2009-12-01: WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama plans to announce on Tuesday that he will send about 30,000 more U.S. troops to Afghanistan in a long-awaited war strategy shift that he hopes will defeat the Taliban and allow for a U.S. exit.

2009-12-01: AP - Henry Armstrong's family has farmed the same patch of central Montana land for 100 years, hanging on through the Depression, low wheat prices and the ever-present risk that the next generation would move on.

2009-12-01: Politico - ‘I am worried,’ says outspoken former veep.

2009-12-01: AP - Michael Jackson's stunning death made him Yahoo's biggest star this year.

2009-12-01: Major oil companies are finally gaining access to Iraq?s petroleum reserves, but at far less advantageous terms than they once envisioned.

2009-12-01: AFP - The Dubai and Abu Dhabi stock markets plunged on Tuesday by 6.25 percent and 5.91 percent respectively in early trade, adding to the previous day's heavy losses amid continuing concern over Dubai's debt woes.

2009-12-01: AP - More people were late with their auto loan payments in the third quarter as job losses continued, but amid rising delinquencies there are positive signs for the economy in certain states.

2009-12-01: AFP - The FTSE 100 index of leading shares in London rebounded 1.06 percent at the open on Tuesday, after earlier gains in Asia, as investors set aside losses in the Middle East amid stubborn worries about Dubai.

2009-12-02: AP - General Growth Properties Inc. said Wednesday lenders have agreed to restructure about $9.7 billion in debt under a plan that will allow 92 of its properties to emerge from bankruptcy protection by the end of the year.

2009-12-02: Trinidad?s housing market rose rapidly over the past two decades as the price of its oil and natural gas skyrocketed.

2009-12-01: The world has emitted extra greenhouse gases this century equivalent to the annual totals of China and the United States above a maximum for avoiding the worst of climate change, a study estimated on Tuesday.