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Protests hurt Thai tourism
Thailand's political turmoil has heaped further strain on an economy already battered by the...
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Iraqi port booming amid new calm
Jul 8 - Imports at Iraq's main port Umm Qasr have doubled since a government crackdown on Shi'ite...
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Colombia misused Red Cross emblem
Jul 16 - The Colombian Government has admitted that it used the Red Cross emblem during the...
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UPA govt. wins confidence vote
Jul. 23 - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's government won a vote of confidence in parliament on...
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Beijing blasts Amnesty rights claims
Jul 29 - The Chinese government has dismissed a claim by Amnesty International that Beijing has...
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Scientist in anthrax case dead
Aug 2 - A senior US government scientist who helped investigate a
series of deadly anthrax...
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Anwar to be charged again
Former Malaysian deputy prime minister Anwar Ibrahim is to be charged with sodomy for second...
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Musharraf to face impeachment
Pakistan's ruling coalition says it would move to impeach President Pervez Musharraf and warns...
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Hamdan sentenced to 5 1/2 years
Osama Bin Laden's former driver Salim Hamdan Is sentenced to 5 1/2 years, concluding the first...
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Anthrax Widow Thankful FBI Solved Case
The widow of a tabloid photo editor who died in the anthrax
attacks says the FBI's work solving...
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Sudan's Bashir tries to save face
Sudanese President, Omar al Bashir is fighting to save his image after the international criminal...
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Rice urges end to fighting
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday urged Russia and Georgia to end hostilities,...
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Impeachment ultimatum for Musharraf
The ruling coalition has taken another step toward impeaching the Pakistani president, finalising...
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US pledges support for Pakistan
The US praises Pakistani president Pervez Musharraf as he resigns and pledges ongoing support to...
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UN OKs Somalia force for 6 months
The U.N. Security Council approved extended the African Union's force's stay in Somalia for...
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Spanish plane crashes, kills
More than 150 people were killed when a Spanish jet taking holidaymakers to the Canary Islands...
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Spain grieves for crash victims
As the Spanish government declared three days' official mourning for the 153 victims of a Spanish...
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68 Die When Flight Headed to Iran Crashes
A passenger jet carrying 90 people, including a Kyrgyz high school
sports team, crashed shortly...
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Drug violence rises in Mexico
Drug-related violence keeps spiraling and becoming ever more brazen in Mexico despite a big...
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Government supporters hold rally
Supporters of the Thai Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej rally outside parliament.
Thailand's...
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Thai political turmoil spreads
Protesters in Thailand are vowing more disruptive action in their bid to force out the government...
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Handing back Anbar to Iraqis
U.S. forces lead the way out of the first Sunni-dominated province to be handed back to Iraqi...
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Bush: Gustav Cooperation Better Than Katrina
President Bush says cooperation among states and the federal government
during Hurricane Gustav is...
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Thai PM Declares Emergency in Capital
Thailand's prime minister has declared a state of emergency in the
capital after street fighting...
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Japanese Prime Minister Resigns
Japan's
ruling party moved quickly to find a new leader after Prime Minister
Yasuo Fukuda...
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Palin set to take center stage
John McCain's choice of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running-mate has energized the...
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Thai Protesters Remain Defiant, Vow to Fight On
Thailand's embattled leader struggled to keep the peace and his grip on
power after declaring a...
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Bush visits Louisiana after Gustav
Visiting an Emergency Operations Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, President Bush commended...
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Romney addresses convention
Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney hailed John McCain's ability to repair Washington's...
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Hanna survivors wait for aid
Survivors of Tropical Storm Hanna, that has killed at least 136 people, line up to register for...
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Swaziland celebrates anniversary
Multi-million dollar celebrations in Swaziland for King's 40th birthday and country's forty years...
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Hong Kong polls open
Hong Kong's Chief Executive Donald Tsang and government officials cast ballots in an election for...
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Thai PM dismisses chances of coup
As protesters keep up their occupation of Bangkok's Government House, Prime MInister Samak...
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Hurricane Ike slams Cuba
Hurricane Ike is bearing down on the U.S. and Key West, Florida is now feeling the effects of the...
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Video 'backs' Afghans over US attack
Relatives of Afghans killed in a U.S.-led raid in western Herat have offered to dig up graves to...
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Gov't Officials Probed About Illicit Sex, Gifts
Federal investigators say government officials handling billions of
dollars in oil royalties...
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Violence on streets of Bolivia
Violence continues to escalate in Bolivia creating tensions with the United...
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Thai state of emergency ends
Acting Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat says he recognizes that political tensions remain but...
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Raw Video: Violent Bolivia Unrest
Clashes between opposition and government supporters went on late into Saturday night in Eastern...
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Storm-hit Haiti struggling to cope
Haiti faces a deepening crisis after storms destroyed much of the impoverished country's rice...
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Contest for Olmert successor
Four candidates vie to succeed Israeli PM Olmert as Kadima party leader.
A former spy, a...
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Livni set for power
Tzipi Livni is set to be Israel's next prime minister after a comfortable victory in a party...
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McCain blasts Obama on economy
John McCain -- at a campaign rally in Iowa-- took on his Democratic opponent -- saying it is the...
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Sovereignty warning from Zardari
Pakistan's new president declares the country off-limits to foreign powers chasing militants and...
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Israel's Olmert resigns
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has announced his resignation, but the scandal-hit could stay...
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Sons of Iraq Test Case
The Sunni Sons of Iraq that sided with coalition forces will be a test case for Iraq government's...
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Bush appeals to Congress
President George W. Bush has warned that the United States is the middle of a serious financial...
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Bombs a year after Myanmar crackdown
Seven people were injured in a bomb attack in Myanmar just hours before the first anniversary of...
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AU condemns Somali rebel attacks
Somali rebel assaults on African Union peacekeepers are being branded as a 'calculated...
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Somalis flee deadly attack
At least nine people are killed in Mogadishu in the latest clashes between government forces and...
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Clashes in Italy over dump plans
Protesters demonstrating against the location of a garbage dump clash with troops and riot police...
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Far-right surge in Austria vote
The far right won almost a third of the vote in Austria's parliamentary election on Sunday,...
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London's diverse cultural vibe
Food, art and language keep people in touch with their ethnic and national backgrounds in an...
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Thai opposition leader arrested
Thai police arrest the key leader of a month-long protest inside Bangkok's Government House...
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Suicide blast hits Sri Lanka town
A Sri Lankan suicide bomber has killed at least 26 people in the north central town of...
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Police, protesters clash in Bangkok
In Bangkok, two people were killed and almost 400 people injured after anti-government protesters...
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Ukraine calls for early election
Ukranian President, Viktor Yushenko dissolves parliament and calls for elections in...
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Austrian far-right leader killed
Joerg Haider was driving a government car which went out of control and rolled down an...
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Beijing places new traffic ban
Beijing government tackles a growing traffic problem by trying out a new rule banning cars from...
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Thai Queen mourns protester
Queen Sirikit and her daughter attend the funeral of a young woman protester killed in a tear gas...
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New appeal to help Iraqi christians
Kurdish officials are urging the Iraqi government to secure the return of Christian families to...
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Greek strikers clash with police
Striking workers have marched through Athens to the Greek parliament in an attempt to force the...
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Argentina seizes pension funds
Argentine President Christina Fernandez sent a bill to Congress to allow for a government...
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Funerals in Afghanistan
At the German base in Kunduz, they mark the death of two soldiers at a time when Afghan...
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Students Occupy Schools in Italy
Across Italy, students are taking over high schools and
universities, protesting planned cuts by...
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Election looms in Israel
Israeli PM-designate Tzipi Livni abandons her efforts to form a new coalition government and says...
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Israel's election process begins
Parliamentary factions in Israel have been holding talks with President Shimon Peres after ruling...
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White House Mum Following U.S. Raid Into Syria
The Syrian government says a U.S. attack killed 8 people Sunday.
A U.S. military official has...
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Congo refugees flee Tutsi rebels
Thousands of people in the Deomcratic Republic of Congo flee a new outburst of fighting between...
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Italian students protest reform
The Italian senate approves a controversial education reform to the dismay of students and...
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Rebel General Besieging Congo Wants Talks
The rebel general laying siege to Congo's eastern provincial
capital of Goma wants direct talks...
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Goma residents scramble for aid
Scenes of chaos unfold as aid is distributed at a compound on the outskirts of...
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Congo must avoid Rwanda genocide
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown urged the international community to ensure that Congo did...
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Congo's rebel leader's warning
Congo's rebel leader has threatened to take his guerrilla war westwards to the capital Kinshasa...
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Bhutan king crowned
The new king of Bhutan has been crowned in a colourful coronation ceremony in the secluded...
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Double blow for Mexican drugs gang
A suspected leader of the Gulf cartel is captured and the army uncovers a massive arms...
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UN slams Congo civilian casualties
The head of the UN mission to the war-torn country says civilians appear to be deliberately...
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Thousands march in Turkish demo
Thousands of Turkish Alevis hold a demonstration in Ankara against compulsory religious classes...
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Tsvangirai rejects compromise plan
The Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has rejected plans aimed at breaking the...
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Nightmare end to Costa dreams
Thousands of Spaniards and foreigners are to lose full ownership rights to their dream seaside...
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Sri Lankan army 'seize rebel base'
Sri Lankan soldiers have captured the key Pooneryn area which Tamil Tiger rebels have occupied...
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UN envoy to meet rebels in Congo
UN envoy and former Nigerian President Obasanjo is in the Democratic Republic of Congo for talks...
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Iraq cabinet backs US security pact
Iraq's cabinet has approved a long-awaited security pact that will allow U.S. forces to remain in...
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Exit Strategy
The US and Iraq have signed a pact that sets a final date to end US military presence in...
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Protesters, police clash in Peru
Opposed to plans for a new waste treatment plant, thousands of demonstrators raided a government...
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Mass protest against arrest
Hundreds of thousands demonstrated around the country on Wednesday to protest the arrest of a top...
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Workers strike again in Chile
Government services in parts of Chile are paralyzed as thousands of public workers go on strike,...
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Nepal protests after murders
Demonstrations against country's ruling Maoists after two men killed.
The protests in...
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Thai protest site blast kills one
A grenade attack on protesters occupying the Thai prime minister's compound in Bangkok has left one...
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Brazil Police: 10 at Fault for 2007 Air Crash
A police investigation has found that 10 government and airline
officials were to blame for a TAM...
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Afghan acid attackers to be punished
The Afghan government says it will clamp down and punish those responsible for acid attacks on...
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Thai protesters 'final battle'
Demonstrators in Thailand launch what they are calling the final battle in a five-month campaign to...
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Abbas raises early election question
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will call for elections in 2009 if his Fatah movement...
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Thai PM Wongsawat will not quit
PM Somchai Wongsawat has been attending the Asia Pacific Economic summit in Peru, where he...
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Women workers die in Baghdad blast
A female suicide bomber blew herself up killing at least five people near Baghdad's green zone...
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Thai protestors storm airport
Thailand's main international airport has been forced to close after hundreds of anti-government...
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Yemen jail for Bin Laden driver
Reports say the U.S. military is transferring Osama bin Laden's former driver, Salim Hamdan, from...
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Calls for vote in Thai chaos
The head of Thailand's army has urged the government to step down and call a snap election as a...
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Civilians killed in Afghan blast
The bloodshed came as a suicide car bomber struck close to the U.S. embassy and a passing convoy...
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Coffee with condoms on the side
A former beauty queen in Ethiopia’s capital Addis Ababa is promoting safe sex by serving coffee...
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Thai political crisis deepens
As yellow-clad protesters move to the airport, a court is expected to rule against the government...
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Drug wars violence in Tijuana
Nine people were decapitated in Tijuana as violence continues in the Mexican border...
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India Ignored Attack Warnings
India's intelligence agency warned the government of
Pakistan-based militants preparing an attack...
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Cricket bat makers on sticky wicket
India's cricket bat makers are struggling because of a shortage of quality willow.
The...
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Bangkok airport reopens
The first passenger flight lands at Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport after anti-government protesters...
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Parliament suspended in Canada
After a week of political drama in Canada, Parliament suspended and Prime Minister Stephen Harper...
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Iraq's price of security
A spate of bombings in Iraq over the past few days come as Iraq prepares its security forces to...
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Greek PM on edge with riots
Strong words from the Greek prime minister contrast with the weakness of his government...
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EU deploys Kosovo law & order force
The European Union legal and police mission, known as EULEX, begins its long-delayed deployment...
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Fresh riots grip Athens
Angry students lashed out at police in Athens, Greece as the country remains paralyzed by riots...
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Taliban condemned for child bomber
Britain's Prime Minister Gordon Brown has condemned the Taliban for using a child suicide bomber...
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Fresh unrest in Athens
Hundreds of Greek students clash with police as they stage a demonstration outside the police...
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Protests greet new Thai PM
Thailand's opposition leader, Abhisit Vejjajiva, has been confirmed as the country's third Prime...
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Failure to rebuild in Iraq
A government report will find the reconstruction effort in Iraq has squandered billions of...
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Pakistan mourns Bhutto
Tens of thousands of Pakistanis have gathered at the mausoleum of former Prime Minister Benazir...
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Women barred from Iraq shrine
Iraqi authorities ban women from entering the Khadimiya district of Baghdad as Shi'ites mark...
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Ethiopia pulls troops out of Somalia
Ethiopian troops have begun pulling out of Somalia after supporting its Western-backed government...
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FARC hit by desertions
Two members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) deserted the group this week,...
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Fed up Bulgarians riot
Hundreds of protesters have clashed with police in Bulgaria's capital Sofia when an...
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Battleground Afghanistan
Violence in 2008 soared in Afghanistan, with soldiers hoping for a better year in 2009 while the...
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Uganda reburies LRA victims of war
Ugandan elders look for bones to rebury in a traditional cleansing ceremony that paves the way...
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Protestors target PM's car
Icelandic protesters angered by the collapse of the country's economy have been taken their...
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Greek farmers in protest blockade
Thousands of farmers bring chaos to roads and borders in a mass demonstration over falling...
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German post boss admits tax dodge
A German businessman has admitted dodging taxes in a case the government hopes will increase...
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Greek farmer road blocks stepped up
Farmers demanding compensation for low agricultural prices blocked Greek roads for an eighth day...
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Indian govt cuts fuel prices
Prices cut by up to 11 percent cut- the second time in nearly two months, as the government took...
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Davos 2009: Pakistan PM interview
Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani discusses terrorism, plus relations with India and the new...
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Violence erupts in Madagascar
At least 44 people have been killed during anti-government protests in Madagscar's...
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Openly gay leader is new Iceland PM
The leader of Iceland's new coalition government is the openly gay, former social affairs...
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Ship collision in anti-whaling clash
Video released by Japanese whalers shows an anti-whaling activists' ship ramming in to one of...
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Bloodshed in Afganistan
Taliban insurgents attack two government buildings in Kabul, killing at least 19 people.
The...
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Plague of monkeys
Residents in India's northern Agra are living in fear of marauding monkeys who have laid siege to...
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Clinton begins Asian trip
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrives in Tokyo, the first leg of a one-week Asian trip...
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Chinese premier says steel up
Wen Jiabao stresses China's strong position to ride out of crisis.
Chinese premier Wen...
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Lessons from Japan's "lost decade"
Secretary of State Clinton made her first stop on her Asia tour in Japan, a country that spent...
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Netanyahu gets boost for Israel PM
Israel's opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu's chances of becoming prime minister improve...
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Netanyahu to form Israeli government
Israeli President Shimon Peres presents right-wing Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu with a mandate...
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Bomb attacks in Baghdad
Roadside bombs and gunmen have claimed the lives of four people and wounded many in the Iraqi...
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Cost of air power in Pakistan
The U.S. has relied on air power to qwell violence along the Pakistani border with Afghanistan,...
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Sri Lankan Gov't Rejects Rebels' Call for Truce
Sri Lanka's separatist Tamil rebels, facing likely defeat on the
battlefield, sent a letter to the...
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Bishop on the run
Bishop Richard Williamson is at the airport preparing to leave Argentina.
The Roman Catholic...
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Nine die in Netherlands plane crash
Emergency crews sift through the wreckage of a Turkish Airlines plane which crashed near...
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More talks to come
The United States, Afghanistan and Pakistan agree to hold regular three-nation talks on the...
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Fed spends to save
The US Federal Reserve said it will expand its balance sheets to buy more government and agency...
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Egypt opens Gaza crossing
Rafah crossing opens for two days by Egyptians, to allow passage for sick Palestinians as well as...
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Czech Republic rethinks U.S radar
The Czech government halts plans for the construction of a U.S defence shield in Prague.
The...
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French workers strike over economy
Thousands of French workers have gone on strike and taken to the streets to criticise the handling...
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Auto bailout plan hits $34B
Executives from the beleaguered U.S. auto industry are driving into the nation's capital with...
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Rescue or bailout?
Jul 14 - The US government offers a massive package to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
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Will rescue plan lead to bailout?
Jul 14 - The US government offers a massive package to mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac...
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Oil prices rebound...again
Jul 30 - After falling back for a couple of weeks, oil prices turned direction and rose after a...
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Obama: Tap Oil Reserve to Help Gas Prices
In a reversal, Barack Obama proposed Monday that the government
sell 70 million barrels of oil...
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Economic jitters weigh on Asia
Growing economic pessimism weighed on Asian investor confidence Friday, but market players looked...
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Asia shares recover
Asian investors shook off worries about U.S. financial system stability, with commodity-linked...
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China's economy post-Olympics
Experts say the end of the games will have little effect on the nation's roaring...
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Asian stocks down
Asian stocks slipped because of weak investors confidence of a frail state of the world...
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US economy shows muscle
The U.S. economy advanced in the second quarter much faster than government record keepers...
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U.S. ready to tap emergency oil
Crude oil prices fell $2.56 after the U.S. government said it would use oil from a strategic...
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Fannie and Freddie bailed out
America's biggest mortgage guarantors - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac - are temporarily taken over...
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Asia shares jump
Asian shares jump after Washington took over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac to save the U.S. housing...
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Asia banks, officials cheer move
Banks across Asia and regional financial officials took heart Monday from the U.S. government...
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Mortgage bailout inspires Wall St.
Investors went on the biggest stock buying spree in a month as the government bailout of Fannie...
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Home buyers' new hope
Mortgages may be easier to get for many Americans now that the US government has taken a radical...
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Asia shares fell
Asian stocks fell and government bonds rose Tuesday as investors said the U.S. takeover of Fannie...
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Russian bourses halt trading
Russian bourses halted trading after the biggest slump since the 1998 collapse with the...
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Nigeria's militants step up oil war
Militants in Nigeria are threatening to broaden their "oil war" to offshore oil fields,...
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Wall St. sizzles as gov't plan eyed
U.S. stocks surged 3 to 4 percent in the best one-day rally in six years amid signs of a...
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Wall St. fallout hits Main St.
The financial crises and subsequent government bailouts will cost businesses and families across...
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700 billion dollar bailout
The US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson is seeking public approval after plans were put forward...
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Can Chrysler survive the slump?
Auto executives fear Chrysler may not survive the financial crisis amid the credit crunch facing...
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Oil surges in biggest 1-day jump
Oil prices surged to the biggest one-day gain in history. Prices rose more than 16 dollars, on...
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Uncertainty abounds on Wall Street
Without any movement towards an approved government rescue plan investors steered clear of big...
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BOJ cheers U.S. bailout
A top Bank of Japan official expressed hope Monday a $700 billion U.S. government bailout fund...
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Hypo's deal to avoid finance squeeze
German lender Hypo Real Estate secures 35 billion euros in credit guarantees from the German...
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Australia, New Zealand React to Bailout Failure
Share prices in Australia and New Zealand plunged Tuesday after
U.S. lawmakers voted against a...
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UK Consumer confidence in turmoil
Consumer confidence in Britain is at historically low levels as falling house prices and market...
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Cash Demands Overwhelm Zimbabwe Banks
People line up in Zimbabwe by the thousands to hopefully withdraw
cash from banks, after the...
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G4 leaders stop short of bailout
European leaders vow to help banks out at the end of an emergency summit in France to try to...
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College Bound Students Hit by Credit Crunch
New York senator Charles Schumer says the credit crunch has
forced as many as 50 banks to stop...
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Cash injection for US banks?
In an effort to jumpstart lending, the U.S. Treasury is considering giving money to U.S. banks in...
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Australia guarantees deposits
Australia's Prime Minister announces plans for the government to guarantee bank deposits for the...
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British Govt. Bailing Out Banks
The British government said Monday it would provide up to 37
billion pounds (US$63 billion) in...
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Trichet Exclusive
European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet told Reuters that recent government measures...
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China Q3 GDP slows to 9 percent.
China's economic growth rate slipped into single digits in the third quarter for the first time in...
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Bernanke talks of second stimulus
U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress on Monday that another wave of government...
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Markets cheered by banks lending
As European banks line up for government rescue money there are signs institutions are regaining...
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Wall Street Higher on Hopes of Credit Recovery
Wall Street was mostly higher Monday as investors took signs of
easing in the credit markets as...
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Shareholders take Fortis to court
A group of minority shareholders is taking banking and insurance giant Fortis to court, saying...
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Lehman fallout hits Japan's elderly
The collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers caused anguish in a small Japanese...
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Detroit to get merger help?
Automakers could get a cash injection from Washington, in an effort to save the ailing...
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Aid for AIG grows to $150B
The U.S. government announced Monday that it is increasing aid for insurance giant AIG to...
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Fate of GM, economy hit stocks
Stocks fall despite news of China's multibillion-dollar stimulus plan.
Initial gains in...
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Asia stocks slide, yen jumps
Asian stock markets tumbled early Thursday, hit by renewed financial crisis jitters and signs the...
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Biggest retail sales drop on record
October saw the largest one-month fall in U.S. retail sales, government figures showed, as job...
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Weak economy sets new records
U.S. consumer prices saw a record plunge in October and new home construction projects fell to...
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Paulson on defense
Treasury Secretary Paulson defended his response to the financial crisis and said the government...
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Citigroup's massive bailout
The government's huge bailout of Citigroup could fail to restore investor confidence, says a...
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Buyers rush in after Citi lifeline
Wall Street put the finishing touches on the biggest two-day rally in 21 years after a government...
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Moscow's construction crunch
The global financial crisis hits Russian construction market, resulting in the freezing of major...
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Thai airport blockade
Anti-government protesters ignored police orders to end a Bangkok airport blockade, while the...
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Wall St. rebounds on auto hopes
U.S. stocks were on the way to recover from the bruising they took a day earlier, boosted in part...
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Asia shrs edge up, Qantas soars
Most Asian share markets crawled higher Wednesday, although regional automakers remained under...
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HSBC gives UK home owners a boost
Europe's largest bank, HSBC, said it would raise its UK mortgage fund to 15 billion pounds in...
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Japan eyes new bad loan plan
Japan's government and central bank are eyeing a $110 billion bad loan buying-scheme, the Sankei...
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Japan's tent city
Hundreds of homeless people spent the New Year living in a Tokyo park to demand jobs as rising...
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Germany unveils second stimulus plan
Germany presents a new 50 billion euro stimulus package, designed to help the economy through the...
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Business Update:Chrysler sale?
Nissan shares jumped Wednesday on a Reuters report it is in talks with embattled automaker...
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Opposition urges clarity on Satyam
India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is urging the
federal government to come...
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Business Update: Retail chill
U.S. total December retail sales were in a deep freeze, according to government statistics, which...
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Business Update: UK business aid
The British government offers businesses a 30 billion dollar credit lifeline to help them...
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Bank of America's new bailout
The bank gets an extra $20 billion from the US government to help it deal with losses stemming...
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Business Update: New UK bank rescue
The UK government allows banks to insure against steep losses and guarantee their debt to stop...
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AIG ends Man U deal
Troubled U.S. insurer AIG will not be renewing its shirt sponsorship deal with Manchester United...
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Davos 2009: Putin and Wen warn
The Russian and Chinese prime ministers called for cooperation not isolation during the global...
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Business Update:Jobless ranks swell
The number of Americans stuck on the unemployment roll hit a record, according to data from the...
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Business Update: UPS jobs stay
United Parcel Service, the No. 2 package delivery service behind FedEx, did not announce massive...
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Business Update: High-end pay cap
The Obama Administration unveiled its plan to cap executive pay at $500,000 for any company...
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Business Update: Asian up on govts
A U.S. plan to subsidize mortgage payments for troubled homeoners boosts Asian sentiment.
...
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Business Update: Lloyds slumps
Shares in UK bank Lloyds TSB slid further as investors feared the bank may need more government...
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Venezuela takes Stanford bank
The government of Venezuela moved to take control of the Stanford Bank Venezuela after it and...
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How bank nationalization would work
The pros and cons of a possible US government takeover of increasingly troubled banks.
The...
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Business Update: Bank hopes
Parts of the U.S. Treasury's bank rescue plan will begin on Wednesday, according to an...
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Critical week for European carmakers
Units of struggling U.S. giant General Motors attempt to shore up their businesses, as British...
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Citi, regulators in talks - source
The U.S. government may raise its stake in Citigroup.
Citigroup is in talks that could end...
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Business Update: Stocks at 12-yr low
Wall Street's slump extended to a 12-year low as government proposals to clean up the banking...
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Business Update: Asia slip on dollar
Asian stocks dipped as the dollar nursed huge losses after the Fed pledged to pump an extra $1...
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Bush: US moving quickly
President George W. Bush said on Friday the U.S. government was moving aggressively to address...
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Markets mixed on rescue plan
Stocks were mixed in mid-day trading despite an initial burst after the US government's...
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Stocks slip on economic jitters
After a volatile session, stocks closed Tuesday with a loss amid worries about the damage done to...
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Treasury Secretary 'regrets' Steps to Save Banks
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson lays out steps to shore up the
nation's banking system by having...
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Palin Says Obama Wants to 'redistribute' Wealth
Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin spoke about
the role of government, gun rights...
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Soros slams market "fundamentalism"
Billionaire investor George Soros and other panelists at Columbia University slam U.S. government...
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The politics of regulation
Lawmakers gather to talk regulation but there are questions about government...
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Alaska Senator Called 'Liar, Cheat' in Court
Prosecutors accused Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens of 'believing he was
above the law' when he failed to...
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Fliers Will Have to Give More Info. to Airlines
A long-delayed U.S. government program designed to more
accurately prescreen the names of airline...
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Greenspan in the hot seat
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan was in the hot seat Thursday as lawmakers pressed...
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Syria Calls U.S. Attack As 'serious Aggression'
U.S. military helicopters launched an extremely rare attack
Sunday on Syrian territory close to...
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Skinheads held over Obama plot
A plot to assassinate Barack Obama and kill up to 100 people in a murder spree is broken up by...
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Postcard to U.S. President: Tehran
People in Iran send their first wishes to new U.S. President-elect Barak Obama.
Speaking on...
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Obama's road to Kabul
When President elect Barack Obama takes office on January 20th, he inherits the war in...
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Bush Tries to Ease Air Travel Congestion
The government is opening some military airspace to ease airline
congestion over Thanksgiving and...
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The future of healthcare
As the Obama administration takes shape, so do worries about how the government will pay for any...
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Unemployment hits 15 year high
Over 530,000 jobs were lost in November alone, putting pressure on the U.S. government to pass a...
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The gas pump stimulus
Consumers are finding a little more in their wallets thanks to lower gas prices.
Gasoline...
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Kashkari grilled over $700B fund
The $700 billion dollar economic rescue plan was in the spotlight in Capitol Hill, as...
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FDIC Chief: Foreclosure Plan Needed
The housing crisis likely will last into 2010 until the credit
market revives and government...
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Obama rounds out his cabinet
President-elect Obama continues at a rapid pace to name his cabinet, which has prompted relief in...
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Obama's $350 billion request
The incoming Obama administration wants to get the remaining bailout money.
Obama is...
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Clinton Urged to Reveal More on Husband's Donors
Secretary of State nominee Hillary Rodham Clinton intervened at
least six times in government...
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Madoff wins bail ruling
A U.S. judge rules that alleged swindler Bernard Madoff may remain under house arrest instead of...
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Obama's new home front
The nation's capitol awaits President Obama with hopes he will deliver voting rights to the other...
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Loopholes Exposed in Obama Lobbying Rules
Despite signing an executive ordering restricting the role of
lobbyists in government, President...
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Tainted peanut president grilled
The president of the U.S. peanut company blamed for a salmonella outbreak refused to answer...
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Gregg on Nomination: Wasn't 'Good Fit.'
Republican
Sen. Judd Gregg of New Hampshire abruptly withdrew his nomination as
commerce...
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NY family fights home loan woes
New York couple struggles to renegotiate their loan payments just as the Obama Administration...
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Business Update: Consumer gloom
The mood of the American consumer was at another record low in February and is not likely to...
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Official Says Vick OK'd for Home Confinement
Imprisoned
NFL star Michael Vick will be allowed to serve the last two months of
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Asia's first swine-flu case confirmed in Hong Kong
Hong Kong - Asia's first case of swine flu has been confirmed in Hong Kong,...
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Travel and swine flu: US vice president stirs pot
Washington - While countries debate whether it's wise to travel to Mexico or the United...
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Japan's Aso urges calm, cooperation on swine flu
Beijing - Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday urged Japanese...
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Spain confirms second case of swine flu
Madrid- A second case of swine flu has been diagnosed in Spain, Health Minister Trinidad Jimenez...
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Swine Flu Outbreak - A Cause for "Concern," Obama Says
President Barack Obama said he was closely watching an outbreak of swine flu in the United States,...
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Kids with ADHD Taking Meds Do Better in School
Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder who are treated score higher on math and...
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Spain calls for calm after case of swine flu is confirmed
Madrid - The Spanish government on Monday called for calm after Europe's first case of swine flu...
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FDA Makes Plan B Available for 17-Year-Olds without Prescription
The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday said it will allow 17-year-olds to get the...
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Meth Exposure during Pregnancy Predisposes Kids to Abnormal Brain Development
Methamphetamine use during pregnancy may cause abnormal brain development in children, according to...
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Quest Agrees to Pay $302 M to Settle ‘Misbranding’ Case
Quest Diagnostics has agreed to pay $302 million to settle charges that one of its business units...
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FDA Asks Coast IRB to Stop Review New Studies Due to Violations
The Food and Drug Administration sent Tuesday a formal warning letter to Coast Independent Review...
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China has long way to go on health reforms
Beijing - Chinese authorities released a long-awaited health reform action plan...
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FDA Wants to Review Older Medical Devices
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday required manufacturers of 25 types of medical devices...
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NY Health Commissioner Calls for Tax on Sugared Drinks
An article in the New England Journal of Medicine suggests that imposing a tax on sodas and sports...
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US Launches $45 Million AIDS Campaign Aimed at People Most at Risk
US officials on Tuesday launched an AIDS awareness campaign that would focus on the people most...
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WHO calls for disaster-resistant hospitals, health facilities
Manila - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Monday urged Asian countries to...
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CQC: 21 NHS Trusts Fail Hygiene Tests
According to a report released Friday by the Care Quality Commission, the new “super...
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Intel and GE team up on telemedicine
New York - Going to the doctor could become a thing of the past for many people if the telemedicine...
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New Web Site Helps People Cope With Stress During Tough Times
The federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) launched March 31 a...
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FDA Warns 9 Companies for Making Unapproved Narcotics
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday warned nine manufacturers for illegally making powerful...
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China launches partnership to fight drug-resistant TB
Beijing - China on Wednesday launched a partnership with the Gates...
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Teens Should Be Screened for Depression, Experts Recommend
A government-appointed medical panel said doctors should screen all teenagers for depression, a...
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ADHD Kids Much Less Consistent in Their Response Times
New research published in the journal Child Neuropsychology suggests that children with...
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Adoption of Electronic Medical Records Going Slow in US Hospitals
According to a survey published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, only 9...
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Chinese Quality Watchdogs Clear Johnson & Johnson Baby Products
Following a report early this month saying that many of the baby products on the market contain...
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3-year-old in Vietnam dies of bird flu
Hanoi - A 3-year-old Vietnamese boy has died of avian influenza after four...
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Cephalon’s Narcolepsy Drug Provigil Could Be Addictive
Cephalon’s narcolepsy drug Provigil, highly used as a so-called “smart drug” by...
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Group: Baby Care Products Contain Cancer-Causing Chemicals
A health advocacy group found out that more than half the baby shampoo, lotion and other infant...
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Obama lifts stem-cell funding ban in latest shift on ethics
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday reversed an eight-year long government block on...
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Obama to End Restrictions on Stem Cell Research
Science matters to the Obama administration.
President Barack Obama will most likely sign...
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U.S.
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Statue of Liberty's crown to reopen to visitors on July 4
New York - The Statue of Liberty's crown, which has been closed to visitors since the...
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US banks turn to investors for cash after stress test findings
Washington - Major US banks turned to private investors Friday in the hopes of finding 75 billion...
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US jobless rate reaches 8.9 per cent, less than expected
Washington - The US unemployment rate climbed to 8.9 per cent in April, its highest level since...
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Gates "regrets" Afghan civilian losses
Kabul - US Defence Secretary Roberts Gates apologized for civilian casualties caused by his country...
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Stress tests to show banks need cash; investors feared worse
Washington - Some of the United States' largest banks will be forced to raise...
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Pledges for cooperation after US-Afghan-Pakistan summit
Washington - The leaders of the United States, Pakistan and Afghanistan vowed Wednesday to...
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Clinton: US "deeply" regrets civilian losses in Afghanistan
Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized Wednesday for civilian...
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US swine flu cases increase to 642, likely to spread
Washington - The number of people sickened by swine influenza in the United States increased to 642...
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US "deeply" regrets civilian losses in Afghanistan, Clinton says
Washington - US Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized for the civilian casualties...
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Obama announces tougher corporate tax rules
Washington - US President Barack Obama outlined a new proposal on Monday to rein in tax...
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US: Terrorism still a concern in Bangladesh
Dhaka - The United States government believes that Islamist militancy is still a major concern in...
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US: Drop in Iraq violence leads world terrorism decline
Washington - The number of terrorist attacks in Iraq dropped sharply in 2008, making up the bulk of...
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Indian counterterrorism measures lacking, US says
Washington - India is incapable of adequately responding to the threat of terrorism because...
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US braces for worse from swine flu
Washington - The United States braced for worse from the swine flu outbreak Tuesday as officials...
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Schwarzenegger proclaims state of emergency; one possible flu death
Sacramento - California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on Tuesday declared a state of emergency to...
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Obama at 100-day mark with packed foreign policy agenda
Washington - US President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office have been dominated by the...
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US could take majority stake in GM in new survival bid
Washington - The US government could take a majority stake in General Motors Corp as part of a...
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US lawmakers arrested during Darfur protest
Washington - Police arrested five members of the US Congress on Monday during a protest outside the...
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Report: US, Cuba planning informal talks
Washington - US and Cuban diplomats are planning informal meetings in the United...
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Pentagon to release photos of detainee treatment
Washington - The US Defense Department next month will release 44 photographs of...
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US stocks recover as Geithner says many banks have enough funds
Washington - US markets rallied Tuesday led by financial shares, after Treasury Secretary Timothy...
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Oversight group fears fraud, criminal acts in US financial rescue
Washington (dpa) - The United States' dramatic efforts to stabilize the financial system are...
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Obama, Calderon pledge cooperation against drug violence
Mexico City - US President Barack Obama and Mexican President Felipe Calderon pledged Thursday to...
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US captain rescued from pirates arrives in Kenya
Washington/Nairobi - Richard Phillips, the American captain dramatically rescued from pirates...
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Tax Day in the US: Tea Party protests and last-minute filings
Washington - As US workers rushed to meet an annual deadline to file their tax returns,...
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Ending flows of drugs, guns atop Obama's Mexico visit
Washington - As the death toll in Mexico's drug wars soars into the thousands, the United States...
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Obama eases travel, communications restrictions for Cuba
Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday lifted all restrictions on Cuban Americans...
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Obama hails captain, calls for anti-piracy action
Nairobi/Washington - US President Barack Obama on Monday praised the rescue of a US captain from...
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Alabama crew hails rescued captain, calls for anti-piracy action
Nairobi - Crew members of the Maersk Alabama, whose captain Richard Phillips was freed from the...
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Sports
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Spain passes decree to prevent night-time doping controls
Madrid (dpa) - Spain's government has approved a royal decree allowing the nation's athletes to...
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German cops grab Klitschko's watch: "I thought it was an April Fools' joke"
Kiev - Ukraine heavyweight boxer Vitali Klitschko on Tuesday said he thought he was the unlucky...
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Joint Spanish-Portuguese 2018 World Cup
Madrid - Angel Maria Villar, president of the Spanish football federation, said early on Tuesday...
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Honda exit confirms the cold hand of recession on sport
Hamburg - Honda's withdrawal from Formula One racing came as a shock on Friday, but there were...
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FIFA happy and everything going to plan, say World Cup organizers
Johannesburg - The South African Local Organizing Committee (LOC) of the 2010 World Cup said...
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Financial Crisis Has Not Touched Organization
Johannesburg - Football's controlling body FIFA on Friday said that the global economic crisis has...
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Olympic attention now swings to London
Beijing - David Beckham kicked a football and three-time Beijing gold medallist Chris Hoy rode a...
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IOC Looking into Issue of Age of Chinese Women Gymnasts
Beijing - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) confirmed Friday that it has requested...
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For Some, Just Getting to the Olympics Is a Victory
Beijing (dpa) - Some countries competing in the Beijing Olympics have worked years to get here and...
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Ilchenko Gets Open Water Gold as Du Toit Makes a Big Splash
Beijing - Russian teenager Larisa Ilchenko used her usual tactics to win the inaugural 10...
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Relief in South Africa after Olympics Shame Ends
Johannesburg - Eleven days into the Beijing Games South Africans were celebrating the end of their...
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At Li's Mobile Bike Shed, They Think the Olympics Are Good
Beijing - In a little street, next to Beijing's Workers' Stadium that hosts Olympic football...
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China's Ethnic Minorities Have Little Taste for Olympics
Lanzhou, China - Olympic fever that has swept most of China seems to have limited influence in...
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Small Town Bhiwani's Boxers Punch
New Delhi - Bhiwani - a small, dusty, potholed northern Indian town - is making headlines as home...
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Prince of gymnastics Li Ning lights Olympic cauldron
Active sports heroes Yao Ming and Liu Xiang may have been mentioned most as favourites to light the...
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Beijing Olympics Opening Ceremony Underway
The opening ceremony for the Beijing Olympics got underway with a fireworks display on Friday...
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China is ready - and the world is waiting
China has everything in place to stage an Olympic Games which will change the world's perception of...
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Olympic torch arrives in Beijing for final three days
The Olympic flame on Tuesday arrived in Beijing for the final three days of torch relay before it...
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Hong Kong: Olympic Torch Reaches Friendly Territory
The Olympic torch has reached
Hong Kong this week, and the pro-Tibetan protests became less felt....
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Olympic Torch Relay Ceremony Overshadowed By Protests
What happens to tradition when
politics get in the way? The relit of the Olympic Games torch,...
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McNamee’s Lawyer Rejects Republicans’ Report On Clemens
Talks about Roger Clemens’ lack
of credibility in the light of the allegations against him could...
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Boycott Proposals For The Olympic Games Emerge
The Beijing Olympic Games are
under the auspices of the Tibet protests, and although not directly...
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Clemens’ Turn To Testify On Capitol Hill
Twenty-four hours after Andy
Pettitte’s deposition, Roger Clemens was expected on Capitol Hill to...
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Six Deaths Confirmed By Beijing Olympic Officials
Beijing is preparing for the
2008 Olympic Games, with 31 competition venues and 44 training sites...
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Bonds’ Lawyers File Motion To Dismiss Perjury Charges
The defense team of former outfielder
for San Francisco Giants Barry Bonds asked a federal judge...
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Vick Sentenced to 23 Months in Jail on Dog-Fight Conviction
Michael Vick was sentenced to 23 months in jail under the accusation of participating in a...
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Vick Puts Up $1 Million for Dogs’ Care
Michael Vick has agreed to donate about $1 million for the care of the 54 pit bulls taken in...
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Marion Jones Pleads Guilty and Retires
Gold medalist athlete Marion Jones pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to federal officials about the...
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Marion Jones to Plead Guilty in Doping Case
Gold medalist Marion Jones will reportedly plead guilty Friday to charges of lying to U.S....
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DEA Makes 124 Arrests in Drug Raids
The Drug Enforcement Administration announced today an 18-month investigation into illegal steroids...
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Business
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Chrysler to shed dealerships; Ford predicts 2011 profit
Washington - Insolvent US carmaker Chrysler LLC plans to cut ties with nearly one quarter of its...
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CEO says AIG needs no more bail-outs, for now
Washington - American International Group Inc (AIG), the troubled global insurance giant that...
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GM Europe needs urgent German government help
Washington - US carmaker General Motors Corp, which will likely be in bankruptcy by the end of this...
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GM posts quarterly net loss of 6 billion dollars
New York - Threatened US carmaker General Motors Corp posted a quarterly net loss of 6 billion...
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Volvo Cars and Swedish government freeze talks on state guarantee
Stockholm - Volvo Cars, the Swedish subsidiary of US automotive giant Ford, and the Swedish...
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Transfer of Lockerbie bomber to Libya under consideration
London - The Libyan authorities have applied for the transfer of the man convicted of the 1988...
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Britain to act on Libyan bid for Lockerbie bomber transfer
London - More than 20 years after the Lockerbie bombing which killed 270 people and soured Libya's...
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Report: Renault-Nissan interested in buying Saturn
New York - Renault-Nissan is talking to General Motors about buying GM's Saturn line, according to...
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McDonald's Hong Kong boss jailed for taking bribes
Hong Kong - The former managing director of McDonald's in Hong Kong was jailed...
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Chrysler gets urgent court approval for loan
Washington - Perched on the brink of collapse, Chrysler LLC crept forward Tuesday with approval by...
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Report: 10 US banks need more capital
New York - About 10 large US banks will need to increase their capital under a government...
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Federal Reserve chief Bernanke to testify as stress tests near
Washington - With the US central bank expected to release the results of long-awaited bank stress...
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Chrysler's production lines stopped for bankruptcy
New York - Struggling Chrysler, forced into bankruptcy last week, had shut down all its North...
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General Motors has "a number of buyers" interested in Saturn
Washington - General Motors, the largest US car maker, Monday said a number of potential buyers...
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Chrysler closing down production during bankruptcy
New York - As Chrysler formally applied Thursday for bankruptcy protection and reorganization...
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Key US investor rejects takeover bid for Hypo Real Estate
Munich - A US private-equity investor, Christopher Flowers, rejected Thursday a takeover bid...
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Chrysler to declare bankruptcy as last-minute talks fail
Washington - The long ailing US carmaker Chrysler LLC was to enter bankruptcy protection Thursday...
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China Mobile buys 12 per cent stake in Taiwan's Far East Tone
Taipei - China Mobile, China's largest cellphone company, signed a strategic alliance agreement...
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Wall Street falls for second day on swine flu, banking fears
New York - Major US stock indices fell for a second straight day Tuesday as concerns over the...
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Daimler unveils cuts as losses mount amid car crisis
Frankfurt - German car giant Daimler AG unveiled a tough cost-cutting program Tuesday after...
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Opel prospect Magna presents "interesting" concept
Berlin - The Canadian-Austrian car parts supplier Magna presented the German government Tuesday...
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Report: Chrysler and creditors reach last-minute deal
Washington - Chrysler LLC reportedly reached a deal Tuesday with its creditors to write off...
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Chrysler strikes deal with union in survival bid
Washington - Troubled carmaker Chrysler, the smallest and most endangered of the...
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GM says Pontiac not gone yet; gets another 2 billion dollars
Washington - Reports that General Motors might kill off its muscled Pontiac line - Firebird,...
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GM closing plants for summer; Chrysler bankruptcy nears
Washington - Under government pressure to prove its viability by June 1 and bracing for a...
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Extension sought to Microsoft antitrust supervision
San Francisco - Microsoft and US authorities on Thursday jointly proposed an 18-month extension of...
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Britain to subsidize electric car purchases
London - The British government said Thursday it will offer cash incentives to motorists who buy...
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China's GDP growth slows to 6.1 per cent
Beijing - The expansion of the Chinese economy slowed to a record low in...
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Three Gorges Dam faces 14.5-billion-dollar cost overrun
Beijing - China's Three Gorges Dam, due to be completed in November, is...
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Lula: If necessary, troubled banks must be nationalized
Rio de Janeiro - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday spoke about the...
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Science
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Nefertiti's "hidden face" proves Berlin bust is not Hitler's fake
Hamburg - Using 21st Century medical computer technology, German researchers have unveiled the...
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Arctic summer ice may vanish in 30 years, study finds ahead of summit
Washington - Ice in the summertime could be a thing of the past in the Arctic in as soon as...
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Superman's foundation welcomes Obama's stem cell move
Los Angeles - The foundation started by former Superman star Christopher Reeve has applauded...
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China Crashes Satellite into Moon to Gain Experience
China deliberately crashed a lunar probe into the moon on Sunday. The move was made with the...
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Satellite Debris Is Beginning to Make People More Suspicious Than Necessary
According to the U.S. government, there's no relation between the fireballs that streaked the Texas...
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Every Satellite Launch Increases Risk of Space Debris
Space experts said Friday that the first-ever collision between two satellites has created clouds...
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Decision To Delist Gray Wolves To Be Challenged In Court
The U.S. Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday that the grey wolf populations...
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Study Shows that Climate Change Will Cause Food Shortage
On Thursday, a team of researchers in the United States pointed out that both crops and...
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National Health Spending Continues To Rise
According to a study published in the today’s issue of the journal Health Affairs, national...
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Racial Gap In Colorectal Cancer Is Widening
Colorectal cancer deaths have fallen in the
United States
this decade, but the racial gap in...
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Big Changes For The Endangered Species Act
The Interior Department has just finalized the rules which change the way the Endangered Species...
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Elephants Die Younger In Zoos Than In The Wild
A recent study reported that African and Asian elephants living in zoos have a far shorter life...
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Bush Administration Loosens ESA Consultation Process
The U.S. Department of the Interior yesterday released
modifications to ease the consultation...
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Report Finds Government Nano-Risk Assessment Plan Faulty
The government’s plan for research on potential health and
environmental risks posed by the use of...
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American Students Gain in TIMSS Test
A recent international survey of student achievement
released on Tuesday, Trends in International...
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Dutch to develop new European climate satellite
The Netherlands is to develop Europe's next climate satellite, it was announced by the European...
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Obama To Set The Basis For An Environmentally-Wise Future Plan
President elect Barack Obama has a lot to accomplish in just
four years, and among the issues on...
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China Launches Two Satellites to Monitor Weather, Atmosphere
Beijing - China on Wednesday launched into orbit two satellites to monitor the weather and natural...
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Another Attempt For Delisting Gray Wolves
The Bush administration will once again try to take the gray wolf of the northern Rockies off the...
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Palin Loses Again: Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Listed As Endangered
This week, the Cook Inlet beluga whale population near Anchorage has made it onto the list of...
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Update3: All Eyes On China, As Countdown To Space Launch Begins
Chinese officials confirmed that the third manned mission of
its space programme is scheduled for...
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China Starts Final Countdown to Spacewalk Mission
On Thursday afternoon, China started the final eight-hour
countdown to its Shenzhou VII space...
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Shenzhou VII heads to launch pad for China's first spacewalk
Beijing - Engineers on Saturday moved the assembled carrier rocket and Shenzhou VII spacecraft...
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GAO Pressures EPA to Enforce Restrictions on Risky E-waste Exports
The Environmental Protection Agency’s regulations over harmful
electronic waste exports that pose...
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China launches two satellites to monitor environment
Beijing - China on Saturday launched two satellites for monitoring the environment and natural...
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Global Warming Has Reached a Peak in Recent Decade
A study published Tuesday in the Proceedings of the National
Academy of Scientists reveals that...
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Zephyr Sets Unofficial Record For Longest Unmanned Flight
Last week ended with the announcement of an unprecedented
record setting for Zephyr, the...
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NASA Program Seriously Imperiled by War Between Russia and Georgia
The war between Russia
and Georgia
may prove to be a serious problem for NASA, as its capability...
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NASA’s Program Could Get Affected By The Russia-Georgia War
According to a report in The Washington Post, the Russian-Georgian war may have several very...
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NASA Reopens Spacesuit Competition after Complaint
NASA has decided to reopen the bidding for the $184 million contract aimed at developing and...
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Music
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Activists welcome court rejection of Madonna adoption
Lilongwe/Johannesburg - A leading human rights group in Malawi on Friday welcomed a court's...
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Malawi court turns down Madonna's second adoption
Lilongwe - In a surprise move, a Malawian court on Friday turned down US popstar Madonna's...
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Malawi court defers ruling in second Madonna adoption bid
Lilongwe, Malawi - US pop star Madonna's attempt to adopt a second child in Malawi is to be decided...
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Malawi court hears Madonna's request to adopt a second child
US popstar Madonna attended a court hearing in Malawi on Monday in her bid to adopt a second...
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Guns N' Roses' 'Chinese Democracy' Gets Controversial
Nothing pleased diehard Guns N' Roses fans more than the release of the band's new album,...
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Angel-Voiced Gurrumul Gives Black Australia A Gospel
Sydney - It has been hailed as the greatest voice ever recorded in Australia: plaintive yet...
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Chinese State Media Against New Guns N’ Roses Album
Rock band Guns N’ Roses has released its first studio album
in fifteen years and its provocative...
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After 43-Year Wait, Tel Aviv Rocked by McCartney
Tel Aviv - Sir Paul McCartney may have wondered how he would be treated when he was 64, but the...
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Israel's in Love with Paul, and It Feels Fine
Tel Aviv - It's taken over 40 years but Beatlemania has finally hit Israel.
Paul McCartney is to...
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Paul McCartney Brings His Lady to Town
Living legend Paul McCartney is slightly over 64 but he is
well loved. And he loves right back one...
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“Fela!’s” Music and Dancing Lift Up Your Spirits
If you want to offer yourself a nice and exciting present,
you should go to theater 37 Arts to see...
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Cuban Punk Rocker Released After Paying a $28 Fine
Cuban punk rocker Gorki Aguila, who is renown for his raunchy lyrics against Fidel Castro and...
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Sir Paul McCartney to Concert in Israel for the First Time
About 43 years after the Beatles were denied a previously-scheduled concert in Israel, Sir Paul...
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Paul McCartney Will Perform In Israel
Sir Paul McCartney plans to go to Israel and perform next
month, forty years after his world...
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Bon Jovi Free Concert in NY’s Central Park
Rock band Bon Jovi will perform in a free concert in Central Park. The concert is scheduled for...
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Official: Madonna Is Mother of Three
Madonna and husband Guy Ritchie have been deemed “perfect parents” by a judge in...
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Malawi Court Postpones Final Say on Madonna Adoption
Madonna’s long-unfolding adoption of a two-year-old Malawian boy may take a while longer to...
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Alicia Keys Updates Her Statements
In a statement issued two days ago, Alicia Keys explained that
she feels the need to detail and...
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Alicia Keys Reveals Gangsta Rap Conspiracy Theory
Grammy-winning Alicia Keys grants a candid and surprising interview to Blender magazine this month,...
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UK Agency to Appeal Snoop Dogg’s Visa Ruling
The British are giving Snoop Dogg a hard time. The UK government challenged a court ruling to...
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Jonas Brothers Keep It Real for Disney
The pop-rock trio of siblings the Jonas Brothers is set to star in a new reality series for the...
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Lily Allen Dazzled, But Hopeful
Lily Allen’s hindrance from entering the US, her visa being unexpectedly
revoked, completely...
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AT&T Admits Error In Censoring Pearl Jam
After censoring Pearl Jam’s song “Daughter” that contained
anti-Bush lyrics, AT&T recognizes...
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Singer Lily Allen Hindered From Entering US
Lily Allen was delayed five hours at the Los
Angeles airport, after flying in from Australia. The...
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Serbia's Marija Serifovic Wins Eurovision
Maria Serifovic won the 2007 Eurovision Song Contest with
the song Molitva (Prayer). Ukraine
and...
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Specials
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US Supreme Court upholds government ban on profanity
Washington - The US Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled the government has the right to fine...
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Nation's 11 Most-Endangered Structures, Places
The National Trust for Historic Preservation is releasing today its list of the most endangered...
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17-Year-Olds Now Have Access to Emergency Contraception
Seventeen-year-olds will have access to emergency contraception without a prescription, the US Food...
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Cyber Attackers Steal Info on Pentagon’s Latest Fighter Jet
The cyber attacks in Pentagon’s most expensive weapons program did not cause major security...
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Gamblers cheer as Australia's economy crashes
Sydney - Gamblers who tipped that the government was wrong and that Australia...
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Iranian Nobel laureate awarded German Dignity Award
Berlin (dpa) - Iranian Nobel peace laureate Shirin Ebadi was awarded one of Germany's top prizes...
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EPA: CO2, Greenhouse Gases Are Pollutants, Cause Climate Change
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) formally acknowledged the fact that the CO2 emitted by...
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European Commission Sues UK Gov. on Phorm, BT Failures
The European Commission made clear its intentions of suing the government of the United Kingdom for...
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Bill Gates Launches Project to Help China Fight TB
Computer industry billionaire Bill Gates announced his intention to help the Chinese government...
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Pyramids to go dark for "Earth Hour"
Cairo - The Pyramids and the Sphinx, normally bathed in the golden glow of high-powered...
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FDA Ordered To Reconsider Restrictions on the Morning-After Pill
No matter she’s over 18 or not, every girl in the US should have access to the morning-after...
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China Blocks YouTube, Again, for No Specific Reason
China banned access to YouTube again, only this time it did not explained why. Google, the Web...
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