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InBev seeks new Bud board in takeover battle - 08, Jul 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - InBev NV increased pressure on reluctant takeover target Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc on Monday with a plan to replace the U.S. rival's board of directors, which had rejected its $46.3 billion takeover offer.
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Oil drops on profit-taking, easing Iran tensions - 08, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil dropped over $4 a barrel Monday on profit taking and signals that Iran will be more flexible in negotiations over its nuclear program.
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Starbucks shares fall on June sales worries - 08, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Shares in Starbucks Corp fell almost 4 percent on Monday as investors worried about eroding sales at the coffee chain that is shuttering 600 underperforming U.S. outlets.
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Financial worries weigh on Wall Street - 08, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Monday on concerns that the top two mortgage providers would have to raise even more capital, severely devaluing existing shareholders' stakes, while big energy companies fell along with oil prices.
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Russian blogger sentenced for "extremist" post - 08, Jul 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - A Russian man who described local police as "scum" in an Internet posting was given a suspended jail sentence on Monday for extremism, prompting bloggers to warn of a crackdown on free speech online.
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Alcatel-Lucent appeals loss of $1.5 billion award - 08, Jul 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Appeals court arguments in a battle over MP3 digital music patents between Alcatel-Lucent and Microsoft Corp focused Monday on a joint development pact struck nearly two decade earlier.
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Microsoft says willing to restart Yahoo talks - 08, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it would be willing to reopen talks to buy all or part of Yahoo Inc, but only if a new Yahoo board is elected -- a big boost for financier Carl Icahn's board slate.
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GM readies Volt unveiling to shift focus from crisis - 08, Jul 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - General Motors Corp is rushing to finish the production version of its Chevy Volt and plans to unveil a showroom-ready model of the heavily touted electric car in September, people familiar with the project say.
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Actors unions, studios await contract vote results - 07, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hollywood's still holding its breath.
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Olympian research effort at NBC - 07, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - In an attempt to measure consumption of what at 3,600 hours will be the largest amount of Olympics coverage in history, NBC Universal is pulling out all the stops.
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New fertility technique targets women with cancer - 07, Jul 2008
BARCELONA (Reuters) - A new technique may help newly diagnosed cancer patients preserve their eggs, and perhaps their fertility, before chemotherapy, German researchers said on Monday.
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Wax Hitler to return to museum after head repairs - 07, Jul 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - A waxwork of Adolf Hitler will return to Berlin's new Madame Tussauds as soon as experts have restored the head ripped off by a demonstrator on its opening day, the museum said on Monday.
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Tycoon to turn Bruce Lee's last home into museum - 07, Jul 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - The billionaire owner of Bruce Lee's final home hopes to build a museum to the martial arts legend, giving in to public calls to prevent the sale of the luxury house in a northern Hong Kong suburb for millions of dollars.
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TV and film business facing dark days, analyst warns - 07, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lehman Brothers cut the stock ratings on Monday of Walt Disney Co, Time Warner and other top entertainment companies, fearing the television and film industry could suffer the same battering as the music business.
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Authors get rock-star treatment at Brazil festival - 07, Jul 2008
PARATY, Brazil (Reuters) - Paulo Cavalcante rode buses for 46 hours from the dusty Brazil northeast to this coastal town for the chance to rub literary shoulders with British dramatist Tom Stoppard and other famous writers.
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"Dark Knight" a gripping character study - 07, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - "The Dark Knight" is pure adrenaline. Director Christopher Nolan, having dispensed with the introspective, moody origin story of 2005's "Batman Begins," now puts the Caped Crusader through a decathlon of explosions, vehi
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Lagat sprints to 1,500 win at U.S. trials - 07, Jul 2008
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Kenyan-born Bernard Lagat sprinted to victory in the men's 1,500 meters to claim his second Olympic berth on the final day of the American trials on Sunday.
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Nadal poised to topple Federer from the top - 07, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal stands on the verge of becoming the best player in the world, even if Monday's rankings showed that he was still number two.
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Provisional U.S. athletics team for Beijing - 07, Jul 2008
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - The provisional U.S. Olympic athletics team for Beijing based on performances at the American selection trials, which ended on Sunday. Only those who have met the qualifying standard are included. The official team will be annou
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Cubs and Red Sox dominate All-Star selections - 07, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox will both have seven players in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game later this month.
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Iraq says may agree timetable for U.S. withdrawal - 07, Jul 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki raised the prospect on Monday of setting a timetable for the withdrawal of U.S. troops as part of negotiations over a new security agreement with Washington.
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Iran says demand to halt enrichment "illegitimate" - 07, Jul 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Monday his country would not stop enriching uranium and rejected as "illegitimate" a demand by major powers that it do so, the official IRNA news agency reported.
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Russia, U.S. need talks despite missile row: Medvedev - 07, Jul 2008
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - Moscow and Washington should keep up dialogue despite failing to overcome differences on U.S. missile defense plans in Europe, a key irritant in ties, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday.
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Bomb at Indian embassy kills 41 in Afghanistan - 07, Jul 2008
KABUL (Reuters) - A suicide car bomb hit the Indian Embassy in Kabul on Monday, killing 41 people and wounding 139, in an attack Afghan authorities said was coordinated with foreign agents in the region, a likely reference to Pakistan.
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Zimbabwe says world must accept Mugabe's victory - 07, Jul 2008
HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe urged the world on Monday to accept President Robert Mugabe's re-election and said any move to impose U.N. sanctions on his government would hurt everyone involved.
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U.S. holds navy exercise after Iran comments on Gulf - 07, Jul 2008
DUBAI (Reuters) - The U.S. Navy said on Monday it was carrying out an exercise in the Gulf, days after vowing that Iran will not be allowed to block the waterway which carries crude from the world's largest oil-exporting region.
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Talk of $200 oil casts shadow over G8 summit - 07, Jul 2008
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - Italy on Monday proposed increasing margin requirements on futures markets to deter speculative buying of oil, which Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said could reach $200 a barrel.
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Obama and McCain square off over economy - 07, Jul 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Democrat Barack Obama on Monday called for a second stimulus package to boost the ailing U.S. economy, while Republican John McCain tried to paint his presidential rival as a tax-and-spend liberal in a battle over who can best handle v
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Some coffee fans get grim delight in Starbucks woes - 07, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - One coffee drinker's bad news is another coffee drinker's good news, it seems.
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Jobs market in for weak spell - 07, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Conference Board said on Monday there was little reason to expect the U.S. labor market to recover in the months ahead after its jobs index fell in June to its lowest since late 2004.
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Oil below $142 on dollar gain, Iran in view - 07, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil retreated to below $142 a barrel on Monday as the dollar gained, taking a pause from a record-breaking rally that has lifted prices by almost 50 percent this year.
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Wall Street gains on lower oil; Yahoo jumps - 07, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday, as weaker oil prices eased inflation fears and Yahoo shares jumped after Microsoft said it would be willing to reopen talks to buy all or part of the Internet company.
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InBev seeks to replace Bud board - 07, Jul 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - InBev upped the pressure on reluctant bid target Anheuser-Busch Cos Inc on Monday with a plan to replace the U.S. rival's board of directors that has rejected its $46.3 billion takeover offer.
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GM may be mulling thousands of job cuts - 07, Jul 2008
(Reuters) - No. 1 U.S. automaker General Motors is planning to cut thousands of white-collar jobs and is considering whether it should sell or stop production of more of its brands, The Wall Street Journal said, citing people familiar with the matter.
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Media moguls gather for summer camp - 07, Jul 2008
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (Hollywood Reporter) - Major media executives packed their bathing suits, BlackBerrys and iPods this weekend and headed for their version of summer camp -- the annual gathering put together by financier Herb Allen in this exclusive resor
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Microsoft says EU court's fine "excessive" - 07, Jul 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Microsoft has told a European Union court that an antitrust fine of 899 million euros ($1.4 billion) against it is both excessive and disproportionate, the Court of First Instance said on Monday.
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Toyota to add solar panels to some Prius hybrids - 07, Jul 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp plans to install solar panels on some Prius hybrids in its next remodeling, responding to growing demand for "green" cars amid record-high oil prices, a source briefed on the matter said on Monday.
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With new CD, Faith Hill in Christmas mood already - 07, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - It's summer and it's hot, but even so, Faith Hill is quick to warm up to talk about Christmas.
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Will Smith rules box office with "Hancock" - 07, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Will Smith, the closest thing to a sure bet in Hollywood these days, flew to the top of the worldwide box office with his critically mauled superhero saga "Hancock," distributor Columbia Pictures said on Sunday.
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Gay expects to be ready for Beijing - 07, Jul 2008
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - World 200 meters champion Tyson Gay said on Sunday he expected to be fully recovered from a leg injury in time for next month's Olympics.
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Rays see off Royals to land seventh successive win - 07, Jul 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - The streaking Tampa Bay Rays won their seventh game in a row on Sunday, pounding out 13 hits to rout the Kansas City Royals 9-2 in American League play.
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Cubs, Red Sox dominate MLB's All-Star selections - 07, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Chicago Cubs and the Boston Red Sox will both have seven players in the Major League Baseball All-Star Game later this month.
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Torres, Vanderkaay claim final wins at U.S. trials - 07, Jul 2008
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Dara Torres and Peter Vanderkaay captured the final two events at the U.S. swimming trials on Sunday to join an American swim team that immediately turned its focus to the Beijing Olympics.
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China presses demands on Dalai Lama ahead of Games - 07, Jul 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's attitude to future talks with envoys of the Dalai Lama rests on how he answers demands not to disrupt the Beijing Olympics, an official said, highlighting intense anxieties about the Games.
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One month to go: Beijing prepares to deliver Olympics - 07, Jul 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - With a month remaining until the opening ceremony of one of the most scrutinized Olympic Games in history, the time has come for Beijing to deliver on seven years of promises and billions of dollars spent.
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Nadal steals Federer's crown - 07, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal punched a mighty hole through Roger Federer's aura of invincibility on Sunday to become the first Spaniard in over four decades to win the Wimbledon men's singles crown.
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BP's rivals shift in Russian tussle - 07, Jul 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The fate of the second biggest foreign investment in Russia hangs in the balance amid signs of a shifting mood in the Kremlin which may have wrong-footed investors and one of the world's biggest oil companies.
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Coca-Cola agrees to $137.5 mln settlement in case - 07, Jul 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Coca-Cola Co agreed to pay
$137.5 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit that claimed the
world's largest soft drink maker artificially inflated sales to
boost its stock price, according to court documents.
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Technology reshapes America's classrooms - 07, Jul 2008
BOSTON, Massachusetts (Reuters) - From online courses to kid-friendly laptops and virtual teachers, technology is spreading in America's classrooms, reducing the need for textbooks, notepads, paper and in some cases even the schools themselves.
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Will Smith rules box office with 'Hancock' - 07, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Will Smith, the closest thing to a sure bet in Hollywood these days, flew to the top of the worldwide box office with his critically mauled superhero saga "Hancock," distributor Columbia Pictures said on Sunday.
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Men past 40 face fertility problems: researchers - 07, Jul 2008
BARCELONA (Reuters) - Couples trying to have a baby when the man is over 40 will have more difficulty conceiving than if he is younger, French researchers said on Sunday.
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Venus eyes ultimate prize of more Olympic gold - 07, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Venus Williams would never swap one of her five beloved Wimbledon singles titles for a different grand slam trophy but she said on Sunday that Olympic gold medals were an even bigger prize.
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Hushovd outwits fellow sprinters to take stage - 07, Jul 2008
ST BRIEUC, France (Reuters) - Norway's Thor Hushovd powered to his sixth victory on the Tour de France when he won a mass sprint to snatch the second stage on Sunday.
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LeMond says cycling no longer needs the UCI - 07, Jul 2008
AURAY, France (Reuters) - Three-times Tour de France champion Greg LeMond called for cycling to ditch the International Cycling Union (UCI) and restore its image under a new federation.
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Dedicated Kim captures AT&T National title - 07, Jul 2008
BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - American Anthony Kim claimed his second victory of the year by shooting a flawless five-under-par 65 to win the AT&T National by two strokes over Sweden's Fredrik Jacobson on Sunday.
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Atlantic storm Bertha may soon turn to hurricane - 07, Jul 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Bertha, moving briskly across open ocean waters, may strengthen into the first hurricane of the 2008 Atlantic storm season sometime during the next 48 hours, U.S. weather forecasters said on Sunday.
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Bush says backs strong dollar policy - 07, Jul 2008
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Sunday the American economy was not growing as quickly as he would like and that his administration supported a strong dollar policy.
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U.S. and Czechs to sign radar deal despite opposition - 07, Jul 2008
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Republic and the United States will sign a treaty on Tuesday to build a missile defense radar on Czech soil despite opposition at home and in Russia.
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Madonna denies affair and says not seeking divorce - 07, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Pop star Madonna denied having an affair with Yankee slugger Alex Rodriguez and said in a statement to People magazine on Sunday she is not planning to get divorced from her British husband Guy Ritchie.
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Jerusalem bulldozer killer acted alone: police - 07, Jul 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli police have concluded that a Palestinian construction worker who killed three Israelis with a bulldozer in Jerusalem last week acted alone and not as part of a militant organization, a spokesman said on Sunday.
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Africa takes centre stage as G8 kicks off summit - 07, Jul 2008
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - The Group of Eight rich nations will seek to convince a skeptical Africa on Monday that it is living up to promises to double aid to the world's poorest continent.
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California firefighters brace for new heat wave - 07, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Weary California firefighters braced on Sunday for another heat wave in the next few days as they battled to bring two major blazes threatening towns along the central coast under control.
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Nadal takes Federer's title in epic - 07, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Rafael Nadal ended Roger Federer's five-year reign as king of Wimbledon on Sunday with a 6-4 6-4 6-7 6-7 9-7 victory in one of the most dramatic finals seen at the All England Club.
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Alitalia to get 700-800 mln euros: report - 07, Jul 2008
MILAN (Reuters) - Alitalia will receive a capital injection of 700 million to 800 million euros from Italian businessmen as part of a plan to save the ailing carrier, newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on Sunday.
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Is capitulation on the cards? - 07, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Profit warnings, breaches of key index levels, record oil prices, stressed consumers and investors seeking safety provide the background for markets this week, and many people are wondering how long this will all last.
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NBC Universal, partners to buy Weather Channel - 07, Jul 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - NBC Universal and private equity firms Bain Capital and Blackstone Group said on Sunday they agreed to buy The Weather Channel from Landmark Communications.
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Pernice takes a one-shot lead at AT&T National - 06, Jul 2008
BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - American Tom Pernice held off a late charge by compatriot Steve Stricker to secure a one-shot lead after the third round of the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club on Saturday.
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Rivera holds off Red Sox rally to preserve Yankees win - 06, Jul 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mariano Rivera held off a late Boston Red Sox rally to help the New York Yankees escape with a 2-1 victory on Saturday.
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Afghan president orders probe into civilian deaths - 06, Jul 2008
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai has ordered an investigation into a U.S.-led coalition airstrike that local officials say killed 15 civilians, but the U.S. military says killed only armed Taliban militants.
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Hyundai cuts, Kia lifts domestic sales target - 06, Jul 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor Co , South Korea's top auto maker, said on Sunday it had cut its local sales target for this year by 6 percent as record-breaking oil prices are hitting consumer sentiment in Asia's fourth-largest economy.
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WITNESS: Virtual friends in a cancer world - 06, Jul 2008
Janet Guttsman is bureau chief for Reuters in Canada, and has worked for the company in Germany, Russia and the United
States. When she's not running the Canadian news file, she enjoys long bicycling trips in Canada and beyond. In the
following story,
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High oil prices spur demand for low energy electronics - 06, Jul 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - These days when customers walk into electronics stores, the first question they ask is how much electricity the fridge, washing machine or laptop computer they are contemplating buying consumes.
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Man rips head from Hitler wax figure - 06, Jul 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - A man tore the head from a controversial waxwork figure of Adolf Hitler on the opening day of Berlin's Madame Tussauds museum on Saturday, police said.
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"Kung Fu Panda" prompts soul-searching in China - 06, Jul 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - More than just a box-office hit in China, animated Hollywood comedy "Kung Fu Panda" has led Chinese artists to find fault with their own film industry and call for fewer government controls on culture.
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Goucher upset despite double success - 06, Jul 2008
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - Distance runner Kara Goucher qualified for a second event at the U.S. Olympic trials on Friday, but her joy was tinged with sadness after her husband failed to join her in the squad for next month's Beijing Games.
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Federer says Nadal has made him tougher - 06, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Roger Federer said on Saturday his Wimbledon final opponent Rafael Nadal had made him a tougher player because of their great rivalry.
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Gay crashes out of 200m trials - 06, Jul 2008
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - World champion Tyson Gay's dream of an Olympics double ended in pain when he crashed out of the U.S. 200 meters quarter-finals on Saturday.
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Lebanese leaders close to government deal - 06, Jul 2008
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanese leaders are finalizing a deal on the formation of a national unity government as stipulated in an agreement that ended the country's political crisis, political sources said on Saturday.
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Protests as G8 gathers for diplomacy - 06, Jul 2008
TOYAKO, Japan (Reuters) - Leaders of the Group of Eight rich nations meet this week in northern Japan to grapple with a raft of problems from soaring food and fuel prices to African poverty and global warming amid doubts about how much the annual diplomat
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Iran vows to pursue nuclear work - 06, Jul 2008
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran vowed on Saturday to pursue its uranium enrichment program, a day after delivering its response to an incentives package by world powers trying to curb its nuclear ambitions.
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Film shows Zimbabwe vote rigged: report - 06, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A film secretly taken by a Zimbabwe prison guard and smuggled out of the country shows the extent of the rigging that took place for the June 27 presidential run-off vote, the Guardian said on Saturday.
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California's wildfire in check -- for now - 06, Jul 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Firefighters in California have fended off a blaze threatening more than 3,000 homes in and around the coastal town of Goleta and are turning their attention to preventing its spread toward the nearby picturesque city of Santa Ba
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Obama "puzzled" by Iraq comment frenzy - 06, Jul 2008
ST. LOUIS (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said on Saturday his plan to end the Iraq war was unchanged and he was puzzled by the sharp reaction to his statement this week that he might "refine" his timetable for withdrawing U.S.
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Auto sector woes could spur deals: Renault CEO - 06, Jul 2008
AIX-EN-PROVENCE, France (Reuters) - A current slump in the global automotive sector could give fresh impetus to plans for consolidation within the industry, the head of French carmaker Renault said on Saturday.
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Spitz ready to see record fall to Phelps - 05, Jul 2008
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Mark Spitz believes not only will Michael Phelps better his record of seven gold medals at a single Olympics next month in Beijing but he will do it breathtaking style.
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Phelps, Torres and Peirsol light up Olympic trials - 05, Jul 2008
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Michael Phelps roared to another world record, Aaron Peirsol equaled one and Dara Torres had a swim for the ages as the U.S. Olympic trials produced plenty of Independence Day fireworks on Friday.
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Gay, Felix ease into next rounds at trials - 05, Jul 2008
EUGENE, Oregon (Reuters) - World champion Tyson Gay eased through the opening round of 200 meters qualifying at the U.S. Olympic trials on Friday, winning his heat in a comfortable 20.43 seconds.
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Evergreen Torres battles odds to reach 5th Olympics - 05, Jul 2008
OMAHA, Nebraska (Reuters) - Dara Torres' family seemed to get a whole lot bigger on Friday after the 41-year-old mother clinched a spot at her fifth Olympics with an inspiring win in the 100 meters freestyle at the U.S. trials.
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Pernice fires 63 to grab share of AT&T lead - 05, Jul 2008
BETHESDA, Maryland (Reuters) - Tom Pernice shot a sizzling seven-under-par 63 to seize a share of the lead with compatriot Jeff Overton after the second round of the AT&T National at Congressional Country Club Friday.
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Victorino lifts Phillies to win over Mets - 05, Jul 2008
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Shane Victorino came through with a game-winning RBI single in the bottom of the ninth inning to help the Philadelphia Phillies cap a two-out rally and defeat the visiting New York Mets 3-2 on Friday.
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Big protest planned for Seoul against beef and Lee - 05, Jul 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean police said they expect about 35,000 to gather on Saturday for a protest against a U.S. beef import deal and the polices of the new president, whose government has faced a crisis due to the weeks of street rallies.
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Firefighters hold line on two California wildfires - 05, Jul 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Exhausted California firefighters worked on Friday to contain two wildfires threatening homes along the coast before sundown, when shifting winds were expected to give the blazes more power.
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Former Senator Jesse Helms dies at 86 - 05, Jul 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Jesse Helms, a die-hard anti-communist firebrand who championed a wide range of conservative causes in his 30 years in the U.S. Senate, died early on Friday, aged 86, his foundation said.
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Colombia shows rescue video - 05, Jul 2008
BOGOTA/PARIS (Reuters) - Colombia showed a video on Friday of the rescue of Ingrid Betancourt and 14 other hostages where their anger turned to ecstasy as theater-trained military agents duped and overpowered leftist rebels.
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A tomato by any other name? Experts set food rules - 05, Jul 2008
GENEVA (Reuters) - Food safety experts agreed for the first time on the qualities defining a tomato, in a first step toward an international code on preventing fruit and vegetable contamination.
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New West Nile virus strain may worsen epidemic - 05, Jul 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new strain of West Nile virus is spreading better and earlier across the United States, and may thrive in hot American summers, researchers said on Thursday.
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Crumbling Pompeii site in "state of emergency" - 05, Jul 2008
ROME (Reuters) - The Italian government declared a state of emergency at the Pompeii archaeological site on Friday to try to rescue one of the world's most important cultural treasures from decades of neglect.
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Nadal ends Schuettler's surprise run - 05, Jul 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - French Open champion Rafael Nadal set up a third successive Wimbledon final with holder Roger Federer when he ended the surprise run to the last four of unseeded German Rainer Schuettler 6-1 7-6 6-4 on Friday.
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McGinley says Ryder Cup is not his priority - 05, Jul 2008
ASH (Reuters) - Ryder Cup stalwart Paul McGinley is more concerned with returning to the elite of world golf than gaining a place in Europe's 2008 team.
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ABBA foursome make rare appearance - 05, Jul 2008
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - All four members of supergroup ABBA appeared together on Friday at the Swedish premiere of the film "Mamma Mia!", delighting fans with their first public showing for years.
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