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Beckham set to miss World Cup
Beckham set to miss World Cup...
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Netanyahu Offers an Apology, but No Shift in Settlement Policy
JERUSALEM — Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel told his cabinet on Sunday that the ill-timed announcement of new housing plans for a Jewish neighborhood in East Jerusalem during a visit here by Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. last week had been “regrettable” and...
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Four CRPF personnel injured in Srinagar grenade attack
Srinagar, Mar 14 (ANI): At least four Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel were injured in a grenade attack in Jammu and Kashmir capital on Sunday...
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Dodd seeking middle ground on new financial rules
WASHINGTON – The senator trying to rewrite the nation's financial industry rules is dropping plans to create a stand-alone consumer financial protection agency and give a single regulator the power to oversee all banks, according to people familiar with the evolving proposal. Backing away from...
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Cabin crew urged to call off strike that threatens BA's existence
London: British Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis Sunday urged cabin crew at British Airways to call off their planned strikes this month, saying it threatened the company's very existence. Cabin crew are due to walk out on seven days this month after talks between the airline and unions...
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France set to punish Sarkozy in regional vote
PARIS - France voted Sunday in regional polls forecast to punish Nicolas Sarkozy's ruling party, the last ballot-box test of his popularity ahead of the 2012 presidential election. Voters struggling from the global economic slowdown are expected to give the governing UMP party a drubbing at the...
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US soldier killed in attack on Iraq base: military
BAGHDAD (AFP) – An American soldier was killed and two wounded in a rocket or mortar attack on a US military base in central Iraq, a statement said...
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Protesters Surge Into Bangkok, Urging New Election
Filed at 7:29 a.m. ET David Longstreath/Associated Press Protestors from the United Front for Democracy Against Dictatorship near Bangkok on Sunday. BANGKOK (AP) -- Tens of thousands of red-shirted protesters rallied in Thailand's capital Sunday to press their demand that the government dissolve...
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Pacquiao dominates Clottey for decision
TIM DAHLBERG The Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas - Fighting on the star, Manny Pacquiao showed once again why he is such a star. With the biggest fight crowd in the U.S. in 17 years cheering him on at Cowboys Stadium, Pacquiao dominated a strangely passive Joshua Clottey from the opening bell...
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Nigeria vows to tackle violence
Nigeria's police chief has said that police officials in Nigeria's central Plateau State will be held responsible for future violent incidents. Ogbonna Onovo made his comments while on a visit to the region, which has seen two massacres in just three months. "Henceforth, DPOs...
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