Latest news from around the web, updated 10 minutes ago.

• World

  • Settler violence alert in Israel
  • Paris robbers in drag net $100 million
  • India, Russia Sign Nuclear Deal

• Business

  • Retailers see sales drop in dreary November
  • Economy brews some trouble for Starbucks
  • Bernanke urges more action on foreclosures

• Celebrity

  • Suspect May Have Threatened Hudsons
  • Will Smith rolling out low-profile Oscar bid
  • Boy George found guilty of falsely imprisoning male escort

• Politics

  • Zimbabwe in state of emergency
  • Kenya PM calls for Mugabe removal
  • Analysis: Avoiding blame in auto industry crisis

• Science

  • European Court Rules Against British DNA Database
  • Zimbabwe declares cholera emergency
  • Good cheer may spread itself, study suggests

• Tech

  • Koobface virus turns up on Facebook
  • 'Solar taxi' goes round the world
  • Online retailers see 'Cyber Monday' surge

• Sports

  • Pacquiao to fight De La Hoya
  • Honda pull out of Formula One
  • Pierce Deflects Questions With the Police on Deck

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

• Editor's pick

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    BASRA, IRAQ - OCTOBER 18: People gather around a Land Rover as it arrives at the village Al Houta on October 18 2008 near Basra, Iraq. The trip by the 51 Sqn Royal Air Force Regiment Force Protection Wing was part of a 'key leader engagement' (KLE) visit to the village close to the Basra Airbase to recruit local labour and engage with the village shiek. Visits of this type are seen as key in efforts to continue winning the support of the local Iraqi population. Although improved security in the region has brought some benefits such as improved trade and commerce, much of the infrastructure remains in a poor state of repair. Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has indicated that the number of UK troops could be scaled down - especially as the security situation in the south of the country continues to improve.

    1 month ago

    from Getty Images

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    Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.

    2 months ago

    from Reuters Pictures by Reuters

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    A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.

    3 months ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.

    3 months ago

    from Getty Images

• Hot off the wire

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    Becky Markley holds the Wittelbach diamond, a rare 35.6 carat 17th century grey-blue diamond, at Christie's auction house in London, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. The diamond was part of the dowry of the Infanta Mararita Teresa upon her engagement to Leopold I of Austria, given by her father King Philip IV of Spain, and is expected to sell for some 9 million pounds, ($ 15 million, euro 10.4 million ), at auction on Dec. 10.

    8 mins ago

    from AP Photo by ALASTAIR GRANT

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    A Muslim shouts and burns an effigy of what they say represent 'terrorism', during a protest against Mumbai's recent attacks, in New Delhi December 5, 2008. Palaniappan Chidambaram, 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 Pakistan were responsible.

    9 mins ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    NEW YORK - DECEMBER 04: Actor Harold Pirraneau attends the 2008 Stockings with Care celebrity bartending night at Bar 13 on December 4, 2008 in New York City.

    9 hours ago

    from Getty Images

• Recently starred

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    A memorial tribute to shoe mogul Thomas Bata is shown at the Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto September 3, 2008. Bata died earlier this week at the age of 93.

    3 months ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    A visitor takes a close look at a photo by French photographer Bettina Rheims during the inauguration of her exhibition "Can You Find Happiness?" on March 7, 2008 at the c/o-Gallery in Berlin. The exhibition runs from March 8 to May 11, 2008.

    9 months ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

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    Forty-five euro coins, worth 500 Slovak Crowns or 16,60 euros, are seen in Bratislava where Slovakian banks and post offices started selling them on December 1,2008 before Slovakia joins the euro zone on January 1, 2009.

    4 days ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

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    People walk behind the European Union's flag during the annual gay parade in Budapest July 5, 2008. Several hundreds of demonstrators clashed with the police in the center of Hungarian capital as police tried to separate them from the participants of the Gay Pride march.

    5 months ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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