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BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s economy could grow up to 7 percent in 2010 as the worst of the global financial crisis eases, Economy Minister Amado Boudou was quoted as saying in a local paper on Saturday. Read more
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AP – FILE -This Dec. 25, 2009 file photo shows Northwest Airlines Flight 253 on the runway after arriving … Play Video Terrorism Video:AP Top Stories AP Play Video Terrorism Video:Searching for Clues FOX News Play Video Terrorism Video:Airports increase security after Detroit terrorist incident News 8 San Diego By JIM IRWIN, Associated Press Writers Jim Irwin, Associated [...]
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THE Pope delivered his traditional Christmas Day blessing yesterday looking tired and unsteady but otherwise fine, hours after being knocked down by a woman who jumped over a barrier in St Peter’s Basilica. Read more
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Passengers aboard a transatlantic flight today spoke of the terrifying moment a man with suspected links to Al Qaeda attempted to blow up their plane. Read more
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Residents across the central United States who made it home for Christmas were digging out yesterday after a fierce snowstorm, while those who spent the night in airports and shelters tried to resume their journeys. Roads across the region remained dangerous. 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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Smoke rises from explosions during the first few minutes of a massive air attack on March 21, 2003, in Baghdad, Iraq. Baghdad would fall to American forces on April 12, 2003, after an intense nine-day battle. Read more
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Thursday marks (“The Simpsons”) two-decade anniversary – an event that serves as a reminder not only of the show’s extraordinary staying power, but also the extent to which it’s disappeared from the cultural conversation. While “The Family Guy” and “South Park” have kicked up controversy – tackling subjects like Scientology and abortion – “The Simpsons” [...]
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Jon di Paolo, Sky News Online The Metropolitan Police are carrying out searches in the UK after a suspected al Qaeda operative allegedly attempted to blow up a US passenger jet. [...]
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Shah Rukh Khan’s My Name is Khan will premiere at next year’s Berlin Film Festival but will not be allowed to compete with other entries. Read more
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Israeli and Palestinians left wing activists hold banners during a protest near a disputed house in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah on Friday. Read more
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SAN’A, Yemen — Friends and relatives of a US-born Yemeni radical cleric said he is alive and well despite reports he may have died in a Yemeni airstrike on suspected al Qaeda hideouts. The government said at least 30 militants, possibly including Anwar al-Awlaki, were killed in the airstrike Thursday. But yesterday, a [...]
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Former President Bill Clinton sent out a fundraising letter today to aid fellow Arkansan Blanche Lincoln. “You’re going to win this thing, and here’s why,” Clinton said. “The Republicans are doing what… 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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THE VATICAN Rush toward pontiff spurs security review The Vatican will review its security procedures after a woman jumped a barrier and rushed at Pope Benedict XVI for the second time in two years, managing to knock him down before being pulled away by security, the Vatican spokesman said Friday. Benedict, 82, was not hurt [...]
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Two days before announcing the deployment of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan, President Obama informed Gen. Stanley A. McChrystal that he was not granting McChrystal’s request to double the size of the Afghan army and police. 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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SANAA, YEMEN — A day after Yemeni forces, backed by the United States, launched an airstrike on a meeting of suspected al-Qaeda leaders, it remained unclear whether an extremist Yemeni American cleric linked to the suspect in the Fort Hood shootings was among those killed in the assault. Read more
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CARACAS (Reuters) – Five sailors suffered burns and nine were missing after fire broke out on a Greek bulk carrier on Friday, and thick smoke is preventing rescuers from searching for the missing in cabins below the deck, a Venezuelan rescue official said. Read more
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KAILUA, Hawaii (Reuters) – President Barack Obama, who is on vacation in Hawaii, was “actively monitoring” the situation with a Delta flight on which a man reportedly set off firecrackers, the White House said on Friday. Read more