Barack Obama’s Grandmother Dies
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The Democrat still has a national lead of seven points according to the Real Clear Politics Poll of Polls.
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Japanese PS3 sales at an all time low
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Sales of the PS3 have slumped to an all-time low in Japan, with the 360 continuing to outsell its rival.
According to figures from Media Create, the PS3 sold 3931 units in the week ending October 26, the lowest number since its launch in 2006.
The Xbox 360 almost doubled its rival’s sales with 7,844 consoles […]
Pakistan warns Petraeus against missile strikes
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Pakistani officials warned Gen. David Petraeus on Monday that frequent missile strikes on militant targets in Pakistan fan anti-American sentiment in an Islamic country vital to the struggle against terrorism.
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BIN LADEN AIDE CONVICTED IN GUANTANAMO TRIAL
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GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - A propagandist for Osama bin Laden who vowed to fight anyone who governs America faced a possible life sentence after being convicted Monday of making videos that encouraged al-Qaida members to commit terrorist attacks.
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Lies, Half Truths and Contradictions: Chronicle ”Hidden” Audio on Obama
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But the Drudge Report, the Republican National Committee and apparently even GOP VP candidate Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin fell for completely fabricated news from a shady website called Newsbusters today suggesting the San Francisco Chronicle has ”hidden” audio with Sen. Barack Obama regarding his statements on coal.
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Lewis Hamilton victory: a conspiracy? Send your comments
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Less than 24 hours after Lewis Hamilton became the youngest ever F1 champion in the most extraordinary style, the conspiracy theorists have started work, David Byers writes.
How, they ask, could the German driver Timo Glock have lost speed as dramatically as he did on the final lap, allowing Hamilton to overtake and giving the […]
Asian Markets Resume Slide Despite Government Efforts
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TOKYO, Oct. 27 — Fear of a global recession again punished stock markets Monday, while governments tried to stem the damage from an eroding world economy.
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WWII Apologists Persist Despite Japanese Policy
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TOKYO, Nov. 2 — Once again, a Japanese official with nationalist sympathies — in this case, the head of the air force — has glossed over the Asian suffering caused by Japan during World War II.
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European, U.S. Envoys Visit E. Congolese City
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GOMA, Congo, Oct. 31 — European and U.S. diplomats toured a landscape of misery in this war-battered city Friday as more than 200,000 people displaced by a rebel advance languished in vast sprawls of banana-leaf huts, sleeping in open fields or on the sides of roads.
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Iraq Court Convicts Killer of 2 Soldiers
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 28 — In the first case of its kind, an Iraqi judge Tuesday convicted an Iraqi man of abducting, torturing and killing two American soldiers in the summer of 2006.
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Argentina’s Financial Roller Coaster
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BUENOS AIRES, Nov. 2 — At 75, Juan D’Ambrosio has seen it all in Argentina — a populist strongman and military juntas, economic collapse and a bright, if perhaps fleeting, revival.
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New appeal filed by Bali bombers, security tight
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JAKARTA (Reuters) - Lawyers for relatives of the Bali bombers have filed a new appeal against their imminent execution, an Indonesian court official and a lawyer said on Monday.
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Obama leads McCain in 6 of 8 key states
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama leads Republican John McCain in six of eight key battleground states one day before the U.S. election, including the big prizes of Florida and Ohio, according to a series of Reuters/Zogby polls released on Monday.
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Aid convoy sets out in DR Congo
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A UN convoy has set off to provide food and medical supplies for 250,000 people displaced by recent fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
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CA-CANADA Summary (Reuters)
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TORONTO (Reuters) –
The main index of the Toronto Stock Exchange plunged almost 5 percent on Thursday as mounting gloom over the state of the economy and the U.S. financial sector sent investors fleeing the market in a broad rout. The financial sector was the biggest drag on the benchmark, sliding 7.74 percent. The energy and […]
Analysis: Hutu militias key to Congo conflict (AP)
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Wogan says Ross now ‘damaged’
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Jonathan Ross’s 12-week suspension from the BBC has done “terminal” damage to his career, Terry Wogan said yesterday.
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Mexican ‘Water Monster’ Nears Extinction
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MEXICO CITY (Nov. 2) - Beneath the tourist gondolas in the remains of a great Aztec lake lives a creature that resembles a monster — and a Muppet — with its slimy tail, plumage-like gills and mouth that curls into an odd smile.
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Tax website shut down as memory stick with secret personal data of 12million is found in a pub car park
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Ministers have been forced to order an emergency shutdown of a key Government computer system to protect millions of people’s private details.
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US election: World is ready and waiting
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The crowd could sense history in the warm Florida air. The assembled thousands wanted to see the man who stands on the brink of being the first black President of the United States.
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