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Fannie, Freddie Suspend Evictions During Holiday Season
Washington Post - 32 minutes ago
By Zachary A. Goldfarb Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac announced yesterday that they are temporarily suspending foreclosures and evictions during the holiday season in an effort to keep people from losing their homes.
Fannie, Freddie Suspend Foreclosures Through Jan. 9 (Update2) Bloomberg
Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac halt some foreclosures Reuters
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Stocks decline as hopes fade for immediate bailout
The Associated Press - 4 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) - Flip-flopping sentiment about the prospects for US automakers battered stocks again Thursday as hopes rose then fell that lawmakers would soon put together an aid package for the companies.
Southern lawmakers sour on Detroit bailout Elizabethton Star
Congress Wants Plan From Automakers Before Granting Aid TheStreet.com
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Asia-Pacific ministers reject protectionism, vow trade
AFP - 1 hour ago
LIMA, Peru (AFP) - Twenty-one Asia-Pacific economies making up half of world commerce made a plea Thursday against protectionism and urged a quick breakthrough in global trade talks to beat the financial crisis.
APEC ministers pledge joint efforts to overcome financial crisis Xinhua
What climate change? Meltdown trumps fears at APEC The Associated Press
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Somali pirates demand 25 million dollars for Saudi oil tanker
AFP - 1 hour ago
MOGADISHU (AFP) - Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi oil super-tanker demanded a 25 million dollar ransom Thursday amid calls for tougher action to end threats to one of the world's key maritime routes.
IMO chief sees negative effect from ship diversion Reuters
Pirates Demand $25 Million Ransom for Hijacked Saudi Oil Tanker Bloomberg
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Judge orders release of 5 Guantanamo detainees
The Miami Herald - 1 hour ago
By MARISA TAYLOR WASHINGTON -- In the first ruling of its kind, a federal judge ordered the speedy release Thursday of five Algerian men after concluding the government didn't have the evidence to hold them for nearly seven years in Guantanamo Bay ...
5 Gitmo detainees blame arrest on 'political game' The Associated Press
Five Guantanamo detainees ruled illegally detained AFP
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Waxman's elevation clears way for Democratic push on climate change
San Jose Mercury News - 24 minutes ago
By Frank Davies WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama's call for urgent action on climate change received a double-barreled boost Thursday on Capitol Hill, as Democrats dethroned a leader who has long been an obstacle and pledged to move ...
Boxer, Waxman will lead climate debate in Congress The Miami Herald

Congress extends jobless benefits, stocks sink
The Associated Press - 40 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) - Jarred by new jobless alarms, Congress raced to approve legislation Thursday to keep unemployment checks flowing through the December holidays and into the new year for a million or more laid-off Americans whose benefits are running ...
Senate votes to extend jobless benefits CNN International
Senate extends unemployment benefits MarketWatch
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