NEW THIS DIGEST:
US-CLIMATE RULING. US: Greenhouse gases endanger human health.
GREECE-RIOTS ANNIVERSARY. Greek youths riot in Athens for 2nd day.
US-AFGHANISTAN. US says bin Laden sometimes slips into Afghanistan.
SPACE TOURISM. Virgin Galactic unveils commercial spaceship; flights by 2011?
ROMANIA-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS. Opposition claims election fraudulent.
ITALY-US-KNOX. Italy: No diplomatic fallout with US over Knox verdict.
US-BAILOUT COSTS. Obama administration to slash bailout cost estimate.
INDIA-WATER PURIFIER. Tata Group launches water purifier for the masses.
DUBAI-MELTDOWN. Dubai World looks to sell assets in quest for cash.
BRITAIN-PREBUDGET PREVIEW. UK likely to tax high earners to pay for recovery.
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CLIMATE
COPENHAGEN — The largest and most important U.N. climate change conference in history opens with organizers warning diplomats from 192 nations that this could be the last, best chance for a deal to protect the world from calamitous global warming. By Arthur Max. AP Photos.
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US-CLIMATE RULING
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has concluded greenhouse gases are endangering Americans' health and must be regulated, signaling that the Obama administration is prepared to contain global warming without congressional action if necessary. By Dina Cappiello and H. Josef Hebert.
WITH: US-CLIMATE-OBAMA-ANALYSIS.
IRAN
TEHRAN, Iran — Security forces and militiamen clash with thousands of protesters shouting "death to the dictator" outside Tehran University, beating them with batons and firing tear gas on a day of nationwide student demonstrations. By Ali Akbar Dareini. AP Photos.
GREECE-RIOTS ANNIVERSARY
ATHENS, Greece — Masked youths smash store windows and hurl rocks and firebombs at riot police, who respond with tear gas in a second day of violence during commemorations of last year's fatal police shooting of a teenager. By Nicholas Paphitis. AP Photos.
IRAQ
BAGHDAD — An explosion outside an elementary school in a Shiite district of Baghdad kills at least eight people, as Iraqi officials consider delaying national elections until at least February. By Chelsea J. Carter. AP Photos.
US-AFGHANISTAN
WASHINGTON — Al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden may periodically slip back into Afghanistan from his remote hideout in neighboring Pakistan, a senior White House official says, adding a new twist to the mystery of the elusive terrorist's whereabouts. By National Security Writer Robert Burns. AP Photos.
WITH: NATO-AFGHANISTAN.
SPACE TOURISM
LOS ANGELES — A spacecraft designed to rocket wealthy tourists into space as early as 2011 is unveiled in what backers of the venture hope will signal a new era in aviation history. By Science Writer Alicia Chang. AP Photos.
US-HEALTH CARE OVERHAUL
WASHINGTON — Buoyed by a pep talk from President Barack Obama, Senate Democrats hope to move closer to embracing a major health care bill this week by tackling the nettlesome issue of abortion. AP Photos.
ROMANIA-PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS
BUCHAREST, Romania — Romania's main opposition party claims that President Traian Basescu narrowly won re-election through a fraudulent vote. By Alison Mutler. AP Photos.
ITALY-US-KNOX
ROME — The murder conviction of Amanda Knox has angered many Americans, amid suggestions that the verdict was tainted by anti-U.S. sentiments and negligence by investigators. But after a tense weekend, Italy's top diplomat seeks to quell speculation of possible diplomatic repercussions. By Alessandra Rizzo. AP Photos.
PEARL HARBOR ANNIVERSARY
PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — Ed Johann was a teenage apprentice seaman on Dec. 7, 1941, when he spotted Japanese planes coming in over Pearl Harbor. Now the 86-year-old is returning for the first time since World War II for a ceremony marking the anniversary of the attack that pulled America into the war. By Audrey McAvoy. AP Photos.
BUSINESS & FINANCE:
WORLD MARKETS
LONDON — European stock markets fall as the dollar jumps to a five-week high against the euro, amid improved expectations about the pace of recovery in the world's largest economy. By Pan Pylas. AP Photos.
US-BAILOUT COSTS
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration will lose $200 billion less than expected from the federal bailout program and is looking at using part of the savings to fund new job creation efforts. By Martin Crutsinger.
INDIA-WATER PURIFIER
MUMBAI, India — India's Tata Group launches a water purifier priced for the masses that the company hopes will help save the lives of millions of people who die each year of waterborne diseases. By Business Writer Erika Kinetz. AP Photos.
DUBAI-MELTDOWN
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Dubai World may unload some assets to raise cash, a senior government official says, reflecting a potential about-face for the heavily indebted conglomerate behind much of Dubai's boom. By Business Writer Adam Schreck. AP Photo.
BRITAIN-PREBUDGET PREVIEW
LONDON — The British government is likely to hit high earners with more taxes to pay the cost of economic recovery in a major budgetary report this week that will stake out its position ahead of the country's next general election. By Jane Wardell.
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