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Hillary Clinton agrees to be Secretary of State under Barack Obama

Posted: November 22nd, 2008, 2:55pm CST

Hillary Clinton has decided to accept the post of Secretary of State, aides to the former First Lady said last night, ending a week-long drama that had threatened to throw Barack Obama’s White House transition off course.
Mahdi Army warns of new insurgency in Iraq if US troops stay until 2011

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Supporters of Hojatoleslam Moqtada al-Sadr, the anti-American cleric, burnt an effigy of George Bush in Baghdad yesterday and gave warning of a return to armed resistance if parliament approves a deal that will allow US forces to remain in Iraq for three more years.
Martine Aubry and Ségolène Royal scrap for the soul of socialism

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

The fight for leadership of the French Socialist party came down last night to a run-off between two female foes: Ségolène Royal, the glamorous former presidential candidate, and Martine Aubry, the stern-mannered Mayor of Lille.
Somali piracy prompts security firms to spy new jobs on high seas

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Electric fencing, sonic guns and even armed mercenaries are being offered as the first line of defence for ships at risk in pirate-infested waters.
Pearl farming in China loses its lustre as global prices dive

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Autumn is pearl harvest season and the roadsides around Shanxia Lake are heaped with mounds of mussels stripped of their bounty.
His album is here after a decade, so where exactly is Axl Rose?

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

There are barely 48 hours to go before the release of perhaps the most widely anticipated album in rock music history. Yet its creator — Axl Rose — is nowhere to be found.
Niche enterprise for the despicable, desperate and daring

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Ever since freelance booty-hunters spotted the vulnerability of Homeric-age galleys forging trade routes in the Mediterranean, pirates have been a scourge of the high seas.
Congress pours scorn on car-maker bailout

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

“I'm going to ask the three executives here to raise their hand if they flew here commercial,” said Congressman Brad Sherman. No one stirred at the table where the chiefs of America's big three carmakers had gathered to beg for another $25 billion ($£17 billion) bailout of their stricken firms.
International envoys' Zimbabwe visit condemned by Robert Mugabe

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 12:16pm CST

A trio of elder statesmen are set to fly in to inspect the situation in Zimbabwe this weekend despite, claims from President Mugabe that they are not welcome and are bent on “illegal regime change”.
EU claims success after online Euro-library crashes until mid-December

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 11:38am CST

It was heralded as the ultimate library, museum and art gallery all rolled into one and just a click of a mouse away. But Europeana, the online repository of millions of the finest artefacts from Europe’s top cultural institutions, crashed within hours after an unexpected demand from users to view the Mona Lisa.

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Hillary Clinton agrees to be Secretary of State under Barack Obama

Posted: November 22nd, 2008, 2:55pm CST

Mahdi Army warns of new insurgency in Iraq if US troops stay until 2011

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Martine Aubry and Ségolène Royal scrap for the soul of socialism

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Somali piracy prompts security firms to spy new jobs on high seas

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Pearl farming in China loses its lustre as global prices dive

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

His album is here after a decade, so where exactly is Axl Rose?

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Niche enterprise for the despicable, desperate and daring

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

Congress pours scorn on car-maker bailout

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 6:00pm CST

International envoys' Zimbabwe visit condemned by Robert Mugabe

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 12:16pm CST

EU claims success after online Euro-library crashes until mid-December

Posted: November 21st, 2008, 11:38am CST