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David Letterman gives boost to country singer (Reuters)

NASHVILLE (Billboard) - While no one is calling new country artist Randy Houser an overnight success -- at least not yet -- things are definitely going his way. After all, how often does an artist, new or otherwise, get called to make a command performance for David Letterman?
Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/country+location%3Auk/SIG=13ic8nb9p/*http%3A//www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE4AE15120081115?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews

Guinea Bissau votes in polls amid hopes for stability (AFP via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Voters in Guinea Bissau went to the polls on Sunday in elections which international observers hope will stabilize the tiny West African country that has become a drugs hub.
Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/country+location%3Auk/SIG=12uchao75/*http%3A//uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20081116/twl-guinea-bissau-votes-in-polls-amid-ho-f363c67.html

Islamists regain control over much of Somalia (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

(Reuters) - Somali President Abdullahi Yusuf has admitted Islamist insurgents now control most of the country and raised the prospect his government could completely collapse.
Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/country+location%3Auk/SIG=12u1eumh3/*http%3A//uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20081116/tpl-uk-somalia-conflict-islamists-factbo-81f3b62.html

Electric power in North and South Korea (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

(Reuters) - North Korea is bracing for a long, hard winter in the impoverished country, where power shortages lead to blackouts.
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Gary Younge: Obama's army of supporters must maintain their level of activism (Guardian Unlimited)

Steve Thompson is heading home. Over the last year he has travelled the country volunteering for President-elect Barack Obama. Thompson, 68, volunteered for Obama in Maryland, Texas, Pennsylvania, Indiana and Virginia during the primaries. Since mid-June he has been living with a local family in Roanoke, Virginia, working 12 hours a day, seven days a week on the campaign. When I called him ...
Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/country+location%3Auk/SIG=12ofcv6oe/*http%3A//www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/10/barack-obama-supporters-campaign

Iraqi cabinet approves US pact (ITN via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Iraq's cabinet has approved a pact allowing US troops to remain in the country for three more years.
Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/country+location%3Auk/SIG=12nbj20sn/*http%3A//uk.news.yahoo.com/4/20081116/twl-iraqi-cabinet-approves-us-pact-41f21e0.html

Maldives seek to buy a new homeland (Guardian Unlimited)

The Maldives will begin to divert a portion of the country's billion-dollar annual tourist revenue into buying a new homeland - as an insurance policy against climate change that threatens to turn the 300,000 islanders into environmental refugees, the country's first democratically elected president has told the Guardian. Mohamed Nasheed, who takes power officially tomorrow in the island's ...
Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/country+location%3Auk/SIG=12dmhi0ii/*http%3A//www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/nov/10/maldives-climate-change

Iraqi Cabinet agrees deal to for US troop pullout by end of 2011 (Times Online)

Iraq’s Cabinet today approved a deal with the United States that sets out a timetable for all US forces to leave the country within three years.
Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/country+location%3Auk/SIG=1274pntan/*http%3A//www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/iraq/article5166035.ece

Iraq approves troops pact with U.S. (Reuters via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News)

Iraq's cabinet approved a pact on Sunday that will let U.S. troops stay in the country until 2011, setting a final date to end a military presence that began with the 2003 invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein.
Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/country+location%3Auk/SIG=1210a1kvn/*http%3A//uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20081116/tpl-uk-iraq-43a8d4f.html

Guinea-Bissau goes to the polls (BBC News)

The people of Guinea-Bissau are voting in parliamentary elections which are seen as a major test for the country's stability.
Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/search/country+location%3Auk/SIG=12009b351/*http%3A//news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/africa/7731916.stm