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New N.Y. governor and wife admit extramarital affairs - 19, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The new governor of New York admitted to past extramarital affairs and one by his wife on Tuesday, seeking to quash even more wild rumors and move past the tumult caused by his predecessor's resignation amid a sex scandal.
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Japan lawmakers leave central bank leaderless - 19, Mar 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - The Japanese central bank will be run by a temporary leader in the midst of a credit crisis, after parliament rejected on Wednesday the government's latest nominee to replace the current governor when he retires in a few hours.
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Obama rebukes preacher and urges race healing - 19, Mar 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized his preacher's racially charged sermons but said he could not disown him in a speech urging Americans to move past their "racial stalemate."
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Fannie and Freddie have won capital relief: sources - 19, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will on Wednesday announce that the two U.S. mortgage finance companies have won relief from stringent capital rules and so can pump about $200 billion into a shaky mortgage market, sourc
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Alibaba seeks buyers for Yahoo-owned stake: source - 19, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - China's Alibaba Group is seeking investors to buy the 39 percent stake in the Internet company held by Yahoo Inc, a person with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday, outlining a plan that could stop Microsoft Corp fr
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Visa raises $17.9 billion in record IPO - 19, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Visa Inc burned its name into the record books for U.S. initial public offerings on Tuesday, raising $17.9 billion as investors seized on its growth potential and lack of direct exposure to the global credit crisis.
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Big wireless auction ends, winners still secret - 19, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. government auction of wireless airwaves ended on Tuesday raising a record $19.59 billion, but winners of the valuable spectrum were not immediately identified.
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Google sees surge in Web use on hot mobile phones - 19, Mar 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc has seen an acceleration of Internet activity among mobile phone users in recent months since the company has introduced faster Web services on selected phone models, fueling confidence the mobile Internet era is at ha
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Gene for brain connections linked with autism - 19, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A gene that helps the brain make connections may underlie a significant number of autism cases, researchers in the United States reported on Tuesday.
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Tiny Mexican porpoise near extinct from fish nets - 19, Mar 2008
SAN FELIPE, Mexico (Reuters) - The vaquita, a tiny stubby-nosed porpoise found only in Mexico's Sea of Cortez, is on the brink of extinction as more die each year in fishing nets than are being born, biologists say.
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Hollywood casting call for new ceremonial "mayor" - 19, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood has an opening for a new "mayor," and the leading nominees include a co-star of the 1960s TV comedy "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and a buxom, middle-aged model who promotes herself on billboards.
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Thickest, oldest Arctic ice is melting: NASA data - 19, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The thickest, oldest and toughest sea ice around the North Pole is melting, a bad sign for the future of the Arctic ice cap, NASA satellite data showed on Tuesday.
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Alinghi must face BMW Oracle in America's Cup - 19, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alinghi will have to defend the America's Cup against BMW Oracle after a New York judge on Tuesday threw out a request by the Swiss syndicate to reargue a court case between the two.
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Film director Anthony Minghella dies - 19, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British filmmaker Anthony Minghella, who won the Oscar as best director for his work on "The English Patient," died in a London hospital on Tuesday after a short illness, his agent said. He was 54.
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Woods aims to extend winning streak at Doral - 19, Mar 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Fresh from his ninth win in ten tournaments Tiger Woods takes on the rest of the golfing world again at the WCG-CA Championship starting on Thursday.
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New N.Y. governor, wife admit extramarital affairs - 19, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The new governor of New York admitted to past extramarital affairs and one by his wife on Tuesday, seeking to quash even more wild rumors and move past the tumult caused by his predecessor's resignation amid a sex scandal.
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SocGen trader Kerviel gets out of jail - 19, Mar 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Jerome Kerviel, the Frenchman blamed by his company for the world's biggest rogue trading scandal, left jail on Tuesday after winning a legal battle against detention.
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Conservative justices question D.C. handgun ban - 19, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. capital's strict gun control law faced a barrage of skeptical questions on Tuesday from the U.S. Supreme Court's conservatives.
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Obama rebukes preacher, urges race healing - 19, Mar 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized his preacher's racially charged sermons but said he could not disown him in a speech urging Americans to move past their "racial stalemate."
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Dalai Lama calls for end to violence in Tibet - 19, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama said on Tuesday he would step down as head of Tibet's government-in-exile if that would stop bloodshed in his homeland, but China repeated its charge that he was the mastermind of a violent uprising.
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Delta to cut 2,000 jobs - 19, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc unveiled plans to cut 2,000 jobs and scale back flights on Tuesday, leading efforts by U.S. carriers to cut costs in the face of soaring fuel prices and a weakening economy.
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Goldman, Lehman profits beat forecasts, shares rise - 19, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc on Tuesday said quarterly profits fell by more than half, but results for both investment banks topped forecasts, driving their shares to record one-day gains.
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Wall Street rallies as Fed cut, banks drive gains - 19, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rang up their biggest one-day gains in more than five years as the S&P 500 jumped on Tuesday after the Fed's deep interest-rate cut and solid results from two top investment banks reassured investors shocked by Bear Stearns
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Darden Restaurants profit up - 19, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Darden Restaurants Inc , parent of the Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurant chains, posted a higher net profit on Tuesday, boosted by its recently acquired LongHorn Steakhouse and Capital Grille chains.
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Boeing confident of winning back tanker deal - 19, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Boeing Co's program manager for tanker aircraft voiced great confidence on Tuesday about winning back a $35 billion aerial-refueling deal from a team that includes European archrival Airbus.
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NYC to probe if Bear Stearns deceived investors - 19, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York City's comptroller, who helps oversee the city's pension funds, on Tuesday said he will investigate whether the failure of Bear Stearns & Co was due to miscalculation or deception, which could trigger a lawsuit to recover
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Fed delivers 3/4 point cut - 19, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Federal Reserve slashed U.S. interest rates on Tuesday, boosting Wall Street, which was already higher on stronger-than-expected investment bank earnings.
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Facebook adds privacy controls, plans chat feature - 19, Mar 2008
PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) - Facebook said on Tuesday it is introducing new privacy controls that give users of the fast-growing social-network site the ability to preserve social distinctions between friends, family and co-workers online.
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Microsoft, Intel to research parallel computing - 19, Mar 2008
SEATTLE/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel Corp and Microsoft Corp committed $20 million over the next five years to create research centers focused on parallel computing at two U.S. universities.
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SocGen trader Kerviel leaves jail - 18, Mar 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Jerome Kerviel, the Frenchman blamed by his company for the world's biggest rogue trading scandal, left jail on Tuesday after winning a legal battle against detention.
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McCartney divorce judge berates Heather Mills - 18, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The judge in Paul McCartney's divorce settlement berated the former Beatle's estranged wife Heather Mills for giving "inconsistent and inaccurate" evidence, according to details of the ruling released on Tuesday.
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British film director Anthony Minghella dies - 18, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - British film director Anthony Minghella, who won an Oscar for "The English Patient", died in a London hospital on Tuesday after a short illness, his agent said. He was 54.
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Russia, U.S. fail to agree on missile shield - 18, Mar 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States failed on Tuesday to agree on U.S. plans to deploy parts of a missile defense shield in eastern Europe, an issue that has helped drive their relations to a post-Cold War low.
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Dalai Lama tries to end Tibetan rioting - 18, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Dalai Lama said on Tuesday he was willing to step down as head of the Tibetan government in
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Cheney says U.S. will complete mission in Iraq - 18, Mar 2008
BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq (Reuters) - The United States intends to complete its mission in Iraq and will not allow the country to become a staging ground for terrorist attacks on Americans, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney said on Tuesday.
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Paulson admits U.S. economy in sharp decline - 18, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Tuesday described the economy as being in "sharp decline," the closest he has come yet to conceding an election-year recession has set in.
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Obama denounces preacher, says can't disown him - 18, Mar 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Tuesday criticized his preacher for racially charged rhetoric but said he could not disown the man who baptized his children and officiated at his wedding.
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Yahoo unveils growth view, stands firm on Microsoft - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc disclosed on Tuesday revenue forecasts ahead of Wall Street expectations for 2009 and 2010 as it tries to convince investors it deserves a higher takeover offer from Microsoft Corp .
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Court reverses Exxon freeze on Venezuela assets - 18, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A British judge has lifted a $12 billion freeze on Venezuelan assets awarded to U.S. oil major Exxon Mobil in a spat over a seized oil project.
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Qwest to cut jobs on falling traditional phone use - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qwest Communications International Inc said on Tuesday that it was cutting jobs due to a decline in customers for its traditional phone service.
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Some Wall Street banks seen riskier than poor countries - 18, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Turmoil and uncertainty over some of Wall Street's best-known investment banks has left some facing rougher market conditions that price them as riskier than developing countries or banks in volatile areas of the world.
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Fed poised to slash rates even as jitters ease - 18, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Federal Reserve policy-makers opened a meeting on Tuesday that was expected to lead to the biggest one-day cut in interest rates since 1982, as two major Wall Street firms provided some relief to markets with better-than-ex
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Hopes of higher bid boosts Bear shares - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bear Stearns Cos Inc shares surged more than 65 percent on Tuesday, as investors bet a new bidder could emerge for the investment bank that agreed to be bought by JPMorgan Chase & Co .
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Financials drive Wall St sharply higher - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rallied on Tuesday ahead of a decision from the Federal Reserve policy meeting expected to conclude with an interest-rate cut of as much as 1 percentage point.
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Goldman, Lehman earnings fall but top views - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs Group Inc and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc on Tuesday reported lower quarterly profits but results for both investment banks topped forecasts, sending their shares soaring.
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China's Alibaba 2007 net more than quadruples - 18, Mar 2008
HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Top Chinese e-commerce firm Alibaba.com Ltd beat forecasts with a 340 percent jump in 2007 net profit, thanks to China's buoyant economy, increasing Internet access and growth in the firm's number of paying members.
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Spacewalkers to kit handyman robot with tools - 18, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - NASA astronauts prepared for a spacewalk on Monday to outfit the International Space Station's new robotic handyman after tests showed it to be in good working order.
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Spacewalk complete as "Dextre" tools up - 18, Mar 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Dextre the handyman space robot now has the tools of his trade and is ready for work.
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Davenport targets return to the top - 18, Mar 2008
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Former world number one Lindsay Davenport believes she still can complete at the highest level, despite juggling her professional career with motherhood.
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Singing outshines staging in Met's "Grimes" - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Far more satisfying to hear than watch, the Metropolitan Opera's new production of Benjamin Britten's modern classic "Peter Grimes" demonstrates that director John Doyle's minimalist style is ill-suited for the massive Met
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U.S. has no plans to boycott Beijing Games - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - American athletes will definitely compete at the Beijing Olympics despite recent violence in Tibet and calls for a boycott, the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) said on Monday.
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Celtics survive tough test from Spurs and eye Rockets - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boston, the best team in the NBA, survived a torrid time before overturning a 22-point deficit to beat San Antonio on Monday, a day before they face the league's hottest team.
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Second chance for skater Kimmie Meissner at worlds - 18, Mar 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Kimmie Meissner hopes a change of coach and the gift of a spot in this week's world figure skating championships will help to salvage a career that has been on a dizzying downward spiral.
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If the Wizards' Arenas returns he'll be an "assist man" - 18, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Injured Washington Wizards guard Gilbert Arenas is hoping to return to the line-up this season but has been told by doctors his mobility would not return before next year.
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Nadal and Djokovic power into fourth round - 18, Mar 2008
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Spaniard Rafael Nadal stayed on course for his first ATP title of the year with a 6-1 6-3 demolition of American wildcard Donald Young in the Pacific Life Open third round on Monday.
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Former U.S. ambassador, subprime mortgage pioneer dies - 18, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Roland Arnall, founder of subprime pioneer Ameriquest Mortgage Co, died of cancer on Monday morning in Los Angeles, his family said in a statement.
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Japan nominates new BOJ governor, opposition wary - 18, Mar 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - The government put forward a former top finance ministry official on Tuesday as its second candidate to run the Bank of Japan, but opposition lawmakers warned he was likely to be vetoed, just like the first nominee.
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China says Tibet rioters trying to wreck Olympics - 18, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's premier accused Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, of orchestrating riots in which dozens may have died and said his followers were trying to "incite sabotage" of Beijing's August Olympic Games.
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U.S. GSEs near deal to issue stock, get capital-sources - 18, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac are near a deal that would increase their ability to ease tight credit by broadening their ability to buy mortgages being shunned by other investors, sources familiar with the talks said on Monday.
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China's Wen says worried about dollar and global economy - 18, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China is deeply concerned about the potential global economic fallout from the U.S. subprime crisis, which could make its job of balancing growth and fighting inflation more challenging, Premier Wen Jiabao said on Tuesday.
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Bear fire sale sparks rout - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fire sale of Bear Stearns Cos Inc stunned Wall Street and pummeled global financial stocks on the eve of an expected U.S. interest rate cut aimed at preventing a meltdown of the financial system.
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Fed set for big rate cut amid market turmoil - 18, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve is expected to slash interest rates by as much as a whole percentage point at its policy meeting on Tuesday as investors warily await investment bank results that could aggravate fears of a full-blo
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Putting customers to work, Nokia takes on the Web - 18, Mar 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - A popular video on Youtube shows a 'concept phone' that could -- literally -- bend to fit your wrist. Called Nokia Morph, it's also an image of how the world's largest mobile phone maker wants to change.
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Spears judge extends order against former manager - 18, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Monday extended a temporary restraining order for one month against Sam Lutfi, a friend and former self-styled manager of troubled pop star Britney Spears.
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Jankovic breezes into fourth round at windy Indian Wells - 18, Mar 2008
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Serbia's world number four Jelena Jankovic shrugged off gusting winds to sweep aside Ai Sugiyama of Japan 6-1 6-1 in the Pacific Life Open third round on Monday.
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Divorce costs former Beatle McCartney $48.7 million - 18, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A British court ordered former Beatle Paul McCartney on Monday to pay his estranged wife Heather Mills 24.3 million pounds ($48.7 million) after an acrimonious divorce battle.
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"Diddy" Combs linked to Tupac shooting: report - 18, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Los Angeles Times has linked two former associates of rap mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs to a 1994 attack on singer Tupac Shakur and suggested Combs knew in advance of the assault, but Combs called the story "a lie."
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Blake surges into fourth round at Indian Wells - 18, Mar 2008
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Ninth-seeded American James Blake powered past Spaniard Carlos Moya with a 6-3 6-4 victory in the third round of the Pacific Life Open on Monday.
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Russian, U.S. officials see chance for better ties - 18, Mar 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia and the United States expressed optimism on Monday they could improve ties, and Pentagon chief Robert Gates said a deal might be reached on a U.S. missile shield before the end of the Bush administration.
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Pro-Tibet vigil held in Beijing - 18, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Ethnic Tibetan students staged a candle-lit vigil in Beijing on Monday, saying it was to pray for the dead, after authorities warned anti-Chinese rioters in the Tibetan capital to surrender.
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Deepening slump envelops factory sector - 18, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A spreading economic malaise seeped into U.S. factories in February and March as waning demand more than offset the export benefits of a cheaper dollar, a series of reports showed on Monday.
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Iraq invasion was "successful endeavor": Cheney - 18, Mar 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney on Monday declared the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq a "successful endeavor" during a visit to Baghdad, on the same day a woman suicide bomber killed 40 people.
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Florida Democrats drop bid to stage primary re-run - 18, Mar 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Florida's Democratic Party said on Monday it would no longer push for a rerun of the state's invalid primary election to pick a presidential nominee, leaving a decision on what to do with the state's delegates entirely to the national pa
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New York governor sworn in amid financial woes - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Gov. David Paterson was sworn in on Monday following the sex scandal that forced predecessor Eliot Spitzer to resign, and he confronted a state budget shortfall worsened by a faltering U.S. economy.
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Court overturns Nacchio insider trading conviction - 18, Mar 2008
DENVER/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court on Monday threw out the insider trading conviction of former Qwest Communications International Inc Chief Executive Joseph Nacchio, ordering a new trial in front of a different judge.
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Market turmoil will not stop Visa IPO: analysts - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Visa Inc, which plans to float its shares on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday in the biggest U.S. initial public offering ever, will not be deterred by market turmoil that has taken a severe toll in recent days, analysts said
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Stunned Bear Stearns investors bring legal claims - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Angry Bear Stearns Co Inc shareholders have wasted no time in bringing legal claims following the company's stunning stock collapse and $2-a-share fire sale to JPMorgan Chase & Co.
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Dow rises, S&P and Nasdaq down after Bear deal - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow industrials ended slightly higher, but the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell on Monday after JPMorgan Chase & Co's deal to buy struggling brokerage Bear Stearns at a rock bottom price failed to dispel fears of deeper fallout
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Big U.S. airlines look to shrink to save money - 18, Mar 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Major U.S. airlines are beginning to
shrink their operations as they battle unrelenting increases in
fuel prices, a weakening economy and a sharp decline in their
share prices.
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ADS says Blackstone in breach of contract - 18, Mar 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Alliance Data Systems Corp said on Monday that Blackstone Group was in breach of contract on its agreement to buy the credit-card transaction company.
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Lewis takes $1 billion hit from Bear Stearns - 18, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Even the most successful investors can get it horribly wrong, as reclusive British tycoon Joe Lewis has just found out.
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Bear fire sale sparks rout on eve of Fed rate cut - 18, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A fire sale of Bear Stearns Cos Inc stunned Wall Street and pummeled global financial stocks on the eve of an expected U.S. interest rate cut aimed at preventing a meltdown of the financial system.
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Facebook gets entangled in Middle East conflict - 18, Mar 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Complaints by Jewish settlers angry at Facebook for listing them as residents of "Palestine" prompted the popular social networking Web site to allow users to switch themselves back to Israel.
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EU backs Nokia standard for mobile TV - 18, Mar 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Commission moved to simplify the nascent mobile phone TV sector by adopting a standard backed by Finland's Nokia, but mobile operators said Brussels was acting too quickly.
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Federer and Sharapova cruise, Roddick exits - 17, Mar 2008
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Big-serving Andy Roddick crashed out of the Pacific Life Open on Sunday while second-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced after a battling 6-1 4-6 6-3 win over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.
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U.N. and NATO troops clash with Serbs in Kosovo - 17, Mar 2008
MITROVICA, Kosovo (Reuters) - NATO troops came under fire during Serb riots in the northern Kosovo flashpoint of Mitrovica on Monday, in the worst violence in the territory since the Albanian majority declared independence last month.
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McCartney divorce costs Beatle $48.7 million - 17, Mar 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A British court ordered former Beatle Paul McCartney on Monday to pay his estranged wife Heather Mills 24.3 million pounds ($48.7 million) after an acrimonious divorce battle.
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U.S. and Russia seek progress over missile shield - 17, Mar 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's president-elect, Dmitry Medvedev, struck a conciliatory note on Monday at the start of talks with visiting U.S. officials by saying there was a common will to solve problems between Moscow and Washington.
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FBI presence in bombed Pakistan diner adds to murk - 17, Mar 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani police carried out a dragnet following a bomb attack on Saturday night that killed a Turkish woman and wounded four FBI agents among several other people dining at a Italian restaurant in Islamabad.
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China says will "unwaveringly" protect territory - 17, Mar 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China on Monday denounced attacks on its embassies by pro-Tibetan activists hours before a deadline for rioters in Lhasa to turn themselves in and said it would do all in its power to protect its territorial integrity.
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Cheney says Iraq changes "phenomenal, dramatic" - 17, Mar 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) -Vice President Dick Cheney, an architect of the U.S-led invasion of Iraq, on Monday hailed "phenomenal changes" in Iraq on a visit to assess the success of a troop build-up five years after the war began.
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Int'l Paper to buy Weyerhaeuser unit for $6 billion - 17, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - International Paper said on Monday it has agreed to acquire Weyerhaeuser Co's packaging business for $6 billion, making it North America's largest corrugated box maker.
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Carlyle Capital bankrupt, to wind up fund - 17, Mar 2008
NEW YORK/AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Investment company Carlyle Capital Corp said on Sunday its shareholders have voted unanimously in favor of a compulsory winding up.
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"New world order," buyers seen for banks: CreditSights - 17, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Financial firms face a "new world order" after a weekend fire sale of Bear Stearns and the Federal Reserve's first emergency weekend meeting since 1979, research firm CreditSights said in a report on Monday.
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Dollar's nosedive stirs joint intervention jitters - 17, Mar 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar's sharp slide to 13-year lows against the yen and fresh all-time lows versus the euro on Monday is stoking jitters about the possibility of joint central bank intervention to prop up the dollar.
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Bear fire sale sparks financial rout - 17, Mar 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters)- A fire sale of Bear Stearns Cos Inc stunned Wall Street and pummeled global financial stocks on Monday on fears that few banks are safe from deepening market turmoil.
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Kuznetsova and Sharapova advance as Roddick exits - 17, Mar 2008
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Big-serving Andy Roddick crashed out of the Pacific Life Open on Sunday while second-seeded Russian Svetlana Kuznetsova advanced after a battling 6-1 4-6 6-3 win over Slovakia's Dominika Cibulkova.
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Sharapova maintains perfect 2008 start in Indian Wells - 17, Mar 2008
INDIAN WELLS, California (Reuters) - Australian Open champion Maria Sharapova weathered an untidy opening set to maintain her perfect start to the season at the Pacific Life Open on Sunday.
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TV shows begin trickling back after strike - 17, Mar 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Scripted television is back on.
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Corvo hat-trick helps Hurricanes thrash Senators - 17, Mar 2008
RALEIGH, North Carolina (Reuters) - Joe Corvo delighted the home crowd with a hat-trick against his former team as the Carolina Hurricanes crushed the Ottawa Senators 5-1 in an Eastern Conference match-up on Sunday.
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