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China warns of fresh floods after a million flee - 16, Jun 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has warned that the Yellow River, the nation's second longest and known as the nation's sorrow for its history of tragedy, may suffer serious flooding as the south endures some of its worst storms for decades.
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Oil falls, Saudi pushing output to highest since '81 - 16, Jun 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil fell more than half a percent to near $134 a barrel on Monday as Saudi Arabia prepared to push production to its highest rate in decades, moving to soothe the market ahead of this weekend's crisis meeting over record prices.
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AIG replaces CEO Sullivan amid subprime woes - 16, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The world's biggest insurer, American International Group Inc, replaced CEO Martin Sullivan on Sunday after it suffered two quarters of record losses from risky mortgage bets and its share price more than halved over the past year.
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IBM links with Japan's TOK to develop solar technology - 16, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - IBM has joined forces with semiconductor process company Tokyo Ohka Kogyo (TOK) to develop more efficient solar power technologies to cut the cost of the clean energy source, the companies said on Monday.
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Digital challengers to MP3 format face high hurdles - 16, Jun 2008
DENVER (Billboard) - Much like the Dvorak keyboard, new digital music formats pose a challenge even as they offer solutions.
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"Incredible Hulk" smashes box office - 16, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A bigger, better "Incredible Hulk" crushed the North American weekend box office with a $54.5 million take, according to studio estimates.
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Austria keep hopes up as Swiss say goodbye - 16, Jun 2008
TENERO, Switzerland (Reuters) - Austria talked up their chances of eliminating Germany from Euro 2008 on Sunday, just as fellow co-hosts Switzerland were preparing for their final appearance in the tournament.
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Nadal determined see Federer at Wimbledon - 16, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Just in case he had not rattled Roger Federer enough, Rafael Nadal showed on Sunday that he would continue to stalk the five-times Wimbledon champion for the next three weeks.
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Bush advises UK on Iraq withdrawal - 16, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said British Prime Minister Gordon Brown should only withdraw forces from Iraq based on conditions on the ground and not an arbitrary timetable.
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Iowans fight back against floodwaters - 16, Jun 2008
IOWA CITY, Iowa (Reuters) - Officials moved paintings, books and documents out of harm's way on Sunday as record flooding in parts of the U.S. Midwest partly submerged the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City.
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Japan quake death toll 9, searchers dig through rubble - 16, Jun 2008
KURIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - Rescue workers searched on Sunday for 11 people still missing after a powerful earthquake rocked rural areas of northern Japan, killing at least nine and injuring more than 200.
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Mugabe says ready to hand power to a party faithful - 16, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe was quoted on Sunday as saying he would be willing to hand power to a ruling party ally when he was sure the country was safe from "sellouts" and from British interference.
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Israel travel permits vital for Gaza students: Rice - 16, Jun 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday it was "extremely important" Israel allow three Palestinians to leave the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip to take up prestigious U.S. fellowships.
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Karzai threatens to pursue militants into Pakistan - 16, Jun 2008
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Sunday threatened to send troops into Pakistan to kill Taliban militants if they pursued cross-border attacks into Afghanistan.
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Iran defiant in nuclear row - 16, Jun 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Western powers are warning Iran of more sanctions if it rejects an incentives offer and presses on with sensitive nuclear work, but the Islamic Republic is showing no sign of backing down.
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Obama speaks on fatherhood at church - 16, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Two weeks after breaking with his long-time church after pastors there made inflammatory and anti-American sermons, Democratic White House hopeful Barack Obama went to a new church on Sunday to discuss fatherhood.
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Publicis head sees Web goal reached ahead of target - 16, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Publicis expects to hit its goal of making 25 percent of sales from the Web and the same proportion from emerging markets ahead of its target date of 2010, the French advertising group's chief executive said.
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U.S. airlines seek help to defer China and other services - 16, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. airlines say they cannot afford to fly new routes or maintain all flights to China and other countries that restrict access, but they still want to keep their rights to serve those destinations.
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UBS drawing up house builders placing plan: report - 16, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A group of Britain's biggest institutional investors are working on plans drawn up by bankers at UBS to provide direct funding to shore up the housebuilding sector, the Sunday Telegraph reported.
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Hedge investors hunt for next blockbuster strategy - 16, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Top hedge fund bosses will debate whether an upturn in distressed investing or profitable macro strategies offer 2008's blockbuster trade, just as short subprime was in 2007, when they meet in Monaco this week.
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Biogen favored to win against Icahn in proxy fight - 16, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Shareholders of Biogen Idec Inc will meet shortly to decide whether one of the world's biggest and oldest biotechnology companies should remain independent or be put up for sale by billionaire investor Carl Icahn.
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Advertisers gather in Cannes as tough times loom - 16, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Online advertising will be a key topic when world advertising leaders gather in Cannes on the French Riviera from Sunday as the industry tries to weather tough economic times.
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Scots family embroiled in Narnia Internet dispute - 16, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A Scottish family have become embroiled in an intellectual property dispute with the estate of the author C.S. Lewis after buying a Narnia Internet domain name for their 10-year-old son as a birthday present.
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Celtics aim to be as "desperate" as the Lakers - 15, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Boston Celtics plan to ratchet up their intensity against the Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday despite holding a commanding 3-1 lead in the NBA Finals.
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Gasol vows to be more aggressive against the Celtics - 15, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Pau Gasol vowed to be more aggressive when the Los Angeles Lakers host the Boston Celtics in what could be the deciding game of the NBA Finals on Sunday.
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Woods leads Westwood by one after big finish - 15, Jun 2008
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Tiger Woods produced a brilliant birdie-eagle finish to vault into a one-stroke lead over Briton Lee Westwood after Saturday's U.S. Open third round.
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Des Moines swamped by Midwestern floodwaters - 15, Jun 2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - A levee holding back rising floodwaters broke and swamped Iowa's capital on Saturday as officials across the Midwest reinforced levees, helped displaced residents and cleaned up the mess left by the region's worst flooding i
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Troubled South Korean president faces more strikes - 15, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean car, construction and other unionized workers threaten to halt work this week in anger at the policies of the president, on top of a truckers' strike that has slowed transport in the export-dependent country.
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Search on for missing as Japan quake deaths rise to nine - 15, Jun 2008
KURIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - More than 1,000 rescue workers including troops searched on Sunday for 13 people missing after a powerful earthquake rocked northern Japan, killing at least nine and injuring over 200.
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Bush urges Brown not to set Iraq pullout timetable - 15, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - President George W. Bush urged British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Sunday not to set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
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Concern over detentions in China quake zone: groups - 15, Jun 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Two human rights groups expressed concern on Sunday over the fate of Huang Qi, a Chinese activist who friends fear was detained for offering support to families of children who died in the Sichuan earthquake.
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Israeli settlement building could hurt talks: Rice - 15, Jun 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday Israel's continued settlement building could hurt Israeli-Palestinian peace negotiations.
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More than 15 Taliban killed in Afghan prisoner hunt - 15, Jun 2008
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S-led and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents in a search for hundreds of prisoners, including Taliban, who broke out of jail after comrades blew up the gates, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
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Western powers warn Iran of more sanctions - 15, Jun 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Western powers warned Iran of further sanctions if it rejected an incentives offer and pressed on with sensitive nuclear work, but the Islamic Republic showed no sign of backing down.
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Carly Fiorina woos Clinton supporters for McCain - 15, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain enlisted the high-profile help of Carly Fiorina, once the most powerful businesswoman in the United States, on Saturday to try to get women behind his campaign for the White House.
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Barclays says global credit crisis easing but not over - 15, Jun 2008
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The global subprime crisis has yet to run its course, the chairman of British bank Barclays Plc said on Sunday, amid concerns that big lenders will unveil more credit-related losses in coming weeks.
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Cologne museum to show long Jewish ties to the city - 15, Jun 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - A new Cologne museum will show how Jewish life in the city goes back more than 1,700 years and, civic leaders hope, help revive it decades after the Holocaust.
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Nadal to face Djokovic in Queen's final - 15, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal ended Andy Roddick's bid for a record fifth title at the ATP tournament at Queen's Club by charging into the final with a 7-5 6-4 win on Saturday.
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Holders Greece go out, Spain in last eight - 15, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Greece's Euro 2008 title defense petered out tamely on Saturday when they lost 1-0 to Russia but Spain became the fourth team to qualify for the quarter-finals with a last-gasp 2-1 victory over Sweden.
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Stem cell field grows despite controversy: experts - 15, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Political controversy may have slowed the pace of stem cell science, but the field is still promising enough to attract many talented researchers, stem cell experts said on Saturday.
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North Japan quake kills at least 5, more missing - 15, Jun 2008
KURIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake rocked rural northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least five people, injuring more than 200 and sparking landslides that sliced mountains, destroyed roads and left residents cut off.
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Space shuttle Discovery returns to Earth - 15, Jun 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery landed at its home port on Saturday, wrapping up a mission that gave Japan a permanent toehold in space and setting NASA up for its next flight -- a high-profile servicing call to the Hu
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Afghans hunt for prison escapees - 15, Jun 2008
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan and foreign troops were hunting on Saturday hundreds of prisoners, including militants, who escaped the main prison in southern Kandahar city after a raid by Taliban insurgents, the government said.
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Iowa's capital swamped by Midwestern floodwaters - 15, Jun 2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - A levee holding back rising floodwaters broke and swamped Iowa's capital on Saturday as officials across the Midwest reinforced levees, helped displaced residents and cleaned up the mess left by the region's worst flooding i
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Bush, Sarkozy seek united front against Iran - 15, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush and French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned on Saturday that a nuclear-armed Iran would pose a threat to peace, as they sought to end tension over Iraq and forge a common front against Iran.
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G8 frets over commodity shock - 15, Jun 2008
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - The world's richest nations warned on Saturday soaring commodity prices may slice into economic growth, but shrank from offering any plan to calm markets or quell protests over the cost of fuel and food.
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Space shuttle Discovery heads for landing in Florida - 14, Jun 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The U.S. space shuttle Discovery was poised for a supersonic glide back to Earth on Saturday, two weeks after blasting off on a mission to give Japan a permanent toehold in space.
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Judas Priest unveils "Nostradamus" concept album - 14, Jun 2008
LONDON (Billboard) - "Everybody," Judas Priest vocalist Rob Halford says, "is eager to grab the full metal opera."
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Post-Oscar, Three 6 Mafia stays true to roots - 14, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - What do you do after becoming the
first African-American rap group to win an Academy Award for
best song? If you're Three 6 Mafia, you stay focused on what
brought you to the game in the first place: music.
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Q&A: Neil Young hopes documentary will spur debate - 14, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - In the spring of 2006, rock singer-songwriter Neil Young was just a year removed from a near-fatal aneurysm when he became so enraged with the war in Iraq that he quickly wrote, recorded and released the protest album "Living With W
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Michael Jackson in talks on possible Las Vegas act - 14, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Michael Jackson may relaunch his career as a Las Vegas act, thanks to the private equity group that recently bought the loan on his Neverland Ranch in California to help the pop star avert foreclosure.
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Jackson urges Lakers to fight on after squandering lead - 14, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Los Angeles Lakers coach Phil Jackson urged his team on Friday to fight back after squandering a 24-point lead and losing 97-91 to the Boston Celtics in the NBA finals on Thursday.
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Appleby takes lead, Woods one shot back - 14, Jun 2008
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Stuart Appleby rolled in a 40-foot birdie putt at the last to seize the second round lead at the U.S. Open on Friday, while Tiger Woods enjoyed a closing birdie binge to end the day a shot adrift at Torrey Pines.
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Yankees' Chamberlain impresses in first road start - 14, Jun 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Promising prospect Joba Chamberlain delivered a solid performance from the mound in his first major league road start on Friday, helping the New York Yankees to a 2-1 win over the Houston Astros.
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Pakistan's Sharif stirs call for Musharraf to be hanged - 14, Jun 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan's former prime minister Nawaz Sharif stepped up his attack on President Pervez Musharraf on Saturday, suggesting he could be hanged while addressing thousands of protesters outside the presidency.
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Northern Japan quake kills at least three - 14, Jun 2008
KURIHARA, Japan (Reuters) - A powerful earthquake struck rural northern Japan on Saturday, killing at least three people, injuring more than 100 and sparking landslides, officials and media said.
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Troops hunt for Afghan prison escapees - 14, Jun 2008
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Afghan and foreign troops were hunting on Saturday hundreds of prisoners, including militants, who escaped the main prison in southern Kandahar city after a raid by Taliban insurgents, the government said.
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Major powers offer Iran deal to end nuclear row - 14, Jun 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Top EU diplomat Javier Solana handed Iran a major powers' offer of trade and other benefits on Saturday to coax it into suspending sensitive nuclear work, but Tehran ruled out any halt of its uranium enrichment.
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Republic Services makes $6.8 bln bid for Allied Waste - 14, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Trash company Republic Services Inc is in talks to buy competitor Allied Waste Industries Inc in an all-stock deal worth about $6.77 billion, the companies said on Friday.
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Probe deepens in missing hedge fund manager - 14, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities were trying to determine on Friday whether a fugitive financier who was thought to have faked his suicide will have enough money to sustain life on the run.
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G8 frets over commodity prices - 14, Jun 2008
OSAKA, Japan (Reuters) - Finance ministers from the world's richest nations warned on Saturday surging commodity prices threatened economic growth, but shrank from any talk of new controls on volatile oil and currency markets.
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Gas prices top consumer worry, economists say - 14, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Between chewing sauce-slathered ribs and corn on the cob, the neighbors and relatives of Wall Street's top prognosticators had one thing on their mind this past Memorial Day: gasoline prices.
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Microsoft offered $9 bln for Yahoo stake, search deal - 14, Jun 2008
SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When Yahoo Inc turned down the latest offer from Microsoft Corp this week, it walked away from $9 billion in cash and $1 billion a year in additional operating profit, Microsoft said on Friday.
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Bishops condemn stem cell research - 14, Jun 2008
ORLANDO, Florida (Reuters) - Catholic bishops on Friday condemned the destruction of human embryos for stem cell research as a "gravely immoral act" in the organization's first formal statement on the issue.
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China to award blood donors "medals for life", says WHO - 14, Jun 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - China has improved the safety of its blood supply by drawing in more volunteer donors, some of whom will be awarded Olympics-inspired "medals for life," the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Friday.
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NASA clears space shuttle Discovery for landing - 14, Jun 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA on Friday cleared space shuttle Discovery for a landing attempt on Saturday after determining that a piece of floating debris and an apparent bump on its tail would not pose problems during re-entry into Earth's at
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Affordable Art Fair cashes in on economic gloom - 14, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lauren Albert couldn't resist the floppy-eared clay dog sculpture sitting on a pedestal, and the best thing about it was the price -- just $528, which makes it cheap even at a show called the Affordable Art Fair.
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Just a Minute With: Peter Gabriel - 14, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Grammy-winning musician Peter Gabriel believes the Internet has drowned users with too much choice, failed to democratize the pop industry as much as was hoped and eroded the quality of what people listen to.
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Greece ready to reignite challenge - 14, Jun 2008
SALZBURG (Reuters) - Greece have had enough time to digest their opening Euro 2008 defeat and are ready to go flat out for victory against Russia on Saturday, said coach Otto Rehhagel.
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R. Kelly acquitted of child porn charges - 14, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A jury acquitted R&B star R. Kelly of child pornography charges on Friday, finding he did not make an explicit videotape showing him having sex with an underage girl who called him "godfather."
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Tommy Lee, Pamela Anderson rekindle romance - 14, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The on-again, off-again love affair between Motley Crue drummer Tommy Lee and his ex-wife, actress Pamela Anderson, is back on again, according to Lee.
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Senators name Hartsburg as new head coach - 14, Jun 2008
OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Ottawa Senators appointed Craig Hartsburg as head coach on Friday and he immediately promised to crack down on an under-performing team that was swept out of the first round of the playoffs last season.
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Nadal wins tiebreak shootout against Karlovic - 14, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal reached the semi-finals of the Queen's Club ATP tournament for the first time on Friday, absorbing a barrage of lethal serving from giant Croat Ivo Karlovic to post a 6-7 7-6 7-6 victory.
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Deadly Dutch turn on style to thump France - 14, Jun 2008
BERNE (Reuters) - The dazzling Dutch qualified for the quarter-finals of Euro 2008 with a 4-1 destruction of France that left the World Cup runners-up hovering over the tournament trapdoor on Friday.
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Door opens for Woods and Mickelson - 14, Jun 2008
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Leading U.S. Open contenders failed to take advantage of softer morning conditions in the second round on Friday to leave the door open for Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson at Torrey Pines.
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Italian, French hopes hanging by a thread - 14, Jun 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - World Cup winners Italy and runners-up France were in danger of tumbling out of Euro 2008 at the group stage after the Italians were held 1-1 by Romania and a superb Netherlands humbled the French 4-1 on Friday.
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Zimbabwe's Mugabe says war vets ready to fight - 14, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's President Robert Mugabe said on Friday liberation war veterans would take up arms if he loses a June 27 presidential run-off vote.
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U.S. general questions Pakistan plan for militants - 14, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. general who recently handed over command of NATO troops in Afghanistan cast doubt on Friday on the ability of Pakistan's Frontier Corps paramilitary force to combat Islamist militants.
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Ireland rejects treaty in blow for EU - 14, Jun 2008
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish voters rejected a treaty on Friday to overhaul the European Union's unwieldy institutions, putting the entire bloc's reform plan in peril and humiliating Ireland's political leaders.
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Obama, McCain squabble over town hall faceoffs - 14, Jun 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - Barack Obama and John McCain, rivals for the White House, squabbled on Friday over terms for a series of face-to-face town hall meetings and each side blamed the other for an inability to reach an accord.
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Prisoners escape Afghan prison after Taliban attack - 14, Jun 2008
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents blew open the gate of a main prison in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday, allowing hundreds of prisoners including suspected militants to escape, officials said.
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TV newsman Tim Russert dies of heart attack - 14, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tim Russert, a leading U.S. political correspondent and host of the NBC television network's long-running "Meet the Press" talk show, died on Friday of a heart attack, the network said. He was 58.
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Iowa flood evacuations rise, losses seen in billions - 14, Jun 2008
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (Reuters) - Overflowing rivers in Iowa and other Midwest states forced evacuations and disrupted the region's economy on Friday with fears of worse to come from fragile levees and more rain.
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Oil drops on report Saudi mulling output hike - 14, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Friday on a report that Saudi Arabia may increase production to stem crude's record rally to peaks near $140 a barrel.
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Ford briefs UAW on buyouts, business environment - 14, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co laid out plans for further hourly job cuts in a meeting between executives and the United Auto Workers union on Friday as the automaker reduces production of slow-selling trucks.
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Greenspan sees Fed getting tough on inflation - 14, Jun 2008
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Friday the Fed will have to tighten monetary policy to put a brake on inflation, adding that the worst of the credit crisis may have passed.
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Wachovia shares fall to lowest since 1992 - 14, Jun 2008
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Wachovia Corp shares fell as much as 10.2 percent to their lowest level since 1992 on concern the fourth-largest U.S. bank might cut its dividend a second time, and after another mortgage lender with heavy exposure to California rep
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Stocks rally as tame CPI calms inflation fear - 14, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks closed higher on Friday, helped by a government report that showed underlying price pressures rose moderately in May, easing fears that inflation would force a near-term rise in interest rates.
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Samsung seeking growth on Nokia's turf - 14, Jun 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - The world's No. 2 cellphone maker Samsung is seeking to grow in Finland, the home of top player Nokia, with touch-screen phones, the company said on Friday.
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Inflation up sharply on gasoline - 14, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Soaring gasoline prices helped drive up U.S. consumer prices in May at the fastest rate in six months, the government said on Friday, but core prices remained tame, easing inflation fears in financial markets.
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Time Warner scraps Weather Channel bid - 14, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Media conglomerate Time Warner Inc withdrew its bid to buy the Weather Channel after refusing to raise its offer, a source familiar with the negotiations told Reuters on Friday, leaving as the remaining bidder an investor group that i
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Potential strike already affecting film biz - 13, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - As the clock ticks ever closer to the June 30 end of the Screen Actors Guild's contract, the industry is nervously contemplating the possibility of yet another strike -- even as it admits that, at least in terms of film
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Coldplay album selling fast, music to EMI's ears - 13, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Coldplay sold 125,000 copies of its new album on the first day of release in Britain, a solid tally industry experts say should be music to the band's ears and those of its ailing record label EMI.
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Police praise peaceful party vibe in Klagenfurt - 13, Jun 2008
KLAGENFURT (Reuters) - Authorities in Euro 2008 host city Klagenfurt said up to 100,000 fans descended on the city on Thursday, mainly from Croatia and Germany, creating a good-natured party atmosphere with only minor incidents.
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Chastened Germany determined to correct mistakes - 13, Jun 2008
TENERO, Switzerland (Reuters) - Germany's 2-1 defeat by Croatia was a chastening experience but coach Joachim Loew said he was confident his team could correct their mistakes in time for a decisive Euro 2008 Group B finale against Austria.
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Ovechkin caps dazzling season with MVP award - 13, Jun 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - Washington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin capped a dazzling season by winning the Hart Trophy as the National Hockey League's most valuable player on Thursday to complete an unprecedented sweep of awards.
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Bryant struggles to come to terms with Lakers collapse - 13, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant did not mince his words in describing how the Los Angeles Lakers blew a 20-point second-half lead and lost to the Boston Celtics 97-91 in Game Four of the NBA Finals on Thursday.
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Pakistani tribes reach for guns after U.S. attack - 13, Jun 2008
GHALANAI, Pakistan (Reuters) - Fiercely independent tribesmen, angered by a U.S. air strike that killed 11 Pakistani soldiers this week, vowed to raise a militia to help Pakistan's army defend the border with Afghanistan.
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NATO seeks to replace Marine Afghan mission - 13, Jun 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - NATO allies have yet to come up with replacements for a key deployment of some 3,000 U.S. Marines due to leave Afghanistan later this year, alliance officials said after talks on Friday.
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Big powers reach out to Iran - 13, Jun 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - World powers will on Saturday promise Iran economic benefits if it halts sensitive nuclear work, but there is little sign of any breakthrough soon in a dispute that has helped send oil prices to record highs.
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