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Wiegele heads home charge to share Austrian Open lead - 06, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Martin Wiegele led the charge for a third home win in five years at the Austrian Open on Friday when he took a share of the early first round lead with Sweden's Pelle Edberg.
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Fukudome's hit lifts Cubs past Dodgers 5-4 - 06, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kosuke Fukudome came through with an RBI single in the top of the ninth inning to lead the Chicago Cubs to a 5-4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday.
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Farewells, little else await Bush in Europe - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - When President George W. Bush makes his final tour of European capitals next week, he can expect a less-than-fond farewell on a continent where leaders are already looking past him to his successor.
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India wobbles on fuel hikes after anger, Malaysia firm - 06, Jun 2008
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Protests and strikes over fuel price rises spread across India on Friday despite moves to take the sting out of the hikes, while anger fizzled out in Malaysia as the government stood firm after larger increases.
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Israel to attack Iran unless enrichment stops: minister - 06, Jun 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites looks "unavoidable" given the apparent failure of sanctions to deny Tehran technology with bomb-making potential, one of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's deputies said on Friday.
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Police detain Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai again - 06, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean police detained opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai on Friday for the second time this week after blocking him from reaching a campaign rally for the June 27 presidential run-off vote.
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Fed's Kroszner: Parts of mortgage market stalled - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Strains in financial markets have eased somewhat but securitizations of non-agency mortgage products remain stalled and will recover only gradually, Federal Reserve Governor Randall Kroszner said on Friday.
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Companies at risk of downgrade hits record: S&P - 06, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The number of companies around the world at risk of getting a credit downgrade climbed to a record in May amid the global credit squeeze, ratings agency Standard & Poor's said on Friday.
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AIG faces probe on mortgage contracts: report - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. securities regulators are investigating whether American International Group Inc overstated the value of contracts linked to subprime mortgages, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
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Oil leaps $6 as dollar weakens - 06, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil soared by more than $6 a barrel to over $134 on Friday, bringing gains in the last two days to $12 as the dollar weakened further on a jump in the jobless rate in the United States.
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Jobless rate hits 3-1/2-year high in May - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate jumped by the most in 22 years in May, reaching its highest level in more than 3-1/2 years and underscoring the recessionary risk the economy still faces.
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Ninjas, Legos a good summer start for gamers - 06, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The start of summer is often bittersweet for gamers: there is lots of free time to play, but typically few new releases to fill the long days.
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Mountains could have growth spurts: researchers - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Andes Mountains may have growth spurts, doubling their height in as little as 2 million to 4 million years, U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
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Celebrities mourn Saint Laurent at Paris funeral - 06, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - France said farewell to fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent at a funeral on Thursday attended by supermodels, film stars and President Nicolas Sarkozy.
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"Kung Fu Panda" and "Zohan" face off at box office - 06, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A couple of film characters adept at martial arts and anatomy-defying leg splits face off at movie theaters this weekend.
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Moroccan athletics searches soul after Guerrouj - 06, Jun 2008
IFRANE, Morocco, May xx (Reuters) - They tried for almost a decade but no one has run a mile faster than Hicham El Guerrouj.
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Big Brown has a fan in Secretariat owner - 06, Jun 2008
DENVER (Reuters) - There is no shortage of horse racing fans who believe Big Brown will win the Triple Crown, but Penny Chenery's opinion carries more weight than most.
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Gypsy Saunders on the road to boxing fame - 06, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Billy Joe Saunders, an 18-year-old Romany living on a travelers' site on the outskirts of London, looks set to become the face of British amateur boxing in Beijing.
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Heat no problem for Big Brown, says trainer - 06, Jun 2008
ELMONT, NEW YORK (Reuters) - Big Brown's quest to become the first Triple Crown winner in three decades will not be affected by the stifling heat predicted for Saturday's Belmont Stakes, the colt's trainer said Thursday.
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Child's cancer care brought gymnast to Germany - 06, Jun 2008
COLOGNE, Germany (Reuters) - It is hard not to feel a lump in your throat when listening to Oxana Chusovitina tell the heart-breaking story of how she ended up in Germany.
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Pierce dramatic return lifts Celtics - 06, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Paul Pierce gave Boston a scare when he left Game One of the NBA final with an injured knee on Thursday, but his return sparked the Celtics to a 98-88 win over the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Lander returns close-up pictures of Martian dust - 06, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Phoenix lander has returned the highest-resolution pictures ever taken of dust and sand on the surface of another planet as it prepares for its primary mission of searching for signs of life on Mars, NASA scientists said on Thu
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China ready to ease pressure on dangerous quake lake - 06, Jun 2008
CHENGDU (Reuters) - China readied on Friday to ease pressure on a swollen "quake lake" threatening hundreds of thousands of people downstream in the southwestern province of Sichuan as the water level quickly rises toward a man-made sluice.
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Pierce, Garnett lead Celtics past Lakers - 06, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Celtics rolled to a 98-88 win over the Los Angeles Lakers to win Game One of the NBA finals on Thursday, opening another chapter in professional basketball's most storied rivalry.
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Obama meets Clinton in private - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Likely U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama met privately with former rival Hillary Clinton on Thursday as the party sought to unite for the general election campaign after a long nomination battle.
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Japan financials' subprime losses $8 bln: regulator - 06, Jun 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Losses from investments tied to the U.S. subprime-mortgage market cost Japanese financial firms about $8 billion as of the end of March, Japan's financial regulator said on Friday, up 42 percent from December.
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Oil extends gains by another dollar towards $129 - 06, Jun 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil rose by more than $1.00 towards $129 a barrel on Friday, extending gains after its biggest ever one-day rise in the previous session as the U.S. dollar weakened on signals the European Central Bank may raise interest rates this y
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UBS may reveal U.S. clients' names in probe: report - 06, Jun 2008
(Reuters) - UBS AG is considering whether to reveal the names of up to 20,000 wealthy American clients as federal authorities intensify an investigation into offshore bank accounts, the New York Times said on Friday, citing people close to the inquiry.
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Trichet sends euro debt lower, U.S. jobs eyed - 06, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Repercussions from the European Central Bank saying it could raise interest rates swept across markets on Friday, hammering short-tern euro zone debt, while investors also faced the key monthly U.S. jobs report.
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Stock index futures little changed, payrolls awaited - 06, Jun 2008
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - U.S. stock market index futures were little changed before the start of Wall Street trading on Friday with the focus on May unemployment data due at 1230 GMT.
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FCC delays consideration of free Internet plan - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The top U.S. communications regulator on Thursday postponed consideration of a plan to auction a piece of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet service without pornography.
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Intel-AMD trial delayed to 2010 in US court - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The trial date in a long-running legal battle between chip giant Intel Corp and smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc was delayed until 2010, both companies said on Thursday.
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"Grand Theft Auto" boosts Take-Two profit - 06, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc raised its profit forecasts and posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Thursday, citing the success of its criminal action video game "Grand Theft Auto 4."
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Yahoo delivers search toolbar via software packager - 06, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc has inked a deal to expand distribution of its Web search services on personal computers via a pact with software packaging firm Acresso Software, the companies said on Thursday.
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Astronauts outfit Japan's new space lab - 06, Jun 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Astronauts manhandled refrigerator-sized but weightless racks into Japan's new Kibo research laboratory on Thursday while two crewmates ducked outside the International Space Station to bolt on cameras and other gear.
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Lil Wayne fends off Coldplay on singles chart - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - With his long-delayed new album due
out next week, rapper Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" began a fourth
week at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot 100 singles chart Thursday.
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Hollywood sees cracks in gay "glass closet" - 06, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's "glass closet" may not be shattered, but with stars such as Ellen DeGeneres and T.R. Knight openly out and shows like "The L Word" proving popular in recent years, insiders say being gay or lesbian is no longer a career
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Triple Crown win may be good for fans, bad for stocks - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock market bulls can be forgiven if they bet hard against Big Brown this Saturday in the fleet-hoofed colt's bid to snatch horse racing's first Triple Crown in three decades.
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Major Beijing drug cheats will miss next Games, say IOC - 06, Jun 2008
ATHENS (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee said on Thursday that serious doping offenders at the Beijing Olympics would be banned from the next Games.
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Kane, Bastel in early LPGA lead, Sorenstam and Pak in touch - 06, Jun 2008
HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland (Reuters) - Unheralded American Emily Bastel and 43-year-old Canadian Lorie Kane took best advantage of soft conditions on Thursday to share the early first-round lead at the LPGA Championship.
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America's Cup rules in hands of NY appeals court - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The terms of the next America's Cup were again in the hands of a U.S. court on Thursday after lawyers for holders Alinghi and challenger BMW Oracle sparred over how, when and where the prestigious race should be held.
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Ivanovic hangs tough to set up Safina date - 06, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - For once, Dinara Safina chose not to use up one of her 'many lives' on Thursday and swept into a French Open final against the new queen of women's tennis.
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U.S. downs SCUD-like target missile in test - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military said it shot down an incoming SCUD-like missile in its last seconds of flight Thursday in a successful test off Hawaii, a step the contractors said reflected their hardware's versatility.
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U.S. attorney general revising FBI probe guidelines - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey said on Thursday that he is working to revise the guidelines for FBI investigations as the bureau seeks to transform itself into an intelligence-gathering agency that seeks to prevent terrorist
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Summit vows to tackle hunger after Latam protest - 06, Jun 2008
ROME (Reuters) - A U.N. food summit promised on Thursday to relieve hunger threatening one billion people, but anti-poverty campaigners said rich countries needed to commit to long-term action to boost food output and free up trade.
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Air Force leadership fired over nuclear issue - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired the Air Force's top two officials on Thursday after mistakes involving their most sensitive mission -- the safety and security of America's nuclear weapons.
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Zimbabwe suspends aid groups, detains diplomats - 06, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe indefinitely suspended all work by aid groups on Thursday and police held a group of U.S. and British diplomats for several hours after they visited victims of political violence ahead of a presidential vote.
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Bush misused Iraq intelligence: Senate report - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and his top policymakers misstated Saddam Hussein's links to terrorism and ignored doubts among intelligence agencies about Iraq's arms programs as they made a case for war, the Senate intelligence committee
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Obama attacks McCain on health care - 06, Jun 2008
BRISTOL, Virginia (Reuters) - Barack Obama enjoyed his first campaign swing as the likely Democratic presidential nominee on Thursday, visiting the election battleground of Virginia to mock Republican foe John McCain's health care proposals.
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Accused 9-11 mastermind welcomes death penalty - 06, Jun 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The accused al Qaeda mastermind of the September 11 attacks stood in a U.S. military court on Thursday, sang a chant of praise to Allah and said he would welcome the death penalty.
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Anheuser investors say $65/share would be fair bid - 06, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - A bid by Belgium's InBev NV for Anheuser-Busch Cos at $65 a share would be reasonable, and a takeover would boost the Budweiser beer maker's sluggish growth, Anheuser shareholders told Reuters.
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Ford to cut white-collar expenses by 15 percent - 06, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co said on Thursday it will cut expenses for its white-collar work force by 15 percent over the next two months through job cuts, attrition and other actions.
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New York sets rating agency fee reforms - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The three top credit rating agencies struck a pact with New York's attorney general on Thursday to change the way they charge fees for reviewing mortgage-backed securities, the latest development in a probe into the U.S. home loan ind
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Oil posts record $6 gain on weak U.S. dollar - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil surged $6 to over $128 a barrel on Thursday in the largest outright gain on record as signals the European Central Bank may raise interest rates this year pushed down the U.S. dollar.
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Fed officials split on Fed's role as market savior - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policymakers continue to debate the extent of the central bank's role as a safety valve for battered financial markets and troubled banks, according to comments by Fed officials on Thursday.
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Broadcom ex-CEO indicted over drug parties, options - 06, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The former head of Broadcom Corp took cocaine and spiked customers' drinks with ecstasy while also directing a stock-options backdating conspiracy that cost the company $2.2 billion, federal criminal indictments released on Thursda
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Retailers, oil companies fuel market rally - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose the most in more than a month on Thursday after Wal-Mart and other retailers posted stronger-than-expected May sales and data showed a surprising fall in weekly jobless claims, spurring optimism about the economy's he
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Retired U.S. justice O'Connor unveils video game - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism that judges are "godless" activists.
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Digital era examined at Edinburgh Fringe festival - 06, Jun 2008
EDINBURGH (Reuters) - The bright and dark sides of the digital era will be explored at this year's Edinburgh Fringe, the anarchic sideshow to the world's largest annual celebration of the arts in the Scottish capital.
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Intel-AMD trial date moved to Feb 2010 in U.S. court - 06, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The trial date in the long-running legal battle between chip giant Intel Corp and smaller rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc was pushed back to February 2010, an AMD spokesman said on Thursday.
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Ninjas and Legos a good summer start for gamers - 06, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The start of summer is often bittersweet for gamers: there is lots of free time to play, but typically few new releases to fill the long days.
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Lost cameras "phone home" to catch thieves - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alison DeLauzon thought the snapshots and home videos of her infant son were gone for good when she lost her digital camera while on vacation in Florida.
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Verizon Wireless to buy Alltel in $28.1 billion deal - 06, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Thursday it would buy rural mobile phone service provider Alltel Corp for $28.1 billion, including debt, which would vault it to first place in the U.S. market ahead of AT&T Inc.
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Headless pyramid attributed to early Egyptian ruler - 05, Jun 2008
SAKKARA, Egypt (Reuters) - Egypt's chief archaeologist said on Thursday he had identified a badly eroded pyramid south of Cairo as that of the Fifth Dynasty Pharaoh Menkauhor, who ruled Egypt in the 24th century BC.
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Bollywood's first family star in "Enron" drama - 05, Jun 2008
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - A new Bollywood film on a shrewd businesswoman's plan to build a power plant caught up in development politics is drawing comparisons with the controversy behind the failed Indian project of U.S. utilities giant Enron.
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China's Wen flies over "critical" quake lake - 05, Jun 2008
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao made his third trip to the earthquake zone on Thursday to inspect a swelling "quake lake" as China looked to the future, planning reconstruction of schools, homes and hospitals reduced to rubble.
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Djokovic ready to test Nadal's credentials - 05, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - With a reputation of being the practical joker on tour, Novak Djokovic will be hoping he has the last laugh when he faces three-times champion Rafael Nadal in the French Open semi-finals on Friday.
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China better on toy safety but can do more: report - 05, Jun 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - China has taken steps to tackle toy safety concerns after a string of recalls last year, but authorities should tighten supervision of the sector further, an independent report commissioned by the EU concluded on Thursday.
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World Environment Day calls for end to CO2 addiction - 05, Jun 2008
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick the habit of producing carbon dioxide, saying everyone must act to fight climate change.
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Political rows threaten food summit success - 05, Jun 2008
ROME (Reuters) - A U.N. global food crisis summit risked embarrassing failure to reach any formal agreement on combating hunger threatening a billion people worldwide.
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Accused 9-11 plotters face Guantanamo judge - 05, Jun 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - The accused al Qaeda mastermind who said he planned the September 11 attacks "from A to Z" appeared in a U.S. military court for the first time on Thursday with four accused co-conspirators in a Guantanamo
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Moody's has pact with NY AG on ratings practices - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Moody's Corp's Moody's Investors Service and other rating agencies have signed an agreement with New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo addressing rating practices, including fees, Moody's Chairman Ray McDaniel said on Thursday.
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Icahn challenges Biogen on effort to sell itself - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Investor Carl Icahn is disputing statements by Biogen Idec over the biotechnology company's efforts to sell itself last year, stepping up pressure in a proxy fight that will come to a head later this month.
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Weekly jobless claims unexpectedly fall - 05, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits fell unexpectedly last week to the lowest level since mid-April, a government report said Thursday, raising optimism that the sluggish economy may skirt a recession.
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May retail sales largely beat expectations - 05, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Many U.S. retailers reported better-than-expected May sales on Thursday, with discounters and dollar stores attracting customers looking to save money in the weak economy, but department stores continued to struggle.
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Continental Airlines cuts jobs, retires planes - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Continental Airlines Inc said on Thursday it would cut 3,000 jobs, or about 6.5 percent of its work force, and retire 67 older planes as it scales down in the face of soaring fuel prices.
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Smaller, cheaper laptops take trade fair by storm - 05, Jun 2008
TAIPEI (Reuters) - When 17-year old Yuna Hua bought a new notebook computer for school, she chose a smaller, lighter and cheaper one to replace her bulky and expensive laptop.
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Google in deal with NASA for more space - 05, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google has struck a deal to expand its office space by 50 percent by leasing land on a former naval air base turned space research center near its Silicon Valley headquarters.
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Mercury teeth fillings may harm some: FDA - 05, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Silver-colored metal dental fillings contain mercury that may cause health problems in pregnant women, children and fetuses, the Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday after settling a related lawsuit.
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Astronauts float into Japan's space lab - 05, Jun 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Japan's space lab is now open for business, science -- and art.
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Dennis Farina hit with weapons charges - 05, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Officials on Wednesday charged actor Dennis Farina with three counts of carrying a loaded weapon stemming from his May arrest when the former cop was stopped by airport security on his way to board a plane.
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Suzann Pettersen poised for LPGA Championship defence - 05, Jun 2008
HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland (Reuters) - Holder Suzann Pettersen has toiled behind Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam this season but said she will get down to business again at this week's LPGA Championship.
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Garko guides Indians to win over Rangers - 05, Jun 2008
ARLINGTON, Texas (Reuters) - Ryan Garko drove in six runs to guide the Cleveland Indians to a 15-9 victory over the Texas Rangers on Wednesday.
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Switzerland get three week party underway - 05, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Switzerland will get a rare chance to grab the limelight when the joint hosts and rank outsiders face Czech Republic in Saturday's Euro 2008 opener.
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Red Wings fight off Penguins to claim Stanley Cup - 05, Jun 2008
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings clinched the Stanley Cup with a nail-biting 3-2 Game Six win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Wednesday.
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One-time Obama fundraiser guilty in corruption trial - 05, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A day after Barack Obama claimed the Democratic party's presidential nomination, his one-time fundraiser was found guilty of corruption on Wednesday, a development the Republican party said raises serious concerns about his fitness for
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Calif. county votes to ban marijuana cultivation - 05, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Mendocino County's reputation as a marijuana haven of California may be going up in smoke.
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World's hungry look for hope from food summit - 05, Jun 2008
ROME (Reuters) - African countries and anti-poverty campaigners looked to the outcome of a food crisis summit on Thursday for a signal the world will start to produce solutions to stop millions more people falling into hunger.
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9/11 families excluded from Guantanamo hearing - 05, Jun 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - As the Guantanamo war crimes court prepared to arraign five prisoners on death penalty charges of orchestrating the September 11 attacks, a Pentagon official apologized on Wednesday for excluding victims' f
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Myanmar arrests activist as U.S. aid ships leave - 05, Jun 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar has detained a top activist comedian involved in a private aid effort for cyclone victims, a relative said, as U.S. warships sailed away on Thursday after the military junta refused to accept their aid offer.
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Marine acquitted in Haditha deaths - 05, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. Marine officer was acquitted by a military jury on Wednesday on charges he tried to cover up the shooting deaths of two dozen unarmed Iraqi men, women and children at Haditha in 2005.
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Clinton promises to "strongly support" Obama - 05, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton will declare her strong support for Barack Obama's White House bid and rally supporters around him, she said in a letter on Thursday, drawing the curtain on a grueling 16-month nominating fight that badly split the D
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World Environment Day calls for end to carbon addiction - 05, Jun 2008
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - The United Nations urged the world on Thursday to kick an all-consuming addiction to carbon dioxide and said everyone must take steps to fight climate change.
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As layoffs bite Wall St, New York real estate hit - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - While most of the United States has suffered a housing slump over the past two years, home prices in New York's Manhattan have been largely unscathed, propped up by demand from Wall Street bankers and the island's limited housing supp
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South Korea says Intel abused dominant position - 05, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean regulators said on Thursday
Intel Corp had abused its dominant position in the
local market and ordered the world's top semiconductor maker to
pay a fine of about $26 million.
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News Corp says HarperCollins CEO resigning - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide
Chief Executive Jane Friedman is resigning, parent company News
Corp said on Wednesday, making her the second book publishing
executive to quit in recent weeks as financial pressures weigh
on the
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Corp. Express to open books for Staples bid: paper - 05, Jun 2008
AMSTERDAM/PARIS (Reuters) - Corporate Express will open its books to unsolicited bidder Staples , a Dutch newspaper reported on Wednesday, but the U.S. office supplies company said it had yet to see any figures.
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Stocks, oil fall as Asia raises fuel prices - 05, Jun 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Oil prices fell below $122 a barrel on Thursday, down for a third day as the U.S. dollar climbed and fears over demand grew after India and Malaysia raised fuel prices, weighing on resource-related shares.
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Retired justice O'Connor unveils video game - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - America's first female Supreme Court justice unveiled a videogame project on Wednesday to teach children how courts work, saying she wanted to counter partisan criticism that judges are "godless" activists.
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Yahoo talks to Microsoft, trades barbs with Icahn - 05, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc said on Wednesday that deal talks are ongoing with Microsoft Corp as the company resisted an attack by billionaire critic Carl Icahn, who called its recent actions "deceitful."
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