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Fitter, stronger Ana Ivanovic into last eight - 21, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An improved strength and conditioning programme has driven Ana Ivanovic's tennis game to new heights, the Serbian world number three said on Monday.
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Oliver Stone to make "fair" movie about George W. Bush - 21, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Director Oliver Stone, who has made movies about Presidents John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon, is developing a project about the current occupant of the White House, but promises it will not be a hatchet job, Daily Variety reported
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Striking writers, studios eye informal talks - 21, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Hollywood's striking writers and the major studios enter this week sharing a single resolve: once more, with feeling.
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D.J. Trahan overhauls Justin Leonard to win Bob Hope Classic - 21, Jan 2008
PALM DESERT, California (Reuters) - American D.J. Trahan chased down overnight leader Justin Leonard to clinch his second PGA Tour title by three shots at the Bob Hope Classic on Sunday.
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Brenden Morrow, Niklas Hagman late doubles end Ducks' run - 21, Jan 2008
DALLAS (Reuters) - Brenden Morrow and Niklas Hagman both scored a pair of third-period goals to give the Dallas Stars a 5-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday and halt their six-game winning streak.
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Perfect Patriots beat Chargers to reach Super Bowl - 21, Jan 2008
FOXOBOROUGH, Massachusetts (Reuters) - The New England Patriots kept up their pursuit of a perfect season by beating the San Diego Chargers 21-12 on Sunday to advance to the Super Bowl as American Football Conference champions.
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Lawrence Tynes' field goal send Giants to Super Bowl - 21, Jan 2008
GREEN BAY, Wisconsin (Reuters) - Lawrence Tynes booted a 47-yard field goal to give the New York Giants a shock 23-20 overtime win over the Green Bay Packers on Sunday to set up a Super Bowl clash with the unbeaten New England Patriots.
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Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary lies in state - 21, Jan 2008
AUCKLAND (Reuters) - Hundreds of people queued on Monday to pay their last respects to Sir Edmund Hillary, the conqueror of Mount Everest, whose body lay in state in New Zealand ahead of his funeral on Tuesday.
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Mitt Romney's economic record questioned - 21, Jan 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney is touting his revival of the Massachusetts' economy in a pitch to voters in Florida, a state that could make or break his White House bid, but some experts dispute that record.
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Serbia chooses path to EU or Russia in February 3 vote - 21, Jan 2008
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Serbia is heading for a showdown next month between a nationalist who leans towards Russia and a liberal favoring the West following the first round of a presidential election.
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Gold falls as U.S. measures fail to spark buying - 21, Jan 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - Gold edged lower on Monday after President George W. Bush's plan to give the U.S. economy temporary tax cuts and other measures totaling about $150 billion failed to inspire buying.
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"Help Wanted" highlights skills drain in U.S - 21, Jan 2008
TRAFFORD, Pennsylvania (Reuters) - Only half the machines are running at precision parts maker Hamill Manufacturing, nestled in the Allegheny Mountains just east of Pittsburgh, once the booming center of the U.S. steel industry.
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GE jet engine backlog hits $5 billion in China - 21, Jan 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - As China's aviation industry takes off, General Electric Co's orders for jet engines in that country have hit the $5 billion mark, the second-largest U.S. company by market capitalization said on Sunday.
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Oil up on Mexico port closures, OPEC comments - 21, Jan 2008
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Oil rose on Monday, nearing $91 a barrel, with prices supported by the closure of Mexico's oil export terminals due to bad weather, as well as OPEC's dismissal of calls to raise output.
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Stocks dogged by recession fears - 21, Jan 2008
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Stocks in Asia resumed their decline on Monday, led by banks like Japan's Mizuho, while the dollar hovered near a 3-year low against the yen after a proposed U.S. stimulus package did little to soothe fears the world's top economy wi
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French film wannabees get speed shooting test - 21, Jan 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - Ever wondered what to do with a revolver, a typewriter and a pair of handcuffs?
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Stem cells help mice with muscular dystrophy: study - 21, Jan 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - A therapy using embryonic stem cells helped restore muscle function in mice with Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common form of muscular dystrophy in children, U.S. researchers said on Sunday.
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Polanski sex scandal film shakes up Sundance - 21, Jan 2008
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Thirty years after director Roman Polanski fled the United States and a conviction for unlawful sex with a minor, a U.S. filmmaker has reopened the sensational case in a documentary that is shaking up the Sundance Film Festival
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Suzanne Pleshette of "Newhart" fame dies at 70 - 21, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actress Suzanne Pleshette, best known as the feisty but level-headed wife of Bob Newhart on television's 1970's hit "The Bob Newhart Show," has died at age of 70, friends said on Sunday.
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"Cloverfield" a monster at box office - 21, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - "Cloverfield," a low-budget Godzilla-style horror movie, scared up a monstrous $41 million opening at the weekend box office in North America, almost twice the tally of the new romance "27 Dresses."
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Philippines win with four-birdie streak - 21, Jan 2008
SUN CITY, South Africa (Reuters) - The Philippines overhauled South Korea with a four-birdie closing streak to win the Women's World Cup at the Gary Player Country Club on Sunday.
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Acclaimed movies eye Oscar, box office gold - 21, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Tales of tragedy and struggle will vie for Oscar attention on Tuesday as an unusual awards season overshadowed by the Hollywood writers strike heads into its final stretch.
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Unstoppable Grange wins Kitzbuehel slalom - 21, Jan 2008
KITZBUEHEL, Austria (Reuters) - Unstoppable Frenchman Jean-Batpiste Grange added a classic victory to his collection when he won the Kitzbuehel slalom on Sunday.
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Leonard retains control of Hope midway through final round - 21, Jan 2008
PALM DESERT, California (Reuters) - American Justin Leonard eagled the par-five 14th on his way to a commanding four-shot lead in the Bob Hope Classic fourth round on Saturday.
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Kaymer secures maiden European Tour victory - 21, Jan 2008
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Germany's Martin Kaymer, who led from start to finish, won the Abu Dhabi Championship by four shots on Sunday.
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UK and India should step up terrorism fight: Brown - 21, Jan 2008
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Britain and India should step up cooperation in the fight against terrorism and work together to isolate militants, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Sunday.
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Cubans vote for parliament that could retire Castro - 21, Jan 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans voted in parliamentary elections on Sunday that could start a transition to a post-Castro government in Cuba after half a century of rule by the Communist revolutionary.
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Three killed in Kenya clashes with opposition defiant - 21, Jan 2008
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Attackers hacked three people to death with machetes in a slum in Kenya's capital on Sunday in ethnic clashes triggered by President Mwai Kibaki's disputed re-election last month, witnesses said.
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U.S. says Iran still training Iraqi militias - 21, Jan 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - The U.S. military said on Sunday there had been a dramatic drop in the number of Iranian weapons being smuggled into Iraq but no let-up in Tehran's training and financing of Iraqi militias.
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Lights out in Gaza after Israel blocks fuel - 21, Jan 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - Large parts of the Gaza Strip plunged into darkness on Sunday when its main power plant shut down after Israel blocked fuel supplies and shut the border to the Hamas-run territory.
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Nationalist ahead in first round Serb president vote - 21, Jan 2008
BELGRADE (Reuters) - Pro-Western President Boris Tadic appeared to be trailing his nationalist rival on Sunday in elections that will shape Serbia's relations with the EU after the expected loss of its Kosovo province.
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McCain says will do well in Florida - 21, Jan 2008
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate John McCain predicted on Sunday he would do well in the Florida primary election this month after winning South Carolina and took a swipe at rival Rudy Giuliani.
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White House race shifts to next battles - 21, Jan 2008
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - The U.S. presidential race shifted to new battlegrounds on Sunday, as Republican John McCain looked for momentum from a big win and top Democrats paid homage to slain civil rights leader Martin Luther King.
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Stimulus plan may be ready by March: lawmaker - 21, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A stimulus package to boost the U.S. economy and avoid a full-fledged recession could be ready by the beginning of March, a senior Democratic lawmaker said on Sunday.
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OPEC dismisses U.S. calls for more oil - 21, Jan 2008
ABU DHABI (Reuters) - OPEC dismissed further calls to boost oil output from top consumer the United States, saying the global market is well supplied and the producer group has little control over oil prices near $90 a barrel.
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Corporations team up to cut supply chain emissions - 21, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Eleven of the world's largest companies are teaming up to see how they can work with thousands of their suppliers to curb greenhouse gas emissions, a green consultancy said on Sunday.
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Deutsche Telekom to speed up efforts to slim down - 21, Jan 2008
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Germany's Deutsche Telekom wants to step up its efforts to cut labor costs and boost competitiveness by redeploying a large number of its civil servants and slimming down its bloated administration.
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Siemens to get SEC graft case data in months: paper - 21, Jan 2008
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Siemens hopes to know within months exact details of a corruption case that the U.S. markets watchdog SEC has come to view as the biggest in history, Siemens Chairman Gerhard Cromme was quoted as saying.
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Virgin to sweeten Northern Rock deal: report - 21, Jan 2008
LONDON/NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Virgin Group will try to win over shareholders with a sweetened bid for Northern Rock on the eve of a speech by the British Chancellor to Parliament about the struggling UK bank, an unsourced Sunday Times report said.
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Directors deal "template" for others: MPAA chief - 20, Jan 2008
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - The head of the Motion Picture Association of America said on Saturday a recent labor contract between major studios and film and TV directors offers a template for deals with striking writers and other guilds.
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Cambodian police block Mia Farrow's Darfur rally - 20, Jan 2008
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Baton-wielding police barred Hollywood actress Mia Farrow from holding a rally in Cambodia's "Killing Fields" on Sunday as part of a campaign to end atrocities in Sudan's Darfur.
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Jones eases to points victory over Trinidad - 20, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Roy Jones Jr eased to a unanimous points victory over Felix Trinidad in a high-profile light-heavyweight non-title contest between two veteran ring greats at Madison Square Garden on Saturday.
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Surging Leafs beat slumping Sabres to stretch winning run - 20, Jan 2008
TORONTO (Reuters) - The Toronto Maple Leafs won their third successive game on the heels of a five-game losing streak, beating the Buffalo Sabres 4-2 on Saturday.
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Leonard moves four ahead at Bob Hope Classic - 20, Jan 2008
PALM DESERT, California (Reuters) - American Justin Leonard eagled the par-five 14th on his way to a commanding four-shot lead in the Bob Hope Classic fourth round on Saturday.
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Knicks hand reeling Heat unlucky 13th loss - 20, Jan 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - The New York Knicks handed the reeling Miami Heat a 13th straight defeat on Saturday, Jamal Crawford sparking the 88-84 victory with a 22-point haul for the visitors.
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Amy Redford's film debuts at Sundance - 20, Jan 2008
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Whatever people may think, Robert Redford and his daughter Amy Redford say that her debut as director of "The Guitar" at the Sundance Film Festival was all Amy's doing -- no help from the Sundance Kid.
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Romney says stimulus proposal would rescue economy - 20, Jan 2008
JACKSONVILLE, Florida (Reuters) - Republican presidential contender Mitt Romney said on Saturday his $233.4 billion U.S. economic stimulus plan would rescue an economy on the "tipping point" of recession.
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Pakistan forces press attack on militant stronghold - 20, Jan 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani villagers said gunship helicopters launched strikes on Sunday in an area regarded as a stronghold of a Taliban commander linked with the assassination of opposition leader Benazir Bhutto.
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McCain, Clinton look to next White House battle - 20, Jan 2008
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican John McCain and Democrat Hillary Clinton looked on Sunday toward the next battles in a chaotic White House race after scoring tough wins in the first presidential voting in the U.S. South and West.
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Slower boats to China as ship owners save fuel - 20, Jan 2008
BERLIN (Reuters) - Oil at more than $90 a barrel is
concentrating minds in the shipping industry. Higher fuel costs
and mounting pressure to curb emissions are leading modern
merchant fleets to rediscover the ancient power of the sail.
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China is not decoupling from U.S. economy: central banker - 20, Jan 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's central bank on Sunday poured cold water on the idea that the country's economy can decouple from the United States.
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Rio Tinto CEO leaves door open to higher bid from BHP - 20, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Rio Tinto Chief Executive Tom Albanese on Sunday left the door open to a sweetened takeover offer from BHP Billiton, but said Rio would be happy to grow on its own if BHP walked away.
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"Rock Band," "Guitar Hero" drive digital song sales - 20, Jan 2008
DENVER (Billboard) - In the two months since MTV Networks and Harmonix released the music-based videogame "Rock Band," players have purchased and downloaded more than 2.5 million additional songs made available after the game's initial distribution.
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Bird flu spreads to new districts in India's east - 20, Jan 2008
KOLKATA, India (Reuters) - Bird flu spread to two new districts in an eastern Indian state, officials confirmed on Saturday, as veterinary staff struggled to cull thousands of birds in the face of resistance from farmers.
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Seven stars face the "Country" challenge on reality show - 20, Jan 2008
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - The idea of bringing together strange bedfellows to entertain the masses is as old as "Gilligan's Island" and "The Gong Show."
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Mia Farrow vows to defy Cambodian Darfur rally ban - 20, Jan 2008
PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - Hollywood actress Mia Farrow says she will ignore a deportation threat and pursue plans to light a symbolic Olympic torch in Cambodia's "Killing Fields", as part of a campaign to end atrocities in Sudan's Darfur.
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Crowded House progeny set for solo American strike - 20, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Liam Finn will be a 24-year-old unknown to most Americans when his debut solo album is released in the United States on Tuesday, but Crowded House fans have already heard his work -- nearly two decades ago.
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Canada removes U.S., Israel from torture watchlist - 20, Jan 2008
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's foreign ministry, responding to pressure from close allies, said on Saturday it would remove the United States and Israel from a watch list of countries where prisoners risk being tortured.
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Seeds scattered at Melbourne Park - 20, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Seeds were scattered in the Australian Open as underdogs ran amok at Melbourne Park on Saturday.
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Daly withdraws from Bob Hope Classic - 20, Jan 2008
PALM DESERT, California (Reuters) - Fan favourite John Daly pulled out of the Bob Hope Classic before Saturday's fourth round because of a lingering rib injury.
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Trahan surrenders early lead at Bob Hope Classic - 20, Jan 2008
PALM DESERT, California (Reuters) - American D.J. Trahan bogeyed the par-five 18th to slip back into a four-way tie for the lead midway through the Bob Hope Classic fourth round on Saturday.
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Late triple bogey costs South Korea outright World Cup lead - 20, Jan 2008
SUN CITY, South Africa (Reuters) - Jennifer Rosales and Dorothy Delasin of the Philippines benefited from a late triple-bogey by South Korea to seize a share of the lead on 11 under par after the Women's World Cup second round on Saturday.
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Cuche wins downhill marred by bad crash - 20, Jan 2008
KITZBUEHEL, Austria (Reuters) - Ten years after his first World Cup victory in Kitzbuehel, Swiss Didier Cuche won the most prestigious downhill of the men's season on the Streif on Saturday.
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Eco-conscious Sundance turns deeper shade of green - 20, Jan 2008
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - When former Vice President Al Gore premiered documentary "An Inconvenient Truth" at the 2006 Sundance Film Festival, he inspired not only greater awareness of global warming, but the general greening of this top movie event.
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Five die in Kenya as opposition vows more protests - 20, Jan 2008
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's opposition said on Saturday it would resume protests next week over a disputed election, and five people were killed in politically-fuelled ethnic violence in the country's Great Rift Valley.
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Hezbollah has Israeli soldiers' body parts: Nasrallah - 20, Jan 2008
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, making a rare public appearance, said on Saturday his guerrilla group possessed body parts of Israeli soldiers left on southern Lebanon's battlefields during the war in 2006.
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Spain arrests 14 over possible Barcelona attack - 20, Jan 2008
MADRID (Reuters) - Islamic radicals may have been plotting attacks in Barcelona, Spain's Interior Minister Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba said on Saturday, after police found bomb-making materials and arrested 14 South Asians.
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Sundance founder's daughter debuts at festival - 20, Jan 2008
PARK CITY, Utah (Reuters) - Whatever people may think, Robert Redford and his daughter Amy Redford say that her debut as director of "The Guitar" at the Sundance Film Festival was all Amy's doing -- no help from the Sundance Kid.
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Pakistan authorities arrest two over Bhutto plot - 20, Jan 2008
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistani security agents have arrested a youth who said he had been trained as a suicide bomber to kill opposition leader Benazir Bhutto had other militants failed to kill her, in the first arrests in the case, a security o
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Millions mark Shi'ite ritual in Iraq after clashes - 20, Jan 2008
KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - A major Shi'ite ritual ended peacefully in the southern city of Kerbala on Saturday after Iraqi forces imposed tight security around 2.5 million pilgrims, but attacks in the north killed nine worshippers.
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Clinton, Romney win Nevada - 20, Jan 2008
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Mitt Romney won Nevada's presidential nominating contests on Saturday, and voters in South Carolina cast ballots as an unpredictable White House race moved to the U.S. South and
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U.S energy sec urges OPEC to raise output at meeting - 20, Jan 2008
RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia should raise output to ease tightness in world oil supplies and that OPEC should up output at its February 1 meeting.
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SABIC misses forecasts as U.S. chemical demand falters - 20, Jan 2008
RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) missed fourth-quarter earnings forecasts on Saturday and said the U.S. mortgage crisis had hurt demand for chemicals, ending a run of record profits that began in 2006.
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Britain backs bond plan to aid N.Rock rescue: source - 20, Jan 2008
SHANGHAI/LONDON (Reuters) - Britain will back a plan to convert its lending to Northern Rock into bonds, a source familiar with the matter said, potentially tying itself to the bank for years but avoiding full-scale nationalization.
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U.S. energy sec urges OPEC to raise output at meeting - 19, Jan 2008
RIYADH (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Sam Bodman said on
Saturday that Saudi Arabia should raise output to ease
tightness in world oil supplies and that OPEC should up output
at its February 1 meeting.
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Heavy security for Iraq Shi'ite ritual - 19, Jan 2008
KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi forces imposed tight security on the city of Kerbala on Saturday for the climax of a major Shi'ite ceremony after gunmen from a Shi'ite cult attacked pilgrims and police in two other southern cities.
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24-hour party people rediscover Manchester - 19, Jan 2008
LONDON (Billboard) - The music scene in the northern UK city of Manchester -- famous for producing bands like Joy Division/New Order, the Smiths and Oasis -- is thriving again, with a new generation of bands tipped for breakout success in 2008.
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Crow takes "Detours" on road to renewal - 19, Jan 2008
NASHVILLE (Billboard) - Despite the comfort of her
surroundings -- a warm and tastefully decorated den dominated
by a fireplace on one wall and windows that look out over her
front 40 on another -- Sheryl Crow is clearly not comfortable.
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St Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere dies at 80 - 19, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - St. Louis Rams owner Georgia Frontiere, a former nightclub entertainer who became one of the few women to own a major U.S. sports franchise when she inherited the National Football League team from her husband, died on Friday.
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Radwanska dumps Kuznetsova out - 19, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - A disappointed Svetlana Kuznetsova barely looked up during her post-match news conference after she was sensationally dumped out of the Australian Open third round 6-3 6-4 on Saturday by Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska.
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Crosby hurt as Penguins fall to Lightning - 19, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Tampa Bay Lightning took advantage of an injury to Pittsburgh All-Star Sidney Crosby to cruise to a 3-0 victory on Friday, snapping the Penguins's seven-game home winning streak.
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Golfweek editor fired over noose cover - 19, Jan 2008
PALM DESERT, California (Reuters) - Golfweek magazine has fired its editor Dave Seanor for the controversial decision to depict a noose on the cover of the January 19 issue, the latest chapter in the Tiger Woods "lynch" affair.
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American Gamez takes charge at Hope Classic - 19, Jan 2008
PALM DESERT, California (Reuters) - American Robert Gamez was a little surprised to end a balmy third round at the Bob Hope Classic one stroke in front of the chasing pack on Friday.
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Media frenzy sparks fears for Britney Spears - 19, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - She is watched round the clock by photographers, chased at high speed and friends fear for her mental stability.
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Former NFL lineman pleads guilty in doping case - 19, Jan 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Dana Stubblefield, the first National Football League player charged in the Balco doping scandal, pleaded guilty on Friday to lying to a U.S. agent regarding steroid use, the U.S. Attorney's Office said.
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Trail Blazers send Heat to 12th straight defeat - 19, Jan 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Portland's Brandon Roy sparked a fourth-quarter rally to lead the Trail Blazers to a 98-91 victory over the Miami Heat on Friday, sending the hosts to their 12th consecutive defeat.
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South Carolina, Nevada cast votes in White House race - 19, Jan 2008
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Voters in Nevada and South Carolina make their choices on Saturday in a chaotic U.S. presidential race, with polls showing tight struggles in both states as nominating battles move to the South and West.
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Clinton slams pro-Obama ad in Nevada - 19, Jan 2008
ELKO, Nevada (Reuters) - Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton called on her chief rival Barack Obama on Friday to denounce ads being run on Spanish-language radio that accuse Clinton of not respecting Hispanic people.
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Huckabee, McCain in South Carolina dead heat - 19, Jan 2008
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republicans John McCain and Mike Huckabee are in a statistical dead heat as voters head to the polls in South Carolina's presidential primary, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Saturday.
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Sword-toting gunman nabbed close to Capitol - 19, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man carrying a sword and a shotgun was arrested a block from the U.S. Capitol on Friday but there were no shots fired or injuries, police said.
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Bear country seen looming below Dow 12,000 - 19, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Major U.S. indexes have broken key technical support levels, leaving the stock market vulnerable to further declines and the turbulence could get worse, according to chart watchers.
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Delphi's Miller didn't expect $8.3 million bonus - 19, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The former CEO and now Chairman of Delphi Corp on Friday testified he had no expectation he would receive an $8.3 million cash award for helping steer the company through bankruptcy, because he didn't expect the company to file for b
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FDA clears new Johnson & Johnson HIV drug - 19, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health-care products maker Johnson & Johnson won U.S. approval to sell a new HIV drug called Intelence for patients with resistance to other therapies, U.S. officials said on Friday.
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Wall St. drops as Bush rescue plan disappoints - 19, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks tumbled for a fourth day on Friday to close out the worst week for the S&P 500 in five years on worry that a White House effort to boost the economy may not prevent a recession.
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Malfunctioning Hawk-Eye's aversion to sunlight - 19, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - If you have an aversion to sunshine, you would probably be better off giving Australia a miss.
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Slide takes $50 mln in funding amid Facebook craze - 19, Jan 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Social network software maker Slide Inc said on Friday it had closed a $50 million institutional financing round, marking the rising valuations of start-ups riding fast-growing Facebook's wave of popularity.
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iPhone spurs Web traffic, if not music sales - 19, Jan 2008
DENVER (Billboard) - While Apple did not introduce any significant iPhone upgrades at its annual Macworld convention, which ran January 14-18 in San Francisco, the iconic device still made waves.
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Patriots close in on perfect end to glorious season - 19, Jan 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The New England Patriots are two wins from a perfect ending to a glorious season although they must first beat the injury-hit San Diego Chargers in the AFC Championship game on Sunday to book a trip to the Super Bowl.
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George Clooney named U.N. messenger of peace - 19, Jan 2008
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon named actor George Clooney, who has campaigned for refugees in Darfur, as a U.N. "messenger of peace" on Friday to promote the world body's peacekeeping efforts.
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NBC's Zucker looks at canceling annual ad bonanza - 19, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - NBC Universal, hamstrung by the Hollywood writers' strike, is near a decision to cancel the glitzy presentation it holds every May to introduce new prime-time TV shows to advertisers, affiliates and the media.
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