Blair adviser faces Iraq inquiry

Ananova - Mon Nov 30

The Iraq war inquiry will seek fresh answers on Tony Blair's role in the build-up to the invasion when it hears evidence from the ex-Prime Minister's top foreign policy adviser.

Mujica wins Uruguayan presidential election

Xinhuanet - Mon Nov 30

Jose Mujica from the ruling Broad Front party has won the Uruguayan presidential run-off, exit polls showed Sunday.

US senators to begin fractious health care reform debate

Channelnewsasia.com - Mon Nov 30

WASHINGTON: US senators are set to begin debate on a massive health care reform bill that is a key priority for President Barack Obama but faces Republican opposition and has exposed Democratic divisions.

Senate Democratic report says US missed chance to chase down Osama bin Laden at Tora Bora

CJAD - Sat Nov 28

Osama bin Laden was unquestionably within reach of U.S. troops in the mountains of Tora Bora when American military leaders made the crucial and costly decision not to pursue the terrorist leader with massive force, a Senate report says.

ANALYSIS - White House sees progress from Chinese trip

The Star Online - Sat Nov 28

Perhaps Barack Obama's trip to China this month was not such a flop after all. China's President Hu Jintao and U.S. President Barack Obama attend a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing November 17, 2009.

Hondurans to elect new president after June coup

The West Australian - Sat Nov 28

Hondurans vote for a new president Sunday in the latest chapter of a months-long political standoff triggered by a coup that has divided the United States from Latin American powers Brazil and Argentina.

Palin Dines, Prays with Rev Billy Graham

Fox Charlotte - Mon Nov 23

Former governor of Alaska and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin arrives at the Asheville, N.C. airport on Sunday afternoon Nov.

Virginia Military Institute faces sexism accusations

St. Petersburg Times - Mon Nov 23

Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school's policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets, a dozen years after women won the right to enroll.

Warming's impacts sped up, worsened since Kyoto

Detroit News - Mon Nov 23

Since the 1997 international accord to fight global warming, climate change has worsened and accelerated -- beyond some of the grimmest of warnings made back then.

Measure to change U. of Neb. stem-cell rule fails

WHBF-TV Rock Island - Sun Nov 22

The University of Nebraska's governing board on Friday voted not to place tighter restrictions on embryonic stem cell research than those outlined under federal guidelines, which were expanded after President Barack Obama took office.