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Obama: Boosting economy best way to aid dollar - 18, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - White House hopeful Barack Obama said on Tuesday the weakness in the U.S. dollar reflects the soft economy and large trade deficits, and the best way to strengthen the currency is to restore the economy's health.
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Bush to urge lifting of ban on offshore drilling - 18, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Wednesday will call on Congress to pass legislation lifting a ban on offshore oil drilling as he seeks remedies to record-high energy prices, the White House said.
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Israel agrees to Hamas truce-defense official - 18, Jun 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel has agreed to an Egyptian brokered truce with Hamas-led Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip, starting at 6 a.m. (11 a.m. EDT) on Thursday morning, an Israeli Defence official said on Wednesday.
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Northwest Airlines to cut capacity further - 18, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Northwest Airlines Corp on Tuesday said it would reduce the number of seats for sale in the fourth quarter and cut its work force as it struggles with sky-high fuel costs.
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Film company Roadside opens new "window" for films - 18, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hoping to widen the market for a low-budget anti-war film, one distributor is testing a strategy of releasing "CSNY: Deja Vu," directed by rocker Neil Young, not just in theaters but on pay TV and the Internet on the same day.
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Emerging markets to drive mobile broadband: Ericsson - 18, Jun 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Telecom equipment maker Ericsson said on Wednesday mobile broadband Internet subscribers could rise to 2.2 billion in five years' time from 250 million, fuelled by exponential growth in emerging markets.
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Verizon mulls alternatives to all-fiber FiOS - 18, Jun 2008
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - U.S. telecommunications company Verizon Communications Inc is considering alternatives to employing an all-fiber network for its FiOS high-speed Internet and video service after 2010, its chief technology officer said on Tuesday.
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New funding values LinkedIn at $1 billion - 18, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - LinkedIn, an online destination for professional networking, raised $53 million from investors in a fourth round of financing, giving the company an estimated valuation of just over $1 billion, LinkedIn Chief Executive Dan Nye sa
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Hit by fuel price, which way will motorists turn? - 18, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - With oil prices near $140 a barrel, motorists are starting to look seriously at both alternative fuels and electric vehicles as a way to be able to keep driving their cars.
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Google sees benefits in Yahoo "experiment": exec - 18, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - Internet service leader Google Inc believes its recent advertising deal with Yahoo Inc will be beneficial as Yahoo tries to become more profitable, a key Google executive said on Wednesday.
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Skype's latest puts focus on watching who you call - 18, Jun 2008
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Web communications leader Skype begins public testing on Wednesday of a new version of its software for making free or low-cost phone calls that aims to make casual video chatting more common.
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Torrey Pines victory could cost limping Woods dear - 18, Jun 2008
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Tiger Woods completed the most satisfying major victory of his career at the U.S. Open on Monday but his playoff triumph over fellow American Rocco Mediate may have come at a cost.
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Slimmer soprano Deborah Voigt says looks count - 18, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Slimmed-down soprano Deborah Voigt, back at London's Covent Garden four years after bosses fired her for being too fat, says opera, like other forms of entertainment, is increasingly obsessed with looks.
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Euro-Italy beat France to reach last eight - 18, Jun 2008
ZURICH (Reuters) - World champions Italy beat 10-man France 2-0 in Group C on Tuesday to qualify for the quarter-finals of Euro 2008.
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Haditha charges dropped against top Marine officer - 18, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A military judge on Tuesday dismissed the case against the highest-ranking U.S. Marine charged in the deaths of 24 Iraqi civilians at Haditha, whittling down the list of those who must still face justice for the 2005 killings to ju
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U.N. envoy meets Mugabe ahead of run-off vote - 18, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - A United Nations envoy met Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday to discuss the political crisis and the violence marring campaigning for this month's presidential election run-off.
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Car bomb at Baghdad market kills 51 - 18, Jun 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A powerful car bomb exploded in a crowded market area of Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 51 people and wounding 75, in the deadliest attack in the Iraqi capital in months.
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Counterfeit, pirated goods costing U.S. billions - 18, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Experts from the automotive, pharmaceutical, and product safety industries told a U.S. Senate panel on Tuesday that counterfeit and pirated goods cost the U.S. economy billions of dollars and jeopardize the safety of consumers.
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U.S. panel seeks roots of Guantanamo prisoner abuses - 18, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pentagon officials drawing up methods to question suspects after the September 11 attacks consulted experts who taught U.S. troops how to resist harsh interrogation, a Senate committee was told on Tuesday.
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Obama: Boosting U.S. economy best way to aid dollar - 18, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Tuesday that the best way to lift the sagging U.S. dollar is to improve economic fundamentals, rather than manipulating the currency.
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McCain pushes energy conservation, oil exploration - 18, Jun 2008
SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain will call on Tuesday for energy conservation and the lifting of a ban on U.S. oil and natural gas exploration to help address the nation's "dangerous" dependence on foreign oil.
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Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza truce - 18, Jun 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - An Egyptian-brokered cease-fire between Israel and Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip that could ease a crippling Israeli blockade of the coastal territory will begin Thursday, Egypt and Hamas said.
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California gay couples rush to wed as vote looms - 18, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO/WEST HOLLYWOOD (Reuters) - Hundreds of gay and lesbian couples rushed to wed on Tuesday on the first full day that same-sex marriages were allowed across California, filling city halls with cheers -- and politics.
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Midwest farmland flooding boosts food prices - 18, Jun 2008
KEOKUK, Iowa (Reuters) - Volunteers piled sandbags on strained levees in Iowa holding back the surging Mississippi River on Tuesday as the worst Midwest flooding in 15 years ruined cropland and continued to drive up world food prices.
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Producer prices jump, housing starts at 1991 low - 18, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Soaring energy costs pushed U.S. producer prices up sharply last month and housing starts fell to 17-year low, according to data on Tuesday that spotlighted the dilemma the Federal Reserve's faces in trying to tackle weak economic g
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InBev CEO says $65 a share for Busch is top offer - 18, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of Belgian brewer InBev NV visited Capitol Hill on Tuesday to promote his company's takeover of Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc to skeptical lawmakers and told reporters the $65 per share offer is the highest it would bid.
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Goldman profit falls, but beats forecasts - 18, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc said on Tuesday quarterly earnings fell 11 percent as market turmoil hit trading and slowed investment banking, yet the firm again exceeded expectations by avoiding major losses on assets slammed by the credit
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Stocks drop on bank warning, flood-hit firms - 18, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Tuesday after a major brokerage warned that U.S. banks would have to raise as much as $65 billion in capital to shore up balance sheets weakened by the mortgage crisis.
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Major U.S. airlines see $10 billion loss in 2008 - 18, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines projected on Tuesday they could lose $10 billion in 2008 due to skyrocketing fuel costs, a sum that would almost match the industry's worst-ever year loss in 2002.
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U.S. banks may need $65 bln new capital: Goldman - 18, Jun 2008
BANGALORE (Reuters) - U.S. banks may need to raise $65 billion of additional capital to cope with mounting losses from a global credit crisis that will not peak until 2009, Goldman Sachs & Co analysts said on Tuesday.
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Ford meets with Tracinda, discusses turnaround - 18, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co Chief Executive Alan Mulally and Executive Chairman Bill Ford Jr. met with representatives of billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian's Tracinda Corp investment firm, the automaker said on Tuesday.
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Even post-Microsoft, Icahn's Yahoo slate attracts - 18, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc investors are showing more interest in an alternate board slate proposed by billionaire Carl Icahn that was first formed to deliver the company to Microsoft Corp in a now-defunct buyout.
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UK Online ad spending to overtake TV this year - 18, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The Internet will overtake television as the biggest advertising medium in Britain this year, with over 19 percent of total ad spend, according to a forecast by Enders Analysis.
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FDA cautions consumers against cancer "cures" - 18, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumers should beware of products sold on the Internet that claim to cure cancer, U.S. health officials said on Tuesday, threatening penalties against more than two dozen companies selling creams, tea and pills as treatments for t
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EA extends bid for Take-Two, is rejected again - 18, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc on Tuesday again extended its $2 billion takeover offer Take-Two Interactive Software Inc but the smaller rival rejected anew the bid as too low.
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Cellphones challenge cameras with sharper pictures - 18, Jun 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Sony Ericsson unveiled on Tuesday the first globally available phone with a high-resolution 8 megapixel camera as the handset industry mounted a fresh attack on traditional camera makers.
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Amsterdam gets Europe's first mobile Wimax network - 18, Jun 2008
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A commercial network launched in Amsterdam on Tuesday is the first in Europe to use a mobile version of the Wimax standard to allow users to surf the Web at high speeds while on the move, operator Worldmax said.
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Philadelphia revives citywide Wi-Fi project - 18, Jun 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Philadelphia revived an effort on Tuesday to provide free citywide wireless Internet access in a project to be run by a new group of investors.
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Slimmer soprano back, says looks count in opera - 17, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Slimmed-down soprano Deborah Voigt, back at London's Covent Garden four years after bosses fired her for being too fat, says opera, like other forms of entertainment, is increasingly obsessed with looks.
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Australia urged to protect its honey worker bees - 17, Jun 2008
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's honey bees, crucial to worldwide food production, need more protection from foreign invaders that could potentially wipe out their population, a parliamentary report said on Tuesday.
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Australia to lure tourists with film epic - 17, Jun 2008
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An epic Australian outback movie starring Oscar-winning actress Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman will spearhead a new tourism campaign designed to recapture the country's "mojo" and lure more visitors Down Under.
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Impressive Croatia march on in Euro 2008 - 17, Jun 2008
KLAGENFURT (Reuters) - Croatia showed they are well-equipped to make a serious bid for the Euro 2008 title when their reserves swept aside Poland 1-0 in their final Group B game on Monday.
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D'Arcy concedes Olympic dream is over - 17, Jun 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian swimmer Nick D'Arcy says he has finally given up on his dream of competing at this year's Beijing Olympics after being kicked off the team for fighting.
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Austrian heads held high despite failure - 17, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Euro 2008 co-hosts Austria exited the tournament having failed to win a match or score a goal from open play although their plucky spirit pleased the home fans whose expectations had always been realistic.
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Silk Road city locked down ahead of torch relay - 17, Jun 2008
KASHGAR, China (Reuters) - China locked down the far-western former Silk Road city of Kashgar on Tuesday in preparation for the passage of the Olympic torch relay through the sensitive region populated by ethnic-minority Muslim Uighurs.
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Zimbabwe court asked to free opposition official - 17, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Lawyers for detained Zimbabwean opposition official Tendai Biti asked a court to release him unconditionally on Tuesday after police failed to bring him to court to face a treason charge.
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Hundreds flee as battle looms in Afghan south - 17, Jun 2008
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Hundreds of families fled their homes in southern Afghanistan on Tuesday as foreign and Afghan forces prepare to drive out Taliban insurgents who have overrun several villages, officials and witnesses said.
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Army probe of Reuters death flawed: U.S. inspector - 17, Jun 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. soldiers who shot dead a Reuters journalist in Iraq three years ago acted appropriately, but the Army's probe of the incident was flawed because evidence went missing, a Pentagon investigation said.
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McCain touts energy conservation and oil exploration - 17, Jun 2008
DALLAS (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain will call on Tuesday for energy conservation and the lifting of a ban on oil and natural gas exploration as two ways to help address the nation's "dangerous" dependence on foreign oil.
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Iran says uranium enrichment is a "red line" - 17, Jun 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Tuesday uranium enrichment was its "red line" and would continue, despite an enhanced offer of incentives from big powers to stop activity the West fears could yield nuclear bombs.
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Israel and Hamas agree to Gaza truce, officials say - 17, Jun 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - An Egyptian-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas will begin on Thursday, a Palestinian official said, after Israeli air strikes killed six militants in the Gaza Strip.
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Goldman close to $7 bln SIV restructure: sources - 17, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc has nearly completed a long-awaited rescue of a $7 billion structured investment vehicle, sources said, just as it adjusts to the credit crunch by laying off hundreds of bankers.
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SocGen and Rockefeller in global private banking deal - 17, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - French bank Societe Generale and U.S. wealth manager Rockefeller Financial Services have formed an alliance in private banking, an area which has remained relatively resilient to the global credit crunch.
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Big three central banks tone down rate hike threats - 17, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve, European Central Bank and Bank of England on Tuesday all dampened expectations for aggressive interest rate rises to counter rising inflation, sending global stocks and bonds surging in relief.
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Core producer prices slow, housing starts dip - 17, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Producer prices rose by a larger-than-expected 1.4 percent in May after another jump in energy prices, but core inflation at the producer level moderated as forecast, government data on Tuesday showed.
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Goldman profit falls as markets slump - 17, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc on Tuesday said quarterly earnings fell 11 percent as turmoil in financial markets hit trading and slowed investment banking, yet the firm once again exceeded expectations by avoiding major losses.
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Phone makers bullish on 2nd half despite weak economy - 17, Jun 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - South Korean cellphone makers and Swedish-Japanese rival Sony Ericsson forecast robust handset sales, defying worries that a slowing U.S. economy and record oil prices will hurt consumer demand.
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Acclaimed Hollywood film effects artist dead - 17, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pioneering special effects and makeup artist Stan Winston, a four-time Oscar winner who transformed Arnold Schwarzenegger into "The Terminator" and brought dinosaurs to life in the "Jurassic Park" films, has died at age 62, his stu
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CORRECTION: Australia to lure tourists with film epic - 17, Jun 2008
(Corrects to change year in Sydney Olympics to 2000 not 2006)
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Beijing poses big challenge for Turkish lifters - 17, Jun 2008
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turks take pride in the international success of their weightlifters but the basic gym where the team are preparing for the Beijing Games comes as a surprise, given the prestige of their Olympic achievements.
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Sridhar chasing elusive Indian individual gold - 17, Jun 2008
MUMBAI, India (Reuters) - India's top badminton player Anup Sridhar is ranked only world number 32 but knows that if he can reproduce his form of last season he could grab India's first individual Olympic gold medal in Beijing since the country officially
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No free passes for Phelps, Gay at U.S. trials - 17, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swimmer Michael Phelps, sprinter Tyson Gay and gymnast Shawn Johnson all face cut-throat competition in the coming weeks as they bid to secure spots on the United States squad for the Beijing Olympics.
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Phillies thump Red Sox in interleague showdown - 17, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Phillies won a battle of two division leaders after Ryan Howard homered twice in their 8-2 win over the Boston Red Sox in interleague play on Monday.
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California gays, lesbians marry legally - 17, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California performed its first legally recognized same-sex weddings on Monday and opened its doors to gay and lesbian couples from around the country, a move likely to challenge other states that define marriage as between a man
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Powerful South Korean labor group calls strike - 17, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - A powerful South Korean labor group on Tuesday announced a one-day strike next month to protest against President Lee Myung-bak's economic reform plans, adding pressure on the embattled leader facing calls for his ouster.
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Tiger Woods clinches playoff win - 17, Jun 2008
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Tiger Woods held off a late fightback by fellow American Rocco Mediate and sporadic knee pain to win his 14th major title in a nailbiting playoff for the U.S. Open on Monday.
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Suspected sectarian attack kills four in Pakistan - 17, Jun 2008
KOHAT, Pakistan (Reuters) - Suspected pro-Taliban militants shot and killed four Shi'ite Muslims in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday in what appeared to be the second deadly sectarian attack in two days.
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Obama holding on to small lead over McCain: poll - 17, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama opens the general election campaign with a narrow lead over Republican John McCain but the two score near even among independent voters, The Washington Post reported on Tuesday.
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Midwest flooding spurs record corn prices - 17, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The worst flooding in the U.S. Midwest in 15 years sent fresh shocks to global markets and consumers as corn prices hit record highs on devastating crop losses in the heart of the world's top grain exporter.
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Judge counsels against Iberdrola-Energy East deal - 17, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York administrative law judge recommended on Monday that state regulators disapprove Iberdrola SA's $4.5 billion takeover of U.S. utility Energy East Corp , saying the deal is not in the public's best interest.
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Adobe outlook disappoints, shares fall - 17, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. design software maker Adobe Systems Inc issued a revenue outlook that disappointed some investors on Monday, sending its shares down 2.6 percent.
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Yahoo exec leaves to work at venture firms - 17, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Jeff Weiner, a top Yahoo executive, has left the company to join Accel Partners and Greylock Partners, the venture firms said on Monday.
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Kazakhstan's sole space satellite breaks down - 17, Jun 2008
ALMATY (Reuters) - Kazakhstan's sole communications satellite, used by many of the country's television broadcasters, is out of control due to a computer glitch and is likely to be lost altogether, space officials said on Monday.
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Stones deny label move from EMI - 17, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones have played down a weekend report that the band planned to ditch long-term record company EMI to join concert promoter Live Nation.
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Faith Hill preps first Christmas album - 17, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - Faith Hill's first Christmas album, "Joy to the World," will arrive September 16. The first single from the Warner Bros. release is an original track, "A Baby Changes Everything," written by Tim Nichols, Craig Wiseman and K.K. Wisem
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Rome churches shut to "Angels and Demons" filming - 17, Jun 2008
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian Catholic Church has refused to
let a new movie based on a Dan Brown novel be filmed in
churches in Rome after the author's "The Da Vinci Code" novel
and film outraged the Vatican.
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Mugabe threatens opposition leaders over violence - 17, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe threatened on Monday to arrest opposition leaders over election campaign violence for which his opponents blame ruling party supporters.
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Midwest flooding spurs record corn price - 17, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The worst flooding in the U.S. Midwest in 15 years sent fresh shocks to global markets and consumers as corn prices hit record highs on fears of crop losses in the heart of the world's top grain exporter.
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Obama says will visit Iraq and Afghanistan - 17, Jun 2008
FLINT, Michigan (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Monday he plans to visit Iraq and Afghanistan before November's election and was encouraged by a recent reduction in violence in Iraq.
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GM confident in Volt launch after battery tests - 17, Jun 2008
DEARBORN, Michigan (Reuters) - General Motors Corp is confident it will be able to deliver the all-electric Chevrolet Volt as planned and is close to naming a supplier for the vehicle's crucial battery, GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz said on Monday.
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NY factories produce dour news - 17, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The sickly U.S. factory sector produced more bad news on Monday, with a gauge of manufacturing in New York state contracting in June for the fourth time in five months.
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GE investors wonder if breaking up is hard to do - 17, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Investors wondered on Monday whether General Electric Co could help its languishing shares -- now near 4 1/2-year lows -- by selling off large chunks of its diversified portfolio of businesses.
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AIG's new chief reaches out to former CEO Greenberg - 17, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American International Group Inc Chairman Robert Willumstad said one of the first things he did after being named chief executive was to reach out to former CEO Maurice (Hank) Greenberg, a large AIG shareholder who has had an acrimon
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Policy-makers call inflation top threat - 17, Jun 2008
BRUSSELS/JEJU, South Korea (Reuters) - Policy-makers around the globe declared soaring inflation a top threat on Monday, with pressure rising for central banks to raise interest rates amid protests against higher costs of living.
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Broadcom ex-CEO pleads not guilty in criminal cases - 17, Jun 2008
SANTA ANA, California (Reuters) - Former Broadcom Corp Chief Executive Henry Nicholas III pleaded not guilty on Monday to charges stemming from an alleged stock options backdating conspiracy and to federal drug charges.
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Optimism about tech spending lifts Nasdaq - 17, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. technology stocks rose on Monday for the third straight session, fueled by optimism about sales for Research in Motion's BlackBerry and Apple's new iPhone.
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Woman pleads innocent in Myspace hoax suicide case - 17, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Missouri woman who prosecutors say drove a 13-year-old neighbor girl to suicide with a cruel MySpace hoax pleaded innocent to federal charges on Thursday in the unprecedented case.
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Massachusetts to spend $1 billion on biotechnology - 17, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick signed a bill on Monday that will direct $1 billion of state funds toward biotechnology over 10 years, aiming to fill a federal funding shortfall caused by White House opposition to embryonic stem cell r
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Nokia unveils new business phones - 17, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The world's top cellphone maker Nokia unveiled two new phone models aimed at corporate clients on Monday, revamping its somewhat aging offering to business customers.
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Astronomers find batch of "super-Earths" - 16, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - European researchers said on Monday they discovered a batch of three "super-Earths" orbiting a nearby star, and two other solar systems with small planets as well.
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TV in the dark over live Beijing broadcasts - 16, Jun 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Broadcasters still do not know if they will be allowed to transmit live from outside venues or 'iconic' sites like Tiananmen Square during the August Olympics, according to a satellite service provider in Beijing.
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Tim Russert's death leaves two voids at NBC - 16, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - NBC News' Andrea Mitchell and David Gregory are two likely candidates to split "Meet the Press" duties after Friday's sudden death of moderator and Washington bureau chief Tim Russert.
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Turkey win thriller with three late goals - 16, Jun 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - Turkey staged one of the greatest comebacks in a major tournament, scoring three times in the last 15 minutes to beat Czech Republic 3-2 on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals of Euro 2008.
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Quake-hit China now menaced by floods and landslides - 16, Jun 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Floods triggered by torrential rains have killed dozens of people across China, as officials struggle to move thousands of victims of last month's earthquake to escape the threat of landslides caused by downpours.
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Japan quake death toll rises to 10 as search goes on - 16, Jun 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - The death toll in a powerful earthquake that hit northern Japan at the weekend rose to 10 on Monday as troops and rescue workers searched for survivors in the remote, mountainous area worst hit by the tremor.
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Gaza journalists demand Israel answer over killing - 16, Jun 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - Journalists in the Gaza Strip held a symbolic work stoppage on Monday as part of a protest to demand that Israel explain why its troops killed a Reuters cameraman in the Palestinian enclave two months ago to the day.
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Karzai threat seen as pressure tactic in Pakistan - 16, Jun 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai's threat of a cross-border pursuit of militants is more of a tactic to build pressure on Pakistan than a signal of real intent, analysts said on Monday.
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UK and U.S. urge "criminal" Mugabe to allow monitors - 16, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Britain and the United States urged Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Monday to allow international monitors to ensure a free and fair run-off election in the southern African country.
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Israel brushes aside U.S. pressure over statehood deal - 16, Jun 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israel sought on Monday to lower U.S. expectations for any deal with the Palestinians this year, brushing aside pressure over settlements and calling for decisions on Jerusalem's future to be deferred.
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New York manufacturing contracts in June - 16, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A gauge of manufacturing in New York state contracted in June for the fourth time in five months, the New York Federal Reserve said in a report on Monday that also painted a mixed picture on inflation.
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