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BBC News
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People in the Irish Republic are voting in a referendum on whether to ratify the European Union reform treaty, in a poll anxiously watched across the EU.
All other 26 member states have left the issue to their parliaments, but Ireland is obliged to hol..
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BBC News
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Libya's leader has strongly criticised US presidential candidate Barack Obama for saying Jerusalem should remain the undivided capital of Israel.
Col Muammar Gaddafi said he was either ignorant of the Middle East conflict or lying to boost his campaign..
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BBC News
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has called for $50bn (�25bn) in aid to help rebuild his country, at a foreign donors conference in Paris.
The US has committed $10bn, but pledges are expected to fall well short of Mr Karzai's target.
Critics say Afgh..
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BBC News
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The BBC has obtained documents suggesting that Zimbabwe's military is actively involved in running Robert Mugabe's re-election campaign.
The documents outline plans by ruling party Zanu-PF to harass and drive out opposition supporters, especially from..
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MSNBC
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It was, in fact, not hot enough for Arianna Huffington. Waiting in the horrid humidity of the New York City heat wave, “Is it hot enough for ya?” seemed the obvious question, and so Netiquette posited it to every Webby winner who came down the line...
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MSNBC
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Google co-founder Sergey Brin has put down $5 million toward a flight to the international space station with the company that has sent millionaires and even a billionaire into orbit.
Virginia-based Space Adventures announced the identity of the future..
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MSNBC
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Scientists were finally able to deliver a soil sample to an instrument aboard NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander after several frustrating days of failed attempts, mission controllers announced.
The welcome news came on Wednesday morning, when Phoenix beamed b..
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MSNBC
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I think Hitler was a beginner compared to the comic-book industry,” wrote psychiatrist Frederic Wertham in his 1954 book, “Seduction of the Innocent,” which linked comics to the rise in juvenile delinquency.
Video-game fans hear this kind of outr..
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MSNBC
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Gamma rays are blamed for making Bruce Banner the Incredible Hulk. But what are gamma rays and what can they really do?
Gamma rays are the highest energy form of light. The rainbow of visible light that we are most familiar with is just part of a far b..
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MSNBC
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It is the year of the tween. Coming off a massive concert tour, a hit 3-D movie — and a risqué picture in Vanity Fair — pop star Miley Cyrus (aka Hannah Montana) leads a slew of young stars onto Forbes' annual Celebrity 100 ranking of the world's ult..
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MSNBC
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Poll: More women support Obama
Polling data suggest that women are more likely than men to hold unfavorable views of McCain and to say they support Obama over McCain. But a Pew Research Center survey in late May suggested that the Democratic nomination..
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MSNBC
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Newhouse adds, “Voters are not convinced that McCain represents the change they want and that he’ll be all that different from Bush.” Indeed, according to the poll, 48 percent say it’s likely that Obama will be real change to the country. Just 21..
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MSNBC
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The heat wave that gripped the East Coast over the weekend and into Tuesday claimed the lives of 17 people, and most of the victims were elderly.
The Philadelphia medical examiner's office said eight people there died of heat-related causes in the four..
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MSNBC
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Lawrenson, of the Mondamin Fire Department, initially said most of the kids who were hurt had been hiking when the tornado hit, but later said he could no longer confirm the victims' whereabouts.
The ranch about 40 miles north of Omaha, Neb., includes..
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BusinessWeek
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The business of resolving credit-card disputes is booming. But critics say the dominant firm favors creditors that are trying to collect from unsophisticated debtors
What if a judge solicited cases from big corporations by offering them a business-frie..
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BusinessWeek
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Many of America's affluent, squeezed already, worry they will be burdened with higher taxes
By any measure, Dr. Howard Hammer and his wife, Hope, have a comfortable life. Hammer, 40, has built a thriving practice as an ear, nose, and throat specialist,..
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BusinessWeek
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President Lee Myung Bak's removal of restrictions on U.S. beef has plunged his administration into a crisis that could imperil a free-trade pact with the U.S.
Rarely has a newly anointed Korean President fallen so far and so fast. Less than four months..
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BusinessWeek
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Speculative booms and busts are actually good for the long-term health of the economy. Here's why
Want to silence a group of colleagues at work or friends at dinner? Heap praise on speculators—and the market bubbles they help create.
Yes, you read..
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BusinessWeek
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The candidates' opening salvos reveal widely different views. Obama calls current policy "the most fiscally irresponsible in our history"
They've parried over gas taxes (BusinessWeek.com, 4/15/08) and fixes for the housing crisis. Now, as the general e..
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BusinessWeek
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With little room for the Fed to make a course adjustment safely, Bernanke's balancing-act comments carry even greater weight than usual
Imagine you're Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. Giant mousetraps litter the landscape: $135-a-barrel oil, a ri..
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