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• World

  • US carmarker plea under scrutiny
  • Israeli Troops Drag Jewish Settlers from Hebron Building
  • Canadian leader shuts Parliament to keep power

• Business

  • Feds charge Silicon Valley financier with fraud
  • Mortgage rates continue to fall
  • Carmakers' bailout pleas hit Senate skepticism

• Celebrity

  • Awards contenders enter box office ring
  • Harvard’s Endowment Takes an $8 Billion Hit
  • Lil Wayne and Coldplay lead Grammy field

• Politics

  • Carmakers 'affect entire economy'
  • Obama's fundraising grand finale: $104 million
  • New York Democrats to gain control of state senate

• Science

  • Study suggests good cheer may spread itself
  • Parents Torn Over Extra Frozen Embryos From Fertility Procedures
  • Strangers May Cheer You Up, Study Says

• Tech

  • Online retailers see 'Cyber Monday' surge
  • Report: Former Yahoo exec to be Microsoft online chief
  • New videogames lure players into the kitchen

• Sports

  • Cavaliers and Celtics just keep rolling
  • Once the top pick, Oden is now overshadowed
  • Cards get shortstop Greene from Padres

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

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    Visitors are sen at a Honda showroom in Tokyo, Japan, Friday, Dec. 5, 2008. Honda will pull out of Formula One unless a new buyer can be found within three months, The Associated Press has learned. The Japanese car manufacturer has the operating budget to keep the team running into early 2009, but escalating operational costs amid the worldwide financial crisis have the Brackley-based outfit in danger of shutting down if a new sponsor is not found quickly. Takeo Fukui, CEO of Honda Motors, was due to hold a news conference regarding the F1 team in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 5, 2008.

    4 hours ago

    from AP Photo by Itsuo Inouye

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    Wen Hua, who survived the Sichuan earthquake, holds a toy in her temporary home in Anxian county, Sichuan province December 4, 2008. Schools that collapsed during the earthquake killed more than 19,000 people, nearly a quarter of the total deaths, an official said, giving the first government estimate. Picture taken December 4, 2008.

    4 hours ago

    from Reuters Pictures by REUTERS

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    Members of a choir sing during a ceremony for Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej's 81st birthday at Sanam Luang square in Bangkok on December 5, 2008. The revered monarch turned 81 on December 5, 2008 but pulled out of his customary birthday address the previous day due to illness, ending hopes that he might offer guidance on a way out of the nation's long-running political crisis.

    9 hours ago

    from Getty Images by AFP/Getty Images

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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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