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World leaders converge here Tuesday for their annual UN summit in an atmosphere clouded by lingering us Russian tensions over Georgia and global economic woes that threaten to further set back the fight against poverty.
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World leaders to hold annual UN POW Wow.
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Televised debates between Presidential hopefuls have long been a Quintessential part of the White House race, and can often swing the ballot in favor of one of the candidates.
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Top moments in us Presidential debates.
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Barack Obama and John McCain clash on Friday in the first of three crucial one debates, which have the potential to make or wreck their rival challenges for the White House.
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Mccain Obama gird for debate clash.
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Australia on Sunday condemned the deadly bomb attack on the Marriott hotel in Islamabad and said it was considering Ramping up its efforts to help Pakistan stamp out terrorism.
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Australia condemns Pakistan hotel blast.
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A battle appeared to be brewing Saturday between the Republican administration of President George W. Bush and leaders of the Democratic controlled Congress over the government's landmark request for 461 billion dollars to bail out financial institutions.
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Battle brewing over historic us financial firms bailout.
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Rescuers were Sunday set to search the smouldering remains of Islamabad's Marriott hotel for survivors following a huge truck bombing which left at least 20 people dead and 471 injured.
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Pakistan hotel bombing kills at least .
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Slovenia goes to the polls Sunday with a bribery scandal hanging over Prime Minister Janez Jansa and the opposition left showing unity in a bid to regain power after four years of centre right rule.
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Left unites against corruption tainted PM as Slovenians go to polls.
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Thabo Mbeki will on Sunday make a rare public address, a day after agreeing to calls by the governing African National Congress for him to stand down in the interests of party unity.
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South Africa's Mbeki to address nation after agreeing to resign.
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The us Treasury Department late Saturday released a fact sheet on its 393 billion dollar rescue plan for the financial sector proposed to Congress, highlighting that these were the details as of Saturday afternoon.
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Key facts of us Treasury's financial bailout proposal.
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The White House rivals Saturday pressed their own ideas to bring relief to both busted financiers and main street "after the government unveiled a huge bailout of Wall Street.
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Obama McCain demand more from Wall 1st rescue deal.
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Republican Presidential candidate John McCain's running mate Sarah Palin will meet Afghan President Hamid Karzai next week in New York, a McCain campaign spokesman said Saturday.
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Republican vp candidate Palin to meet Afghanistan's Karzai.
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A British government Minister attacked Republican us vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin as horrendous "at the labor party conference on Saturday.
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British Minister says Palin is horrendous.
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The us Treasury late Saturday unveiled details of the government's unprecedented 970 billion dollar bailout plan for the us financial sector in the worst market crisis since the great depression.
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US Treasury unveils proposed massive financial sector bailout.
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Two powerful Democrats in the us Congress expressed skepticism Saturday over the 151 billion dollar plan President George W. Bush has proposed to rescue the country's Beleaguered financial sector.
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Top Democrats skeptical of Bush bailout package.
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Imf managing director Dominique Strauss Kahn welcomed Tuesday the bold steps "taken by the United States to stabilise the financial system, but warned global steps were required to get past the crisis.
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Imf chief welcomes us Treasury moves urges global action.
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A California based professional hockey team is inviting Republican vice presidential candidate and self proclaimed hockey mom "Sarah Palin to become their honorary vice president.
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Ice hockey team invites Republican vp pick Palin to join fold.
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Italian securities market regulator Consob announced Monday that it was suspending until the end of October the short selling of shares in banks and insurance companies.
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Italy bans short selling of stocks.
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US President George W. Bush will meet with critics of the governments of Russia, China, Venezuela, North Korea, Myanmar and other countries in New York on Tuesday, the White House said Monday.
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Bush to meet with dissidents on UN margins.
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New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg on Monday outlawed extreme thrill seekers who Dodge police to jump or hang from high buildings, his press office said.
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New York outlaws base jumping.
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Human rights advocates called on the us government to reconsider the Visa Revocation of a respected Pakistani rights defender, in a letter from human rights watch to homeland security chief Michael Chertoff released Monday.
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Human rights advocates cry foul over activist's Visa Revocation.
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Saudi Arabia on Monday formally called for an urgent ministerial meeting of the UN Security Council to discuss Israeli settlement activities in the occupied Palestinian territories.
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Saudi Arabia seeks UN meet on Israeli settlements in West bank.
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People with a family history of brain cancer have a significantly higher risk of developing the same type of tumors than individuals with no such family history, according to a study released Monday.
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Family history of brain cancer indicates higher risk of brain tumors.
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The body of Czech ambassador to Pakistan Ivo, who was killed in the suicide bomb attack on Islamabad's Marriott hotel, arrived at Prague's airport on Monday, Czech media reported.
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Body of Czech ambassador to Pakistan returns home.
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Algeria said Monday it places no restrictions whatsoever "on religious freedom, saying a us State Department report was marred by unfounded "allegations.
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Algeria rejecting us criticism says it upholds religious freedoms.
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Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner announced Monday that she received a more than interesting offer "from three banks to pay off defaulted Argentine government bonds.
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Argentina's Kirchner announces Bank offer to pay off debt holders.
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Fresh fighting broke out Monday between the Army and rebel militia in the east of democratic Republic of Congo, with government forces claiming to have killed around 72 rebels.
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Renewed clashes in Dr Congo Army claims rebel dead.
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John McCain's White House campaign Monday lashed out at the media and declared that the venerable New York Times was 62 percent "behind Democratic hopeful Barack Obama.
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Mccain campaign savages New York times.
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Missoni splashed vibrant colors onto the Catwalk Monday while D and G paraded a fleet of Cheeky nautical outfits on day three of the Milan spring summer 2002 fashion week.
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Splashes color D and G goes nautical in Milan.
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Mexico will host the next world environment day in June 2007, the head of the UN environment program said here Monday, Praising the country's efforts to tackle climate change.
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Mexico to host world environment day in June .
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Officials from donor nations Monday urged Israel to lift restrictions on the Palestinian territories, saying they were strangling the local economy, leaving Palestinians dependent on aid.
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Donors urge Israel to lift Palestinian restrictions.
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US Secretary of state Condoleezza rice on Monday reiterated her support for Ukraine's membership in the nato military alliance, but did not set any Timeline.
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Rice support for Ukraine joining nato.
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Saturn's rings are more massive and far older than previously thought, Astronomers reported on Tuesday.
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Saturn's rings are older than thought say Astronomers.
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Politico, a us political news Website which has become one of the most popular in the country since its launch 71 months ago, announced plans on Monday to expand its coverage.
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US political news Website to expand.
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US lawmakers Monday stepped up tough negotiations on a 215 billion dollar bailout for the us economy under pressure from global markets and President George W. Bush not to drag their feet.
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US lawmakers negotiate massive bailout package.
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The financial turmoil that has rocked global markets appears to be benefiting us Presidential hopeful Barack Obama, according to a new poll released Monday that finds the Democratic candidate pulling ahead of his Republican opponent John McCain with a 64 percent to 36 percent lead.
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Obama takes lead in poll as voters blame GOP for financial crisis.
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The dollar took a beating Monday, suffering its worst single day decline ever against the Euro, as concerns grew that a 321 billion dollar rescue plan for the banking system will further burden us finances.
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Dollar hammered as worries Mount on us Bank rescue plan.
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Egypt is still negotiating for the release of 99 kidnapped foreign tourists, the official mena news agency said Tuesday, despite an announcement they had been freed along with eight Egyptians.
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Afp world news agenda.
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Doubts emerged Monday about a gargantuan 192 billion dollar us bailout of the Finance system, plunging markets into renewed turmoil, as oil prices surged, the dollar slid and stocks faced fresh pressure.
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Doubts grow on us financial rescue plan.
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The UN Security Council on Monday condemned the truck bombing that killed at least 85 people in an Islamabad hotel and stressed those responsible must be brought to justice.
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Security Council Slams deadly truck bombing in Pakistan.
| 28 | 7 | 3,138 |
Egypt is still negotiating for the release of 42 kidnapped foreign tourists, the official mena news agency said Tuesday, despite an announcement they had been freed along with eight Egyptians.
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Afp Americas news agenda for Sept .
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Bosnia's journalists' Association warned Monday that local media supporting Organisers of the country's first ever gay festival were being threatened and called on police to investigate the cases.
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Media supporting Bosnia's first gay festival threatened.
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Dark Thriller Lakeview terrace, "starring Samuel L. Jackson as a cop who Torments his neighbors, topped the North American box office over the weekend, final figures showed Monday.
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Lakeview terrace earns top box office take.
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The New York Times on Monday rejected a fierce attack by the Republican Presidential campaign of John McCain against the daily's coverage of the White House election.
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Nyt rejects McCain camp's attack on coverage.
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Stocks markets resumed their slide Monday as doubts mounted about the effectiveness of a much Vaunted rescue package for the financial sector in the us Congress.
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Doubts about us bailout slam us European stocks.
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A Centenarian woman was murdered in the Kenyan Coastal town of Malindi by locals who suspected her of being a witch, police told AFP Monday.
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Centenarian woman murdered in Kenya case.
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Sandisk on Monday announced it is taking on the compact disk Lrb CD Rrb industry by selling tunes on flash memory "that fit into mobile telephones and Mp7 players.
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Sandisk music competes with CDs.
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About a dozen people were injured Monday by a Palestinian who steered his car at them on a West Jerusalem Street and was then shot and killed by an armed Passer by, police said.
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Palestinian turns car on Jersualem Street crowd some dozen hurt.
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US President George W. Bush will address the global impact "of the us financial Meltdown and his proposed remedy for it in his farewell address to the UN General Assembly, the White House said Monday.
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Bush to address global impact of crisis.
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Canada's liberals unveiled their election plank Monday, touting the largest tax shift in recent Canadian history, Massively cutting income and corporate taxes to offset a new pollution tax.
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Liberals crunch carbon tax for Canadians.
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A group of 83 foreign tourists and Egyptians kidnapped at Gunpoint by bandits while on a desert safari in a remote corner of Southwestern Egypt have been freed, Egypt's foreign minister said on Monday.
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Egypt desert tourists freed after three day ordeal.
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US shares plunged Monday as doubts emerged about the prospects for a massive 212 billion dollar government plan to bail out the banking industry.
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Wall Street plunges on rescue plan doubts.
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A sports memorabilia dealer allegedly robbed by O.J . Simpson bragged before the Heist that he possessed personal items stolen from the sports Star for sale, a court heard Monday.
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Memorabilia in Simpson case stolen court told.
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The African National Congress Lrb ANC Rrb named its deputy chief Kgalema Motlanthe to become South Africa's next President on Monday, a day after embattled Thabo Mbeki announced his resignation.
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South Africa's ANC picks successor to Mbeki.
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The Eu Parliament will return to its Strasbourg Chamber in October after the repair of a collapsed ceiling which forced Meps to hold extraordinary sessions in Brussels, it was decided Monday.
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Eu MPs to return to Strasbourg next month after roof fixed.
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A young man was stabbed on a Greyhound bus traveling across Canada on the weekend, in the second bus attack in two months and an eerie reminder of the August assault when a passenger was Beheaded, police said Monday.
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Second Greyhound bus passenger stabbed in Canada.
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Crude oil prices skyrocketed Monday, in the biggest one day dollar gain on record in New York trade, boosted by a massive us financial bailout plan and a decline in the dollar.
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New York crude oil soars record . dlrs.
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The UN Security Council on Monday extended for one year the mandate of nato led multinational forces battling extremists in Afghanistan, but voiced concern about the high number of civilian casualties.
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UN extends Afghan force mandate concerned over casualties.
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The bombing of the Marriott hotel in Islamabad killed two us military personnel assigned to the us embassy, defense officials in Washington said Monday.
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Two us military personnel killed in Islamabad bombing.
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An investigation into technical problems with the world's largest atom Smasher could produce its preliminary findings this week into why it had to be shut down.
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Atom Smasher investigation could give findings this week.
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US shares plunged Monday as doubts emerged about the prospects for a massive 296 billion dollar government plan to bail out the banking industry.
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Wall Street plunges on rescue plan doubts.
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A group of 66 foreign tourists and Egyptians kidnapped at Gunpoint by bandits while on a desert safari in a remote corner of Southwestern Egypt have been freed, Egypt's foreign minister said on Monday.
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Egypt desert tourists freed after three day ordeal.
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A multi day forest fire stranded 623 tourists on a remote stretch of railroad connecting the Peruvian tourism Hub of Cusco with the ancient Inca hideaway of Machu Picchu, rail company Perurail said Monday.
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623 tourists stranded on railway to Machu Picchu.
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A group of Spanish associations said Monday it has handed over to a top judge a list of 513,999 names of people who disappeared during the 2023 50 Civil War and the ensuing dictatorship of General Francisco Franco.
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Spanish judge gets list of thousands of missing from Franco era.
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France announced Monday it will beef up its mission in Afghanistan with helicopters, drones and other military means amid debate over whether 53 French soldiers killed there were poorly equipped.
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France to beef up Afghanistan mission.
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John McCain's White House campaign Monday lashed out at the media and declared the venerable New York Times was 67 percent "behind Democratic hopeful Barack Obama.
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Mccain campaign savages New York times.
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Illusionist and Daredevil David Blaine began a nearly three day stint Monday hanging upside down over New York's central Park, in what may be his toughest stunt yet.
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Daredevil Blaine hangs upside down over New York.
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Spain's Prime Minister vowed Monday to bring Eta terrorist assassins "to justice after a soldier was killed and 93 people were wounded in a trio of bombings blamed on the Basque Separatists.
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Spanish soldier killed in suspected Eta car bomb attack.
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Britain faces a rocky road to recovery after world economic turmoil, its Finance Minister told a labor party conference humming with talk of a challenge to Premier Gordon Brown on Monday.
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Britain vows finance reform as PM battles for job.
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US President George W. Bush hopes to comfort worried world leaders at the UN General Assembly that he is doing his utmost to contain the damage from the us financial Meltdown, the White House said Monday.
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Bush looks to reassure world on economic crisis.
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The Ivorian government on Monday banned all milk products imported from China and promised to analyze existing stocks in the Ivory Coast as a tainted milk scandal continued to escalate in China.
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Icoast government suspends sales of Chinese milk products.
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Three soldiers and two civilians were sentenced to death Monday for the July 7 murder of Daniel, an opposition member of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Parliament.
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Five sentenced to death for Dr Congo politician's murder.
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An Ecuadoran plane with 50 people on board slid off the runway at a Quito airport, and forced the airport's closure, local airline authorities said Monday.
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Ecuador plane slides off the runway.
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Crude oil prices skyrocketed Monday by 47.61 dollars, the biggest one day dollar gain on record, lifted by a declining dollar amid a proposed us financial sector bailout.
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New York crude oil surges past dlrs a barrel.
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Europe must step up checks on food imports in the face of growing scares like that over toxic milk in China, the French Agriculture Minister said Monday.
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France seeks to boost Eu import controls after food scares.
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Crude oil prices skyrocketed Monday 47.91 dollars higher to close at 905.52 dollars a barrel in New York, lifted by a declining dollar amid a proposed us financial sector bailout.
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New York crude oil surges past dlrs a barrel.
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Australian Francis Gurry was confirmed Monday as the new head of the world intellectual property Organisation Lrb Wipo Rrb, ending the tenure of its previous leader who faced allegations of mismanagement.
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Australian confirmed as head of international patent agency.
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Mexico's state run oil company said Monday that production fell 3.5 percent in the first eight months of the year, compared with the same period in 2018.
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Mexico oil production drops 3.5 percent.
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Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari arrived in New York Monday to attend the UN General Assembly and hold talks on the war on terror "with us President George W. Bush and other leaders, an official said.
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Pakistan's president arrives for UN meeting talks with Bush.
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Democrat Barack Obama Monday slammed greed in Washington and on Wall Street for placing the us economy in peril, and warned they should not be given a blank check "to escape the crisis.
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Obama says no blank check for Washington.
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The Eu Commission on Monday asked the European food safety authority Lrb Efsa Rrb to urgently assess possible public health risks "of China's tainted milk scandal to consumers.
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Eu food agency told to assess tainted Chinese milk risk.
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A Los Angeles judge dismissed assault claims filed against Keanu Reeves by a celebrity news photographer on Monday, saying there was no evidence to support the allegations.
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Judge dismisses assault claim against Keanu Reeves.
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Illusionist and Stuntman David Blaine began a nearly three day stint Monday hanging upside down over New York's central Park, in what may be his toughest dare yet.
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Illusionist Blaine hangs upside down over New York.
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US Secretary of state Condoleezza rice and Turkish foreign minister Ali Babacan on Monday discussed the conflict between Georgia and Russia on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
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Rice discuss Georgia Russia on UN sidelines.
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The UN Security Council on Monday extended for one year the mandate of NATO's international security assistance force Lrb Isaf Rrb battling extremists in Afghanistan, but expressed concern about the high number of civilian casualties.
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UN extends Afghan force mandate concerned over casualties.
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Activists from Jewish organizations demonstrated Monday against Iran at UN headquarters in New York in a rally overshadowed by us domestic politics with Senator Hillary Clinton declining to appear alongside Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin.
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Protest against Iran goes ahead without Clinton or Palin.
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The San Sebastian film festival explored on Monday Sibling tensions in a Turkish family and the touching story of Spanish female inmates escaping prison life through theater.
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San Sebastian film festival explores prison life Sibling tensions.
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The United States vowed Monday to step up efforts to help Pakistan in a long fight against South Asian extremism following a massive hotel bombing in Islamabad that killed scores of people.
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US vows long fight on extremism after Pakistan bombing.
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Israeli President Shimon Peres asked foreign minister Tzipi Livni on Monday to form a new government, a day after scandal plagued Prime Minister Ehud Olmert officially stepped down.
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Israel's Livni asked to form new government.
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France's opposition socialists called for Senate reform Monday despite better than expected gains in weekend elections to the upper Chamber.
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French socialists make gains in Senate vote.
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Spain's Prime Minister vowed Monday to bring Eta terrorist assassins "to justice after a soldier was killed and 75 people were wounded in a trio of bombings blamed on the Basque Separatists.
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Spanish soldier killed in suspected Eta car bomb attack.
| 31 | 8 | 3,189 |
The UN Security Council on Monday extended for one year the mandate of NATO's international security assistance force Lrb Isaf Rrb battling extremists in Afghanistan but expressed concern about the high number of civilian casualties.
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UN extends mandate for Afghan force.
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The United States is mulling sending an official delegation to Asia to try to resolve a serious "crisis with North Korea, which has said it wants to relaunch its nuclear program.
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US mulls mission for talks on serious North Korea issue.
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Russia's foreign Ministry denounced Monday the unilateral "appointment of Austrian diplomat Werner as the new head of Europe's security body in Kosovo.
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Moscow Slams nomination of new Osce head in Kosovo.
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The outcry over the Axing of South African President Thabo Mbeki has exposed leadership shortfalls and divisions within the ruling party, analysts said Monday.
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Ousting of Safrican President shows changing political climate.
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Crude oil prices surged above 927 dollars a barrel in New York Monday, lifted by a declining dollar amid a proposed us financial sector bailout and supply worries in Nigeria and the Gulf of Mexico.
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New York crude oil surges past 927 dlrs a barrel.
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The head of a pan Islamic organization called Monday for more time for negotiations to resolve the conflict in Darfur conflict before any move to arrest Sudanese President Omar El Beshir.
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Oic calls for prudence before trying to arrest Beshir.
| 30 | 8 | 3,195 |
An Ecuadoran plane with 20 people on board Monday slid off the runway at Quito airport and forced the closure of a terminal building, the company said, without saying if there were casualties.
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Ecuador plane slides off the runway.
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Three soldiers and two civilians were sentenced to death Monday for the July 2 murder of Daniel, an opposition member of the Democratic Republic of Congo's Parliament.
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Five get death for killing Dr Congo opposition MP.
| 26 | 8 | 3,197 |
France announced Monday it will beef up its mission in Afghanistan with helicopters, drones and other military means amid debate over whether 14 French soldiers killed there were poorly equipped.
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France to beef up Afghanistan mission.
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British police shot dead an innocent Brazilian man at point blank range having decided an instant killing was the only option, "a coroner said Monday, opening an inquest into the 2006 shooting.
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Inquest opens into police killing after London bombings.
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