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human rights group amnesty international called tuesday for the immediate release of more than #,### people detained in zimbabwe 's election crackdown . | amnesty demands release of zimbabwe detainees |
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consumer spending climbed #.# percent for november and personal income fell #.# percent even as durable goods orders jumped an unexpected #.# percent , the commerce department said friday . | personal income slips as spending climbs ; durable goods orders jump |
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israeli forces wounded three norwegian un peacekeepers in south lebanon on sunday in a cluster bomb attack outlawed under international conventions , un officials said . | three norwegian peacekeepers wounded in israeli attack |
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canada 's premier literary prize for fiction went to kenyan-born m.g. UNK for his book `` the UNK world of vikram UNK , '' the giller prize organization announced at a gala dinner tuesday . | canada 's top literary prize for fiction goes to UNK UNK |
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hundreds of heavily armed police commandos sunday launched fresh operations against tamil tiger guerrillas in eastern sri lanka , officials here said . | sri lanka troop launch fresh offensive against tigers |
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some ## art masterpieces will be brought to south korea for an annual french cultural festival , the embassy said wednesday . | koreans to see french masterpieces during cultural festival |
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thai defense minister thamarak UNK na ayutthaya will lead a high-level military delegation on a three-day visit to myanmar this week , officials said tuesday . | thai defense minister to lead high-level delegation to myanmar |
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england 's world cup campaign was given a massive lift here wednesday after experienced flanker richard hill declared himself fully fit for this weekend 's world cup semi-final against france . | boost for england as hill declares himself fully fit |
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a charter jet heading for cuba returned to milan airport at the weekend when passengers voted to turn back after seeing flames shoot from an engine during take-off , airport officials said monday . | plane passengers vote to return to italy after fire scare |
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georgian president eduard shevardnadze refused to resign saturday after bodyguards dragged him from the parliament building as protesters seized control of the chamber . | shevardnadze refuses to resign |
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israeli archaeologists have contested the traditional view of the crucifixion of christ after discovering the remains of a jew executed at around the same time . | israeli archaeologists contest traditional view of crucifixion |
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the condition of pope john paul ii , who was taken ill during the traditional christmas blessing , is `` constantly improving , '' the vatican 's spokesman said tuesday . | pope 's condition improving |
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arizona pitcher curt schilling has another day to decide whether or not he wants to join the boston red sox . | star pitcher schilling gets deadline extension |
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share prices in tokyo opened higher monday with the nikkei-### index gaining ##.## points , or #.# percent , to ##,###.## in the first five minutes of trading . | tokyo stocks open higher |
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at least nine people died and seven others were wounded when fighting erupted between supporters of somali warlords general mohamed farah aidid and ali mahdi mohamed at UNK village west of mogadishu , the somali press reported saturday . | nine die in clan fighting west of mogadishu |
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police in ireland said they arrested two men tuesday in a joint operation with french authorities against the real ira that also netted five suspects from the brittany region of france . | ireland arrests two as france nabs real ira suspects |
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indonesia 's military chief said monday he wants soldiers to stop guarding the giant freeport gold and copper mine in papua province and other facilities because they are not mercenaries . | indonesian military wants soldiers to stop guarding freeport |
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iran 's main reformist party , the islamic iran participation front -lrb- iipf -rrb- led by the brother of president mohammad khatami , said tuesday it will not be boycotting next february 's parliamentary elections . | iran 's main reformist party will not boycott parliamentary elections |
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representatives of about a dozen european airlines met here friday to discuss ways to boost services to the balkans , where the industry is still suffering from the impact of the ####s conflicts . | european airline officials meet to discuss balkans market |
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ronald de boer is poised to make a return for rangers in the new year after undergoing his fifth bout of knee surgery , the scottish club announced on thursday . | de boer eyes new year return |
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a muslim state legislator was shot dead wednesday outside the governor 's official residence in the northern indian state of uttar pradesh , a police spokesman said . | muslim legislator shot dead in northern india |
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thai stocks edged down #.# percent friday due to profit-taking ahead of the weekend and consolidation as the index approaches strong technical resistance , dealers said . | thai stocks close #.# pct down |
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australian shares dropped #.# percent in early trade tuesday after the collapse of us investment bank lehman brothers sent shockwaves through global markets . | australian shares down #.# percent |
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north korea 's de-facto leader , kim jong-il , failed to show up at an elaborate ceremony marking the third anniversary of his election as supreme commander of the armed forces , radio monitors said here . | nkorea 's kim jong-il a no-show at his own anniversary |
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the dollar was traded at ###.## yen at #:## a.m. -lrb- #### gmt -rrb- wednesday , up #.## yen from the late tuesday quote here of ###.## yen . | dollar up slightly in early trading in tokyo |
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china insisted thursday the dalai lama publicly accept that taiwan is a part of china and drop his call for tibetan independence if he ever wants to set foot in tibet again . | china lays down law to dalai lama over possible return |
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the israeli army declared the west bank town of qalqilya a closed military zone on friday , two days before its scheduled withdrawal as part of the accord to extend palestinian autonomy , an official said . | israel closes off qalqilya before withdrawal |
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israeli soldiers shot dead one member of a palestinian group who tried to infiltrate israel from the gaza strip overnight , military sources said monday . | palestinian killed trying to enter israel |
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pakistani police monday beefed up security around diplomatic missions and foreign interests in southern port city karachi following the weekend suicide bombing that killed at least ## people in riyadh . | pakistan tightens security at foreign consulates after riyadh bombing |
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us oil giant chevron sunday confirmed a shooting incident at one of its facilities in southern nigeria after a top militia group declared an `` oil war '' in the region . | chevron confirms shooting incident at nigeria facility |
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wall street saw highly volatile trade tuesday as investors looked for signs on the failure or rescue of insurance giant aig , a behemoth whose collapse could deal a further blow to a shaken global finance system . | wall street wobbles amid fears on aig survival |
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the oslo stock exchange , dominated by oil companies , fell by #.## percent in mid-afternoon trading on monday , amid falling oil prices and global financial turmoil . | oslo stock exchange plunges #.## percent |
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russia would be uncompromising on the issue of a fast expansion of nato through central and eastern european countries , itar-tass news agency quoted president boris yeltsin as saying monday . | yeltsin warns russia uncompromising on nato expansion |
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us deputy assistant secretary of state timothy m. carney met prime minister man mohan adhikari to discuss us cooperation with nepal , state-run radio reported tuesday . | us nepal talks on water resources and bilateral cooperation |
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paris unveiled plans on thursday for a pyramid-shaped tower in the southwest of the capital , the first new high-rise building to be built for ## years . | paris to get first high-rise in ## years |
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an australian member of parliament accused the government on thursday of gross insensitivity over a bill banning the ritual practice of female genital mutilation . | new zealand government accused of UNK over mutilation ban |
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deutsche telekom chairman ron sommer said on monday that the stock market environment would have to improve `` significantly '' for the planned flotation of its mobile telephony unit , t-mobile , to go ahead as planned this year . | deutsche telekom to float t-mobile this year only if market improves |
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the president of germany 's parliament , wolfgang thierse , will visit tanzania and kenya this week for talks with political leaders and local representatives of german bodies , a parliamentary statement said . | german parliament speaker visiting tanzania kenya |
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china merchants bank said wednesday it holds ## million dollars in bonds issued by collapsed us investment bank lehman brothers . | china merchants bank has ## million dollars in lehman bonds |
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a somali with canadian citizenship attending somalia 's ongoing peace talks was thursday found dead in a restaurant near the venue of the meeting in the kenyan capital , an afp reporter who saw the body reported . | canadian somali attending peace talks in kenya found dead |
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us president george w. bush left britain on friday , returning to washington after a three-day state visit . | bush leaves britain ending state visit |
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an american tourist was found dead thursday in his guest-house room in the capital phnom penh , police said . | american tourist found dead in cambodian guest house |
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mozambique faces three more years of UNK austerity , a government source said wednesday , as inflation remained alarmingly high at twice the targetted rate . | imf lays more restrictive conditions for mozambique |
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pakistan won the toss and elected to bat in their first one-day cricket match against new zealand here friday . | pakistan win toss new zealand bowl first |
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president eduard shevardnadze and opposition leaders on sunday failed to defuse a political crisis in the former soviet republic of georgia , a local television news report said . | georgia crisis meeting fails |
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italian premier silvio berlusconi could use a vote of confidence in the senate to force through pension reforms in his #### budget , an official in the prime minister 's office , luigi grillo , said monday . | berlusconi could call senate confidence vote over budget |
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israeli foreign minister shimon peres expressed pessimism monday over the likelihood of success in negotiations with syria . | peres pessimistic over syria talks |
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trading resumed on the russian stock market on friday after three days of suspensions with both the rts and micex indexes showing early gains , the websites of the exchanges showed . | early gains as russian stock market trading resumes |
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when edouard UNK , ## , arrived at lehman brothers offices in london on monday he was hoping his move to the british capital would hail the start of a lucrative career in finance . | young lehman banker rues opportunities lost in london |
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an aeroflot boeing-### jet crashed near russia 's city of perm in the central ural mountains killing all ## passengers and five crew on board , russian news agencies reported sunday quoting emergency ministry officials . | ## killed in airplane crash in russia 's urals |
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former british prime minister tony blair went back to school friday , launching his new role as a lecturer on religion at top us university yale . | blair goes back to school as yale religion prof |
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france abandoned friday a promise to wipe out its public deficit by #### , as the global financial crisis sapped growth , hit the job market and forced the government to unveil a gloomy annual budget . | financial storm ravages french growth jobs and deficit |
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britain 's conservative government tuesday narrowly lost a crucial vote over an opposition labor motion contesting plans to raise taxes on fuel . | british government loses key vote on fuel price hikes |
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republican presidential hopeful john mccain said tuesday he would keep pushing for a bailout for the us financial system , admitting lawmakers had failed to convince voters of its urgency . | mccain vows to fight for bailout |
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us defense secretary robert gates tuesday affirmed a us right to act in self - defense against extremists in pakistan but said it was essential that the new civilian government in islamabad be `` a willing partner . | gates says us needs willing partner in pakistan |
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the exiled government of serbia 's rebellious albanian-populated kosovo province is lobbying to become a full member of the organisation of the islamic conference -lrb- oic -rrb- at a summit here this week , officials said sunday . | kosovo lobbies to join oic asks for support against serbs |
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imperial chemical industries -lrb- ici -rrb- said thursday it has agreed to sell european-based ethylene glycol , UNK , glycol UNK and brake fluid businesses to the us company union carbide . | ici sells european ethylene glycol unit to union carbide |
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german prosecutors said wednesday they had begun an investigation involving a senior employee at a company that makes a non-dairy baby formula blamed for the death of three babies in israel . | germany launches probe into israeli baby formula deaths |
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the jailed assassin of prime minister yitzhak rabin , yigal amir , has requested a temporary leave to attend the upcoming marriage of his younger sister , court officials said thursday . | rabin assassin requests prison leave to attend sister 's wedding |
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the criminal justice section of the paris court of appeals ordered UNK chairman pierre UNK released from jail on friday , under court supervision , after he was charged on november ## with swindling , judicial officials said . | UNK chairman UNK freed under court supervision |
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the european union had a current account surplus of #.# billion euros -lrb- #.# billion dollars -rrb- in the #### fourth quarter , compared with a deficit of ##.# billion euros in the same period in #### , provisional figures published friday by the eu statistics office eurostat showed . | eu current account at #.# billion euros in #### fourth quarter |
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bone marrow stem cells extracted from heart attack patients have been successfully UNK into their ailing hearts and found to have restored damaged heart muscle , researchers said monday . | patients stem cells used to repair damaged hearts study finds |
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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 . | new york crude oil soars record ##.## dlrs |
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one person was killed and six others , including a child , were injured saturday when a car bomb exploded in the city of florencia , ### kilometers -lrb- ### miles -rrb- south of bogota , police said . | one dead six injured in car bomb in southern colombia |
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israeli president shimon peres on wednesday blasted iran , accusing the islamic republic of being `` at the center of violence and fanaticism , '' during an address to the un general assembly . | israeli president blasts iran at un |
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south korea indicted jailed former generals-turned-presidents chun doo-hwan and roh tae-woo on mutiny charges thursday for leading a military coup in #### , a spokesman said . | chun roh indicted on mutiny charges |
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three top editors of one of vietnam 's most widely read dailies remain in a legal limbo more than a year after publishing a survey suggesting then us president bill clinton was more popular than the country 's own leaders , staff said friday . | vietnam editors who dared to flag clinton 's popularity in legal limbo |
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gordon strachan gave mario jardel a lesson in the scottish vernacular by labeling the brazilian striker `` a big jessie '' over the clash which led to southampton defender michael svensson being sent off during the goalless draw at bolton . | strachan hits out at jessie jardel |
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republican vice presidential candidate sarah palin began a diplomatic marathon in new york tuesday in an effort to bolster her foreign policy credentials ahead of the november # presidential election . | palin steps onto world stage with diplomatic meetings |
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residents of istanbul , in shock after saturday 's devastating synagogue bombings , are fearful that turkey has been dragged into a cycle of conflict that has engulfed much of the rest of the world since the september ## attacks . | turks fear being dragged into post-september ## spiral of violence |
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fannie mae , one of the largest us debt issuers , said tuesday the asian appetite for its securities is growing , even as the us dollar 's depreciation and a potential rise in interest rates next year threaten to limit returns for investors . | fannie mae sees rising asia demand for its debt |
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japanese challenger shinji takehara dethroned jorge castro of argentina as world boxing association middleweight champion by an unanimous points victory here tuesday . | UNK wrests wba middleweight title |
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shipping experts tuesday warned against any let up in the fight against piracy in asian waters as a cargo vessel came under attack in the seas off indonesia . | shipping experts issue caution on piracy |
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voting in general elections officially ended across turkey sunday as polling stations in the west of the country shut their doors after nine hours of balloting . | polling booths closed in turkey |
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us lawmakers were still working thursday to agree an unprecedented wall street bailout package , democrats and republicans said after white house crisis talks . | us financial deal still a work in progress |
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international rating agency standard and poor 's inc. said thursday it had lowered the short - and long-term debt ratings of japan 's fuji bank ltd. and its related entities . | s and p downgrades fuji bank credit ratings |
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paris share prices rose during morning trading on monday , and the cac ## index was showing a gain of #.## percent to #,###.## points . | french shares rise #.## percent |
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serial strangler horst david was sentenced to life imprisonment thursday for the murder of seven women between #### and #### . | serial strangler jailed for life |
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in the nuptial extravaganza of the season , - & singer-actress liza minnelli is on saturday to wed UNK david gest , as ### of their closest friends , most of them stars in their own right , look on . | liza minnelli to wed UNK david gest saturday with all-star lineup |
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russian armored vehicles fought chechen defenders in front of the presidential palace in central grozny on saturday after launching a massive ground and air assault on the separatist republic 's capital . | russians fight to center of grozny |
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he said the punishment was severe because he believed it was in effect a two-match suspension , with another one-match ban should other problems arise , because of the forced replay on a neutral ground . | bastia coach frederic antonetti judged bastia 's punishment as harsh |
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moody 's on monday placed the ratings of resona bank , a unit of the fifth largest banking group in japan , on review for a possible upgrade , citing its confidence in government support for the sector . | moody 's puts resona ratings on review for possible upgrade |
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ukrainian president leonid kuchma starts an official visit to britian tuesday to discuss the enlargement of nato and the financing of a project to shut down the chernobyl nuclear power station . | president kuchma of ukraine visits britain to discuss chernobyl nato |
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afghan president hamid karzai said tuesday he had asked the king of saudi arabia to help engage the taliban militia in peace talks , though the discussions have not yet started . | afghan president seeks saudi help for taliban talks |
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taiwan 's ruling democratic progressive party -lrb- dpp -rrb- angrily rejected as illegal a bill that for the first time allows referenda on the island , shortly after it was passed by parliament thursday . | taiwan ruling party rejects referendum bill |
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defense and economic cooperation will take top priority on indian prime minister atal behari vajpayee 's `` substantive '' three-day visit to moscow , india 's foreign secretary said monday . | india russia to sign ## pacts during pm 's visit to moscow |
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china 's toxic milk scandal escalated monday as officials admitted nearly ##,### children had been sickened by contaminated products and more countries moved to ban or limit chinese dairy imports . | number of sick chinese babies soars as milk scare spreads |
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the white house offered its condolences to italy wednesday after at least ## italians were killed in a bomb attack in iraq , and thanked rome for helping to stabilize and rebuild that war-ravaged country . | us offers condolences to italy |
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chechen separatist forces shot down a russian helicopter gunship as it flew low near here wednesday and two of the three crew aboard were killed , correspondents on the scene said . | russian helicopter shot down in chechnya |
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the dollar weakened against the euro friday after the us authorities pledged to forge a massive financial rescue plan that raised concerns about its cost . | dollar slips against euro on news of massive bank rescue |
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the spanish telecoms giant telefonica reported on thursday that it had switched back into a net profit of #.## billion euros -lrb- #.## billion dollars -rrb- in the first nine months of the year from a loss of #.## billion euros in the same period of #### . | telefonica UNK with profits |
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india sunday successfully tested a supersonic cruise anti-ship missile , it is jointly developing with russia , from a launch site in the eastern state of orissa , defense officials said . | india tests supersonic cruise anti-ship missile |
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alberto tomba won his fourth world cup slalom here on wednesday for his second victory in two days on the same piste . | tomba wins two slaloms in two days |
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engines from germany 's bayerische motoren werke ag -lrb- bmw -rrb- are to power rolls-royce cars , vickers , the owners of the british company , announced on monday . | bmw engines to power rolls-royce cars |
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australian test captain steve waugh on friday warned against rushing brett lee back into the national team for the india series before the tearaway speedster has regained match fitness . | waugh cautions on bringing back lee too soon |
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the world bank announced wednesday a ### million dollar loan to pakistan to help finance a UNK complex on the indus river in northwestern pakistan . | world bank announces ### million dollar loan to pakistan |
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us stock market regulators announced new rules tuesday aimed at curbing speculative `` naked short '' sales that aim to profit from falling share prices . | us puts squeeze on naked short sales |
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after the toughest year for argentina 's economy since the government effectively pegged the peso to the dollar in #### , economy minister domingo cavallo forecast monday better news for the new year . | argentina 's economic outlook for #### a bit rosier |
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the un high commission for refugees -lrb- unhcr -rrb- said on friday a shortage of funds for its aid operations in west africa could be contributing to sexual abuse of refugee girls by aid workers . | un says shortage of funds opens way to refugee sex abuse |
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lebanese shares surged #.# percent on a sharp rise of solidere stocks to lead the arab stock markets in the week ending friday , bakheet financial advisors reported saturday . | lebanese shares lead arab stocks in positive week |