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US President Barack Obama speaks during a joint press conference with Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Obama promised Tuesday he would unveil his decision "shortly" on whether to escalate the war in Afghanistan and pledged: "It is my intention to finish the job."(AFP/Saul Loeb)
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Obama expects support for more Afghanistan troops

AP - 1 hour, 41 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama expects Americans to support more U.S. troops in Afghanistan once they understand the perils of losing, and he is preparing to make his case to the nation next week.

  • Belgian patient Rom Houben, seen here using a specially-adapted computer to type messages at the Weyerke institute near Liege. Houben, who was wrongly diagnosed as being in a coma for 23 years, has revived the debate on care for those considered in a vegetative state, with the astonishing case far from unique according to a recent study.(AFP/Stringer)
    Comatose for 23 years, Belgian feels reborn AP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

    BRUSSELS - Helped by a therapist, Rom Houben's outstretched finger tapped with surprising speed on a computer touchscreen, spelling out how he felt "alone, lonely, frustrated" in the 23 years he was trapped inside a paralyzed body.

  • In this Nov. 16, 2009 photo released by the Australian Antarctic Division, an iceberg is seen at Sandy Bay on Macquarie Island's east coast, in the Southern Ocean 1,500 kilometers (930 miles) southeast of Tasmania, Australia. It is very rare to see icebergs from Macquarie Island and is uncommon to find icebergs in this general region. (AP Photo/Australian Antarctic Division, Eve Merfield)
    Icebergs head from Antarctica for New Zealand AP - 2 hours, 8 minutes ago

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Ships are on alert and maritime authorities are monitoring the movements of hundreds of menacing icebergs drifting toward New Zealand in the southern Pacific Ocean, officials said.

  • In this Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, photo, Michael Rader, of Ashland, Pa., looks over small electronics at Best Buy in Mechanicsburg, Pa. Americans' confidence in the economy improved slightly in November, but they remain gloomy amid a weak job market heading into the holiday season.(AP Photo Carolyn Kaster)
    Wary consumers, rising unemployment snag recovery AP - Wed Nov 25, 3:03 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - The economy is not growing as fast as the government first thought and the recovery still faces significant obstacles, including households nervous about spending and rising unemployment.

  • In this Monday Nov. 23, 2009 photo provided by ABC, Donny Osmond, left, and Kym Johnson perform during 'Dancing with the Stars' in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/ABC, Adam Larkey) NO SALES
    Donny Osmond wins `Dancing with the Stars' AP - Tue Nov 24, 11:54 PM ET

    NEW YORK - Donny Osmond was declared the new champion of "Dancing with Stars" on Tuesday night, taking home the show's mirror ball trophy in the season finale of the ABC contest reality program.

  • Philadelphia 76ers center Samuel Dalembert (1) goes to the basket against Washington Wizards center Fabricio Oberto (21) of Argentina during the first half of an NBA basketball game, Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
    Wizards edge 76ers 108-107 after owner's death AP - Wed Nov 25, 1:47 AM ET

    WASHINGTON - Antawn Jamison had 32 points and 14 rebounds to lead Washington past the Philadelphia 76ers 108-107 on Tuesday night, hours after the death of Wizards owner Abe Pollin.

  • U.S. Army Sergeant Salei Sale (L) of A-BTRY 2/377 PFAR Task Force Steel looks on as other soldiers fire their weapons during a training session at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Tillman, November 23, 2009. REUTERS/Bruno Domingos
    Obama says will "finish the job" in Afghanistan Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 6:38 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to "finish the job" of an unpopular and costly eight-year war in Afghanistan, and officials said he could announce an increase of around 30,000 troops next week.

  • New York rally planned to protest 9/11 trial Reuters - 1 hour, 3 minutes ago

    NEW YORK (Reuters) - A group against bringing the self-professed mastermind of the September 11 attacks to trial in a U.S. civilian court will hold a rally in New York demanding Washington reconsider its decision, the group said on Tuesday.

  • Pakistan ex-army officer detained over Chicago case Reuters - 1 hour, 53 minutes ago

    ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani security agencies have detained a former army officer for possible links with two men arrested in Chicago on terrorism charges, an army spokesman said on Wednesday.

  • President Barack Obama listens while India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh speaks during a welcome ceremony at the White House in Washington November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Larry Downing
    Obama seeks to reassure Singh on U.S.-India ties Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 10:03 PM ET

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday of his commitment to boosting U.S. ties with India even as his administration has set its rivals, China and Pakistan, as top priorities.

  • A backhoe lifts the wreckage of a local television network's vehicle that was unearthed from a shallow grave at the site of a massacre of a political clan that included several journalists in the outskirts of Ampatuan, Maguindanao in southern Philippines, November 25, 2009. REUTERS/Erik de Castro
    Eleven more bodies found at Philippine massacre site Reuters - 1 hour, 1 minute ago

    AMPATUAN, Philippines (Reuters) - Philippine security forces found 11 more bodies Wednesday at the site of an election-related massacre in the south of the country, taking the toll to 57 dead, officials said.

  • People stroll outside the Taj Mahal hotel ahead of the first anniversary of the militant attacks in Mumbai, November 24, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe
    India on the vigil but remains vulnerable to attacks Reuters - 2 hours, 14 minutes ago

    MUMBAI (Reuters) - The paramilitary troops outside the Trident and Taj Mahal hotels suggest a higher level of security a year after militants laid siege to Mumbai, but it may all be a mirage as the country still remains very vulnerable.

  • This image from NASA TV shows the Space Shuttle Atlantis doing it's fly around passing behind the Russian segment of the International Space Station shortly after undocking from the International Space Station early Wednesday Nov. 25, 2009. The Poisk can be seen at right. The shuttle is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center, Friday morning. The (AP Photo/NASA)
    Atlantis leaves station as NASA eyes shuttles' end Reuters - 38 minutes ago

    CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis left the International Space Station on Wednesday after a seven-day stay to deliver gear to keep the outpost operating after the shuttle program is retired next year.

  • Cambodians wait to attend the trial of Kaing Guek Eav -- also known as Duch -- at the Extraordinary Chamber in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in Phnom Penh. Prosecutors have asked Cambodia's war crimes court to hand a 40-year jail term to Duch, accused of overseeing 15,000 deaths at the regime's main torture centre.(AFP/Tang Chhin Sothy)
    Khmer Rouge jailer expresses "excruciating remorse" Reuters - 2 hours, 25 minutes ago

    PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer expressed "excruciating remorse" on Wednesday for more than 14,000 people killed under his watch at a notorious prison during Cambodia's ultra-Maoist revolution of the 1970s.

  • US Marines fire mortar rounds from their forward operating base in Mian Poshteh in Helmand Province. President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban(AFP/Manpreet Romana)
    Obama vows to 'finish the job' in Afghanistan AFP - 2 hours, 45 minutes ago

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - President Barack Obama, vowing to "finish the job" in Afghanistan, promised he would soon announce his decision on sending tens of thousands more US troops to battle Al-Qaeda and the Taliban.

  • Workers load into a truck dead bodies, victims of massacre after gunmen shot at least 52 people at Saniag, Maguindanao province, on November 24. Philippine police have named a political ally of President Gloria Arroyo as the prime suspect in the election-linked massacre.(AFP/Mark Navales)
    Arroyo vows justice as massacre toll hits 52 AFP - Wed Nov 25, 2:47 AM ET

    COTABATO, Philippines (AFP) - Philippine President Gloria Arroyo vowed Wednesday justice would be served after 52 people were killed in a political massacre, but refused to say if an ally blamed for the murders would be arrested.

  • Muslim pilgrims wait to move from Mecca to Mina. The world's largest annual religious pilgrimage has begun but was overshadowed by the swine flu pandemic as 2.5 million Muslims massed at the holy city of Mecca for the hajj.(AFP/Mahmud Hams)
    Millions begin hajj amid swine flu fears AFP - 57 minutes ago

    MECCA, Saudi Arabia (AFP) - The world's largest annual religious pilgrimage began on Wednesday but was overshadowed by the swine flu pandemic as 2.5 million Muslims massed at the holy city of Mecca for the hajj.

  • Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (L) walks with Venezuelan Foreign Minister Nicolas Maduro upon arrival at Simon Bolivar International Airport in Caracas. Ahmadinejad is on the third and final stop of his whirlwind tour of friendly Latin American nations who support Iran's controversial nuclear program(AFP/Juan Barreto)
    Iran's Ahmadinejad in Venezuela on official visit AFP - Wed Nov 25, 1:03 AM ET

    CARACAS (AFP) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in Caracas for a meeting with President Hugo Chavez, just hours after the Iranian leader stopped in La Paz for a meeting with the Bolivian leader.

  • A sales assistant arranges gold jewellery at a shop in Ahmedabad. Gold production will continue to fall, despite a brief boost in 2009 and soaring prices, as deposits are exhausted and new discoveries remain elusive, say miners(AFP/File/Sam Panthaky)
    We're running out of gold: miners AFP - 2 hours, 31 minutes ago

    MONTREAL (AFP) - Gold production will continue to fall, despite a brief boost in 2009 and soaring prices, as deposits are exhausted and new discoveries remain elusive, say miners.

  • Bank group ABN Amro has reported a third-quarter net loss of a billion euros (1.5 billion dollars), a sharp improvement from the outcome in the previous quarter.(AFP/File/Chris Young)
    ABN Amro reports quarterly loss of 1 bln euros AFP - 1 hour, 39 minutes ago

    THE HAGUE (AFP) - Bank group ABN Amro reported a third-quarter net loss of a billion euros (1.5 billion dollars) on Wednesday, a sharp improvement from the outcome in the previous quarter.

  • Gold prices have soared to a record above 1,180 dollars an ounce in London on the back of weak greenback, which makes the precious metal cheaper for buyers using stronger currencies.(AFP/File/Joe Klamar)
    Gold hits record high $1,180 per ounce AFP - 1 hour, 45 minutes ago

    LONDON (AFP) - Gold prices soared to a record above 1,180 dollars here on Wednesday on the back of weak greenback, which makes the precious metal cheaper for buyers using stronger currencies, traders said.

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  • A handout photograph released in London November 24, 2009, shows the damage sustained by Bridgewater House in London during World War Two German air raids in 1941. Paul Delaroche's "Charles I Insulted by Cromwell's Soldiers", was hanging in the dining room at the time and sustained extensive shrapnel damage. REUTERS/The Times/Handout
    Delaroche work "ruined" in war rescued for show Reuters - Tue Nov 24, 10:58 AM ET

    LONDON (Reuters Life!) - A major work by French painter Paul Delaroche thought to have been virtually destroyed during a World War Two German air raid on London in 1941 has been unrolled and found to be in good condition.

  • A job seeker picks up a copy of the Washington Job Guide at a job fair in a Washington hotel, August 6, 2009. REUTERS/Jason Reed
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    While searching for work alongside 16 million people who are angling for the same openings, getting a hiring manager to tell you why you didn't get hired is about as easy as actually getting the job. But one of the best things you can do is examine your job search with a critical eye: Is your résumé really a good advertisement for your skills? Does your nail-gnawing habit turn off prospective employers? Do you tend to make your interviewers a little nervous?

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    LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Aerial photographs of prisoners in high security Colditz and POWs who worked on the infamous bridge over the River Kwai are among images now available to view online for the first time.