80 others in one of Ukraine's deadliest disasters of the post-Soviet era.

Associated Press

'No chance' for Ukrainian miners

BBC

News photographer in Iraq accused of insurgent ties

The U.S. military says it has "convincing and irrefutable" evidence that an award-winning Associated Press photographer is connected to the insurgency in Iraq.

CNN

U.S. plans case against AP photographer

Yahoo! News

Sarkozy gives strike the silent treatment in France

President Nicolas Sarkozy has been called France's Energizer Bunny, a hyperactive head of state criticized for doing the jobs of his ministers, hogging the airwaves and refusing to rest or reflect.

International Herald Tribune

ENVIRONMENT

Cooling begins for 'doomsday' seed tank

Refrigeration units began cooling a new "doomsday" vault dug into an already frigid Arctic mountainside to protect the world's seeds in case of a global catastrophe.

National Geographic

Fun and fuel-efficient cars

Car manufacturers have given car buyers choices in vehicles providing genuinely fast rides with excellent handling, braking and entertainment proving fun-to-drive can also save gas.

CNN

LIVING AND ENTERTAINMENT

The liberation of Francis Ford Coppola

The Coppola with the hot new movie isn’t Sofia. Francis Ford Coppola has finally freed himself from Hollywood, directing his first film in a decade, "Youth Without Youth," completely on his own terms.

Vanity Fair

Broadway shows shut through Thanksgiving as talks fail

Talks between producers and stagehands broke down, quashing hopes that the Broadway strike would end by Thanksgiving.

New York Daily News

Broadway dark for holiday tourists

MSNBC

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Skype grows up

Skype, the Internet phone company, is growing up. They now have SkypeOut and SkypeIn, which make it possible to call regular landline and cell phones and receive calls through your own number.

CBS News

Could 'Noah's flood' have kick-started European farming?

The flood believed to be behind the Noah's Ark myth kick-started European agriculture, according to new research .

Science Daily

EDUCATION

Latest trend in educating disabled

NPR

YouTube tackles bullying online

An online anti-bullying channel on YouTube has been launched to encourage young people to denounce intimidation.

BBC

Trouble over tuition law

Where there is outrage, there may be political opportunity. Or so some Democrats are hoping, following news that the tuition deregulation law will soon dig even deeper into family budgets.

Houston Chronicle

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