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• 200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English (AP)
• AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban (AP)
• AP NewsBreak: China holds, mistreats US geologist (AP)
• UN urges help for 1 billion deprived children (AP)
• Irate Irish cry foul after ref hands win to France (AP)
• Are the Earth's Oceans Hitting Their Carbon Cap? (Time.com)
• Europe names Belgian PM as first president (AFP)
• Egypt, Algeria soccer tiff grows (AP)
• Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat (AP)
• Zimbabwe farmers a boon for Nigerian agriculture (Reuters)
• Gates says Afghan surge could happen swiftly (AP)
• Clinton, warlord Dostum are honored guests at Karzai fete (McClatchy Newspapers)
• Afghanistan President Karzai inaugural: promises of clean cabinet (The Christian Science Monitor)
• "Nobu" Fever: Japan Falls for a Young Piano Prodigy (Time.com)
• Immigration Reform: The Call Heard Round the Country (OneWorld.net)

200 Web sites spread al-Qaida's message in English (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 04:12 PM PST AP - Increasing numbers of English-language Web sites are spreading al-Qaida's message to Muslims in the West. They translate writings and sermons once largely out of reach of English readers and often feature charismatic clerics like Anwar al-Awlaki, who exchanged dozens of e-mails with the Army psychiatrist accused of the Fort Hood shootings.

AP Exclusive: Muslim countries seek blasphemy ban (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:56 PM PST AP - Four years after cartoons of the prophet Muhammad set off violent protests across the Muslim world, Islamic nations are mounting a campaign for an international treaty to protect religious symbols and beliefs from mockery — essentially a ban on blasphemy that would put them on a collision course with free speech laws in the West.

AP NewsBreak: China holds, mistreats US geologist (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 01:02 PM PST AP - Sometime into his long detention by China's feared state security agents, American geologist Xue Feng had something to show U.S. consular officials on their monthly visit. He rolled up his sleeve, revealing the burns where his interrogators pressed lit cigarettes into his arm.

UN urges help for 1 billion deprived children (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:44 PM PST AP - UNICEF urged the world to help the 1 billion children still deprived of food, shelter, clean water or health care — and the hundreds of millions more threatened by violence — two decades after the U.N. adopted a treaty guaranteeing children's rights.

Irate Irish cry foul after ref hands win to France (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 01:37 PM PST AP - Soccer-mad Ireland is fighting mad — and demanding justice for a disputed goal that had fans here crying "Oui were robbed."

Are the Earth's Oceans Hitting Their Carbon Cap? (Time.com) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 07:30 AM PST Time.com - A new study finds that the oceans' ability to absorb man-made carbon emissions may be dwindling, at the same time the world's emissions rates show no sign of slowing

Europe names Belgian PM as first president (AFP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 04:15 PM PST AFP - EU leaders on Thursday picked little known Belgian prime minister Herman Van Rompuy as Europe's first president with a mission to give the continent a greater world profile.

Egypt, Algeria soccer tiff grows (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 02:39 PM PST AP - Egypt on Thursday recalled its ambassador to Algeria for consultations as part of a growing diplomatic row caused by a bitter soccer rivalry between the two Arab nations that has sparked violence among fans.

Peruvian police: Gang killed people for their fat (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 04:12 PM PST AP - A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed skepticism that a major market for fat might exist.

Zimbabwe farmers a boon for Nigerian agriculture (Reuters) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 04:12 PM PST Reuters - When white Zimbabwean farmer Irvin Reid arrived in Nigeria almost five years ago, he was given a set of grid references in the remote bush and told to find water and build a new farm.

Gates says Afghan surge could happen swiftly (AP) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 04:15 PM PST AP - Defense Secretary Robert Gates said any new U.S. forces President Barack Obama sends to Afghanistan could move into the country swiftly, despite logistical hassles that force almost all major deliveries of troops and supplies to go by air.

Clinton, warlord Dostum are honored guests at Karzai fete (McClatchy Newspapers) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 03:15 PM PST McClatchy Newspapers - KABUL, Afghanistan — President Hamid Karzai began his second term Thursday under international pressure to select a Cabinet that can regain the trust of disillusioned Afghans, quash widespread government corruption and build a reliable military that can take charge of his country's defense.

Afghanistan President Karzai inaugural: promises of clean cabinet (The Christian Science Monitor) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 01:00 AM PST The Christian Science Monitor - Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai promised to crack down on corruption after being sworn in for his second term on Thursday. But his related promise to fill his cabinet with "professionals" may be what the US and other governments were most hoping to hear on the topic.

"Nobu" Fever: Japan Falls for a Young Piano Prodigy (Time.com) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 07:30 AM PST Time.com - The latest cultural obsession in Japan is Nobuyuki Tsujii, a 21-year-old blind piano prodigy and the first Japanese winner of the Van Cliburn International Competition in June

Immigration Reform: The Call Heard Round the Country (OneWorld.net) Posted: 19 Nov 2009 11:02 AM PST OneWorld.net - NEW YORK, Nov 19 (New America Media) - Organizers described them as immigration reform "house parties."

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