<![CDATA[HickoryRecord.com: International News]]> http://www2.hickoryrecord.com/content/list/news/world/ en <![CDATA[N.C. group among 'Net grant-seekers]]> <![CDATA[President Barack Obama wins Nobel Peace Prize]]> President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for "his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples," the Norwegian Nobel Committee said, citing his outreach to the Muslim world and attempts to curb nuclear proliferation. ]]> <![CDATA[Democrats look at more relief]]> <![CDATA[Louisiana intensifies probe of ACORN]]> <![CDATA[Sixty S.C. House Republicans call for Sanford to step down]]> <![CDATA[Scores missing after mudslide in Taiwan]]> <![CDATA[Bill Clinton meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il]]> Former President Bill Clinton met Tuesday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il on the first day of a surprise visit to Pyongyang, with the "exhaustive" talks covering a wide range of topics, state-run media said.]]> <![CDATA[Palin gives fiery farewell speech at annual picnic in Alaska]]> <![CDATA[Palin's move stirs questions on motives]]> <![CDATA[Cop accused of profiling taught classes against it]]> <![CDATA[FDA says swine-flu vaccine should be ready in October]]> <![CDATA[Obama's plan for health care delayed]]> <![CDATA[A Cronkite Farewell: Journalists and members of public pay respects to longtime television newsman]]> <![CDATA[Issue of Obama's citizenship persists]]> <![CDATA[Chimpanzees in the wild can die of AIDS, study says]]> <![CDATA[Optimism over Obama is eroding, poll finds]]> <![CDATA[Palin defense fund may violate ethics laws, investigator says]]> <![CDATA[Amateur astronomer finds impact evidence on Jupiter]]> <![CDATA[Gravedigger says he was quiet too long]]> <![CDATA[In the Chips: Shoppers getting more for their buck in larger bags]]>