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Palestinian militants have burst into a mourning tent for Yasser Arafat, firing shots in protest at the presence of his potential successor, Mahmoud Abbas.
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Even introverts can get happier -- and get rich -- through interaction.
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On Bangkok Post
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Reuters - An Algerian-born man attacked two pilots and a passenger with an axe on a domestic Norwegian flight Wednesday in an unexplained assault that police said could be linked to his asylum status.
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AP - As some concerts and outdoor music events struggle, the Austin City Limits Music Festival revels in its success.
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TheSpaceShipOne team is handed the $10m cheque and trophy it won for claiming the Ansari X-Prize.
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NEW ORLEANS (Sports Network) - Dustin Almond passed for 299 yards with a touchdown and rushed for another score to lead the Southern Mississippi Golden Eagles to a 31-10 victory over the North Texas Mean Green in the New Orleans Bowl at the Superdome.
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AD DEIRAT, West Bank - As the truck unloads, the children pounce on the trash like flies. Some swing aloft on the hydraulic pistons that open the back, then drop onto the mound to grab a piece of metal, a crushed can, a soda bottle, or a smelly T-shirt.
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Threats by Russia to take further action against the British Council "can only make matters worse", the foreign secretary says.
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair made a surprise first visit to Baghdad on Tuesday amidst intense security and hailed officials orchestrating Iraq's January elections as heroes.
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, June 22 (HealthDay News) -- A drug derived from the sea squirt showed anti-tumor activity in more than half of 51 patients with a type of cancer called advanced pretreated myxoid liposarcomas.
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Opera Software on Tuesday released the final version 3.0 of its Opera Mini Web browser, which is designed for mobile phones. The upgrade introduces a number of new social networking features, such as photo sharing and a built-in RSS reader.
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A proposal to ban the planting of a genetically modified corn strain sets up a bitter war within the European Union.
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DAVOS, Switzerland (Reuters) - Swedish start-up Polar Rose plans to make its face recognition service publicly available on the Web in the second quarter of 2008 as it tries to become a must-have tool for sorting visual content.
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AP - Businesses in Panama, not China were "mainly responsible" for passing off an industrial chemical as a medical ingredient leading to the deaths of at least 51 people, a senior official in China's product-inspection agency said Thursday.
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AFP - The possibility of North Korea launching a ballistic missile has diminished as activities at missile bases in the Stalinist state were returning to normal, a Japanese press report says.
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Scottish fishermen become the first in Europe to implement a new voluntary scheme to conserve stocks.
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L'annuncio dopo una giornata di polemiche, silenzi e mezze smentite E tutto lascia pensare che sulla panchina bianconera tornerà Lippi L'addio di Deschamps Ú finalmente ufficiale La Juve: "Contratto sciolto consensualmente" Allo stadio cori per l'allenatore che ha riportato la squadra in A e contro la dirigenza L'ad...
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Serial killer condannato a 13 ergastoli avra' 120 mila euro
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Floods and landslides have killed 55 people in southwest China in the past four days, washing away homes and roads, knocking down power lines and leaving at least one city cut off, state media said on Monday.
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Europe minister Geoff Hoon has cast doubt on Tony Blair's ability to remain in office until next May.
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Despite calls from medical experts and a prominent Republican senator for an independent office to monitor drug safety, the idea, prompted by the Food and Drug
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Two months after the announcement of WS-Addressing, Microsoft has again joined Sun and other industry leaders including AMD, Dell and Intel in publishing the Web Services Management specification. WS-Management provides a common way for systems to access and exchange management information.
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After some eight years and 100 million votes, the results were announced late Saturday night and the world welcomed seven new Wonders of the World
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A slowing economy and a fresh batch of financial problems for banks put the major indexes on track for one of their worst yearly starts.
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SAO PAULO -- A passenger jet crashed and burst into flames after skidding off a runway at Brazil's busiest airport yesterday and barreling across a busy highway, officials said. All 176 people on board were feared killed in what would be Brazil's deadliest air disaster.
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Reuters - Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry on Monday called the invasion of Iraq "the wrong war in the wrong place at the wrong time" and said his goal was to withdraw U.S. troops in his first White House term.
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When Michael Maynard's company announced it was moving overseas, the 53-year-old machine technician from Massachusetts quickly found a job at another firm. As the sole provider for his wife and two daughters, Maynard jumped at the new opportunity, even though he had to take a pay cut of nearly $8 an hour....
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Due soldati americani sono rimasti feriti nell'esplosione di un'autobomba lungo la strada che porta all'aeroporto di Baghdad. Ne ha dato notizia il comando Usa in una nota. La deflagrazione si Ú verificata
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"This is another example where Qualcomm has effectively copied Nokia's innovations." Nokia Corp., the world's largest mobile phone maker, said Monday it filed a patent infringement countersuit against Qualcomm in an ongoing multinational legal battle over wireless technology. Nokia, which filed the lawsuit in a Texa...
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Primo test a Sepang in vista del Motomondiale 2008. La prima giornata di lavoro sul tracciato malese...
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Just as they once did so much to undercut our American armed forces in war against North Vietnam's still communist - and still lethally brutal â€-ictatorship, the New York Times and the Washington Post this weekend reinforced their reputation as
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Reuters - Norwegian Petroleum and Energy Minister Odd Roger Enoksen has resigned, the prime minister's office said on Friday without naming his replacement.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co. Chief Executive E. Neville Isdell on Thursday reiterated that the soft drink maker expects solid long-term growth in revenue and volume and high-single-digit growth in earnings per share despite "strong headwinds" in North America.
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Kenexa Corp., a human resources software and service provider, said it will pay $115 million to acquire closely held BrassRing Inc. of Waltham to reach more clients around the world. Kenexa also expects to meet the high end of its third-quarter earnings forecast of 21 to 22 cents a share and exceed its revenue expectat...
0Business
AP - Barry Bonds told a grand jury he used a clear substance and a cream provided by a trainer who was indicted in a steroid-distribution ring, but the slugger denied knowing they were steroids, according to a report published Friday.
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ATHENS (Reuters) - American swimmer Michael Phelps added a fourth Olympic gold at the Athens Games Thursday with a comfortable victory in the 200 meters medley that kept him on course for a record eight medals.
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Canadian Press - OTTAWA (CP) - Conservative Leader Stephen Harper says he did not check with his caucus, nor did he have to, before suggesting ways to change how country is run.
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Reuters - Police in Scotland have set up a Web site to allow the public to meet their newest, and cutest, recruit as he learns how to sniff out criminals.
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ATHENS, Greece - If anyone deserved a party, it was the people of Athens. The flame went out on the Olympics during a closing ceremony Sunday night that honored the birthplace of the games with an ebullient display of Greek pride and symbolism, a relief-filled celebration of the ancient and the new...
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Hurricane Ivan knocked out power to more than 1.2 million homes and businesses in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida after slamming into the US Gulf Coast early Thursday, local power companies said.
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SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Filmmaker Jonathan Demme has put the struggle of New Orleans' poor to reclaim their hurricane-wracked neighborhoods on television and the big screen. But he's not done yet.
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BISHKEK, Sep 24 (IPS) - This Central Asian Republic of five million is headed for a crucial referendum on a new constitution Oct. 21.
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President Bush said on Thursday that addressing the long-term problems in Social Security would reassure the financial markets, offering a rationale to offset
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Reuters - An ethics panel admonished U.S. House of Representatives Majority Leader Tom DeLay on Thursday, saying he improperly offered to endorse a lawmaker's son in return for a vote on a Medicare prescription drug bill.
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The amount of official material translated should be cut to encourage people to learn English, Ruth Kelly says.
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Reuters - The passionate and previously secret love letters of Italian novelist Italo Calvino took center stage in a court battle Friday as his widow and heirs sued the nation's leading newspaper for publishing extracts.
1Entertainment
Ultimatum da Cesa, Calderoli 'basta con i tavoli tecnici'
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Blog: Diesel engine racecars claim first and second place at legendary French endurance race.
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NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The 2004 U.S. elections ended on Saturday with Republicans and Democrats swapping one U.S. House of Representatives seat each in runoff elections in Louisiana.
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Frank P. Quattrone, the former chief technology banker at Credit Suisse First Boston who was sentenced to 18 months in prison last week, accused the judge in his case yesterday of callousness
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AFP - The head of the high-profile US National Hurricane Center (NHC) was ousted on Monday following a storm of controversy over his harsh criticism of his employers and a near-mutiny by forecasters.
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Incontro a New York con il leader liberaldemocratico Il premier assicura che nella Finanziaria 2008 non toccherà le rendite finanziarie Prodi: "Dini mi ha rassicurato E' parte forte del centrosinistra" (01:28 25/09/2007)
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Pfizer Inc. plans to release a new version of Sudafed that eliminates an ingredient used to produce the highly addictive drug methamphetamine in homemade labs.
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NASA should be able to meet all the requirements for resuming space shuttle flights next spring, an oversight panel said.
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Reuters - A day after his second solo release, "FutureSex/LoveSounds," debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. pop album charts, Justin Timberlake logged a fourth week atop the Hot 100 singles chart with "SexyBack."
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AP - Revered as the holiest sanctuary in ancient Greece, Olympia in the western Peloponnese hosted the ancient Olympic Games for more than 1,000 years after they started in 776 B.C.
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Giovedi' Prodi convoca i sindacati, 'Siamo a sprint finale'
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The Jonas Brothers, Fall Out Boy, Alicia Keys, Avril Lavigne, the Backstreet Boys, Jordin Sparks and other performed for thousands of screaming teenagers and preteenagers.
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Thomson joined Microsoft and Time Warner on Monday in trying to take control of U.S. digital rights management (DRM) company ContentGuard Holdings.
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The White Sox are sending for pitching help, only the call isn't going out to replace Jon Garland in the rotation -- not yet, anyway.
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Dopo la vittoria di ieri sulla Fiorentina per 2-1, nell'andata dei quarti di finale di Coppa Italia,...
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Kimmie Meissner wins the Four Continents women's title on Saturday in Colorado Springs, rallying from sixth place in the free skate.
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A US federal appeals court ruled in favor of peer-to-peer software makers this week, stating that the companies behind the Grokster and Morpheus services are not liable for copyright infringement due to the actions of their users.
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FORMER Chelsea defender Paul Elliott believes Jose Mourinho's table-toppers have the self-belief to end their miserable league run at Highbury.
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TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp.'s game unit said on Thursday it planned to cut jobs in the United States and was eyeing restructuring steps in Japan as it struggles to keep up with industry rival Nintendo Co. Ltd. .
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Retired running back Ricky Williams says he contacted the Miami Dolphins this week at the request of his agent but has no plans to rejoin the team anytime soon.
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After a day-long attempt to delay action, the Senate moved forward Sunday with debate on a $136 billion corporate tax cut package.
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Copyright owners have until July 9 to comment on proposed new EU rules loosening copyright registration.
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AFP - A team of tech-savvy but patient experts in their 50s and 60s has been set up to offer consultancy for Japan's growing number of elderly small business owners on their computer needs, the Japanese arm of IBM said.
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AP - In civilian life, Bradley Bergeron was an air conditioning technician. Kurt Comeaux was a probation officer and Warren Murphy a tugboat deckhand.
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp. , the largest maker of computer processors, posted a rise in second-quarter earnings on Tuesday but profit margins missed the company's target and its shares fell nearly 5 percent.
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The school doesn't get the top recruits, doesn't get the major bowl games it believes is its birthright, and doesn't get the fact that the football program is just not a major power anymore.
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By Kimball Payne, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Feb. 15--RICHMOND -- State lawmakers are getting ready to try to negotiate an agreement on a pair of bills aimed at guiding the future of Fort Monroe after the Army leaves in 2011. Sen. Marty Williams, R-Newport News, and Del.
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AFP - Several rounds of ammunition and grenades were stolen last week from British troops holding training exercises in Kenya's Rift Valley, the British High Commission in Nairobi said.
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AP - A Kyrgyz passenger jet on Tuesday grazed a U.S. military tanker plane while taking off from an airport near the Kyrgyz capital, setting the American aircraft ablaze. Nobody was injured, officials said.
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AFP - A strong earthquake measuring 6.8 on the Richter scale and a series of aftershocks hit Japan's capital Tokyo and its surrounding areas, the Meteorological Agency said.
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Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko, whose father was detained at Flossenbuerg from December 1944 to April 1945, took part in the memorial service. via Ynetnews
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pregnant women need to keep their asthma under control, because if they cannot breathe properly, neither can the unborn baby, according to new U.S. guidelines issued on Tuesday.
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RAMALLAH, West Bank (Reuters) - Israeli soldiers killed three Palestinian militants in a refugee camp in the northern West Bank town of Tulkarm Friday, medics said.
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Chairman falls on his sword News the arrest of Sportingbet chairman Peter Dicks may not lead to a court case has caused a sustained rally in the UK-based online gambling sites shares.

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The government pushes on with a controversial land reform policy, saying 500 plots of land are idle.
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LOS ANGELES -- Some drug companies want to make sure filmmaker Michael Moore gets lots and lots of attention -- especially if he sets foot on their property.
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Concluse le sfilate del pret-a-porter uomo 2007-2008
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AFP - Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry, buoyed by a strong showing in his televised debate with George W. Bush, has recaptured a small lead in their White House race, a Newsweek poll showed.
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For your eyes only, Bhutto’s last book, Aztec pyramid found and more culture news.
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On The Onion
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If you are wondering where the sultry actress Vidya Malvade has disappeared, well your search ends here.
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A man who tried to bring a suspicious package into a polling station in Chechnya today was killed in an explosion as he ran away, election officials said.
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The online advertising firm has launched a new program for serving ads to third-party developer applications on Facebook--but what will Facebook's own advertising announcement next week mean for this sort of strategy?
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L'unico criterio e' l'interesse del bambino
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Industrial conglomerate Tyco International Ltd. swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter profit on a double-digit jump in sales and on lower one-time charges compared with the year-ago quarter.
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Blog: Cleantech venture capitalist says U.S. is 20 years behind and better get on board if they want to take the lead and cash in
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The police inquiry into Madeleine McCann's disappearance is almost over, Portugal's justice minister says.
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Roberto Donadoni compie domani 44 anni e si aspetta dall'Italia un bel regalo. ''Qual è il re...
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Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard says speculation over the club's ownership and the future of boss Rafa Benitez is not helping the players.
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On Auto Insider
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Riisultati della seconda giornata del campionato Super 10 di rugby. Amatori Catania - SKG Gran P...
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It's out there waiting for you.
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KABUL -- Afghan troops backed by foreign soldiers and air power killed about 70 suspected Taliban fighters in raids throughout the country and near Pakistan's border, authorities said Saturday.
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