LEAD: Households to bear 130,000 yen to 765,000 yen burdens from 25% cut+   Home prices rise for 4th month in a row   Japan's Antarctic research team leaves Japan+   Economy's rebound not as strong as first thought   U.S. 3rd qtr real GDP revised downward to annualized 2.8% growth+   5TH LD: Abducted Japanese freed in Yemen, hopes to continue work there+   European stocks steady despite US growth downgrade   200,000 animals to be sacrificed at Nepal festival   Prostitute claims Berlusconi offered help with inn   India probe blames mosque attack on Hindu leaders   US third quarter growth revised down to 2.8%   White House: Obama Afghan decision 'within days'   Iran said ready for uranium exchange on its soil   Britain begins long-awaited Iraq war probe   Galleon's Rajaratnam denies inside trading charges   6.8-magnitude underwater quake off Tonga   Economy grows at 2.8 percent pace in 3rd quarter, rebound slower than first thought.   AP NewsAlert   GlaxoSmithKline pulls swine flu vaccines in Canada   U.S. sends envoy to soothe Taiwan after Obama's China visit+