Consumer confidence index rises slightly to 49.5 in November, but shoppers remain gloomy.   LEAD: U.S. 3rd qtr real GDP revised downward to annualized 2.8% growth+   Soccer: Endo named Asian Player of Year+   Obama welcomes Indian PM at start of state visit   Iraq elections face delay   Gillani reveals Baluchistan package, Baluch nationalists reject it+   New dad-in-space: Focusing on shuttle job easy   Statement of Support: Strengthening Oral Health Care is Key Part of Health Reform   Regeneron Announces Presentation at the 21st Annual Piper Jaffray Healthcare Conference   Aflac To Exchange Two Lloyds Banking Group Securities, Enhance Risk-Based Capital Ratio   Obama welcomes Indian PM at start of state visit   Group of DPJ lawmakers to visit China+   Imports restrain U.S. growth in Q3   3 Conn. lacrosse players accused of sexual assault   AIDS epidemic stabilizing, moving to 'endemic' phase: UNAIDS+   LEAD: Hatoyama, UNDP head pledge close cooperation in aiding Afghanistan+   6.8-magnitude underwater quake off Tonga   Lives Compromised and Patient Access Limited with New Cuts to Medicare   Home prices rise for 4th month in a row   Afghan AG's office says 15 ministers being probed