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Delta, Northwest shares fall amid merger doubts - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc and Northwest Airlines Corp shares fell on Monday partly on concerns their merger talks may fail on the inability of pilots to agree on how to combine their ranks.
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MBIA moves to help stability in credit markets - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MBIA Inc , the world's largest bond insurer, said it will stop guaranteeing asset-backed securities for six months and plans to split that business from its municipal bond unit, moves aimed at restoring stability in troubled credit ma
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UAW goes on strike against American Axle - 26, Feb 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The United Auto Workers began a strike against auto parts maker American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc shortly after midnight on Tuesday after failing to reach agreement on a new contract.
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Bloggers test their popularity in Malaysia election - 26, Feb 2008
KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - The Internet is changing the face of Malaysian politics, becoming a virtual political party of its own as the country gears up for elections next month.
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TI expands application chips beyond phones - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Texas Instruments Inc unveiled new application chips on Tuesday that can be used in everything from music players to medical equipment, with an aim of expanding its business beyond the cell phone chip market.
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Hair analysis offers new crime-fighting clues - 26, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists can now tell where in the United States a person may have been by analyzing a single strand of hair, offering a new tool for crime investigators trying to identify a body or track criminals.
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Austrian dies of shark bite on Bahamas trip - 26, Feb 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - An Austrian scuba diver died after a shark bit his leg in the Bahamas, authorities said on Monday.
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Archeologists find 5,500-year-old plaza in Peru - 26, Feb 2008
LIMA (Reuters) - A ceremonial plaza built 5,500 years ago has been discovered in Peru, and archeologists involved in the dig said on Monday carbon dating shows it is one of the oldest structures ever found in the Americas.
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Pentagon declares satellite shootdown a success - 26, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon declared on Monday that its mission to blast apart a defunct spy satellite with a missile fired from a Navy warship had been a success.
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Hormone therapy skews breast cancer diagnosis - 26, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Women on hormone replacement therapy have only a slightly higher risk of developing breast cancer, but there are much greater chances they will experience the worry of abnormal mammograms or may undergo an avoidable breast biopsy, rese
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Teams ready to deal as trade deadline approaches - 26, Feb 2008
VANCOUVER (Reuters) - In the weeks leading up to Tuesday's NHL trade deadline, there has been a lot of talk and not much action.
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80th annual Oscars draw record low TV ratings - 26, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Films about psychopaths, greedy oilmen and corrupt lawyers failed to click with moviegoers, and they proved a turnoff to U.S. television viewers as this year's Oscars show hit record low ratings.
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Major powers push for new Iran sanctions - 26, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Western powers on Monday pushed for new sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program as Tehran voiced defiance about any new punitive measures, saying high oil prices would cushion the blow.
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U.S. expects 140,000 troops in Iraq after drawdown - 26, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States expects to have about 140,000 troops in Iraq even after completing a planned drawdown of combat forces in July, the Pentagon said on Monday.
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Lowe's profit better than expected, shares rise - 26, Feb 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos reported a better-than-expected quarterly profit on Monday and said it expects some headwinds facing its business to ease this year, and its shares gained 4 percent.
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Stocks jump after relief on bond insurers - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose more than 1 percent on Monday on signs the two largest bond insurers would stabilize, bringing a wave of relief to a market dogged by concerns of further bank write-downs.
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MBIA keeps top ratings, markets relieved - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MBIA Inc. , the world's largest bond insurer, held onto its top credit ratings from Standard & Poor's on Monday, in a development that soothed stock and bond investors fearing downgrades would roil capital markets.
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Men need Internet help to get prostate cancer info - 26, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Visiting Web sites that provide general patient information on prostate cancer is not the best way for men to get help deciding whether to be screened for the disease, a new study shows.
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EA's offer for Take-Two undervalued: big investor - 26, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Video game giant Electronic Arts Inc's (EA) offer of $26 a share for Take-Two Interactive Software Inc undervalues the company, and shareholders are unlikely to sell at that price, an investor who owns about 5 percent of Take-Two
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Next space shuttle crew practices Florida launch - 25, Feb 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Seven astronauts scheduled to deliver the first part of Japan's laboratory to the International Space Station climbed aboard their spaceship on Monday to rehearse for the launch in two weeks.
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Archeologists find 5,500 year old plaza in Peru - 25, Feb 2008
LIMA (Reuters) - A circular plaza built 5,500 years ago has been discovered in Peru, and archeologists involved in the dig said on Monday carbon dating shows it is one of the oldest structures ever found in the Americas.
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News unit wins Italy Olympic rights, seeks partner - 25, Feb 2008
MILAN (Reuters) - Sky Italia, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Corp, has won the Italian broadcasting rights to the Vancouver Winter Olympics in 2010 and the London Summer Olympics in 2012 and is looking for a free-to-air partner, it said on Monday.
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80th annual Oscars head for record low TV ratings - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The U.S. telecast of the 80th annual Oscars, dominated by European stars and movies that played poorly at the box office, appears headed for record low viewership, according to early figures from Nielsen Media Research on Monday.
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Antarctic krill found in waters 3,000 meters deep - 25, Feb 2008
OSLO (Reuters) - Shrimp-like krill can thrive in icy waters 3,000 meters (9,800 ft) deep off Antarctica as well as near the surface, according to a study on Monday that shows krill stocks can survive far deeper than previously thought.
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Tiger Woods reflects on fine line in Match Play game - 25, Feb 2008
MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Moments after dazzling the golfing world with his 63rd PGA Tour victory, the remarkable Tiger Woods pondered the fine line between success and failure in the head-to-head format.
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CORRECTION: Vietnamese appeal "agent orange" suit in New York - 25, Feb 2008
(Corrects story from June 18, 2007 paragraph 1 to show “agent orange” and dioxin are not one in the same, paragraph 5 to show that “agent orange” releases dioxins)
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Hollywood reduced to supporting role at Oscars - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Four European actors and the maverick Coen brothers shared top honors at the Oscars, relegating the traditional Hollywood of big stars and box office hits to a supporting role this year.
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Dresdner Bank ready to join Ambac rescue - 25, Feb 2008
FRANKFURT/ZURICH (Reuters) - Dresdner Bank intends to support a rescue package for U.S. bond insurer Ambac Financial Group Inc , but other major European banks declined to say if they would step in.
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Clinton accuses Obama of inexperience abroad - 25, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton called rival Barack Obama a risky choice to lead U.S. foreign policy even as Obama gained ground on her in the battleground U.S. state of Ohio on Monday.
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Lowe's profit better than expected - 25, Feb 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Home improvement retailer Lowe's Cos reported better-than-expected fourth-quarter profit on Monday and said it expects some headwinds facing its business to lessen as 2008 unfolds, and its shares rose nearly 5 percent.
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Private equity to buy Getty Images for $2.1 bln - 25, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Getty Images Inc said on Monday it had agreed to a takeover bid of $2.1 billion from Hellman & Friedman, putting the struggling photo and video supplier in the hands of a private equity firm.
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Investors jump into Genentech but questions remain - 25, Feb 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Genentech's Inc's shares soared as much as 11 percent on Monday after U.S. regulators approved its drug Avastin for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer.
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Existing home sales slip and prices tumble - 25, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Sales of existing homes fell for a sixth straight month in January, while prices tumbled 4.6 percent amid swelling inventories, according to a report on Monday that offered no end in sight for the housing slump.
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FCC says will act on Web neutrality if needed - 25, Feb 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass (Reuters) - The head of the U.S. Federal Communications Commission said on Monday he is "ready, willing and able" to stop broadband providers that unreasonably interfere with subscribers' access to Internet content.
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Qwest works on new wireless partnership - 25, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Qwest Communications International Inc said on Monday it is working on a new kind of wireless partnership as its current arrangement to resell Sprint Nextel Corp services is inadequate.
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Microsoft to test new measure of Web ads - 25, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would test a new way to measure the effectiveness of Internet advertising in a challenge to an industry standard that has helped the likes of Web search leader Google Inc.
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Day-Lewis completes European acting Oscar sweep - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Daniel Day-Lewis won the second Oscar of his career on Sunday for his role as a homicidal oilman in the drama "There Will Be Blood," as foreigners completed a rare sweep of all four acting awards.
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Oscar clips "Butterfly" wings - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood turned its back on a man in a wheelchair and a woman in a Bob Dylan costume at the Academy Awards on Sunday.
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French actress Cotillard shines at Oscars - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - If there were an Oscar for the standout star of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony, it would have to go to France's best actress winner Marion Cotillard.
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Coen brothers' Oscars seal Hollywood's approval - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's establishment embraced two of the film industry's quintessential outsiders on Sunday as brothers Joel and Ethan Coen won Oscars for their work directing and producing the grim crime drama "No Country For Old Men."
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Cuba's Raul Castro faces reforms challenge - 25, Feb 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - President Raul Castro starts work as Cuba's first new leader in almost half a century with a cadre of old guard allies to help him guarantee continuity in a country eager for a measure of change.
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Gazans stage mass protest against Israeli blockade - 25, Feb 2008
BEIT HANOUN, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Thousands of Palestinians formed a human chain in the Gaza Strip on Monday in a protest against an Israeli blockade that has deepened hardship in the Hamas-controlled territory.
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McGrady fires Rockets to 12th win in a row - 25, Feb 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Houston Rockets roared to their 12th consecutive victory when they beat the Chicago Bulls 110-97 on Sunday.
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NY Phil tries Dvorak diplomacy with North Korea - 25, Feb 2008
PYONGYANG (Reuters) - The New York Philharmonic arrived in a snowy Pyongyang on Monday to play the symphony "From the New World" in an overture to thaw still frozen ties from the Cold War era between the United States and North Korea.
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Serbia and Russia reject Albanian rule in Kosovo - 25, Feb 2008
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia intends to rule parts of Kosovo where "loyal citizens" still look to Belgrade for government, Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica said on Monday.
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Roadside bomb kills 3 Iraq pilgrims and wounds 15 - 25, Feb 2008
HILLA, Iraq (Reuters) - Three pilgrims walking to a Shi'ite festival south of Baghdad were killed by a roadside bomb on Monday, a day after a suspected al Qaeda suicide bomber killed 63 people also heading for the important religious event.
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Kremlin ruler or Putin's puppet: Who is Medvedev? - 25, Feb 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - People who know Dmitry Medvedev describe him as an intelligent and straightforward man who dislikes risk -- but does he have the political instincts to survive as Russia's next president?
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Iran shrugs off sanctions threat over atomic plans - 25, Feb 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran voiced defiance on Monday as Western powers pushed for new sanctions over its nuclear program, saying high oil prices will cushion the blow.
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Immigration debate snares seasonal businesses - 25, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - John Graham's crab company has held its own for 65 years as the local catch has dwindled and cheap Chinese crabmeat filled the supermarkets. It might not survive the immigration debate in the U.S. Congress.
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Obama targets NAFTA but says supports free trade - 25, Feb 2008
LORAIN, Ohio (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama assured U.S. trading partners on Sunday that he did not oppose free trade despite making increasingly critical comments about multilateral deals such as NAFTA.
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Foreign stars and mavericks grab Oscar glory - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood's biggest stars took a backseat at the Oscars as four Europeans and the maverick Coen brothers grabbed the top honors with films that won critical acclaim but only modest box-office success.
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American Axle, UAW labor talks near deadline - 25, Feb 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc and the United Auto Workers face a final day of contract talks on Monday before the midnight expiration of the union's current contract with the parts maker, a major supplier to General M
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Futures flat as banks weigh, Ambac rises - 25, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock index futures suggested a flat market open on Monday as optimism for a bond insurer rescue plan was offset by a round of cuts in earnings outlooks for major U.S. banks.
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Lowe's forecasts year profit below estimates - 25, Feb 2008
ATLANTA (Reuters) - Retailer Lowe's Cos reported lower quarterly profit on Monday and forecast full-year earnings below Wall Street estimates, citing "challenging" days to come as the slumping housing market hurts sales.
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Visa sets possible record $18.8 billion IPO - 25, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Visa Inc, the world's largest credit card network, said on Monday it may raise up to $18.8 billion in the largest initial public offering ever, amid concern the global credit crunch could eat into card volumes.
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Website boss detained over Khomeini grandson attack - 25, Feb 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A court detained the head of a banned conservative-run Web site which had accused a grandson of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini of betraying the legacy of the founder of Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
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Japan's eAccess plans new move in cellphone war - 25, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's eAccess Ltd aims to quadruple its wireless services subscribers over the next year with its mobile phones, as growth slows in its ADSL broadband business.
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Sharp shares rise on LCD industry realignment hopes - 25, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Shares of electronics maker Sharp Corp jumped 5.2 percent on Monday after a source said that
Sony Corp was planning to start buying TV-use liquid
crystal display (LCD) panels from Sharp.
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Microsoft gets another shot at Open XML standard - 25, Feb 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp ramped up its fight to have its Office Open XML document format made into an international standard on Monday as delegates from 37 countries met to reconsider the proposal.
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Cantwell wins shot put, hurdler Johnson makes U.S. team - 25, Feb 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Christian Cantwell won a tension-packed shot put showdown and 36-year-old Allen Johnson made the U.S. world indoors championship team with a second-place hurdles finish at the American championships on Sunday.
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Oscar red carpet is bright in year of somber films - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Gloomy movies may have seized the spotlight at this year's Academy Awards, but it was bold, vivid red that reigned on the Oscar red carpet and cut through the cold gray of a rare rainy day in Hollywood.
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Jon Stewart opens Oscars with post-strike humor - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Political satirist Jon Stewart returned as Oscar host on Sunday with a slew of jokes about the bitter Hollywood writers' strike that had threatened the show and the grim, violent themes of many of the films.
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Javier Bardem becomes first Spanish actor to win Oscar - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Javier Bardem became the first Spanish actor to win an Oscar on Sunday by taking the best supporting actor award for his chilling portrait of a psychopathic killer in "No Country For Old Men."
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Tiger Woods targets a perfect season after Match Play romp - 25, Feb 2008
MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Tiger Woods sounded an ominous warning to his rivals with talk of a perfect season after cruising to a sixth consecutive tournament victory at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship on Sunday.
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Maria Riesch rides super-G to combined win - 25, Feb 2008
WHISTLER, British Columbia (Reuters) - Germany's Maria Riesch posted the fastest time in the super-G then held on in the slalom to win a World Cup super-combined on Sunday.
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Levi Leiphemer defends Tour of California title - 25, Feb 2008
PASADENA, California (Reuters) - American Levi Leipheimer successfully defended his Tour of California title on Sunday, winning the eight-day, 1,069-kilometre race by 49 seconds.
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Tracy McGrady fires Rockets to 12th win in a row - 25, Feb 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - The Houston Rockets roared to their 12th consecutive victory when they beat the Chicago Bulls 110-97 on Sunday.
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Bittersweet memories for Stewart Cink - 25, Feb 2008
MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Stewart Cink reflected on a week of stirring performances that ended on a personal low after being crushed by fellow American Tiger Woods in Sunday's final at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
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John Madden, Martin Brodeur lift Devils into conference lead - 25, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON D.C. (Reuters) - John Madden's overtime goal powered the New Jersey Devils to a 2-1 victory over the Washington Capitals and into first place in the Eastern Conference on Sunday.
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Israeli PM calls for new sanctions against Iran - 25, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called on Monday for new U.N. sanctions to be imposed on Iran, after the U.N. nuclear watchdog said Tehran had failed to provide satisfactory answers to reports showing work linked to atomic bombs.
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South Korea to inaugurate ex-CEO as president - 25, Feb 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea on Monday inaugurates its first businessman as president who promises to fire up the world's 13th largest economy, open up to foreign investors and be much less tolerant of North Korea.
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Economy to skirt recession, but growth said to crawl - 25, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. economy will likely avoid a recession but growth will slow to a crawl during the first half of this year, a panel of business economists forecast on Monday.
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Fidel Castro passes Cuba reins to his brother - 25, Feb 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Raul Castro took over from his brother Fidel Castro as Cuban president on Sunday, ending the rule of the bearded rebel who defied the United States for five decades but vowing to continue his communist revolution.
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Clinton, Obama sharpen their attacks - 25, Feb 2008
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sharpened their attacks on each other on Sunday, trading barbs over health care, trade and experience as they head for key showdowns in Texas and Ohio o
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"No Country" and Coen brothers win big at Oscars - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Bleak drama "No Country For Old Men" won four Oscars on Sunday, more than any other film, including best movie, director and adapted screenplay for brothers Joel and Ethan Coen.
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Auckland Airport changes advice on Canadian bid - 25, Feb 2008
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Auckland International Airport Ltd said investors should sell into a NZ$1.4 billion ($1.1 billion) partial takeover offer from a Canadian state fund after a sharp fall in the company's share price.
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Asian stocks gain; AMBAC rescue talk helps - 25, Feb 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian financial shares rallied on Monday, pushing up stocks and denting bonds across the region, with Tokyo's Nikkei up more than 2 percent, after talk of a rescue plan for a U.S. bond insurer eased worries about the outlook of globa
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Electronic Arts bids for Take-Two - 25, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. video game giant Electronic Arts on Sunday said it had made an unsolicited $1.9 billion offer for "Grand Theft Auto" publisher Take-Two Interactive Software , escalating its battle with Activision for the title of biggest v
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From tips to clicks: restaurants try e-menus - 25, Feb 2008
Restaurants in Europe, the United States and Japan are testing technology to let diners order their food direct from a screen at their table instead of depending on a fellow human being to note their choice -- sometimes grumpily or erroneously.
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"Vantage Point" hits target at box office - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The new assassination thriller "Vantage Point" shot to the No. 1 spot at the weekend box office in North America while Oscar nominees "Juno" and "There Will Be Blood" enjoyed solid sales ahead of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony.
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Sharapova seals second title of year in Doha - 25, Feb 2008
DOHA (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova claimed her second title of the year and the 18th of her career when she defeated unseeded Vera Zvonareva 6-1 2-6 6-0 in an all-Russian final at the Qatar Open on Sunday.
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Castro foes mark anniversary of shootdown near Cuba - 25, Feb 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - As Cuba picked a new leader on Sunday for the first time in half a century, a Cuban exile group flew to a spot near the Caribbean island where Cuban fighters shot down two of its planes and killed four of its members 12 years ago.
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Iran says work plan closed, U.S. intelligence fake - 25, Feb 2008
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday it had cleared up all past outstanding issues over its nuclear program with the United Nations nuclear watchdog and accused the United States of providing intelligence that was fake.
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Woods eases to record victory in Match Play final - 25, Feb 2008
MARANA, Arizona (Reuters) - Tiger Woods romped to his eighth title in nine tournament appearances with a record 8&7 crushing of fellow American Stewart Cink in Sunday's final at the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship.
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Ralph Nader starts presidential bid - 25, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer advocate Ralph Nader, blamed by many Democrats for their loss of the White House in the 2000 election, said on Sunday he is launching another independent campaign for the White House.
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Oscar excitement builds outside Kodak Theatre - 25, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After months of fretting over whether this year's Oscars would happen, movie fans lined the red carpet outside the Kodak Theatre on Sunday to watch George Clooney, Johnny Depp and other stars stroll into the world's top film honors
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Raul Castro takes over as Cuban leader - 25, Feb 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's new leader Raul Castro vowed it would remain a bastion of revolution as he took over on Sunday from his brother Fidel Castro, who resisted half a century of U.S. attempts to oust him.
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Baghdad urges talks as Turkey, PKK clash in N.Iraq - 25, Feb 2008
ZAKHU, Iraq (Reuters) - Turkish troops engaged Kurdish PKK rebels in close combat on Sunday that left scores dead in a major ground offensive into northern Iraq.
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Clinton, Obama toughen their attacks - 25, Feb 2008
PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopefuls Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama sharpened their attacks on each other on Sunday as they headed for showdowns in Texas and Ohio on March 4.
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Washington to decide this week in tanker contest - 25, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The government is due to pick the winner this week in a huge warplane competition that pits No. 2 U.S. defense contractor Boeing Co against a team made of No. 3 Northrop Grumman Corp and its European partner, Airbus parent EADS.
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Seldom-read home loan docs must change: experts - 25, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The papers that U.S. borrowers sign
when buying a house are piled so high that few people read them
all, and even fewer absorb the information.
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Cerberus' problems deepen amid Chrysler, GMAC woes - 25, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Cerberus Capital Management LP, the brash private equity firm named for a demonic dog, has been humbled in recent weeks by woes at two of its larger investments, automaker Chrysler LLC and auto and mortgage lender GMAC LLC.
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Bernanke to tell Congress has eyes on growth risks - 25, Feb 2008
* What: Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke delivers
semi-annual economic outlook testimony to Congress
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Sarkozy "get lost" video becomes Internet hit - 25, Feb 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - A video of French President Nicolas Sarkozy telling a bystander to "get lost" has become a hit on the Internet.
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Electronic Arts offers $2 billion for Take-Two - 25, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc said on Sunday it wants to buy rival Take-Two Interactive Software Inc, best known for its "Grand Theft Auto" title, for about $2.0 billion in cash.
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Nokia: Delaware case unlikely to solve Qualcomm row - 25, Feb 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Cellphone maker Nokia said on Sunday its agreement in a U.S. court in Delaware with Qualcomm was unlikely to solve the major legal battle over patent fees between the two technology heavyweights.
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Pakistan Taliban warn new government to keep clear - 24, Feb 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan militants linked to al-Qaeda warned any incoming civilian government on Sunday they would strike even more viciously if President Pervez Musharraf's U.S-backed war on terror continued in tribal areas.
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Dark films and politics loom over Academy Awards - 24, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The "green" limos are ready and graceful gowns begged, borrowed and bought. Hollywood is ready for a glittering Oscar Sunday, but the films that will be honored are expected to be darkly pessimistic and the comedy sharply political
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Amazon nuts help fuel first biofuel flight - 24, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Nuts picked from Amazon rainforests helped fuel the world's first commercial airline flight partly powered by renewable energy on Sunday.
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Teams set to push Mideast peace talks - 24, Feb 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - After months of delay, Israel and the Palestinians set up teams of government experts on Sunday to try to jumpstart U.S.-backed peace talks that have so far shown little progress.
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