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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The United States fell deeper into recession, data showed on Wednesday, as the number of people filing for jobless benefits hit a 26-year high last week and consumers cut spending for the fifth consecutive month.
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Thousands of Guineans have gone onto the streets of the capital to welcome the leader of a coup that followed the death of the country’s president.
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WASHINGTON (AFP) –
US data Wednesday offered few signs of recovery from the economic malaise while Russia and China issued stark warnings about the impact of the financial crisis on their countries.
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RUSSIAN Prime Minister Vladimir Putin warned the world yesterday that the “era of cheap gas” was coming to an end.
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LONDON (Dec. 24) - Merry Christmas, “bullying, ill-tempered and expansionist powers.”
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The model who fell to her death from a block of flats lodged a complaint of sexual assault with police.
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WASHINGTON - Before leaving for the holidays, President George W. Bush commuted one prison sentence and granted 19 pardons, including one to a man who helped the Jewish resistance in the 1940s.
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Why there are all those countries with the suffix "stan" at the end.
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Ceremonies were held today in Lockerbie, Scotland, to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the bombing of Pam Am Flight 103, which exploded over the small town as the plane was…
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By now, many of you have seen the classic Sarah Palin/turkey slaughter video (below) in which the Alaska governor, having just issued a ceremonial holiday pardon to a turkey, answers reporters’ questions as a farm worker in the background dutifully…
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9:18am UK, Wednesday December 24, 2008
A French executive said to have lost almost £1bn of his clients’ cash in an alleged £33bn Wall Street scam has apparently committed suicide.
Wall Street was allegedly taken in by a billion pound scam
Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet’s body was discovered on the 22nd floor of a New York City […]
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Dustin Hoffman has revealed that he was bitten on the nipple by a guinea pig during press rounds for his latest film.
The actor said that a recent attempt to keep himself and journalists entertained while promoting The Tale Of Despereaux backfired when the animal hidden in his pocket became aggressive.
He said: “You feel like […]
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Russia is to increase sharply its production of strategic nuclear missiles, throwing down the gauntlet to the US president-elect, Barack Obama, who would have to deal with the Kremlin’s response to US missile defence plans in Europe.
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The shoes hurled at President Bush are flying off the shelves - making them the fastest-selling celebrity footwear since O.J. Simpson started a boom for Bruno Magli lace-ups.
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Perata moves another $400,000 into his legal defense fund
Mickey, Donald, Pluto and Goofy are helping to keep Don Perata out of jail and they may not even know it.
The Walt Disney Co. is one of a number of well-known groups and companies that has pumped money into the former Oakland state senator’s “Leadership California” fund, […]
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Said the New York taxi driver to the American journalist several years ago in a heavy, Italian immigrant’s accent: “If ya no play-a da game, ya no can make-a da rules.”
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Oh dear. Last time we looked, Christmas was all about love, peace and repeats of Morecambe and Wise. As sure as an empty tin of Quality Street and the Top of the Pops Christmas Special, harmony was the companion of mankind on this most celebrated of days (unless you were part of the 67% of […]
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European nations have begun intensive discussions both within and among their governments on whether to resettle detainees from the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, as a significant overture to the incoming Obama administration, according to senior European officials and U.S. diplomats.
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UNITED NATIONS, Dec. 23 — Russia is seeking the ouster of a senior U.N. corruption investigator and his team of white-collar-crime specialists after they conducted hard-hitting probes into corruption by a Russian diplomat and another Russian national.
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