http://www.metro.usen-us The end is near.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/20/07/1400-82/index.xml 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.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/19/06/0626-82/index.xml 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.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/18/05/3541-82/index.xml 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.” http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/17/06/2958-82/index.xml 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.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/17/06/2618-82/index.xml 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.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/17/06/2419-82/index.xml 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. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/16/07/3227-82/index.xml Memorizing 3,500 binary numbers — impossible? Not so. That’s just one task competitive memorizers are tackling at the World Memory Championships, in London. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/16/07/2400-82/index.xml 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.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/13/04/5109-82/index.xml Forget Iraq, the combat zone. Instead visualize Iraq, the country of barbecued fish and historic sites.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/13/04/4112-82/index.xml 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.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/12/05/5204-82/index.xml 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.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/12/05/4841-82/index.xml 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. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/12/05/3807-82/index.xml Chancellor Angela Merkel and other leaders hailed the human courage that toppled the Berlin Wall, saying the historic events of 20 years ago showed the world could tackle new challenges, from poverty to climate change.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/10/05/3019-82/index.xml The Berlin Wall was cracked open almost accidentally. “Mass media were reporting that [Socialist Party speaker] Gunter Schabowski had said the border to West Germany was now open,” recalls Christoph Links, then a young book editor. “The Wall hadn’t actually been opened, but so many people came and pushed toward it, that the guards felt they had no choice but to let them through.” http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/09/08/5247-82/index.xml Yesterday was a historic one for the church: Eva Brunne, 55, became the world’s first openly lesbian bishop. Only two weeks ago the Lutheran Church of Sweden — the country’s largest — said yes to same-sex marriages. Metro spoke to Eva Brunne before her ordination in Stockholm.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/09/08/2218-82/index.xml WASHINGTON. British support for the war in Afghanistan has declined as the number of combat deaths exceeded 200 and the nation’s top military commander said Prime Minister Gordon Brown hasn’t done enough to make a case for fighting.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/09/08/1927-82/index.xml With its string of pastel pink beads and sparkly diamante clasp, the necklace would not look out of place in any Tokyo fashion store.http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/09/08/1402-82/index.xml With Sante D’Orazio behind the camera, celebrities will do the craziest things. Famous faces from Angelina Jolie to Pamela Anderson have posed for the photographer. Now D’Orazio presents his favorite photos from the past 10 years in a new book, “Barely Private.” http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/06/07/5953-82/index.xml Afghan President Hamid Karzai was returned to power after election officials canceled a needless runoff vote yesterday, but was warned he would need to work harder to retain the West’s support after a flawed electoral process. http://www.metro.us/us/article/2009/11/03/07/3038-82/index.xml