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TOP STORIES --Gates causes worry in Israel -- Israeli officials want to know why U.S. Secretary of Defense­ designate Robert Gates made a statement to Congress that Israel has nuclear weapons. --The South Continues to "Make" Race: Will the Supreme Court Follow?...by Walter Uhler --Number of journalists jailed for Internet work on rise: study... --Thousands of post offices to close »More Top Stories...»Yesterday's News...» Archive IRAQ --Iraqi president calls panel's report ‘dangerous’ It's still about oil in Iraq ­ A centerpiece of the report is its advocacy for securing foreign companies' long­ term access to Iraqi oil fields... 83 more dead around country; U.S. death toll inches higher --U.S. Military Preparing to Conduct Operations Against Threats in Urban American Cities -- Iraq Study Group: a bipartisan coverup of Washington's war crimes -- Army ranger claims US forces engaged in systematic war crimes -- rapes, homicides and political assassinations --George Will: The problem with Iraq is that they're all savages »More Iraq News Asia | M.E. | Africa -- Afghan president weeps for dead civilians... "This nation and this country doesn't have the power to rescue itself. Neither can we tell the terrorists not to come from Pakistan, nor can we tell the coalition forces not to kill our children in the fight against terrorism,’ Karzai said, adding in a breaking voice and with tears in his eyes, ‘the oppression has gone beyond its limit.’ -- ‘Die America!’ chants Afghan "mob" at U.S. base... More than 1,000 stone­ throwing Afghans tried to break down an outer gate at the main U.S. base here Tuesday while demanding the release of eight detained villagers, and Afghan troops fired warning shots and used clubs to beat the mob back. U.S. troops also fired into the air. --Buses carrying U.S. workers in Algeria attacked ...Driver killed; vehicles were transporting Halliburton unit employees -- Troops under investigation for Kandahar shooting spree:   Fury in Afghan city after targeted British convoy kills civilians More Asia/M.E./Africa news

Other --Dad trekked much farther than first thought Strategy for the War on Christmas ...Let's face it: Christmas is not the exclusive property of those who think God came to earth 2000 years ago as a baby in Bethlehem. More   Business --Oil producing countries switching from dollars to euros --Iran's parliament said to favor switching from dollars to euros --Dollar may rise even as U.S. economy weakens, research firm says --U.S. Criminal Probe Rattles $2 Trillion Municipal Bond Market:  --Top­ Level Insiders Selling Their Stock:   --Suburban poverty on the rise as more settle outside cities:  »More Business News

The Americas

--Violent house invasions by terrorist jackboots all too common in the USA

--South America explores unification...The discussion over South American unity likely will continue later this month when the leaders of Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela, Paraguay and Uruguay gather in Brazil for the semiannual meeting of the Mercosur trading bloc.

--Republicans muscle tax bill through Congress.... Measure revives expired breaks, forestalls Medicare payment cuts

--The Spirit of Democracy in Venezuela... They gathered in the late evening pouring rain dressed in their signature red T­ shirts and caps, waving Venezuela flags and shouting "Uh, ah, Chavez no se va" ­ "Uh, ah, Chavez will not go." It continued all night in the celebratory streets of Caracas echoing Chavez's words repeating "Libertad (liberty) and telling the crowd this was a victory for them, for socialism and for the Bolivarian Revolution he now wants to advance to the next stage.
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International

-- Pinochet death ‘saddens’ Thatcher : Former prime minister Baroness Thatcher is "greatly saddened" by the death of Augusto Pinochet, said a spokesman.
--9 die as Russia suffers second deadly clinic fire... 15 hospitalized in Siberia blaze a day after 45 died in Moscow hospital fire.
--Who Framed Roger Rabbit? by Israel Shamir

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Canada

--Maa­ nulth First Nations sign historic B.C. land treaty
--Human version of mad cow hits Manitoba... Three cases suspected from same area in province
--B.C., Ottawa, aboriginals to sign two new treaties in three days
--China's wood products flood Canadian market
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Mail

--How many more will die for Bush' ego?
--News of the site...Israel Shamir
-- Dec 7/06 David Icke update
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Opinion–Editorials

--Bread, Bread, Everywhere, Yet not a Morsel to Eat... In my latest essay, I attack the subject of starvation. Hoping to tap into the reader's pathos, I begin with a vivid description of a photo of a starving Kenyan child (which had captivated my sympathy and sparked my desire to dissect the topic of famine). I then describe the process of death by starvation, present some horrifying statistics, reveal that the principal causes of famine around the world are elitist (Neoliberal) economic policies, expose the fact that the military appropriation to famine relief spending ratio for the US is about 99 to 1, and offer the reader the conclusions I reached (in exploring the topic of starvation)... By Jason Miller
--Pearl Harbor: The Latest Wave

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