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What to expect this week from school protests rattling France's government
World/Nation 11/29/2013
• Stores usher in holiday shopping season early
Pope ramps up charity office to be near poor, sick
VATICAN CITY - When he was archbishop of Buenos Aires, Pope Francis was known to sneak out at night and break bread with the homeless, sit with them literally on the street and eat with them, as part of his aim to …
Global free-trade talks collapse
GENEVA - Negotiators came close but failed Tuesday to clinch a free-trade deal that could have helped boost the world economy by $1 trillion a year and cleared the way for a broader global agreement.
World/Nation 11/27/2013
• Winds could ground balloonsin Macy's parade
Dubai chosen to host 2020 World Expo
PARIS - Fireworks erupted in Dubai after the tiny Gulf emirate won the right to host the 2020 World Expo, becoming the first Middle Eastern city to organize the event in its more than 150-year history.
Beijing targets barbecue grills to cut pollution
BEIJING (AP) - Beijing is waging a war against air pollution, one barbecue at a time.
Problems pile up in Asia for U.S. policymakers
WASHINGTON - While the Obama administration is making diplomatic progress on some of the Mideast's thorniest security issues, problems are piling up in Asia, a region that President Barack Obama had wanted to play …
World/Nation 11/28/2013
• Park Service pulls comments on fracking rule
Pakistani political party reveals CIA station chief
ISLAMABAD (AP) - A political party opposed to U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan revealed what it said was the name of the top CIA spy in the country on Wednesday and called for him and the head of the agency to be tri…
World/Nation Briefs November 26, 2013
World/Nation 11/23/2013
• Study: Kids are less fit than their parents were
A fight for the top of the world
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia - The U.S. will assert its sovereignty in the Arctic, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel warned Friday, even as Russia, China and other nations…
'Monster' cosmic blast zips harmlessly by Earth
WASHINGTON (AP) - Astronomers call it the monster. It was the biggest and brightest cosmic explosion ever witnessed. Had it been closer, Earth would have been …
World/Nation 11/23/2013
• Kerry, Russian foreign minister join nuclear talks
Turmoil at climate talks as blame game heats up
WARSAW, Poland - Rich and poor nations are struggling with a yawning rift at the U.N. climate talks as developing countries look for new ways to make developed countries accept responsibility for global warming - a…