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Following day-long deliberations, Sharon's doctors decide that Thursday's angioplasty will involve full anesthetic; Finance Minister Ehud Olmert to stand in for Sharon during procedure. Cardiologist in charge: No risk involved http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3194439,00.html

Construction spending hit an all-time high in November as government spending to build schools, highways and sewer systems offset a slight dip in home building. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1465392

Russian and Ukrainian officials agreed Tuesday to resume talks on resolving a dispute over the price of natural gas that has reverberated across the continent and left Ukraine cut off from its supplies. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1465134

A powerful 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit deep under the South Pacific near Fiji Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1463771

Rescue workers in Indonesia are searching for survivors after flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains killed at least 51 people. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...fic/4576594.stm

Israeli archaeologists, screening tons of rubble scooped out of this ancient city's sacred Temple Mount, have discovered hundreds of artifacts and coins, as well as jewelry, some with biblical links dating back more than three millennia. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...02-123421-5168r

Iraq's main Sunni Arab group made an unprecedented trip north to see the Kurds and agreed Monday for the first time on broad outlines for a coalition government — possibly opening a way out of the political turmoil that has gripped the country since disputed elections. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...is_x.htm?csp=34

Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will hold a meeting Wednesday to examine the possibility of a unilateral withdrawal from the village of Rajar on the northern border with Lebanon. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3194083,00.html

Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu has officially announced Tuesday that Likud party ministers will resign from the government this coming Sunday. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3194205,00.html

At a time when most people are enjoying a holiday break, computer security experts are on high alert. On Wednesday, Microsoft confirmed that it is investigating a new security vulnerability in the Windows graphics-rendering engine—the part of Windows that turns code into pictures. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...1145168,00.html

French President Jacques Chirac plans this week to lift the state of emergency declared during a three-week wave of rioting and arson attacks this autumn, his office said Monday. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1463119

The spokesman for the government of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted on Monday that Iran has a "right" to carry out uranium enrichment, the process that could lead to the development of a nuclear bomb, on its own soil, despite efforts by Russia to have the work transferred to Russian soil to ease international concerns, Iranian media reported. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...ticle%2FPrinter

A coal mine explosion that may have been sparked by lightning trapped 13 miners underground Monday, setting off an urgent rescue operation. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,180362,00.html

A small and isolated village in southern India will spring to life later this week when thousands of Buddhists arrive for a special teaching session from their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060102/wl_st...dalai&printer=1

A small and isolated village in southern India will spring to life later this week when thousands of Buddhists arrive for a special teaching session from their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...dalai&printer=1

A small and isolated village in southern India will spring to life later this week when thousands of Buddhists arrive for a special teaching session from their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. http://www.worthynews.com/news/news-yahoo-...alai-printer-1/

A small and isolated village in southern India will spring to life later this week when thousands of Buddhists arrive for a special teaching session from their spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama. http://www.worthynews.com/zone/news-yahoo-...alai-printer-1/

Grassfires raged across the dry southern prairie Sunday, burning homes in Oklahoma City, destroying two small towns in Texas, and creating patchworks of flames as burning embers were blown by the gusting winds. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1462178

In light of expectations that Hamas will gain a significant number of seats in the upcoming Palestinian Legislative Council elections, the prime minister's adviser Dov Weisglass is set on Sunday to head a study team to examine the impact of such a victory. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...Article/Printer

In light of expectations that Hamas will gain a significant number of seats in the upcoming Palestinian Legislative Council elections, the prime minister's adviser Dov Weisglass is set on Sunday to head a study team to examine the impact of such a victory. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...Article/Printer

Russia took Europe to the brink of a winter energy crisis yesterday when it carried out a Cold War-style threat and halted gas deliveries to Ukraine, the main conduit for exports to the West. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...ss02.xml&site=5

Russia took Europe to the brink of a winter energy crisis yesterday when it carried out a Cold War-style threat and halted gas deliveries to Ukraine, the main conduit for exports to the West. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...ss02.xml&site=5

President Bush, unhappy with Congress for not permanently extending the Patriot Act, on Friday signed a bill that renews the anti-terrorism law for a few weeks and pushes lawmakers to take up the debate over its measures. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,180249,00.html

A bomb ripped through a crowded meat market Saturday in an Indonesian province that has been plagued by sectarian violence, killing at least eight people and wounding 45, officials said. Many of the victims were believed to be Christians. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...59073/from/RSS/

President Bush, unhappy with Congress for not permanently extending the Patriot Act, on Friday signed a bill that renews the anti-terrorism law for a few weeks and pushes lawmakers to take up the debate over its measures. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,180249,00.html