UK & USA Today Editoweb 23 november 2009

More rain coming as clean-up begins

People in flood-hit Cockermouth have been allowed back to their homes and businesses to begin the clean-up as forecasters warned that more heavy rain could bring fresh misery.

N.Ireland parties unite after huge car bomb planted

Northern Ireland's leaders closed ranks Monday to denounce weekend attacks including a huge car bomb which only just failed to go off, in a new threat to the long-troubled province's fragile peace process.

Britons back 'Tobin' tax to help the poor: poll

More than half of Britons would support a tax on financial transactions if part of the money was directed to help people hit by the economic crisis here and abroad, a poll showed Monday.

A speedier stimulus may mean a quicker exit

The Bank of England has raced far ahead of its peers along the quantitative easing road, but it could overtake other central banks in the reverse direction when the time comes to tighten.

Murderer absconds from open prison

A convicted murderer and former aide to the Duchess of York absconded from an open prison, the Ministry of Justice said.

U.S. home sales surge to highest level in 2 1/2 years

Home sales surged for the second month in a row in October, climbing to the highest level in 2 1/2 years as first-time buyers rushed to take advantage of an expiring tax credit.

SC gov faces 37 ethics charges he broke state laws

South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford faces 37 ethics charges he broke state laws limiting official use of airplanes and involving campaign money.

stronauts take spacewalk No. 3 after suit snag

A pair of astronauts stepped out on the third and final spacewalk of their shuttle mission Monday, helping to install an enormous oxygen tank at the International Space Station.

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