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| | IMF Approves $7.6 Billion Loan For Pakistan
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The International Monetary Fund approved on Tuesday Pakistan's application for a $7.6 billion loan. The amount will be used by Islamabad to support its stabilization program and rebuild the Pakistani economy, while widening the country's social safety net to protect the poor. - Thu, 27 Nov 2008 10:30:25 GMT
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| | Rice satisfied with Pakistans anti-terror stance
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Pakistan"s leaders know what"s at stake after the terror attack in Mumbai and have acknowledged their duty to evict terrorists and prevent future attacks, Secretary of State Condoleezza...
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| Pakistan dilemma (bbc news)
Relations with India strained in wake of the Mumbai attacks
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| Iraqi council gives final approval to pact with US (yahoo! news)
AP - Iraq's three-member presidential council on Thursday approved a security pact with the United States setting out a three-year timeframe for the full withdrawal of American troops, a spokesman said.
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| Iraq presidency council approves U.S. security pact (yahoo! news)
Iraq's presidency council has approved a security pact with the United States that paves the way for a complete U.S. troop pullout by the end of 2011, a spokesman for the council said on Thursday.
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| Rice satisfied with Pakistan's anti-terror stance (yahoo! news)
AP - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Thursday she is satisfied with Pakistan's commitment with its readiness to pursue any lead in the attacks in India that have sharply raised tensions between the two nuclear powers.
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| Officials: Pakistan group leaders linked to attack (yahoo! news)
AP - India suspects two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group orchestrated the deadly Mumbai attacks, officials said Thursday, as Pakistan's president vowed "strong action" against any elements in his country involved in the siege.
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| Officials: Pakistan militants masterminded attacks (yahoo! news)
AP - India suspects two senior leaders of a banned Pakistani militant group orchestrated the deadly Mumbai attacks, officials said Thursday, as Pakistan's president vowed "strong action" against any elements in his country involved in the siege.
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| Pakistan vows to hunt Mumbai attack plotters (yahoo! news)
Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in Islamabad on Thursday that Pakistan gave assurances that it would root out terrorism and round up anyone connected to last week's attack in the Indian city of Mumbai.
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2 US soldiers die in wave of suicide attacks
2 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Suicide bombers killed 17 people including two American soldiers and wounded more than 100 in a string of blasts in two Iraqi cities Thursday as a timetable for withdrawing all U.S. troops wo...
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| Iraq gives final OK to U.S. pullout plan (cnn.com)
Iraq's presidency council Thursday approved the U.S.-Iraq security agreement -- the final step for the agreement to be ratified by the Iraqi government, a council spokesman said.
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| Iraq Presidency Council approves U.S. troop pact (yahoo! news)
Iraq's Presidency Council has approved a security pact with the United States that paves the way for a complete U.S. troop pullout by the end of 2011, a spokesman for the council said on Thursday.
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| Final OK for Iraq-U.S. security pact (msnbc.com)
Iraq's three-member presidential council on Thursday approved a security pact with the United States setting out a three-year timeframe for the full withdrawal of U.S. troops, a spokesman said.
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| Iraq presidency council approves U.S. troop pact (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Iraq's Presidency Council has approved a security pact with the United States that paves the way for a complete U.S. troop pullout by the end of 2011, a spokesman for the council said on Thursday.
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| Iraqi council gives final approval to pact with US (yahoo! news)
AP - Iraq's presidential council on Thursday approved a security pact that sets out a three-year timeframe for U.S. troops to leave, a spokesman said, the final step for the agreement to replace a U.N. mandate that expires Dec. 31.
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| U.S. gives Mexico $197 million for drug war (msnbc.com)
The U.S. government finally released the first part of a $400 million aid package Wednesday to support Mexico's police and soldiers in their fight against drug cartels.
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Automakers pitch Congress anew
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U.S. automakers drew fresh skepticism from lawmakers Thursday in a rocky confrontation over their pleas for an expanded $34 billion rescue package they say they need to survive.
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| Automakers face skeptical senators on aid plan (yahoo! news)
AP - U.S. automakers drew fresh skepticism from lawmakers Thursday in a rocky confrontation over their pleas for an expanded $34 billion rescue package they say they need to survive. Congressional analysts said one bailout plan under consideration would fall short of what the carmakers want.
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| Lawmakers skeptical as automakers again seek aid (yahoo! news)
AP - Humbled U.S. automakers pleaded with Congress Thursday for an expanded $34 billion rescue package, but heard fresh skepticism in a bumpy encore appearance. "We made mistakes, which we're learning from," General Motors chief executive Rick Wagoner told the Senate Banking Committee.
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| Automakers face skeptical Congress on cash plea (reuters)
The top executives of the major U.S. automakers faced skeptical questioning on Capitol Hill as they pleaded for $34 billion in federal aid and warned of a possible collapse that would jeopardize millions of jobs.
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| Big Three facing skeptical Congress (yahoo! news)
AP - Humbled U.S. automakers pleaded with Congress Thursday for an expanded $34 billion rescue package, but heard fresh skepticism in a bumpy encore appearance.
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| Automakers plead with Congress for emergency cash (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The chief executives of the major U.S. auto companies pledged to refocus on higher fuel efficiency and lower production costs as they asked Congress again on Thursday for billions of dollars in emergency cash.
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| Automakers pitch Congress anew (msnbc.com)
Humbled U.S. automakers pleaded with Congress Thursday for an expanded $34 billion rescue package, but heard fresh skepticism in a bumpy encore appearance.
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| Big Three plead for $34B rescue (yahoo! news)
AP - Humbled U.S. automakers pleaded with Congress Thursday for an expanded $34 billion rescue package, but heard fresh skepticism in a bumpy encore appearance.
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| Top Dem backs auto bailout (msnbc.com)
Humbled U.S. automakers pleaded with Congress Thursday for an expanded $34 billion rescue package, but heard fresh skepticism in a bumpy encore appearance.
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| Automakers vow change and plead for aid in Congress (yahoo! news)
Reuters - The top executives of the major U.S. auto companies pledged to refocus on higher fuel efficiency and lower production costs as they asked Congress again on Thursday for billions of dollars in emergency cash.
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Thai kings illness sparks anxiety
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In six decades on the throne, Thailand"s king has stepped in to defuse political crises and halt bloodshed. But not now: The 81-year-old monarch was too ill to deliver his annual birthday speech ...
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| Thai king ill, misses much-anticipated speech (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Thailand's revered and influential king missed his traditional birthday eve address due to illness on Thursday, a speech many Thais had hoped would provide short-term relief to the country's intractable political crisis.
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| Thai king ill, misses much-anticipated speech (reuters)
Thailand's revered and influential king missed his traditional birthday eve address due to illness on Thursday, a speech many Thais had hoped would provide short-term relief to the country's intractable political crisis.
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| Ill Thai king fails to give speech (bbc news)
Thailand's crown prince says his father is "a little sick" and not able to give his traditional speech on the eve of his 81st birthday.
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| "Slightly ill" Thai king misses annual speech (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej has a throat infection and is on a drip, his daughter said on Thursday after he failed to make his traditional birthday eve address amid a crippling political crisis.
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| "Slightly ill" Thai king fails to make speech (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej has a throat infection and is on a drip, his daughter said on Thursday after he failed to make his traditional birthday eve address amid a crippling political crisis.
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| 'Ill' Thai king fails to make speech (msnbc.com)
Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej has a throat infection and is on a drip, the crown princess said after he failed to make his traditional birthday eve address amid a crippling political crisis.
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| Thai king misses traditional birthday eve function (yahoo! news)
AP - Thailand's ailing king failed to deliver his traditional speech to the nation Thursday on the eve of his 81st birthday because of ill health a stunning development that is likely to deepen the country's political paralysis.
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| Thai king fails to make speech (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej has a throat infection and is on a drip, the crown princess said on Thursday after he failed to make his traditional birthday eve address amid a crippling political crisis.
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| Thai king is 'sick': crown prince (yahoo! news)
AFP - Thailand's revered King Bhumibol Adulyadej is "mildly" sick and cannot deliver his annual birthday-eve speech, the crown prince said on Thursday.
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Jewish settlers, Israeli troops clash
3 hour(s) ago @ msnbc.com
Israeli security forces stormed a disputed house in Hebron on Thursday, dragging out some 250 settlers who barricaded themselves inside and hurled rocks, eggs and chemicals at their evictors.
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| Jewish settlers, Israeli troops clash (msnbc.com)
Israeli security forces stormed a disputed house in Hebron on Thursday, dragging out some 250 settlers who barricaded themselves inside and hurled rocks, eggs and chemicals.
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| Jewish settlers clash with Israeli troops (msnbc.com)
Israeli security forces stormed a disputed house in Hebron on Thursday, dragging out some 250 settlers who barricaded themselves inside and hurled rocks, eggs and chemicals.
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| Hebron settlers evicted by force (bbc news)
Israeli forces begin evicting Jewish settlers from a disputed building in the West Bank city of Hebron, witnesses say.
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| Jewish settlers clash with Israeli troops (msnbc.com)
Israeli security forces stormed a disputed house in Hebron on Thursday, dragging out some 250 settlers who barricaded themselves inside and hurled rocks, eggs and chemicals at their evictors.
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| Place of hope? (bbc news)
The new face of the West Bank's 'martyr's capital'
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| Settlers clash with Israeli troops in West Bank (msnbc.com)
Israeli security forces on Thursday began dragging Jewish settlers out of one of the most volatile flashpoints in the West Bank: a disputed house in the West Bank town of Hebron.
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| Hebron settlers evicted by force (bbc news)
Israeli forces begin evacuating Jewish settlers from a disputed building in the West Bank city of Hebron, witnesses say.
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| Hebron settlers brace for showdown (msnbc.com)
Escalating aggression from a group of extremist Israeli youths holed up in one of the West Bank's most explosive flash points ã a disputed house inΒ Hebron ã approached a boiling point Wednesday.
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| | The Blitz: Previewing Week 14 in the NFL
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The NFC South grabs the spotlight this week, with the 9-3 Panthers and 9-3 Bucs headlining our weekly NFL Blitz.
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| NFLPA sues to block drug suspensions (foxsports.com)
The NFL Players Association is suing to block five of the six player suspensions for violating the league's anti-doping policy.The suit filed in federal court is on behalf of Kevin Williams and Pat Williams of the Minnesota Vikings, and Charles Grant, Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints.The five players were suspended for testing positive for a banned diuretic that can be used as a masking agent for steroids.
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| NFL players union seeks to block suspensions (foxsports.com)
The NFL Players Association is suing to block five of the six player suspensions for violating the league's anti-doping policy.The suit filed in federal court is on behalf of Kevin Williams and Pat Williams of the Minnesota Vikings, and Charles Grant, Deuce McAllister and Will Smith of the New Orleans Saints.The five players were suspended for testing positive for a banned diuretic that can be used as a masking agent for steroids.
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| Judge blocks suspensions of Vikings' Williamses (yahoo! news)
AP - A Minnesota judge temporarily blocked the NFL's suspension of Vikings stars Kevin and Pat Williams for violating the league's anti-doping policy, but the players' status for Sunday's game at Detroit remained uncertain.
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| Judge blocks suspensions of Vikings' Williamses (yahoo! news)
AP - A Minnesota judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the NFL's suspension of Vikings stars Kevin and Pat Williams for violating the league's anti-doping policy, but the players' status for Sunday's game at Detroit remained uncertain. Hennepin County District Judge Gary Larson issued the temporary restraining order at the players' request, saying he wanted more time to hear arguments in the case. No further hearing date immediately was set.
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| Judge blocks suspensions of Vikings' Williamses (yahoo! news)
AP - A Minnesota judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked the NFL's suspension of Vikings stars Kevin and Pat Williams for violating the league's anti-doping policy, but the players' status for Sunday's game at Detroit remained uncertain.
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Renteria agrees two year deal with Giants
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Reuters - The San Francisco Giants have signed twice Gold Glove shortstop Edgar Renteria to a two-year deal worth $18.5 million, the team announced on Thursday.
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| Giants make Renteria their new shortstop (yahoo! news)
AP - Edgar Renteria became the second free agent to join the San Francisco Giants in as many days, receiving an $18.5 million, two-year contract to replace 11-time Gold Glove shortstop Omar Vizquel.
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| Giants to make Renteria their new shortstop (yahoo! news)
Edgar Renteria will become the second free agent to join the San Francisco Giants in as many days, with the team expected to announce Thursday that he will replace 11-time Gold Glove shortstop Omar Vizquel.
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Wie shoots 65 to share early lead at LPGA Q-school
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AP - Weaving her way through a narrow hallway next to the grill room Thursday, Michelle Wie was stopped by a woman who asked if she would pose for a picture with her young daughter.
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| Wie shoots 65 to share early lead at LPGA Q-school (yahoo! news)
AP - Michelle Wie ran off four straight birdies inside 8 feet late in the second round Thursday for a 7-under 65 that gave her a share of the lead among early finishers at the LPGA Tour qualifying tournament.
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Lawyer: Pierce to testify for grand jury if asked
3 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AP - Antonio Pierce didn"t know New York Giants teammate Plaxico Burress was carrying a gun last weekend until it accidentally discharged, injuring the receiver in the right thigh, Pierce"s ...
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| Giants: Trainer told Pierce where to take Burress (foxsports.com)
Linebacker Antonio Pierce called a New York Giants trainer almost immediately after Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself and was told where to take the wounded receiver.A day after suspending Burress for conduct detrimental to the team, the Giants on Wednesday revealed key details about how Burress ended up at New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center early Saturday after accidentally shooting himself at a Manhattan nightclub.
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| Giants: Pierce called trainer after shooting (yahoo! news)
AP - Linebacker Antonio Pierce called a New York Giants trainer almost immediately after Super Bowl hero Plaxico Burress accidentally shot himself and was told where to take the wounded receiver.
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| Photos: Top 10 waiver claims (foxsports.com)
As the Giants move on from Plaxico Burress, Roger Rotter suggests seizing the growing opportunity for other Giants WRs.
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Stuttering Raptors fire Mitchell
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Toronto, the NBA"s only Canadian team, fire coach Sam Mitchell a day after suffering one of their heaviest defeats.
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| Raptors fire coach Sam Mitchell after 132-93 loss (yahoo! news)
AP - The Toronto Raptors fired coach Sam Mitchell on Wednesday and replaced him with assistant Jay Triano, one day after an embarrassing loss at Denver. Mitchell led the Raptors to the playoffs in each of the last two seasons and was honored as the NBA's coach of the year for 2006-07. Toronto was off to a sluggish 8-9 start, due in part to injuries.
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| Raptors fire coach Sam Mitchell (yahoo! news)
AP - The Toronto Raptors have fired coach Sam Mitchell one day after the team absorbed an embarrassing loss at Denver.
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| | Sandra Oh
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Sandra Oh. Photos of your favorite actors and actresses.
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Jim Byrnes
1765 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
An American-born actor long in Canada, Jim Byrnes is best known for playing "Lifeguard", the communications expert and link to the organization on the CBS series Wiseguy (1987-1990), and...
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Owen Roizman
1765 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Began his career working on TV commercials in New York and shot his first feature, Bill Gunn"s Stop, in 1970. Roizman soon became known for his gritty, documentary-influenced urban compositions...
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Paul Le Mat
1765 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
A beefy, laconic leading man of the 1970s, Le Mat is best known for his performances in George Lucas" American Graffiti (1973) and especially as Melvin Dummar, an aimless blue-collar worker who...
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Anna Karina
1765 hour(s) ago @ hollywood.com entert...
Slender, dark-haired actress who appeared in several films of the French New Wave, particularly those directed by first husband Jean-Luc Godard. Karina was outstanding as the lonely, lovelorn prostitu...
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| | Portable media players shrink in size, price
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Portable media players are almost essential for any music, video or photo fan ã which could be just about anyone on your holiday gift list.
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Dads tough love inspires Facebook group
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An Australian father who made his 5-year-old son walk 8 miles to school every day to discipline him has inspired an appreciation group on social networking site Facebook.
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Russias Putin makes warm overtures to Obama
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The United States will quickly feel a change in attitude from Moscow if President-elect Barack Obama transforms Washington"s policies toward Russia, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday...
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| Bill Gates presses Obama on economy (cnn.com)
Microsoft founder Bill Gates told CNN on Wednesday that he hopes President-elect Barack Obama and Congress immediately craft a wide-ranging stimulus package, to help jump-start the nation's sputtering economy, and double the United States' commitment to foreign aid.
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| Groups Push for Net Neutrality in Obama Administration (yahoo! news)
Advocates of net neutrality rules in the U.S. have called on President-elect Barack Obama to act quickly to prevent broadband providers from blocking or impairing access to Internet content of customers' choice.
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| Ex-AOL boss seeks funds for his firm, not Yahoo: report (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is trying to raise capital for Velocity Interactive Group, an investment firm focused on digital media where he is a partner, and not for buying Yahoo Inc, the New York Post reported.
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| Ex-AOL boss looking to raise cash for Yahoo bid (yahoo! news)
Reuters - Former AOL Chief Executive Jonathan Miller is seeking as much as $30 billion from investors to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, boosting shares of the Web search engine by 7 percent.
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| Britney Spears: More Interesting than Barack Obama? (yahoo! news)
Just when you thought she had disappeared into relative obscurity, Britney Spears is back. On Yahoo's recently-released list of the top 10 searches of 2008, Britney Spears takes the cake. In this election year, Spears managed to beat out president-elect Barack Obama, who came in at number 3, as the most sought-after search topic of the past year.
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| Britney Spears tops Yahoo searches (yahoo! news)
AP - She did it again: Britney Spears was the most popular search term on Yahoo for the fourth year in a row her seventh time topping the list.
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| Britney more popular than Obama (bbc news)
The singer, Britney Spears, has beaten Barack Obama to top spot in the world of internet search during 2008, Yahoo says.
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More online journalists than print journalists behind bars: CPJ
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
AFP - In a reflection of the digital age, more online journalists are jailed around the world than journalists from any other medium, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) reported on Thursday.
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Belgians arrested over online surrogate baby case
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
A Belgian woman and man were arrested Thursday on charges of defrauding couples who believed the woman was willing to be a surrogate mother for their babies.
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| | Stocks tumble ahead of jobs report
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Stocks tumbled Thursday afternoon as a rash of job cuts at major companies added to jitters ahead of the November jobs report.
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| Dow down 300 points (latest stock market ...)
Stocks tumbled late Thursday afternoon as a rash of job cuts at major companies added to jitters ahead of the November jobs report.
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| Stocks dip after two-day rally (latest financial new...)
Stocks slipped Thursday afternoon as a rash of job cuts at major companies and weak November retail sales gave investors a reason to retreat after two up sessions.
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| Stocks slip on job cuts, auto woes (latest financial new...)
Stocks inched lower Thursday morning on a rash of job cuts at major corporations, weak November retail sales and the start of the automaker bailout hearings on Capitol Hill.
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| Stocks slump in early trading (business and financi...)
Stocks slipped Thursday morning as investors eyed mostly weak November sales results from the nation's retailers and a rash of job cuts at AT&T, DuPont and other companies.
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| Stocks turn higher after early drubbing (latest financial new...)
Stocks erased morning losses, turning higher near midday Wednesday as investors took in stride the morning's abysmal economic news and looked to extend the previous session's rally.
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DuPont to cut 2,500 jobs, trim 4,000 contractors
3 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Chemical manufacturer DuPont said Thursday that it will cut 2,500 jobs and will not turn a profit in the fourth quarter as a severe slowdown in the automotive and construction markets eats away at che...
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| 15,350 jobs: Total cut today (business and financi...)
AT&T Inc., DuPont Co. and Viacom Inc. said Thursday that they would cut thousands of jobs, blaming the weak economy.
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| AT&T, DuPont to slash jobs (cnnmoney.com)
AT&T Inc. and DuPont Co. said Thursday that they would cut thousands of jobs, blaming the weak economy.
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Bernanke urges action to halt foreclosures
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Reuters - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Thursday urged more aggressive steps to halt home foreclosures and said government-funded programs could help strapped homeowners.
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| Bernanke: more action needed to cut foreclosures (yahoo! news)
AP - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke called on the government Thursday to ramp up efforts to stem soaring home foreclosures, which are feeding into the country's deep economic troubles.
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| US Fed urges foreclosures push (bbc news)
US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke calls on the government to take action to stem the increasing number of home foreclosures.
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Bombardier unfazed by economy as Q3 profit hits $245M US
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Bombardier Inc. reported a big jump in third-quarter profit Thursday to $245 million US, up from $91 million for the same period a year ago.
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| U.S. factory orders fall as bad economic news piles up (cbc)
New orders for U.S. manufactured goods fell by a larger-than-expected amount in October as the outlook of American executives for the next half-year darkened, according to two separate reports released Thursday.
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| World markets lower ahead of key US jobs data (yahoo! news)
AP - Europe's stock markets closed modestly lower Thursday, despite hefty interest rate cuts across the continent. Wall Street fell amid further grim corporate and economic news ahead of Friday's crucial U.S. jobs report for November.
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Automakers face skeptical Congress on cash plea
1 hour(s) ago @ yahoo! news
Reuters - The top executives of the major U.S. automakers faced skeptical questioning on Capitol Hill as they pleaded for $34 billion in federal aid and warned of a possible collapse that would jeopar...
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| Stocks set to fall (business and financi...)
U.S. stocks were set to open lower Thursday as investors reacted to job cuts from AT&T and DuPont, though the number of people applying for first time jobless claims unexpectedly fell.
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| Stocks set for cautious start (latest financial new...)
U.S. stocks were set to open mixed Thursday as investors awaited automakers' testimony on Capitol Hill about $34 billion in bailouts as well as a key reading on holiday store sales.
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| Stocks set for cautious start (business and financi...)
U.S. stocks were set to open little changed Thursday as investors awaited automakers' testimony on Capitol Hill about $34 billion in bailouts as well as a key reading on holiday store sales.
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| Stocks set for shaky start (latest financial new...)
U.S. stock futures wavered Thursday, as investors awaited key reports on retail sales and Detroit's automakers returned to Capitol Hill to plead for a bailout.
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