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Chrysler closes plants in dispute with supplier - 05, Feb 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Chrysler LLC closed four U.S. assembly plants on Monday and may be forced to shutter the rest of its global assembly operations shortly due to a dispute with supplier Plastech Engineered Products Inc, which filed for bankruptcy court p
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Sohu quarterly net climbs on games - 05, Feb 2008
SHANGHAI/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chinese media company Sohu.com Inc on Monday said quarterly profits rose 148 percent, fueled by record growth in advertising and online gaming in one of the world's biggest Internet markets.
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Yahoo ends music subscription plan - 05, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Yahoo is dropping its subscription music service and replacing it with Rhapsody America, a competing service operated by RealNetworks and MTV Networks.
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Yahoo may consider Google alliance: source - 05, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy said on Sunday.
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NASA readies space shuttle Atlantis for launch - 05, Feb 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The crew of the newly repaired space shuttle Atlantis arrived at its Florida spaceport on Monday as NASA prepared to launch the ship on a mission to deliver a European space laboratory to the International Space Station
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Bush budget boosts nuclear, coal, science - 05, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Research into producing electricity from low-emission coal and nuclear plants saw big funding boosts in the 2009 budget request submitted by the U.S. Energy Department on Monday, along with basic energy sciences.
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GE to buy UK life science firm Whatman - 05, Feb 2008
LONDON/BOSTON (Reuters) - U.S. conglomerate General Electric Co has agreed to buy British laboratory equipment maker Whatman Plc for 363 million pounds ($718 million), to boost its life sciences business.
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6.3 quake hits northern Chile, no injuries reported - 05, Feb 2008
SANTIAGO (Reuters) - A 6.3 magnitude earthquake hit northern Chile on Monday, near the city of Iquique, but there were no reports of injuries, emergency officials and local media said.
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Harkleroad victory earns U.S. Fed Cup victory - 05, Feb 2008
LA JOLLA, California (Reuters) - Fed Cup debutant Ashley Harkleroad sealed victory for the United States over Germany in their world group first round tie with a hard-fought 6-4 7-5 win against Sabine Lisicki on Monday.
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Britney Spears custody hearing postponed - 05, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A hearing in the child custody battle between Britney Spears and her ex-husband, Kevin Federline, was postponed on Monday because the troubled pop star remains hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation, media reports said.
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Bono, Hirst auction combines art and charity - 05, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The contemporary art world's brightest stars, including Jeff Koons and Damien Hirst, have aligned to provide AIDS relief in Africa with a special auction in New York conceived by Hirst and rock star Bono.
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Bud, Tide, Pepsi winning brands in Super Bowl polls - 05, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Along with the New York Giants, Budweiser, Tide and Pepsi came out the big winners in Super Bowl XLII.
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Study finds U.S. music awash in booze and drugs - 05, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - They have lyrics such as "Tequila makes her clothes fall off" and "Breakin down the good weed, rollin' the blunt/Ghetto pimp tight girls say I'm the man."
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Spanish turn Anne Frank diary into musical - 05, Feb 2008
MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish producers have turned the life of Anne Frank, the Jewish girl who wrote a diary while hiding from Nazis, into a musical, tearing up the genre's widely held convention of light-hearted, sugar-coated tale.
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Pettitte testifies in baseball steroids probe - 05, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New York Yankee pitcher Andy Pettitte met on Monday with lawyers for a U.S. congressional panel investigating steroid use in baseball -- focused largely on Pettitte's former teammate, pitching great Roger Clemens.
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Super Bowl MVP Manning ready for repeat performance - 05, Feb 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Just hours after winning the Super Bowl and being named its MVP, New York Giants quarterback Eli Manning said he was ready for a repeat performance.
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Joy and disbelief as fans celebrate Giants victory - 05, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - "Unbelievable" was the most common word on the lips of New York Giants fans on Monday after their team's stunning Super Bowl win over the previously perfect New England Patriots.
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U.N. urges support for Chad's government - 05, Feb 2008
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - The U.N. Security Council urged countries on Monday to support Chad's government against rebels, opening the way for foreign aid to help thousands who have fled a two-day assault on the capital.
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Five sentenced for helping failed London bombers - 05, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Five men found guilty of helping an al-Qaeda-inspired gang after botched suicide bombings on London's transport system were jailed for prison terms ranging from seven to 17 years on Monday.
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Giants and Patriots draw record Super Bowl audience - 05, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A record number of Americans watched Sunday's Super Bowl on Fox between the New York Giants and New England Patriots, helping justify the millions of dollars advertisers spent on commercials during the game.
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Egypt and Palestinians trade fire at border - 05, Feb 2008
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Palestinian gunmen and Egyptian forces exchanged fire at the Gaza-Egypt border on Monday, killing one person and wounding 59 others a day after Cairo closed the breached frontier with the Hamas-run enclave.
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U.S. says no one too young for Guantanamo court - 05, Feb 2008
GUANTANAMO BAY U.S. NAVAL BASE, Cuba (Reuters) - A Canadian accused of killing a U.S. soldier in Afghanistan should not be tried as a war criminal because he was a child soldier for al Qaeda, too young to voluntarily join its forces, his military defense
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U.S. soldiers help war against rebels in Colombia - 05, Feb 2008
FLORENCIA, Colombia (Reuters) - When spies spotted a guerrilla chief camped on a jungle riverbank one afternoon late last year, Colombia's army quickly turned to U.S. soldiers to help plan his capture.
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U.S. and allies at odds over Afghanistan - 05, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. defense and foreign policy chiefs face an uphill fight this week trying to get its allies in Canada and Europe to boost NATO forces and coordinate efforts in Afghanistan in the face of rising Taliban attacks.
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Bush budget sees bigger deficits as economy sags - 05, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush forecast the U.S. budget deficit would more than double in 2008 and blamed a softer economy as he unveiled a $3.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal 2009 on Monday that would nearly freeze domestic progr
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"Tipping point" on horizon for Greenland ice - 05, Feb 2008
OSLO (Reuters) - Global warming this century could trigger a runaway thaw of Greenland's ice sheet and other abrupt shifts such as a dieback of the Amazon rainforest, scientists said on Monday.
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Obama, emotional Clinton eye "Super Tuesday" - 05, Feb 2008
NEW HAVEN, Connecticut (Reuters) - An emotional Hillary Clinton and rival Barack Obama pushed for votes in the U.S. Northeast on Monday, the day before a coast-to-coast Democratic presidential showdown that is neck-and-neck in opinion polls.
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Clorox net profit falls - 05, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Clorox Co on Monday posted lower quarterly profit, hurt by rising costs for raw materials used in products such as its Glad plastic storage bags, but a lower tax rate helped it beat analysts' estimates.
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Fed says bank loan standards now tighter - 05, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Banks in the United States tightened their lending standards and terms for businesses and consumers alike amid a deteriorating economic outlook, a Federal Reserve survey showed on Monday.
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News Corp posts higher 2nd-quarter profit on Fox News - 05, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rupert Murdoch's News Corp nudged up its full-year outlook on Monday and said it has not seen any weakness in the television advertising market, after posting a moderate rise in quarterly profit.
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Yum profit beats street, shares fall on outlook - 05, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Yum Brands Inc , operator of the KFC, Taco Bell and Pizza Hut fast-food chains, posted a quarterly profit on Monday that beat Wall Street's target, but its shares fell 2.3 percent after the company's boosted 2008 earnings per share
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Market falls as downgrades fuel recession fears - 05, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks declined on Monday after brokerages downgraded banks and credit card companies on signs consumers are falling behind on debt payments, suggesting yet another pillar of the economy is shaky.
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Ex-Credit Suisse banker found guilty of insider trading - 05, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. jury on Monday found a former Credit Suisse Group investment banker guilty of insider trading related to a string of corporate takeovers including the $32 billion private equity buyout of power company TXU Corp.
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Microsoft says to borrow money for Yahoo deal - 05, Feb 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it may borrow money for the first time in its history to fund a portion of its $44.6 billion unsolicited offer for Yahoo Inc .
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HK star apologizes after nude pictures leak online - 05, Feb 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Popular actor and singer Edison Chen apologized on Monday after images appearing to show the Hong Kong star partially nude in the company of several starlets leaked onto the Internet.
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Sohu quarterly net soars on games - 05, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Chinese media company Sohu.com Inc on Monday reported a 148 percent rise in quarterly profit, fueled by record growth in advertising and online gaming in the world's second biggest Internet market.
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Dotcom-era magazine reborn as Web site - 05, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Storied dot-com era magazine The Industry Standard, which closed in 2001 like many of the Internet companies it documented in its pages, relaunched on Monday as a Web site and a virtual tech futures market.
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Danish ISP shuts access to file-sharing Pirate Bay - 05, Feb 2008
COPENHAGEN (Reuters) - A Danish court has ordered Denmark-based Internet service provider Tele2 to shut down its customers' access to the popular file-sharing site Pirate Bay, Danish IT magazine Computerworld reported on Monday.
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In Microsoft vs. Google, search is true prize - 05, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A good place to see the true frontline in Microsoft's battle with Google is deep in the bowels of the British Library in London.
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Bush tries again to kill second engine for F-35 - 05, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush called on Congress Monday for the third straight year to cancel a multibillion-dollar project to develop a second engine for Lockheed Martin Corp's F-35 fighter jet.
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Iran tests rocket, plans to launch satellite: TV - 04, Feb 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran launched a rocket on Monday designed to carry its first locally-made research satellite next year, showing the country's advances in ballistics at a time when the West is already jittery about Iran's nuclear plans.
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China surgeon turns cataract skills to cat's eyes - 04, Feb 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese surgeon more used to operating on humans has given a rare tiger cub back its sight by removing cataracts caused by inbreeding, state media said on Monday.
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Bird flu spreads in Bangladesh, compensation to rise - 04, Feb 2008
DHAKA (Reuters) - Bird flu has spread to two more districts in Bangladesh, taking the number of affected districts to 36, a livestock official said on Monday, as the government pledged to raise compensation to farmers for culled poultry.
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Supermodels and celebrities dominate Super Bowl ads - 04, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Advertisers couldn't have asked for much more out of the Super Bowl XLII on Sunday.
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Oscar contender Harwood says latest script hardest - 04, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oscar-winning screenwriter Ronald Harwood was close to giving up when asked to dramatize the story of a man totally paralyzed except for his left eye. Now he is glad he did not.
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Former 100m record holder Greene retires - 04, Feb 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Former Olympic and world 100 meters champion Maurice Greene announced his retirement from athletics on Monday.
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Gebrselassie still concerned about Beijing smog - 04, Feb 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Marathon world record holder Haile Gebrselassie will decide in the next two months whether to run in the endurance event at this year's Olympics despite fears that Beijing's air pollution will damage his health.
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U.S. says 9 Iraqi civilians accidentally killed - 04, Feb 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - American troops hunting al Qaeda militants accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians, the U.S. military said on Monday, the latest in a series of mistakes in which innocent Iraqis have died.
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China battles "coldest winter in 100 years" - 04, Feb 2008
CHENZHOU, China (Reuters) - Millions remained stranded in China on Monday ahead of the biggest holiday of the year as parts of the country suffered their coldest winter in a century.
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Roadside blasts kill 13 as Sri Lanka fetes anniversary - 04, Feb 2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Suspected Tamil Tiger rebels killed 13 people with two roadside bombs on Monday, just hours after the government celebrated the island's 60th anniversary of independence with a parade of military might in the capital.
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Thousands flee Chad capital, fresh attack feared - 04, Feb 2008
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Thousands of civilians fled Chad's capital N'Djamena on Monday after rebel forces pulled back from a two-day assault, but the rebels said they would attack again to try to topple President Idriss Deby.
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Bush budget sees bigger deficits as economy slows - 04, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush acknowledged on Monday a weaker economy would lead to higher budget deficits, as he unveiled a $3.1 trillion spending plan for fiscal year 2009 that would nearly freeze domestic programs.
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Suicide bomber kills woman in southern Israel town - 04, Feb 2008
DIMONA, Israel (Reuters) - A Palestinian suicide bomber killed a woman in a desert town in southern Israel on Monday, the first such attack in the country in a year, but Israeli officials said peace talks would not be derailed.
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Oil pares losses, recession concerns weigh - 04, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil recouped some of its losses on Monday to move back towards $89 a barrel, after suffering a sharp downturn the previous session, pressured by fears over a possible U.S. economic recession.
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France seeks stricter bank controls post: SocGen - 04, Feb 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - France has proposed tighter risk controls on banks after a rogue trading scandal cost Societe Generale 4.9 billion euros ($7.3 billion), saying the bank was warned last year its security systems were not up to scratch.
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Futures flat after run-up, AmEx downgraded - 04, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock futures were little changed on Monday as investors paused to reassess the sustainability of the run-up that ended with Wall Street's best week in nearly five years on Friday.
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Humana fourth-quarter profit soars 57 percent - 04, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Health insurer Humana Inc said on Monday fourth-quarter profit soared 57 percent, beating Wall Street's expectations, on strength in its Medicare plans for older Americans and a lower tax rate.
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Three bidders set to make Northern Rock offers - 04, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Billionaire Richard Branson and two rival teams are set to pitch offers for ailing British bank Northern Rock by Monday's deadline, as the government moves to resolve the crisis in the next month.
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Chinalco says no plans for bigger Rio stake - 04, Feb 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) said on Monday it was content with the $14 billion stake it bought last week in miner Rio Tinto , dousing talk it was planning a rival bid to BHP Billiton's offer for Rio.
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Nude pictures copied from HK star's computer: police - 04, Feb 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Photos purportedly showing a Hong Kong actor partially nude with several starlets were copied from his computer when it was serviced last year and later distributed over the Internet, police said on Monday.
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Cablevision, Popcorn offer instant-gratification DVDs - 04, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Cablevision Systems and Popcorn Home Entertainment are set to unveil a first-of-its-kind service on Monday (February 4) that enables cable subscribers to watch new-release movies on demand with the purchase of the DVD.
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China join elite in Fed Cup semis - 04, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - China confirmed themselves as a new international tennis force on Sunday, reaching the Fed Cup semi-finals for the first time with a 3-2 victory over France in Beijing.
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J.B Holmes holds nerve to sink Phil Mickelson in playoff - 04, Feb 2008
SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - J.B Holmes lost his nerve and found it in the nick of time to beat Phil Mickelson in a playoff and win the Phoenix Open in thrilling style on Sunday.
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Republican McCain says he's nervous but looks ahead - 04, Feb 2008
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut (Reuters) - Republican front-runner John McCain admitted on Sunday to nervousness about his chances on Super Tuesday, when almost half of the United States votes, but he was also thinking ahead to a general election battle against t
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Serb coalition in doubt after liberal scrapes win - 04, Feb 2008
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's pro-Western president Boris Tadic has won re-election in a contest with nationalist Tomislav Nikolic, but his narrow victory may only have set up a fresh struggle over the country's future course.
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Kobe Bryant's fast start powers Lakers to easy win - 04, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers personally outscored the Washington Wizards in a breakout first quarter to lead his team to a 103-91 road win on Sunday.
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Rangers score five consecutive goals to upset Canadiens - 04, Feb 2008
MONTREAL (Reuters) - The New York Rangers rallied from a 3-0 deficit to stun the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Sunday.
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China warns of tough snow relief effort - 04, Feb 2008
CHENZHOU, China (Reuters) - Millions remained stranded in China on Monday ahead of the biggest holiday of the year as President Hu Jintao chaired an emergency meeting to discuss how to beat the worst winter weather in half a century.
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Giants shock Patriots to win Super Bowl - 04, Feb 2008
GLENDALE, Arizona (Reuters) - The New York Giants achieved one of the biggest upsets in NFL history with a 17-14 victory over the previously undefeated New England Patriots in the Super Bowl on Sunday.
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Chad's Deby resists rebel siege, east town attacked - 04, Feb 2008
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Troops loyal to Chad's president drove back rebels besieging his palace on Sunday, the government said, adding it had repulsed an assault by Sudanese forces in the east that it called "a declaration of war".
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Obama expands lead on Clinton in California - 04, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama opened narrow leads on Hillary Clinton in California and Missouri one day before crucial "Super Tuesday" nominating contests in 24 states, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll relea
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Platinum hits record - 04, Feb 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Platinum roared to another record high on Monday as supply concerns persisted in main producer South Africa, lifting sister-metal palladium to its best level in six years and overshadowing gold.
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MFS to repay debt after selling Stella stake - 04, Feb 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian financial services firm MFS Ltd said on Monday it will be able to meet a debt repayment deadline thanks to selling a 65 percent stake in its Stella tourism business to private equity firm CVC Asia Pacific.
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Oil steadies below $89, Asian stock gains stem slide - 04, Feb 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Oil prices were little changed on Monday as investors focused on Asian stock market gains, setting aside for now worries of a potential U.S. economic recession that had knocked prices 3 percent lower late last week.
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Mega deals boost Asian stocks - 04, Feb 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian stocks rose on Monday, gaining 2.5 percent as Microsoft Corp's $45 billion bid for Yahoo and China's purchase of a stake in takeover target Rio Tinto boosted investor optimism over share valuations.
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Yahoo says Rhapsody will handle its digital music - 04, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Internet media company Yahoo Inc said on Monday its music service will now be handled by Rhapsody America, an on-demand subscription service run by RealNetworks Inc and Viacom Inc.
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Yahoo may consider Google alliance, source says - 04, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc would consider a business alliance with Google Inc as one way to rebuff a $44.6 billion takeover proposal by Microsoft, a source familiar with Yahoo's strategy said on Sunday.
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Trade to contending Lakers delights Gasol - 04, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Newly acquired Los Angeles Lakers forward Pau Gasol said on Sunday he was delighted with his trade from the Memphis Grizzlies to the contending Lakers.
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Russia beat Israel 4-1 to reach Fed Cup semis - 04, Feb 2008
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Defending champions Russia took an unassailable 3-1 lead over Israel in their Fed Cup world group first-round tie on Sunday after Maria Sharapova and Anna Chakvetadze won their singles rubbers.
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"Hannah Montana" wins box office Super Bowl - 04, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Walt Disney's 3-D movie "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" topped movie box offices, raking in $29 million for the biggest opening over a normally slow Super Bowl weekend, according to studio estimates
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Candidates get a little help from their friends - 04, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - When campaigning for president in a country as large as the United States, it helps to have famous friends to share the campaigning.
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Sri Lanka railway station suicide blast kills 11 - 04, Feb 2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up in a packed railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Sunday, killing 11 people and wounding 92, the military said.
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IAEA Director sees progress with Iran inquiry - 04, Feb 2008
CAIRO (Reuters) - The head of the U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Sunday he was making progress in finishing an inquiry into Iran's nuclear past ahead of his next report awaited by those powers mulling new sanctions.
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Tadic grabs narrow victory in Serb election - 04, Feb 2008
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia's pro-Western President Boris Tadic won re-election on Sunday against nationalist challenger Tomislav Nikolic in a vote that will determine the country's future ties with the European Union.
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Clinton, Obama in dead heat ahead of big vote - 04, Feb 2008
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Democrats Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama were locked in a near dead heat two days before the biggest presidential voting so far while John McCain tried to nail down the Republican nomination for the White House.
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Microsoft-Yahoo deal poses antitrust issues: Google - 04, Feb 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc fired back on Sunday at Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion bid to acquire Yahoo Inc, accusing Microsoft of seeking to extend its computer software monopoly deeper into the Internet realm.
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Gang of Four recording album of new material - 03, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Billboard) - It's been more than 15 years since the original lineup of groundbreaking British rock act Gang of Four has released new material, but the foursome has been busy since getting back together to rerecord old tracks for 2005's "Return t
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Turkey detects bird flu virus in poultry - 03, Feb 2008
ANKARA (Reuters) - Turkey detected bird flu virus in dead chickens found late last month in the northern part of the country after it had started culling poultry due to bird flu suspicions, the Agriculture Ministry said on Sunday.
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Miller wins super-combined World Cup - 03, Feb 2008
VAL D'ISERE, France (Reuters) - Bode Miller won the final super-combined event of the season on Sunday and took the discipline's World Cup title.
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Russia beat Israel to reach Fed Cup semis - 03, Feb 2008
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Defending champions Russia took an unassailable 3-1 lead over Israel in their Fed Cup world group first-round tie on Sunday after Maria Sharapova and Anna Chakvetadze won their singles rubbers.
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Music at the movies for rock-heavy Berlin festival - 03, Feb 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Music comes to the movies at the Berlin Film Festival this year, with the Rolling Stones and Madonna expected on the red carpet and a heavy metal band from Baghdad banging heads on the big screen.
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Egypt seals last breach in Gaza border - 03, Feb 2008
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (Reuters) - Egyptian forces sealed the last breach in the border with the Gaza Strip on Sunday, stopping an influx of Palestinians into Egypt across a frontier blown open by Hamas Islamists defying an Israeli-led blockade.
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Woods wins in Dubai with closing 65 - 03, Feb 2008
DUBAI (Reuters) - Tiger Woods gave another remarkable display to win the Dubai Desert Classic title on Sunday, his seventh victory in eight tournament appearances.
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Ten killed in Sri Lankan rail station blast - 03, Feb 2008
COLOMBO (Reuters) - A suspected Tamil Tiger suicide bomber blew herself up in a packed railway station in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo on Sunday, killing 10 people and wounding around 100, the military said.
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Bush budget seen renewing battle with Congress - 03, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush will on Monday unveil a $3 trillion budget that likely will spark anew the wrangling between the White House and the Democratic-led Congress over Iraq war funding, tax cuts and the sagging economy.
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African quakes kill at least 30 - 03, Feb 2008
KIGALI (Reuters) - Earthquakes struck Rwanda and neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and seriously injuring 350 more, officials said.
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Chad's president fights back - 03, Feb 2008
N'DJAMENA (Reuters) - Chadian army helicopters and troops loyal to President Idriss Deby struck back at rebels besieging the presidential palace in N'Djamena on Sunday in a second day of clashes after the insurgents pushed into the city.
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SocGen defends itself ahead of money laundering trial - 03, Feb 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Societe Generale laid out its defense ahead of a high-profile money laundering trial due to begin in Paris on Monday, which could put further pressure on the French bank as it grapples with the effects of a trading scandal.
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Rio Tinto's chief waits for richer BHP offer - 03, Feb 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - With his formal training in geology, Tom Albanese could be excused for believing he'd struck the mother lode after orchestrating a bump-free $38 billion acquisition of Alcan just six months into his new job as chief executive of Rio Tin
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Giants' Burress improving, attends final practice session - 03, Feb 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Giants wide receiver Plaxico Burress, unable to practice this week due to ankle and knee injuries, took part in New York's final practice before the Super Bowl, a 50-minute walk-through session on Saturday.
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