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        European stocks fell and Wall Street was expected to drop on the open Friday after data showed the U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent in October, more than expected, as 190,000 jobs were cut.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Miss England gives up crown after fracas reports ]]></title>
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        The reigning Miss England has relinquished her crown after being accused of a fight in a bar.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Czech, US governments discuss military cooperation ]]></title>
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        Senior U.S. and Czech defense officials held talks Friday to discuss ways for the Czech Republic to participate in a reworked U.S. missile defense plan.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Thaksin on a mission to humiliate Thai government ]]></title>
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        Thailand&#39;s fugitive former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra has spent much of the past three years roaming the globe, shopping for diamonds in Africa, golfing at Asian resorts - and humiliating the government from a distance.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Remote Indian state readies for Dalai Lama visit ]]></title>
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        Buddhist monks and nuns spruced up their monasteries and hung up welcome banners Friday in anticipation of the Dalai Lama&#39;s contentious visit to this remote Indian town near the Tibetan frontier.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Israel rejects UN vote approving Gaza report ]]></title>
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        Israel said on Friday that a U.N. General Assembly decision to endorse a report accusing the Jewish state of war crimes lacked the support of the world&#39;s &quot;moral majority.&quot;      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Journalists union: Danish student jailed in Iran ]]></title>
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        Denmark&#39;s journalists union says one of its members is being held in a jail in Tehran.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Russian FM optimistic on arms control treaty deal ]]></title>
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        A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry has voiced hope that Moscow and Washington will be able to negotiate a successor to a Cold War-era arms control treaty that expires next month.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Germany: Civilians likely killed in Afghan strike ]]></title>
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        Germany&#39;s defense minister said Friday he believes civilians were killed in an airstrike in Afghanistan, but insisted that the German-requested attack was necessary from a military standpoint.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Issues to resolve for Copenhagen climate talks ]]></title>
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        A list of key points negotiators hope to clarify before meeting for a decisive U.N. climate conference next month in Copenhagen, Denmark.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Ida drenches Central America, might approach US ]]></title>
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        Former Hurricane Ida drenched Central America as a tropical depression on Friday and forecasters said it had some chance of regaining force and heading toward the U.S.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Monaco palace says it's suing alleged spymaster ]]></title>
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        A French lawyer says Monaco&#39;s Prince Albert II is filing a lawsuit in the U.S. against an American who claims he once worked as the prince&#39;s personal spymaster and is owed back pay.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Man spends 3 days in tree during Vietnam storm ]]></title>
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        The 69-year-old watchman couldn&#39;t swim so when Tropical Storm Mirinae sparked a flash flood he ran, shimmied up a tree and hung on - for three nights and two days.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Gang leader executed in China ]]></title>
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        A former gang leader who was the son of a high-ranking politician was executed this week in northern China after being convicted of murder, kidnapping, and extortion, state media reported.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Delegates discuss way forward in UN climate talks ]]></title>
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        U.N. climate negotiators said Friday that, despite low expectations for setting legally binding emissions targets next month, it is still possible to conclude a strong, 192-nation deal to define future work in fighting global warming.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Diamond watchdog gives Zimbabwe time to comply ]]></title>
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        Investigators for the world&#39;s diamond control body say the gems were mined by virtual slaves who had been told to dig or die, and were smuggled out by soldiers who rape and beat civilians.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Lawyer: Man says he killed lawyer, journalist ]]></title>
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        A suspect in the killing of a human rights lawyer and a journalist has confessed to the crime, his lawyer said Friday.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Spain refuses demand to free Somali pirates ]]></title>
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        Spain ruled out freeing two captured pirates as demanded by fellow brigands holding a Spanish trawler and 33 crew members off Somalia and reportedly threatening to start killing hostages.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Dalai Lama visit highlights India-China tensions ]]></title>
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        This remote town in the Himalayan foothills spruced up its monasteries Friday to prepare for the Dalai Lama&#39;s arrival, a trip highlighting the growing friction between China and India - two nuclear-armed giants vying for economic and political power in the region.      
    
  

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    <title><![CDATA[   Gunman wounds 3 near Tokyo in gang violence ]]></title>
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        A gunman wounded three men near Tokyo on Friday before hiding in a building and apparently killing himself - a rare shooting spree that police said was gang-related.      
    
  

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