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A federal judge has resigned from the court that oversees government surveillance in intelligence cases in protest of President Bush's secret authorization of a domestic spying program, according to two sources. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...2000685_pf.html

Israel will prevent Palestinians in Jerusalem from voting in the Jan. 25 election for the Palestinian parliament, a senior Israeli official said Wednesday, according to the The Associated Press. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...ticle%2FPrinter

A federal judge has ruled "intelligent design" cannot be mentioned in biology classes in a Pennsylvania public school district. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1424898

Iran recently acquired 12 cruise missiles with a range of up to 3,000 kilometers, according to OC Intelligence Maj.-Gen. Aharon Ze'evi (Farkash) on Tuesday. He noted the missiles had the ability to carry a nuclear warhead. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...ticle%2FPrinter

Scolded by President Bush for failing to renew the Patriot Act, lawmakers explored possibilities Monday for a compromise to temporarily extend portions of the anti-terrorism law due to expire Dec. 31. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,179240,00.html

About two dozen gunmen on Tuesday briefly seized Bethlehem's city hall on Manger Square near the Church of the Nativity, demanding jobs in the Palestinian security forces. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...em_x.htm?csp=34

Sharon says upon his release from Hadassah Ein Kerem hospital after being treated for mild stroke he suffered Sunday evening, 'I wish to thank the citizens of Israel for their concern over my health condition; now it’s time to get back to work.' http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3187360,00.html

Benjamin Netanyahu and Moshe Feiglin are expected to be the most common names uttered in the near future by Labor and Kadima officials. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3187239,00.html

Gay rights activists jostled with disapproving clergymen yesterday as two women became Britain's first lesbian couple to enter into a full civil partnership. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...ge20.xml&site=5

Gay rights activists jostled with disapproving clergymen yesterday as two women became Britain's first lesbian couple to enter into a full civil partnership. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...ge20.xml&site=5

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has banned Western and "indecent" music from state-run TV and radio stations. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...ast/4543720.stm

China's government sharply increased the official size of its economy in a report Tuesday that said output grew by 16.8 percent last year — nearly twice the figure reported earlier. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,179218,00.html

Hamas and Egypt's banned Muslim Brotherhood organization, which have historical ties, have begun coordinating their moves ahead of next month's parliamentary elections in the Palestinian Authority, PA security officials said on Monday. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...ticle%2FPrinter

The House voted to cut a thin slice off federal deficits and sink oil drills into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge early Monday, quelling Democratic opposition in a marathon struggle ending near dawn. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1422501

The Likud is starting to make its way back to the country’s helm, newly elected Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu told enthusiastic supporters at the party’s headquarters in Tel Aviv early Tuesday. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...3187017,00.html

President Bush yesterday called the recent leak about a top-secret U.S. program to spy on suspected terrorists a "shameful act," and rebuked Senate Democrats for their "inexcusable" effort to block renewal of the Patriot Act. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...20-121649-9686r

An 84-year-old man, missing since he left home to ride his bike in the small central Polish town of Znin last week, has been found in good health wandering around London's Heathrow airport, Polish police said Wednesday. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/re...SIONER-DC-html/

Few Asians are Christian but people across the vast continent are embracing the holiday as a great excuse for shopping, partying and even romance. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/re...S-ASIA-DC-html/

Imagine this: a talking John Lennon doll. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/re...LENNON-DC-html/

Guess what, kids? There's no such thing as Santa Claus! http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/ws...03-detail-html/

A 7-year-old girl with an extreme allergy to peanut butter was hospitalized for two days after she was allegedly attacked on a St. Louis school bus by a boy with a peanut butter cracker, according to a Local 6 News report. http://www.worthyweirdandwacky.com/zone/lo...88-detail-html/

Congress is acting swiftly to send President Bush a military bill that bans cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment of terrorism suspects in U.S. custody and sets uniform interrogation guidelines for American troops. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,179163,00.html

President Bush, brushing aside bipartisan criticism in Congress, said Monday he approved spying on suspected terrorists without court orders because it was "a necessary part of my job to protect" Americans from attack. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1421098

The U.S. Congress' authorization of military force after the September 11, 2001, attacks also gave President George W. Bush the right to eavesdrop on people in the United States, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said on Monday. http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...rint?id=1420840

President Bush calls it the most promising source of untapped oil in America and the key to greater energy independence. But how much oil is there in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge? http://www.worthynews.com/zone.cgi?http://...,179140,00.html