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At least 29 killed in Sudanese airliner blaze - 11, Jun 2008
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese airliner coming from Amman and Damascus burst into flames after landing in Khartoum on Tuesday night, killing at least 29 of the roughly 214 people on board, officials and witnesses said on Wednesday.
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Bush issues Iran warning on farewell Europe tour - 11, Jun 2008
MESEBERG, Germany (Reuters) - President George W. Bush threatened Iran on Wednesday with more sanctions if it failed to stop enriching uranium and said all options were on the table to thwart Tehran's nuclear ambitions.
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Iran says West fails to stop nuclear advances - 11, Jun 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Western pressure has failed to stop Iran's nuclear program from advancing, its president said on Wednesday, a day after the United States and the European Union warned of more sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
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Woman in Austria cellar incest case rejoins family - 11, Jun 2008
ZEILLERN, Austria (Reuters) - The eldest child of an incestuous relationship between Austrian Josef Fritzl and the daughter he confined for 24 years has been reunited with her family after recovering from an artificial coma, doctors said.
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Pakistan condemns "cowardly" U.S. attack; 11 dead - 11, Jun 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan said on Wednesday an "unprovoked and cowardly" air strike by U.S. forces had killed 11 Pakistani soldiers on its border with Afghanistan and undermined the basis of security cooperation.
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BP chairman rejects "apocalyptic" talk of $250 oil - 11, Jun 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The chairman of British oil major BP rejected as "apocalyptic" a prediction by the head of Russian gas giant Gazprom of oil prices soaring to $250 a barrel by the end of next year.
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Daiichi to pay up to $4.6 billion for control of Ranbaxy - 11, Jun 2008
TOKYO/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Japanese drug maker Daiichi Sankyo Co Ltd moved to take majority control of India's biggest drug maker Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd in a friendly deal worth up to $4.6 billion.
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U.S. corn hits record, pulling other grains higher - 11, Jun 2008
PARIS/TOKYO (Reuters) - U.S. corn futures hit an all-time high on Wednesday after the U.S. Agriculture Department lowered its yield forecast for 2008 due to wet weather hampering development of the crop.
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May retail sales rise on gasoline: SpendingPulse - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Retail sales excluding cars improved in May, as consumers shelled out more money for gasoline at the expense of other purchases, according to a private report released on Wednesday.
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Staples to buy Corporate Express for $2.65 bln - 11, Jun 2008
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - U.S. office supplies company Staples has won its battle to buy Corporate Express after the Dutch firm agreed to a sweetened bid of 1.7 billion euros ($2.65 billion) to create the world's biggest office products supplier.
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Astronauts board shuttle to depart space station - 11, Jun 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Shuttle Discovery astronauts said goodbye to the International Space Station crew on Tuesday, ending a nine-day mission to deliver a Japanese-made orbital research laboratory.
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Groundskeepers cut fine figures in the outfield - 11, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Decorating the playing fields at Major League Baseball (MLB) parks has become high art with groundskeepers using mowers and hoses to painstakingly fashion elaborate logos and patterns in the grass.
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Paul Newman responds cryptically to cancer reports - 11, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Oscar-winning actor Paul Newman, responding to a flurry of unconfirmed reports he is gravely ill with cancer, issued a terse, cryptic statement on Tuesday that shed little light on his actual condition.
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Dutch hopes ride high on $1-million bike - 11, Jun 2008
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - Dutch cycle maker Koga Miyata is betting that its $1-million bike will help cyclist Theo Bos land a gold medal at the Beijing Olympics after he narrowly missed out in Athens four years ago.
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Angelo Taylor strives for comeback - 11, Jun 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - If U.S. Olympic gold medalist Angelo Taylor has a motto, it should be: "I'll be back."
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Yankees want more NYC bonds for stadium: Brodsky - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New York Yankees baseball team wants a city agency to sell $350 million of bonds for its new stadium or else it will not be able to complete the project, state Assemblyman Richard Brodsky said on Tuesday.
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Sergio Garcia ready for major breakthrough - 11, Jun 2008
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Sergio Garcia is confident his victory at the Players Championship will help him break through at this week's U.S. Open and shed the tag as the best current player who has not won a major title.
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Lakers beat Celtics to get back in title hunt - 11, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Lakers battled back into NBA title contention by beating the Boston Celtics 87-81 to trim their deficit in the finals to 2-1 on Tuesday.
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Zlatan Ibrahimovic special floors Greece - 11, Jun 2008
SALZBURG (Reuters) - Zlatan Ibrahimovic scored his first international goal for more than two and a half years to send Sweden on the way to a 2-0 Euro 2008 victory over champions Greece on Tuesday.
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Southern Baptists elect American Indian as leader - 11, Jun 2008
INDIANAPOLIS (Reuters) - The conservative Southern Baptist Convention elected an American Indian as its president on Tuesday in a sign the historically white denomination is starting to diversify.
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South Korea's troubled president seeks rival as PM - 11, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's unpopular president has approached his main conservative rival to be prime minister to stem anger over his policies that have triggered mass street protests, an aide to the rival said on Wednesday.
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At least 28 killed in Sudanese airliner blaze - 11, Jun 2008
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudanese airliner burst into flames after landing in Khartoum overnight in bad weather, killing at least 28 of the 217 people on board, officials said on Wednesday.
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Obama stakes early claim to political turf - 11, Jun 2008
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama staked an ambitious claim to new political turf with the states he chose for his first two stops of the White House general election campaign -- Virginia and North Carolina.
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Retailers, brand owners seek fortunes at Licensing Show - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Toymakers, manufacturers and retailers shrugged off soaring temperatures and flocked to the 2008 Licensing International Expo, some showing off hit brands, and others vying for rights to use them.
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Bratz designer erased computer files: lawyers - 11, Jun 2008
RIVERSIDE, California (Reuters) - A jury will learn that
the creator of the popular Bratz doll erased files from his
computer two days before handing it over as evidence in a
federal trademark infringement lawsuit filed by Mattel Inc
, a judge in Cali
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Toyota to start lithium-ion battery output in 2009 - 11, Jun 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Wednesday its battery joint venture with Matsushita Electric Industrial Co will start full-scale production of lithium-ion batteries in 2010 as it aims to roll out more electricity-driven cars over the next fe
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Merrill CEO wants ongoing Fed access, rules reform - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Merrill Lynch Chief Executive John Thain on Tuesday said he would like to see broker-dealer access to the Federal Reserve discount window continue longer term, though any increase of regulation must be appropriate for securities firm
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FiLife venture opens personal finance site - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - FiLife, a personal finance venture from IAC/InterActiveCorp and Dow Jones & Co, will open its site to a public test on Wednesday after a year in development and much media speculation over its future.
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Icahn and shareholders raise pressure on Yahoo board - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc's board of directors came under increasing pressure over an employee severance plan on Tuesday, with shareholders suing the company demanding a swift trial and investor Carl Icahn threatening to hold the board "personally li
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U.S. could face glitch in TV converter box program - 11, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. officials are facing a potential glitch in a program designed to help television viewers make the switch to digital TV next year.
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Google lets users measure the power of words - 11, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Number-crunchers can rejoice as Google Inc offers deeper access to the underlying figures for users' Web searches, giving some insight into trends based on the relative popularity of various words.
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Google says it would support U.S. privacy law - 11, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Google Inc has told a senior Republican lawmaker concerned about privacy that the Internet search and advertising company supports a federal privacy law.
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Chemical changes may help detect colon cancer early - 11, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British scientists said on Tuesday they had identified subtle chemical changes that allow abnormal cells to multiply out of control, a finding that could help detect colon cancer earlier.
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New York judge bars 50 Cent from selling property - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A New York judge on Tuesday ordered U.S. rapper 50 Cent not to sell the property where a fire destroyed his $2.4 million home and where his ex-girlfriend lived with their son.
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Wife of comedian Denis Leary skewers celebrity - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The wife of comedian Denis Leary sends up Hollywood, marriage and celebrities in her new novel that is based on her experiences of dealing with her husband's fame and observations of film stars.
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"Sex and the City" actor hits "naked" jackpot - 11, Jun 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - French model-actor Gilles Marini has built his career by dressing up, so he is stunned that his major break has come from stripping down and appearing naked, completely naked, in the hit movie "Sex and the City."
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North America tomato industry reeling: growers - 11, Jun 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida's tomato industry is in "complete collapse" and growers in California and Mexico are having trouble selling their crops as U.S. regulators hunt the source of a salmonella outbreak linked to certain tomato varieties, growers said
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Woods returns from knee surgery for run at U.S. Open - 11, Jun 2008
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Despite playing no competitive golf for eight weeks following knee surgery, world number one Tiger Woods has declared himself ready for the start of the U.S. Open on Thursday.
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Retail gasoline demand down vs year ago: MasterCard - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. retail gasoline demand slipped 3.8 percent from last year's levels, as gasoline prices posted yet another record high last week, MasterCard Advisors said Tuesday.
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U.S. expected to pledge some $10 billion for Afghans - 11, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States is expected to pledge about $10 billion in aid for Afghanistan at a donors conference this week, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, less than what the White House had wanted from Congress.
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U.S. open to more talks with Iran on Iraq - 11, Jun 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The United States is open to holding more talks with Iran about Iraq's security, but it must first be confident that the talks are likely to make progress, a senior U.S. official said on Tuesday.
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Fed hammers home message against inflation - 11, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Top Federal Reserve officials on Tuesday hammered home the U.S. central bank's determination not to allow inflation to get out of control, cementing views that interest rates will rise later this year.
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McCain, Obama present different views on taxes - 11, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama staked out starkly opposing stances on taxes on Tuesday, with McCain promising corporate tax breaks and Obama pledging tax increases for many.
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Sudan plane bursts into flames, dozens feared dead - 11, Jun 2008
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - A Sudan Airways plane carrying 217 people burst into flames after landing at Khartoum airport on Tuesday and dozens were feared killed.
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Trade gap widens in April as oil prices surge - 11, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected in April as the price of imported oil hit a record, pushing overall imports to an all-time high, a Commerce Department report showed on Tuesday.
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Global forecasters cut non-OPEC oil supply growth - 11, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two of the world's most closely watched energy forecasters on Tuesday slashed predictions for output from oil fields outside the OPEC cartel in 2008 -- more bad news for a global economy struggling with record high oil prices and ti
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Market ends mostly lower on rate-hike concern; Dow up - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street mostly sagged on Tuesday as concern that interest rates will climb hurt technology shares, but the Dow managed to close on the positive side after an upgrade of Coca-Cola Co shares.
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Verizon says FiOS buildout may exceed plans - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Communication Inc said on Tuesday it could build out its all-fiber Internet and video network to more than its target of 18 million homes by the end of 2010, despite a weaker U.S. housing market and softer consumer spending.
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Shareholders seek prompt trial in Yahoo lawsuit - 11, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Shareholders suing Yahoo Inc's board of directors are seeking a trial before the company's August 1 annual meeting to challenge an employee severance plan they contend is an obstacle to a merger with Microsoft Corp.
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HP aims to transform market with touchy-feely PCs - 11, Jun 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest computer maker, launched a new generation of PCs on Tuesday that respond to users tapping or stroking the screen, potentially bringing user-friendly computing to the masses.
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Greece keen to show 2004 was no fluke - 10, Jun 2008
SALZBURG (Reuters) - Greece will be eager to prove their surprise 2004 triumph was no fluke when they launch their European Championship title defense against Sweden on Tuesday.
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Billy Bob Thornton pursues first love with band - 10, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - He is an acclaimed actor and Oscar winner for writing the movie "Sling Blade" but most of the time Billy Bob Thornton would rather be pursuing his first love: music.
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Relief as China "quake lake" drains at speed - 10, Jun 2008
JIANGYOU, China (Reuters) - China declared victory over an unstable "quake lake" on Tuesday as floodwaters were released downstream, where hundreds of thousands had been under threat of a second crisis following last month's earthquake.
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Griffey goes deep to join 600-homer club - 10, Jun 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Ken Griffey Jr became the sixth major league player to hit 600 career home runs when he went deep in the first inning of the Cincinnati Reds 9-4 win over the Florida Marlins on Monday.
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Ain't It Funky Now: James Brown items for sale - 10, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Fans of James Brown will have a chance to own some of the legendary soul singer's funky stuff when Christie's puts hundreds of items up for sale on July 17.
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Mass protests in South Korea - 10, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's entire cabinet offered to resign on Tuesday in the face of massive street protests, as its increasingly unpopular president warned that Asia's fourth-largest economy could be heading into crisis.
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Florida tomato industry in "complete collapse" - 10, Jun 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida's tomato industry is in "complete collapse" and $40 million worth of tomatoes will rot unless federal regulators quickly trace the source of a salmonella outbreak and clear the state's produce, an industry official said on Tuesda
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Serb court clears Milosevic's son of assault - 10, Jun 2008
BELGRADE (Reuters) - A Serbian court on Tuesday cleared Marko Milosevic, son of the late leader Slobodan Milosevic, of assault charges relating to beatings and threats against political opponents.
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Olmert woes, dwindling time cloud Rice Mideast trip - 10, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice visits the Middle East this weekend facing the reality that political turmoil in Israel and the Bush administration's dwindling time may dash hopes of an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal this y
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Eldest child in Austria incest case wakes from coma - 10, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - The eldest daughter from an incestuous relationship between Austrian Josef Fritzl and his daughter who he kept locked in a cellar for 24 years has been revived from an artificial coma, hospital sources said on Tuesday.
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Guantanamo inmates suffering mental damage: report - 10, Jun 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Over two-thirds of the detainees in the Guantanamo Bay prison are suffering from or at risk of mental problems because they are kept isolated in small cells with little light or fresh air, according to Human Rights Watch.
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EU and U.S. seek to turn up pressure on Iran - 10, Jun 2008
BRDO, Slovenia (Reuters) - The United States and the European Union sought on Tuesday to turn up the pressure on Iran to drop its nuclear enrichment program, saying they were ready to go beyond a latest round of U.N. sanctions.
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McCain, Obama stake out divergent paths on taxes - 10, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama staked out starkly opposing stances on taxes on Tuesday, with McCain promising corporate tax breaks and Obama pledging tax increases for many.
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Fed's Rosengren says higher costs still trickling - 10, Jun 2008
HARWICH, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Rising food and energy costs are still trickling through the economy, complicating the outlook for inflation, Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren said on Tuesday.
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XTO Energy to buy Hunt Petroleum for $4.2 billion - 10, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - XTO Energy Inc said on Tuesday that it would buy crude oil and natural gas producer Hunt Petroleum Corp for $4.19 billion in cash and stock in its second major purchase in two weeks.
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IEA trims world oil demand, cuts supply forecast - 10, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - World oil demand will rise at its slowest pace in six years during 2008 as a raft of fuel subsidy cuts in Asia erodes consumption, the International Energy Agency said on Tuesday.
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Stocks fall on Bernanke warning, techs - 10, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as investors worried that interest rates may be headed back up after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said that the central bank would strongly resist rising inflation.
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Trade gaps widens in April as oil prices surge - 10, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. trade deficit widened more than expected in April as the price of imported oil hit a record, pushing overall imports to an all-time high, a Commerce Department report showed on Tuesday.
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BlackRock's Doll says Fed on hold for now - 10, Jun 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - One of the biggest U.S. money managers said on Tuesday the Federal Reserve was unlikely to raise interest rates despite surging oil prices until the U.S. economy shows more signs of stabilization.
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Telenor bid talk for TeliaSonera intensifies - 10, Jun 2008
OSLO (Reuters) - A TeliaSonera executive fanned speculation of a bid from Norway's Telenor on Tuesday, even though analysts frowned on the idea of a Nordic telecoms merger.
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New iPhone to hit major European markets in July - 10, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Apple Inc's next-generation iPhone with faster Internet access will go on sale across major markets in Europe on July 11 at a range of lower prices, operators said on Tuesday.
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Scientists figure out how rice absorbs arsenic - 10, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Scientists have worked out how crops such as rice absorb arsenic, a finding that could help prevent people from eating dangerous levels of the poisonous metal, they said on Tuesday.
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Drilling caused Indonesian mud volcano - 10, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Drilling of a gas exploration well, and not an earthquake, set off a volcano that has been spewing boiling mud for two years and has displaced more than 50,000 people on the Indonesian island of Java, experts said on Monday.
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Top U.S. networks wrap "upfront" sales on upswing - 10, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The three leading U.S. television networks said on Monday they have concluded the bulk of their prime-time advertising deals for the upcoming 2008-09 season with prices for commercials running unexpectedly higher than last year.
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Shuttle crew wraps up work at space station - 10, Jun 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery astronaut Akihiko Hoshide unfolded the International Space Station's new Japanese-built robotic arm on Monday, although there was nothing around for it to grasp.
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Chuck Berry won't sing for "Johnny" in election - 10, Jun 2008
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Republican candidate John McCain may have used his song in the U.S. presidential campaign, but veteran rock 'n' roller Chuck Berry has no doubt whom he wants to see in the White House next year.
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U.S. Open qualifier Perez in hog heaven at Torrey Pines - 10, Jun 2008
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - This week's U.S. Open at Torrey Pines is as close to perfection as it can get for American qualifier Pat Perez.
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Tribune, Illinois swing and miss on Wrigley sale - 10, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A plan to sell Chicago's Wrigley Field baseball stadium to an Illinois state authority stalled on Monday after Tribune, the ballpark's owner, clashed with the state over how to finance the deal.
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Dutch light up Euro tournament - 10, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - The Netherlands lit up Euro 2008 on Monday with a landmark performance to stun world champions Italy 3-0 while their wonderful fans delivered an example of colorful, noisy but peaceful support.
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Bush on farewell Europe tour seeks to pressure Iran - 10, Jun 2008
LJUBLJANA (Reuters) - President George W. Bush goes into his farewell European summit on Tuesday seeking to work with allies to ratchet up pressure on Iran over its nuclear program but still at odds with them over climate change.
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China quake torrent crashes downstream - 10, Jun 2008
JIANGYOU, China (Reuters) - Muddy lake water from a dangerously unstable "quake lake" rushed through the devastated Chinese town of Beichuan on Tuesday and quickly turned into a torrent, after soldiers used explosives to blow away rubble.
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South Korea girds for protests; cabinet offers to quit - 10, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's entire cabinet offered to resign on Tuesday in the face of massive street protests, as its increasingly unpopular president warned that Asia's fourth-largest economy could be heading into crisis.
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Michelle Obama, Cindy McCain are study in contrast - 10, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Michelle Obama and Cindy McCain share a dislike of rough-edged U.S. politics. Each tried to talk her spouse out of running for the White House.
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Iran warns of "painful" response if Israel attacks - 10, Jun 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar was quoted on Tuesday as warning Israel of a "very painful" response if it launched a military strike over the Islamic Republic's disputed nuclear program.
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Bernanke watchful of inflation risks from energy - 10, Jun 2008
HARWICK, Mass (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Monday signaled the central bank would act to strongly resist rising inflation, as energy costs soar into the stratosphere.
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Lehman raises $6 bln, expects big 2nd-quarter loss - 10, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc on Monday raised $6 billion in capital and projected a worse-than-forecasted quarterly loss, sending its shares swooning to a new five-year low.
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China stocks slide 7.7 pct on monetary tightening - 10, Jun 2008
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China's main stock index tumbled 7.73 percent on Tuesday, its biggest drop since June last year, after the central bank announced a harsher-than-expected tightening of monetary policy to fight inflation.
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U.S. hiring seen weaker in third quarter: Manpower - 10, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A measure of U.S. employment expectations fell to its lowest since the fourth quarter of 2003, suggesting employers are increasingly cautious about hiring over the next three months, according to a quarterly survey by Manpower Inc re
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HP targets wider market with new touchscreen PCs - 10, Jun 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard, the world's biggest computer maker, launched a new generation of touchscreen PCs designed to lift user-friendly computing out of its expensive niche and bring it to a wider market.
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U.S. slowdown to be long, but no recession: survey - 10, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Economists have trimmed forecasts for U.S. growth in the second half of this year and in 2009, but more have come to the view that the United States will dodge a recession, a survey released on Tuesday showed.
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Comedy Central to offer Stewart, Colbert on Hulu - 10, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc's Comedy Central will begin offering full episodes of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and the "Colbert Report" on Hulu.com on Tuesday as part of a test, reversing an earlier position that it would mainly focus on offering
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Chartered cuts Q2 gross profit forecast - 10, Jun 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Chartered Semiconductor Manufacturing warned on Tuesday its second-quarter gross profit would be almost a fifth below its earlier guidance due to higher costs, but kept its net profit forecast thanks to a tax writeback.
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TeliaSonera board member says Telenor interested - 10, Jun 2008
OSLO (Reuters) - Norway's Telenor is interested in buying larger Swedish-Finnish rival TeliaSonera after France Telecom's bid was deemed too low, a member of TeliaSonera's board was quoted as saying.
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Apple takes wraps off "zippy" iPhone - 10, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Monday unveiled a next-generation iPhone with faster Internet access that will run on advanced wireless networks and sell for as low as $199 -- half the current entry-level price.
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Roman-era necropolis for the poor found intact - 10, Jun 2008
ROME (Reuters) - Archaeologists have discovered a nearly 2,000-year-old, intact necropolis on the outskirts of Rome that gives a rare insight into the lives of poor laborers in the Roman era.
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Mars lander struggles to get dirt into onboard lab - 10, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - NASA scientists struggled on Monday to process the soil that the Phoenix Mars Lander scooped from the Red Planet's surface, finding that the Martian dirt was too clumpy to sift into the spacecraft's onboard laboratory.
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Astronaut unfolds space station's new robot arm - 10, Jun 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery astronaut Akihiko Hoshide unfolded the International Space Station's new Japanese-built robotic arm on Monday, although there was nothing around for it to grasp.
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Hewitt coasts and Safin stutters at Queen's - 10, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Four-times former champion Lleyton Hewitt enjoyed a gentle workout in his first match of the grasscourt season on Monday, beating British wildcard Josh Goodall 6-4 6-4 to reach the second round at Queen's Club.
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Euro-Dutch light up tournament on and off pitch - 10, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - The Netherlands lit up Euro 2008 on Monday with a landmark performance to stun world champions Italy 3-0 while their wonderful fans delivered an example of colorful, noisy but peaceful support.
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Detroit goalie Hasek retires - 10, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Detroit goalie Dominik Hasek, known as "The Dominator" over a 16-season National Hockey League career that included six awards as top goaltender and two Stanley Cups, announced his retirement on Monday.
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