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officials of the cabinet-level fair trade commission -lrb- ftc -rrb- said friday that they have formed an ad hoc group to investigate whether there is any manipulation of commodity prices by traders in local market . | fair trade commission investigating consumer price hike |
five people were killed , and a woman gravely wounded , following a lethal shootout at a nightclub in cali , colombia 's third largest city , local authorities said monday . | colombian nightclub shootout leaves five dead |
preliminary dna testing on remains of ## red army soldiers uncovered at a soviet-era war memorial will be conducted in russia and ukraine , reports from the estonian capital of tallin said wednesday . | estonia provides red army soldiers dna samples for russia ukraine |
transocean inc. , the world 's largest offshore drilling contractor , said monday it will combine with smaller competitor globalsantafe corp. , creating a company with a full range of offshore drilling services in the world 's key markets . | transocean globalsantafe plan to combine to create new oil drilling heavyweight |
palestinian president mahmoud abbas will make a working visit to malaysia starting from may ## to ## , malaysian foreign ministry said here on tuesday . | palestinian president to visit malaysia on may ## |
german engineering giant siemens said tuesday it would pursue former directors for damages in an unprecedented action based on a claim they ignored widespread corruption revealed nearly two years ago . | siemens weighs legal action against former executives |
a joint metallurgy group has been set up by three companies in this , china 's largest industrial city . | shanghai sets up metallurgy group enterprise |
the number of u.s. service members who have died in iraq since the war began last march reached ### on saturday after a roadside bomb detonated north of baghdad , killing three u.s. soldiers and two iraqi civil defense troopers . | three u.s. soldiers killed north of baghdad military says bringing total to ### since war began |
syrian refugees displaced from the israeli-occupied golan heights celebrated the end of ramadan on saturday , visiting relatives and taking their children for rides on a mini ferris wheel set up in an empty lot . | displaced syrians hope to return |
there 'd been precious little forage for carnivores down at the bottom of broad street till dick cheney rode the meat wagon onstage . | cheney delivers meat to the hungry |
hong kong 's hang seng china enterprises index fell ##.## points , or #.## percent , to close at #,###.## monday . | hang seng china enterprises index down |
southwest airlines , defying the headwinds of an airline crisis , said monday it had boosted profits in the first quarter of #### as all its competitors lost . | southwest airlines boosts profits defying us crisis |
the french government and an alliance of european cosmetics companies have taken legal action to stop a european union ban on using animals to test cosmetics as of #### , eu officials said tuesday . | france eu cosmetics firms seek to block eu ban on UNK cosmetics |
a ##-year-old boy fatally shot one sheriff 's deputy and seriously wounded another outside his home , and police believed they had cornered him , authorities said . | ##-year-old boy sought in shooting that left # indiana deputy dead and another wounded |
syrian president hafez al-assad accused israel of hampering the peace process between the two countries and called on the united states to intensify its diplomatic efforts to secure an agreement . | syrian president accuses israel of hampering peace process |
the maoist shining path 's jailed number-two leader , elena UNK , on tuesday filed suit seeking to visit behind bars her lover , the group 's longtime top leader abimael guzman , her attorney said . | shining path leader 's love seeks quality time together |
russia and its pro-west neighbor georgia engaged in fierce fighting saturday in the disputed region of south ossetia , reports said , as the international community scrambled to prevent an all-out war . | fierce fighting reported in georgia after russian troop surge |
a senior russian official on tuesday paid a visit to syria over the `` dangerous developments '' in the gaza strip due to continuing israeli `` brutal aggression , '' the official sana news agency reported . | russian presidential envoy visits syria over gaza |
average mortgage rates for single-family homes in the ## largest metropolitan areas as of feb. # as compiled by bankrate.com . | average single-home mortgage rates |
jorge de la rosa won for the first time since may ## , mark teahen singled home a run in the third inning and the kansas city royals beat the los angeles angels #-# to complete a three-game sweep on wednesday . | kansas city sweep angels |
each of the two numbers ending in zero had special meaning for mariner left-hander jamie moyer . | moyer reaches #,### UNK ### wins |
pyongyang has yet to inform seoul of any intention to resume talks for an inter-korean summit , which could be dropped after the death of north korean president kim il-sung , officials said sunday . | pyongyang silent on reviving summit preparations |
hamas on monday denied dubai police chief 's accusation that a hamas traitor informed mossad , israel 's security intelligence service , about its militant leader mahmoud UNK 's visit to dubai , which led to his assassination on jan. ## . | hamas denies dubai police accusation over militant murder |
health legislation passed by the house would change some rules immediately on insurance coverage while leaving much of the fight over how to remake the medical system to federal regulators , states and courts . | after vote health-care fight shifts to states agencies |
two hamas militants were killed when a missile fired from an israeli aircraft hit a car in gaza city after nightfall monday , residents and palestinian security officials said . | two hamas militants killed in israeli airstrike in gaza city |
a conservative author and former speechwriter for president bush has raised money to finance a tv advertising campaign aimed at sinking the nomination of harriet e. miers to the supreme court . | former bush speechwriter launches UNK campaign |
an andy warhol canvas portraying a can of campbell 's soup was auctioned off here for nearly ##.# million dollars , christie 's auction house reported late tuesday . | warhol painting fetches ##.# million dollars |
uss greeneville cmdr. scott waddle was given a letter of reprimand monday as punishment for the submarine collision that killed nine people aboard a japanese fishing vessel , his attorney said . | sub cmdr. gets letter of reprimand |
marlins players did a double-take the first time they saw pitcher anibal sanchez this spring . | sanchez drops weight with help from ex-nbaer john salley |
at&t corp. tomorrow will launch a service that allows individual consumers to link their personal computers to the internet via pc modems , in an effort to profit from the burgeoning on-line services market . | at&t to introduce access to internet via modems tomorrow |
he was a highly decorated vietnam veteran , a successful salesman , a doting father of four . | father exonerated in sex abuse case |
a total of ### senior officials of peru 's national police , including almost half of all generals on the force , will be forced into early retirement , interior minister fernando rospigliosi announced saturday . | almost ### peruvian police officials forced into retirement |
an international seminar on `` roots of racism and anti-semitism '' will be held between january ## and ## in turkey 's biggest city of istanbul , the anatolia news agency reported today . | turkey to host seminar on racism |
chinese scientists have succeeded in breeding the first cattle from frozen embryos in the rarefied atmosphere of the qinghai-tibet plateau . | frozen cattle embryos take to chinese highlands |
the senate brushed aside an attempt to block renewal of the antiterrorism law known as the usa patriot act thursday , voting ## to # against changes urged by sen. russell d. feingold , the act 's most persistent critic . | senate vote signals that patriot act will be renewed |
president georgi parvanov summoned france 's ambassador on wednesday in a show of displeasure over comments from french president jacques chirac chiding east european nations for their support of washington on the issue of iraq . | bulgarian president critical of chirac comments chiding east europeans |
one u.s. navy service member was killed in a shootout with taliban fighters in the eastern afghan province of logar and another is in insurgent custody , a taliban spokesman and afghan officials said sunday . | taliban afghan officials say one of two missing u.s. troops is dead |
china should continue to get funds from the international development association -lrb- ida -rrb- , the world bank 's lending arm , the bank 's president , james wolfensohn said here today at a news conference . | china entitled to ida funds says bank president |
president bill clinton will discuss problems of the american family when he meets pope john paul ii on wednesday but is unlikely to raise the subject of abortion , a spokesman said . | clinton to raise family issues in talks with pope |
farmers in inner mongolia , one of china 's worst hit areas for soil erosion , have made great efforts to reclaim the land . | inner mongolia curbs soil erosion |
china 's benchmark shanghai composite index on the shanghai stock exchange closed at #,###.## points wednesday , up ##.## points , or #.## percent , from the previous close . | shanghai stock indices up sept. # |
vanuatu and new caledonia scored late goals saturday to draw #-# in an oceania region world cup qualifier . | vanuatu new caledonia draw #-# in oceania world cup qualifier |
when the university of california at berkeley lends its department of intercollegiate athletics millions of dollars to pay off its bills each year -- even forgiving that debt at times -- it 's helping out a top-tier college sports program beloved by thousands of fans . | college chiefs lament subsidies for sports |
as he tells the story , david glass was n't too impressed by his first encounter with wal-mart back on a sweltering day in the ####s . | wal-mart did n't always impress ceo |
german consumer confidence is slipping amid concerns about europe 's debt crisis and the volatile euro , according to a survey published wednesday . | german consumer confidence seen slipping |
eerie footage of the devastation wrought by the #### london bombings was shown in public for the first time tuesday at the inquests into the deaths of ## innocent passengers . | grisly london bombings video shown to inquest |
the united states has pledged ## million dollars in development aid to the autonomous palestinian territories , us ambassador pamela harriman told a conference of donor countries here on tuesday . | united states grants palestinians ## million dollars in aid |
shane warne on tuesday admitted he had first taken the banned diuretic which earned him a ##-month ban from cricket in december last year - to get rid of an UNK double chin . | warne admits to taking prior fluid tablet |
media mogul silvio berlusconi battled to stay in power in italian parliamentary elections sunday with his conservatives trying to beat back a strong challenge from romano prodi , a former premier who leads a coalition ranging from moderates to communists . | berlusconi battles to stay in power as italians vote |
china 's stocks plummeted #.# percent to a two-month low on wednesday 's close , as the real estate , non - ferrous metals and coal shares dove more than # percent . | china 's stocks plunge #.# pct on wednesday |
britain 's chancellor of the exchequer kenneth clarke thursday defended his decision not to raise interest rates last week , insisting that it did not signal the end of `` monetary policy as we know it '' . | chancellor of the exchequer defends stand on interest rate |
a minor earthquake rattled southern bulgaria on friday , but caused no serious damage or injuries , the state bta news agency reported . | minor earthquake rocks southern bulgaria |
bill cosby says detroit residents must take responsibility for improving their city and schools . | cosby asks detroit students parents to get active |
kazakh racer andrei UNK has left credit agricole to sign a two-year deal with spanish team liberty , his agent jacinto UNK told afp on saturday . | liberty bell sounds for UNK |
in a fiery debate on national television , the republican challenger to tom daschle , the senate minority leader , accused daschle of emboldening america 's enemies by criticizing president bush on the eve of war in iraq . | daschle defends iraq remarks |
a woman witness _ testifying tuesday from behind a screen and her voice disguised to protect her identity _ told of beatings and abuse at the hands of saddam hussein 's agents in the trial of the former president and seven lieutenants . | woman witness weeps as she recalls beatings torture |
the macedonian police seized ##.## kilograms of heroin in northern macedonia , the mia news agency reported wednesday . | macedonian police make major heroin haul |
the us military on wednesday faced the prospect of a costly logistical headache trying to move troops and supplies into afghanistan , after kyrgyzstan moved to close a major us air base that served as a vital hub . | us supply routes to afghanistan under strain |
academia sinica would be pleased to name u.s. biochemist roger y. tsien , a winner of the #### nobel prize in chemistry , as an honorary academician and invite him to visit taiwan , the head of taiwan 's top research institution said wednesday . | new nobel laureate to be named honorary academia sinica academician |
gold medal gymnast nadia comaneci carried the olympic torch along the last leg of a ##-mile -lrb- ##.#-kilometer -rrb- citywide journey saturday , arriving in times square to the cheers of thousands of spectators . | olympic torch passes through new york |
when jonathan smith rushed for five touchdowns in his first two games with washington state , it was not surprising . | smith adjusts to tough division i |
hong kong stocks went up ##.## points , or #.## percent , to close at ##,###.## on monday . | hong kong stocks close higher feb. ## |
the bosnian government refused sunday to extend a frayed four-month truce but pledged to restrain its army if rebel serbs do not attack or block food aid . | u.n. special envoy fails to win government truce extension |
hoechst ag , germany 's largest pharmaceutical company , said its UNK gmbh unit has reached an agreement with u.k.-based ici to supply automobile coatings in asia . | hoechst 's UNK u.k. 's ici to sell auto coatings in asia |
the nigerian military have seized ## oil trucks used by pirates to smuggle crude oil and petroleum products from the volatile niger delta , a spokesman said monday . | nigeria military seize ## oil trucks used for smuggling crude oil |
the communist party on friday moved closer to form a government in nepal , which will make this isolated himalayan nation the only country in the world to have a communist government under a monarch . | communists may form government in nepal china 's neighbor |
assailants set fire to ## public buildings in near-simultaneous attacks thursday in thailand 's muslim south and then killed two firefighters rushing to put out one of the blazes , officials said . | three killed as assailants set ## fires in muslim-dominated southern thailand |
mexico 's central bank said wednesday it was auctioning off us$ #.# billion in reserves to prop up the struggling peso , the strongest sign yet that the u.s. economic meltdown was hitting its southern neighbor hard . | mexico brazil prop up struggling currencies |
leaders of a broad coalition opposed to the construction of a border fence between texas and mexico said wednesday federal officials have assured them local communities will still have a say in the building of any such barrier . | border coalition says it has assurances for local input on fence along texas-mexico border |
the new zealand share market closed monday down o. # percent at the end of a dull day . | new zealand sharemarket closes dull |
china regrets that the international court of justice did n't order an immediate halt of nato 's bombing of yugoslavia , chinese foreign ministry spokesman zhu bangzao said at a press conference today . | china regrets u.n. court 's rejection of yugoslavia 's request |
us general david petraeus was sunday to formally take up his new role of commander of the afghan war in a ceremony at nato 's headquarters in the capital kabul . | new afghan war commander set to formally take reins |
a right-wing party said tuesday it will build a hindu temple on a site where its followers razed a mosque and touched off hindu-muslim riots six years ago . | rightwing party vows to build hindu shrine where mosque was razed |
UNK owner john UNK could not compete against the beautiful bikini-clad women selling espresso up the road . | seattle-area coffee shops show a little skin to compete for business |
after years of struggle and two weeks of debate , democratic advocates of patients ' rights legislation hope to cement a series of compromises and build support for senate passage . | lawmakers eye compromises on hmo bill |
the united states recalled peace corps workers from zimbabwe thursday after the government refused to issue work permits for its most recent volunteers . | united states recalls peace corps workers from zimbabwe |
irish prime minister brian cowen said friday he was prepared to call a new referendum on the eu 's reforming lisbon treaty , rejected by voters in june , as long as promised guarantees are delivered . | irish pm prepared to hold second referendum on eu treaty |
two-thirds of american women with preschool children _ and ## percent of those with infants less than a year old _ are in the labor force , but attitudes toward working mothers have lagged far behind the reality . | attitudes toward working moms lag behind reality survey finds |
nigeria 's electoral agency is due to present a new voter register on july ## in line with an ultimatum by the federal government , local media reported on saturday . | nigeria 's electoral agency to present voter register |
lebanon 's parliament speaker , who has blocked efforts to establish an international tribunal to try suspects in the assassination of former premier rafik hariri , has asked saudia arabia to initiate talks to try to resolve the dispute over the court , the u.n. chief said thursday . | u.n. chief says lebanon s parliament speaker asked saudi to initiate talks to resolve dispute over tribunal |
the general price index of tehran stock exchange closed at #,###.## points on saturday , down #.## points from wednesday 's close . | tehran stock exchange index closes down |
the impetus for kevin keegan to stay on as england coach continues to grow , with two of the most powerful men in english football suggesting they would be happy for the fulham boss to become england 's full-time manager . | fa wants keegan full-time |
malaysian share prices closed #.# percent higher friday but trading was dull in the absence of fresh leads and ahead of the weekend , dealers said . | malaysian shares close #.# percent higher |
a soldier of the army honor guard was referred to investigators after calling for the assassination of the president on a web site , a spokesman for the ministry of national defense said friday . | soldier of army honor guard investigated for threat against president |
the ## member states of the osce have agreed to reform the organization without changing the role of its election monitoring teams , but a joint declaration at the close of the summit is unlikely , us and european union officials said tuesday . | osce agrees on reform but keeps election monitoring missions unchanged |
a palestinian militiaman was wounded monday by a burst of bullets fired at his car in the west bank town of hebron . | militiaman wounded in shooting |
zimbabwean president robert mugabe saturday said that ways should be found to get around technicalities slowing down the country 's land resettlement program . | zimbabwean president calls to speed up land resettlement |
share prices in tokyo opened #.## percent higher friday with the nikkei-### index gaining ##.## points to ##,###.## in the first five minutes of trading . | tokyo stocks open #.## percent higher |
philippine acting defense secretary eduardo ermita thursday reiterated that peace talks between the government and the national democratic front -lrb- ndf -rrb- should be held in the philippines instead of in a foreign land . | foreign exchange rates in hong kong |
a top u.n. official who is being investigated for his ties with kosovo leaders left the province on tuesday after being told his contract would not be renewed . | un official under investigation for alleged improper behavior loses kosovo job |
mining italiana will invest ## million canadian dollars -lrb- about # million u.s. dollars -rrb- in three quebec mines . | italy to invest millions of u.s. dollars in quebec mines |
twenty-five zambian parastatal companies will be wound up either through liquidation or asset sales . | ## parastatal companies to be liquidated in |
a group of militants ambushed a van wednesday as it traveled near khar , the main town in the bajur tribal region , killing two women teachers and wounding two other passengers . | pakistan militants kill # women teachers |
the u.s. dollar was traded at nt$ ##.### at ##:## a.m. thursday on the taipei foreign exchange , down nt$ #.## from wednesday 's close . | u.s. dollar almost flat in early taipei trading |
a stradivarius violin made in #### has been discovered , being so far the fourth one existing in romania , reported on thursday the official rompres news agency . | stradivarius violin discovered in romania |
extreme-right presidential candidate jean-marie le pen stepped up his criticism friday of the european union and its symbols , calling the euro `` the currency of occupation '' in france . | far-right leader le pen calls euro the currency of occupation |
chinese premier wen jiabao met here thursday with visiting international university sports federation -lrb- fisu -rrb- president george e. killian . | chinese premier meets fisu president |
alitalia will cancel some ### flights , more than half of them international , on friday due to a strike by air traffic controllers in italy , the italian carrier announced thursday . | air traffic controllers strike forces alitalia cancellations |
hong kong share prices rose #.# percent in opening trade friday led by overnight gains on wall street , dealers said . | hong kong shares open #.# percent higher |
two people died and more than ### suffered burns in a fire that broke out during a rock concert in the baltic port of gdansk on thursday night , police said . | two dead in rock concert fire |
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