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LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Central banks in Britain and Sweden cut their key interest rates to 2 percent Thursday to provide liquidity to financial markets.

TEHRAN, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama should adopt a new foreign policy when it comes to the Middle East, Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says.

BEIRUT, Lebanon, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- International human rights organizations say a court ruling in Lebanon that freed human rights activist Muhammad Mugraby was a major civil rights victory.

MONTREAL, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Paper manufacturer AbitibiBowater announced Thursday it will close paper mills in Newfoundland, Canada, and Covington, Tenn., eliminating 1,100 jobs.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced a voluntary recall of Meijer Inc. girl's hat and mitten sets due to a choking hazard.

SAN ANTONIO, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Authorities in Texas say a TV report placed a Texas Mexican Mafia member in danger by allegedly saying he was cooperating with investigators.

U.S. markets head lower ... Dodd: Inaction not solution for automakers ... Canadian auto union backs UAW concessions ... AT&T announces 12,000 job cuts ... News from United Press International.

ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- NFL officials said they would fight a Minnesota judge's ruling that blocked the suspension of Vikings defensive linemen Kevin Williams and Pat Williams.

LONDON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- British officials said during a House of Commons meeting that a Scotland Yard raid of a opposition member's parliamentary office was unwarranted.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Interest rates for 30-year, fixed-rate U.S. mortgages fell dramatically during the week, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. said Thursday.

Not everyone is sold on the possibility of climate-change catastrophe, even as policymakers worldwide push forward with legislation to halt greenhouse gas emissions.

TRACY, Calif., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The aunt of a teenage boy apparently held captive in Tracy, Calif., for the past year was arrested after the battered, shackled boy escaped, police say.

MIAMI, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Top officials at Brazil's state-run energy company Petrobras expect big things from President-elect Barack Obama next year, in particular a reduction of the tariff on Brazilian ethanol exported to the United States.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Federal inaction in the U.S. auto industry dilemma isn't a solution and plays a dangerous game with the economy, Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., said Thursday.

OTTAWA, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The value of building permits issued in Canada in October decreased 15.7 percent to $5.4 billion, the Statistics Canada agency reported from Ottawa Thursday.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark., Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Six children in Indiana associated with the Tony Alamo Christian Ministries have been taken into custody, Arkansas child welfare officials said.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- New orders for manufactured U.S. goods fell for the third consecutive month in October, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- The U.S. government says it has determined there are no food or feed safety concerns from the release of some unauthorized genetically engineered cotton.

DALLAS, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- U.S. corporate giant AT&T said Thursday it would trim its workforce about 4 percent, shedding approximately 12,000 jobs in response to a weaker economy.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 (UPI) -- Planners for President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration face the challenge of balancing a celebration with a numbing financial crisis, observers say.