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US – Friday, November 20

Experts: Homegrown terror biggest threat

Terrorist incidents over the past 12 months show that Islamic extremists within the U.S. increasingly are launching attacks against targets such as military bases, antiterrorist experts said Thursday.

U.N. attacks hunger

The United Nations said yesterday that agreeing to a climate change deal is crucial to fighting global hunger, which Brazil’s president described as “the most devastating weapon of mass destruction.”

What women want: Wilmer

How does Wilmer Valderrama do it? The actor has dated a bevy of Hollywood beauties, from Mandy Moore to Lindsay Lohan (pre-career implosion) to Hilary Duff. He’s even claimed that Ashlee Simpson and Jennifer Love Hewitt have had a piece of Vaderrama-action.

The saga continues with rush of ‘New’ blood

REVIEW. No matter how this review of ‘New Moon’ ends, whether this critic loves or loathes the film, is irrelevant. If you’re one of the legions of “Twi-Hards,” you’ll be stepping on heads to see it this weekend anyway.

Wall Street dips after bad outlook for Target

NEW YORK. U.S. stocks fell yesterday after discount retailer Target gave a cautious holiday season outlook, but positive brokerage comments on tech bellwether Microsoft helped limit losses.

Annie Lennox: ‘I am my own aids campaign’

Annie Lennox has been an icon since shooting to fame with the Eurythmics two decades ago. The “Greatest White Soul Singer Alive” won a 2004 Academy Award for best original song. But these days, Lennox’s heart belongs less to Billboard charts than to dying children. She campaigns on behalf of African children infected with AIDS. She talked exclusively to Metro.

Photo: GETTY IMAGESOPRAH TO QUIT IN ’11

The end is near.

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Obama’s prediction: Death for 9/11 leader

President Barack Obama may be thinking past the controversy over the decision to try the 9/11 mastermind blocks from Ground Zero: He’s already talking about the execution of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed.

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Obama takes on economic woes during China visit

President Barack Obama wrangled over trade and currency policy with his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao yesterday, with Iran and North Korea competing for attention at the summit of the two global powers.

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Pakistan urged to fight Taliban

The United States has stepped up pressure on Pakistan to expand its fight against Taliban and al-Qaida militants, warning that the success of its new Afghanistan strategy depends on it, The New York Times reported yesterday.

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Iraq: End Kuwait reparations

UNITED NATIONS. The United Nations is outlining a plan to help Iraq end its dispute with neighboring Kuwait over war reparations, 19 years after Baghdad invaded the oil-producing Gulf state, a U.N. official said yesterday.

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Don’t you remember?

Memorizing 3,500 binary numbers — impossible? Not so. That’s just one task competitive memorizers are tackling at the World Memory Championships, in London.

Leaders back delay to final deal on climate

President Barack Obama and other world leaders yesterday supported delaying a legally binding climate pact until 2010 or even later, but European negotiators said the move did not imply weaker action.

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Illegal flow of cash to Iran?

Federal prosecutors filed a civil lawsuit Thursday to seize control of a New York City skyscraper they say is owned by companies illegally funneling money to the Iranian government.

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Iraq, a tourist hot spot?

Forget Iraq, the combat zone. Instead visualize Iraq, the country of barbecued fish and historic sites.

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Plane pilot charged with being drunk

LONDON. A United Airlines pilot has been charged after being arrested at London’s Heathrow Airport on suspicion of being drunk shortly before he was about to fly a transatlantic airliner, police said yesterday.

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Probe spotlights Muslim preacher

A radical Muslim preacher linked by U.S. intelligence to a gunman who killed 13 people at a U.S. Army base is an influential voice in English-language Internet forums increasingly used by militants unfamiliar with Arabic.

Photo: GETTY IMAGESLottery wins can make happiness — or misery

On Tuesday morning, the world met its newest millionaires: Les and Samantha Scadding from Newport, Wales, and seven Hewlett-Packard employees in Liverpool, including 19-year-old Alex Parry.

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Gettin’ ‘super freaky’ with global problems

Castro’s sister recounts CIA role

Bosnia’s Karadzic snubs trial

Israel, Palestine have tossed their road map

Hong Kong hoteliers want space

Global hotel rates dropping

Colombian soccer players found dead in Venezuela

Baghdad bombs kill 132, government slams neighbors

IAEA visits Iran's second enrichment site: report

Pakistan forces bomb Taliban in South Waziristan

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China’s wealthiest on the ‘green’ train

Afghan election officials fired ahead of run-off

Karzai accepts 2nd attempt at election

Chinese letters reform explodes

What is the farthest point from a McD’s?

For many, happiness is rising

Happy holidays: Brand new Macs

Brit babes on boob jobs: Bigger is best

Today’s man ‘inadequate,’ says scientist

Second Life, say users, has got its own second life

The November MMMpod features interviews and music with a band called Girls, a band of girls called Supercute, and a supercute vampire. Yes, listeners, we have Pattinson!

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