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Links to December 3rd's Top News Stories

South Korea has threatened an air strike against North Korea if it attacks again. Read more.

President Obama is making a surprise visit to Afghanistan. Read more.

Several people have died in the snowstorms in Europe. Read and watch.

A woman in England called police to say her snowman had been stolen. They told her this was not a real emergency. Read more.

 

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Links to December 2nd's Top News Stories

The U.S. and Japan are expected to hold a military exercise together on Friday. China says this is a bad idea, because of the recent trouble between the two Koreas. Read more.

A shark has attacked and injured four tourists at a resort in Egypt. It has been captured. Read more.

NATO is investigating how a former government official in Afghanistan was killed in a battle with its troops. Read more.

A U.S. Congressman says WikiLeaks should be declared a terrorist group. Peter King says the posting of U.S. government messages was "worse than a military attack". Read more.

Links to December 1st's Top News Stories

Heavy snow has fallen all over Europe. Many airports have been closed. Read more.

If Palestinians hold a vote on making peace with Israel, Hamas will accept the outcome, it says. Read more.

Venezuela has been hit by heavy rains that have caused flooding and landslides. At least 21 people have died. Read more.

One of the messages posted on WikiLeaks says the U.S. Ambassador to France thought President Sarkozy's aides were all yes-men (people who never disagreed with him). Read more.

Links to November 30th's Top News Stories

Japan has had a 6.9 earthquake off its southern coast -- but there are no reports of damage or injuries. Read more.

Six people have been killed by a suicide bomber who attacked a police van in northwestern Pakistan. Two of the dead are children, reports say. Read more.

A poll of Jewish Israelis has found that 53% think the government can urge Arabs to leave the country. Read more.

A new video game stars Mickey Mouse. Read more.

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Links to November 29th's Top News Stories

An Afghan border policeman has shot and killed six U.S. soldiers. The gunman was also killed. A police official says, "I think the Taliban has worked on him." Read more.

An Iranian nuclear scientist has been killed, and another has been injured, in two car bombings in Tehran. Read more.

The U.S. government has ordered its agencies to be more careful with secret documents, after Wikileaks put many State Department messages online. Read more.

Former President George W. Bush will appear on Facebook Live this afternoon at 2 PM Eastern time. He will answer questions from Facebook's founder, workers, and users. Read more.

Links to November 26th's Top News Stories

Saudi Arabia has arrested 149 people accused of belonging to Al-Qaeda. Read and watch.

People who live on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, are leaving after the North Korean attack. Some of their homes were destroyed, and they say they expect a war. Read more.

An Afghan official blames British agents for bringing a fake "Taliban commander" to peace talks. As we told you earlier, the man turned out to be a store owner from Pakistan. Read more.

It's "Black Friday" in the U.S. -- the day after Thanksgiving, when many Americans start their Christmas shopping. At one mall in California, there has already been a fight. Read more.

Links to November 25th's Top News Stories

Nine people in Afghanistan have been arrested for election fraud. President Karzai has asked losing candidates not to get violent. Read more.

Police in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, are cracking down on crime to get ready for the World Cup in 2014. They are using military tanks. Read more.

A riot broke out near Cairo as Christians tried to build a church. Officials said they had a building permit for only a social center, but the Christians said they had one for a church. One hundred fifty-six people were arrested. Read more.

Three teenage boys have been found alive in a small boat in the Pacific Ocean, after drifting for 50 days. Read more.

Links to November 24th's Top News Stories

Witnesses say the stampede on the bridge in Phnom Penh happened when people panicked because the bridge was swaying. This type of bridge often does when it's crowded with people. Read more.

Iran says it's untrue that it had to stop enriching uranium because of technical problems. Read more.

Ireland plans to solve its debt problems over the next four years. The country will cut thousands of government jobs and lower the minimum wage. Read more.

Diaspora -- an alternative to Facebook -- goes live today. Its founders say Diaspora will be more private than Facebook. Read more.

Links to November 23rd's Top News Stories

North Korea has fired on a South Korean island, and South Korea has fired back. There are reports soldiers and others were injured. Read more.

A man posing as a Taliban leader met with the Afghan government and U.S. officials -- but they later learned he was just a store owner from Pakistan. It's not clear if he acted alone, or was helped by a group. Read more.

At least 375 people are dead after Monday night's stampede on a bridge in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. No one yet knows how it started. Read more.

Someday, people may be able to send a text message to 911. Read more.

 

Links to November 22nd's Top News Stories

U.S. nuclear weapons may be moved back to South Korea. North Korea says it's built a uranium enrichment factory, and other countries are discussing what to do about this. Read more.

Haiti will hold elections next Sunday -- in spite of the cholera epidemic. The country has also had rioting and natural disasters recently. Read more.

Twenty-nine miners trapped in a flooded mine in Sichuan, China, have been rescued. Read more.

A report says agents who transport nuclear weapons sometimes let drinking cause problems at work. Read more.