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Nadal reaches Miami final with win over Berdych - 05, Apr 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - World number two Rafael Nadal reached the Sony Ericsson Open final with a 7-6 6-2 win over Czech Tomas Berdych in windy conditions on Friday.
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Swede Hjorth sets clubhouse pace at Mission Hills - 05, Apr 2008
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - Sweden's Maria Hjorth birdied two of the last five holes to hold the clubhouse lead in the Kraft Nabisco Championship second round on Friday.
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Hansen predicts U.S. will smash records at trials - 05, Apr 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - American swimmers will smash up to six world records at the Olympic trials in July, breaststroke supremo Brendan Hansen predicted on Friday.
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Phelps off to steady but quiet start at grand prix - 05, Apr 2008
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Reuters) - American Michael Phelps got the Columbus swimming grand prix off to a quiet start, qualifying for the finals in three events on Friday as he continued his buildup to the Beijing Olympics.
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Chris Rock testifies in Hollywood wiretap case - 05, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Comedian Chris Rock testified on Friday that he hired Hollywood's so-called private eye to the stars to find incriminating information about a Hungarian model who filed a paternity suit against him.
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Bush pledges more troops for NATO Afghan force - 05, Apr 2008
MUSCAT (Reuters) - President George W. Bush pledged at a NATO summit to provide a "significant" number of extra U.S. troops to the alliance mission in Afghanistan in 2009, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
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Bush among friends on trip to NATO invitee Croatia - 05, Apr 2008
ZAGREB (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush lauded Croatia as a close and trusted ally on Friday at the start of a visit to NATO's newest recruit in the Balkans.
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Augusta National awaits Tiger juggernaut - 05, Apr 2008
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - The Tiger Woods juggernaut rolls into Augusta, Georgia, for next week's U.S. Masters where he will be the overwhelming favorite to claim the title for a fifth time.
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Queen Elizabeth's husband hospitalized with infection - 05, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth's 86-year-old husband Prince Philip has been taken to hospital with a chest infection, Buckingham Palace said on Friday.
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Bill Richardson plans Venezuela trip on hostages - 05, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Seasoned negotiator Bill Richardson plans to visit Venezuela next month to discuss the fate of three American hostages held by rebels in Colombia, said a U.S. official on Friday.
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Candidates court black vote on King anniversary - 05, Apr 2008
MEMPHIS (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton tried to shore up support among black voters on Friday in the city where civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was slain 40 years ago.
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Pirates seize French yacht and 30 crew off Somalia - 05, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Pirates stormed a French luxury yacht off the coast of Somalia on Friday and took its 30 crew hostage, prompting Paris to send troops to the area to secure the prisoners' release.
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Ford pays CEO $22 million, cites turnaround gains - 05, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Ford Motor Co reported on Friday that Chief Executive Alan Mulally earned more than $22 million in 2007, citing progress in revamping strategy and structure at the struggling No. 2 U.S. automaker.
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Banks seek to dismiss Clear Channel case - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The banks being sued in the Clear Channel Communications Inc case filed counterclaims against the private equity buyers and the U.S. radio operator on Friday, asking a New York state court to dismiss the case against them.
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Job losses mount, recession feared - 05, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Employers cut payrolls in March for a third straight month and the jobless rate jumped to a 2-1/2-year high, further evidence that a housing downturn and credit crisis may have pushed the economy into recession.
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Lehman sees banks, others writing down $400 billion - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers Inc strategists expect financial institutions worldwide to write down as much as $400 billion for bad debts by the end of 2008, and said competing estimates of as much as $1.2 trillion seem implausible.
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Market largely flat as bank fears cool optimism - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday as nagging fears about more bank losses and the biggest monthly decline in the job market in five years overshadowed earlier optimism that the credit crisis may be easing.
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JPMorgan dominates merged investment bank - 05, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co , which is taking over rival investment bank Bear Stearns Cos Inc , will dominate the management ranks of the combined investment banking and trading businesses, according to an internal memo.
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Appaloosa backs out of Delphi deal in blow to GM - 05, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Appaloosa Management LP said on Friday it terminated a $2.55 billion equity investment plan to support Delphi Corp , dealing a blow to the auto parts maker's planned exit from bankruptcy and to former Delphi parent General Motors Corp
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UK pedophiles told to hand over email addresses - 05, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters Life!) - Registered child sex offenders will have to provide their email addresses to police in a move to stop them using social networking Web sites, the Home Office announced on Friday.
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India firms see solution on BlackBerry by next week - 05, Apr 2008
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) is expected to provide a solution by early next week to India's security concerns on emails send through the services that could not be traced or intercepted, an official for mobile operators
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Cuban blogger wins Spanish digital journalism prize - 05, Apr 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Independent Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez, who chronicles the woes of life in communist-run Cuba, was awarded one of Spain's top journalism awards on Friday, the Ortega and Gasset prize for digital journalism.
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Vimpelcom sells first Russian BlackBerry contract - 05, Apr 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Vimpelcom became the first operator to introduce the BlackBerry service to Russia, selling a contract to the Russian unit of the world's second-largest cigarette maker, British American Tobacco .
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Gates says all-seeing Web helps government transparency - 05, Apr 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. Chairman Bill Gates credited the Internet on Friday with making "phenomenal" inroads in beefing up government transparency, saying cabinet ministers in Scandinavia now keep little, if anything, private.
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Verizon to use new spectrum for advanced wireless - 05, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Verizon Wireless said on Friday it would use the airwaves it won in a government auction last month for its next generation of high-speed wireless services, expected to debut around 2010.
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Madison Square Garden unveils $500 mln renovation - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York's Madison Square Garden on Thursday vowed to spend $500 million of its own money to renovate its arena, rejecting proposals to move the Garden as part of a $14 billion overhaul of the adjacent Pennsylvania Station.
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Clear Channel dispute set for May trial in New York - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The dispute over the $20 billion leveraged buyout of U.S. radio operator Clear Channel Communications Inc will go to trial in New York on May 5 or as soon after as can be scheduled, Justice Helen Freedman said in New York Supreme Cou
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Universal extends music market share: report - 04, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Amy Winehouse and Mika helped Universal Music extend its dominance of the recorded music sector in 2007, taking its share of the market to almost 30 percent, according to new research.
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Ovechkin keeps Capitals alive in playoff race - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Alexander Ovechkin conjured up a record-setting performance by keeping the surging Washington Capitals on course for the NHL playoffs on Thursday.
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Serena beats Kuznetsova to reach Miami final - 04, Apr 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - Defending champion Serena Williams beat world number four Svetlana Kuznetsova 3-6 7-5 6-3 to reach the Sony Ericsson Open final on Thursday.
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Scott, Wagner share Houston lead after record 63s - 04, Apr 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Holder Adam Scott of Australia and American Johnson Wagner fired course records of nine-under-par 63 on Thursday to share the lead after the first round of the Houston Open.
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Ochoa lurks one behind pacesetting mum Stupples - 04, Apr 2008
RANCHO MIRAGE, California (Reuters) - World number one Lorena Ochoa justified her billing as a red-hot favorite for this week's Kraft Nabisco Championship by charging into contention in Thursday's opening round.
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Clooney eyes box office touchdown with comedy - 04, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - George Clooney is set to score at the North American box office this weekend.
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Stone Temple Pilots to announce 65-date tour - 04, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock band Stone Temple Pilots, whose reunion has been overshadowed by singer Scott Weiland's latest contretemps, will launch a 65-date tour of North American amphitheaters next month, the group's representatives said on Thursday.
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Roddick stuns Federer in Miami - 04, Apr 2008
MIAMI, Florida (Reuters) - Andy Roddick upset world number one Roger Federer 7-6 4-6 6-3 at the Sony Ericsson Open quarter-final on Thursday.
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Big-spending Tigers humbled at home - 04, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Detroit Tigers were under no illusions about their performance in their first series of the new MLB season -- they stunk.
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Memphis enter Final Four seeking first title - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Memphis enter the NCAA Final Four this weekend with UCLA, North Carolina and Kansas as the only team still without a title.
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Rollins conjures up first victory for Phillies - 04, Apr 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The Philadelphia Phillies relied on some magic from National League MVP Jimmy Rollins to pull off their first win of the new MLB season on Thursday.
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Bulls rally to defeat Cavs after James hit by back spasms - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Chicago Bulls took advantage of an ailing LeBron James to claw their way back from a 17-point deficit and beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 101-98 on Thursday.
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King still roils U.S. politics 40 years after death - 04, Apr 2008
MEMPHIS (Reuters) - Forty years after Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death in a racially charged assassination, the civil rights leader is still roiling American politics.
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All eyes on Mugabe leadership meeting - 04, Apr 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabweans hoping elections will bring relief from an economic catastrophe anxiously awaited a leadership meeting expected to discuss the biggest challenge to President Robert Mugabe's 28-year rule.
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Clinton and Obama spar over long Democratic contest - 04, Apr 2008
PITTSBURGH (Reuters) - Depending on who is talking, Hillary Clinton should either drop out of the race for the U.S. Democratic presidential nomination for the good of the party or fight on because all voters have a right to be heard.
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Petraeus to update Congress on Iraq - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Gen. David Petraeus, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, will not promise Congress large troop withdrawals beyond July, saying it is too soon to make decisions about the second half of the year, defense officials say.
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Fed's Yellen says economy "all but stalled" - 04, Apr 2008
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - The U.S. economy has "all but stalled and could contract" in the first half of 2008, but the interest rate outlook is clouded, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Janet Yellen said on Thursday.
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AT&T sees strategic success in U.S. wireless auction - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - AT&T Inc said on Thursday the $6.64 billion worth of additional airwaves it acquired in a government auction last month would allow the company to make a strong move into the next generation of wireless services.
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GM shows off Volt, progress toward 2010 launch - 04, Apr 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp on Thursday showed off its progress in developing the highly anticipated Chevrolet Volt and detailed its road map for bringing the rechargeable car to the market by 2010, an ambitious timeline challenged by some ri
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News Corp Internet division to reorganize - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's Fox Interactive Media Internet division could fall short of its fiscal 2008 revenue target of $1 billion, as it reorganizes its divisions to better exploit the online advertising market.
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Citigroup to pay $33 million in gender bias lawsuit - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc has agreed to pay $33 million to about 2,500 current and former female brokers at its Smith Barney unit to settle a three-year-old discrimination lawsuit, court papers show.
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Fed officials play down rate cut expectations - 04, Apr 2008
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - For the second time this week, a senior Federal Reserve official conceded the United States economy could slip into recession, but suggested the central bank should wait to see if more rate cuts are needed.
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Straight or gay? U.S. court says Web site can't ask - 04, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A roommate-finding site cannot require users to disclose their sexual orientation, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Thursday, in the latest skirmish over whether anti-discrimination rules apply to the Web.
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Former Vanity Fair editor to launch Web site - 04, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Move over, Matt Drudge.
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Cell phones could help keep teenagers in line: study - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Life!) - Teenagers love their cell phones, and researchers may be able to take advantage of that fact to ensure that they don't fall into bad habits, a pilot study suggests.
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Nokia opens mobile gaming service N-Gage - 04, Apr 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's largest cellphone maker, launched its N-Gage gaming service on Thursday, hoping to energize an ailing market for mobile gaming.
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Video game firm THQ sees buying opportunities - 04, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - THQ Inc is looking at buying other video game developers, but the publisher of games like "Cars" and "Saints Row" can grow without making acquisitions, Chief Executive Brian Farrell said on Thursday.
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Yahoo CEO: gray areas make foreign business hard - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc Chief Executive Jerry Yang, whose company helped identify a Chinese dissident who was later jailed, said on Thursday that legal "gray areas" overseas made doing business internationally difficult.
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European cargo vessel docks with space station - 04, Apr 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - A European supply vessel carrying over five tons of freight docked with the International Space Station (ISS) on Thursday in a major advance for Europe's space program.
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Vietnam starts human trials for bird flu vaccine - 04, Apr 2008
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has started clinical trials for developing a human vaccine for the H5N1 virus, researchers said on Thursday in the Southeast Asian country that has recorded 52 deaths from bird flu.
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Birds get the credit, but bats eat more bugs - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bats play a bigger role than birds do in controlling tropical insects, and the loss of bats might mean that morning cup of coffee gets more expensive, researchers said on Thursday.
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Scientists find host of antibiotic-eating germs - 04, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Several strains of bacteria in the soil can make a meal of the world's most potent antibiotics, researchers said on Thursday, in a startling finding that illustrates the extent to which these germ-fighting drugs are losing the war agai
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Ancient feces indicates earlier American origins - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - DNA from ancient human feces found in a cave in Oregon provides biological verification that people were in North America 14,000 years ago, researchers said on Thursday.
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Aztecs devised sophisticated arithmetic system - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Using written symbols such as hearts, arrows and hands, the ancient Aztecs maintained an arithmetic system that was far more complex than previously understood, scientists said on Thursday.
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Israeli films get personal with war and polygamy - 04, Apr 2008
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - From one soldier's account of the Lebanon war to the tale of an Israeli African prince, a Tel Aviv film festival is looking beyond political conflict to examine broader issues of strife and identity in Israel.
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NASA vision not getting funded, experts find - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An ambitious vision to take people to the moon and Mars may fall apart before it even gets off the ground because of uncertain planning and inadequate funding, several experts said on Thursday.
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Canada TV biz debates entry of U.S. cable channels - 04, Apr 2008
VANCOUVER (Hollywood Reporter) - Canada's broadcasters will square off with their domestic cable and satellite TV operators next week in a battle that could pave the way for a sea change in the market -- the entry of such U.S. cable channels as HBO, ESPN
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Martin breaks course record in Portuguese Open - 04, Apr 2008
CASCAIS, Portugal (Reuters) - Spaniard Pablo Martin underlined his determination to retain the Portuguese Open title on Thursday when he broke the Oitavos Dunes course record with an eight-under 63.
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China should drop Tibet torch relay: Dalai Lama envoy - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - China's plan to run the Beijing Olympics torch relay through Tibet is "insulting" to Tibetans reeling under a recent crackdown and should be canceled, the Dalai Lama's special envoy said on Thursday.
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Darfur activists urge leaders to skip ceremony - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and other leaders should shun the Beijing Olympics opening ceremony unless China does more to stop bloodshed in Sudan's Darfur region, activists said on Thursday.
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Remy Ma plans to marry in NY jail - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Grammy-nominated rapper Remy Ma, convicted last month of shooting another woman in a fight over missing cash, is planning a jailhouse wedding to her boyfriend, fellow rapper Papoose.
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Bengals release Henry after arrest on assault charges - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Cincinnati Bengals released Chris Henry on Thursday shortly before the troubled third-year wide receiver appeared in court on assault charges.
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Report says 90,000 U.S. infants maltreated a year - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About one of every 43 U.S. infants is physically abused or neglected annually, and those babies are especially at risk in the first week of their lives, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
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U.N. court clears ex-Kosovo PM of war crimes - 04, Apr 2008
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - The U.N. war crimes tribunal cleared Kosovo's former prime minister on Thursday of persecuting Serbs in a 1998-99 separatist war, a move expected to fan tensions simmering over Kosovo's secession.
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Pregnant man tells Oprah: It's a miracle - 04, Apr 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A transgender man who is six months pregnant said in an interview aired by Oprah Winfrey on Thursday that he always wanted to have a child and considers it a miracle.
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U.S. envoy says caught off guard by Basra battle - 04, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. ambassador to Baghdad said on Thursday he was caught off guard when a big battle broke out between Iraqi forces and militias in Basra last week, saying U.S. troops were only able to give support after fighting began.
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Senate kills bankruptcy revamp in housing bill - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Senate on Thursday voted to reject a Democratic proposal to give bankruptcy judges the power to ease mortgage payment terms for some distressed borrowers as it began debating a housing market rescue plan.
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NATO promises Ukraine, Georgia entry one day - 04, Apr 2008
BUCHAREST (Reuters) - NATO leaders promised Ukraine and Georgia on Thursday they would one day join the Western defense alliance after rebuffing U.S. demands to put the former Soviet republics on an immediate path to membership.
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More poll results come in for crisis-hit Zimbabwe - 04, Apr 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - More delayed election results started trickling in on Thursday as crisis-stricken Zimbabwe anxiously awaited a leadership meeting expected to discuss the biggest challenge to President Robert Mugabe's 28-year rule.
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Republicans feel good about Obama match-up - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hillary Clinton may be the Democrat who Republicans love to hate, but some Republican strategists say they have no fear of a match-up with her rival Barack Obama in November's presidential election.
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Late payments on consumer loans at 16-year high - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - More Americans have fallen behind on consumer loans than at any time in nearly 16 years, as credit problems once concentrated in mortgages spread into other forms of debt.
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ATA Airlines files for bankruptcy and shuts down - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - ATA Airlines Inc said on Thursday it filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and shut down all operations after cancellation of a key military charter agreement.
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Services contract, jobless lines lengthen - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. service sector contracted for a third straight month in March while the number of workers applying for jobless benefits soared last week to a 2-1/2-year high, reinforcing fears the economy has stalled.
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U.S. appeals court tosses $800 billion tobacco suit - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A federal appeals court tossed out an $800 billion class-action lawsuit against tobacco companies on Thursday brought by smokers who said they were deceived into believing "light" cigarettes were healthier.
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Wall St edges up as Merrill, RIM ease fears - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks edged up on Thursday, after a report that Merrill Lynch & Co does not need to raise more capital eased fears of a deeper credit crisis and offset concern that monthly jobs data would point to a recession.
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UK man wins record Internet libel damages - 04, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A British property executive won record Internet libel damages from a court on Thursday, in one of the country's first cases stemming from online harassment by a business rival.
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Regulators and bankers defend Bear Stearns rescue - 04, Apr 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bear Stearns could not be allowed to collapse because it could have shattered confidence in financial markets and caused lasting damage to the economy, top regulators said on Thursday in defending the rescue of what was once the fif
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Cell phones could improve teens' health - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Teenagers love their cell phones, and researchers may be able to take advantage of that fact to improve their health, a pilot study suggests.
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Execs speak out on regulations at U.S. wireless show - 04, Apr 2008
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Telecommunications executives railed against the prospect of increased regulation of the U.S. wireless industry at a conference this week, complaining about everything from network access rules to taxes that they say could stunt grow
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Nokia launches gaming service N-Gage - 04, Apr 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia, the world's largest cell phone maker, launched its N-Gage gaming service on Thursday, hoping to energize an ailing market for mobile gaming.
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Dell to cut more jobs in cost-cutting "mission" - 04, Apr 2008
ROUND ROCK, Texas (Reuters) - Dell Inc plans to cut more jobs than the 8,800 it had targeted as it seeks to reduce expenses by at least $3 billion annually by 2011, Chief Executive Michael Dell said on Thursday.
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Movie download services bypass discs - 04, Apr 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Forget DVDs. Several services now let you download movies and play them right on your TV -- no disc needed.
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MySpace forms music venture with big labels - 04, Apr 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - News Corp's MySpace, the world's largest social network Web site, said it has formed an online music venture with three major recording companies in a challenge to Apple Inc's dominant iTunes Music Store.
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Steve Irwin's zoo subject of Australia tax probe - 03, Apr 2008
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australian tax officials are probing the affairs of late "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin and his wife Terri over an offshore scheme involving their Australia Zoo wildlife business, the zoo said on Thursday.
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Talk heats up over Spielberg's next move - 03, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hollywood studios are getting ready to wine and dine Steven Spielberg as his contract with Paramount winds down.
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IOC vigorously defends non-political role in China - 03, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee, under fire for not speaking out on China's human rights record before the Beijing Games, vigorously defended its policy of non-involvement in politics on Thursday.
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Jay-Z on verge of $150 million Live Nation deal: report - 03, Apr 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Jay-Z is on the verge of a deal with concert promoter Live Nation worth about $150 million that rivals the biggest music contracts ever, the New York Times reported on its Web site on Wednesday.
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Nowitzki returns to propel Mavericks to key Warriors win - 03, Apr 2008
return from injury by helping the Dallas Mavericks post a crucial 111-86 win over the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday.
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China jails rights activist outspoken on Tibet - 03, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Buddhist Chinese dissident outspoken on Tibet and other sensitive topics was jailed for three-and-a-half years on Thursday, a conviction likely to become a focus of rights campaigns ahead of the Beijing Olympics.
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Japan police arrest U.S. sailor for murder - 03, Apr 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese police arrested on Thursday a U.S. sailor on suspicion of murdering and robbing a taxi driver last month, the latest case of crime linked to U.S. bases in the country.
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Iraq's Sadr calls million-strong march against U.S - 03, Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr called on Thursday for 1 million Iraqis to march against U.S. "occupation" next week after his Mehdi Army militia battled U.S. and government troops.
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Paulson says China market reforms to continue - 03, Apr 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is too far down the road toward a market economy to turn back from reforms now, even if U.S. financial market turmoil is causing it some qualms, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Thursday.
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Euro zone slowdown gathers pace as does inflation - 03, Apr 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Euro zone economies are slowing, and at very different speeds, but inflation remains consistently high, according to data that makes the European Central Bank's job of setting interest rates even tougher.
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