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Dow Jones swaps Travelers, Cisco for Citigroup, GM (AP)

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Play Video AP  – GM CEO: Reinvented company will be lean, quick Slideshow:Stock Markets Play Video Video:The New GM CNBC Related Quotes Symbol Price Change AAPL 139.35 +3.54 AIG 1.66 -0.03 C 3.69 -0.03 CSCO 19.50 +1.00 GM 0.75 0.00 AP – Specialist George Moerler III, left, directs trades in share of Travelers on the floor of the [...]

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Missing French jet hit thunderstorms over Atlantic (AP)

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Play Video ABC News  – Plane Disappears Off Radar Slideshow:Air France plane missing Play Video Video:Air France airliner disappears Reuters Play Video Video:Missing Airbus: anxious Paris scenes Reuters AP – French President Nicolas Sarkozy, right, with at his side Minister in charge of Transports Jean-Louis … By ALAN CLENDENNING and GREG KELLER, Associated Press Writer Alan Clendenning And Greg [...]

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Former Lib Dem leader claimed for teddy bears

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Former British Liberal Democrat leader Charles Kennedy claimed expenses for teddy bears and mints from the House of Commons shop. Read more

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Model Says Malaysian Prince Abused Her

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(June 1) — A teenage model is back with her family in Indonesia after escaping her husband, a Malaysian prince who, she said, treated her like a sex slave, Agence France-Presse reports. Read more

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Two Britons among 228 passengers on Air France plane that vanishes en route from Brazil to Paris

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Air France officials admitted they are likely facing an ‘air catastrophe’ and speculated the plane may have been hit by lightning. Read more

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Kissing priest switches church to preach forgiveness

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BISCAYNE PARK – A popular Miami priest nicknamed “Father Oprah” said yesterday that “church is about forgiveness” during his first sermon since leaving the Catholic Church to become Episcopalian amid an uproar over published photos of him kissing his girlfriend on the beach. Read more

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2000: Kim Jong-Il and Kim Dae-jung, Day Two

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South Korean President Kim Dae-jung, left, shakes hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Il as they meet for talks June 14, 2000, on the second day of a three-day summit in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Photo by Newsmakers) Read more

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Castro Congratulates Chavez on his Talkfests

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In this episode of Reflections from Fidel, the Cuban strongman pulls the opposite of a King Juan Carlos (refresher: “Por que no te callas?!?”) and congratulates Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on 10 years of his “Hello, President!” Sunday talk show, which has included scintillating bits such as Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega following Chavez around a [...]

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Memo to New Trier High School administrators: Chill

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So some pranksters snuck a photo of a student holding  a can of beer into Trevia 2009, the New Trier High School yearbook (detail, right). Read more

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N Korea ‘To Test Missile That Could Hit US’

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9:24am UK, Monday June 01, 2009 North Korea could test-fire a long-range missile this month designed to strike US territory, South Korean news reports have said. A North Korean missile [...]

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Octuplet mum signs reality deal

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Rex Features Nadya Suleman has signed a deal to star in a new reality series, her lawyer has said. It was recently rumoured that the octuplet mum was to land her own show following the lives of her children. It has now been confirmed that the series will be produced by 3Ball Productions. “They came [...]

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Susan Boyle Hospitalized with Exhaustion

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We all know that Susan Boyle, the Britain’s Got Talent front-runner for much of the competition who eventually finished second has been under tremendous pressure. It appears, now that BGT is over, to have gotten to her, as reports are that Susan Boyle has been hospitalized with exhaustion. Read full story from snafu-ed.blogspot.com Read more

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GERMANY OKS HEROIN PRESCRIPTIONS

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AP TODAY’S HOT TOPICS FARRAH FAWCETT JILL ZARIN JOHN GOTTI more topics LIAM NEESON AMY FISHER THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK CITY ELLE MAGAZINE ADAM LAMBERT PATTI SCIALFA VICTORIA GOTTI hide topics THIS WEEK’S HOT TOPICS FARRAH FAWCETT THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW [...]

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Savage files suit in U.K., charging British home secretary Jaqui Smith with defamation

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Conservative San Francisco-based talk show host Michael Savage has made good on his promise to sue British Home Secretary Jacqui Smith for defamation — though British officials are defending her decision to ban him from the United Kingdom. Read more

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Staying at the Basra ‘B&B’

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It is jokingly dubbed ‘the most expensive B&B in the world’. Then again the trailer camp is the only ‘bed and breakfast’ that also provides lunch, dinner, a gym, 24-hour Internet access and a relatively secure place to stay in Basra.Situated within the newly-acquired American military base in this southern-Iraqi province, the B&B provides private [...]

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Another school very evident at Chelsea Flower show was Writhlington School. Pupils embarked in March 2009 on a trip to Sikkim in the Himalayas to take part in the Gangtok Schools’ Orchid project. This has furthered the work of the botanical team at the school and resulted in a stand in the Continuous Learning area [...]

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Cambio histórico aunque no radical en Paraguay

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Hasta la semana pasada, Paraguay parecía congelado en el tiempo. Mientras otros países en la región experimentaban transformaciones políticas y sociales exigidas por electorados insatisfechos con clases dirigentes corruptas y elitistas, el Partido Colorado del ex dictador Alfredo Stroessner había entrado en su séptima década en el poder. Read more

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Russia’s Iconic Nesting Dolls Are an Endangered Industry

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SERGIYEV POSAD, Russia — Inna Kashnikova found her calling during a fourth-grade trip to a factory in this picturesque town that produces matryoshki, the wooden nesting dolls that are synonymous with Russian folk art. Read more

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New Optimism in War on Al-Qaeda — U.S. Officials Cite Gains in Swat Valley

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Drone-launched U.S. missile attacks and Pakistan’s ongoing military offensive in and around the Swat Valley have unsettled al-Qaeda and undermined its relative invulnerability in Pakistani mountain sanctuaries, U.S. military and intelligence officials say. Read more

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Cuba Agrees to Resume Immigration Talks With U.S.

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SAN SALVADOR, May 31 — Cuba has agreed to restart talks with the United States on immigration and has signaled its willingness to cooperate on issues including terrorism, drug trafficking and even mail service, a sign that the island’s communist government is warming to President Obama’s call for a new relationship after decades of tension, [...]

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