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Bush, lawmakers vow quick action on economy plan - 23, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush and leaders of the Democratic-led Congress vowed on Tuesday to move quickly to work out the details of a $150 billion stimulus package for the U.S. economy, as fears of a recession prompted a sell-off in glo
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Republican Thompson out of presidential race - 23, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican Fred Thompson dropped out as a presidential candidate on Tuesday, ending a short-lived campaign that got off to a late start and never gathered much steam.
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Heath Ledger found dead in New York - 23, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Heath Ledger was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday, possibly of a drug overdose, New York City police said.
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Oil ends at one-month low on economic worries - 23, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil settled at a one-month low on Tuesday amid intensifying worry a weak U.S. economy could trigger a global slowdown in energy demand.
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Gasoline price falls to one-month low - 23, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. gasoline prices sank to a one-month low, after falling 5.1 cents over the last week to $3.02 a gallon amid worries about a weak economy, the government said on Tuesday.
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Chrysler executive says fuels key to success - 23, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Research and development in fuel alternatives for gasoline should be the auto industry's top priority, even in a weakened economy, and even if it means companies delay expanding or other expensive strategic decisions, the president
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Bank of America, Wachovia profits nearly wiped out - 23, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp and Wachovia Corp, the second- and fourth-largest U.S. banks, said on Tuesday quarterly profits were nearly wiped out by more than $10 billion of write-downs and credit losses.
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Recession fears hit Wall Street but Fed cut helps - 23, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Recession worries pushed stocks lower on Tuesday, but the decline was shallower than feared as an emergency interest-rate cut by the Federal Reserve helped stabilize global markets after a two-day rout.
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Apple forecast below Wall Street targets - 23, Jan 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Tuesday forecast a quarterly profit far below analysts' expectations and posted disappointing holiday-season iPod shipments, sending its shares down 12 percent on fears the weak economy would hurt the Macintosh maker
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Fed slashes rates - 23, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday slashed a key interest rate by the biggest amount in more than 23 years in an emergency bid to head off a U.S. recession and halt a global rout in stocks.
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IncrediMail says Google restores ad deal - 23, Jan 2008
BANGALORE (Reuters) - Shares of Internet content company IncrediMail Ltd rose as much as 32 percent Tuesday, a day after it said Google Inc, its biggest customer, restored an advertising service partnership between the two firms.
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Publicis, Google reveal digital advertising cooperation - 23, Jan 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - France's Publicis and Web search engine giant Google Inc on Tuesday revealed they were combining their expertise to expand in the fast-growing digital advertising market.
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Yahoo plans to cut hundreds of jobs: source - 23, Jan 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo is planning to announce cutbacks later this month that will likely lead to hundreds of job losses at the nearly 14,000 employee company, a source familiar with the plan said on Monday.
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EBay CEO Whitman preparing to retire: report - 23, Jan 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - EBay Inc Chief Executive Meg Whitman, one of the most powerful women in business, is preparing to retire from the online auctioneer, The Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday.
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Auction of key airwaves begins Thursday - 23, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Bidding begins on Thursday in a crucial auction of government-owned airwaves that is expected to help set the future course of the U.S. telecommunications business.
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Microsoft expected to post sharp profit rise - 23, Jan 2008
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft is expected to report a sharp rise in quarterly profit this week, boosted by surging revenue as strong computer sales drive demand for its Windows operating system and Office software.
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Sharapova delighted with Henin demolition - 22, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Maria Sharapova said she had produced one of the most consistent performances of her career to crush world number one Justine Henin 6-4 6-0 in the Australian Open quarter-finals on Tuesday.
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Ovechkin sparks Caps to shootout win over Pens - 22, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Alexander Ovechkin teamed with Alexander Semin for shootout goals to give the Washington Capitals a 6-5 home win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday.
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Bird flu hits India as Turkey and Indonesia detect cases - 22, Jan 2008
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - An outbreak of bird flu in India's most densely populated state could spiral out of control, officials said on Tuesday, as the disease spread to a seventh district.
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Serena and Henin bow out at Australian Open - 22, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Reputations count for little in grand slam tennis as champion Serena Williams and world number one Justine Henin found on Tuesday, both put to the sword at the quarter-final stage of the Australian Open.
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Russia bombers to test-fire missiles in Atlantic - 22, Jan 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia on Tuesday sent two long-range bombers to the Bay of Biscay, off the French and Spanish Atlantic coasts, to test-fire missiles in what it billed as its biggest navy exercise in the area since Soviet times.
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Bickering stalls Iraq's 2008 budget in parliament - 22, Jan 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Iraqi lawmakers have refused to pass the 2008 budget because of rows over allocations, including how much money to give the autonomous Kurdistan region, in the latest sign of the country's deep political divisions.
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Congo war-driven crisis kills 45,000 a month: study - 22, Jan 2008
KINSHASA (Reuters) - War, disease and malnutrition are killing 45,000 Congolese every month in a conflict-driven humanitarian crisis that has claimed 5.4 million victims in nearly a decade, a survey released on Tuesday said.
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"No Country," "Blood" lead Oscar nominations - 22, Jan 2008
BEVERLY HILLS, California (Reuters) - "No Country For Old Men," a gory meditation on moral decline, and "There Will Be Blood," a gritty drama about a pioneering California oilman, led the nominations for the 80th annual Academy Awards on Tuesday, organize
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Gaza lights up as Israel eases fuel blockade - 22, Jan 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel resumed fuel supplies to the Gaza Strip's main power plant on Tuesday, offering limited respite from a blockade that plunged much of the Hamas-ruled territory into darkness and touched off international protests.
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Clinton, Obama clash in debate - 22, Jan 2008
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama engaged in a bitter crossfire on Monday as their U.S. presidential campaign took an ugly personal turn on the Martin Luther King holiday.
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Powers must close "gaps" for Iran sanctions deal - 22, Jan 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - World powers said they would have to overcome key differences on Tuesday to agree on a new sanctions resolution against Iran that aims to ratchet up pressure on Tehran to curb sensitive nuclear work.
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Surprise Fed cut gives only brief boost to stocks - 22, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A surprise 75 basis point interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve on Tuesday failed to shift sentiment in sour global stock markets, giving only a temporary shot in the arm before they dipped back into the red.
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OPEC: US recession fears cloud oil demand outlook - 22, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Mounting concerns over a U.S. recession have obscured the demand outlook for OPEC's oil this year, the producer group said on Tuesday, dimming the prospect of an increase in supplies at its meeting next week.
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Wachovia 4th-quarter profit sinks 98 percent - 22, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wachovia Corp, the fourth-largest U.S. bank, on Tuesday said quarterly profit fell a larger-than-expected 98 percent, hurt by a surge in bad loans and credit losses amid mortgage and capital markets turmoil.
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Paulson: Economy resilient but Fed move helpful - 22, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said on Tuesday he was confident the U.S. and global economies were resilient but welcomed an emergency rate cut by the U.S. Federal Reserve as a helpful move.
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Oil pares losses after emergency U.S. rate cut - 22, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil cut some of its losses to trade around $88 a barrel on Tuesday after the U.S. Federal Reserve took emergency action to help prevent the world's biggest fuel consumer from tipping into recession.
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Bank of America net sinks 95 percent - 22, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp said on Tuesday quarterly profit sank 95 percent, hurt by more than $7 billion of losses tied to write-downs, poor trading decisions and mounting credit woes.
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Fed slashes interest rates - 22, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve on Tuesday
slashed U.S. interest rates by a hefty three-quarters of a
percentage point, the biggest rate cut in more than 23 years,
in an emergency bid to lend support to a U.S. economy some fear
is on t
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Mickelson's 2008 PGA Tour debut in doubt - 22, Jan 2008
SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - Phil Mickelson's scheduled debut on the 2008 PGA Tour at this week's Buick Invitational was in doubt on Monday when the world number two was confined to bed with a respiratory problem.
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Woods launches Fist Pump Challenge - 22, Jan 2008
ANAHEIM, California (Reuters) - Twenty-one years ago, Tiger Woods beat his father Earl for the first time on a golf course and celebrated with the exuberant fist pump which has become his trademark.
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"Teen" frenzy at Sundance - 22, Jan 2008
PARK CITY, Utah (Hollywood Reporter) - With buyers exercising caution at Sundance, a documentary about the trials of being a teenager offered the most suspenseful dealmaking plotline.
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"Ratatouille" critics' top pick in 2007 - 22, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Rotten Tomatoes, the online movie site that aggregates critics' reviews, tossed out its ninth annual Golden Tomato Awards on Monday, hailing "Ratatouille" as its best-reviewed wide-release movie of 2007.
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Serena bundled out by Jankovic - 22, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Champion Serena Williams was unceremoniously bundled out of the Australian Open quarter-finals by third-seeded Serb Jelena Jankovic on Tuesday.
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Lewis's late jumper lifts Magic past Pistons - 22, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rashard Lewis hit a jump shot on the buzzer when the Orlando Magic eked out a 102-100 home win over the Detroit Pistons in a battle of the division leaders on Monday.
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Everest conqueror Hillary makes last journey - 22, Jan 2008
AUCKLAND (Reuters) - Saffron-robed Buddhist monks, Nepali Sherpas and grey-bearded mountaineers paid homage on Tuesday to Sir Edmund Hillary, the man who conquered Everest, as thousands gathered in New Zealand to watch his state funeral.
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California sends first trade mission to Cuba - 22, Jan 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - California, the top U.S. food producing state, has sent its first official agricultural trade mission to communist Cuba, looking to tap a potential $180 million food market.
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Clinton, Obama clash in Democratic debate - 22, Jan 2008
MYRTLE BEACH, South Carolina (Reuters) - Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama engaged in a bitter crossfire on Monday as their U.S. presidential campaign took an ugly personal turn on the Martin Luther King holiday.
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Mexico arrests senior drug cartel member - 22, Jan 2008
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican troops arrested a leading member of one of the country's two main drug gangs and seized nearly a million dollars, a victory in President Felipe Calderon's fight against traffickers.
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Subprime to sour China bank assets: economist - 22, Jan 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's banks will suffer a rise in non-performing assets due to the U.S subprime crisis and domestic credit tightening, a senior economist said in remarks published on Tuesday amid mounting concern about the industry.
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BHP unlikely to boost Rio Tinto offer: report - 22, Jan 2008
PHILADELPHIA/SYDNEY (Reuters) - BHP Billiton is unlikely to increase its $130 billion unsolicited proposal to acquire mining rival Rio Tinto by a February 6 deadline, The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. BHP could be trying to pressure Rio to n
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Stock rout deepens - 22, Jan 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Stocks tumbled across Asia on Tuesday, and U.S. stock index futures sank, as panic gripped markets that a U.S. recession could derail global economic growth, sending investors fleeing to safe-haven government bonds.
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Yahoo plans to cut several hundred jobs: source - 22, Jan 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Yahoo Inc is planning to announce cutbacks later this month that will likely lead to hundreds of job losses at the nearly 14,000 employee company, a source familiar with the plan said on Monday.
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U.S. says world must improve energy efficiency - 22, Jan 2008
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - The world's largest energy consumer the United States on Monday called for a global push for increased energy efficiency to help meet rising demand and alleviate the impact of high prices on economic growth.
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Manning gamble paying off for Giants - 22, Jan 2008
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Four years ago the New York Giants went to great lengths to acquire Eli Manning, believing the baby-faced quarterback was the right man to lead them to the Super Bowl.
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Docs are hot at Sundance - 22, Jan 2008
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - The Sundance Film Festival entered its second week on Monday amid a cooling market for buying films, while documentaries stole the spotlight and Hollywood insiders defended the indie spirit of star-filled movies like "What Just
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Brazil eyes rare foreign Oscar nomination - 22, Jan 2008
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian director Cao Hamburger has a good shot at scoring his country's first foreign-language Oscar nomination in nine years on Tuesday.
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Emily Blunt works double shift at Sundance - 22, Jan 2008
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - British actress Emily Blunt wants nothing better than to laze around on the couch, but at the Sundance Film Festival she is working double time to promote two movies in which she plays a pothead and a publicist.
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Chess champion Bobby Fischer buried in Iceland - 22, Jan 2008
REYKJAVIK (Reuters) - Chess legend Bobby Fischer, who died in Iceland last week aged 64, was buried on Monday in a private ceremony near the city that hosted his famous victory over the Soviet Union's Boris Spassky 35 years ago.
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Giant newt, tiny frog identified as most at risk - 22, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A giant Chinese salamander that predates Tyrannosaurus rex and the world's smallest frog are among a group of extremely rare amphibians identified by scientists on Monday as being in need of urgent help to survive.
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Annan prepares to try to mediate in Kenya crisis - 22, Jan 2008
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Former U.N. secretary-general Kofi Annan was due to arrive in Kenya on Tuesday to try to mediate in a post-poll crisis that has torn the country in two and triggered weeks of violence that killed at least 650 people.
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Giuliani trailing on home ground: poll - 22, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani is trailing in the race for the Republican presidential nomination even on his home turf of New York state, a new poll showed on Monday.
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Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary makes last journey - 22, Jan 2008
AUCKLAND (Reuters) - Thousands of people gathered in parks, halls and churches around New Zealand on Tuesday as the country buried Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mount Everest.
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Russia's Medvedev says too hard-up to own a car - 22, Jan 2008
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's likely future president, Dmitry Medvedev, does not have a car of his own and the only family transport is his wife's nine-year-old Volkswagen Golf, an official income declaration showed on Monday.
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One hurdle left between Patriots and perfect season - 22, Jan 2008
FOXBOROUGH, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Only a Super Bowl XLII victory against the New York Giants now stands between the New England Patriots and a perfect, unbeaten season.
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Israel agrees to ease Gaza blockade after protests - 22, Jan 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel agreed to allow some fuel, medicine and food into the Hamas-run Gaza Strip on Tuesday, at least temporarily easing a blockade that has plunged much of the territory into darkness and sparked international protests.
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Powers seek elusive deal on tougher Iran sanctions - 22, Jan 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - The world's major powers will try on Tuesday to overcome differences over imposing more sanctions on Iran and to keep up pressure on the Tehran leadership to curb its nuclear program.
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UK backs Northern Rock bonds and sets rescue deadline - 22, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain set a two-week deadline for a private-sector rescue of Northern Rock that would allow the stricken bank's 25 billion pound emergency funding to be converted to government-guaranteed bonds to help smooth a deal.
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KKR says in for the long haul with ProSieben - 22, Jan 2008
MUNICH (Reuters) - Private equity investor KKR , which acquired Germany's ProSiebenSat.1 with Permira in December 2006, is placing its bets on the success of old media and will stick with ProSieben, it said.
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White House contenders celebrate King legacy - 22, Jan 2008
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Democrats Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton and John Edwards honored the legacy of slain U.S. civil rights leader Martin Luther King on Monday and said his work paved the way for this year's precedent-shattering White Hous
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Recession fears could end bull market - 22, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) -This week could mark the end of the bull market for Wall Street, with U.S. stocks likely to join a global equity market plunge triggered by fears of a U.S. recession.
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Futures plunge on U.S. recession fears - 22, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures sank in holiday-shortened trading on Monday as fear of a U.S. recession gripped investors, indicating Wall Street was likely to join a global equity markets plunge that may usher in a bear market when trading
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Vale confirms in talks with Xstrata - 22, Jan 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Brazilian mining giant Vale said Monday it was in talks with Anglo-Swiss rival Xstrata about a takeover, a deal that analysts said could top $100 billion in one of the biggest mergers ever.
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World stocks routed on fears for economy - 22, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks nosedived and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies soared on Monday as fears gripped investors that a deteriorating U.S. economy would drag others down with it.
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Google spars with European lawmakers over privacy - 22, Jan 2008
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Google attacked European parliamentarians and privacy advocates on Monday for trying to have competition authorities consider the handling of personal information in its $3.1 billion takeover of rival DoubleClick.
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Microsoft targets VMware with new deals - 22, Jan 2008
SEATTLE/BOSTON (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp said on Monday it bought a start-up company called Calista Technologies and expanded its alliance with Citrix Systems , targeting the fast growing virtualization market.
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IBM and SAP to develop joint software - 22, Jan 2008
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Services and software companies IBM and SAP , longtime technology partners, will bring out their first joint software product in the fourth quarter of this year, the two companies said on Monday.
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Renault to develop electric cars for Israel project - 22, Jan 2008
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - The Renault-Nissan alliance on Monday signed a deal to begin mass producing electric cars as part of an Israeli-led project to develop alternative energy sources and slash oil dependency.
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Phone with fold-away screen launched - 22, Jan 2008
EINDHOVEN, Netherlands (Reuters) - A Dutch company has squeezed a display the size of two business cards into a gadget no bigger than other mobile phones -- by making a screen that folds up when not in use.
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Francis Ford Coppola realizes art-house ambitions - 21, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - After a 10-year directing hiatus, Francis Ford Coppola recently returned to theaters as a writer-director-producer with "Youth Without Youth," based on the Mircea Eliade novella about aging, identity and language. Next, he'
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Experts working on vaccine to fight AIDS in China - 21, Jan 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Scientists in Hong Kong and China are working on an AIDS vaccine to protect against three variants of HIV sweeping across south and west China, Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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Beijing denies 10 deaths at Bird's Nest - 21, Jan 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - Beijing organizers on Monday denied a report that 10 workers had died during the construction of the showpiece stadium for the 2008 Olympics, which start in 200 days.
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"I Know Who Killed Me" kills critics at Razzies - 21, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Two New York firemen posing as a gay couple, psychically linked identical twins and a mild-mannered man dominated by his latex-wearing obese wife are all contenders this year for the worst screen couples in Hollywood.
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Stepney refuses to take blame for F1 spy saga - 21, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Nigel Stepney, the former Ferrari engineer at the heart of last year's Formula One spying controversy, has said he takes no blame for what happened to McLaren.
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Venus strolls through, Federer sweats again - 21, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Venus Williams and Ana Ivanovic thundered into the Australian Open quarter-finals and Roger Federer overcome his second stern test of the tournament to reach the last eight on Monday.
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Henin and Sharapova set for blockbuster - 21, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Justine Henin meets Maria Sharapova in a blockbuster Australian Open quarter-final on Tuesday, with the world number one admitting she will have to be at her best to beat the Russian.
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Caffeine doubles miscarriage risk: study - 21, Jan 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - Pregnant women who drink two or more cups of coffee a day have twice the risk of having a miscarriage as those who avoid caffeine, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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Green Bay fans wait for Favre decision after Giant loss - 21, Jan 2008
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Shocked Packers fans spilled into the frigid Green Bay night on Sunday still reeling from a 23-20 loss to the New York Giants and wondering if it was the last time they had seen Brett Favre at Lambeau Field.
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Stoudemire shines as Suns seal fifth home win - 21, Jan 2008
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Amare Stoudemire scored 28 points to earn the Phoenix Suns a 116-92 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Sunday, their fifth successive home win.
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Giants and Patriots win to set up Super Bowl clash - 21, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The New England Patriots will face one more challenge in their bid for a perfect season: a Super Bowl meeting with the surprising New York Giants.
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Brazil bike messengers want respect, threaten chaos - 21, Jan 2008
That's Sao Paulo's "motoboys", the army of motorcycle messengers who deliver the documents that keep Brazil's financial capital ticking, even if it means terrorizing other road-users.
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Islamic treasure fetches 1,000 times estimate in sale - 21, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - A rare 11th century rock crystal ewer, misidentified as a 19th Century French claret jug, has sold for 220,000 pounds ($428,800) at auction, more than one thousand times its pre-sale estimate, the Art Newspaper said on Monday.
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Kenya government turns on critics, Odinga hailed - 21, Jan 2008
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki's government went on the offensive against critics on Monday, condemning opposition economic boycott plans as "sabotage" and summoning the British ambassador for a ticking off.
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U.N. agency says may have to halt Gaza food handout - 21, Jan 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - A U.N. agency said on Monday it would have to suspend food distribution to 860,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as early as Wednesday unless Israel eased the border blockade it imposed on the Hamas-controlled territory.
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Romney in battle of attrition in White House race - 21, Jan 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Voters had a glimpse into Mitt Romney's marathon strategy for winning the Republican nomination and the White House when he leapt up onto the back of a flatbed truck shortly before he won in Nevada.
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L.A. Times editor fired, "significant changes" ahead - 21, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The editor of the Los Angeles Times, James O'Shea, has been fired over a budgetary dispute only 14 months after he took over the post, the newspaper said on Sunday.
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Philips to look into all options for TV business - 21, Jan 2008
AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Philips did not on Monday rule out a sale of its TV business, which is suffering from low margins, but said it would for now focus on being more selective in what products it offers where.
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Northern Rock bids deadline set - 21, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain set a two-week deadline for a private-sector rescue of Northern Rock, as it confirmed plans to convert its almost 25 billions pounds ($49 billion) of loans to the stricken bank into bonds in a bid to smooth a deal.
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U.S. energy chief pleads for more Saudi, OPEC oil - 21, Jan 2008
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman repeated his plea on Monday for more oil from top exporter Saudi Arabia, undeterred by OPEC's cautious response to Washington's request so far.
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Murdoch, Packer offer $2.9 bln for Consolidated Media - 21, Jan 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Lachlan Murdoch, son of media tycoon Rupert Murdoch, and Australian gaming magnate James Packer launched a joint A$3.3 billion ($2.9 billion) offer on Monday to buy out the Packer-backed publishing company Consolidated Media Holdings .
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Oil falls below $89 as stock markets drop - 21, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Oil slid by almost $2 to a six-week low below $89 a barrel on Monday as stock markets fell and concern mounted over an economic slow-down led by top consumer the United States.
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World stocks routed on economy fears - 21, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - World stocks nosedived and demand for safe-haven bonds and currencies soared on Monday as fears gripped investors that a deteriorating U.S. economy would drag others down with it.
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Rabbis play online cupid to help Jews marry Jews - 21, Jan 2008
DALLAS (Reuters) - U.S. rabbis are turning to an on-line dating service in a bid to help Jews marry Jews.
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HBO to let subscribers download TV shows, movies - 21, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Time Warner Inc pay TV channel HBO will launch a service on Tuesday to let subscribers download movies and television shows over the Web, joining a crowded market for video on the Internet.
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Thai AIS in talks with Apple on iPhone launch - 21, Jan 2008
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Apple Inc and Thailand's Advanced Info Service (AIS) are in talks about selling the U.S. firm's popular iPhone in Thailand, a senior official of the Thai firm said on Monday.
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