Obama and GOP Differ Over Recipe for Jobs, Economy President Barack Obama and a top House Republican acknowledged in holiday messages Thursday the economic struggles facing Americans this Thanksgiving but offered starkly different recipes for relief. Douglass K. Daniel, AP NEWS - 6 minutes ago
Tight Economy Forces Some to Stay Home for Holiday There’s still family, turkey and football, but one Thanksgiving tradition is taking a hit this year. Millions of Americans are spending the holiday at home, saying the poor economy has made it unaffordable to hit the road or board a plane. Michael Tarm, AP NEWS - 7 minutes ago
Invading Camels to Be Shot in Australian Town Australian authorities plan to corral about 6,000 wild camels with helicopters and gun them down after they overran a small Outback town in search of water, trampling fences, smashing tanks and contaminating supplies. Staff, AP NEWS - 9 minutes ago
Russian Official Admits Some Blame in Lawyer Death A Russian prison official reportedly admitted Thursday that harsh prison conditions are partially to blame for the death last week of a lawyer being held in a Moscow detention center. Nataliya Vasilyeva, AP NEWS - 9 minutes ago
UN Group Arrives in Guinea to Investigate Killings A United Nations human rights official says a three-member U.N. commission has arrived in this West African nation to investigate the September massacre in which troops fatally shot pro-democracy demonstrators and raped women in broad daylight. Staff, AP NEWS - 9 minutes ago
Georgian FM Urges Western Security Guarantees Georgia is very worried about the possible sale of French warships to Russia and intends to press the issue of security guarantees in France, the country’s foreign minister said Thursday. Deborah Seward, AP NEWS - 10 minutes ago
Dubai Debt Fears Hit World Markets Hard World stock markets fell sharply Thursday as investors fretted over the debt problems at Dubai World, a government investment company, and the continued fall in the dollar. Pan Pylas, AP NEWS - 15 minutes ago
Prime Suspect in Philippine Massacre Surrenders A scion of a powerful pro-government clan suspected in the massacre of 57 people in an election caravan in the southern Philippines turned himself in Thursday amid mounting pressure on the president to crack down on lawlessness and warlords. Aaron Favila and Jim Gomez, AP NEWS - 18 minutes ago
Calif. Driver Faints, Crashes Into Parked Planes Police say a California man passed out behind the wheel of his truck, sending the vehicle crashing through a fence and into a row of parked planes at an airport in El Cajon. Staff, AP NEWS - 19 minutes ago
SKorea Confirms Some 5,000 Wartime Executions South Korean soldiers and police executed nearly 5,000 citizens during the early months of the 1950-53 Korean War, fearing they could collaborate with invading North Korean troops, a government commission said Thursday. Staff, AP NEWS - 22 minutes ago
IAEA Chief: Iran Investigation at ‘Dead End’ The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Thursday that his probe of allegations that Iran tried to make nuclear arms is at “a dead end” because Tehran is not cooperating. George Jahn, AP NEWS - 22 minutes ago
Ex-UK Envoy: US Focused on Iraq Hours After 9/11 Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice raised the issue of Iraq with the U.K. hours after the Sept. 11 attacks, Britain’s former ambassador told an inquiry into the Iraq war Thursday. David Stringer, AP NEWS - 25 minutes ago
British Banks Must Reveal Top Earners, Review Says British banks should be forced to disclose the number of employees who earn more than 1 million pounds ($1.65 million) a year, a government-commissioned review of corporate governance in banks said Thursday. Staff, AP NEWS - 29 minutes ago
Freed Foreign Journalists Arrive in Kenya Two foreign journalists freed after 15 months in captivity in Somalia arrived in neighboring Kenya Thursday. Mohamed Olad Hassan, AP NEWS - 29 minutes ago
Mumbai Commemorates Anniversary of Attacks Black-clad commandos rappelled down a building and Mumbai’s police showed off their new gear Thursday in what was intended as a reassuring display of force a year after a terror attack across the city killed 166 people. Erika Kinetz, AP NEWS - 29 minutes ago
International Court Seeks to Open Kenya Probe The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court says he has asked judges for permission to open an investigation into post-election violence that left more than 1,000 people dead in Kenya. Staff, AP NEWS - 29 minutes ago
China Unveils Carbon Emissions Targets China announced its first targets for limiting carbon emissions on Thursday, joining the United States in revealing the stance it will take at next month’s high-stakes climate summit. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 32 minutes ago
Patrols and Turkey in Afghan War Zone Thanksgiving Day for soldiers in this valley ringed by towering snowy peaks began with a 6-mile (10-kilometer) slog to aid village schools without desks and windows, and promises to end with five, once scrawny local turkeys soldiers have been fattening up for the past month. Denis D. Gray, AP NEWS - 33 minutes ago
Couple Slips Though Security to Crash State Dinner Michaele and Tareq Salahi didn’t look out of place at Tuesday’s White House state dinner. They were all smiles as they rubbed shoulders with Vice President Joe Biden, White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, Washington Mayor Adrian Fenty and CBS News anchor Katie Couric. Douglass K. Daniel, AP NEWS - 34 minutes ago
Experts: Nigerian Pirates May Be Extending Reach A bloody pirate attack off Benin’s coast is raising concerns that Nigerian pirates — operating on the opposite side of Africa from Somali pirates — are extending their reach and shows that the waters off West Africa are almost equally dangerous, a maritime expert said. Anita Powell, AP NEWS - 36 minutes ago
Large Fire Hits SE London; 310 People Evacuated A fierce fire cut through apartment blocks and a construction site in southeast London early Thursday, spreading across a road and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people. Staff, AP NEWS - 36 minutes ago
Irish Await Report on Dublin Priests' Child Abuse The Roman Catholic Church in Ireland faced another day of recriminations Thursday as the government prepared to publish an investigation into why child abuse by Dublin priests went unchecked for decades. Shawn Pogatchnik, AP NEWS - 37 minutes ago
Iraqi PM: Election Dispute Poses Risks to Security Iraq’s prime minister on Thursday warned that a dispute over an election law likely to delay a January vote was a threat to national security, but said there was no need for American troops to delay their withdrawal timetable because of the standoff. Christopher Torchia and Qassim Abdul-Zahra, AP NEWS - 40 minutes ago