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submitted by grandie4 23 months ago, from google.com
China sought Sunday to deflate rising pressure from the U.S. and other powers over Chinese economic policies and growing assertiveness in world affairs, with its prime minister promising cooperation to bolster the global recovery. Premier Wen Jiabao took on critics in the West who say Chinese... More
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submitted by trippie48 24 months ago, from google.com
Henry Paulson, the former Treasury chief, and billionaire Warren Buffett said taxpayers will recover every cent paid out to banks during the economic meltdown and may even turn a profit. The staunch Democrat investor and the Treasury secretary under President George W. Bush spoke onstage Tuesday... More
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submitted by chiasma 34 months ago, from google.com
Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday told Marines being deployed to Afghanistan that a U.S. victory there would look similar to progress in Iraq, but he cautioned that more civilians with skills beyond the battlefield will be needed. The Obama administration has called up 17,000 more troops... More
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submitted by riverdrops 34 months ago, from google.com
Taliban militants on Thursday assumed control of a district in Pakistan about 100 kilometres from the capital, patrolling streets and markets, officials and witnesses said. Hundreds of armed fighters have set up checkpoints and occupied mosques in Buner district northwest of Islamabad, sparking... More
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submitted by chiasma 37 months ago, from google.com
Before a jubilant crowd of more than a million, Barack Hussein Obama claimed his place in history as America's first black president, summoning a dispirited nation to unite in hope against the "gathering clouds and raging storms" of war and economic woe. More
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submitted by grandie4 37 months ago, from google.com
Britain on Monday unveiled an insurance scheme to protect banks from so-called toxic assets, in a second multi-billion pound rescue package seeking to boost lending by banks crippled by the credit crisis. "The government is clear that meeting lending demand to otherwise creditworthy businesses... More
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submitted by eooties 37 months ago, from google.com
Hurricane Katrina not only pulverized the Gulf Coast in 2005, it knocked the bully pulpit out from under President George W. Bush, according to two former advisers who spoke candidly about the political impact of the government's poor handling of the natural disaster. "Katrina to me was the... More
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submitted by trippie48 38 months ago, from google.com
President-elect Barack Obama has chosen a veteran of the Securities and Exchange Commission to lead and revitalize the agency now facing growing criticism for its failure to protect investors at a time of unprecedented market turmoil. A Democratic official said Wednesday that Obama had chosen Mary.. More
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submitted by eooties 38 months ago, from google.com
A $14 billion rescue package for the nation's imperiled auto industry sped to approval in the House Wednesday night, but the emergency bailout was still in jeopardy from Republicans who were setting out roadblocks in the Senate. Democrats and the Bush White House hoped for a Senate vote as early... More
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submitted by trippie48 38 months ago, from google.com
Shoppers, who had snapped their wallets shut since September, turned out in force Friday to grab deals on the traditional start of the holiday shopping season, but it was clear worries about the economy tempered buying. Preliminary reports from several major retailers including Macy's and Toys "R".. More
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submitted by chiasma 38 months ago, from google.com
Special forces stormed a Jewish centre in Mumbai Friday as part of efforts to end a hostage crisis and flush out Islamic militants behind an audacious assault on the city that left 125 people dead. At least 17 commandos were seen abseiling into the complex from a helicopter and gunfire and... More
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submitted by eooties 39 months ago, from google.com
With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would quickly sign legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment benefits. The Senate this week is expected to take up a bill, already passed by the House... More
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submitted by chiasma 39 months ago, from google.com
Violence across the Gaza-Israel border subsided on Saturday after three days of bloody exchanges, as pressure rose on Israel to unblock humanitarian supplies for the aid-dependent territory. Even so, one Palestinian militant was killed and another seriously wounded in an explosion as they prepared.. More
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submitted by eooties 39 months ago, from ap.google.com
President-elect Obama has hired former Senate Armed Services Committee chairman Sam Nunn to help shepherd his Pentagon transition, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. Nunn, a former Georgia senator and veteran Democratic defense adviser, was once rumored as a potential running mate for Obama. Transition... More
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submitted by animaniac 39 months ago, from ap.google.com
President-elect Obama's advisers are quietly crafting a proposal to ship dozens, if not hundreds, of imprisoned terrorism suspects to the United States to face criminal trials, a plan that would make good on his promise to close the Guantanamo Bay prison. More
