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Rivals inject political ties into nonpartisan council race

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Jolanda Jones, a Democrat, is fighting to retain her at-large Houston City Council seat in a runoff with Republican Jack Christie.



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Obama’s big climate journey: he has a mountain to climb and a gulf to bridge – Times Online

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Globe and Mail
Obama's big climate journey: he has a mountain to climb and a gulf to bridge
Times Online
President Obama has no official engagements for the Thanksgiving weekend but that does not mean that his Blackberry will be switched off. Behind the scenes he has a mountain to climb to sell his new climate change commitments to a sceptical American
Europeans Upbeat Over Obama's Climate Change AttendanceVoice of America
Ambitious emissions cut target poses challenges to ChinaXinhua
European Union carbon boosted by China, us pledgesReuters
The Associated Press -AFP -Wall Street Journal
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Network Cameras Followed White House Crashers – New York Times

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Sydney Morning Herald
Network Cameras Followed White House Crashers
New York Times
WASHINGTON — The cable network Bravo confirmed on Thursday that its cameras were following — and filming — an aspiring reality-show couple who managed to attend President Obama's first state dinner at
White House investigating state dinner crashersNECN
Attorney says dinner crashers shouldn't need himThe Associated Press
Socialite couple walk in to President Obama's state dinnerguardian.co.uk
CNN International -FOXNews -WJLA
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Two Million Muslims to Stone Devil at Hajj – FOXNews

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msnbc.com
Two Million Muslims to Stone Devil at Hajj
FOXNews
AP Nov. 26: Muslim pilgrims, seen from a helicopter, climb the Mountain of Mercy, a rocky hill on the Plain of Arafat, and pray for God's forgiveness. Two million Muslims are headed to Muzdalifa, Saudi Arabia, to cast stones at the devil in the most
Thousands of American Muslims Travel to Saudi for HajjVoice of America
Two million Muslims prepare to stone devil at hajReuters
Hajj pilgrims not among those killed in rainCNN International
ABC Online -CNN -The Associated Press
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Perry leads Texas fight against climate bill

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The governor is chief among the bill’s critics, saying it would cripple the state’s economy and the oil, gas and chemical industries it depends on. Texas leads the U.S. in greenhouse gas production.



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Khmer Rouge torturer had to "kill or be killed" – Reuters

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Boston Globe
Khmer Rouge torturer had to "kill or be killed"
Reuters
PHNOM PENH, Nov 26 (Reuters) – The Khmer Rouge's chief torturer and jailer had to "kill or be killed" and operate like an "obedient machine",
World briefsDallas Morning News
Khmer Rouge jailer's tale of remorse scornedGlobe and Mail
Khmer Rouge's top torturer 'sorry' for brutalityIrish Independent
Edmonton Journal -New York Times -Bangkok Post
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‘I didn’t ask,’ Jones’s wife says

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Hundreds of thousands of dollars flowed through Maxine
Jones’s bank account annually, and she never questioned where the
money was coming from.



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Plan for new electoral map unfolds

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A bill to redraw Quebec’s electoral map, establishing 126 protected ridings while banning anonymous political contributions and making other changes in the province’s party financing law, was presented yesterday in the National Assembly.



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Government toughens scrutiny of road contracts

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Transport Quebec is keeping a closer watch on how it hands out road contracts in the wake of stinging criticism by the province’s auditor-general.



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Quebec City collector sues Michael Jackson’s estate

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A Quebec collector is suing Michael Jackson’s estate and Julien’s Auction House for million US over a cancelled auction of the King of Pop’s memorabilia.



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