NY+Times+30+nov

 **** __Obama’s Speech on Afghanistan to Envision Exit__ **** By PETER BAKER, ERIC SCHMITT and DAVID E. SANGER President Obama plans to lay out a timetable for U.S. involvement in the Afghan war when he announces his decision this week to send more forces, officials said.

**** __Arab Emirates Aim to Limit Dubai Crisis in Pledge to Banks__ **** By VIKAS BAJAJ and GRAHAM BOWLEY The United Arab Emirates pledged to lend money to Dubai banks in an attempt to head off the kind of crisis of confidence that froze credit markets last year.

****THE ROAD TO COPENHAGEN**** **** __Tree Harvester Offers to Save Indonesian Forest__ **** By NORIMITSU ONISHI A paper company proposes to use a ring of industrial tree plantations to help stop leaks of greenhouse gases from a peat bog. **** __A Defiant Iran Details Plan for 10 Enrichment Plants__ **** By DAVID E. SANGER and WILLIAM J. BROAD The declaration appeared intended to convince the West that Iran was prepared to move closer to bomb-grade quality, while stopping short of crossing that threshold.

**** __Britain Presses Pakistan and Afghanistan on Militants__ **** By JOHN F. BURNS Prime Minister Gordon Brown demanded that Afghanistan and Pakistan match plans for increased allied troop levels in Afghanistan by taking tough actions of their own.

**** __Conservative Appears to Have Won in Honduras__ **** By ELISABETH MALKIN Porfirio Lobo’s main opponent conceded in the presidential election that many hoped could help Honduras after the crisis caused by last summer’s coup.

**** __As Sales Vanish, Alligator Skins Stay on Gators__ **** By CAMPBELL ROBERTSON The peculiar relationship between hardy bayou men and Paris and New York fashion setters has soured of late.

**** __Man Sought for Questioning After Officers’ Killings__ **** By WILLIAM YARDLEY Authorities said they were conducting a search near Tacoma, Wash., for a “person of interest,” after four officers were shot to death as they sat in a coffee shop.

**** __Reversal Haunts Federal Health Agency__ **** By MIREYA NAVARRO Some lawmakers accuse the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry of cursory evaluations, getting the science wrong and ignoring independent studies. **** __Crisis Puts Focus on Dubai’s Complex Relationship With Abu Dhabi__ **** By ROBERT F. WORTH, HEATHER TIMMONS and LANDON THOMAS Jr. Dubai is famous as the brash, secular upstart of the emirates, and Abu Dhabi is known as the religious and conservative big brother.

**** __A Takeover Movie for Hollywood to Watch__ **** By MICHAEL CIEPLY As the movie industry struggles to find its footing, the takeover of Universal Studios by Comcast may serve as a learning experience for everyone.

**** __Open Source as a Model for Business Is Elusive__ **** By ASHLEE VANCE European Commission reaction to Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems has stoked a tricky debate: can open-source software live up to its populist traditions?