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• In Asia, Obama, Medvedev see nuclear pact progress (AP)
• Militants attack anti-Taliban mayor in Pakistan (AP)
• Source: Illinois prison eyed for Gitmo inmates (AP)
• Mother of missing 5-year-old NC girl charged (AP)
• Mourners grieve for soldiers killed at Fort Hood (AP)
• A risky setting for NYC trial of 9/11 suspects (AP)
• Clinton: Would look forward to coffee with Palin (AP)
• 'Hello, Ohio!' (Psst! Boss, we're in Michigan) (AP)
• Pacquiao stops Cotto to win 7th title (AP)
• Barclay's OT kick puts Ohio St in Rose Bowl, 27-24 (AP)
• China-U.S. spar over currencies ahead of Obama visit (Reuters)
• Suicide bomber kills 10 in Pakistan's Peshawar (Reuters)
• Ft Hood shooter failings to be held to account: Obama (Reuters)
• Iran student gets 8 yrs over post-election protests (Reuters)
• APEC retreats from C02 target, Brazil pledges cut (Reuters)
• Britain probes new claims of abuse by troops in Iraq (Reuters)
• Colombia moves to calm tensions with Venezuela (Reuters)
• Fire in South Korea shooting range kills 10 (Reuters)
• Obama tells Myanmar PM: Release Suu Kyi (AFP)
• APEC leaders tip watered-down climate pact (AFP)

In Asia, Obama, Medvedev see nuclear pact progress (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 12:49 AM PST AP - Seeking to claim progress during an economic summit with Pacific nations, President Barack Obama on Sunday declared the United States and Russia would have a replacement treaty on nuclear arms cuts in place by the end of the year.

Militants attack anti-Taliban mayor in Pakistan (AP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 12:52 AM PST AP - More than a dozen militants opened fire on the house of an anti-Taliban mayor in northwestern Pakistan on Sunday, but security guards repelled the attack, killing three assailants who had disguised themselves by wearing women's burqas, police said.

Source: Illinois prison eyed for Gitmo inmates (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:39 PM PST AP - The Obama administration may buy a near-empty prison in rural northwestern Illinois to house detainees from Guantanamo Bay along with federal inmates, a White House official said Saturday.

Mother of missing 5-year-old NC girl charged (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:39 PM PST AP - The mother of a 5-year-old girl who disappeared in North Carolina was charged Saturday with human trafficking and other offenses, though authorities said they still did not know the girl's whereabouts.

Mourners grieve for soldiers killed at Fort Hood (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:40 PM PST AP - Hundreds of people lining the main street of an Indiana town on Saturday fell solemnly silent as the white hearse passed. Mourners waited for hours outside a Wisconsin gymnasium to say goodbye to a soldier who once promised to take down Osama bin Laden.

A risky setting for NYC trial of 9/11 suspects (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:43 PM PST AP - In a move both politically and legally risky, the Obama administration plans to put on trial the professed mastermind of the Sept. 11 terror attacks and four alleged accomplices in a lower Manhattan courthouse.

Clinton: Would look forward to coffee with Palin (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 11:27 PM PST AP - Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton says she would be happy to talk to Sarah Palin over coffee.

'Hello, Ohio!' (Psst! Boss, we're in Michigan) (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:05 PM PST AP - The curse of Friday the 13th struck Bruce Springsteen in a most unusual way: it made the 60-year-old rock legend forget where he was.

Pacquiao stops Cotto to win 7th title (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:50 PM PST AP - Manny Pacquiao's speed and power were way too much for Miguel Cotto's heart.

Barclay's OT kick puts Ohio St in Rose Bowl, 27-24 (AP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 10:48 PM PST AP - The oldest of the Buckeyes sent Ohio State back to the Granddaddy of all bowls.

China-U.S. spar over currencies ahead of Obama visit (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 11:08 PM PST Reuters - The United States and China sparred over exchange rates at a meeting of Asia Pacific leaders on Sunday, pointing to tricky talks ahead for President Barack Obama when he flies to China to address economic tensions.

Suicide bomber kills 10 in Pakistan's Peshawar (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 06:20 AM PST Reuters - A suicide attacker set off a car bomb at a police checkpoint in the Pakistani city of Peshawar on Saturday, killing 10 people, officials said.

Ft Hood shooter failings to be held to account: Obama (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 03:02 AM PST Reuters - U.S. President Barack Obama said on Saturday he would hold to account those who missed warning signs that could have prevented a shooting rampage on a Texas army base earlier this month that killed 13 people.

Iran student gets 8 yrs over post-election protests (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 07:54 AM PST Reuters - An Iranian court on Saturday sentenced a student who took part in protests following Iran's disputed presidential election this year to eight years in prison, a website reported.

APEC retreats from C02 target, Brazil pledges cut (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 08:18 AM PST Reuters - Asia Pacific leaders backed away on Saturday from supporting a global halving of greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, even as Brazil pledged deep cuts of its own over the next decade.

Britain probes new claims of abuse by troops in Iraq (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 08:06 AM PST Reuters - Britain's defense ministry said Saturday it was investigating fresh complaints that its troops had abused prisoners in Iraq.

Colombia moves to calm tensions with Venezuela (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 05:14 PM PST Reuters - Colombia captured four members of the Venezuelan National Guard on Colombian soil and said on Saturday it would send them home in a gesture aimed at lowering diplomatic tensions between the neighboring countries.

Fire in South Korea shooting range kills 10 (Reuters) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 07:31 PM PST Reuters - A fire that tore through a South Korean indoor shooting range killed eight Japanese visitors and two South Koreans, including the group's Korean guide, the fire service said Sunday.

Obama tells Myanmar PM: Release Suu Kyi (AFP) Posted: 15 Nov 2009 12:54 AM PST AFP - US President Barack Obama pressed Sunday for Myanmar's military junta to release democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi, during a landmark encounter with the regime's prime minister, the White House said.

APEC leaders tip watered-down climate pact (AFP) Posted: 14 Nov 2009 11:56 PM PST AFP - Asia-Pacific leaders said Sunday that talks on a binding international pact to combat the potential disaster of climate change would drag on past a crunch meeting in Copenhagen next month.

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