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TOKYO, Sept. 10 — Punctuating its worst week in history, Japan’s main stock index plummeted nearly 10 percent Friday, as a mid-size Japanese life insurance company went bankrupt and fear-driven selling drove markets down across Asia.
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PARIS, Oct. 10 — Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has been a tireless mediator in conflicts around the world for more than three decades, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and expressed hope that the prize will help him raise funds necessary for further peacemaking in hotspots to come.
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 9 — A senior lawmaker loyal to anti-American Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr was fatally wounded Thursday morning in a roadside bombing in Baghdad, raising concerns about the potential for violence ahead of provincial elections expected early next year.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 9 — The television advertisement that debuted this week starts with a simple scene: A mother is waiting on a street corner for her child to get out of school. It looks like any other sunny day in any one of Pakistan’s major cities.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Global stocks dove head first to five-year lows on Friday at the end of a brutal week as even the traditional safe-havens of gold and government bonds suffered as fear-stricken investors sought refuge in cash.
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WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Warning that “anxiety can feed anxiety,” U.S. President George W. Bush implored Americans to remain confident on Friday and promised to restore stability in the face of a global stock market panic.
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President George W Bush has promised the American people the US government is working “aggressively” to restore stability to the economy.
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The United States had been pushing for NATO’s 50,000 troops to take on a counter-narcotics role to hit back at the Taliban, whose increasing attacks have cast doubt on the prospects of a Western military victory in Afghanistan.
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THE father of the schoolboy Rhys Jones yesterday watched dramatic CCTV footage showing their child being struck by the fatal bullet fired by a hooded gunman.
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OSLO, Norway (Oct. 10) - Finland’s ex-president Martti Ahtisaari received the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday for his efforts to build a lasting peace from Africa and Asia to Europe and the Middle East.
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The delegation flew out amid fresh evidence that the effects of the collapse of three Icelandic banks was wider even than the £1 billion known to be at risk in council savings.
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WASHINGTON - Alaska Governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin, promoted by Republican presidential nominee John McCain as his expert on energy, seemed to have problems yesterday explaining whether the government bans oil and natural gas exports, especially from her own state’s North Slope fields.
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The trial of Michel Fourniret — who reportedly enlisted his wife’s help to seize virgin girls to rape and kill — began March 27, 2008, with Fourniet refusing to speak unless court went into closed session and refusing to let the press take his photograph. The Times of London reported the gory details:
“The couple resembled […]
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Saudi Arabia’s king called for greater dialogue and openness between the world’s monotheistic religions on March 24, 2008. In the face of rising tensions over Mohammed cartoons, al-Qaida claiming Pope Benedict XVI is leading a crusade, and a stalled Middle East peace process, King Abdullah’s outreach took on extra weight. From the International Herald Tribune:
“‘The […]
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Long considered a first-rate nation in terms of literacy, income, and longevity, Iceland is now the first country facing “national bankruptcy.” The Kentucky-sized island nation of 300,000 has fallen though the financial ice and has asked Russia for a lifeline. More from the NYT:
“IcelandÂ’s banks had propelled years of significant growth, lending so freely that […]
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The McCain campaign knows that Obama isn’t a Muslim or a terrorist, but they’re willing to help a certain kind of voter think he is. Just the way certain South Carolinians in 2000 were allowed to think that McCain’s adopted daughter from Bangladesh was his illegitimate black child.
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10:19pm UK, Thursday October 09, 2008
A plane which crashed at Madrid airport last month, killing 154 people, had faulty wing flaps and a warning system that failed to sound, an initial report into the crash has found.
An automated voice warned “stall, stall, stall” in the cockpit of Spanair flight JK5022 to Las Palmas moments before […]
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Green Day are recording the follow-up to 2004’s American Idiot album with Butch Vig, according to ex-Garbage singer Shirley Manson.
Speaking on Last Call With Carson Daly, Manson revealed that the group has teamed up with her former bandmate, who produced Nirvana’s Nevermind and Smashing Pumpkins’ Siamese Dream.
When asked if the pair will record another Garage […]
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OPEC will hold an extraordinary meeting Nov. 18 to discuss how the widening global financial crisis is affecting oil prices.
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THE SUN
Last updated: 12:57 pmOctober 9, 2008 Posted: 12:01 pmOctober 9, 2008
A sperm donor has made 30 lesbians pregnant – sparking fears his kids could accidently commit incest in Australia.
The unnamed Aussie’s “generous” donations were revealed by top reproductive technology expert Dr. Andrew Dutney.
He warned that Australia’s […]