NY+Times+24+nov

 **** __Iran Expanding Effort to Stifle the Opposition__ **** By ROBERT F. WORTH The government appears to be launching an ambitious effort to discredit its opponents and re-educate the country’s young and restive population.

**** __Prisoner Swap Appears Near in the Mideast__ **** By ETHAN BRONNER Hundreds of prisoners could be exchanged for the Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit, and officials said the deal would likely include Marwan Barghouti, a popular West Bank leader.

**** __Price War Brews Between Amazon and Wal-Mart__ **** By BRAD STONE and STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM For now, it’s a battle of discounts, but Wal-Mart and Amazon are also fighting over the future of retailing.   **** __Iraq’s January Elections Face Near Certain Delay__ **** By STEVEN LEE MYERS Iraq’s effort to hold parliamentary elections has collapsed, raising the prospect of a political crisis ahead of the planned U.S. troop withdrawal.

**** __21 Reported Dead and 22 Missing in Mass Kidnapping Linked to Philippine Election__ **** By CARLOS H. CONDE In one of the worst incidents of election-related violence in the Philippines, more than 40 people were kidnapped.

**** __Charges Detail Road to Terror for 20 Recruited in U.S.__ **** By ANDREA ELLIOTT In one of the most extensive terrorism investigations since the Sept. 11 attacks, authorities charged 14 people who they say joined a Somali extremist group. **** __Charges Detail Road to Terror for 20 Recruited in U.S.__ **** By ANDREA ELLIOTT In one of the most extensive terrorism investigations since the Sept. 11 attacks, authorities charged 14 people who they say joined a Somali extremist group.

**** __Right and Left Join to Take On U.S. Over Criminal Justice__ **** By ADAM LIPTAK Conservatives and libertarians are joining civil liberties groups in saying that the criminal justice system is a part of government that must be contained.

****SIDEBAR**** **** __Line Drawn in One Case Dissolves in Another__ **** By ADAM LIPTAK The effects of a decision on executing mentally retarded inmates could offer a lesson on punishment for juveniles. **** __Slow Month for Retailers, but Strong Finish Is Seen__ **** By STEPHANIE ROSENBLOOM Retailing analysts said sales declines were minor and that many consumers were saving their strength for the day after Thanksgiving.

**** __Regulators Push Safety Standards for A.T.V.’s__ **** By LESLIE WAYNE An influx of faulty Chinese-made all-terrain vehicles is challenging the Consumer Product Safety Commission.

**** __News Corp. Weighs an Exclusive Alliance With Bing__ **** By TIM ARANGO and ASHLEE VANCE A deal to block Google searches from News Corporation content would erect uncustomary barriers and could scramble the landscape of the Web.