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Lagat in student mode for Beijing preparations - 04, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - As Bernard Lagat pounds the familiar back roads near his home in Tucson, Arizona, on another day of intense training, he suddenly hears a faint warning voice behind him.
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Sacrifices but no medals for athletes' families - 04, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - They put in years of hard work and sacrifice even though they will not be the ones winning Olympic medals.
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Celtics and Lakers square off in league's top rivalry - 04, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers will square off in the NBA finals for a record 11th time this week, evoking either glorious or painful memories for generations of basketball fans.
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Dreams still alive for Red Wings and Penguins - 04, Jun 2008
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings insisted on Tuesday they lost little sleep after their Stanley Cup dreams came up 35 seconds short before a gut-wrenching triple overtime 4-3 defeat by the Pittsburgh Penguins.
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Ochoa sets sights on third major in a row and grand slam - 04, Jun 2008
HAVRE DE GRACE, Maryland (Reuters) - World number one Lorena Ochoa returned from an emotional visit home to Mexico ready to resume her quest for an unprecedented grand slam in women's golf at this week's LPGA Championship.
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China quake parents unbowed in pressing complaints - 04, Jun 2008
JUYUAN, China (Reuters) - Grieving Chinese parents said on Wednesday they will press forward with protests against officials they blame for schools that toppled in a devastating earthquake a day after police sought to silence complaints.
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Food summit draws up plan to "eliminate hunger" - 04, Jun 2008
ROME (Reuters) - A U.N. global food crisis summit will draw up an emergency plan on Wednesday to mobilize aid, reduce trade barriers and invest in farming in poor countries to stop the spread of hunger threatening nearly one billion people.
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Olmert talks tough on Iran's nuclear program - 04, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Tuesday Iran's nuclear program must be stopped by "all possible means" and Tehran must be made to see it would suffer devastating repercussions if it pursued atomic weapons.
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McCain blasts Obama, breaks with Bush on energy - 04, Jun 2008
KENNER, Louisiana (Reuters) - Republican John McCain launched his November election campaign for the White House on Tuesday with a searing attack on Democratic rival Barack Obama and a pledge to break with the energy policies of the Bush administration.
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Hillary Clinton defiant in face of loss - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton refused to surrender to Barack Obama in the Democratic race for the U.S. presidency on Tuesday or to acknowledge she had reached the end of the road in her bid for the White House.
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Obama looks to unify Democrats after historic win - 04, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After making history by capturing the Democratic nomination, Barack Obama turns on Wednesday to the task of unifying a fractured party for a five-month battle for the White House with Republican John McCain.
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Justice Dept seeks info from Delta, Northwest - 04, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Antitrust officials at the U.S. Justice Department have asked Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corp for more information on their merger proposal, the carriers said on Tuesday.
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In wake of home crisis: buyer education - 04, Jun 2008
MEMPHIS (Reuters) - Concerned by foreclosures but keen to take advantage of sliding home prices, a growing number of prospective buyers in the United States are signing up for a different kind of class: home-buyer education.
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Apparel spending slides in May: SpendingPulse - 04, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Consumer spending on apparel and footwear slid during May as buyers scaled back on discretionary purchases amid a sluggish U.S. economic environment, according to a SpendingPulse report released on Wednesday.
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Automaker sales plunge, drag market down in May - 04, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales tumbled in May as consumers spurned pickup trucks and SUVs in the face of record gasoline prices, driving General Motors Corp, Ford Motor Co and Chrysler LLC to double-digit declines.
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Top cable companies try reining in heavy web use - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Top U.S. cable operators Comcast Corp and Time Warner Cable Inc will begin testing ways this week to limit individual subscribers who use the largest amount of Internet capacity in an effort to protect their high-speed networks.
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Answers.com sees growth in wiki responses - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Somewhere between Google Inc and the community-generated Wikipedia, reference website Answers.com aims to build a new growth model.
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Intel bullish on WiMax investments: executive - 04, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp is investing heavily in WiMax in hopes of getting the networked world to switch to the super high-speed wireless technology within a few years, a senior executive said on Tuesday.
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Fujitsu sees 2011/12 WiMax chip sales of $1 bln - 04, Jun 2008
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Japanese electronics maker Fujitsu Ltd said it aims for 100 billion yen ($951 million) in sales of its WiMax-use microchips in the year starting April 2011, up from virtually none in the year ended March 31.
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Yahoo sets August 1 date for annual meeting showdown - 04, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc on Tuesday set its annual shareholder meeting on for August 1 in the heart of Silicon Valley, as it braced for a showdown with billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn, who is mounting a proxy fight for control
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AMD launches much-awaited Puma notebook chip line - 04, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Advanced Micro Devices Inc is rolling out a much-awaited line-up of chips for laptops, as Intel Corp's main rival seeks to regain a competitive footing against the world's biggest chip maker.
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Adam Sandler raises hair in new movie "Zohan" - 04, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Adam Sandler has played a wedding singer, a waterboy, a firefighter pretending to be gay, and the devil's son.
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Ivanovic strolls into semi-finals in Paris - 04, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - World number two Ana Ivanovic stormed into the semi-finals of the French Open with a 6-3 6-2 crushing of Swiss 10th seed Patty Schnyder on Tuesday.
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Djokovic sets Paris date with Nadal - 04, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal and Novak Djokovic set up the semi-final clash the French Open had demanded on Tuesday while Ana Ivanovic suggested only a minor miracle could stop her from being crowned the new queen of Roland Garros.
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Triple Crown inevitable for Big Brown, say team - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Triple Crown hopeful Big Brown is a certainty to win Saturday's Belmont Stakes but will not replicate the dominance of famed winner Secretariat, his trainer and jockey said on Tuesday.
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NHL sets deals with TSN, Anheuser-Busch - 04, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The National Hockey League announced two deals on Tuesday, one covering broadcast rights in Canada and another a marketing deal with Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc, believed to be worth $275 million combined.
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Kennedy "recuperating well" from brain surgery - 04, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sen. Edward Kennedy, the sole surviving son of America's most famous political family, is "recuperating well" from brain surgery and should be released within a week from Duke University Medical Center, his office said on Tuesday.
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Emotional trip down Memory Lane for Arnold Palmer - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Arnold Palmer took a trip down Memory Lane when the United States Golf Association (USGA) officially re-opened its museum in Far Hills, New Jersey on Tuesday after a three-year renovation and expansion.
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Pentagon charges "dirty bomb" conspirator - 04, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pentagon prosecutors have charged an Ethiopian-born prisoner with conspiring to commit terrorist attacks in the United States, including planning to use a radioactive "dirty bomb," according to documents released on Tuesday.
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Food summit blames trade barriers, queries biofuel - 04, Jun 2008
ROME (Reuters) - A United Nations summit on the global food crisis called on Tuesday for trade barriers to be reduced and food export bans scrapped to help stop the spread of hunger that threatens nearly one billion people.
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Rice pushes peace as Olmert visits U.S. under cloud - 04, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice made clear on Tuesday Washington will keep pressing for an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal despite the corruption scandal dogging Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert.
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Obama poised to claim victory - 04, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama was on the brink of winning the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday, as the support of a steady parade of uncommitted delegates pushed rival Hillary Clinton to the verge of defeat.
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Oil falls more than $3 as Fed warns on inflation - 04, Jun 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Oil fell more than $3 a barrel on Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve issued a rare warning on the inflationary risk posed by a weak dollar, suggesting the central bank is not likely to cut interest rates further this year.
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CFTC details response to market volatility - 04, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. regulators announced several initiatives on Tuesday to assure smooth running of the commodity futures markets roiled by massive inflows of money, zooming prices and expensive margin calls to keep contracts alive.
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GM to close four plants, may unload Hummer - 04, Jun 2008
WILMINGTON, Del (Reuters) - General Motors Corp said on Tuesday it is closing four truck plants employing 10,000 workers and could sell its Hummer brand in a rushed response to higher gasoline prices that the largest U.S. automaker now sees as a permanent
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Mass. sues H&R Block over mortgages to minorities - 04, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Massachusetts authorities sued H&R Block Inc on Tuesday, charging that its mortgage unit discriminated against black and Latino borrowers and escalated a crisis over property foreclosures in the state.
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Bernanke warns on dollar, rates well-positioned - 04, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday issued a rare warning on the inflationary risk posed by a weak dollar, but said U.S. interest rates were "well positioned" for an economy facing both price pressures and threats to gr
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Lehman shares plunge on capital raising fears - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc shares tumbled to close at nearly a 5-year low on Tuesday on concern that Wall Street's smallest surviving major brokerage may need to raise more capital.
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Slow home sales? Buy one, get one free in San Diego - 04, Jun 2008
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - As though Southern California's fine weather and beaches weren't attractive enough, a San Diego developer desperate to clear inventory is offering potential home buyers a buy-one-get-one-free scheme.
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Credit concerns send market lower - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell for a second day on Tuesday after a report that Lehman Brothers may have to raise more capital compounded recent worries the financial sector faces another round of big losses from the credit crisis.
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Truck sales plunge, drag market down in May - 04, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales tumbled in May as consumers spurned large trucks and SUVs in the face of record gasoline prices, driving General Motors Corp , Ford Motor Co and Chrysler LLC to double-digit declines.
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Facebook profiles endure with artist's touch - 04, Jun 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - What compels the 70 million active Facebook users to pick -- or not to pick -- a particular profile picture?
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Full-feature IE 8 coming in August - 04, Jun 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Tuesday it plans to test-release a feature-complete version of its Internet Explorer 8 Web browser in August.
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Icahn to seek removal of Yahoo CEO Yang: report - 04, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Carl Icahn would seek to remove Jerry Yang as chief executive of Yahoo Inc if Icahn succeeded in a proxy battle against the company over its failure to reach a deal with Microsoft Corp, The Wall Street Journal rep
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Mosley wins confidence vote after scandal - 03, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Motor racing's world governing body gave Max Mosley a strong vote of confidence to remain as president on Tuesday despite his involvement in a lurid sex scandal.
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2016 Olympic Games hopefuls eye IOC shortlist - 03, Jun 2008
ATHENS (Reuters) - Seven cities bidding for the 2016 Olympics will hear on Wednesday whether they have made an International Olympic Committee shortlist, allowing them to enter a final round of bidding ahead of next year's decision.
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Aid groups press Myanmar on camp evictions - 03, Jun 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - International aid groups pressed Myanmar on Tuesday to stop closing cyclone relief camps as southeast Asian experts kicked off a mission to pin down the scale of the devastation a month after the storm.
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South Sudanese accuse Khartoum of sending troops - 03, Jun 2008
JUBA, Sudan (Reuters) - South Sudanese officials accused the government on Tuesday of reinforcing troops in the disputed oil town of Abyei, raising tensions as U.N. Security Council envoys flew in to shore up a north-south peace deal.
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Israel's Olmert begins U.S. visit under cloud - 03, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert began a three-day visit to Washington on Tuesday, under criminal investigation back home in a corruption scandal that is casting a shadow over U.S.-brokered talks with the Palestinians.
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New U.S. general takes command of Afghan NATO force - 03, Jun 2008
KABUL (Reuters) - U.S. General David McKiernan took command of around 50,000 troops in NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in Afghanistan on Tuesday, pledging that anyone who stood in the way of security would be dealt with.
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China considers post-quake plan as parents protest - 03, Jun 2008
WUFU, China (Reuters) - Top Chinese officials considered on Tuesday a plan to rebuild earthquake-ravaged parts of the country's southwest while protests by grieving parents and dangerous quake lakes cast a shadow over relief efforts.
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Pentagon faults Lockheed's tracking of big programs - 03, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The largest U.S. defense contractor, Lockheed Martin Corp , did not follow required guidelines to track and manage costs on major weapons programs, according to an internal Pentagon report released on Tuesday by the nonprofit Projec
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Clyburn backs Obama as Democratic race nears end - 03, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton end their historic Democratic presidential battle on Tuesday with two nominating contests that could help Obama clinch the nomination and push Clinton from the race.
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Staples ups bid for Corporate Express to $2.65 bln - 03, Jun 2008
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - U.S. office supplies retailer Staples Inc increased its chances of winning control of Corporate Express NV on Tuesday, raising its all-cash bid for the Dutch company to 1.7 billion euros ($2.7 billion).
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With vast reserves, Montana eyes coal expansion - 03, Jun 2008
ABSALOKA MINE, Montana (Reuters) - Underneath Montana lies an estimated $1.5 trillion of coal, but with uncertainty about future environmental rules, investors are wary about opening new mines in the rugged Western U.S. state.
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Toll Brothers posts smaller-than-expected loss - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Toll Brothers Inc , the largest U.S. luxury home builder, posted a quarterly net loss on Tuesday, hurt by weakened demand in most markets amid the nation's housing slump, but the results were not as bad as Wall Street had expected.
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Lehman mulls capital raising as one option - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc has no need to raise capital and would only do so if the right market opportunity presented itself or if the firm thought it would help investor perceptions, a source familiar with the situation said on Tu
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GM to close plants, rush to cars as gasoline rises - 03, Jun 2008
WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) - General Motors Corp on Tuesday announced a series of steps to cut jobs, costs and its exposure to slow-selling trucks and SUVs in response to a rise in gasoline prices that the automaker now sees as permanent.
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Google lets sites tailor what searches users see - 03, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Internet search leader Google Inc is expanding an existing service to let businesses customize the search results that visitors see when they search for information within their own sites.
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SanDisk eyes ultra low-cost PCs for flash drives - 03, Jun 2008
TAIPEI (Reuters) - SanDisk Corp , the world's No.1 supplier of flash memory-based data storage cards, said it would target ultra low-cost personal computers and business-use laptop PCs to drive demand for its solid-state drives.
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Moose on the loose in Scotland, wolves to follow? - 03, Jun 2008
ALLADALE (Reuters) - The howl of a wolf echoes through the glen, lumbering bears fish in the lochs and moose amble through the pine forest -- this is multi-millionaire Paul Lister's vision for his estate in the Scottish Highlands, and his grand scheme is
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NASA astronauts prepare for spacewalk - 03, Jun 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - A pair of astronauts from the visiting shuttle Discovery were preparing for a spacewalk on Tuesday to begin installation of Japan's Kibo laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).
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Iron Man, Indy power Paramount at box office - 03, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Now we have a horse race -- a box office derby, that is.
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Open joy for Love and Beem - 03, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Former major champions Davis Love III and Rich Beem had cause to celebrate on Monday while fellow Americans Fred Couples and Tom Lehman missed out on booking places at next week's U.S. Open.
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Woods in upbeat mood for Torrey Pines after knee surgery - 03, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tiger Woods has not played 18 holes since having knee surgery seven weeks ago but is confident about his prospects at next week's U.S. Open.
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Sykora's triple overtime strike keeps Pens alive - 03, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Petr Sykora scored the winning goal deep into triple overtime as the Pittsburgh Penguins spoiled the Detroit Red Wings' Stanley Cup party with a breathless 4-3 victory on Monday.
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Orioles beat Red Sox to avoid sweep - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Baltimore Orioles beat Boston 6-3 on Monday to avoid a four-game sweep at the hands of the Red Sox.
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OAS says to probe Colombian rebel computer files - 03, Jun 2008
MEDELLIN, Colombia (Reuters) - The Organization of American States said on Monday it will probe claims by Colombia that Ecuador has cooperated with leftist guerrillas and the United States called on Venezuela to get tough on the rebels.
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China forced to wait days for draining of quake lake - 03, Jun 2008
MIANZHU, China (Reuters) - The largest "quake lake" formed by China's most devastating earthquake in decades is not expected to start draining until Thursday due to a lack of rain, state media said.
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Universal Studios fire sparked by blow torch - 03, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fire that burned through a large swath of the Universal Studios Hollywood back lot during the weekend was accidentally sparked by workers using heating tools on a film set, fire officials said on Monday.
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North Korea is "serious adversary": U.S.'s Gates - 03, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea presents a serious security threat and U.S. forces in South Korea are ready to respond quickly and decisively to counter any attack, the U.S. defense secretary and military leaders said on Tuesday.
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Obama, Clinton near end of historic race - 03, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton end their historic Democratic presidential battle on Tuesday with two nominating contests that could help Obama clinch the nomination and push Clinton from the race.
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Asian shares fall on credit woes, Lehman report - 03, Jun 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell on Tuesday, led by
financial firms and exporters, as renewed worries about further
damage from the global credit crunch prompted investors to seek
shelter in safer assets such as government bonds.
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More U.S. venture capital firms investing abroad: survey - 03, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Taiwan, Japan and Israel are just some of the emerging hotspots for innovation outside the United States, as venture capitalists continue to pour more dollars into global investments, a new survey said on Monday.
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GM seen cutting deeper as recovery sideswiped - 03, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp, facing a sinking U.S. market for trucks and SUVs, is expected to unveil steps on Tuesday to conserve cash and cut production of slower-selling models in a bid to shore up a faltering restructuring now in its third
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Lehman may raise $3-4 billion capital - 03, Jun 2008
(Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc may raise $3-4 billion in fresh capital, suggesting the investment bank will post its first quarterly loss since going public, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday, citing sources familiar with the matter.
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Yahoo readied plan to reject Microsoft bid: papers - 03, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc CEO Jerry Yang ordered up a draft press release rejecting a Microsoft Corp takeover bid months before January's unsolicited bid, company documents unsealed on Monday show.
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Apple iPhone encore expected next week - 03, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - June has arrived and for Apple fans and investors that means just one thing -- a new iPhone.
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Yahoo opposed Google deal before Microsoft bid - 03, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc executives dismissed a search-advertising deal with Google due to antitrust concerns, one day before Microsoft Corp made its takeover offer earlier this year, according to court documents made public on Monday.
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Kids drinking more sugary drinks and juice - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Children in the U.S. are now getting more of their calories from fruit juice and sugar-sweetened beverages than they were 20 years ago, according to a new analysis of national data published in Pediatrics.
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HK experts use new cocktail to fight H5N1 in mice - 03, Jun 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Hong Kong have used a cocktail of three drugs which appeared to raise the survival rates of mice infected with lethal doses of the H5N1 avian flu virus.
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Space shuttle docks at station with Japanese lab - 03, Jun 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery slipped into a parking spot at the International Space Station on Monday after a two-day voyage to deliver Japan's first orbital laboratory.
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Feathers make the man in world of birds: study - 03, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dying the red breast feathers of barn swallows not only won the birds more mates -- it made their testosterone levels shoot up, U.S. researchers reported on Monday.
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Uma Thurman stalker to undergo psychiatric care - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A man convicted of stalking actress Uma Thurman and harassing her family for two years was ordered released from jail on Monday and will be required to submit to psychiatric care as a condition of his probation.
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Tatum O'Neal arrested on drug charge - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oscar-winner Tatum O'Neal, the former child actress who chronicled her struggles with addiction in a 2004 memoir, has been arrested on suspicion of buying drugs on the streets of New York City.
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Stripper tale becomes 9/11 novel for Dubus - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Best-selling novelist Andre Dubus III says he never intended to write a 9/11 novel but instead set out to craft a short story about a stripper.
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Kelsey Grammer has heart attack in Hawaii - 03, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kelsey Grammer, best known from his long-running sitcom "Frasier," suffered a mild heart attack during the weekend in Hawaii, three weeks after his latest show was canceled, his publicist said on Monday.
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Rock 'n roll legend Bo Diddley dies in Florida - 03, Jun 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Rock 'n' roll pioneer Bo Diddley, who banged out hit songs powered by the relentless "Bo Diddley beat" that influenced rockers from Buddy Holly to U2, died on Monday at the age of 79.
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Mosley faces judgment day after sex scandal - 03, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Formula One's governing body will decide on Tuesday whether Max Mosley can remain as president after a sex scandal that has thrown the sport into turmoil.
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Federer fends off brave Benneteau challenge - 03, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - World number one Roger Federer shot down a brave challenge from Frenchman Julien Benneteau to go through to the quarter-finals of the French Open with a 6-4 7-5 7-5 victory on Monday.
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U.S. stands by July target for Iraq security deal - 03, Jun 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A senior U.S. official said on Monday that the United States still hopes to reach a new security agreement with Iraq by July, even though Iraqi officials say negotiations are at an early stage.
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Sharapova sent packing as Federer rolls on - 03, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova's French Open dreams were shredded by a familiar foe on Monday, while Roger Federer plunged a dagger into French hearts.
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Heavy marijuana use shrinks brain parts: study - 03, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Long-term heavy use of marijuana may cause two important brain structures to shrink, Australian researchers said on Monday.
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Texas court lets kids return to polygamist homes - 03, Jun 2008
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - A Texas judge on Monday allowed over 400 children removed from the polygamist Yearning for Zion ranch in West Texas to return to their parents.
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Pentagon charges Afghan detainee with terror support - 03, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pentagon prosecutors have charged an Afghan prisoner with spying on U.S. troops in Afghanistan and participating in a rocket attack, according to documents released on Monday.
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Syria to let in U.N. nuclear investigators: ElBaradei - 03, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. atomic watchdog chief said on Monday Syria would let in top inspectors to examine allegations of a secret nuclear reactor, and demanded "full disclosure" by Iran over reports of covert atom bomb research.
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Olmert seeks to reassure Abbas on talks - 03, Jun 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas protested Jewish settlement growth near Jerusalem in talks on Monday with Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, who sought to show it was business-as-usual despite a corruption probe.
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Sen. Kennedy's cancer surgery deemed successful - 03, Jun 2008
DURHAM, North Carolina (Reuters) - U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy, a Democratic icon and a leading backer of presidential contender Barack Obama, had successful surgery on Monday to remove a malignant brain tumor and should suffer "no permanent neurological eff
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Obama and Clinton near finish line in Democratic race - 03, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton neared the finish line of their dramatic Democratic presidential duel on Monday, with Obama poised to claim the nomination as Clinton faced the possible end of her bid.
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Factory slump wears on, construction dips - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. manufacturing contracted in May for the fourth consecutive month and inflation pressures surged to their highest in four years, heightening fears the world's largest economy could be sliding toward stagflation.
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