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

• World

  • Thai court dissolves ruling party
  • Panel warns attack likely by 2013
  • Obama Taps Clinton, Gates for US 'New Dawn' Abroad

• Business

  • Retailers Get a Brief Lift on Black Friday as Shoppers Look for Blockbuster Sales
  • Bernanke: Lower interest rates 'feasible'
  • Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks open steeply lower on gloomy global data

• Celebrity

  • "Panda" earns 16 Annie Awards nominations
  • Mark Leckey wins the 2008 Turner prize
  • Luciano Pavarotti tribute hits cinemas, DVD

• Politics

  • Georgia Senate fray enters last day: Chambliss-Palin vs Martin-Obama
  • States Want $176 Billion Slice of Federal Stimulus
  • Specter: 'I'll be prepared' for 2010 race

• Science

  • Global Update: Thousands Die Needlessly Because Junta Spends Too Little on AIDS, Group Says
  • Scientist at Work | Rodolfo Llinás: In a Host of Ailments, Seeing a Brain Out of Rhythm
  • Mind: Standing in Someone Else’s Shoes, Almost for Real

• Tech

  • Nokia seen outlining smartphone, services push
  • Fuel-cell powered devices getting closer
  • Early data shows strong Black Friday sales

• Sports

  • N.F.L. Fast Forward: Amid Chaos, the Steelers Prove Steady Once Again
  • Yankees Decline to Offer Pettitte Arbitration
  • Schaub active; Rosenfels still Texans' No. 1 QB

Selected and fresh photos from around the web.

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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

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    A Jewish settler throws a stone from a rooftop overlooking Palestinian houses in the West Bank city of Hebron, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008. Dozens of Jewish settlers rioted Tuesday in the West Bank town of Hebron, clashing with the Israeli troops who guard them but who may also soon evict them from a disputed building they've occupied. Israeli soldiers used stun grenades against the Hebron settlers, most of them teenagers, in clashes near a building which settlers took over in 2007. The building's ownership is under dispute in a Jerusalem court. But the settlers moved in without government authorization and the Supreme Court has ordered them to leave immediately.

    1 hour ago

    from AP Photo by NASSER SHIYOUKHI

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    Former Philippine President Fidel Ramos gestures during a news conference in Makati City, Manila December 2, 2008. Ramos. called on President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo on Tuesday to stop moves to amend the constitution amid renewed protests against attempts to extend her term.

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    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    An Israeli female settler flashes the v-sign of victory from the rooftop of a building during riots in which dozens of Jewish settlers pelted Paletinian houses near a disputed house in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron December 2, 2008. At least 13 Palestinians were wounded overnight as more than 1,000 ultra-nationalist Israelis hurled rocks at residents, homes and police jeeps in the flashpoint West Bank city of Hebron. The rioting broke out as rumours spread that security forces were set to evict 100 Jewish settlers from a house the Israeli high court has ordered evacuated. The Israeli High Court on November 16 ordered the settlers to leave the Hebron house in which they have lived since March 2007, but security forces have not enforced the order to date.

    12 hours ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

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    Chelsea Clinton (L) and former US President Bill Clinton watch as US Democratic presidential candidate Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) speaks at the National Building Museum in Washington June 7, 2008. Clinton endorsed presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) to be the Democratic U.S. presidential candidate on Saturday and suspended her own White House bid less than a week after the Illinois senator secured enough support to win the nomination. Clinton's endorsement of Obama in a speech at the National Building Museum marked the beginning of efforts to reunite the Democratic Party after a long and divisive campaign battle that ended on Tuesday when Obama won the support of enough delegates to clinch the nomination.

    1 day ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    A tear runs down the face of U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) as he speaks about his grandmother who died earlier on Monday, during a campaign rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, November 3, 2008. On the eve of Tuesday's U.S. presidential election, Obama's grandmother Madelyn Dunham died after a battle with cancer.

    1 day ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    U.S. Democratic presidential candidates Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) and Senator Hillary Clinton (D-NY) (R) share a hug at the conclusion of the CNN/Los Angeles Times Democratic presidential debate in Hollywood, California January 31, 2008.

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    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    U.S. Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (near) answers a question as Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) looks at him during their debate at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee October 7, 2008.

    1 day ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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