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10/13/2008 11:00 PM |
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At Indian Call Centers, Another View of U.S. |
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GURGAON, India -- With her flowing, hot-pink Indian suit, jangly silver bangles and perky voice, Bhumika Chaturvedi, 24, doesn't fit the stereotype of a thuggish, heard-it-all-before debt collector. But lately, she has had no problem making American debtors cry.
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10/13/2008 11:00 PM |
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Iraq Opens Bidding on Oil Field Contracts |
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BAGHDAD, Oct. 13 -- Iraq opened bidding Monday on the first round of contracts to develop its oil fields since the fall of Saddam Hussein, a move intended to jump-start a sector crucial to the country's rebuilding.
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10/14/2008 10:32 AM |
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Asian, European Markets Continue Upbeat Rally |
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TOKYO, Oct. 14 -- Feverish buying in Japan on Tuesday replaced last week's market panic, as the benchmark Nikkei stock index soared to its largest-ever percentage gain in a single day, up 14.15 percent -- part of a global rally in stocks that continued throughout Asia and Europe.
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10/13/2008 11:00 PM |
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Lacking an Accord On Troops, U.S. and Iraq Seek a Plan B |
With time running out for the conclusion of an agreement governing American forces in Iraq, nervous negotiators have begun examining alternatives that would allow U.S. troops to stay beyond the Dec. 31 deadline, according to U.S. and Iraqi officials.
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10/13/2008 11:00 PM |
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Brown's Experience Gives Him the Edge |
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LONDON, Oct. 13 -- Prime Minister Gordon Brown, given up in Britain as political flotsam just weeks ago, has emerged from the global financial crisis as a leader whose ideas are influencing policy from Europe to Washington.
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10/13/2008 11:00 PM |
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Titans Shown the Door, Ending a Banking Era |
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LONDON, Oct. 13 -- Fred the Shred is gone. Frederick A. Goodwin, the Royal Bank of Scotland chief executive who won his nickname for axing jobs, has lost his own.
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10/13/2008 11:00 PM |
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Top Israeli Parties Forge Coalition Deal |
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JERUSALEM, Oct. 13 -- After marathon negotiations, Israel's Kadima and Labor parties on Monday evening tentatively approved a coalition agreement that boosts Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni's chances of securing the nation's top job.
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10/13/2008 11:00 PM |
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U.S. Proposal Yet to Reach Iran |
TEHRAN, Oct. 13 -- Iran has yet to receive a request from the United States to open an interests section here, officials said Monday, but analysts added that such a proposal would probably get a positive response.
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10/13/2008 11:00 PM |
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Lawyers Criticize Quality of Guantanamo Interpreters |
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Something was being lost in interpretation. Mustafa Ahmed al-Hawsawi, a Saudi national accused of war crimes and murder for his alleged role in the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, was speaking in Arabic. Ralph H. Kohlmann, a Marine colonel and military judge at Guantanamo Bay, was listening to a...
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10/13/2008 11:00 PM |
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Global Stocks Soar as Countries Plan Rescues |
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LONDON, Oct. 13 -- Stock markets worldwide surged Monday as governments outlined bank rescue plans that in Europe alone amounted to more than $2 trillion.
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