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    Thousands in Argentina Protest Bush (AP)

AP - More than 1,000 rampaging anti-American protesters set a bank
 ablaze Friday as the Summit of the Americas opened, shattering
 shopfront windows with wooden clubs and throwing rocks.

    Job Market Struggles to Regain Footing (AP)

AP - The job market is struggling to regain its balance after getting
 knocked over by Hurricane Katrina. Employers, coping with high energy
 prices and shaken by two other hurricanes, showed caution in hiring in
 October.

    Bush Sidesteps Questions About CIA Leak (AP)

AP - President Bush batted away questions about the CIA leak
 investigation Friday, unable at an Americas summit thousands of miles
 from Washington to escape the controversy that has ensnared a top White
 House official and weakened his own popularity.

    Bush Tries to Improve U.S. Image at Summit (AP)

AP - President Bush on Friday worked to smooth the United States'
 troubled image in Latin America, commending Argentina's efforts to
 improve its damaged economy.

    What Libby indictment left out says a lot (USATODAY.com)

USATODAY.com - Legal experts say the fact that columnist Robert Novak is
 not critical to CIA leak case says a lot about what Special Counsel
 Patrick Fitzgerald has decided about the alleged original crime - the
 leak. It also signals that I. Lewis Libby was not one of Novak's
 sources on the story, they say.

    China, Vietnam Report New Flu Outbreaks (AP)

AP - China and Vietnam reported new bird flu outbreaks in poultry Friday
 despite massive prevention efforts, while Japan prepared to destroy
 180,000 birds to stop a suspected outbreak and Thailand announced plans
 to distribute its own generic anti-viral drug.

    Libya Reportedly Puts Blogger in Prison (AP)

AP - Libya has sent to prison for 18 months a blogger who criticized the
 government on the Internet, Human Rights Watch says in a report that
 inspired a series of Web tributes to the dissident Friday.

    Popular Snowman T-Shirt Raises Concerns (AP)

AP - One of the hottest-selling T-shirts around the country shows a
 simply drawn snowman with a menacing expression.

    North Korea Urges Women to Wear Dresses (AP)

AP - North Korea's communist government is urging women in the country
 to wear traditional Korean clothes instead of pants, according to a
 North Korean monthly magazine.

    O'Neal Out 2 to 4 Weeks With Ankle Sprain (AP)

AP - Heat center Shaquille O'Neal will miss two to four weeks with a
 sprained right ankle, adding to the team's early-season injury woes.

    Anti-Bush protests grow in Argentina (Reuters)

Reuters - Tens of thousands of marchers protested on Friday against U.S.
 President George W. Bush and his free-trade push, as leaders from the
 Americas gathered in an Argentine resort for a contentious debate on
 improving Latin America's economy.

    Annan rebuffs Iran over Israel remark (Reuters)

Reuters - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan has canceled his forthcoming
 trip to Tehran after the Iranian president's call to "wipe Israel off
 the map," the United Nations said on Friday.

    Bomb technology enters Iraq from Iran: general (Reuters)

Reuters - Sophisticated technology and explosives to make improvised
 bombs killing U.S. and other troops in Iraq are apparently entering the
 country virtually unhindered from Iran, a senior British general said
 on Friday.

    Foreign aid bill boosts AIDS funding (Reuters)

Reuters - The U.S. House of Representatives cleared a final $20.9
 billion foreign aid bill with more money than President George W. Bush
 sought to fight AIDS abroad but significantly less than he wanted for
 Iraq and his program to reward reform-minded countries.

    China, Vietnam report more bird flu outbreaks (Reuters)

Reuters - China and Vietnam reported major bird flu outbreaks in poultry
 on Friday, days before global health experts meet to refine plans to
 control the virus that has killed more than 60 people in Asia and
 spread to Europe.

    Boeing's Long Beach Workers May Pay Price of Defense Cuts (Los
     Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - The Air Force has scrapped plans to order additional
 C-17 cargo planes, a decision that could bring Boeing Co. a step closer
 to shuttering California's last major airplane manufacturing plant in
 2008, Pentagon and defense industry sources said Thursday.

    Drug Cartels Bring Rivalry and Death to Southern Mexico (Los Angeles
     Times)

Los Angeles Times - ACAPULCO -- Death surprised Julio Carlos Lopez Soto
 near the beach as he stepped out of the swanky La Mansion steakhouse,
 where the meat is grilled on tabletops overlooking the Pacific.

    Libby Pleads Not Guilty to Lying in Leak Case (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - WASHINGTON -- Six days after being indicted, former
 White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby pleaded not guilty Thursday
 to charges that he repeatedly lied to investigators and to a federal
 grand jury in the CIA leak case.

    'Producer Gets Access,' by Dana Rohrabacher (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - U.S. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher (R-Huntington Beach) used
 his influence to open doors in Washington for a Hollywood producer
 pitching a television show after the producer paid him a $23,000 option
 on a screenplay, records and interviews show.

    Saved by a Saint in a Tank (Los Angeles Times)

Los Angeles Times - For 60 years it percolated in Sam Goetz's mind,
 rising to the level of obsession -- this need to find the American
 soldier who had loomed so large in the most critical moment of Goetz's
 life.

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