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Search engine journal Andy Hagans on Beating the Google Sandbox Andy Hagans on Beating the Google Sandbox When you hear the name Andy Hagans, what comes to mind? My best guess that if I posted this question in poll form, the number one response would be link bait (or possibly #2), followed by link building and possibly article distribution. What comes to my mind is an honest [...]
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Reuters Entertainment Everyone's a critic, says author Grippando NEW YORK, Feb 6 (Reuters Life!) - U.S. author James Grippando says e-mail has opened the way for readers to take an active part in novels, with everyone an armchair critic.
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Aversion British File-Sharers Sued Following the footsteps of its American counterpart, Britain's British Phonographic Industry announced it was bringing suit to 28 file-swappers.
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Repubblica Turchia, il ministro insiste "Erano due i dirottatori sull'aereo" Ankara smentisce la versione italiana e fornisce anche un secondo nome "Vi preghiamo di fare un'indagine particolareggiata e verificare legami terroristici" Turchia, il ministro insiste "Erano due i dirottatori sull'aereo" (16:42 04/10/2006)
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Yahoo Politics Envoy: Numbers complicate Darfur talks (AP) AP - The U.N. envoy trying to promote a political solution to the four-year conflict in Darfur said the road to negotiations has become even more complicated because of the increasing number of rebel groups.
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Houston Chronicle CIA nominee vows to be nonpartisan WASHINGTON -- President Bush's nominee to be CIA director promised today to provide Congress and the president with independent, objective intelligence but said it may take longer than previously estimated to have all the needed undercover operatives in
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Springfield News Sun British Airways Hikes Ticket Prices on Oil British Airways announced Friday that it was increasing its fuel surcharge on both short-haul and long-haul flight tickets because of rising oil prices.
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New York Times world Everybody Talks About the Weather; All of a Sudden, It’s Controversial The Weather Channel has seen its primary subject turn into a hot-button issue because of the topic of climate change.
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Yahoo Europe Unilever profit falls, revenue up (AP) AP - Unilever NV, the maker of consumer products such as Dove soap, Ben & Jerry's ice cream and Lipton tea, on Thursday reported a sharp decline in its fourth-quarter profit compared with results a year ago fattened by a gain from selling a business. Its sales edged up.
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KESQ Concert blast investigated ISTANBUL, Turkey Turkish authorities say a grenade might have caused last night's explosion that injured at least 13 people attending a pop concert.
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Reuters Cheap Antibiotic Works Well with HIV Children A low-cost antibiotic which has performed well in tests should be given to all HIV children in developing countries to prevent infections such as pneumonia and reduce deaths, scientists said on Friday.
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Boston Globe world Afghans move to eradicate opium, destroying fields in Taliban region DOBUNDI, Afghanistan -- Anguish creased the weathered face of the opium farmer as a US-trained eradication team swept through his farm fields in this southern Afghan village.
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New York Times sports Bruins make a stand, stop Canadiens Before warm-ups, even while they sat in their dressing room, they felt the thunder of the sold-out crowd.
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BBC News world India's Tata makes powerful debut Shares in Indian software services giant Tata Consultancy close 16% higher on their market debut, raising $1.2bn for the company.
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BBC UK Asbestos cancer drug block review THe NHS drugs advisory body is to reconsider its block on a drug for people with asbestos-related cancer.
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Forbes Phelps Dodge Plans Mine Expansion Phelps Dodge Corp., one of the world's largest copper producers, said Monday its board approved an $850 million expansion to triple production at the Cerro Verde mine in Peru, with the company ceding some of its stake in the mine in the process.
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ABC News West Nile Cases Fall Sharply in Pa. HARRISBURG, Pa. Sept. 12, 2004 - A year after Pennsylvania experienced a surge in West Nile cases, the number of people infected with the mosquito-borne virus appear to be headed back down.
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Forbes Pearson to Sell Stake in Spanish Publisher British publisher Pearson PLC said Tuesday it plans to sell its 79 percent stake in Spanish media group Recoletos in a deal worth euro743 million (US$990 million).
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USA Today Authorities to use info-sharing portal during debate While President Bush and Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) square off in their second debate tonight in St. Louis, more than two dozen federal, state and local law enforcement
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BBC UK PM names No 10 strategy chief Gordon Brown appoints the head of one of the City's best known communications firms as No 10 strategy chief.
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Kataweb Morta Anna Nicole Smith playmate degli scandali La ex playmate, vedova di un miliardario, è stata trovata priva di sensi nella sua stanza d’albergo in Florida
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Yahoo Europe Portugal begins school year with schools shut after computer glitch (AFP) AFP - Thousands of students in Portugal were forced to stay home on what should have been the first day of the new academic year because the education ministry failed to assign some 50,000 teachers to their schools on time due to a computer glitch.
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BBC - Front Page Briton killed in Athens accident A Briton is killed in Athens after being hit by a car allegedly driven by a member of the Danish Olympic sailing team.
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Reuters Health Pfizer Drug Helped Reduce Seizures in Trial NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pfizer Inc. said on Monday that its Lyrica epilepsy drug reduced the frequency of partial seizures by as much as 53 percent when given as an add-on therapy to other antiepileptic treatments, according to a study in the journal Neurology.
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Reuters AlertNet Three more Malaysians face bird flu checks Three children of a Malaysian vet have joined her in hospital for checks to see if they have bird flu, state media reported on Sunday.
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Reuters Business Financials' monoline '08 write-downs may top $70 bln NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. financial institutions are on the hook for as much as $70 billion in new write-downs from bond insurers in 2008, Oppenheimer said on Wednesday, as losses from ailing monolines spread deeper into European bank results.
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Yahoo World Democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi greets Myanmar monks (AFP) AFP - Stepping out of her home in tears, democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi greeted Buddhist monks Saturday in a landmark moment for a swelling protest movement against the military junta.
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Motley Fool Another Case for OracleSoft When I bought shares of Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) last week, my thesis was that the company would continue growing its cash flows substantially, boosting enterprise value and, therefore
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Yahoo Tech Bush administration blogs Mideast trip (AP) AP - Everybody's doing it, so why not the White House? President Bush's team is joining the blogosphere, planning regular postings during his Mideast trip.
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Xinhua Ivorian warring sides agree to four peace proposals: Mbeki All sides in Cote d'Iviore's conflict have agreed to four proposals to revive a long-stalled peace plan, South African President Thabo Mbeki said here Monday.
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CNET enterprise software news That's rich: Gates tops Forbes list once again Microsoft's leader brings home the gold medal for the 11th year running. Google's founders aren't doing too badly, either.
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DM News Shoppers Spend, Retailers Rejoice On the Day After Thanksgiving The news was good for many retailers over the holiday weekend as enthusiastic consumers took to stores in droves on Black Friday and bought at a higher rate than last year.
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Yahoo World Food Program Leaves Most of Darfur (AP) AP - The World Food Program has suspended its operations in most of the Sudanese state of North Darfur and relocated its staff to the capital due to renewed clashes between rebels and government forces, the U.N. agency said Thursday.
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iTunes Music Get'cha Head In the Game / Radio Disney B5 Interview - Single - B5 Get'cha Head In the Game / Radio Disney B5 Interview - Single by B5
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Osservatorio sulla legalità Ucraina : parlamento approva riforme , attriti Russia - Occidente La Rada (il parlamento ucraino) ha approvato oggi le previste riforme costituzionali sulle elezioni del presidente che prevedono una riduzione dei poteri presidenziali a vantaggio del parlamento ed ha deciso lo scioglimento della Commissione elettorale
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Quotidiano.net Enel, Tesoro fissa prezzo azioni a 6,64 euro Il ministro dell'Economia, Siniscalco: l'operazione ''e' un grande successo''. Soddisfatto l'ad Scaroni: ''Confermata la nostra strategia''. Roma, 23 ott. (Adnkronos) - Il prezzo definitivo dell'Opv Enel sara' di 6,64 euro ad azione.
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Ansa Moda Moda: italiani poco attenti al look Studio: tedeschi primi per la cura nel vestire
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Yahoo World Iraqi prosecutor defends death penalty (AP) AP - An Iraqi prosecutor on Friday defended the death sentence ordered for a Saddam Hussein-era defense chief, saying Friday that the former general personally planned and supervised a military crackdown on minority Kurds that killed 180,000 people in the 1980s.
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Yahoo Health U.S. tracks serious form of syphilis in gay men (Reuters) Reuters - A particularly serious form of the sexually transmitted bacterial disease syphilis has been detected in gay and bisexual U.S. men infected with the AIDS virus, federal health officials reported on Thursday.
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Yahoo Health Homebound Elderly Hit Hard by Depression (HealthDay) HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDayNews) -- There's no racial distinction when it comes to depression in the homebound elderly, says a new study in the October issue of the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
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New York Times Movies Who's Returning to Virginia Woolf? With his latest movie, "Closer," Mike Nichols wades back into the verbal blood sport of the liberal middle class.
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Ansa Knesset, ok a nuovo governo Sharon Dopo rimpasto squadra include laburisti e partito ortodosso
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New York Times world Push for Education Yields Little for India’s Poor India faces the difficulty of educating its children in public schools that have sunk to spectacularly low levels.
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Yahoo Business Wall St set for lift on Bush speech (FT.com) FT.com - Wall Street stocks were set for a higher start on Friday, as markets awaited a statement from President George W. Bush in which he is expected to announce that the US government will help Americans with delinquent mortgages keep their homes.
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InfoWorld news Sybase releases free Express database for Linux In a bid to expand the customer base for its database software, Sybase Inc. released on Tuesday a free, limited version of its software for deployment on Linux systems.
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Reuters Top News Fewer Kids Use Ecstasy, LSD, Drug Report Finds WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fewer U.S. teens are using marijuana, Ecstasy or LSD but more are bingeing on alcohol and abusing prescription drugs, according to an annual government survey released on Thursday.
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iTunes Music No Seas Cruel - Single - Alberto Plaza No Seas Cruel - Single by Alberto Plaza
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Ansa Immacolata, neve su Alpi e Dolomiti Tardi per aprire tutti gli impianti, si scia solo in quota
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Ansa Calcio Euro apre stabile Moneta unica passa di mano a 1,3674 dollari
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Washington Times Chile prepares for international summit Chile has begun its security preparations for the upcoming international leaders meeting in Santiago of the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation group.
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BBC News health Marijuana affects blood vessels Research suggests marijuana constricts the blood vessels, affecting supplies to the brain.
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BBC News world 'Active glacier found' on Mars A probable active glacier is identified on the surface of Mars for the first time.
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Reuters World Rumsfeld Arrives at Desert Marine Base in Iraq AL-ASAD AIRBASE, Iraq (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld swept into an airbase in Iraq's western desert Sunday to make a first-hand evaluation of operations to quell a raging Iraqi insurgency in his first such visit in five months.
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Reuters Top News Pentagon seeks $190 billion more for Iraq and Afghanistan WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Wednesday asked Congress to approve nearly $190 billion more in spending for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Yahoo U.S. UN votes against death penalty (AP) AP - The U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday called for a moratorium on the death penalty with a view to abolishing executions, approving a resolution opposed by the U.S., China and Iran.
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The Ledger Man Charged With Animal Cruelty After Biting His Dog A man accused of biting his Jack Russell terrier, Lady, as a form of punishment was arrested on an animal cruelty charge Saturday by Gainesville police officers.
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Yahoo Business GM to make plug-in hybrid of Saturn Vue Green Line (Reuters) Reuters - General Motors Corp. on Wednesday said it plans to make a plug-in electric hybrid version of the Saturn Vue Green Line, which will have double the fuel efficiency of any current sport utility vehicle.
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RedNova science County Has Last Word on Housing Plan: A Proposal to Allow Town Homes to Be Built on 20 Acres South of Florida City Was Denied By the Community Council, but the County Commission Will Have The By Rebecca Dellagloria, The Miami Herald Sep. 24--In its first meeting in nearly a year, the South Bay Community Council recommended the county reject a proposal to amend its comprehensive development master plan to allow the construction of town homes on 20 acres south of Florida City.
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Boston Globe business Microsoft, Novell open an 'interoperability lab' Microsoft Corp. and Novell Inc. announced the opening of an "interoperability lab" in Cambridge. At the 2,500-square-foot facility, a priority of a lab team made up of Microsoft and Novell engineers will be to ensure interoperability between Microsoft and Novell virtualization technologies, the companies said. Plans for the lab were revealed last fall as part of a collaboration agreement between ...
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Columbia Daily Tribune Researchers test ways to stretch flu vaccine New research suggests that giving flu vaccine in a novel way can stretch doses and protect more people, but it didn’t work as well in those over 60 and is too experimental to be used to ease this year’s shortage, experts say.
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Seattle Post Intelligencer Gilbertson fired? Gallows humor apparently has become reality, with unconfirmed reports circulating that Washington football coach Keith Gilbertson and his staff were fired late Sunday night.
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Reuters Business Disney Charged by SEC Over Director Hires WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. market regulators charged Walt Disney Co. DIS.N on Monday with failing to disclose a web of relationships between the entertainment giant and some of its directors and their family members.
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Reuters Gov't Set to Make Oil Loans to Refiners With oil near $50 a barrel, the Bush administration said on Thursday it will negotiate with refineries that want to borrow oil from the federal emergency stockpile to offset supplies disrupted by Hurricane Ivan.
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Scotland on Sunday Toll of the Child Soldiers Children are fighting in almost every major conflict, in both government and opposition forces, according to a report published today.
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News24 Harry 'potshot' talks to dad London - Prince Harry has spoken to his father, Prince Charles, about his dustup with a paparazzi photographer outside a nightclub, the princes' office said on Friday.
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The Washington Post sports Looking to Extend Season The Maryland Jockey Club will formally ask the Maryland Racing Commission on Tuesday for permission to extend the Pimlico fall race meeting through Oct. 24.
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Topix.Net Europe French serious on secularism They arrived as they do every December: brightly wrapped gifts destined for children at a kindergarten in rural northern France.
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Reuters Entertainment Miramax Tries to Keep 'Hero' on Winning Journey LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Miramax Films, heading into the weekend, aims to keep the Chinese-language martial-arts epic "Hero" atop box office charts where it landed last week in a surprise showing built on a novel marketing strategy.
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BBC - Front Page EU agrees binding energy targets EU leaders agree in principle to make targets for renewable energy binding, Sweden's prime minister says.
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BBC UK Reduction in card fraud in 2006 There was a 3% drop in the amount of money lost to card fraud in 2006.
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Adnkronos Venezia, Amelio: ''Il mio film per non piangerci addosso'' ''In fondo questo film vuole dire solo una cosa: non piangiamoci addosso e riconosciamo tutti le nostre diversita', che non sono solo quelle visibili all'esterno''. E' questo per il regista Gianni Amelio il
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BBC UK Blair 'to confirm Iraq timetable' Tony Blair is expected to announce the return of hundreds of troops from southern Iraq to the UK.
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Yahoo Elections Colorado Roundup: 5th District No Longer Safe for GOP (CQPolitics.com) CQPolitics.com - As Election Day nears, CQPolitics.com will periodically provide roundups of the key House races in individual states, highlighting major developments in the contests.
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Boston Globe business Ex-Globe executive named GateHouse Media unit COO Richard J. Daniels, a former president and general manager of The Boston Globe, confirmed he has been named chief operating officer of GateHouse Media New England, a unit of GateHouse Media Inc. headquartered in Fairport, N.Y. Daniels, 50, said he will report to Kirk Davis, chief executive of GateHouse's New England division, which is made up of daily ...
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Kataweb Calcio Roma, 14:33 - CALCIO, GIUDICE: SIMULAZIONE MUTU 'PROBABILE', MA NIENTE SANZIONE Nessuna squalifica per Adrian Mutu. Il giudice sportivo ha deciso di non prendere provvedimenti nei ...
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Yahoo Entertainment Attorney: Pesci fraud lawsuit dropped (AP) AP - A private investigator has dropped a lawsuit claiming Joe Pesci owed him $103,000 for services performed after the "Goodfellas" star's ex-wife was accused of hiring a hit man, Pesci's lawyer said Tuesday.
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Yahoo World Boat Capsizes in Vietnam, Killing 16 (AP) AP - A boat capsized in heavy winds on a river in northern Vietnam, killing 16 people, an official said Saturday.
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Reuters Sports Safina edges through after scare STUTTGART (Reuters) - Dinara Safina celebrated her rise into the world's top 10 by saving three match points in a 6-1 5-7 7-6 victory over Italy's Mara Santangelo at the Stuttgart Grand Prix on Tuesday.
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BBC News world Boxing: Williams in weight record Danny Williams weighs in at 19st 4lb for his WBA heavyweight title clash with Vitali Klitschko.
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Reuters Sports Future of U.S. Grand Prix still in doubt INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - Formula One teams packed their cars and returned to Europe following Lewis Hamilton's clinical victory at the U.S. Grand Prix on Sunday uncertain if they will be back in the United States.
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Jamaica Observer 21 cut down in Iraq gunfire BAGHDAD, Iraq (AFP) - At least 21 people, including 17 Iraqis working for the US military, were killed yesterday as a senior UN official warned that crucial elections could not be held in the current climate of violence.
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Boston Globe business And the pitch is... Ellsbury, Pedroia, Papelbon, and Youkilis need no introduction to local fans. But the Red Sox' appearance in the World Series is introducing them to a wider audience - and to marketers in search of new pitchmen.
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CNET enterprise hardware news Yahoo names greenest city in America Blog: As part of its "Be a Better Planet" campaign, Yahoo names Hastings, Neb., the greenest city in America.
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The Washington Post Top News Huckabee Fights Back Against Romney DES MOINES, Dec. 29 -- Former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee launched an aggressive series of attacks against Mitt Romney on Saturday, signaling a forceful new offensive designed to blunt the former Massachusetts governor's critiques of Huckabee's record.
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Ansa Italia Bastonata da padre e fratello Volevano obbligarla a prostituirsi, arrestati
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Topix.Net Europe Where Does Indecency Cross Line on TV? When the BBC recently announced it would air Jerry Springer: The Opera, the West End hit famous for its vulgarity and a cast of characters including transsexuals and a man wearing a diaper, no one batted an ...
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Reuters Business UAW strikes GM as talks fail to produce a deal DETROIT (Reuters) - United Auto Workers union-represented employees walked off the job and organized pickets outside General Motors Corp plants as the union called a national strike against the top U.S. automaker after marathon contract talks failed to produce a deal.
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Yahoo! Italia Notizie Governo: Incontro Berlusconi-Fini a Margine Cdm Roma, 28 ott. (Adnkronos) - Incontro tra Silvio Berlusconi e Gianfranco Fini, a margine del Consiglio dei ministri di questa mattina. Nulla trapela, per ora, sui contenuti del colloquio. Il faccia a faccia
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CNET personal technology news Sony plans its own battery recall Consumer electronics giant is working with product safety agency to figure out "the widest scope" of alert.
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Sports Network American League Game Summary - Texas at Oakland Oakland, CA (Sports Network) - Bobby Crosby's three-run double capped a four- run fifth as Oakland rallied to beat Texas, 5-4, to salvage a split of a four- game set at the Coliseum.
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RAI News Inserisci il testo da ricercare Libano. Il Sismi blocca una cellula salafita: gia' pronta un'autobomba per l'ambasciata italiana a Beirut. A sferrare l'attacco per far saltare in aria la sede diplomatica doveva essere un terrorista alla guida
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New York Times Arts New York’s Good Old Days Were Often Far From Nice Axis Company has shaken the dust off a lowbrow stage work called “A Glance at New York” that was a hit in 1848 and injected it with a huge dose of 21st-century adrenaline.
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New York Times sports Deeper knowledge WALTHAM -- Shifting his weight from right to left and glancing repeatedly at his cellphone, Al Jefferson looked a bit distracted around 3 p.m. yesterday. That was understandable. The Celtics' rookie big man had to rush home and pack before catching the team charter to Detroit in an hour.
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iTunes Music The Live Session - EP - Black Lips The Live Session - EP by Black Lips
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Repubblica Scontro treni, il procuratore capo "Verificare condizioni di lavoro" Il magistrato anticipa che non basterà accertare le responsabilità dei macchinisti alla guida dei convogli Scontro treni, il procuratore capo "Verificare condizioni di lavoro" Oggi i conferimenti di incarico per le autopsie e le perizie Ripresi i lavori per il raddoppio della linea Bologna-Verona (11:26 10/01/2005)
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Yahoo Europe Apple to limit European launch of iPhone in 2007: report (AFP) AFP - Apple will restrict the European launch of its multi-purpose iPhone to only Britain, France and Germany this year before a roll-out across Europe and Asia in 2008, the Financial Times said on Thursday.
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iTunes Music Just a Groove - EP - DJ Whale Just a Groove - EP by DJ Whale
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Washington Times Terps' speed overwhelms Memphis The 13th-ranked Terps ran No.25 Memphis into submission 84-61 in the Basketball Hall of Fame Tip-Off Classic at Springfield Civic Center.
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Kataweb Sport Milano, 12:58 - CALCIO, INTER: ADRIANO E RECOBA CONVOCATI PER TROFEO GAMPER Ci sono anche Adriano e Recoba tra i giocatori convocati dal tecnico dell'Inter, Roberto Mancini, pe...
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Ansa Marini: bene Rutelli su alleanze Pd Bene la Bindi, ma mi spiace per la candiDatura di Letta
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