U.S. president-elect Barack Obama should look to other NATO allies for additional help in Afghanistan rather than ask countries who are already carrying a "disproportionate share of the load," Defence Minister Peter MacKay said.

21 Nov 2008

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21 Nov 2008

Law enforcement officials have seen more potentially threatening writings,Internet postings and other activity directed at Obama than has beenseen with any past president-elect

21 Nov 2008

Nov 21 (Reuters) - With official U.S. borrowing costs already at 1 percent and expected to fall further, investors have begun to wonder what other steps the Federal Reserve could take to fight the worsening economic downturn. Here are some of the tools policy-makers and investors are considering as viable options to spur the economy if the U.S. central bank were to push interest rates to zero.

21 Nov 2008

FORT WORTH — Thieves have made off with more than $3 million in booty from Justin Boots, police say. Footwear and other merchandise were stolen from the company’s East Long Avenue distribution center in two separate heists, once in September and again on Nov. 9.

21 Nov 2008

A drought that’s lasted only two years is creating serious problems in this nation’s most populous state. And other Western states, including Idaho, had better take notice of the simple fact that if we don’t increase water storage, we are putting our food supply and our economy in jeopardy.

21 Nov 2008