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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Republicans seeking a comeback from recent losses may pick up the governors’ seats in Virginia and New Jersey on Tuesday in campaigns that tested the limits of U.S. President Barack Obama’s influence. Read more
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FROM OTHER NEWS SITES France24 LISBON TREATY: Eurosceptic Czech president Vaclav Klaus signs Lisbon Treaty - 1 hr ago AFP via Yahoo! Czech president signs EU reform treaty - 1 hr ago Jerusalem Post EU Lisbon Treaty signed in Prague - 4 hrs ago [...]
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LONDON – The British government moved Tuesday to break up the country’s two biggest retail banks, imposing a major shakeup on the financial sector as it exacts payback for last year’s massive state bailout at the height of the financial crisis. The government also injected billions of pounds more of taxpayer funds into Royal Bank [...]
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AP – Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a press conference at the presidential palace in Kabul, Afghanistan, … Slideshow:Afghanistan Play Video Barack Obama Video:Obama Watching Gov Races In Virginia, New Jersey CBS 2 Chicago Play Video Barack Obama Video:Obama thanks Merkel for Afghan help AP By HEIDI VOGT and AMIR SHAH, Associated Press Writers Heidi Vogt And [...]
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A MOTHER of six who concealed bomb-making manuals on a computer memory stick hidden inside her burka as she flew into Britain has been given a two-year jail sentence. Read more
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(Nov. 3) — British police have released a new video with computer images of what missing girl Madeleine McCann might look like now, at age 6. It’s been more than two years since she disappeared on a family vacation in Portugal, in a case that gained international attention. “The person we are looking to reach [...]
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Maureen Murphy, 30, alleges that a woman trader at Nomura bank had to endure her breasts being referred to as ‘honkers’ during a meeting. Read more
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When faults let loose with a mighty rumble, the reverberations are felt across the globe. As Mother Nature takes lives and property with such minute warning, super temblors anywhere in the world remind those in quake-prone zones of the vulnerability of great metropolitan regions and remind us to be prepared with good building codes and [...]
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We shouldn’t know for a week or so — at least according to the ousted Honduran president’s estimation — since that country’s congress hasn’t even scheduled a vote on the deal brokered by the U.S. yet. Basically, Manuel Zelaya could emerge from his hiding place at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigulpa and resume his role [...]
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Gov. Pat Quinn came close to hitting the mark with his first TV commercial of the primary campaign season three weeks ago. “Hold on, Dan,” began the 30-second spot, which went on to knock down the central claim in the first ad aired by his challenger, Comptroller Dan Hynes, and conclude with a wag of [...]
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11:12am UK, Tuesday November 03, 2009 Lisa Holland, foreign affairs correspondent, Johannesburg Zimbabwe is facing an international ban on the sale of its diamonds over allegations of a deadly crackdown in the [...]
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ITV Olly Murs needs to find himself a serious girlfriend, according to his sister. The X Factor contestant, who was previously linked to Laura Henderson from rejected girl band Project A, has reportedly not been in a proper relationship for over three years. “He’s always thought that his friends were better looking than him, so [...]
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Nov 2 – Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou’s plane belches smoke fire during a domestic flight from Taipei to Taichung on Sunday . Read more
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Scott Gerber, the communications director for Attorney General Jerry Brown who admitted recording phone conversations with reporters without their permission — including Chronicle senior political… Read more
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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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Old age is a shipwreck. Read more
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LONDON — The British government is moving to break up parts of major financial institutions bailed out by taxpayers, with a restructuring plan expected to be unveiled as soon as Tuesday. The move highlights a growing divide across the Atlantic over how to deal with the massive banks partially nationalized during the height of the [...]
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WARREN, MAINE — Benjamin Todd Jealous pulls in front of the prison compound, passes through the only unlocked door in the building and surrenders his BlackBerry and driver’s license to guards. He is ushered quickly through a metal detector, then past a heavy green door that clangs shut. Read more
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CARACAS, Venezuela — Every day, Pascual Cicenia plays golf on an emerald course that is 18 holes of tropical heaven in the middle of this chaotic city. He doesn’t take it for granted, he said, especially now that President Hugo Chávez has disparaged the sport as an elitist endeavor with few friends in his populist [...]
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MARRAKESH, Morocco — Arab leaders gathering for a conference here with Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday they would confront her over what they called a major shift in the U.S. position in the Palestinian-Israeli peace process, charging that she had set negotiations back more than a decade by appearing to accept some [...]