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Spice Girls "would love" to perform for Mandela - 19, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Spice Girls would love to perform for former South African President Nelson Mandela, but said on Monday they had not yet been formally asked to be part of his planned 90th birthday celebrations in June.
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Beckham confident Galaxy will improve under Gullit - 19, Feb 2008
HONOLULU (Reuters) - David Beckham believes this week's inaugural Pan-Pacific Championship in Hawaii can provide the catalyst for a successful second season with the Los Angeles Galaxy.
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Red Wings rout Avalanche to end losing streak - 19, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Detroit Red Wings ended a six-game losing streak by shutting out the Colorado Avalanche 4-0 on Monday behind netminder Chris Osgood's 18 saves.
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Holmes aims to learn from the master in Tiger match-up - 19, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Big-hitting American J.B. Holmes plans to learn as much as he can when he takes on Tiger Woods in the opening round of this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona.
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Milicic still hopes to be part of 2003 class reunion - 19, Feb 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The NBA All-Star weekend has taken on the look of a class reunion in recent years with the top picks of the 2003 draft hogging centre stage.
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Musharraf's rivals head for big win in Pakistan vote - 19, Feb 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf's opponents headed for election victory on Tuesday after voters rejected his former ruling party, raising questions about the future of the U.S. ally who has ruled since 1999.
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Yankees' Pettitte apologizes for growth hormone use - 19, Feb 2008
TAMPA, Florida (Reuters) - New York Yankees pitcher Andy Pettitte apologized on Monday for using human growth hormone and said he had not talked to his good friend Roger Clemens since the U.S. Congress held hearings last week on drug and steroid use by ba
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Bush moves on after hero's reception in Tanzania - 19, Feb 2008
KIGALI (Reuters) - President George W. Bush, basking in a hero's reception from Tanzania, on Tuesday commemorates one of the darkest episodes in Africa's recent history, the Rwandan genocide.
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Better care for U.S. troops but red tape rankles - 19, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The collection of old red-brick buildings and a big 1970s concrete structure on the edge of Washington does not usually make headlines like the White House or the Capitol, half a dozen miles away.
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Obama and Clinton square off in Wisconsin - 19, Feb 2008
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - Democrats in Wisconsin and Hawaii make their choices on Tuesday in a heated presidential battle, with Hillary Clinton hoping to snap Barack Obama's winning streak ahead of big contests in March.
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U.S. and EU powers recognize Kosovo as some fear precedent - 19, Feb 2008
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Europe's major powers and the United States said on Monday they recognized Kosovo's new independence, as Serbs reacted with anger and some states warned that its secession from Serbia set a dangerous precedent.
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Study rejects Internet sex predator stereotype - 19, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - The typical online sexual predator is not someone posing as a teen to lure unsuspecting victims into face-to-face meetings that result in violent rapes, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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JPMorgan earmarks $750 million for Asia private equity - 19, Feb 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - JP Morgan said on Tuesday it had earmarked $750 million for private equity investment in Asia, aiming to take minority stakes in businesses in a region where buyouts are notoriously difficult.
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BlackBerry maker and Motorola duel in lawsuits - 19, Feb 2008
MONTREAL (Reuters) - BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion and rival Motorola have sued each other over what they say are patent infringements for technology used in their mobile phones.
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Hacker's firm doubleTwist enables copying of iTunes - 19, Feb 2008
CHAMONIX, France (Reuters) - A start-up co-founded by famed Norwegian hacker "DVD Jon" is on Tuesday introducing a service that enables users to copy and use copy-protected Apple Inc iTunes songs on many popular non-Apple devices.
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Microsoft to give out development tools to students - 19, Feb 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp unveiled a new initiative on Monday that will give college and high school students around the world free access to technology tools used to develop and design software.
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EU clashes over authorizing GMO maize types - 19, Feb 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union farm ministers fell short of a consensus agreement on Monday to allow imports of five genetically modified (GMO) products, paving the way for default approval by legal rubberstamp, EU officials said.
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Ancient "devil frog" may have eaten baby dinosaurs - 19, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - It was the biggest, baddest, meanest froggy ever to have hopped on Earth.
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Team makes gecko-inspired adhesive bandage - 19, Feb 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Scientists have long admired the gecko lizard for its gravity-defying feet. Now U.S. researchers have made a waterproof bandage inspired by the sticky surface of a gecko's paws.
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Shuttle leaves station ahead of satellite shootdown - 19, Feb 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis departed on Monday from the newly expanded International Space Station and began its return trip to Earth ahead of a U.S. military plan to shoot down a dead spy satellite.
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China confirms new human death from bird flu - 19, Feb 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - A 22-year-old Chinese man from the central province of Hunan has died of the H5N1 strain of bird flu, the second death from the disease since late last year, the Health Ministry said on Monday.
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"Enfant terrible" Robbe-Grillet dies - 19, Feb 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Writer and filmmaker Alain Robbe-Grillet, an "enfant terrible" of France's literary establishment who helped found the New Novel school in the 1950s, died on Monday aged 85, his publishers said.
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Judge to decide on McCartney divorce deal - 19, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Pop icon Paul McCartney and ex-model Heather Mills failed to agree on a divorce settlement on Monday after six days in court, leaving the judge to decide how much of the former Beatle's fortune Mills should receive.
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Gloom dominates tight Oscar documentary race - 19, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Viewers may think some of the nominees for best picture at next week's Academy Awards are dark, but they pale in comparison with the movies competing for the coveted Oscar for best documentary.
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Federer wins fourth Laureus award - 19, Feb 2008
ST PETERSBURG, Russia (Reuters) - World tennis number one Roger Federer won the prestigious Laureus Sportsman of the Year award for a record fourth year in a row on Monday.
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Match Play king Stenson prepares for unexpected - 19, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Upsets are likely to dominate the agenda at this week's WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship in Marana, Arizona where Henrik Stenson defends his title.
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Mauresmo through to second round in Qatar - 19, Feb 2008
DOHA (Reuters) - Amelie Mauresmo emerged from a potentially difficult first round match at the Qatar Open with a 7-6 6-3 win over Germany's Sabine Lisicki.
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U.S. wants Kenya crisis solution "yesterday" - 19, Feb 2008
NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice told Kenya's feuding parties on Monday to hurry up with a pact to end a post-election crisis that has killed 1,000 people and dented their nation's global status.
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Five killed in Baghdad mortar barrage - 19, Feb 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least five Iraqi civilians were killed and 14 wounded when a barrage of rockets hit areas near Baghdad's international airport, including the headquarters of the U.S. military, it said on Monday.
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Conspiracy buffs may feast on JFK documents - 19, Feb 2008
DALLAS (Reuters) - John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy buffs have been handed a Presidents' Day present they are sure to savor.
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Musharraf allies struggle in Pakistan vote count - 19, Feb 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Early Pakistani election results show supporters of President Pervez Musharraf struggling, television stations reported on Tuesday.
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Ex-President Bush says attacks on McCain "unfair" - 19, Feb 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - Former President George H.W. Bush urged disgruntled conservatives on Monday to rally around John McCain, calling their criticism of the Republican presidential front-runner "grossly unfair."
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U.S. and EU powers recognize Kosovo as some opposed - 19, Feb 2008
PRISTINA (Reuters) - Europe's major powers and the United States said on Monday they recognized Kosovo's new independence, as Serbs reacted with anger and some states warned that its secession from Serbia set a dangerous precedent.
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Banks lift European shares - 19, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Banks drove European shares sharply higher on Monday ahead of key earnings data later this week which will show their progress in writing down losses related to U.S. subprime mortgages.
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France says 20 EU states oppose WTO farm plan - 19, Feb 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Twenty European Union countries are opposed to compromise proposals on agriculture floated by a World Trade Organisation mediator as part of a bid to rescue global trade talks, France said on Monday.
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Research In Motion and Motorola duel in lawsuits - 19, Feb 2008
MONTREAL (Reuters) - BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion and rival Motorola have sued each other over what they say are patent infringements for technology used in their mobile phones.
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Cream to prevent HIV safe, but not effective: study - 18, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A cream designed to protect women from the AIDS virus did not prevent infection, but it was safe, raising hopes that it might be combined with drugs or other compounds to work better, researchers said on Monday.
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Shuttle leaves station as next ship moves to pad - 18, Feb 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - Space shuttle Atlantis sailed away from the International Space Station on Monday, leaving behind a new crew member and Europe's first permanent orbital laboratory.
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Indian opulent Mughal epic panned - 18, Feb 2008
MUMBAI (Reuters) - A film about the fabled romance of a Mughal emperor, whose rule stands as a symbol for religious harmony in India, has been panned by many critics and sparked protests over the historical accuracy of his on-screen love life.
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Rice to face Japan protest on military discipline - 18, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice will face complaints about U.S. military discipline when she arrives in Tokyo next week, top Japanese officials said on Monday, after a string of crimes blamed on Marines in Okinawa.
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Women's Tour chiefs bring in criminal checks - 18, Feb 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Tennis chiefs have unveiled plans to introduce criminal background checks on anyone seeking access to player areas at tournaments in a bid to enhance safety at women's events.
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Oscar countdown begins in Hollywood - 18, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - It is Oscar week in Hollywood, and after three months in the dark winter of a bitter labor strike, the movie industry finally has something to celebrate -- itself.
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Iran MPs want action over Dutch, Danish cartoons - 18, Feb 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian lawmakers have urged the president to review ties with Denmark and the Netherlands over reprints of satirical cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in Danish and Dutch newspapers, state radio said on Monday.
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Rice pushes power-sharing in Kenya - 18, Feb 2008
NAIROBI (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Monday threw Washington's weight behind efforts to end a deadly post-election crisis in Kenya through power-sharing between the feuding parties.
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Al Qaeda sows fear after sunset in Iraq's north - 18, Feb 2008
SAMARRA, Iraq (Reuters) - In northern Iraq, cities remain virtual ghost towns after dark as al Qaeda militants stalk the streets and fearful residents huddle indoors.
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Bush offers more aid to fight malaria in Africa - 18, Feb 2008
ARUSHA, Tanzania (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday announced a plan to distribute bed nets to protect 5.2 million Tanzanian children from the deadly disease.
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Bush says people of Kosovo now independent - 18, Feb 2008
PRISTINA, Serbia (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Monday that the people of Kosovo were now independent, in his first comment on the territory's weekend declaration of independence.
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Suicide bomber kills 37 in Afghanistan: government - 18, Feb 2008
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber targeting a foreign military convoy in Afghanistan killed 37 civilians in an attack near the Pakistan border on Monday, the interior ministry said.
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Counting begins after Pakistanis vote, mostly in peace - 18, Feb 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Counting began on Monday after an election in Pakistan which was far less violent than feared, although it could result in a parliament set on driving U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf from power.
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Oil rises, buoyed by supply risks - 18, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil advanced for a fourth day on Monday, supported by an escalating row between OPEC member Venezuela and oil major Exxon Mobil.
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Toyota unveils first car under new cost-cut scheme - 18, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp on Monday took
the wraps off its remodeled Crown sedan, the first car to
incorporate the cost-cutting strategy that the automaker hopes
will help it save at least $2.8 billion a year.
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European shares rally - 18, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Banks drove European shares higher on Monday ahead of this week's key earnings data which will show their progress in writing down losses related to U.S. subprime mortgages, while platinum raced to new historic highs.
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SocGen trader faced earlier inquiry: report - 18, Feb 2008
ZURICH (Reuters) - French bank Societe Generale , at the centre of a huge trading scandal, began investigating trades executed by Jerome Kerviel months before his activities were exposed in January, the Financial Times reported.
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Brown fights backlash over Northern Rock - 18, Feb 2008
LONDON/NEWCASTLE (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Gordon Brown defended his reputation for sound economic management on Monday in the face of mounting criticism over his decision to nationalize ailing bank Northern Rock.
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Alibaba has say in Yahoo, Microsoft talks: source - 18, Feb 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Alibaba Group, the Chinese Internet firm, will seek a stronger voice for its management team in Microsoft's talks to acquire Yahoo, Alibaba's largest shareholder, a source said on Monday.
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Looming end to DVD war cheers consumers - 18, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - An impending end to a format war over next-generation DVDs boosted shares in both victorious Sony, in the Blu-ray corner, and Toshiba, in the losing HD DVD camp, on Monday as consumers cheered an end to confusion over which discs will ca
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Top Oscar contenders took a while to emerge - 18, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - One evening last November, a handful of journalists and industry insiders eased into the plush armchairs of a Hollywood screening room to watch "The Golden Compass," the Nicole Kidman fantasy based on the first novel in
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Oscar-nominated documentaries send message of hope - 18, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With the economy sinking into recession, the war in Iraq about to enter its sixth year, and lingering uncertainty in Hollywood following the writers strike, it's perhaps fitting that the films competing for the best docu
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Newman wins dramatic Daytona 500 - 18, Feb 2008
DAYTONA, Florida (Reuters) - Ryan Newman of Penske Racing won the 50th edition of the Daytona 500 race in a dramatic finale on Sunday.
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Japan's Kei Nishikori stuns James Blake for first title - 18, Feb 2008
DELRAY BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Teenager Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese player to win an ATP event for nearly 16 years when he shocked top seed James Blake in the Delray Beach International final on Sunday.
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Penguins beat Sabres to take share of top spot - 18, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Evgeni Malkin and Petr Sykorahad had a goal and an assist each to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 4-1 road win over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday.
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Phil Mickelson holds off Quinney for Riviera victory - 18, Feb 2008
PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson held off a strong challenge from playing partner Jeff Quinney to win the Northern Trust Open by two shots at Riviera Country Club on Sunday.
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James dunk helps East pull away for All-Star win - 18, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - MVP LeBron James scored 27 points, including a tie-breaking dunk, to help the East beat the West 134-128 in the NBA All-Star Game in New Orleans on Sunday.
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Japan angered by new U.S. crimes after rape arrest - 18, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan slammed U.S. military discipline as slack on Monday, and it plans to raise the issue with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice next week after a series of minor crimes following the arrest of a Marine for rape.
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Kosovo awaits recognition and Serb challenge - 18, Feb 2008
PRISTINA, Serbia (Reuters) - Kosovo looked forward on Monday to recognition by the Western powers who went to war to save its Albanian majority, but Russia served notice the new state will never be forced on its Serb allies in the territory.
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Barack Obama visits John Edwards - 18, Feb 2008
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama slipped away for a private meeting with former rival John Edwards on Sunday to seek his endorsement as the Illinois senator and Hillary Clinton battle for Wisconsin.
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Polls open for Pakistani vote - 18, Feb 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Fears of violence overshadowed Pakistan's general election on Monday with 80,000 troops backing up police to watch over a vote that could return a parliament set on driving President Pervez Musharraf from office.
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Doing business the hard way in India's wild east - 18, Feb 2008
HAJIPUR, India (Reuters) - The white envelope filled with ten 500 rupee ($13) notes was dispatched to the electricity board official as a "goodwill gesture".
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Oil steady above $95 - 18, Feb 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Oil hovered above $95 a barrel on Monday, as investors weighed the effects of a slowing U.S. economy against an escalating row between OPEC member Venezuela and oil major Exxon Mobil .
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Stocks firm despite weak economic data - 18, Feb 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Asian investors shrugged off a rash of weak economic indicators on Monday to pick up stocks that looked like weathering a downturn, while oil and metals kept close to record prices as supply concerns continued to bite.
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Platinum hits record at $2,087 on supply squeeze - 18, Feb 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Platinum hit a record high for the 13th successive day on Monday on lingering power supply shortages which have disrupted mining in main producer South Africa.
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In DVD wars, winner on Main St is Blu-ray - 18, Feb 2008
NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp may not have officially given up on its HD DVD format for high definition DVDs, but the word on the street on Sunday was that rival Sony Corp's Blu-ray had won the war.
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Child campaign brings Freetown slum to Internet - 18, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - From Monday, people all over the world can become virtual neighbors to the residents of a Sierra Leone slum, plagued by infant mortality and rampant disease, through an Internet campaign by the charity Save the Children.
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Gay Africans and Arabs come out online - 18, Feb 2008
KHARTOUM (Reuters) - When Ali started blogging that he was Sudanese and gay, he did not realize he was joining a band of African and Middle Eastern gays and lesbians who, in the face of hostility and repression, have come out online.
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Investors cheer as Toshiba nears HD DVD surrender - 18, Feb 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Consumers and investors cheered an impending end to a format war for next-generation DVDs on Monday, with share gains for both Toshiba, on the verge of abandoning its HD DVD discs, and Sony, the leader of the rival Blu-ray camp.
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Shuttle and station crews say goodbye - 18, Feb 2008
HOUSTON (Reuters) - After an emotional goodbye ceremony, astronauts closed the hatches between space shuttle Atlantis and the International Space Station on Sunday in preparation for the shuttle's Monday departure.
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Iran says test rocket transmits data from orbit - 18, Feb 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - A rocket Iran launched into orbit this month to prepare for putting a domestically made research satellite into space has successfully sent scientific data back to Earth, state media reported on Sunday.
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"Jumper" leaps to top of North American box office - 18, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The sci-fi thriller "Jumper" leaped to the No. 1 spot at the North American box office on Sunday as moviegoers ignored critics' dire warnings for a second weekend.
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Aretha Franklin in regal form at L.A. show - 18, Feb 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Memo to Beyonce and her father: Yes, Tina Turner is one of the greats, but Aretha Franklin is still the queen -- of soul and more.
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Japan's Nishikori stuns Blake for first title - 18, Feb 2008
DELRAY BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Teenager Kei Nishikori became the first Japanese to reach an ATP final in nearly 16 years after a 4-6 6-2 7-6 victory over American Sam Querrey at the Delray Beach International on Saturday.
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Mickelson surrenders Riviera lead to Quinney - 18, Feb 2008
PACIFIC PALISADES, California (Reuters) - Jeff Quinney reeled off three birdies in four holes to overhaul the pacesetting Phil Mickelson midway through Sunday's final round at the Northern Trust Open.
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New Clinton economic message has echoes of Edwards - 18, Feb 2008
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin (Reuters) - White House hopeful Hillary Clinton has a message for hairdressers in Wisconsin, postal workers in Ohio and autoworkers across the United States who are struggling financially: She cares.
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California packer makes largest U.S. beef recall - 18, Feb 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A California meatpacker accused of animal cruelty is making the largest U.S. meat recall on record -- 143 million lbs, the Agriculture Department said on Sunday.
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McCain looks to November vote - 18, Feb 2008
MILWAUKEE (Reuters) - John McCain, with little Republican opposition, looked forward on Sunday to the November presidential election while Democrats Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton prepared for their next big fight in Wisconsin.
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Venezuela's Chavez says may create windfall oil tax - 18, Feb 2008
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela may create a windfall tax on oil profits generated by rising oil prices, President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday, extending the OPEC nation's efforts to increase revenue from the oil industry.
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Bond insurer plan may inject positive note - 18, Feb 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Efforts to rescue a distraught U.S. bond insurance industry could inject a positive note on Wall Street but the economic data and earnings reports on tap for this week are unlikely to change a downward trend for stocks.
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Euro zone growth may be weaker than hoped: Noyer - 18, Feb 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - European Central Bank (ECB) Governing Council member Christian Noyer said in an interview released on Sunday euro zone growth might be weaker than hoped as a result of market turmoil but he saw no "big setback".
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Britain nationalizes ailing Northern Rock - 18, Feb 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain decided to nationalize Northern Rock on Sunday, abandoning a five-month attempt to snare a private sector buyer for the ailing bank and piling more pressure on Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
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Shuttle Atlantis crew prepares to leave station - 17, Feb 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - The shuttle Atlantis astronauts moved spacesuits onto the International Space Station and packed up old equipment to bring home on Sunday, while scientists prepared for the first experiments in Europe's new Columbus lab
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Political films triumph in Berlin - 17, Feb 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - The two most overtly political movies in
competition at this year's Berlin Film Festival won the top
prizes, surprising some critics who had questioned their
message and methods.
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Iran says U.S. talks delayed for technical reasons - 17, Feb 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran's Foreign Ministry said on Sunday technical reasons were behind the delay in talks between Iranian and U.S. officials on Iraq and denied new U.S. charges that Tehran was stoking violence in its neighbor.
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Australia's Eamon Sullivan breaks 50m record - 17, Feb 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Eamon Sullivan broke Alexander Popov's eight-year-old world record for 50 meters freestyle on Sunday, instantly inheriting the title as the fastest swimmer in history.
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Alpine skier Matt storms to victory in Zagreb slalom - 17, Feb 2008
ZAGREB (Reuters) - Mario Matt won his third slalom of the season in Zagreb on Sunday and made it clear the race for the discipline's World Cup was far from over.
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Iran-backed groups using secret arms stores: U.S. - 17, Feb 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Sunday it had evidence Iranian-backed Shi'ite militias in Iraq were increasingly using secret weapons stores to attack U.S. and Iraqi forces.
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Bush discusses African crises, praises Tanzania - 17, Feb 2008
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush discussed the bloody conflict in neighboring Kenya with Tanzania's leader on Sunday before showering him with praise and signing over a $700 million development grant.
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Picnic site blast kills over 80 Afghans - 17, Feb 2008
ARGHANDAB, Afghanistan (Reuters) - A suicide bomber killed more than 80 people at a picnic spot in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar on Sunday in the most deadly attack since the Taliban were ousted in 2001, the government said.
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Pakistan tense on election eve, voters fear violence - 17, Feb 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani opposition politicians warned against vote rigging on Sunday, the eve of a general election that could usher in a parliament intent on forcing U.S. ally President Pervez Musharraf from power.
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Kosovo declares independence from Serbia - 17, Feb 2008
PRISTINA, Serbia (Reuters) - Kosovo declared independence from Serbia on Sunday, ending a long chapter in the bloody breakup of Yugoslavia.
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Borse Dubai says would consider Qatar bid for LSE - 17, Feb 2008
DUBAI (Reuters) - Borse Dubai said on Sunday it would consider selling a stake in the London Stock Exchange Group to Qatar, but had not received any approaches and was unlikely to sell any stake in the short term.
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Mickelson holds off Quinney challenge - 17, Feb 2008
(Corrects yardage in para eight after official PGA Tour amendment)
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