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Experts examine "Van Gogh" sketchbook in Greece - 16, Jan 2008
ATHENS (Reuters) - A sketchbook believed to have been Vincent van Gogh's containing portraits similar to those in his most famous works has been found in Greece, its owner said on Wednesday.
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Obama, Clinton tied in 2008 Democratic race - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Barack Obama has erased a once substantial deficit to climb into a virtual tie with Hillary Clinton in the Democratic presidential race, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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Bush says Iran and Syria must end Lebanon interference - 16, Jan 2008
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt (Reuters) - President George W. Bush said on Wednesday that Syria and Iran must end interference in Lebanese politics, and called for nations in the region to support Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
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Airbus posts record 2007 orders - 16, Jan 2008
TOULOUSE, France (Reuters) - Airbus confirmed 2007 as a record year for planemakers on Wednesday by posting orders for 1,341 aircraft while boosting cost savings aimed at catching archrival Boeing Co.
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Home loan demand surges to near four-year high - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. mortgage applications surged last week, with demand hitting its highest in nearly four years as interest rates plunged, an industry group said on Wednesday.
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Republican candidates look to South Carolina - 16, Jan 2008
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican Mitt Romney salvaged his bid to become president with a victory in his native state of Michigan, keeping the race for the White House wide open as the economy took center stage.
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Economic worries grow among voters: poll - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Voters are growing increasingly concerned about a recession, and the malaise is filtering into their views on the presidential election, according to a Reuters/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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EU probes drug companies in broad inquiry - 16, Jan 2008
BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) - The European Commission raided some of the world's largest drugmakers on Wednesday, launching a broad investigation into whether they made illegal deals or abused patents to limit competition and harm consumers.
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Wells Fargo profit falls - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Wells Fargo & Co on Wednesday said its fourth-quarter profit fell 38 percent, the first decline in more than six years, hurt by rising losses from home equity loans.
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Consumer prices see biggest rise in 17 years - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Consumer prices rose 0.3 percent in December and for all of 2007 they shot up at the fastest rate in seventeen years, largely because of soaring energy costs, the Labor Department reported on Wednesday.
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Boeing delays 787 by three more months - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co said on Wednesday it would push back first test flight and deliveries of its 787 Dreamliner by about three months, as it struggles with production of the new, carbon-fiber airplane.
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BEA accepts $8.5 billion Oracle offer - 16, Jan 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - Oracle Corp on Wednesday won a three-month-long campaign to buy BEA Systems Inc by raising its bid for the business software maker by 14 percent to $8.5 billion.
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JPMorgan takes $1.3 billion writedown - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase & Co said on Wednesday quarterly profit fell a worse-than-expected 24 percent as the No. 3 U.S. bank lost $1.3 billion on risky mortgages and set aside more money for rising losses on home-equity loans.
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Amdocs launches products for digital ads and retail - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Amdocs , a software maker long known for its billing technologies sold to telecoms providers, is launching on Wednesday new products designed to help its clients reap more sales from new digital businesses.
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North Korea, last Cold Warrior standing at Games - 16, Jan 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean athletes will enter the 2008 Beijing Olympics with pluck, a soldier-like fighting spirit and a completely different concept of international sport to the one embraced by former Cold War allies.
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Striking Hollywood union weighs Grammys show plea - 16, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - After yanking the red carpet out from under the Golden Globes and threatening the Oscars, the union for striking Hollywood writers is deciding whether to picket the U.S. music industry's highest honors.
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Carla Bruni eyes U.S. fame amid high-profile romance - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - With her whirlwind romance with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in the global spotlight, former model Carla Bruni is making a renewed bid to carve a name for herself as a singer in the United States.
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Henin stumbles into third round - 16, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - World number one Justine Henin struggled into the Australian Open third round with a 6-1 7-5 victory over Russian Olga Poutchkova on Wednesday.
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Hossa hat-trick helps Atlanta thrash Detroit 5-1 - 16, Jan 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - The Atlanta Thrashers crushed the NHL-leading Detroit Red Wings 5-1 on Tuesday to record their first win in Joe Louis Arena and move atop the Southeast division standings.
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Waffle serving a distant memory for Tour rookie Johnson - 16, Jan 2008
PALM DESERT, California (Reuters) - A little more than a decade after grudgingly serving breakfast to former world number one David Duval in an Augusta restaurant, Britain's Richard Johnson has finally established himself on the PGA Tour.
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Pride follows first-ball trauma for Okajima - 16, Jan 2008
TOKYO (Reuters) - For a player whose first pitch in Major League Baseball was smashed out of the ballpark, Boston's Hideki Okajima has a lot to smile about.
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Capitals rally to complete season sweep of Senators - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Washington Capitals rallied for a 4-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Tuesday, the home team completing a four-game season-series sweep of the Eastern Conference leaders.
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U.S. court orders Libya to pay $6 billion for bombing - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal judge in Washington has ordered Libya and six of its officials to pay more than $6 billion in damages to families of seven Americans killed in the 1989 bombing of a French airliner, lawyers for the families said in a state
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South Carolina in focus after Romney's Michigan win - 16, Jan 2008
CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidates turned their attention to South Carolina on Wednesday with their White House race as wide open as ever with a win by Mitt Romney in Michigan.
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South Korea's Lee aims to close ministry for North - 16, Jan 2008
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's new leader wants to ditch the ministry that has long handled relations with the North, have others absorb its functions and shift the way Seoul deals with its prickly neighbor, aides said on Wednesday.
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Brazil's Lula says Fidel Castro lucid and healthy - 16, Jan 2008
HAVANA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met with ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Tuesday and said he was "incredibly lucid" and healthy enough to resume his political role in Cuba.
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Obama, Clinton put racial spat behind them - 16, Jan 2008
LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Democratic presidential contenders Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton promised on Tuesday to put an end to their recent dispute over race and praised each other's commitment to civil rights.
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McCain takes early lead in South Carolina: poll - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Republican John McCain holds a 6-point lead over rival Mike Huckabee in South Carolina three days before the state's crucial presidential nominating contest, according to a Reuters/C-SPAN/Zogby poll released on Wednesday.
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Boeing seen set to announce further 787 delay - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Boeing Co is set to announce a further delay to its 787 Dreamliner, a source familiar with the situation said on Tuesday, threatening to push deliveries of the new, hot-selling plane even further back and increasing the risk of costl
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Australian wild party teenager arrested - 16, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australian police on Wednesday arrested and charged a teenager who became a controversial media star after a wild party at his parents' house became a near riot, forcing police to call in a helicopter and the dog squad.
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Apple unveils super-thin "Air" laptop, Web movies - 16, Jan 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple on Tuesday launched an aluminum-clad laptop just three-quarters of an inch thick, seeking to bring a new computer to market with the same cachet as its iPod and iPhone devices.
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First Korean astronaut to take soil into space - 16, Jan 2008
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - A South Korean scientist and amateur boxer soon to become his country's first astronaut said on Tuesday he would bring soil from each side of the divided Korean peninsula and mix them together in space during his flight
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Ancient dinosaur fossil haul returned to China - 16, Jan 2008
CANBERRA (Reuters) - A 100-million-year-old haul of dinosaur eggs and fossils from China and smuggled illegally into Australia was on Tuesday headed back to Beijing.
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France defends GMO crop ban, says temporary - 16, Jan 2008
PARIS (Reuters) - French ministers tried on Tuesday to calm tensions following the government's decision to ban cultivation of the sole genetically modified (GMO) crop grown in the country, stressing that the move was temporary.
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Kuerten to retire this year - 16, Jan 2008
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazil's three-times French Open champion and former world number one Gustavo Kuerten said on Tuesday he would retire this year.
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Oprah Winfrey, Discovery to launch cable network - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey will create a cable network with Discovery Communications and said she would soon consider the future of the top-rated weekday television show that has made her a household name.
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Katherine Heigl plays for laughs in "27 Dresses" - 16, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - She won an Emmy for her role in the serious-minded television hospital drama "Grey's Anatomy" but Hollywood's newest "it" girl, Katherine Heigl, says she would rather be making audiences laugh than cry.
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Writers Guild mulls pickets for Grammys - 16, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - After steamrolling through the Golden Globes and threatening the Oscars, the Hollywood writers strike may also deflate a third marquee award show -- the Grammys.
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Fox wins TV ratings week with sports, sci-fi - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sports and science fiction helped propel the Fox network to victory in the weekly television ratings race, as the Hollywood writers' strike left audiences with few of their usual prime-time favorites.
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New material pushes the boundary of blackness - 16, Jan 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. researchers said on Tuesday they have made the darkest material on Earth, a substance so black it absorbs more than 99.9 percent of light.
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Cancer pioneer Judah Folkman dies - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Dr. Judah Folkman, who discovered that tumors generate their own network of tiny blood vessels to nourish themselves, has died at the age of 74, Harvard Medical School said on Tuesday.
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Jones and Trinidad promise fireworks on Saturday - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former world champions Roy Jones and Felix "Tito" Trinidad have promised fireworks when they meet in Saturday's 12-round non-title fight at Madison Square Garden.
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Beirut bomb hits U.S. embassy car - 16, Jan 2008
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A car bomb damaged a U.S. diplomatic car in Beirut on Tuesday, killing at least three people and wounding 16, and the U.S. State Department said no Americans died in the blast.
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Citigroup has huge loss, cuts dividend, raises cash - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc said on Tuesday it plans to raise $14.5 billion, slash its dividend and cut 4,200 jobs to shore up its balance sheet after a write-down for mortgages led to a record $9.83 billion quarterly loss.
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U.S. sending 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States will send an additional force of about 3,200 Marines to Afghanistan this spring to help NATO troops and Afghan security forces confront rising Taliban violence, the Pentagon said on Tuesday.
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Baseball tells Congress it's nearing steroids accord - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell told Congress on Tuesday that Major League Baseball's players and owners must come together "in a well-planned, well-executed and sustained effort" to remove steroids from the national p
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Fresh challenge at Bob Hope for holder Hoffman - 16, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - American Charley Hoffman knows he faces a totally different challenge when he defends his Bob Hope Classic title in Palm Desert, California this week.
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Davenport and Sharapova to light up Melbourne - 16, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Comeback mum Lindsay Davenport will return to the grand slam centre stage on Wednesday when she plays Maria Sharapova in the highlight of the third day's action at the Australian Open.
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Bush wraps up Middle East visit on peace, Iran, oil - 16, Jan 2008
RIYADH (Reuters) - President George W. Bush ends a Middle East trip on Wednesday in which he told regional allies that Iran is a threat, Israeli-Palestinian peace efforts need support, and high oil prices are in no one's interest.
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U.S. gives blessing to food from cloned animals - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government ruled on Tuesday that food from cloned animals and their offspring is as safe as other food, opening the door to bringing meat and milk from clone offspring into the food supply.
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Padilla acted with terrorist aim, U.S. judge says - 16, Jan 2008
MIAMI (Reuters) - Al Qaeda conspirator Jose Padilla deserves to serve at least 30 years in prison because he intended to influence foreign government actions, a U.S. judge ruled on Tuesday.
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Democrats lay groundwork for stimulus plan - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic leaders in the U.S. House of Representatives on Tuesday began laying the groundwork for an economic stimulus plan of about $100 billion that likely will include tax rebates to help stave off a possible recession.
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Detroit's Big 3 expect tough year for auto sales - 16, Jan 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - U.S. auto sales will likely fall again in 2008 due to economic stress on consumers, raising pressure on struggling Detroit automakers to cut prices or use sales incentives, economists and officials said on Tuesday.
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Bank of America to cut 650 jobs, sell a brokerage - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank of America Corp said on Tuesday it would eliminate 650 corporate and investment banking jobs and sell its prime brokerage unit, as the second-largest U.S. bank retrenches in the face of difficult credit market conditions.
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Airline shares gain on oil drop, merger talk - 16, Jan 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. airline stocks rallied on Tuesday on falling oil prices and a Wall Street Journal report that Delta Air Lines Inc was in merger talks with Northwest Airlines Corp and United Airlines parent UAL Corp .
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McCain, Romney vie for Michigan votes - 16, Jan 2008
GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan (Reuters) - Republicans in Michigan voted in the presidential race on Tuesday, with native son Mitt Romney battling for political survival in a primary that could either revive or sink his campaign.
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Intel results, outlook miss estimates - 16, Jan 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Intel on Tuesday posted quarterly results and an outlook behind Wall Street targets, sending its shares down 15 percent, further stoking concerns the U.S. economy may be entering a recession.
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Citi, Merrill raise capital but shares tank - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc and Merrill Lynch & Co Inc said they raised another $20 billion of capital from investors in Asia, the Middle East, and elsewhere, as the subprime mortgage crisis forced additional massive asset write-downs and dev
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Weak retail sales and Citigroup plague Wall St. - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - All three major U.S. stock indexes plunged more than 2 percent on Tuesday after a record loss at Citigroup Inc and the worst showing for retailers in five years fueled fears that the economy was heading into a recession.
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Soft retail sales may signal recession - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. retail sales fell unexpectedly
in December to close out the weakest year at the cash register
since 2002, data showed on Tuesday, the strongest signal yet
that the economy may be sliding into recession under the weight
of a
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Australian teen faces police damages bill over party - 16, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - An Australian teenager who hosted a wild party after 500 guests saw his Internet invitation may be hit with a A$20,000 (US$18,000) damages bill from police who fought partygoers when they tried to break up the bash.
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Japan takes fresh aim at Detroit - 16, Jan 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Struggling U.S. automakers had enough to worry about heading into 2008, as American consumers were shell-shocked into a spending freeze by a credit crisis, recession fears and $100-a-barrel oil.
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Nokia to cut up to 2,300 staff - 16, Jan 2008
HELSINKI (Reuters) - Nokia , the world's top cellphone maker, said on Tuesday it plans to close its plant in Bochum, Germany, by mid-2008 and may cut up to 2,300 staff as it moves production to lower-cost regions.
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Web site declares al-Qaeda's founding in UK: report - 16, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's intelligence services are investigating an Islamist Web site that says it is establishing a branch of al Qaeda in Britain, BBC television reported on Tuesday.
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FCC chief says economy could hurt wireless sale - 16, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The head of the Federal Communications Commission expressed concern on Tuesday that the credit crunch could hinder bidders in an upcoming government auction of wireless airwaves.
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Borders readies to take over Web site - 16, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Borders Group Inc views the launch of its new Web site as a chance to control its own destiny and help spur a turnaround at the book retailer, executives said in an interview on Tuesday.
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Apple launches Web movie rentals, thin laptop - 16, Jan 2008
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc unveiled a lightweight laptop about three-quarters of an inch thick on Tuesday and said it would rent movies over the Web, moving the iPod maker into a very competitive market.
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NBC has pedal to the metal with "Top Gear" remake - 15, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The popular BBC car show "Top Gear" is revving up a U.S. edition.
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India confirms new bird flu outbreak is H5N1 strain - 15, Jan 2008
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The Indian government confirmed on Tuesday that the latest outbreak of bird flu in poultry in the country's east was of the virulent H5N1 strain.
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Afghanistan bans "Kite Runner" film - 15, Jan 2008
KABUL (Reuters) - Afghanistan has banned the import and exhibition of "The Kite Runner", a film about the troubled friendship of two Afghan boys, on the grounds that it could incite violence.
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Hollywood bullish on directors' contract talks - 15, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - With rumors flying of an imminent deal, it's safe to say that Day 3 of the Directors Guild of America's contract talks with the studios went well enough for another session to be scheduled for Tuesday.
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British government denies Olympic shortfall - 15, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - The 2012 London Olympics faced fresh financial concerns on Tuesday after reports that a slump in land prices could leave a 1 billion pounds ($2 billion) "black hole" in the budget.
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Diverse crowd descending on Sundance - 15, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Sundance will bring a reliable cast of characters when it opens Thursday. Actor Sam Rockwell will hobnob at the Riverhorse restaurant in Park City. Festival chief Robert Redford will endorse indie film at the Eccles theater
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Crowd trouble mars Melbourne Park fiesta - 15, Jan 2008
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Crowd trouble and police ejections cast a shadow across Melbourne Park on Tuesday, diverting attention from world-class sport at the Australian Open.
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Athletes to get a taste of China in Beijing village - 15, Jan 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - The Athletes Village at the Beijing Olympics will be as good as any at previous Games and give guests a real taste of China, table tennis great Deng Yaping said on Tuesday.
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Mitchell testifies on steroids in baseball - 15, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former Sen. George Mitchell told a congressional committee on Tuesday that everyone in Major League Baseball must crack down on the use of steroids in order to remove the "cloud" that performance-enhancing drugs had created over the
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Diana did not want Charles as king, court told - 15, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Princess Diana thought her husband, Prince Charles, should not become king and that the crown ought to skip a generation, one of her lawyers told the inquest into her death on Tuesday.
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Israeli forces kill 16 Palestinians in Gaza - 15, Jan 2008
GAZA (Reuters) - Israel killed 16 Palestinians, nearly all of them Hamas militants, in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, in a raid the Palestinian Authority said was a "slap in the face" to U.S. President George W. Bush's peace efforts.
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Bush seeks Saudi help to tame oil prices - 15, Jan 2008
RIYADH (Reuters) - President George W. Bush urged Saudi Arabia on Tuesday to help tame soaring oil prices which threaten the U.S. economy, saying exporters should help get more crude into the market.
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Troops to shoot rioters in Pakistan polls: Musharraf - 15, Jan 2008
ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has said troops will be ordered to shoot anyone trying to disrupt general elections due on February 18.
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Rice praises Iraq, says more progress needed - 15, Jan 2008
BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice praised Iraq on Tuesday for passing the first in a series of critical laws meant to reconcile warring Iraqis, saying progress was remarkable even though more was needed.
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McCain, Romney in tight race as Michigan votes - 15, Jan 2008
DETROIT (Reuters) - Republicans in Michigan began making their choices in the presidential race on Tuesday, with native son Mitt Romney battling for political survival in a primary that could either revive or sink his campaign.
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Citigroup to raise $14.5 billion after historic loss - 15, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Citigroup Inc on Tuesday said it is raising at least $14.5 billion and cutting its quarterly dividend 41 percent to help shore up a capital base depleted by losses on subprime mortgages and consumer credit.
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Northern Rock faces key vote as takeover hopes dim - 15, Jan 2008
NEWCASTLE (Reuters) - Embattled mortgage bank Northern Rock faces a crucial shareholder meeting on Tuesday that could restrict its ability to sell assets and issue shares as possible nationalization looms.
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Williams-Sonoma shares fall after weak outlook - 15, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Home goods retailer Williams-Sonoma Inc reported a decline in its holiday same-store sales on Tuesday and gave a weak outlook for the current quarter and upcoming fiscal year, sending its shares down 11 percent in morning trade.
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Delta begins United, Northwest merger talks: report - 15, Jan 2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Delta Air Lines Inc has started merger talks with both Northwest Airlines Corp and United Airlines parent UAL Corp , and hopes to reach an agreement with one of them over the next two weeks, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesd
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Citi writes off $18 billion, Merrill gets capital - 15, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Citigroup wrote off a colossal $18.1 billion on Tuesday and secured new capital as Merrill Lynch, also seen heading for big losses due to the U.S. subprime mortgage meltdown, announced a $6.6 billion shot in the arm.
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Betting industry urges EU action vs German ban - 15, Jan 2008
STRASBOURG, France (Reuters) - Europe's online gaming industry filed a complaint with the European Commission on Tuesday, saying Germany's ban on online gambling breaks EU law on the free movement of services.
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BlackBerry poised to hit China - 15, Jan 2008
HONG KONG (Reuters) - TCL Corp began sending BlackBerry handsets to partner China Mobile in 2007's fourth quarter, suggesting the launch of the popular email device in China is just around the corner.
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EMI faces 2,000 job cuts - 15, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Guy Hands, the private equity owner of EMI, plans to cut up to 2,000 jobs at the ailing British music company, in a plan to rebuild the group which has sparked fury from some of its biggest acts.
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Ferrari unveils ethanol-powered sports car - 15, Jan 2008
The Italian luxury sports car maker unveiled a concept car on Monday that can run on ethanol which it said reflected its engineering expertise from Formula One racing and growing demand for alternative fuel vehicles in the United States.
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Plague a growing but overlooked threat: study - 15, Jan 2008
LONDON (Reuters) - Plague, the disease that devastated medieval Europe, is re-emerging worldwide and poses a growing but overlooked threat, researchers warned on Tuesday.
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Britney Spears won't see sons after cameo court appearance - 15, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A judge on Monday refused to restore Britney Spears' right to visit her two sons, a court spokesman said, after the troubled pop star showed up outside court but never made it into the hearing.
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"American Idol" to dominate strike-hit U.S. TV - 15, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - U.S. television's top show, "American Idol," returns to the Fox network on Tuesday, poised to stand taller than ever in the ratings as it arrives in a prime-time landscape clouded by the Hollywood writers strike.
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"Legend" holds on to lead at foreign box office - 15, Jan 2008
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Four films tallied over $10 million each at the foreign box office last weekend, led by reigning champ "I Am Legend" with $39.8 million, according to final data issued Monday.
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Wizards rally to surprise Celtics again - 15, Jan 2008
BOSTON (Reuters) - The NBA-leading Boston Celtics suffered a second consecutive loss to the Washington Wizards, who scored the game's final six points in a 88-83 victory on Monday.
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Need for speed takes drivers to extremes - 15, Jan 2008
MADONNA DI CAMPIGLIO, Italy (Reuters) - Racing drivers and motorbike riders will do anything to satisfy their craving for speed.
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CIA tapes figure won't appear at Congress hearing - 15, Jan 2008
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A former CIA official subpoenaed by Congress over his role in the destruction of interrogation videotapes will not appear at a hearing by lawmakers this week, his lawyer said on Monday.
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U.S. urges China to open up on defense build-up - 15, Jan 2008
BEIJING (Reuters) - The head of U.S. Pacific Command pushed China on Tuesday to be more transparent about its defense build-up and suggested its growing military might was aimed at Taiwan, the self-ruled island Beijing claims as its own.
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New study blames Columbus for syphilis spread - 15, Jan 2008
CHICAGO (Reuters) - New genetic evidence supports the theory that Christopher Columbus brought syphilis to Europe from the New World, U.S. researchers said on Monday, reviving a centuries-old debate about the origins of the disease.
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