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08/28/2008 05:12 PM |
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Democrats ready celebration for Obama |
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DENVER (Reuters) - Democrats prepared a grand spectacle on Thursday to celebrate the historic presidential nomination of Barack Obama, who will take the party reins with a speech that spells out his vision for change in America.
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08/28/2008 04:56 PM |
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Gustav kills 59 in Caribbean, aims at U.S |
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KINGSTON (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Gustav hit Jamaica with near hurricane-force winds on Thursday after killing at least 59 people elsewhere in the Caribbean and taking aim at New Orleans and Gulf of Mexico oil fields, where it could become a major hurricane next week.
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08/28/2008 03:53 PM |
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Putin accuses U.S. of provoking Georgia crisis |
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DUSHANBE/PARIS (Reuters) - Russia faced increased diplomatic isolation over its military action against Georgia on Thursday, with its Asian allies failing to offer support and France saying EU leaders were considering sanctions.
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08/28/2008 04:09 PM |
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Lehman looking at cutting some 1,200 jobs: source |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc is looking at cutting some 1,200 jobs in its latest round of cost cutting, a person familiar with the matter said, as weak financial markets spur layoffs across Wall Street.
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08/28/2008 01:35 PM |
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Salmonella outbreak over: CDC |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An outbreak of an unusual strain of Salmonella that sickened more than 1,400 people and put 286 in the hospital appears to be over in the United States, federal health officials said on Thursday.
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08/28/2008 03:33 PM |
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Top U.S. and Pakistan military officials talk strategy |
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top U.S. and Pakistani military officials met this week on a U.S. aircraft carrier in the Indian Ocean to discuss the presence of militant safe havens in Pakistan and their role in Afghan violence, officials said on Thursday.
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08/28/2008 02:56 PM |
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Court upholds dismissal of charges in KPMG case |
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court has upheld the dismissal of criminal charges against 13 former executives at KPMG, saying prosecutors violated the defendants' rights by pressuring the accounting firm not to pay their legal bills.
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08/28/2008 01:28 PM |
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U.S. forces arrest senior Iraqi official |
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces arrested the deputy head of a committee that purged Iraq's government of members of Saddam Hussein's party, an ally said, but the U.S. military said he was a wanted militia leader behind a deadly Baghdad bombing.
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08/28/2008 07:53 AM |
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Russia long-range missile test a success |
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MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia successfully tested a long-range Topol missile designed to avoid detection by anti-missile defence systems from its Plesetsk launch site, a Russian military spokesman said on Thursday.
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08/28/2008 12:09 PM |
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Thai rail starts partial strike in anti-government rally |
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BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai rail workers began a partial strike on Thursday, joining a protest by thousands of people barricaded inside the prime minister's official compound whose leaders vowed to stay until his government fell.
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