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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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Gas prices a risk for casual restaurants, Starbucks - 03, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Record high U.S. gas prices threaten a new level of pain for casual dining restaurants stuck between value-oriented fast food and high-end eateries whose customers can afford to shrug off the economy's woes.
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Dow, former employees settle litigation - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Litigation between Dow Chemical Co and two former senior employees who were fired by the company, has been settled, the two sides said on Monday.
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Global airline losses possible in 2008: industry group - 03, Jun 2008
ISTANBUL (Reuters) - A significant decline in global airline profitability, or even losses, look inevitable this year as the industry struggles with sky-high fuel prices, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said on Monday.
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Credit concerns flare up, sending stocks lower - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slid on Monday on renewed fears the credit crunch has yet to run its course after Standard & Poor's downgraded debt ratings of three big securities companies and Wachovia , the fourth-largest U.S. bank, ousted its chie
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Ex-NYSE chief's pay battle goes back to court - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The future of the long-running legal battle over former New York Stock Exchange chairman Richard Grasso's $187.5 million compensation package will be weighed by the state's highest court on Tuesday.
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Class action king Weiss sentenced to 30 months - 03, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Melvyn Weiss, who built the New York law firm that turned U.S. class action litigation into a multibillion-dollar business, was sentenced on Monday to 30 months in federal prison after admitting to paying secret kickbacks to client
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Bank downgrades, Wachovia ouster rocks markets - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Downgrades of three U.S. investment banks, an ouster of Wachovia's chief executive, and a bleak U.K. housing market outlook from a British mortgage lender shook markets on Monday, reigniting fears that the global credit crunch will co
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Nasdaq in deals to sell real-time market data - 03, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc said on Monday it has begun selling real-time share data to the websites of Google Inc's Google Finance, cable television network CNBC and News Corp's Wall Street Journal.
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Microsoft, HP strike search deal for new PCs - 03, Jun 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp struck a deal with the world's largest personal computer maker, Hewlett-Packard Co , to place a toolbar on new PCs that leads to its Live Search engine, the companies said on Monday.
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Red Wings and Penguins taking nothing for granted - 02, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Pittsburgh and Detroit caution that the Stanley Cup final is not over but history says it is as the best-of-seven series swings back to the Motor City for Game Five on Monday with the Red Wings leading 3-1.
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Dementieva outguns Zvonareva in Paris - 02, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Seventh seed Elena Dementieva won an error-strewn battle of attrition against fellow Russian Vera Zvonareva 6-4 1-6 6-2 to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open on Monday.
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Jamaica showdown looms for Bolt and Powell - 02, Jun 2008
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - The two fastest 100 meters sprinters of all-time could race in Jamaica later this month.
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Gonzalez eases into last eight in Paris - 02, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Chile's Fernando Gonzalez ended American hopes of a singles winner at Roland Garros when he beat Robby Ginepri 7-6 6-3 6-1 for a place in the quarter-finals of the French Open on Monday.
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"Confident" China rules out post-quake epidemics - 02, Jun 2008
YONGAN, China (Reuters) - Chin said on Monday it could guarantee there would be no epidemics in the earthquake zone, while some survivors complained their farmland was being bulldozed to make way for temporary housing.
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Soaring prices compound Myanmar's cyclone misery - 02, Jun 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - A large "Happy World" sign hangs above a dilapidated food market in Yangon, but on the streets shoppers are far from content.
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Car bomb kills 6 at Danish embassy in Pakistan - 02, Jun 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide bomber blew up a car outside the Danish embassy in the Pakistani capital on Monday, killing six people and wounding 25, government officials said.
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IAEA to visit Syria to probe atom reactor claim - 02, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. nuclear watchdog team will visit Syria from June 22-24 to pursue an investigation into U.S. intelligence alleging that Damascus secretly built an atomic reactor, the agency's chief said on Monday.
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Oil extends losses, falls more than $1 - 02, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil fell more than $1 to near $126 on Monday, extending losses from last week on a firming dollar, selling by funds and on prospects of increased Iraqi crude supplies.
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Tata Motors completes acquisition of Jag, Land Rover - 02, Jun 2008
MUMBAI (Reuters) - Tata Motors Ltd , India's top vehicle maker, said on Monday it had completed the $2.3 billion acquisition of Jaguar and Land Rover, adding the luxury brands to a line-up that also includes the low-cost Nano.
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U.S. May auto sales seen near decade lows - 02, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Major automakers are expected to post steep declines in U.S. sales for May, as the spike in gasoline prices battered an industry already reeling from weak consumer confidence and tighter credit.
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Futures fall on financial sector worries - 02, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wall Street looked set to open lower on Monday, with U.S. financial stocks under pressure as a major UK lender reported a loss and gave a bleak outlook for the British mortgage market, signaling more trouble for global credit markets.
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B&B warns on UK mortgage market as TPG buys in - 02, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Bradford & Bingley issued a stark warning on the state of the UK mortgage market on Monday and slashed the price of its emergency fundraising to secure a private equity lifeline, hitting bank shares across Europe.
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Paulson committed to dollar as reserve currency - 02, Jun 2008
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Monday defended the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency and said its recent decline was only a small factor behind a surge in oil prices.
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Wachovia ousts CEO Thompson after losses mount - 02, Jun 2008
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Wachovia Corp said on Monday it ousted Ken Thompson as chief executive of the fourth-largest U.S. bank, in the wake of mounting legal and regulatory troubles and an ill-fated purchase of a big mortgage lender as the nation's housing
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Nvidia rolls out Tegra chips aimed at tiny PCs - 02, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nvidia Corp on Sunday announced a processor line-up it believes will power a new class of fast, small devices with long battery life that can surf the full Internet, play high-end games and display high-definition video.
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China experts warn of expanding space arms race - 02, Jun 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese military experts have warned of an expanding arms race in outer space as Beijing and other rival powers seek to counter U.S. ambitions to dominate the heavens.
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Plant waste biofuels benefit from food debate - 02, Jun 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - In the search for renewable energy, turning low-value materials like switchgrass and corn husks into ethanol to fuel cars is something of a Holy Grail.
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Hollywood blaze doesn't stop MTV Movie Awards - 02, Jun 2008
MTV went ahead with its annual star-studded movie awards at the Universal Studios lot on Sunday, hours after a spectacular blaze destroyed chunks of Hollywood history nearby.
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"Sex" sells at theaters in America, Europe - 02, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Sex and the City" fashioned a surprisingly strong opening at the North American box office on Sunday, as frenzied female fans used the romantic comedy as an excuse for a big party.
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Perry charges to Memorial victory - 02, Jun 2008
DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Kenny Perry produced a near flawless final round to win the Memorial Tournament by two shots and jump to fifth in the American Ryder Cup standings on Sunday.
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Stanley Cup captains poised for milestones - 02, Jun 2008
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - When the Stanley Cup is handed to the winning captain sometime this week it will mark a significant NHL milestone.
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WITNESS: At the helm of trans-Atlantic maxi racer - 02, Jun 2008
Alden Bentley is Editor in Charge of Commodities for North and South America. He has worked for Reuters in New York for 12 years. His career started in the foreign exchange markets, where he spent 10 years working as a dealer and analyst. A boatowner, he
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Cubs turn back Rockies for seventh consecutive win - 02, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs cruised to their seventh consecutive victory with a 5-3 win over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday.
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China rescuers search for crashed quake chopper - 02, Jun 2008
CHENGDU, China (Reuters) - Chinese rescuers searched on Monday for a military helicopter carrying injured quake survivors that crashed in heavy fog in the mountains of Sichuan province, state media said.
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Fire destroys buildings at Universal Studios in L.A. - 02, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A fire that damaged iconic movie sets, a popular "King Kong" attraction and forced Universal Studios film and TV studio on Sunday to shut its popular theme park for the day, was largely under control after 12 hours of burning, fire
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French fashion king Yves Saint Laurent dies - 02, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - French fashion king Yves Saint Laurent has died at the age of 71, hailed as a 20th century cultural icon who revolutionized the way women dressed.
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Australia's Centro wins A$2.8 bln loan reprieve - 02, Jun 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Centro Properties Group , one
of Australia's biggest casualties of the global credit crunch,
won more time to repay about A$2.8 billion ($2.67 billion) in
debt, sparking a rally in its shares on Monday.
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Shell to pay $739 mln for Australian gas stake - 02, Jun 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell said on Monday it will pay $739 million for an interest in Arrow Energy Ltd's coal seam gas projects, as competition heats up for Australia's vast coal seam gas assets, driving Arrow shares up by a fifth.
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"We're not for sale," says Harris Corp CEO - 02, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. defense communications and information technology company Harris Corp , breaking its silence after weeks of speculation, said on Monday the company is not for sale and is not pursuing a merger.
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Oil steady at $127, storm Arthur opens hurricane season - 02, Jun 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices were little changed below $128 a barrel on Monday, with traders tracking the dollar for direction as fleeting Tropical Storm Arthur marked the start of the Atlantic hurricane season, shutting two Mexican oil ports.
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Japanese government bond prices sink - 02, Jun 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Japanese government bond prices fell on Monday, hit by negative sentiment ahead of auctions this week and with global inflation on the rise, while oil prices held steady above $127 and Asian stocks edged higher.
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Shuttle Discovery closes in on space station - 02, Jun 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Discovery closed in on the International Space Station on Sunday to deliver a Japanese research laboratory, a new crew member and a repair kit for the outpost's faulty toilet.
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Russia's Frolov takes men's pentathlon world title - 02, Jun 2008
BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Russia's Ilia Frolov won the men's modern pentathlon world championship on Sunday, easily beating the Czech Republic's David Svoboda and Yahor Lapo of Belarus.
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Women flock to "Sex" at box office - 02, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Women flocked to "Sex and the City," the long-awaited romantic comedy based on the HBO series of the same name, sending it to the top spot at the North American box office with better-than-expected weekend sales, distributor Warner
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Fastest man on planet eyes Olympic gold - 02, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Usain Bolt established himself as the fastest man on the planet on Saturday by setting a world record in the 100 meters. Now the 21-year-old Jamaican has his eyes on a bigger prize -- Olympic gold in athletics' blue ribband event.
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Latvian Gulbis storms into quarters - 02, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Latvia's Ernests Gulbis reached his first grand slam quarter-final on Sunday after an efficient 6-4 7-6 6-3 dissection of Michael Llodra at the French Open on Sunday.
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Australian Strange wins Wales Open by four strokes - 02, Jun 2008
NEWPORT (Reuters) - Australian Scott Strange secured his maiden European Tour title by winning the Wales Open by four strokes at Celtic Manor on Sunday.
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Serbs hit Paris hat-trick at French Open - 02, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Serbia hogged the French Open limelight on Sunday when first Ana Ivanovic raced and then Jelena Jankovic hobbled into the quarter-finals before Novak Djokovic hammered another nail in the coffin of home hopes.
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Somali gunmen attack Kenya police, free prisoners - 02, Jun 2008
GARISSA, Kenya (Reuters) - Suspected Somali Islamists attacked Kenyan policemen holding three men, including two British nationals of Somali extraction, who had crossed into Kenya illegally, Kenyan police said on Sunday.
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Merciless Nadal flattens Verdasco - 02, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Three-times champion Rafael Nadal pummeled fellow Spaniard Fernando Verdasco into a 6-1 6-0 6-2 submission to reach the quarter-finals of the French Open on Sunday.
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Iran warns IAEA on nuclear cooperation - 02, Jun 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it might have to limit its cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog, criticizing the agency's report which said Tehran's alleged research into nuclear warheads was a matter of serious concern.
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Myanmar defends cyclone response after rebuke - 02, Jun 2008
YANGON (Reuters) - Myanmar's military junta on Sunday defended its response to Cyclone Nargis after stinging criticism from the United States, while a U.N. official said food supplies had yet to reach at least 200,000 people.
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Hezbollah says releases Israeli soldiers' remains - 02, Jun 2008
NAQOURA, Lebanon (Reuters) - Hezbollah said on Sunday it had released the remains of Israeli soldiers killed in a 2006 war with Israel, which handed over a Lebanese man who had completed a jail term on charges of spying for the group.
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China breathes more easily as quake-lake fears ebb - 02, Jun 2008
YINGXIU, China (Reuters) - Fears of a devastating flood from a lake formed by last month's Sichuan earthquake eased on Sunday after hundreds of soldiers and engineers successfully completed a channel to drain away the rising water.
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Iraq hits milestones on U.S. troop deaths and oil - 02, Jun 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. troop deaths in Iraq fell to their lowest level last month since the 2003 invasion and officials said on Sunday improved security also helped the country boost oil production in May to a post-war high.
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Clinton wins, but Obama closer to nomination - 02, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton won the Democratic nominating contest in Puerto Rico on Sunday, but still badly trails front-runner Barack Obama as he draws closer to clinching the party's presidential nomination.
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Fire destroys buildings at Universal Studios in LA - 02, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A massive fire broke out at the Universal Studios film and TV studio on Sunday, damaging a sound stage, movie sets and a video vault, but plans to host the MTV movie awards there were still going ahead.
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WTO's Lamy says trade deal doable in '08 - 02, Jun 2008
AREQUIPA, Peru (Reuters) - World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy said on Sunday developed and developing nations could still wrap up the Doha round of talks on a global trade deal this year.
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Ending dollar peg won't solve Gulf inflation: Paulson - 02, Jun 2008
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Sunday leaders of Gulf oil producing states had told him that abandoning their currency pegs to the dollar will not solve their inflation problems.
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Goggin opens up three-shot lead at Memorial - 01, Jun 2008
DUBLIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Mathew Goggin played a deft short game to open up a three-shot lead after the third round of the Memorial tournament on Saturday.
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Bolt sets 100m record, Campbell-Brown wins - 01, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Jamaican sprinters electrified the Reebok grand prix in New York on Saturday with Usain Bolt setting a new 100 meters world record and Veronica Campbell-Brown posting the fastest time of the year in the women's event.
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Griffey hits 599th home run before rookie's wins game - 01, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ken Griffey Jr. hit his 599th career home run and rookie Jay Bruce won the game with a dramatic 10th inning homer to spark the Cincinnati Reds to an 8-7 victory over the visiting Atlanta Braves on Saturday.
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Red Wings edge closer to Stanley Cup - 01, Jun 2008
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings claimed a pivotal 2-1 game four win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday to move to the brink of a Stanley Cup title.
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Bolt sets sights on Olympic 100 meters gold - 01, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Usain Bolt established himself as the fastest man on the planet on Saturday by setting a world record in the 100 meters. Now the 21-year-old Jamaican has his eyes on a bigger prize -- Olympic gold in athletics' blue ribband event.
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