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All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/716 Top Stories en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:07:38 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/716 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_ge/bailout_returns ap/20081205/bailout_returns AP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:46:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_ge/bailout_returns"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081205/capt.4719f8630e2b436fb248932a0334db91.bailout_stocks_gfx979.jpg?x=130&y=121&q=85&sig=8NQ9CJO0TjjXCU1QuS7.CQ--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="Chart shows rate of returns for common stocks purchased by the Treasury from financial institutions; 2 c x 3 1/2 in; 96.3 mm x 88.9 mm" border="0" /></a>AP - Stock intended to eventually earn taxpayers a profit as part of the Bush administration's massive bank bailout has lost a third of its value — about $9 billion — in barely one month, according to an Associated Press analysis. Shares in virtually every bank that received federal money have remained below the prices the government negotiated.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_ge/bailout_returns"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081205/capt.4719f8630e2b436fb248932a0334db91.bailout_stocks_gfx979.jpg?x=130&y=121&q=85&sig=8NQ9CJO0TjjXCU1QuS7.CQ--" align="left" height="121" width="130" alt="photo" title="Chart shows rate of returns for common stocks purchased by the Treasury from financial institutions; 2 c x 3 1/2 in; 96.3 mm x 88.9 mm" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown ap/20081205/financial_meltdown AP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:47:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.3352f172de914a0dabd02efa7be2daad.at_t_jobs_cx101.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=Pv_xsVq2wuCVTVa98ypf2g--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="A pedestrian talks on his cell phone while walking past an AT&T store Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, in Chicago. Pressured by the economic turmoil and the mounting loss of traditional phone customers, AT&T Inc. is cutting 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the economy sinking faster, employers are giving more Americans dreaded pink slips right before the holidays.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.3352f172de914a0dabd02efa7be2daad.at_t_jobs_cx101.jpg?x=80&y=130&q=85&sig=Pv_xsVq2wuCVTVa98ypf2g--" align="left" height="130" width="80" alt="photo" title="A pedestrian talks on his cell phone while walking past an AT&T store Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, in Chicago. Pressured by the economic turmoil and the mounting loss of traditional phone customers, AT&T Inc. is cutting 12,000 jobs, about 4 percent of its work force. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting ap/20081205/as_india_shooting AP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:07:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.eccf1db8b47a416b9c780358f7b719b2.india_shooting_xms101.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=rpsN7bSeWpVVGsxGnhvb8w--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol at Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. A police official says security forces have swarmed through New Delhi's international airport after the sound of gunfire rang out, but no one was injured. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)" border="0" /></a>AP - India's top law enforcement official admitted Friday there were government "lapses" in last week's terror attack on Mumbai, amid a public uproar over security and intelligence failures in the deadly siege.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_as/as_india_shooting"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.eccf1db8b47a416b9c780358f7b719b2.india_shooting_xms101.jpg?x=130&y=83&q=85&sig=rpsN7bSeWpVVGsxGnhvb8w--" align="left" height="83" width="130" alt="photo" title="Indian paramilitary soldiers patrol at Indira Gandhi International airport in New Delhi, India, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. A police official says security forces have swarmed through New Delhi's international airport after the sound of gunfire rang out, but no one was injured. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_go_co/congress_autos ap/20081205/congress_autos AP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:48:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_go_co/congress_autos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.e5055c9d90e6470783a68f2457a031a8.aptopix_congress_autos_dcgh129.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=zz4Pl8BBukDhQlG_qI3YoQ--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="Auto executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, and Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the auto industry bailout. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0" /></a>AP - The government would order a major restructuring of Detroit's struggling Big Three auto companies in exchange for a multibillion-dollar bailout under a plan circulating in Congress.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_go_co/congress_autos"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.e5055c9d90e6470783a68f2457a031a8.aptopix_congress_autos_dcgh129.jpg?x=130&y=75&q=85&sig=zz4Pl8BBukDhQlG_qI3YoQ--" align="left" height="75" width="130" alt="photo" title="Auto executives, from left, General Motors Chief Executive Officer Richard Wagoner, UAW President Ron Gettelfinger, Ford Chief Executive Officer Alan Mulally, and Chrysler Chief Executive Officer Robert Nardelli testify on Capitol Hill in Washington, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008, before a Senate Banking Committee hearing on the auto industry bailout. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_us/oj_simpson ap/20081205/oj_simpson AP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:54:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_us/oj_simpson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.8286c2eba9e64fcc965fcd160c62940f.oj_simpson_ny122.jpg?x=120&y=130&q=85&sig=yQn8LqCdci9pHZZNJZAzWw--" align="left" height="130" width="120" alt="In this Oct. 3, 2008 file photo, O.J. Simpson reacts as he is found guilty on 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. State authorities are recommending that Simpson and a co-defendant be sentenced to 18 years in prison for the gunpoint robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers, according to documents filed Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Daniel Gluskoter, Pool, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - O.J. Simpson is going to prison; the question is for how long.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_us/oj_simpson"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.8286c2eba9e64fcc965fcd160c62940f.oj_simpson_ny122.jpg?x=120&y=130&q=85&sig=yQn8LqCdci9pHZZNJZAzWw--" align="left" height="130" width="120" alt="photo" title="In this Oct. 3, 2008 file photo, O.J. Simpson reacts as he is found guilty on 12 charges, including felony kidnapping, armed robbery and conspiracy at the Clark County Regional Justice Center in Las Vegas. State authorities are recommending that Simpson and a co-defendant be sentenced to 18 years in prison for the gunpoint robbery and kidnapping of two sports memorabilia dealers, according to documents filed Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. (AP Photo/Daniel Gluskoter, Pool, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_obit_alexy_ii ap/20081205/eu_russia_obit_alexy_ii AP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:16:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_obit_alexy_ii"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081205/capt.151bad48d8d8468bb4fee2a9291b9d02.russia_obit_alexy_ii_mosb107.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=.ewsTx5RBGCcudQPULx98Q--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="In this Oct. 6, 2004 file photo, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II prays during a service in the Assumption cathedral at the Kremlin in Moscow. The 79-year-old Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II died at his residence outside Moscow Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II, who presided over a vast post-Soviet revival of faith but was accused of making the church a force for nationalism, died Friday at age 79, the church headquarters said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_obit_alexy_ii"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081205/capt.151bad48d8d8468bb4fee2a9291b9d02.russia_obit_alexy_ii_mosb107.jpg?x=130&y=126&q=85&sig=.ewsTx5RBGCcudQPULx98Q--" align="left" height="126" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Oct. 6, 2004 file photo, Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II prays during a service in the Assumption cathedral at the Kremlin in Moscow. The 79-year-old Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II died at his residence outside Moscow Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. (AP Photo/file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/eu_rice_zimbabwe ap/20081205/eu_rice_zimbabwe AP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:16:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/eu_rice_zimbabwe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081205/capt.2404e4991bbc4ca7b628d7b9b981a33a.denmark_us_cop801.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=t_.Jxyi7hnpAPBuPvvuJ6w--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, greets Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen Friday Dec. 5, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (AP Photo/Jens Dige, POLFOTO)" border="0" /></a>AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday that it is "well past time" for Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe to leave office as evidenced by the nation's calamitous cholera epidemic and health care crisis.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/eu_rice_zimbabwe"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081205/capt.2404e4991bbc4ca7b628d7b9b981a33a.denmark_us_cop801.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=t_.Jxyi7hnpAPBuPvvuJ6w--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, left, greets Danish Prime Minister Anders Fogh Rasmussen Friday Dec. 5, 2008 in Copenhagen, Denmark. (AP Photo/Jens Dige, POLFOTO)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/clinton_state_department ap/20081205/clinton_state_department AP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:55:54 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/clinton_state_department"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.1cfc25cc9e9b4493900ff5dcb7703232.clinton_debt_ilcd122.jpg?x=114&y=130&q=85&sig=BYxoanM3gzst93whZwaQEg--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="In this Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 fiel photo Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference with President-elect Barack Obama, not pictured, in Chicago. With just over six weeks to go before Obama is sworn in as president, Clinton is scrambling to pay down some $7 million in campaign debt before federal ethics rules prohibit her from taking contributions to do so. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Preparing for her new role as secretary of state, Hillary Rodham Clinton is moving to surround herself with a cast of die-hard loyalists and veterans of her husband's administration to help her cope with world crises and backstage Washington power plays.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/clinton_state_department"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.1cfc25cc9e9b4493900ff5dcb7703232.clinton_debt_ilcd122.jpg?x=114&y=130&q=85&sig=BYxoanM3gzst93whZwaQEg--" align="left" height="130" width="114" alt="photo" title="In this Monday, Dec. 1, 2008 fiel photo Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference with President-elect Barack Obama, not pictured, in Chicago. With just over six weeks to go before Obama is sworn in as president, Clinton is scrambling to pay down some $7 million in campaign debt before federal ethics rules prohibit her from taking contributions to do so. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_hi_te/nfl3d ap/20081205/nfl3d AP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:58:19 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_hi_te/nfl3d"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.bbf3aa4143f04f289cbd6f7c4fddfd3d.nfl_3__d_cali106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DANcbBBFQhTVwV419ftF6Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Steve Schklair (right), founder and CEO of 3ality Digital Systems, and Bob Levy, the director and producer of the 3-D broadcast of the National Football League game between the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders, prepare in the booth prior to the football game on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)" border="0" /></a>AP - The first NFL game broadcast to theaters live in 3-D fumbled, then recovered Thursday night.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_hi_te/nfl3d"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.bbf3aa4143f04f289cbd6f7c4fddfd3d.nfl_3__d_cali106.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DANcbBBFQhTVwV419ftF6Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Steve Schklair (right), founder and CEO of 3ality Digital Systems, and Bob Levy, the director and producer of the 3-D broadcast of the National Football League game between the San Diego Chargers and Oakland Raiders, prepare in the booth prior to the football game on Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008 in San Diego. (AP Photo/Denis Poroy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_giants_pierce ap/20081205/fbn_giants_pierce AP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:58:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_giants_pierce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.e23b1d1fc6cc45a79d62afac65ea6ec2.giants_pierce_football_njmd102.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=e93lDOSUOAjNx19Npn3G.Q--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="New York Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce listens to a question during a news conference at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008.Pierce didn't know New York Giants teammate Plaxico Burress was carrying a gun last weekend until it accidentally discharged, injuring the receiver in the right thigh, Pierce's attorney said. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Antonio Pierce is finally going to talk to investigators about what he did on the night Plaxico Burress shot himself.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081205/ap_on_sp_fo_ne/fbn_giants_pierce"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081204/capt.e23b1d1fc6cc45a79d62afac65ea6ec2.giants_pierce_football_njmd102.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=e93lDOSUOAjNx19Npn3G.Q--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="New York Giants linebacker Antonio Pierce listens to a question during a news conference at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J., Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008.Pierce didn't know New York Giants teammate Plaxico Burress was carrying a gun last weekend until it accidentally discharged, injuring the receiver in the right thigh, Pierce's attorney said. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/bs_nm/us_financial nm/20081205/us_financial Reuters Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:52:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/bs_nm/us_financial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_05t011903_450x321_us_financial.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=r6KDa97fqmJ8V40GLufSgQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Albert Jennings of Laborers Union Local 89 looks at his place on the job list at his local union hall in San Marcos, California November 7, 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - China and the United States sparred on Friday over how to handle an economic crisis that has forced central banks around the globe into a series of dramatic interest rate cuts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/bs_nm/us_financial"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_05t011903_450x321_us_financial.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=r6KDa97fqmJ8V40GLufSgQ--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Albert Jennings of Laborers Union Local 89 looks at his place on the job list at his local union hall in San Marcos, California November 7, 2008. (Mike Blake/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/pl_nm/us_usa_obama_healthcare nm/20081205/us_usa_obama_healthcare Reuters Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:09:39 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/pl_nm/us_usa_obama_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_05t010835_450x295_us_usa_obama_healthcare.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=9_lkjXwCCky2vUZ8zuiWBQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="President-elect Barack Obama speaks as he presents his choices for his newly formed Economic Recovery Advisory Board during a news conference in Chicago November 26, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama has begun laying the groundwork for overhauling the troubled U.S. healthcare system, reaching out to interest groups and building grass-roots support for the huge undertaking.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/pl_nm/us_usa_obama_healthcare"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_05t010835_450x295_us_usa_obama_healthcare.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=9_lkjXwCCky2vUZ8zuiWBQ--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="President-elect Barack Obama speaks as he presents his choices for his newly formed Economic Recovery Advisory Board during a news conference in Chicago November 26, 2008. (John Gress/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_china_usa nm/20081205/us_china_usa Reuters Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:19:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_china_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_04t221534_450x294_us_china_usa.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=wBmFLZ7MQFPBDWUZVbBoDw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (L) and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (R) sign agreements during the US China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing December 4, 2008. China urged the United States on Thursday to spare no effort to stabilise its economy and financial markets to help avert a global recession. Speaking at the start of a fifth meeting of the cabinet-level 'Strategic Economic Dialogue' between the United States and China, Vice-Premier Wang Qishan said Beijing was doing its part by pursuing fast growth. (Elizabeth Dalziel/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - China and the United States pledged on Friday to boost efforts to tackle the turmoil engulfing global markets and to continue high-level cooperation when President-elect Barack Obama takes office.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_china_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_04t221534_450x294_us_china_usa.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=wBmFLZ7MQFPBDWUZVbBoDw--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (L) and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (R) sign agreements during the US China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing December 4, 2008. China urged the United States on Thursday to spare no effort to stabilise its economy and financial markets to help avert a global recession. Speaking at the start of a fifth meeting of the cabinet-level 'Strategic Economic Dialogue' between the United States and China, Vice-Premier Wang Qishan said Beijing was doing its part by pursuing fast growth. (Elizabeth Dalziel/Pool/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/bs_nm/us_autos_bailout_understanding nm/20081205/us_autos_bailout_understanding Reuters Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:33:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/bs_nm/us_autos_bailout_understanding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_04t230539_450x280_us_autos_bailout_understanding.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=MYDeXvg6knEmQPGq6t_sEg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="Automobile leaders testify during the U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on the financial assistance package for the big Detroit automakers in Washington, December 4, 2008. From L-R are: Richard Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of General Motors, President of the United Auto Workers International Union Ron Gettelfinger, Alan Mulally, President and CEO of Ford Motor Company, and Robert Nardelli, Chairman and CEO of Chyrsler LLC. (Larry Downing/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - There is broad understanding of distress but no consensus yet in Congress to rescue U.S. automakers as industry chiefs hope on Friday to advance their case in a second appearance before lawmakers in two days.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/bs_nm/us_autos_bailout_understanding"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_04t230539_450x280_us_autos_bailout_understanding.jpg?x=130&y=80&q=85&sig=MYDeXvg6knEmQPGq6t_sEg--" align="left" height="80" width="130" alt="photo" title="Automobile leaders testify during the U.S. Senate Banking Committee hearing on the financial assistance package for the big Detroit automakers in Washington, December 4, 2008. From L-R are: Richard Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of General Motors, President of the United Auto Workers International Union Ron Gettelfinger, Alan Mulally, President and CEO of Ford Motor Company, and Robert Nardelli, Chairman and CEO of Chyrsler LLC. (Larry Downing/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_india_mumbai nm/20081205/us_india_mumbai Reuters Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:31:45 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_india_mumbai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_04t082435_450x357_us_india_mumbai.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=IeVlIKBxMeMutGhvi05.wQ--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="Closed circuit television footage released on December 3, 2008 shows gunmen walking across a parking lot after a shooting spree at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train station in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. (Investigating Team Video via Reuters TV/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - India's new home minister said on Friday last week's Mumbai attacks had revealed security lapses and that evidence clearly showed longtime enemies from neighboring Pakistan were responsible.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_india_mumbai"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_04t082435_450x357_us_india_mumbai.jpg?x=130&y=103&q=85&sig=IeVlIKBxMeMutGhvi05.wQ--" align="left" height="103" width="130" alt="photo" title="Closed circuit television footage released on December 3, 2008 shows gunmen walking across a parking lot after a shooting spree at the Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus train station in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. (Investigating Team Video via Reuters TV/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/bs_nm/us_china_usa_bailout nm/20081205/us_china_usa_bailout Reuters Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:17:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/bs_nm/us_china_usa_bailout"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_05t021614_450x321_us_china_usa_bailout.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=kpGHvPnL6vghRNwuTh8DoA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (front 3rd L) and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (front 2nd R) chat as they join their delegations for a group photo to wrap up the Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing December 5, 2008. (Goh Chai Hin/Pool/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The United States has made clear progress in steadying its financial system, thanks in part to a $700 billion bailout fund authorized by Congress, but the rehabilitation process still faces many challenges, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/bs_nm/us_china_usa_bailout"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_05t021614_450x321_us_china_usa_bailout.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=kpGHvPnL6vghRNwuTh8DoA--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson (front 3rd L) and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan (front 2nd R) chat as they join their delegations for a group photo to wrap up the Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing December 5, 2008. (Goh Chai Hin/Pool/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_thailand_protest nm/20081205/us_thailand_protest Reuters Fri, 05 Dec 2008 08:34:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_thailand_protest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_05t033402_450x300_us_thailand_protest.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_HocIjzTa1fF9kZzMGTk_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej attends the annual Trooping of the Colour, an annual military parade, in Bangkok's Royal Plaza on December 2, 2008. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Thais marked their revered king's birthday on Friday in a solemn mood, concerned for the health of the aging monarch and worried as well over their country's debilitating political deadlock.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_thailand_protest"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_05t033402_450x300_us_thailand_protest.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=_HocIjzTa1fF9kZzMGTk_Q--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej attends the annual Trooping of the Colour, an annual military parade, in Bangkok's Royal Plaza on December 2, 2008. (Sukree Sukplang/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_korea_north_usa nm/20081205/us_korea_north_usa Reuters Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:52:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_korea_north_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_04t224919_450x308_us_korea_north_usa.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=s76f4TNCuwK2xxkTPwGkAA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill speaks to reporters after a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye-gwan in Singapore December 4, 2008. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Top U.S. nuclear envoy Christopher Hill said on Friday he expects difficult six-party talks next week on North Korea's nuclear disarmament and that more work needs to be done to iron out verification details.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081205/ts_nm/us_korea_north_usa"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20081205/2008_12_04t224919_450x308_us_korea_north_usa.jpg?x=130&y=88&q=85&sig=s76f4TNCuwK2xxkTPwGkAA--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="photo" title="Top U.S. nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill speaks to reporters after a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye-gwan in Singapore December 4, 2008. (Vivek Prakash/Reuters)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205/ts_afp/indiaattacks afp/20081205/indiaattacks AFP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:41:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205/ts_afp/indiaattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081205/capt.cps.okm97.051208053836.photo00.photo.default-512x495.jpg?x=130&y=125&q=85&sig=fA_2Jq7gI2jMOcdfSq1rhQ--" align="left" height="125" width="130" alt="A map locating the main terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Pakistan on Thursday promised US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that it would take "strong action" against anyone on its territory found to have been involved in the Mumbai attacks.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0" /></a>AFP - A security scare at New Delhi's international airport on Thursday highlighted jitters after the Mumbai attacks, as Pakistan vowed "strong action" if anyone was shown to be involved from its territory.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205/ts_afp/indiaattacks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081205/capt.cps.okm97.051208053836.photo00.photo.default-512x495.jpg?x=130&y=125&q=85&sig=fA_2Jq7gI2jMOcdfSq1rhQ--" align="left" height="125" width="130" alt="photo" title="A map locating the main terrorist attacks in Mumbai. Pakistan on Thursday promised US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice that it would take "strong action" against anyone on its territory found to have been involved in the Mumbai attacks.(AFP/Graphic)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205/ts_afp/russiareligionpatriarch afp/20081205/russiareligionpatriarch AFP Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:32:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205/ts_afp/russiareligionpatriarch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081205/capt.cps.oko15.051208113024.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Lcb4lYuwv7MADpIcKqQCng--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II celebrates mass at the Trois Saints Docteurs' church during a visit to Paris in 2003. A church spokesman has told AFP that the 79-year-old patriarch has died.(AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Alexy II, has died, a church spokesman told AFP on Friday. He was 79.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081205/ts_afp/russiareligionpatriarch"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/afp/20081205/capt.cps.oko15.051208113024.photo00.photo.default-341x512.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=Lcb4lYuwv7MADpIcKqQCng--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="Russian Orthodox Patriarch Alexy II celebrates mass at the Trois Saints Docteurs' church during a visit to Paris in 2003. A church spokesman has told AFP that the 79-year-old patriarch has died.(AFP/File/Olivier Laban-Mattei)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)