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HUNTSVILLE, Alabama (Reuters) – The key decision for global markets in 2010 will very likely not be made in Washington but Beijing, where emerging inflation and a property bubble may push China to begin reining in expansionary policies earlier than will suit the developed world. Read more
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AP – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ bodyguards stand guard outside the Church of Nativity, background, … Play Video Mideast Video:Gaza war orphans Reuters Play Video Mideast Video:Renewed Lebanese drug trade hikes Mideast tensions AP Play Video Mideast Video:Gaza families cling to hopes of prisoner exchange AFP By DALIA NAMMARI, Associated Press Writer Dalia Nammari, Associated Press Writer – [...]
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A SIXTH DAY of sub-zero temperatures and blizzards across Britain brought misery to holidaymakers yesterday as the annual Christmas getaway moved into its final and busiest 48 hours. Read more
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The Arctic weather sweeping Britain claimed more victims today as the AA and police took the extraordinary step of urging families to postpone their Christmas celebrations until the roads are safer. Read more
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The news stories that shaped the first decade of the new millennium, from terrorism to natural and humanitarian disasters. (Note: These are not ranked in order of importance.) Read more
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Protesters demonstrate outside Downing Street after they marched to raise awareness and rally against the crisis in Darfur on Sept. 16, 2007, in London. Hundreds, many of whom are refugees, marched from the Sudanese Embassy, shouting “peace in Darfur.” Read more
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I’m taking a few days off, like many of you, but my eye was caught by the news that WLS-AM 890 has hired conservative yakker Cisco Cotto to team with Roe Conn in afternoon drive. Conn’s previous sidekicks– Garry Meier and Bill Leff — have provided some portside ballast to Conn’s somewhat starboard views, but [...]
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11:01am UK, Thursday December 24, 2009 Graham Fitzgerald, Sky News Online Barack Obama could receive an early Christmas present today in the shape of his landmark health care bill passing through the [...]
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WENN Susan Boyle has said that she is feeling happier than ever before, according to reports. The Britain’s Got Talent winner, who is expected to have the UK’s biggest-selling album of 2009, also thanked her fans for their support during a “rollercoaster year”. Boyle, 48, told The Mirror: “I am the happiest I’ve ever been. [...]
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Search-and-rescue teams combed the waters of Manila Bay on Thursday for at least 27 people missing after a passenger ferry collided with a fishing boat, the coast guard said. Read more
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From Democratic Sen. Roland Burris of Illinois, a new low in national discourse. You have to picture him in a red tie, beaming as he recited this on the floor of the Senate: ‘Twas the night before… 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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MOSCOW — In the snow-hushed woods on Moscow’s northern edge, scientists are decades deep into research on bending the weather to their will. They’ve been at it since Soviet dictator Josef Stalin paused long enough in the throes of World War II to found an observatory dedicated to tampering with climatic inconveniences. Read more
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IRAN President dismissive of nuclear deadline Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Tuesday dismissed a year-end deadline set by the United States and other Western nations for Tehran to accept a U.N.-drafted deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel. The Obama administration warned Iran to take the deadline seriously. Ahmadinejad also accused the United States [...]
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BOGOTA, COLOMBIA — Colombia’s largest rebel group, which in recent months has launched a string of armed attacks to demonstrate that it is not a spent force after 45 years of conflict, this week staged a strike that alarmed Colombians and raised questions about President Álvaro Uribe’s U.S.-supported security strategies. Read more
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The Obama administration is trying to get the “emergency” out of the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. Read more
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PESHAWAR, PAKISTAN — Three people were killed Tuesday in a suicide bombing outside a club for Pakistani journalists in this northwestern city, as Islamist militants continued a two-month-old spree of violence that has further destabilized this politically fragile nation. Read more
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LONDON (Reuters) – Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on Wednesday mocked U.S. President Barack Obama’s “extended hand” offer made earlier this year and said his country’s cooperation on its nuclear program had been spurned. Read more