Americans Give Thanks, See Parades, Feast in Space Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to hundreds of thousands of revelers eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition as turkey and pumpkin pie. Deepti Hajela, AP NEWS - 9 minutes ago
Israel Awaits Response to Settlement Offer Israel on Thursday said it put the ball in the Palestinian court with temporary controls on settlement building aimed at reviving US-backed talks, as the two sides traded charges of gamesmanship. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 9 minutes ago
Quake Shakes El Salvador, Guatemala A strong earthquake struck off El Salvador’s Pacific coast Thursday, sending people running from buildings in this Central American nation and in neighboring Guatemala. Staff, AP NEWS - 13 minutes ago
Utah Family Struggles to Make Sense of Cave Death The brother of a man who died early Thursday trapped 700-feet inside a Utah cave said his family is remarkably strong but struggles to make sense of what happened. Jennifer Dobner, AP NEWS - 15 minutes ago
Brazil Miniskirt Student Will Parade in Carnival Brazilians may be seeing a whole lot more of the student whose short pink dress got her booted from college: She’s agreed to march in the nation’s famously flesh-baring Carnival parades. Tales Azzoni, AP NEWS - 25 minutes ago
Obama Telephones Thanks to 10 US Service Members President Barack Obama enjoyed a quiet first Thanksgiving at the White House, telephoning U.S. servicemen and women stationed around the world and spending time in the company of his family and friends. Darlene Superville, AP NEWS - 26 minutes ago
Brazil, US Official Discuss Differences Brazil’s foreign minister acknowledges differences with the U.S. government over Honduras and other issues — and says he spent more than an hour Thursday talking with U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton by phone. Staff, AP NEWS - 38 minutes ago
Watchdog Warning About TV in Post-Soviet States Government-influenced television is hampering democracy in Russia, Belarus and most post-Soviet countries in Central Asia and the South Caucasus, and it could endanger international peace and security if misused as a propaganda tool, a watchdog warned Thursday. Veronika Oleksyn, AP NEWS - 38 minutes ago
‘Ghost’ Traps, Long Lost, Keep Catching Lobsters Beneath the cold ocean waters off the coast of Maine, the nation’s lobster breadbasket, lie hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of old wire lobster “ghost traps.” Lost over the years to storms, boats — even the knives of fishermen who’ve cut them from their buoys to settle scores — many of the traps continue catching lobsters. Clarke Canfield, AP NEWS - 39 minutes ago
Strong Quake Shakes El Salvador A strong earthquake has rocked El Salvador and parts of Guatemala, but no there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage in either country. Staff, AP NEWS - 39 minutes ago
Attorney Says Dinner Crashers Shouldn’t Need Him The couple who crashed a White House dinner shouldn’t need legal help, an attorney who knows them said Thursday, as the Secret Service remained quiet publicly about the eye-catching security breach. Larry Margasak, AP NEWS - 47 minutes ago
Berlusconi Escort Book Goes on Sale The book by an escort at the heart of a sex scandal involving the Italian Prime Minister hits the book shops with details of their alleged lovemaking. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 48 minutes ago
New York Cheers 83rd Macy’s Parade Manhattan streets fill with festive spirit for the latest edition of the traditional Thanksgiving Day Parade. Reuters Video, REUTERS NEWS VIDEO - 48 minutes ago
Utah Family Struggles to Make Sense of Cave Death The brother of a man who died trapped 700-feet inside a Utah cave says his family is remarkably strong, but struggling to make sense of what happened. Staff, AP NEWS - 49 minutes ago
Edward Stimpson, Aviation Advocate, Dies at 75 Edward Stimpson, an aviation advocate who pushed to rejuvenate struggling small aircraft manufacturers in the 1990s by limiting lawsuits against them, died Wednesday after an extended illness. He was 75. John Miller, AP NEWS - 50 minutes ago
Cuba Military Exercise Guards Against US Invasion Cuba’s armed forces launched three days of intense military exercises across the island Thursday, a mobilization that state-controlled media says is designed to guard against an American invasion. Paul Haven, AP NEWS - 54 minutes ago
Mumbai Commemorates Anniversary of Attacks A grandfather visited the room where his grandson was orphaned. A young man returned to the hotel where he narrowly escaped death. Mumbai residents went in droves to donate blood at a train station overrun in the 60-hour siege of India’s financial capital. Erika Kinetz, AP NEWS - 61 minutes ago
Iran Seizes Rights Lawyer’s Nobel Peace Medal Iranian authorities have confiscated Nobel Peace laureate Shirin Ebadi’s medal, her lawyer and Norway’s government said Thursday, in a sign of the increasingly drastic steps they are taking against any dissent. Nasser Karimi and Ian Macdougall, AP NEWS - 64 minutes ago
Kirk’s Low-Key Approach in Senate Drawing Notice Paul Kirk never figured to upstage the legend whose death opened up a Senate seat. Even so, the stylish Massachusetts lawyer and former Democratic Party chairman has taken on such a low profile as Edward M. Kennedy’s successor that some are questioning how great an impact he can have. Andrew Miga, AP NEWS - 69 minutes ago
Sarkozy, Amazon Leaders to Issue Rainforest Plea Representatives from eight nations straddling the Amazon basin plus French President Nicolas Sarkozy met Thursday in Brazil to urge next month’s world climate talks to preserve the rainforests. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Obama Faces Delicate Balancing Act on Climate Having vowed US climate action, President Barack Obama heads to Copenhagen needing to perform a delicate balancing act between huge expectations and the reality of a reluctant Congress. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Israel Soldier Swap Talks on Hold Till Tuesday: Palestinian Indirect talks between Israel and the Islamist Hamas movement over a prisoner exchange involving Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit have been suspended until Tuesday, a Palestinian official said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Iran Pilgrims Stage Protest as Hajj Peaks Iranians chanted death to America and Israel on Thursday as some 2.5 million Muslims, drying out after a day of torrential rains, continue their hajj pilgrimage and mass at the site of the prophet Mohammed’s last sermon. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Senegal Supports Iran’s Stance in Nuclear Dispute Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade on Thursday said he supports Iran’s right to enrich uranium for peaceful purposes and stressed that those accusing Tehran of other intentions should provide proof. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
ElBaradei Slams Iran at His Last IAEA Meeting Outgoing IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei fired a parting shot at Iran here Thursday, saying efforts to verify the exclusively peaceful nature of its nuclear programme had reached a dead end, as the UN atomic watchdog considered censuring Tehran. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
World Stocks Slump on Dubai Default Fears Global equities slumped Thursday, with Europe down 3.0 percent after Dubai’s shock call to suspend the debt of a key state company fuelled anxiety about excessive public borrowing, analysts said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Dubai Debt Fears Hit World Stock Markets Global equities slumped Thursday, with Europe down three percent after Dubai’s shock call to suspend the debt of a key state company fuelled anxiety about excessive public borrowing, analysts said. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Iraq Attacks Kill Seven, Hit Christian Sites A spate of attacks in Iraq killed seven people and struck a church and a convent on Thursday, with one bomb at a busy market claiming three lives as shoppers stocked up for a Muslim holiday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Saudi Says Nine Soldiers Missing in Yemen Fighting Nine Saudi soldiers are missing after clashes between the country’s forces and Yemeni Shiite rebels along the border between the two countries, the Saudi defence ministry said on Thursday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Norway Says Iran Confiscated Shirin Ebadi’s Nobel Prize Norway said Thursday Iran had confiscated the Nobel Peace Prize of Shirin Ebadi, a human rights advocate who won the award in 2003, and that it had summoned Iran’s envoy to Oslo to protest the matter. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Sex Abuse Report Shames Irish Catholic Church The Catholic Church in Ireland covered up widespread allegations of “evil” child sex abuse by priests for decades, according to a damning report released on Thursday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Irish Catholic Church Hid Sex Abuse for Decades: Official Ireland’s Catholic Church apologised and admitted its shame Thursday after a damning new report showed it covered up child sex abuse over more than three decades. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Gold Price Breaks 1,195 Dollars an Ounce The price of gold soared above 1,195 dollars an ounce for first time in history here on Thursday, following a purchase of IMF gold by Sri Lanka’s central bank. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Nigerian Leader Suffering From Heart Condition: Doctor Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is receiving treatment for an acute condition of the inflammation of the membrane of the heart at a Saudi hospital, his doctor said on Thursday. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Euro Slips The euro slipped against the dollar on Thursday as world markets were shaken by news that Dubai had moved to suspend part of the debt of a major state-backed development company. Afp, AFP GLOBAL EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Solemn Obama Pays Tribute to Troops on Thanksgiving Days before he is expected to order more troops to Afghanistan, President Barack Obama paid tribute to the US military Thursday, lamenting families with an empty seat at their Thanksgiving table. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 69 minutes ago
Canada Bill Clears Way to Sue Foreign Torturers An opposition lawmaker unveiled Thursday proposed legislation that would allow victims of torture to sue the perpetrators, including foreign states and officials, in Canadian courts. Afp, AFP AMERICAN EDITION - 69 minutes ago
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