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  • Britain wins 5 International Emmys; 1st for Brazil

    AP - Tuesday, November 24

    NEW YORK - Julie Walters and Ben Whishaw took the top acting awards as British TV productions won five International Emmys on a night that saw Brazil get its first ever for a Bollywood-style telenovela.

  • A NASA image shows Planet Earth in one of the most up-to-date images of the world to date. Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday.

    Mankind using Earth's resources at alarming rate

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Humanity would need five Earths to produce the resources needed if everyone lived as profligately as Americans, according to a report issued Tuesday.

  • RPT-UPDATE1-India Mahindra arm to bid for $3.5 bln defence deals

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 24

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  • Troops deployed after Philippine massacre: military

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    MANILA (AFP) - - Hundreds of extra troops have been deployed in the southern Philippines after gunmen believed linked to a local politician kidnapped and killed at least 22 people, a military spokesman said Tuesday.

  • The KLM airplane which runs on biokerosene is seen at Schiphol airport, near Amsterdam. A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel.

    KLM flies world's first "passenger flight on biofuel"

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    THE HAGUE (AFP) - - A Boeing 747, one of four engines powered by a 50-percent biokerosene mix, circled the Netherlands for an hour on Monday for what airline KLM called the world's first passenger flight using biofuel.

  • Scientists react as they stand in front of a screen at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) control center of the ATLAS detectors during the restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva. Two circulating beams produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider, three days after it was restarted, scientists announced.

    Success for Large Hadron Collider as first atom smashed

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    GENEVA (AFP) - - Two circulating beams on Monday produced the first particle collisions in the world's biggest atom smasher, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), three days after its restart, scientists announced.

  • Man pleads innocent to taping Erin Andrews nude

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 24

    LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Chicago insurance man pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges that he peeped into television sports reporter Erin Andrews' hotel room when she was nude, took video of her and tried to sell the footage.

  • ABC gets complaints about Lambert's performance

    AP - Tuesday, November 24

    NEW YORK - ABC says more than 1,500 people have called to complain about Adam Lambert's sexually charged performance at the American Music Awards.

  • British singer Susan Boyle performs on NBC's

    Susan Boyle set for biggest UK album of 2009: HMV

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 24

    LONDON (Reuters) - Scottish singer Susan Boyle, who shot to fame after her audition for "Britain's Got Talent" was aired in April, appears set to have the biggest album in Britain this year, music retailer HMV said on Monday.

  • Darwin book found on shelf worth up to $100,000

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 24

    LONDON (Reuters) - A first edition of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species," which had been kept in a toilet bookcase for years, will go on sale this week and is expected to fetch 40-60,000 pounds ($66-100,000).

  • Backdropped against the horizon of Earth, astronauts Mike Foreman and Randy Bresnik (centre) are seen during the second space walk on November 21. Astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis have ventured into open space on the third and final spacewalk of their mission to maintain and install more high-tech equipment on the International Space Station.

    Atlantis astronauts begin third and last spacewalk

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    WASHINGTON (AFP) - - Astronauts from the US space shuttle Atlantis ventured into open space early Monday on the third and final spacewalk of their mission to maintain and install more high-tech equipment on the International Space Station.

  • U2 to headline Glastonbury festival

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    LONDON (AFP) - - Irish rockers U2 will headline Glastonbury Festival next year, making their first appearance at the event as it celebrates its 40th anniversary, organisers said Monday.

  • Brad Pitt's production company enters "Dark Void"

    Reuters - Tuesday, November 24

    By Steven Zeitchik

  • A man checks his laptop in front of a stock index monitor in Taipei. Taiwan plans to restrict Chinese stock investment in strategic sectors, as it seeks to keep control of its economy amid rapidly growing ties with the mainland, local media said Monday.

    Taiwan to curb China investment: report

    AFP - Tuesday, November 24

    TAIPEI (AFP) - - Taiwan plans to restrict Chinese stock investment in strategic sectors, as it seeks to keep control of its economy amid rapidly growing ties with the mainland, local media said Monday.

  • Swimmer Ryan Lochte poses for photos on the red carpet during the 2009 USA Swimming Foundation Golden Goggles Awards on November 22, 2009 at the Beverly Hills Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. Lochte beat out superstar Michael Phelps and veteran Aaron Peirsol for male swimmer of the year at the awards on Sunday.

    Lochte ends Phelps's reign as swimmer of year

    AFP - Monday, November 23

    LOS ANGELES (AFP) - - Ryan Lochte beat out superstar Michael Phelps and veteran Aaron Peirsol for male swimmer of the year Sunday at USA Swimming's Golden Goggles awards.

  • Taylor Swift wins five American Music Awards

    Reuters - Monday, November 23

    By Dean Goodman

  • Jackson, Swift face off at American Music Awards

    AP - Monday, November 23

    LOS ANGELES - Janet Jackson kicked off the American Music Awards with a medley of some of her biggest hits, but it was her late brother Michael who was poised to be one of the night's big winners, up for five American Music Awards, including entertainer of the year.