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Updated : Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:21:16 GMT

U.S.-led coalition in Iraq dwindles as allies leave (Reuters)
A U.S soldier stands guard during a graduation ceremony at Al-Furat Iraqi Police Training Center in Baghdad December 2, 2008. (Saad Shalash/Reuters)Reuters - A string of departures by the U.S. military's allies in Iraq is turning into an exodus as violence subsides and the end of a U.N. mandate permitting their deployment to the country approaches.
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Dec 2008 16:57:15 GMT

Cruise passengers describe 'cheeky' pirate attack (AP)
Pirates ride alongside the luxury American cruise ship M/S Nautica, in this photo take from the Nautica, during a hijack attempt on the vessel, off the coast of Yemen in the Gulf of Aden, Sunday, Nov. 30, 2008. The M/S Nautica, carrying 656 international passengers and 399 crew members, was sailing through the Gulf of Aden on Sunday when it encountered six bandits in two speedboats. The pirates fired at the passenger liner but the larger ship was faster than the pirates' vessels, and escaped being boarded.(AP Photo)AP - Ordered to get inside and stay down, Oregon tourist Clyde Thornburg heard the pirates' rifle shots hit the side of the luxury cruise liner — "Pop! Pop! Pop!" — then felt the ship speed up to escape.
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:12:35 GMT

UAW to renegotiate labor terms, suspend jobs bank (AP)
Amy Vollmar, 43, from Bowling Green, Ohio, a worker for Chrysler for the past 24 years, listens during a Chrysler rally at the Jeep plant in Toledo, Ohio, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. (AP Photo/Madalyn Ruggiero)AP - The United Auto Workers said Wednesday it is willing to change its contracts with U.S. automakers and accept delayed payments of billions of dollars to a union-run health care trust to do its part to help the struggling companies secure $34 billion in government loans.
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:17:21 GMT

Bombs found in Mumbai train station a week later (AP)
A bomb disposal squad officer, center, takes a suspicious box to the police station after diffusing a bomb at Chhatrapati Shivaji train station in Mumbai, India, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2008. Police on Wednesday discovered leftover explosives hidden in a bag in Mumbai's main train station, a stunning new example of botched security after the deadly rampage that left the government open to accusations it missed warnings and bungled its response. (AP Photo)AP - Police searching a mound of baggage abandoned amid the carnage of the attack on Mumbai's main train station found two bombs Wednesday — nearly a week after they were left there by gunmen — in a stunning new example of the botched security that has become a major issue in India since the three-day siege.
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Dec 2008 22:15:14 GMT

Senate Democrats will pack plenty of muscle (Reuters)
The U.S. Senate and Congressional Democratic leadership attends a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee/Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee election watch party in Washington November 4, 2008. From L-R are: DSCC Chairman Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY), House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-MD), Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), DCCC Chairman Christopher Van Hollen (D-MD), and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA). (Larry Downing/Reuters)Reuters - Senate Democrats will be able to do plenty over the next two years -- despite falling just short of their goal of winning a majority big enough to end Republican procedural roadblocks.
Publ.Date : Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:39:14 GMT

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