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Yao back home and winning race to be fit for Beijing - 26, Jun 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Yao Ming is winning his fitness race to lead China's basketball challenge at the Beijing Olympics and should be back on court in mid-July, the NBA All-Star said on Thursday.
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Amputee Pistorius given extra time to qualify - 26, Jun 2008
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South African double amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius has been given extra time in his bid to qualify for the Beijing Olympics in August.
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Davenport pulls out, hints at retirement - 26, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Former champion Lindsay Davenport hinted she could have played her last match at Wimbledon after she pulled out on Thursday with a right knee injury.
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Rivals clash as Pakistan holds by-elections - 26, Jun 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Rival political activists clashed in Pakistan on Thursday as by-elections were held for five National Assembly seats and 25 provincial assembly seats and several people were wounded, police said.
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Afghanistan sacks police chief over jail break - 26, Jun 2008
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - The Afghan government sacked the police chief of Kandahar on Thursday for negligence after some 400 Taliban prisoners and 700 criminals escaped this month in one of the biggest jail breaks in history.
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Somalia conflict kills more than 2,100 this year - 26, Jun 2008
MOGADISHU (Reuters) - Conflict in Somalia has killed 2,136 civilians so far this year, bringing the death toll since an Islamist-led insurgency began in early 2007 to 8,636, a local human rights group said on Thursday.
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U.S. says Syria must not hinder IAEA nuclear probe - 26, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - The United States on Thursday welcomed a U.N. check of a Syrian site said to have harbored an almost-built secret nuclear reactor before Israel destroyed it, but called on Damascus not to restrict the investigation.
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U.S. withdraws nuclear weapons from Britain: report - 26, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The United States has quietly withdrawn its last nuclear weapons from Britain after more than half a century, a watchdog said on Thursday.
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Gaza truce strained by rocket fire and closure - 26, Jun 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip fired a makeshift rocket into southern Israel on Thursday, further straining a week-old truce as Israel kept border crossings into the Hamas-ruled territory closed.
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Mugabe says vote must go ahead despite pressure - 26, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe on Thursday rejected African calls to postpone a presidential election on Friday, saying there could be no interference in his country even from the African Union.
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California unveils ambitious climate plan - 26, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - California on Thursday took a major step forward on its global warming fight by unveiling an ambitious plan for clean cars, renewable energy and stringent caps on big polluting industries.
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Supreme Court finds individual right to own guns - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on Thursday, for the first time in the nation's history, that individual Americans have the right to own guns for personal use, and struck down a strict gun control law in the nation's capital.
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N.Korea hands over nuclear report - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - North Korea handed over a long-delayed account of its nuclear activities on Thursday, a step that will bring the isolated communist state relief from U.S. sanctions but left questions about its atomic ambitions.
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Lennar posts worse-than-expected loss; orders fall - 26, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lennar Corp , the second-largest U.S. home builder, on Thursday reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly net loss as deliveries and new orders tumbled, sending its shares down nearly 5 percent.
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Goldman cuts General Motors, shares down - 26, Jun 2008
(Reuters) - Goldman Sachs downgraded General Motors Corp to "sell" from "neutral," and added the stock to its "Americas Sell List," saying the main risks for the automaker included likely equity dilution, dividend cut and cash burn.
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Fed's Kohn: central banks must beware inflation - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn said on Thursday that rising energy and food prices have hit headline inflation, but this has only seeped into inflation expectations by a little bit so far.
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Citigroup faces $8.9 billion writeoff, capital need: Goldman - 26, Jun 2008
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc may suffer $8.9 billion of write-downs in the second quarter, resulting in a loss and possibly its second dividend cut this year, and investors should bet the largest U.S. bank's shares will fall, Goldman Sachs & Co
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GDP growth revised up; job market sluggish - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The economy grew slightly faster than initially thought in the first quarter, while the job market remained sluggish last week, according to U.S. data released on Thursday.
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Sony targets networked electronics, LCD TV crown - 26, Jun 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp said it would make a strong push into networked electronics and video delivery services and aim for the top spot in LCD TVs as the firm looks to make the most of its hardware and software assets for growth.
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Playing a video game? No, it's health therapy - 26, Jun 2008
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Video games are known to improve hand-eye coordination but can they help someone quit smoking or lose weight?
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Gates leaves Microsoft to focus on philanthropy - 26, Jun 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Sensing the start of a personal computer revolution, Bill Gates dropped out of Harvard University in 1975 to start Microsoft Corp and pursue a vision of a computer on every desk and in every home.
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Movie stars clash in Hollywood union brawl - 26, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Movie stars accustomed to polite rivalry for coveted film roles and Oscar glory are taking sides in an increasingly bitter labor dispute between Hollywood's two actors unions.
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Giant crater explains strange shape of Mars - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A giant crater made by an asteroid or comet explains why Mars is so lopsided, with a basin on one hemisphere and high terrain on the other, three separate teams of scientists said on Wednesday.
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Hollywood actors set to work without contract - 26, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - For the industry, D-Day is Monday, when the Screen Actors Guild's contract with the Hollywood studios expires. But does that "D" stand for disaster? Denouement? Or simply delay?
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Oscar season kicks off - 26, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With Pixar's newest blue-chip animated movie "Wall-E" hitting theaters Friday, the 2008 Oscar race is finally off and running.
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Gay headlines cut-throat U.S. athletics trials - 26, Jun 2008
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Double world champion Tyson Gay and a host of the world's leading performers will be vying for coveted Olympic spots at the United States selection trials which start on Friday.
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Gatlin requests emergency injunction - 26, Jun 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Banned Olympic 100 meters champion Justin Gatlin stepped up his bid to compete in this week's U.S. trials for the Beijing Games by requesting an emergency injunction on Wednesday.
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Hochevar leads Royals to sweep of Rockies - 26, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Kansas City starter Luke Hochevar upstaged opposing pitcher Aaron Cook to lift the Royals to a 4-2 home win over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday and a sweep of the three-game series.
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Spy, phone protection bill clears Senate hurdle - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A White House-backed spy bill to protect telecommunication companies from billions of dollars in possible privacy lawsuits passed a Senate test vote on Wednesday and headed toward final congressional approval.
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In breakthrough, North Korea to hand over nuclear report - 26, Jun 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea was expected to hand China a long-delayed account of its shadowy nuclear activities on Thursday, a step that may see it removed from Washington's list of terrorist states.
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Zimbabwe's Tsvangirai sets deadline for Mugabe - 26, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai issued a 24-hour deadline to President Robert Mugabe on Thursday to negotiate or face being shunned as an illegitimate leader responsible for the killing of civilians.
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UniCredit to grow in eastern Europe, shrink in west - 26, Jun 2008
MILAN (Reuters) - Europe's fourth-largest bank UniCredit laid out bold plans for growth in central and eastern Europe (CEE) on Thursday, where it is already the biggest lender, while cutting back on jobs in western Europe.
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Anheuser-Busch to reject $46.3 billion InBev offer - 26, Jun 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc plans to reject InBev NV's unsolicited $46.3 billion takeover offer, saying it undervalues the company, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
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Fed holds rates steady, shows more worry on prices - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and signaled it was in no hurry to raise them, even as it voiced greater concern about inflation.
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Red Hat net profit rises, expects steady growth - 26, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Red Hat Inc , the world's largest publicly traded provider of Linux software, reported on Wednesday a quarterly profit that met Wall Street expectations as its revenue grew 32 percent.
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Google names Bell Canada exec as its new CFO - 26, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc on Wednesday named Patrick Pichette, president of operations at Bell Canada, as its new chief financial officer, replacing CFO George Reyes after a nearly year-long search.
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Oracle net profit jumps, but outlook cautious - 26, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp reported a 27 percent rise in quarterly profit as sales of new software beat expectations, but the company gave a cautious outlook citing economic uncertainties, and its shares fell 3 percent.
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Spanish parliament to extend rights to apes - 26, Jun 2008
MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's parliament voiced its support on Wednesday for the rights of great apes to life and freedom in what will apparently be the first time any national legislature has called for such rights for non-humans.
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Wrong names for fish seen complicating conservation - 26, Jun 2008
OSLO (Reuters) - About a third of all types of fish and other marine life have been wrongly named by scientists, complicating efforts to conserve what could be a million marine species, experts said on Wednesday.
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Top seed Ivanovic survives match points - 26, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Top seed Ana Ivanovic survived two match points, one of them an agonizingly close net cord, before finally beating France's Nathalie Dechy 6-7 7-6 10-8 in a second round thriller at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
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No room for emotion in Sorenstam's Open farewell - 26, Jun 2008
EDINA, Minnesota (Reuters) - Three-times champion Annika Sorenstam has refused to be distracted by nostalgia when she makes her final appearance at the U.S. Women's Open this week.
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"Wall-E" charts new territory for Disney-Pixar - 26, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Disney-Pixar blasts off into uncharted territory with Friday's release of animated film "Wall-E," a space adventure mixing an unusual love story with somber messages about the future of Earth and humankind.
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Clay Aiken appeals for world attention on Somalia - 26, Jun 2008
HARGEISA, Somalia (Reuters Life!) - Clay Aiken appealed on Wednesday for the world not to forget Somalia, where conflict and hunger have created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
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Gatlin steps up bid for U.S. trials - 26, Jun 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Banned Olympic 100 meters champion Justin Gatlin stepped up his bid to compete in this week's U.S. athletics trials for the Beijing Games through his lawyers on Wednesday.
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Safin dumps Djokovic, Ivanovic survives - 26, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A dazed Novak Djokovic was jettisoned from Wimbledon on Wednesday and his fellow Serb Ana Ivanovic was lucky not to suffer the same fate on a day of high drama at the All England Club.
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All players to be dope tested before 2009 World Classic - 26, Jun 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - All players at the 2009 World Baseball Classic will be tested for performance-enhancing drugs ahead of the March tournament, international baseball's top official said on Wednesday.
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Turkey so near but Germany triumph - 26, Jun 2008
BASEL (Reuters) - Germany beat Turkey 3-2 in another Euro 2008 thriller on Wednesday to line up a final on Sunday against either Russia or Spain and end their opponents' roller-coaster ride through the tournament.
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Erratic Serena overcomes Radwanska - 26, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Twice former champion Serena Williams produced an erratic performance but proved too strong for Polish teenager Urszula Radwanska whom she dispatched 6-4 6-4 in the second round at Wimbledon on Wednesday.
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Tiger or no Tiger, the show goes on at the Buick - 26, Jun 2008
GRAND BLANC, Michigan (Reuters) - Golf adjusted to life without Tiger Woods on Wednesday as the 50th Buick Open prepared to get underway without the sport's number one attraction.
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U.S., allies stress diplomacy in Iran nuclear row - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON/GENEVA (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush believes the Iran nuclear issue can be solved diplomatically and that U.S. allies including Israel favor the same approach, the White House said on Wednesday.
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Iraq, U.S. making progress on security pact: Talabani - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Iraq and the United States are making progress in completing a security pact for U.S. forces to stay in the country after 2008, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said on Wednesday after meeting U.S. President George W. Bush.
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Bulls and Heat call the opening shots in NBA Draft - 26, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Memphis point guard Derrick Rose and Kansas State forward Michael Beasley will be two of the top prospects at Thursday's NBA Draft, where the Chicago Bulls and Miami Heat call the opening shots.
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Exxon Valdez $2.5 billion oil spill ruling overturned - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday threw out the record $2.5 billion in punitive damages that Exxon Mobil Corp had been ordered to pay for the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill off Alaska, the nation's worst tanker spill.
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Supreme Court strikes down death penalty for child rape - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court in a major capital punishment decision struck down on Wednesday the death penalty for child rape, its first ruling in more than 30 years on whether a crime other than murder can be punished by execution.
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Zimbabwe's neighbors urge poll postponement - 26, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe's neighbors on Wednesday urged the postponement of Friday's presidential election, saying the re-election of President Robert Mugabe could lack legitimacy in the current violent climate.
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Briton convicted of murdering wife, baby in Massachusetts - 26, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - A Massachusetts jury found a British man guilty on Wednesday of killing his wife and infant daughter before fleeing to Britain where he was arrested and extradited to the United States.
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Heavy rains again soak parts of flooded Midwest - 26, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A new round of storms dumped a half foot or more of rain across parts of the U.S. Midwest on Wednesday, dealing fresh trouble to a region already struggling with billions of dollars in flood damage.
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Clinton says her husband determined to help Obama - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton brushed off suggestions on Wednesday that her husband, former President Bill Clinton, does not seem to share her enthusiasm for campaigning for Democratic White House candidate Barack Obama.
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Market up on Fed rate pause and oil - 26, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Wednesday, as the price of oil declined, while the Federal Reserve held its key interest rate steady and reduced expectations for a rate hike at its next meeting.
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Air Force tanker award was unfair: auditors - 26, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Air Force told Boeing Co it had fully met a key requirement in competing for a
$35 billion aerial refueling program but then changed its
evaluation without telling the company, government auditors
said on Wednesday.
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Nike profit rises, but shares down on U.S. weakness - 26, Jun 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Nike Inc reported a 12 percent rise in quarterly profit on Wednesday, boosted by international growth, but weakness in the U.S. market sent its shares down more than 5 percent.
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Feds eye Bear fund dealings with banks: report - 26, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Prosecutors are looking into whether two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers, who were indicted last week on conspiracy and securities fraud charges for misleading investors, also broke the law in their dealings with banks, Busine
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Oracle net profit jumps, beats Wall Street view - 26, Jun 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp , the world's third-largest software maker, reported on Wednesday that quarterly profit jumped 27 percent, beating Wall Street estimates, on strong new software license revenue.
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Countrywide sued for unfair lending; buyout approved - 26, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Countrywide Financial Corp, widely blamed for helping foment the U.S. housing crisis through free-wheeling lending, was sued for alleged deceptive mortgage practices by officials in its home state of California and in Illinois on Wedn
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RIM profit jumps, outlook underwhelms; stock drops - 26, Jun 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion reported a higher first-quarter profit on Wednesday as it continued to sign up subscribers for its BlackBerry smartphones at a rapid clip, but its shares dropped 8 percent in late trading as the results and outlook
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Fed holds rates steady, dials up inflation worry - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday and voiced greater concern about inflation, taking a small step down a road toward higher borrowing costs.
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T-Mobile launches wireless home phone service - 26, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wireless provider T-Mobile USA on Wednesday unveiled a service aimed at customers who want to stop paying landline bills but are reluctant to entirely abandon their home phones and phone numbers.
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Workplaces to see more spats over after-hours - 26, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Should an employee get paid for reading a BlackBerry at the dinner table, sending an office e-mail or posting a job-related blog at home?
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Electronic health-record standards agreed - 26, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A major consumer group, insurers together with Google Inc and Microsoft Corp said on Wednesday they have agreed to standards intended to speed adoption of personal electronic health records.
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Floods and droughts make mild diseases deadly - 25, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Extreme floods and droughts brought on by climate change can turn normally harmless infections into significant threats, international researchers said on Tuesday.
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Doll dispute a warning to Hollywood moonlighters - 25, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - A question for aspiring filmmakers: Who do you think owns that groundbreaking screenplay you've been hammering out on your lunch breaks? What about the short film you spend your nights and weekends shooting? If you've go
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Neil Young relives War stories for new film - 25, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - In the spring of 2006, 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 War."
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Shell-shocked Britain has four in second round - 25, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Chris Eaton strings his own tennis rackets and drives a car with a wing mirror fixed by duct tape.
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Tiger's absence spoils Buick Open's 50th anniversary party - 25, Jun 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Buick Open's 50th anniversary party will be a little more subdued than planned with guest of honor Tiger Woods announcing he will miss the rest of the year to have surgery on his left knee.
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South Korea to allow return of U.S. beef imports - 25, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea will allow the resumption of U.S. beef imports starting Thursday, the farm ministry said, implementing an unpopular deal that sparked street protests and caused a crisis for the government.
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Afghan, U.S.-led troops kill up to 35 Taliban - 25, Jun 2008
KHOST, Afghanistan (Reuters) - U.S.-led coalition and Afghan forces killed up to 35 Taliban insurgents after the militants attacked two towns in eastern Afghanistan near the Pakistan border overnight, a police chief said on Wednesday.
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U.N. nuclear inspectors on last day of Syria visit - 25, Jun 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - U.N. nuclear investigators were winding up a four-day visit to Syria on Wednesday after checking an alleged atomic site bombed by Israel in September.
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Kremlin's new man strikes a different pose - 25, Jun 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian President Dmitry Medvedev played down differences with his predecessor Vladimir Putin in an interview with Reuters but the contrast in style and tone between the two men was striking.
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Bomb in Qaeda bastion in Iraq kills 3 U.S. troops - 25, Jun 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb killed three U.S. soldiers and an interpreter in a region of northern Iraq where U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling al Qaeda, the U.S. military said on Wednesday.
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Mugabe wants vote to strengthen hand - 25, Jun 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Although Zimbabwe's election has been dismissed as a sham by much of the world, President Robert Mugabe may believe it will give him enough legal cover to negotiate from strength with the opposition.
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Monsanto profit rises, shares fall - 25, Jun 2008
KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Monsanto Co posted a higher quarterly profit on Wednesday, but revenue and its full-year forecast fell slightly shy of expectations and its shares fell as much as 5 percent.
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Durable goods orders unchanged in May - 25, Jun 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods were unchanged in May after two consecutive months of decline, government data on Wednesday showed, while a key barometer of business confidence fell less than expected.
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Publicis launches digital advertising plan - 25, Jun 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Publicis, the world's fourth largest advertising group, on Wednesday launched a strategic initiative called VivaKi to boost performance in the fast-growing digital advertising market.
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Workplaces to see more spats over after-hours work - 25, Jun 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Should an employee get paid for reading a BlackBerry at the dinner table, sending an office e-mail or posting a job-related blog at home?
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Floods, droughts make mild diseases deadly: study - 25, Jun 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Extreme floods and droughts brought on by climate change can turn normally harmless infections into significant threats, international researchers said on Tuesday.
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More study of heart imaging agent risks urged - 25, Jun 2008
SILVER SPRING, Maryland (Reuters) - Makers of contrast agents used to enhance echocardiogram images need to conduct larger studies to better evaluate the heart risks seen in some patients, a U.S. panel of medical experts said on Tuesday.
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Coldplay debut at No. 1 on U.S. album chart - 25, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - British rock band Coldplay's new album debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. pop music chart on Tuesday, largely bucking the sales slides that have affected other musicians, the group's label said on Tuesday.
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Rapper Kanye West wins two prizes at BET Awards - 25, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rap star Kanye West picked up two prizes on Tuesday at the BET Awards, an event honoring black recording artists, actors and athletes, while Alicia Keys was one of several stars who used the occasion to salute presidential contende
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Humbled Wie sets sights on brighter future - 25, Jun 2008
EDINA, Minnesota (Reuters) - Once one of the biggest attractions in the game, teenager Michelle Wie cuts a much lower profile at this week's U.S. Women's Open.
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Triathlete Javier Gomez Noya tackles rocky road to Beijing - 25, Jun 2008
MADRID (Reuters) - Javier Gomez Noya fought a six-year battle with Spain's sporting authorities over a heart condition and he is now favorite to win a triathlon gold medal at the Beijing Olympics.
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Plant and Krauss bring it on home with festive folk - 25, Jun 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - At first thought, Robert Plant might seem an unlikely outlet for a celebration of Americana. But think about the myriad sounds from the colonies that Led Zeppelin melded into its music, and it makes sense.
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Blue Jays batter Reds in triumphant return for Gaston - 25, Jun 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - Manager Cito Gaston made a triumphant return to Toronto as the Blue Jays pounded out a season-high 22 hits in a 14-1 mauling of the Cincinnati Reds in interleague play on Tuesday.
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Woods undergoes successful knee surgery - 25, Jun 2008
EDINA, Minnesota (Reuters) - Tiger Woods underwent reconstructive surgery on Tuesday to repair a torn ligament in his left knee, an operation described as a success by his doctors.
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China offers rare praise for Myanmar's drug fight - 25, Jun 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China praised Myanmar's efforts to fight drugs on Wednesday, lauding the actions of a military government often criticized in the United States and Europe for not doing enough to tackle the problem.
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Divers search first-class cabins on Philippine ferry - 25, Jun 2008
SIBUYAN ISLAND, Philippines (Reuters) - Divers scouted for bodies in first-class cabins on a capsized ferry in the Philippines on Wednesday looking for more than 700 people still missing in the disaster.
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IOC investigates anti-Dalai Lama torch relay speech - 25, Jun 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee (IOC) is investigating a speech made by Tibet's Communist Party boss at the end of last weekend's Beijing torch relay leg in Lhasa in which he denounced the Dalai Lama.
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Olmert salvages Israel coalition in deal with Barak - 25, Jun 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Ehud Olmert averted a split in Israel's restive coalition on Wednesday by striking a deal with his biggest partner, the Labour party, that stopped it backing a bill to dissolve parliament.
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India tries to break civilian nuclear deal deadlock - 25, Jun 2008
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's government and its communist allies will try to break a deadlock on Wednesday over a civilian nuclear deal with the United States, with the ruling coalition split on an issue that could force snap elections.
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African leaders to hold emergency talks on Zimbabwe - 25, Jun 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Southern African leaders will hold an emergency meeting in Swaziland's capital Mbabane on Wednesday to discuss the crisis in Zimbabwe, officials said.
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Virgin Mobile USA to buy SK Telecom's U.S. unit: report - 25, Jun 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - Virgin Mobile USA is set to acquire a U.S. mobile arm of South Korea's SK Telecom Co as both sides agreed to combine their struggling businesses, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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