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Japanese rider relies on telepathy and sugar - 02, Jul 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sugar lumps and telepathy are the ingredients for success in the equestrian sport of dressage, according to Japanese rider Mieko Yagi.
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TV ad spending to set record in presidential race - 02, Jul 2008
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 2008 presidential race, which has already drawn a record number of dollars and voters, is poised to shatter another record: the amount of money spent on television advertisements.
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Zheng grabs limelight in Williams show - 02, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie provided an absorbing sub-plot to Williams sister domination on quarter-final day at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
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White Sox maintain run with late rally against Indians - 02, Jul 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago White Sox staged a late rally against the Cleveland Indians to register a sixth straight victory on Tuesday, the home team scoring twice in the bottom of the 10th inning to seal a 3-2 triumph.
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Angelina Jolie "doing great", says spokesman - 02, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A spokesman for Angelina Jolie on Tuesday said the actress is "doing great" following reports that she has checked into a hospital in Nice, France, ahead of the birth of twins.
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Coughlin and Peirsol blitz to world records - 02, Jul 2008
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Natalie Coughlin and Aaron Peirsol blitzed to world records in the 100 meters backstroke to highlight another breathless day of action at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Tuesday.
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Ancic stands between Federer and 19th semi - 02, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Croatia's Mario Ancic, the last man to beat Roger Federer on grass, stands imposingly between the champion and his 19th grand slam semi-final on Wednesday.
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U.S.-led force helicopter shot down in Afghanistan - 02, Jul 2008
KABUL (Reuters) - A helicopter belonging to U.S.-led coalition troops was shot down by small-arms fire south of the Afghan capital on Wednesday, but there were no serious injuries to the people on board, the U.S. military said.
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McCain talks human rights, trade in Colombia visit - 02, Jul 2008
CARTAGENA, Colombia (Reuters) - Republican John McCain, in an unusual trip to Colombia as a U.S. presidential candidate, called on President Alvaro Uribe on Tuesday to make further progress on human rights while pushing the U.S. Congress to vote on a trad
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Grasso case "over" as court dismisses claims - 02, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York Stock Exchange chief Richard Grasso won a knockout victory on Tuesday in his four-year fight to keep every last penny of his $187.5 million pay package, as an appeals court threw out the state's remaining claims agains
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Mongolia election clashes bring emergency rule - 02, Jul 2008
ULAN BATOR (Reuters) - Five people were killed and more than 300 injured in a riot in Mongolia's capital among people alleging fraud in a weekend election, the country's justice minister said on Wednesday.
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Fed must prevent wage-price spiral: Lockhart - 02, Jul 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve must "react decisively" to stop inflation from pushing up wages, one of its top policy-makers said on Tuesday, dropping a clear hint about the possibility of interest-rate hikes ahead.
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Mugabe leaves summit under pressure from AU rebuff - 02, Jul 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe returns to Zimbabwe on Wednesday under pressure from fellow African leaders to form a national unity government in the wake of his re-election in a violent poll ruled unfair by monitors.
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Nikkei hits longest losing streak in 43 years - 02, Jul 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Nikkei average fell 1.3 percent on Wednesday to hit its longest losing streak in more than 40 years, as worries about the global economy hit exporters such as Canon Inc .
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Oil rises above $142 on supply concerns, weak dollar - 02, Jul 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil rose more than $1 a barrel on Wednesday, within sight of Monday's record high above $143 on forecasts that global supply will lag demand and expectations the European Central Bank will raise interest rates later this week.
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Google-Yahoo deal subject of antitrust probe: report - 02, Jul 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department has opened a formal antitrust investigation into a deal between Google and Yahoo to share some advertising revenue, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.
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U.S. facing tough Q2, Europe to suffer: Paulson - 02, Jul 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The U.S. economy is facing a tough second quarter and Europe will not be immune to the impact, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson was quoted as saying on Wednesday.
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Auto sales hit 15-year low - 02, Jul 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales plunged in June to a 15-year low, but a month-end clearance sale helped General Motors Corp retain its No. 1 spot and steer clear of the wipeout many had feared, sending its shares higher.
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DISH says AT&T to end partnership at year-end - 02, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - DISH Network Corp, the No. 2 U.S. satellite television provider, said on Tuesday it received notice that phone operator AT&T Inc is ending their agreement at the end of the year to sell TV, phone and Internet packages.
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Two new series explore a teenage taboo - 02, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With teen pregnancy rates on the rise for the first time in more than a decade, two new TV series are gaining attention as they tackle the hot-button issue from very different angles.
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Fox promotes new TV show with mysterious ads - 02, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "Find the pattern,"
growls a voice from your radio.
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Rep says Madonna and Ritchie not divorcing - 02, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. pop star Madonna and her husband,
British film maker Guy Ritchie, are not planning to divorce,
her spokeswoman said on Tuesday, denying media speculation that
their marriage is ending.
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"Lost" Beatles interview uncovered - 02, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A film enthusiast has discovered a long
lost interview with The Beatles from 1964 which has not been
broadcast since.
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New York magazine founder Clay Felker dead at 82 - 02, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Publishing pioneer Clay Felker, who founded influential New York magazine and promoted the "new journalism" style of reporting, died at his Manhattan home on Tuesday, the magazine said.
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"Wanted" is hot shot at foreign box office - 02, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Angelina Jolie is the most "Wanted" woman at the foreign box office. Her action thriller, which opened at No. 2 in North America with surprisingly strong weekend sales of $51 million, was the top choice internationally w
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Lagat makes U.S. team, Clay shines - 02, Jul 2008
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Kenyan-born Bernard Lagat won the men's 5,000 meters at the U.S. trials to make his first American Olympic team and Bryan Clay produced a personal best in the decathlon on Monday.
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Devils part company with veteran left wing Brylin - 02, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New Jersey Devils have not picked up an option on veteran left wing Sergei Brylin before the opening of the free agent market, the club announced on their Web site (www.devils.nhl.com) on Tuesday.
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Hoff continues to steal Phelps's thunder at U.S. trials - 02, Jul 2008
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Katie Hoff continued to steal Michael Phelps's thunder at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials on Tuesday by clocking the top times in the 200 meters medley and 200 freestyle preliminary heats.
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Portuguese police hand Madeleine report to prosecutor - 02, Jul 2008
LISBON (Reuters) - Portuguese police have sent their final report on the disappearance of British girl Madeleine McCann to public prosecutors, who will decide whether to take any further steps, prosecutors said on Tuesday.
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Malaysia's Anwar says sodomy charge "a conspiracy" - 02, Jul 2008
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysia's opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim said on Tuesday he was shelving plans to contest a parliamentary by-election due to a "political conspiracy" behind a young aide's accusation of homosexual assault.
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Zheng grabs limelight in Willians show - 02, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Chinese wildcard Zheng Jie provided an absorbing sub-plot to Williams sister domination on quarter-final day at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
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Last U.S. "surge" brigade begins leaving Iraq - 02, Jul 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military has begun withdrawing from Iraq the last of the five additional combat brigades that were deployed to the country in 2007, a U.S. military spokesman said on Tuesday.
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McCain focuses on trade in Colombia, Mexico trip - 02, Jul 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Trade, drugs and immigration will top the agenda of U.S. Republican presidential candidate John McCain during a visit to Colombia and Mexico this week designed to showcase his foreign policy experience over that of Democratic riva
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Diplomats play down fears of Israeli attack on Iran - 02, Jul 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S., Iranian and Western diplomats played down worries about a looming Israeli military attack on Iran's nuclear facilities on Tuesday after reports of heightened tensions rattled nerves and helped drive oil prices near record high
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Midwest floods spotlight decrepit infrastructure - 02, Jul 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The latest U.S. natural disaster is triggering fresh rounds of concern and debate about how to repair America's aging infrastructure.
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Obama courts evangelicals with stress on faith - 02, Jul 2008
ZANESVILLE, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama promised a more active approach to faith-based social programs on Tuesday in a bid to bolster his support among evangelical and religious voters.
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African Union calls for unity govt in Zimbabwe - 02, Jul 2008
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - The African Union called on Tuesday for a national unity government in Zimbabwe after the widely condemned re-election of President Robert Mugabe in a violent poll ruled unfair by monitors.
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Oil rises on supply worries, Iran tensions - 02, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices rose on Tuesday on forecasts global supplies will struggle to keep pace with demand and concerns tensions between Israel and Iran could lead to a disruption of exports from the OPEC nation.
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InBev sticks to Anheuser offer, urges dialogue - 02, Jul 2008
BRUSSELS/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - InBev NV stuck to its original $46.3 billion takeover bid for reluctant target Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc and said it would give Anheuser's shareholders a voice in the battle if the U.S. brewer refused to open merger discus
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Inflation flare-up mars factory rebound - 02, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Manufacturing expanded in June for the first time in five months, helped by a weak dollar, but inflation pressures soared to their highest level since the stagflation-ravaged 1970s, according to a report that highlighted the bind faci
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GM's sales surprise lifts Wall St., Starbucks up late - 02, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday, after embattled automaker GM surprised Wall Street with stronger-than-expected June sales and financial shares reversed earlier losses as investors scoured for bargains, overshadowing concerns about recor
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GM bucks expectations as U.S. auto sales drop - 02, Jul 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales plunged in June, but a month-end clearance sale helped General Motors Corp retain its No. 1 spot and steer clear of the wipeout many had feared, sending its shares climbing.
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Microsoft buys linguistic Web search firm Powerset - 02, Jul 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it had agreed to buy Powerset, a start-up that is working on a new class of Web search that relies on insights from linguistics rather than simple keyword strings.
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Provocative "Candide" hits London, divides critics - 01, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A provocative production of Leonard Bernstein's musical "Candide" has come to London and sharply divided the critics.
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Hollywood studios present actors"'final" offer - 01, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hours before their contract with film and TV performers was due to expire, Hollywood studios on Monday capped weeks of stalemated labor talks by presenting the Screen Actors Guild a "final offer."
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TV's "Baby" and "Secret Life" explore teen taboo - 01, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With teen pregnancy rates on the rise for the first time in more than a decade, two new TV series are gaining attention as they tackle the hot-button issue from very different angles.
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Mark Todd's equestrian wizardry riding on Gandalf - 01, Jul 2008
SANDY (Reuters) - A late-night challenge to a group of friends led Mark Todd to end his eight-year retirement and head for the Beijing Games aboard a horse famous for an appearance in a rap video.
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Woods unable to say when he will play again - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - World number one Tiger Woods does not know when he will be able to play again after doctors built a new knee ligament for him using tendon taken from his right hamstring.
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World records tumble at U.S. trials - 01, Jul 2008
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Natalie Coughlin and Hayley McGregory blitzed to back-to-back world records and Katie Hoff secured her second Olympic berth at the U.S. swimming trials on Monday.
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Rays edge Red Sox to extend AL East lead - 01, Jul 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - The surprising Tampa Bay Rays extended their lead at the top of the American League East with a 5-4 win over the World Series champions Boston Red Sox on Monday.
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Williams sisters on course for final date - 01, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Venus and Serena Williams enter the women's Wimbledon quarter-finals on Tuesday with even their next opponents conceding they are strong favorites for another final appearance.
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Wal-Mart to source more fruits and veggies locally - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is sourcing more produce sold in its U.S. supercenters and Neighborhood Market stores from local farmers as it tries to offset the soaring transportation costs that are driving up food prices.
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Iraq sues companies over oil-for-food kickbacks - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Iraqi government sued dozens of companies, including oil giant Chevron Corp., for more than $10 billion on Monday, saying they paid kickbacks to former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's government under the U.N. oil-for-food program.
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World Trade Center behind schedule, over budget - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rebuilding at the World Trade Center, site of the September 11 attacks, is behind schedule and over budget, and major problems mean new cost estimates and timetable must be drawn up, officials said on Monday.
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China and Dalai Lama's envoys eye talks - 01, Jul 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is to resume fence-mending talks with envoys of Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, on Tuesday in a move that could burnish its international image weeks before the Chinese capital hosts the Olympics.
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Oil rises as eyes back on Iran-Israel row - 01, Jul 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil rose on Tuesday after slipping from a record above $143 a day ago, as tension surrounding Iran's nuclear program returned to focus and outweighed concerns over eroding U.S. demand.
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JPMorgan reigns over debt, equities underwriting - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co reigned supreme across global debt and equity underwriting for the last quarter.
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Asia stocks wilt, stagflation lingers - 01, Jul 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Most major Asian stockmarkets dipped on Tuesday as oil and food prices showed no signs of defusing stagflation fears, particularly with soybean prices at a record and oil above $140 a barrel.
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Chrysler to shut minivan plant as sales slump - 01, Jul 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC will shut its St Louis minivan plant, cutting production of its top-selling vehicle and 2,400 factory jobs in a sign of the automaker's troubles with a market reeling from record gas prices.
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Hollywood studio, Google forge new ground on Web - 01, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A major Hollywood studio and online search engine Google Inc on unveiled separate moves on Monday to put movie and TV-like content on the Web, highlighting the way in which both see the Internet as critical to reaching customers.
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Service lets drivers lock in gasoline prices - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The high price of gasoline has some U.S. drivers looking to the future.
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Ledger frightening in final role in "Dark Knight" - 01, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - He hired actor Heath Ledger to portray a frightening villain whose chaotic life threatens audiences, and Chris Nolan, director of new Batman movie "The Dark Knight," says he got exactly what he wanted.
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Jay-Z wins over doubters at Glastonbury - 01, Jul 2008
GLASTONBURY (Reuters) - The tents are packed up and most of the 140,000 music lovers have made their weary way home, but memories of this year's Glastonbury festival, and its headline act Jay-Z, are likely to linger.
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Major labels benefit from non-music sales: report - 01, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British record companies saw revenues from non-music sales rise sharply in 2007, partly compensating for declining recorded music sales, a report said on Monday.
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Twice Masters champion Olazabal fails to win place in Open - 01, Jul 2008
SUNNINGDALE (Reuters) - Twice Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal failed on Monday in a marathon attempt to win a place in the British Open this month after struggling all season with injury.
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Park Inbee aims to inspire young Koreans, just like Pak - 01, Jul 2008
EDINA, Minnesota (Reuters) - Teenager Park Inbee's imposing four-shot victory at the U.S. Women's Open on Sunday underlined the strong influence of South Korean players on the modern women's game.
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Federer trumps Hewitt to march on - 01, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Roger Federer came out on top in the battle of the Wimbledon champions when he trumped Lleyton Hewitt 7-6 6-2 6-4 to reach the quarter-finals on Monday.
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Tyson Gay taking sprinting to new level says coach - 01, Jul 2008
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Double world champion Tyson Gay raised sprinting to a new level with his wind-assisted run of 9.68 seconds at the U.S. Olympic trials, American men's athletics coach Bubba Thornton said on Monday.
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Canadian loses U.S. appeal in Syrian torture case - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A Canadian who says he was whisked off a plane in New York and sent illegally to Syria where he was tortured for a year lost his case against the U.S. government on Monday on a technicality.
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CAS upholds Landis's two-year doping ban - 01, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected on Monday an appeal by American cyclist Floyd Landis against a two-year doping ban.
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Grumpy Jelena Jankovic joins exodus - 01, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Jelena Jankovic and Svetlana Kuznetsova joined the Wimbledon scrapheap on Monday when the second week began with more shocks and the Williams sisters steaming headlong towards a third family final.
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Rebel Anglican meeting lamentable: U.S. church leader - 01, Jul 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A just-concluded meeting of conservative church leaders in the worldwide Anglican Communion will have little lasting impact, the head of the Episcopal Church, the faith's U.S. branch, said on Monday.
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Leaders to consider Zimbabwe crisis at AU summit - 01, Jul 2008
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - African leaders are expected to press President Robert Mugabe on Tuesday to negotiate with Zimbabwe's opposition but are unlikely to punish his government for holding a discredited presidential election.
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Prosecutors charge accused USS Cole mastermind - 01, Jul 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. military prosecutors have requested the death penalty for the alleged mastermind behind the bombing of the USS Cole warship that killed 17 U.S. sailors in 2000, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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Former Iraqi detainees sue U.S. military contractors - 01, Jul 2008
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - Four Iraqi men are suing U.S. military contractors who they say tortured them while they were detained in Abu Ghraib prison, according to lawsuits being filed at U.S. federal courts on Monday.
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U.S. boosts global food aid, food security funding - 01, Jul 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will spend an additional $1.25 billion on international food aid donations this year and next as donor countries seek to blunt the effects of soaring food prices on the world's poor.
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Obama fights back against questions on patriotism - 01, Jul 2008
INDEPENDENCE, Missouri (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama rejected questions about his patriotism on Monday even as he drew fire for a supporter's attack on Republican rival John McCain's military record.
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Paulson to reveal more on Fed stability role - 01, Jul 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson will reveal more details about his accelerated plans for the Federal Reserve to assume a larger regulatory role in maintaining financial system stability in a speech in London on Wednesday.
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PIMCO to Obama: Tough economy awaits next president - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's biggest bond fund manager anticipates that Barack Obama will be the next U.S. president, and warns that he will face stern economic circumstances.
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Reports show U.S. growth weak if not in recession - 01, Jul 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The U.S. economy continues to bump along at a slow level of growth but has probably not fallen into recession, a series of regional purchasing managers' reports suggested on Monday.
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GM, Ford shares decline ahead of June sales report - 01, Jul 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Shares of General Motors Corp tumbled to a 54-year low while smaller rival Ford Motor Co shares fell as much as 10 percent on Monday on concerns record oil prices would further hit U.S. demand for vehicles.
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Oil slips from record $143 on U.S. demand worries - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil slipped from a record high above $143 a barrel on Monday as weak U.S. demand countered mounting tensions between OPEC nation Iran and Israel.
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Dow ends flat but suffers worst 1st half since '70 - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow and S&P 500 were little changed on Monday on the final trading day of the second quarter as record oil boosted energy shares, offsetting weak financial stocks amid nagging concerns of further credit losses.
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Ford had talks with Renault to sell Volvo: sources - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co has had exploratory talks with French automaker Renault SA to sell Volvo, but the talks ended quickly due to price differences, sources briefed on the matter told Reuters.
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Florida sues Countrywide over mortgages - 01, Jul 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida sued mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp for predatory lending practices on Monday, alleging the company at the center of the U.S. mortgage crisis made subprime loans to people who could not repay them.
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Bloggers bemoan Zimbabwe's "stolen" election - 01, Jul 2008
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - President Robert Mugabe's re-election sparked cries of outrage from Zimbabwean bloggers on Monday and demands for international intervention.
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Citigroup adds Google, Time Warner to top picks live - 01, Jul 2008
(Reuters) - Citigroup added Google Inc and Time Warner Inc to its top picks live list, based on the search engine giant's near- and long-term outlook and a possible sale of Time Warner's AOL advertising and dial-up businesses.
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Yahoo questions how serious Microsoft was on deals - 01, Jul 2008
NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Monday sought to rally shareholder support in the face of a proxy battle with billionaire Carl Icahn, saying the activist investor had an "ill-defined plan" for the future of the Internet company.
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LVMH wins compensation from eBay over counterfeits - 01, Jul 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - A French court ordered eBay Inc to pay 38.6 million euros ($61 million) to luxury goods group LVMH for allowing the sale of fake merchandise, in a ruling immediately appealed by the online auction website.
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California offers tax break to keep Tesla in state - 01, Jul 2008
SAN CARLOS, California (Reuters) - Electric car maker Tesla Motors Inc said on Monday it will manufacture the lower-priced follow-up to its Roadster sports car in California after the state offered a tax break to keep the operations there.
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Cronenberg abuzz over "The Fly" - 30, Jun 2008
PARIS (Hollywood Reporter) - Canadian director David Cronenberg has caught the opera bug. Literally. Rehearsals are under way for the operatic adaptation of Cronenberg's 1987 horror flick "The Fly" for Paris' Chatelet Theater and the Los Angeles Opera.
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Hayes, Krakowski bring "Damn Yankees" to NY stage - 30, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - There's an unwritten rule: Major stage shows just don't open in this town in the summer, which makes this coming New York weekend sound particularly inviting.
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Disney's "WALL-E" wows box office - 30, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Animation giant Pixar scored its ninth consecutive No. 1 on Sunday with its robot love story "WALL-E," while Angelina Jolie achieved a personal best with her violent assassination thriller "Wanted."
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High helium prices limit gas balloons as sport - 30, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Gas ballooning, as an adventure sport, is likely to fade away in the United States, as a sharp spike in helium prices and supply constraints threaten the survival of the sport.
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Doping responsible for records, not new suits - 30, Jun 2008
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Olympic 50 meters freestyle champion Gary Hall Jr. believes the recent glut of swimming world records has more to do with old-fashioned doping -- which he says is on the increase -- than hi-tech swimsuits.
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Hollywood counts down to labor cliffhanger - 30, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's actors and studios traded last-minute barbs on Sunday, a day before their film and TV labor pact was due to expire with no announcement of a new three-year deal.
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"Mamma Mia!" will pull in money, money, money - 30, Jun 2008
LONDON (Hollywood Reporter) - No matter how many blockbusters there are, Universal's screen version of the global hit stage musical "Mamma Mia!" is the most fun to be had at the movies this or any other recent summer.
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Del Toro's "Hellboy" sequel a devilish delight - 30, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - When is a big studio picture not a big studio picture? When we're talking Universal's "Hellboy II: The Golden Army" and the filmmaker happens to be Guillermo del Toro.
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Spain cast aside under achievers millstone in style - 30, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - "Football was the winner" is one of the most over-worn cliches in the game but it happened to be true about Spain's victory in Euro 2008.
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China announces Olympics stability drive after riot - 30, Jun 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has launched a nationwide campaign to defuse protest ahead of the Beijing Olympic Games, state media reported on Monday, days after a riot in the country's southwest highlighted volatile social strains.
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