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• Ex smoker awarded $300 million damages
  The former smoker, 61-year old Cindy Naugle has emphysema, a disease commonly linked to smoking.
• Hilton Hotel scam hits job seekers
  Every day people in Southeast Asia, the Gulf, and African nations receive scam emails.
• Afghan Taliban chief moves across the border
  Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Omar has shifted his base from Quetta to Karachi with the help of Pakistan’s Inter Services Intelligence, the Washington Times reports.
• Pakistani hideouts hit by US missiles
  The US launched a missile strike at Taliban rebels in northwest Pakistan on Friday, killing eight of the Islamists
• Peru in the grip of human body part murders
  Peruvian police have arrested four people who are under suspicion of killing dozens of people for their fat.
• Iranian men to be hanged for teenage boy rape
  Three Iranian men have been sentenced to hang for raping a 17-year-old boy, who reportedly committed suicide after the event.
• Sarkozy, Ban Ki-moon to attend Commonwealth meet
  Port-of-Spain, Nov 20 (IANS) French President Nicholas Sarkozy and UN chief Ban Ki-moon will be attending the Commonwealth of Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in the Trinidad and Tobago capital Nov 27-29 as special guests, Prime Minister Patrick Manning said. Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen will also attend.
• Belgian PM becomes new European president
  The Belgian Prime Minister, Herman Van Rompuy, will be the new president of the European Union.
• Italy meeting of Dalai Lama draws China ire
  Beijing, Nov 20 (IANS) China has voiced strong dissatisfaction over Italian Chamber of Deputies speaker Gianfranco Fini's meeting with the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, a media report said Friday.
• Israeli activist laments open borders
  Israeli Cabinet Minister Eli Yishai has decsribed foreign workers as an "infection," and that Israel is becoming "Africa."
• Fire destroys 106 homes in Ecuador
  Quito (Ecuador), Nov 21 (DPA) A serious fire destroyed 106 homes in a poor neighbourhood in Guayaquil, the largest city in Ecuador.
• Hugh Jackman reconciles with mother
  London, Nov 20 (IANS) Hollywood star Hugh Jackman has healed a long-running rift with his mother, who had apparently walked out of their home when he was a child.
• Lopez, Anthony sued over dog's behaviour
  London, Nov 20 (IANS) American actress-singer Jennifer Lopez and husband Marc Anthony are facing a lawsuit from a woman who alleges she was injured by the couple's dog.
• Gerard Butler wants to launch fragrance line
  London, Nov 20 (IANS) Scottish actor Gerard Butler is keen to launch his own fragrance.
• UN celebrates 20 years of child rights convention
  New York, Nov 20 (DPA) UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Friday called the 20-year-old Convention on the Rights of the Child as a beacon and guide to protect 'the youngest and most vulnerable members of society'.
• World powers urge Iran to reconsider nuclear deal
  Berlin/Brussels, Nov 20 (DPA) Top diplomats from the so-called '5+1' group of world powers expressed disappointment Friday at Iran's rejection of a compromise deal on the country's controversial nuclear programme and urged its leaders to reconsider.
• Manmohan confident US will overcome economic crisis
  Washington, Nov 20 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is pretty confident that the US will recover from the global economic crisis, thanks to the skills of the US business class and the US educational system.
• Lahore lawyers condemn suicide blasts
  Lahore, Nov 20 (IANS) The Human Rights Committee of the Lahore High Court Bar Association has condemned suicide attacks and the use of violence against innocent lives, saying there is no justification in Islam for terrorism.
• Oprah Winfrey brings curtain down on her talk show
  London, Nov 20 (IANS) The Oprah Winfrey Talk Show will come to an end in 2011 after more than two decades on air, BBC reported Friday.
• Kapur shoots 67, moves to tied second at Cambodian Open
  Siem Reap (Cambodia), Nov 20 (IANS) Indian golfer Shiv Kapur in his bid to retain his Asian Tour card put himself in a position to end his four-year title drought with a five-under 67 that put him shared second place at the midway stage of the Johnnie Walker Cambodian Open here Friday.