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After marathon talks in Bali, Indonesia, the U.N. climate conference agreed Saturday on a roadmap for negotiations for a new treaty to combat global warming. The conference nearly broke down, but in a last-minute compromise, the U.S. signed the pact.

FBI officials have found that Blackwater security contractors acted recklessly in the shooting of 14 civilians in Iraq. New York Times correspondent John M. Broder discusses the findings.

The stagehands' strike on Broadway shut down more than two dozen shows over the weekend. Producers say the union forces them to hire people who do little or no work at wages that can hover around $100,000 a year. Union representatives say they are willing to offer some concessions.

Friday morning in Pakistan, a detention order was imposed on former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. By the end of the day, it was lifted. The United States expressed concern about her detention and urged Pakistani authorities "to quickly return to constitutional order and democratic norms."

Before leaving for Thanksgiving break on Friday, Congress fought along party lines about a farm bill and funding for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as presidential vetoes loomed.

A painfully familiar scene unfolded last week in Mogadishu. Somalis triumphantly dragged the body of a dead Ethiopian soldier in the street, recalling what has become known as the Blackhawk Down incident of 1993.

Russian President Vladimir Putin signs a law suspending his nation's participation in the Conventional Forces in Europe treaty, a move that would allow Moscow to deploy more troops and military hardware near Western European borders.

A huge relief operation is underway in Bangladesh for the victims of a massive cyclone that killed more than 3,000 people. At least 1,000 are still missing while a million more are homeless. Rescue workers have yet to reach an area along the Bay of Bengal where the storm struck.

A poll of likely caucus voters in Iowa indicates Republican Mike Huckabee has opened up a lead over Mitt Romney. On the Democratic side, the poll gives Barack Obama a slight edge over Hillary Clinton and John Edwards, but that race is still very close.

Two teams independently discover a way to turn ordinary human skins cells into stem cells with the same characteristics as those derived from human embryos, a breakthrough that could open the door for advanced medical therapies.