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MUSCAT, Oman – Passengers on a luxury cruise liner attacked by pirates in the dangerous waters between Yemen and Somalia said yesterday they were surprised by the assailants’ boldness and described hearing the “Pop! Pop! Pop!” of the pirates’ guns. Read more
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Jon Stewart rips MSNBC as the new Fox You’ve heard the whispers about Jon Stewart. “What would he have to talk about now that Bush is gone?” Target one: MSNBC. Did you catch Stewart hammering MSNBC this week? He referred to them as the mouthpiece of the new administration, likening them to what Fox is [...]
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Yesterday in Mumbai, India, where last week’s terrorist attacks at famous hotels and a railway station that killed more than 170 people took place, some 10,000 protesters turned out to mourn the dead – and to express their anger about politicians who, they felt, did not respond effectively to the violence. Well-known Indian movie stars [...]
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Is Barack Obama the candidate of American decline? To hear some of his supporters among the foreign policy punditry, you’d think he was. Francis Fukuyama says he supports Obama because he believes Obama would be better at “managing” American decline than John McCain. Fareed Zakaria writes weekly encomiums to Obama’s “realism,” by which he means [...]
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LONDON, Dec. 3 — Prime Minister Gordon Brown threw a lifeline to people in jeopardy of defaulting on their mortgages, saying Wednesday that homeowners who lose their jobs or suffer a sharp loss in income will be allowed to defer mortgage interest payments for up to two years. Read more
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CHAKLALA AIR BASE, RAWALPINDI, Pakistan, Dec. 4 — U.S. pressure on Pakistan to act against terror groups behind last week’s deadly attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai reached a new peak Thursday as Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visited this country and urged its leaders to move forcefully and quickly against those linked to [...]
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CHICAGO, Dec. 3 — With his choice of New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary, President-elect Barack Obama broke with tradition, putting a longtime public servant in a position that has recently been held by private-sector executives. Read more
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SAO PAULO, Brazil — The go-go outlook that propelled Brazil onto the world stage in recent years has crashed into hard economic realities. The financial meltdown that began in the United States has pummeled the stock exchange, battered commodity prices, weakened the local currency and squeezed credit, putting large-scale private and public projects on hold [...]
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MEXICO CITY — The death squads of the drug cartels are killing in spectacularly gruesome ways, using the violence as a language to deliver a message to society. Read more
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HARARE, Zimbabwe — The sun was blazing high in the sky just before 1 p.m., five hours after Timothy opened the sparsely stocked shop he manages in a dusty slum here in Zimbabwe’s capital. It was time to change the prices. Read more
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BAGHDAD, Dec. 2 — A series of bombings in northern and southern Iraq on Tuesday killed at least 15 Iraqis and injured dozens, while Saddam Hussein‘s cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed, known as “Chemical Ali,” was sentenced to death for his role in crushing a Shiite revolt in 1991, after the Persian Gulf War. It was [...]
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NEW DELHI, Dec. 3 — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Wednesday urged Pakistan to act with “resolve and urgency” to help catch those responsible for last week’s terrorist attacks in India, part of a stepped-up U.S. effort to ease tensions between the two nuclear powers. Read more
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ISLAMABAD (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged Pakistan on Thursday to take a hard line on terrorism after last week’s attacks in Mumbai during a hastily arranged visit to Islamabad. Read more
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(Reuters) – General Motors Corp and Chrysler LLC are considering accepting a pre-arranged bankruptcy as the last-resort price of getting a multi billion dollar government bailout, Bloomberg reported, citing a person familiar with internal discussions. Read more
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US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has called on the Pakistani government to take a “tough line” on terrorism after arriving in Islamabad for talks. Read more
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AP – A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones Industrial … Slideshow: Stock Markets Play Video Video: Auto Industry Hoping For Bailout CBS 3 Philadelphia Related Quotes Symbol Price Change HMC 19.83 -0.76 NSANY 6.86 [...]
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Play Video Reuters  – Rice’s mission after Mumbai attacks Slideshow: Mumbai Terror Attacks Play Video Video: Leftover explosives found in India station AP Play Video Video: Raw Video: Sec. Rice arrives in India AP AP – A bomb disposal squad officer, center, takes a suspicious box to [...]
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A MAN already serving a life sentence for rape and murder was convicted yesterday of killing a schoolgirl in what a judge said “must rank among the most evil and horrific acts that any human being could commit”. Read more
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MUMBAI, India (Dec. 3) – The only gunman captured during the terror attack on Mumbai says he was promised that his impoverished family would get $1,250 if he died fighting for militant Islam, security officials said Wednesday. Read more
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Foul-mouthed Radio 1 DJ Chris Moyles is the latest highly paid BBC star to cause a public outcry after appearing to tell listeners Polish people make good prostitutes. Read more