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TRIPOLI/TAWARGA, Libya (Reuters) – Muammar Gaddafi’s sons clashed on the airwaves Wednesday, with one offering peace and another promising a ‘war of attrition’ as a final battle for control of Libya’s coast loomed. Read more
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A 70-year-old grandfather who achieved his ambition of becoming the oldest person to swim the English Channel said today he has no plans to stage a repeat. Read more
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She laid on a fireworks show, harpist, saxophone player, magician, two bands, a DJ, free bar, face painting and even bought elaborate feathered masks for all her guests. Read more
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Expand Dr. Joy Lawn believes if training were given to more midwives and other community health workers, many more babies’ lives could be saved. Photo / Thinkstock Pediatrician Dr. Joy Lawn credits a quick-thinking midwife with saving her life when she was born in northern Uganda more than [...]
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Living in the mid-Atlantic — that really populous region between the media focus on North Carolina and New York — we saw a long night of hard rain and wind from Hurricane Irene, but nothing disastrous. Many power outages and several deaths, many from falling trees, were blamed on the large, slow-moving storm as it [...]
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Announcement: The Daily Herald will become the first newspaper in the Chicago area to charge regularly for digital access, the company announced today in letters to its readers…. The new policy will take effect Sept. 7. Non-subscribers will be allowed a small number of free page views of content each 30-day period to [...]
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6:26pm UK, Tuesday August 30, 2011 Emma Hurd, Middle East correspondent Security forces in Syria have opened fire on demonstrators, killing at least seven people including a 13-year-old boy, according to activists. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download [...]
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The 33 Chilean miners who were trapped underground for more than three months after a mine collapse in northern Chile will get lifetime pensions. Read more
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Eight days before Texas Gov. Rick Perry participates in his first GOP debate, he’s already assembled an fundraising army that is rivaling President Obama’s. The nonpartisan Center for… Read more
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A division of Johnson & Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children — including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl — after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company’s manufacturing facility. Read more
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VENEZUELA Chávez opponents jailed in crackdown Two foes of Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez who had publicly criticized the socialist government in recent days found themselves in jail this week as part of a crackdown on opposition figures that has prompted alarm about the state of democracy in the oil-rich Latin American country. On Monday, former [...]
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TRIPOLI/BENGHAZI (Reuters) – Libya’s interim leader gave forces loyal to deposed ruler Muammar Gaddafi a four-day deadline on Tuesday to surrender towns they still control or face a bloody end to a war that the new leadership said has so far killed 50,000 people. Read more
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Gold surged on Tuesday and Wall Street stocks slid after a sharp slide in U.S. consumer confidence and a weakened euro on Greek bailout woes pushed safe-havens back into play. Read more
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Libya’s interim leaders have given pro-Gaddafi forces until Saturday to surrender or face military force. Read more
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ROME – The Bank of Italy has warned that the government’s revamped austerity plan must not cut back on the proposed euro45.5 billion ($65.9 billion) in new taxes and spending cuts needed to meet European Central Bank demands for a balanced budget. Read more
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TRIPOLI (Reuters) – Libya’s rebels accused neighboring Algeria of an act of aggression for admitting the fleeing wife of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his children, but the whereabouts of the former strongman himself remains a mystery a week after his overthrow. Read more
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British police flooded part of London with extra officers and approved the use of tough search powers last night at the Notting Hill Carnival. Read more
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Mr Strauss-Kahn, 62, drove himself and his wife Anne Sinclair to the IMF headquarters in Washington D.C. and met briefly with his successor and fellow French national Christine Lagarde. Read more
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Expand Route 4 in the American state of Vermont, which was heavily damaged by Hurricane Irene. Photo / AP Hurricane Irene is being blamed for at least 40 deaths in 11 eastern US states and Canada, as Vermont and upstate New York suffered disastrous flooding. The toll [...]