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NEW YORK TIMES
AUSTRALIAN NAVY SETS 2-MONTH LEAVEAustralian sailors have received an early Christmas gift with the announcement that all non-essential naval staff will be placed on two months’ paid leave over the holidays....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:45:11 ESTCONGO VIOLENCE REACHES ENDANGERED MOUNTAIN GORILLASWith the recent violence in eastern Congo, there are no trained rangers now to protect the mountain gorillas in the region....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:45:00 ESTCITY ROOM: FANCIFUL VISIONS FOR CONEY ISLANDThe Municipal Art Society put forward ideas for a revitalized amusement area as part of its Imagine Coney initiative....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:45:17 ESTBITS: GOOGLE, THE IPHONE AND MACHINES THAT LISTENGoogle's voice search service for the iPhone may signify an inflection point -- speech recognition that is more useful than typing....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:45:12 ESTSEEING A PITCHED BATTLE OVER PLASTIC BAGSEven those who agree with the mayor's plan for a surcharge on plastic bags at stores say that weaning off such a useful item could be particularly difficult....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:45:08 ESTMARITIME HIJACKINGS DECREASE IN ASIAA regional piracy-monitoring agency in Singapore said maritime attacks in Asia in the first nine months of the year dropped 11 percent compared to 2007 and 32 percent from 2006....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:45:00 ESTWEB SITES THAT DIG FOR NEWS RISE AS WATCHDOGSAs newspapers shrink, rival operations have arisen in several cities, forcing the papers to follow their lead....Date: 18 Nov 2008 01:45:00 ESTAT MEETING, SMITHSONIAN PRACTICES NEW OPENNESSThe Smithsonian Institution held the first public board meeting in its 162-year history on Monday. The first question: “Why did you not all resign?”...Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:45:23 ESTGILMANTON JOURNAL: TOWN SEEKS A LIBRARY BENEFACTOR TO WARD OFF TAXESIn New Hampshire, where frugality is prized, a town’s new library has thousands of books, but it needs a budget so it can open without a local tax increase....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:45:16 ESTPREMIER OF IRAQ IS QUIETLY FIRING FRAUD MONITORSThe dismissals, which were confirmed by senior Iraqi and American government officials, come as estimates of Iraqi corruption soar....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:45:02 ESTMAYOR LACKS POWER TO BLOCK $400 REBATESMayor Michael R. Bloomberg does not have the power to halt the $400 homeowners' rebate checks, the city's top budget official admitted on Monday....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:30:33 ESTEX-MANAGER CHARGED IN L.I.R.R. DISABILITY PROBEThe charges were the first to arise from a host of state and federal investigations into the legitimacy of disability payments at the Long Island Rail Road....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:30:28 ESTMIXED MARTIAL ARTS MAKES ITS WAY TO HIGH SCHOOLA high school in Winchester, Massachusetts offers its students a mixed martial arts program as the sport has faced its fair share of controversy....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:30:24 ESTEARLY TEST FOR OBAMA ON DOMESTIC SPYING VIEWSUpon taking office, President-elect Barack Obama will be forced to weigh presidential power and civil liberties....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:30:19 ESTPAPERS OFFER A CLOSE-UP OF REHNQUIST AND THE COURTSome of the papers from Justice William H. Rehnquist’s first three years on the Supreme Court foreshadow issues facing the court today....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:30:12 ESTCLOUT HAS PLUNGED FOR AUTOMAKERS AND UNION, TOOThe Detroit auto companies and the United Automobile Workers union face waves of criticism as they argue for a federal bailout....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:30:02 ESTGENERAL HINTS CHINA’S NAVY WANTS TO ADD CARRIER TO FLEETThe acquisition of an aircraft carrier would surely stoke tensions with the U.S. military and its allies in Asia....Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:45:32 ESTPROTESTS OVER A RULE TO PROTECT HEALTH PROVIDERSA last-minute Bush administration proposal addresses objections to abortion on religious or moral grounds....Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:45:26 ESTBARK BEETLES KILL MILLIONS OF ACRES OF TREES IN WESTFrom New Mexico to British Columbia, an infestation of mountain pine beetles is turning a blanket of green forest into a blanket of rust red....Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:45:21 ESTMANY DEALINGS OF BILL CLINTON UNDER REVIEWAides said Barack Obama would not formally offer Hillary Rodham Clinton a post unless he was satisfied that Bill Clinton’s activities would not pose a conflict....Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:45:15 EST
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CNN WORLD
GOODWILL FINDS, RETURNS $7,500 LEFT IN SHOEBOXRead full story for latest details....Date: 18 Nov 2008 04:00:02 ESTTROUBLED QANTAS 747 DAMAGED AGAINRead full story for latest details....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:45:44 ESTMAN ADMITS AIDING CHINESE SPACE PROGRAMA Chinese-born U.S. physicist and businessman pleaded guilty Monday to bribing Chinese space program officials and illegally providing U.S. space launch data to the Beijing government....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:45:39 ESTYAHOO CO-FOUNDER TO RESIGN AS CEOYahoo! announced Monday that the search is on for the Internet giant's next CEO....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:45:33 ESTNATO IN AFGHANISTAN FIRE ON MILITANTS IN PAKISTANThe NATO-led alliance in Afghanistan said its troops fired at militants inside Pakistan in coordination with Pakistani soldiers....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:45:29 ESTHALF OF NATION'S DOCS WANT TO QUIT, SURVEY SHOWSNearly half the respondents in a survey of U.S. primary care physicians said that they would seriously consider getting out of the medical business within the next three years if they had an alternative....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:45:20 ESTBUSH'S HOLIDAY TRAVEL PITCH CALLED 'ALL FOR SHOW'Read full story for latest details....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:30:01 ESTHUNGER AMONG U.S. CHILDREN SKYROCKETS IN 2007Read full story for latest details....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:00:02 ESTHOLIDAY MOVIES TOUT DOGS, FANGS AND DICAPRIOThe holiday movie season is a chance to see old friends and make new ones. Among the old pals: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, the "Titanic" duo, reuniting for "Revolutionary Road." New visitors include the vampires and humans of "Twilight" and "Bolt," an animated tale about a dog who plays a su...Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:00:42 ESTLIEBERMAN TO KEEP CHAIRMANSHIP, SOURCES SAYSenate Democrats appear willing to let Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, keep his powerful Homeland Security Committee chairmanship, even though he campaigned vigorously for Sen. John McCain's White House bid, two sources told CNN Monday....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:00:29 ESTEND 'DON'T ASK-DON'T TELL,' EX-MILITARY BRASS SAYMore than 100 retired U.S. military leaders -- including the former head of the Naval Academy -- have signed a statement calling for an end to the military's "don't ask-don't tell" policy, according to a California-based think tank that supports the movement....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:00:02 ESTSHEIKH SEEKS MILLIONS FROM MICHAEL JACKSONRead full story for latest details....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:31:16 ESTCOMMENTARY: HOW OBAMA CAN FIX THE ECONOMYPresident-elect Barack Obama has been holding his economic cards close to his vest. He did not participate in person at last weekend's meeting of G20 leaders....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:31:08 ESTEX-MILITARY BRASS OPPOSE 'DON'T ASK-DON'T TELL'More than 100 retired U.S. military leaders -- including the former head of the Naval Academy -- have signed a statement calling for an end to the military's "don't ask-don't tell" policy, according to a California-based think tank that supports the movement....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:31:01 ESTU.S. MAN ADMITS AIDING CHINA SPACE PROGRAMA Chinese-born U.S. physicist and businessman pleaded guilty Monday to bribing Chinese space program officials and illegally providing U.S. space launch data to the Beijing government....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:30:56 ESTHOLIDAY MOVIES ROLL OUTThe holiday movie season is a chance to see old friends and make new ones. Among the old pals: Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, the "Titanic" duo, reuniting for "Revolutionary Road." New visitors include the vampires and humans of "Twilight" and "Bolt," an animated tale about a dog who plays a su...Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:00:03 ESTBROWN: OBAMA STRUGGLES WITH LOBBYIST PROMISESI want you to hear something President-elect Barack Obama said just about a year ago:...Date: 17 Nov 2008 21:30:02 ESTDEMS, WHITE HOUSE AT ODDS ON BIG THREE BAILOUTCongress will kick off a special lame-duck session Monday, and a partisan battle awaits over the fate of the nation's Big Three automakers....Date: 17 Nov 2008 21:00:02 ESTSOURCES: LIEBERMAN SET TO KEEP CHAIRMANSHIPSenate Democrats appear willing to let Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut, keep his powerful Homeland Security Committee chairmanship, even though he campaigned vigorously for Sen. John McCain's White House bid, two sources told CNN Monday....Date: 17 Nov 2008 20:00:01 ESTRICE, GADHAFI'S SON TO MEET, OFFICIALS SAYSecretary of State Condoleezza Rice will meet Tuesday with the son of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi to discuss deepening ties between Washington and Tripoli, senior State Department officials said Monday....Date: 17 Nov 2008 18:15:24 EST -
REUTERS
CHINA DENIES ATTEMPTING TO GET U.S. SPACE DATABEIJING (Reuters) - China Tuesday denied it had illicitly sought technical data for space launch vehicles from the United States, after a physicist from Virginia pleaded guilty to illegally exporting the information to China....Date: 18 Nov 2008 04:15:13 ESTHIJACKED SAUDI SUPERTANKER SAID TO BE OFF SOMALIABOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - A Saudi supertanker hijacked by pirates with a $100 million oil cargo in the largest ever such seizure may have reached the coast of north Somalia, a regional maritime group said on Tuesday....Date: 18 Nov 2008 04:15:02 ESTHIJACKED SAUDI SUPERTANKER SAID TO BE OFF SOMALIBOSASSO, Somalia (Reuters) - A Saudi supertanker hijacked by pirates with a $100 million oil cargo in the largest ever such seizure may have reached the coast of north Somalia, a regional maritime group said on Tuesday....Date: 18 Nov 2008 04:00:28 ESTISRAEL RENEWS BLOCKADE OF GAZA CROSSINGSGAZA (Reuters) - Israel shut border crossings with the Gaza Strip Tuesday citing continued rocket fire at its towns, despite warnings from world aid groups of looming shortages of food and fuel supplies in the coastal territory....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:30:16 ESTGIFT CARD SALES SEEN DOWN 6 PERCENT THIS HOLIDAYNEW YORK (Reuters) - Sales of once-hot gift cards are expected to fall nearly 6 percent this holiday season as shoppers try to stretch their dollars by buying discounted merchandise, according to a survey released by the National Retail Federation on Tuesday....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:45:23 ESTQUAKE SHAKES SOUTHWESTERN IRANTEHRAN (Reuters) - An earthquake shook a province in southwest Iran on Tuesday, Iranian media reported, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:00:54 ESTJAPAN WARNS OF LONG SLUMPTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's recession could last even longer than feared, the country's economy minister warned on Tuesday, and reflecting increasing efforts by governments to provide a cushion against a global downturn, Taiwan said it would give its citizens $108-worth of shopping vouchers....Date: 18 Nov 2008 01:45:17 ESTWILL DETROIT'S CASH CRISIS KILL THE ELECTRIC CAR?LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Call it an economic and environmental murder mystery in the making: Will a cash-strapped Detroit kill the electric car -- again?...Date: 18 Nov 2008 01:30:03 ESTMANY DOCTORS PLAN TO QUIT OR CUT BACK: SURVEYWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Primary care doctors in the United States feel overworked and nearly half plan to either cut back on how many patients they see or quit medicine entirely, according to a survey released on Tuesday....Date: 18 Nov 2008 01:15:05 ESTSEARCH IS ON FOR NEW YAHOO CEO AFTER YANG STEPS DOWNSAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said Jerry Yang will step down as chief executive as soon as the board finds a replacement, sending its shares up 4 percent on hopes his departure will clear the way for a deal with Microsoft....Date: 18 Nov 2008 01:00:02 ESTCHINA MINERS RESCUED, LITTLE HOPE FOR SUBWAY WORKERSBEIJING (Reuters) - Rescuers in central China have saved 32 out of 34 miners who had been trapped by an underground flood, but there is now little hope of finding 14 people missing in a subway tunnel collapse, state media said on Tuesday....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:45:38 ESTHIJACKED SAUDI SUPERTANKER SPOTTED OFF SOMALIANAIROBI (Reuters) - A Saudi supertanker hijacked by pirates with a $100 million oil cargo in the largest ever such seizure has reached the coast of north Somalia, a regional maritime group said on Tuesday....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:45:30 ESTRIOTERS ATTACK GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN NORTHWEST CHINABEIJING (Reuters) - A crowd of about 1,000 people attacked a government office in northwest China, smashing cars and beating police and officials in a riot sparked by a property dispute, the local government said on Tuesday....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:31:27 ESTJAPAN WARNS OF LONGER SLUMPTOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's recession could last even longer than feared, the country's economy minister warned on Tuesday, echoing comments from U.S. officials that the pain from the global financial crisis was far from over....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:31:23 ESTRESCUERS SAVE 32 CHINESE MINERS TRAPPED BY FLOODBEIJING (Reuters) - Rescuers in central China have saved 32 out of 34 miners who had been trapped by an underground flood, state media said on Tuesday, in a rare piece of good news from the world's deadliest mining industry....Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:45:39 ESTTAIWAN LEADER SEES DAILY CHINA FLIGHTS IN 6 MONTHSTAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said on Tuesday the island would likely launch direct flights with China in about half a year, signaling closer trade ties between the two political rivals....Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:15:02 ESTCHINA SAYS NO PLAN TO SEND TROOPS TO AFGHANISTANBEIJING (Reuters) - China is not planning on sending troops to Afghanistan to join the International Security Assistance Force there, state media said on Tuesday....Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:00:27 ESTCALIFORNIA COURT URGED TO REVIEW GAY MARRIAGE BANSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's Attorney General on Monday urged the state Supreme Court to consider whether a gay marriage ban passed by voters this month was legal....Date: 17 Nov 2008 21:45:22 ESTOBAMA, MCCAIN PLEDGE TO WORK TOGETHER ON REFORMCHICAGO (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama and vanquished rival John McCain met for the first time since the November 4 election on Monday, pledging to work together to face the financial crisis and reduce government waste....Date: 17 Nov 2008 21:45:15 ESTAMNESTY WARNS OF GEORGIA CONFLICT "TWILIGHT ZONE"MOSCOW (Reuters) - Lootings and kidnappings along Georgia's de facto border with separatist South Ossetia are stopping more than 20,000 people from returning home, human rights group Amnesty International said on Tuesday....Date: 17 Nov 2008 21:00:56 EST
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WASHINGTON POST
THE EVOLUTION OF HANK PAULSONTreasury secretary is leaving a legacy of federal interventionism few would have expected....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:31:36 ESTA FULL MALL FOR INAUGURATION?Officials are preparing for as many as 4 million people when Barack Obama takes oath of office....Date: 17 Nov 2008 23:30:20 ESTADMINISTRATION MOVES TO PROTECT KEY APPOINTEESPolitical appointees are shifted to career civil service posts as the Bush administration tries to maintain its regulatory initiatives....Date: 17 Nov 2008 23:30:07 ESTA REPRIEVE FOR DOOMED HORSESThreatened with euthanasia, mustangs on federal land are to be adopted by billionaire's wife....Date: 17 Nov 2008 23:15:03 ESTSOME ABORTION FOES SHIFT FOCUSUnsuccessful legal fights lead to efforts designed to encourage women to continue their pregnancies....Date: 17 Nov 2008 23:00:05 ESTYAHOO TO REPLACE YANG AS CEOInternet giant's founder will end rocky 17-month tenure as CEO as soon as a replacement is found....Date: 17 Nov 2008 21:01:04 ESTALL EYES TURN TO THE CLINTONS44 | If N.Y. senator sorts out husband's global work, she would have a good shot at State, sources say....Date: 17 Nov 2008 18:00:44 ESTMULLEN: AT LEAST 2 YEARS NEEDED FOR WITHDRAWALNation's top military officer says while he is "comfortable" with Iraq security agreement, logistical hurdles could pose special challenges....Date: 17 Nov 2008 17:46:00 ESTOBAMA WOOED FEDERAL WORKERSLetters reveal a candidate tailoring his message to a federal audience and tapping into many workers' dismay at funding cuts and workforce downsizing....Date: 17 Nov 2008 17:45:49 ESTSPIDER-MAN CREATOR HONOREDWhen Stan Lee was told that he'd received the National Medal of Arts, he "thought it was a gag."...Date: 17 Nov 2008 16:00:58 ESTNEW DETAILS ON SLAIN TAXI DRIVERProsecutor discounts self-defense claim, saying Mazhar Nazir was found wearing his seat belt....Date: 17 Nov 2008 16:00:46 ESTBUYING A HOUSE? TAKE A CHANCE.Md. couple partners with Annapolis-based charity to raffle off the home they can no longer afford....Date: 17 Nov 2008 15:00:45 ESTA VERY MYSTERIOUS MAPMAKERHow did a German priest become the first person to write that an ocean lay west of the Americas?...Date: 17 Nov 2008 15:00:37 ESTIRAQI PARLIAMENT DEBATES PACTLawmakers weigh security agreement that would allow U.S. to remain in Iraq for three more years....Date: 17 Nov 2008 15:00:30 ESTFUNDS MAY BE AHEAD FOR CAREGIVERSNew law to expand support to Md. and D.C. residents who take in children their relatives have neglected....Date: 17 Nov 2008 14:00:29 ESTAT LAST, A TAX REBEL'S TRIUMPHMontgomery County is poised to finally pass one of Robin Ficker's anti-tax initiatives....Date: 17 Nov 2008 13:30:30 ESTDEAL MAKER OR LOYAL OPPOSITION?The Fix | Sen. Mccain has influence and gravitas in Senate to push or torpedo Obama's agenda items....Date: 17 Nov 2008 13:00:33 ESTAFTER HIGH HOPES, HARSH REALITYColumn | Questions, emotions are back on the table after Redskins' 14-10 loss to Dallas....Date: 17 Nov 2008 11:45:48 ESTCITIGROUP TO SHED 50K POSITIONSBanking giant tries to rebound from steady losses and problems linked to global financial crisis....Date: 17 Nov 2008 09:46:04 ESTCITIGROUP TO SHED 50,000 JOBSBanking giant tries to rebound from steady losses and problems linked to global financial crisis....Date: 17 Nov 2008 09:30:18 EST -
BBC WORLD
TALEBAN REJECTS KARZAI PEACE PLANTaleban militants in Afghanistan reject an offer of peace talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai....Date: 18 Nov 2008 04:15:24 ESTOLDEST NUCLEAR FAMILY 'MURDERED'A 4,600 year old family group discovered in Germany suffered a violent death, experts find....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:30:31 ESTIRAQ WAR 'VIOLATED RULE OF LAW'Advice given to Tony Blair about the legality of the Iraq war was fatally 'flawed', a former senior law lord claims....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:30:24 ESTPUPILS TARGETED IN SUPERBUG FIGHTSchools are being urged to teach pupils about infection control as experts step up the fight against superbugs....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:15:06 ESTPAKISTAN BACKED RAID, SAYS NATONato-led troops in Afghanistan say Pakistani security forces helped in their recent attack on militants....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:45:29 ESTWOLSELEY TO SHED 2,300 MORE JOBSBuilding materials firm Wolseley is to cut 2,300 more jobs, the majority in the UK, as the housing downturn continues to bite....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:30:37 ESTTHE BOXThe BBC-branded container, prepares to leave Shanghai...Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:30:30 ESTBUTCHER 'NOT OVER' MARADONA GOALScotland assistant Terry Butcher says he will never forgive Diego Maradona for the infamous "Hand of God" goal that knocked England out of the World Cup in 1986....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:30:24 ESTAUSTRALIA NAVY GIVEN TWO MONTHS OFF FOR CHRISTMASMost of Australia's navy is to be given two months off for Christmas as part of a strategy to recruit more sailors....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:30:18 ESTUK MINISTER IN DAMASCUS MEETINGBritish Foreign Secretary David Miliband looks to improve ties with Syria in talks with President Bashar al-Assad....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:30:03 ESTREPENTANT KHMER ROUGE FAN RETURNSA Swedish ex-supporter of the Khmer Rouge returns to Cambodia, vowing to apologise to survivors of the Pol Pot era....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:01:06 ESTAUSTRALIA NAVY OFF FOR CHRISTMASMost of Australia's navy is to be given two months off for Christmas as part of a strategy to recruit more sailors....Date: 18 Nov 2008 01:30:15 ESTINDIAN SHIP CREW IN 'SAFE WATERS'The mainly Indian crew of a Japanese ship, released by Somali pirates, enter safe water on their way back home....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:31:54 ESTTRAPPED BY FEARAlbanian children imprisoned by old vendetta code...Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:31:47 ESTUN DRAFT SEEKS TO BOOST DRC FORCEFrance presents a draft resolution to the Security Council aimed at strengthening the UN mission in DR Congo....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:31:42 ESTEX-PM MAKES BANGLADESH DEMANDFormer Prime Minister Khaleda Zia calls on Bangladesh's caretaker government to lift emergency rule ahead of scheduled elections....Date: 17 Nov 2008 23:15:15 ESTHIJACKED OIL TANKER NEARS SOMALIAA giant Saudi oil tanker seized by pirates in the Indian Ocean is nearing the coast of Somalia, the US Navy says....Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:45:43 ESTCLINTON AT STATE?Obama considers ex-First Lady as his secretary of state...Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:30:05 ESTCHINESE PRESIDENT ON CUBAN VISITPresident Hu Jintao of China arrives in Cuba for a visit aimed at strengthening economic ties between Beijing and Havana....Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:00:34 ESTJERRY YANG TO QUIT AS YAHOO BOSSJerry Yang, the co-founder of Yahoo, is to stand down as the internet portal's chief executive officer....Date: 17 Nov 2008 21:01:16 EST -
TIMES OF LONDON
PIRATES MAKE CONTACT WITH OWNER OF OIL SUPERTANKERPirates who hijacked an oil super tanker yesterday have begun to negotiate with the vessel’s owners and have taken the ship towards the Somali pirate haven of Eyl, the US Navy has said....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:15:13 ESTYAHOO! CHIEF JERRY YANG QUITS AFTER TURMOILJerry Yang, the embattled chief executive of Yahoo!, is to step down as soon as the embattled internet search engine group finds a successor....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:45:33 ESTYAHOO! CO-FOUNDER, JERRY YANG, RESIGNSJerry Yang, the embattled chief executive of Yahoo!, is to step down as soon as the embattled internet search engine group finds a successor....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:30:52 ESTAUSTRALIANS LOVE 'AUSTRALIA' - BUT WILL THE REST OF THE WORLD?The debate on Australia national radio this morning between two experts in diplomatic relations, centred on Australia's standing in the world, and how they thought it would be affected by the 'phenomenon' about to be unleashed....Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:30:48 ESTBABY P’S FALL FROM HEALTH TO DEATHExtracts from record of medical and social services contacts:...Date: 18 Nov 2008 02:30:43 ESTSOLICITORS ACCUSED OVER ‘DUBIOUS DEALS’ WITH UNION OFFICIAL THAT COST SICK MINERS THOUSANDSBritain’s highest-earning solicitor acted dishonestly and with “conscious impropriety” in dealings with a mining union that led to his firm handling thousands of industrial disease compensation claims, a tribunal heard yesterday....Date: 17 Nov 2008 19:15:22 ESTGET TOUGH WITH SOCIAL WORKERS, POLICE TOLD AFTER BABY P TRAGEDYPolice have ordered officers working with child abuse cases to take a much tougher line with social workers after the death of Baby P....Date: 17 Nov 2008 18:30:49 ESTSOLICITORS ACCUSED OVER ‘DUBIOUS DEALS’ WITH UNION OFFICIAL THAT LOST SICK MINERS NEARLY £1MBritain’s highest-earning solicitor acted dishonestly and with “conscious impropriety” in dealings with a mining union that led to his firm handling thousands of industrial disease compensation claims, a tribunal heard yesterday....Date: 17 Nov 2008 18:30:44 ESTMINISTERS ADMIT THAT TAX RISES WILL FOLLOW GORDON BROWN'S TAX CUTSTax rises are set to follow next week’s tax cuts, ministers admitted yesterday as Gordon Brown raised the spectre of deflation in Britain for the first time....Date: 17 Nov 2008 18:30:37 ESTMOTHER SUES DAUGHTER OVER 'MISERY LIT' MEMOIRA barrister whose bestselling autobiography recorded her memories of being abused by her mother faced her parent in the High Court today....Date: 17 Nov 2008 15:46:31 ESTCITIGROUP LONDON IN FIRING LINE OVER 52,000 JOB CUT PLANSir Win Bischoff, chairman of Citigroup, today admitted that staff numbers in London and New York will be hit "heavily" as the US banking giant revealed plans to cut 52,000 staff across the globe....Date: 17 Nov 2008 11:30:27 ESTCITIGROUP LONDON IN FIRING LINE IN 52,000 JOB CUT PLANCitigroup, once the world's largest bank, is today planning one of the biggest single employment culls in corporate history with around 52,000 job losses planned across the globe....Date: 17 Nov 2008 11:01:11 ESTBOY COLLAPSES AFTER PLAYING WORLD OF WARCRAFT FOR 24 HOURS STRAIGHTA 15-year-old boy from western Sweden collapsed and went into convulsions yesterday after playing the World of Warcraft computer game for 24 hours straight....Date: 17 Nov 2008 10:30:54 ESTPOLICE SEEK MISSING MOTHER NATALIE BRACHT AND HER FIVE YOUNG DAUGHTERSPolice today renewed an appeal for information about a missing mother and her five daughters aged five to 13....Date: 17 Nov 2008 09:46:25 ESTCITIGROUP TO SLASH WORKFORCE BY 52,000Citigroup, once the world's largest bank, is today planning one of the biggest single employment culls in corporate history with around 52,000 job losses planned across the globe....Date: 17 Nov 2008 09:30:31 ESTSOMALI PIRATES HIJACK SAUDI OIL TANKER WITH BRITONS ON BOARDA huge oil tanker with two British crew members has been seized by Somali pirates in the first attack on a ship laden with oil in the dangerous waters off the east coast of Africa....Date: 17 Nov 2008 09:16:02 ESTOBAMA WIN PROMPTS WAVE OF HATE CRIMESObama: catch or kill bin Laden | Peres: Obama brings Iran talks hope | What about new dog? |...Date: 17 Nov 2008 08:47:07 ESTBROWN MAY PRESS AHEAD WITH ORGAN DONOR LAW, DESPITE RULING OF ADVISERSGordon Brown has refused to rule out a change in the law that may see everyone considered as a potential organ donor, despite the recommendations of his advisers today....Date: 17 Nov 2008 07:53:16 ESTTXEROKI, SPAIN'S MOST WANTED MAN, ARRESTED IN FRANCEThe miltary head of Eta has been arrested, dealing a major blow to the Basque separatist organisation....Date: 17 Nov 2008 07:30:06 ESTBARACK OBAMA: US MUST CAPTURE OR KILL OSAMA BIN LADENCatching or killing Osama bin Laden will be one of the key targets of Barack Obama's administration as it is "critical" to American national security, the US president-elect confirmed last night....Date: 17 Nov 2008 06:20:06 EST
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
TERKEL'S LEGACY UNBROKENConfronting death is not something we do often, at least willingly, in the theater or in life. We avoid it and turn on the TV instead, as one Chicago-based aid worker told Studs Terkel in his 2001 book "Will the Circle Be Unbroken? Reflections on Death, Rebirth, and Hunger for a Faith."...Date: 18 Nov 2008 01:00:55 ESTCHRISTMAS PAGEANT EXPLORES SCIENTOLOGYWhat may be the season's most experimental Christmas pageant opens this week at A Red Orchid Theatre....Date: 18 Nov 2008 01:00:45 ESTBIG 3 AUTO MAKERS, TWO HARD CHOICESWithout an infusion of cash, one or more could go bankrupt. But the problems won't end with a bailout. For U.S. taxpayers, the future of the ailing American auto business has come down to a painful choice....Date: 18 Nov 2008 01:00:38 ESTAFRICA: WAR ON TERROR'S HIDDEN FRONTU.S. military quietly trying to wage peace in Africa The desert is a war....Date: 18 Nov 2008 01:00:29 ESTWAR ON TERROR'S HIDDEN FRONTU.S. military quietly trying to wage peace in Africa The desert is a war....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:32:06 ESTCHARGES DENT MARK CUBAN'S BID TO BUY CUBSInsider trading allegations give MLB reason to deny him Insider-trading charges brought Monday against Mark Cuban, an Internet entrepreneur and owner of the Dallas Mavericks basketball team, could weaken his chances of buying the Chi...Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:32:00 ESTLAKE BODY ID'D AS MISSING NU STUDENT'S...Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:15:24 ESTLAKE BODY ID'D AS MISSING NU STUDENT...Date: 17 Nov 2008 22:00:40 ESTBIRTH DEFECTS LINKED WITH ASSISTED REPRODUCTION...Date: 17 Nov 2008 20:30:34 ESTLAKE BODY ID'S AS MISSING NU STUDENT...Date: 17 Nov 2008 20:30:24 ESTFIRE BREAKS OUT IN WEST SIDE HIGH-RISE...Date: 17 Nov 2008 18:30:59 ESTCAR DEALER: BUY 1 CAR, GET 2ND FOR $1...Date: 17 Nov 2008 18:01:17 ESTNO ID YET ON BODY FOUND IN LAKE...Date: 17 Nov 2008 16:46:31 ESTTRANSPLANT PATIENT SUES AFTER GETTING HIV...Date: 17 Nov 2008 16:46:23 ESTCUBS BIDDER MARK CUBAN CHARGED WITH INSIDER TRADINGMark Cuban, Internet entrepreneur and Dallas Mavericks owner, has been charged with insider trading related to the stock of an online search engine....Date: 17 Nov 2008 16:46:17 ESTALDERMEN TRY TO SAVE 'JUMPING JACKS'...Date: 17 Nov 2008 15:31:00 ESTDALEY TO CUT UNION LAYOFFS...Date: 17 Nov 2008 14:45:39 ESTDREW PETERSON CONSULTS WITH DIVORCE LAWYER...Date: 17 Nov 2008 13:46:16 ESTDOGFIGHTING SUSPECTS FACE BOND COURTA long investigation didn't prepare cops for what they found in breaking up a dogfight....Date: 17 Nov 2008 13:46:07 ESTOBAMA, MCCAIN MEET FOR 'GOOD CONVERSATION'...Date: 17 Nov 2008 13:15:08 EST -
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CHINA: TIBET INDEPENDENCE 'DOOMED'Beijing says any change of strategy by Tibetan exiles is doomed to fail....Date: 18 Nov 2008 04:15:33 ESTJAPAN WHALING FLEET 'LEAVES PORT'Officials stay silent as activists say Japanese ships set sail for Antarctica....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:46:00 ESTBRITISH MINISTER TO MEET AL-ASSADDavid Miliband to emphasise Syria's regional role in talks with country's president....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:30:45 ESTSEIZED TANKER SEEN OFF SOMALI COASTPirates controlling oil tanker steer north, heading towards Somali coastal village....Date: 18 Nov 2008 03:30:38 ESTTIBETAN TALKS 'EMOTIONALLY CHARGED'Exiles say "middle way" has failed and some push for full independence from China....Date: 18 Nov 2008 00:45:45 ESTREBELS OVERRUN DR CONGO ARMY BASEFighting continues as France summits draft resolution calling for more UN troops....Date: 17 Nov 2008 20:30:40 ESTKASHMIRIS VOTE DESPITE BOYCOTT CALLMillions turn out for state polls in Indian Kashmir despite separatists' boycott call....Date: 17 Nov 2008 19:45:20 ESTUS MAN GUILTY OF CHINA SPACE LEAKSPhysicist admits passing space launch information to China and offering bribes....Date: 17 Nov 2008 16:30:50 ESTOBAMA AND MCCAIN PLEDGE 'NEW ERA'Former rivals for the presidency hold talks in Chicago on "reforming" US politics....Date: 17 Nov 2008 16:30:41 ESTPIRATES SEIZE SAUDI SUPERTANKERUS navy says giant crude carrier seized by Somali pirates off Kenyan coast....Date: 17 Nov 2008 16:15:14 ESTIRAQ AND US SIGN FORCES AGREEMENTIraqi parliament begins debate on security pact despite al-Sadr bloc's protest....Date: 17 Nov 2008 14:45:46 ESTDR CONGO REBELS SEIZE ARMY BASERebels take Congolese army base despite their leader's pledge to respect ceasefire....Date: 17 Nov 2008 13:30:55 ESTWHITE HOUSE REJECTS AUTO BAILOUTDemocrats prepare for battle in senate over funds for ailing industry....Date: 17 Nov 2008 12:46:14 ESTTALIBAN REJECTS KARZAI'S OFFERTalks with Afghan president ruled out as long as foreign troops remain in Afghanistan....Date: 17 Nov 2008 12:30:59 ESTUS BANKING GIANT CUTS 50,000 JOBSCitigroup says it will reduce its workforce by around 20 per cent as losses continue....Date: 17 Nov 2008 11:01:41 ESTTALIBAN REJECTS KARZAI OFFERSpokesman rules out talks with Afghan president as long as foreign troops remain in Afghanistan....Date: 17 Nov 2008 11:01:35 ESTPOLITKOVSKAYA TRIAL OPENS TO PUBLICFour men charged with 2006 murder of Russian journalist but her family remains sceptical....Date: 17 Nov 2008 10:31:02 ESTPIRATES SEIZE SAUDI OIL TANKERUS navy says giant crude carrier seized by Somali pirates off Kenyan coast....Date: 17 Nov 2008 08:56:13 ESTOBAMA VOWS TO CLOSE GUANTANAMODetention camp closure welcomed as human rights lawyers warn of legal problems to come....Date: 17 Nov 2008 08:08:32 ESTISRAEL BRIEFLY OPENS GAZA CROSSINGLimited supply of UN aid en route to Gaza as Israel temporarily opens border crossing....Date: 17 Nov 2008 04:45:00 EST
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