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Israel agrees to open corridor for relief... - 4 Hours ago

Israeli mortar rounds blasted a United Nations-run school that had been converted into a refugee shelter for hundreds of Palestinians displaced by the ten-day war in Gaza, killing more than 40 people.

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Apple to sell copy protection-free songs - 4 Hours ago

Apple Inc has reached a deal with major record labels to sell digital songs without the copy protection software that had prevented fans from sharing music bought from its iTunes store, the maker of the

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Burris Determined to Take His Senate Seat - 5 Hours ago

(WASHINGTON) â?? Barack Obama's appointed successor declared Tuesday morning he's qualified to take a seat in the Senate and said he'll go to Capitol Hill Tuesday to do just that. 'I'm presenting myself

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Hong Kong shares open higher on local property firms, China Mobile; CCB downÂ 41
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Mumbai attackers have links in Pakistan: Boucher
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Israeli Shells Kill 42 At U.N. School
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Commentary: Let journalists into Gaza
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Gas stopped for swathe of states
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Gas row flares, as supplies to Europe cut
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Jeb Bush Says He Won't Run for Fla. Senate in 2010 - 5 Hours ago
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Obama Taps CNN's Gupta for Surgeon General - 5 Hours ago
A neurosurgeon who is also a correspondent for CNN and CBS, Gupta was chosen as much for his broadcasting skills as for his medical rÃ©sumÃ©, suggesting that the incoming administration values visible
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Obama says deficit may top $1 trillion - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President-elect Barack Obama said on Tuesday he expects to inherit a U.S. budget deficit approaching $1 trillion and his administration would have to make some tough budget choices.
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Politics/Law

Al-Qaida No. 2 blames Obama for Gaza fight - 3 Hours ago
CAIRO, Egypt â?? Al-Qaida's No. 2 leader lashed out at President-elect Barack Obama in a new audio message Tuesday, accusing him of not doing anything to stop Israel's offensive in the Gaza Strip, according
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President-Elect Obama's Stimulus Plan - 6 Hours ago
THE U.S. ECONOMY is indeed 'very sick,' as President-elect Barack Obama put it yesterday. One indicator of its parlous state: Though companies have managed to issue an additional $300 billion worth of
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Video Emerges Of Obama The Food Critic - 6 Hours ago
Barack and Michelle Obama are known for nights out on the town in Chicago, dining at some of its poshest restaurants with the smartest chefs. But who knew the president-elect was a food critic? 'Check
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Business

Alcoa to cut 13,500 jobs, slash spending - 4 Hours ago
Reporting from Pittsburgh Alcoa Inc., the world's third-largest aluminum maker, said Tuesday that it would cut 13,500 jobs, or 13% of its workforce, and slash spending and output to cope with the global
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Alcoa to Slash 15,200 Jobs, Output - 3 Hours ago
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Poor millionaires! Wealth of U.S. millionaires down 30 percent - 5 Hours ago
Of U.S. households worth $1 million or more, 55 percent are concerned they will not have enough assets to maintain their lifestyles, said Spectrem Group, a consulting firm specializing in the affluent
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Finance

UK 2008 car sales to fall by 10% - 8 Hours ago
New car sales have fallen sharply ever since last summer UK car sales figures for the past year are expected to be more than 10% lower than sales in 2007. The figures, due to be published on Wednesday,

RPT-GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks at 2-month high, dollar firm - 5 Hours ago
* Eight-day winning streak on MSCI Asia ex-Japan index * Sovereign bond markets show signs of rejuvenation * U.S. Treasuries under pressure, 30-year yield above 3 pct (Repeats to more subscribers) HONG
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Nikkei up 2 pct to 2-mth high; techs, exporters gain - 6 Hours ago
TOKYO, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average climbed 2 percent on Wednesday, touching a two-month high as tech shares such as Kyocera Corp (6971. T) powered up on hopes for a U.S. economic stimulus
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Sports

Cubs trade pitcher Marquis to Colorado - 6 Hours ago
DENVER, Jan. 6 (UPI) -- The Chicago Cubs traded right-handed pitcher Jason Marquis and cash Tuesday to Colorado for reliever Luis Vizcaino. The move helps clear money for the Cubs, who reportedly are
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Australia closes in on victory - 3 Hours ago
Article from: AAP Font size: Decrease Increase : Email : Print Submit comment: Submit comment AUSTRALIA needs to take only two wickets at the Sydney Cricket Ground to salvage some pride from the lost
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Chargers' WR Vincent Jackson say he's innocent of DUI charge - 5 Hours ago
SAN DIEGO - San Diego Chargers wide receiver Vincent Jackson was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of drunken driving. Jackson failed sobriety tests shortly after 2 a.m. PT on state Route 52 in San Diego,
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Industry

CCB falls 4.3 pct after Bank of America stake saleÂ 36 mins ago - 5 Hours ago
HONG KONG, Jan 7 (Reuters) - China Construction Bank dropped more than 5 percent in early trade on Wednesday on news that Bank of America was selling a $2.83 billion stake in China's No.3 lender, while
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Tax allowance 'may rise to 10,000' - 3 Hours ago
Gordon Brown is considering raising the tax-free allowance to Â£10,000 as part of measures to help families struggling with the credit crunch, a close ally has claimed. John McFall, chairman of the influential
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Skills plan 'won't help low-paid' - 4 Hours ago
Gordon Brown's efforts to turn Britain into a high-skill, high-wage economy are failing and will come under further pressure as recession bites, a report has warned. Businesses will still have around
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Internet

Garmin confirms Nuvifone runs Linux, not Android - 2 Hours ago
We are starting to see more and more signs that the Garmin Nuvifone is real and not just a figment of our imagination. The main menu of the Garmin Nuvifone (Credit: Garmin) Announced almost a year ago,

Mobile Security and the MD5 Hack: Day Trading By Mobile Beware - 8 Hours ago
It seems that we can do as much or more from our phones today than we could from our laptops five years ago. You can enjoy a gamut of media related convenience and surfing the web from oneâ??s handset

CheckFree warns 5 million customers after hack - 3 Hours ago
CheckFree and some of the banks that use its electronic bill payment service are notifying more than 5 million customers after criminals took control of several of the company's Internet domains and redirected

Science

Dow Chemical considers legal options after deal collapse - 4 Hours ago
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Dow Chemical Co. said Tuesday it expects to replace its former Kuwaiti partner Petrochemical Industries Inc. with an alternate that will help to provide proceeds even greater
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Wed Jan 7, 2009 - Dow Chemical Confirms Commitment to Transformational Corporate - 104 Minutes ago
MIDLAND, MI -- The Dow Chemical Company announced a wide range of legal, operational and financial actions that will keep the Company on track to fulfill the transformational corporate strategy Dow has

Britain 'immune' from gas shortages - 2 Hours ago
Britain will be immune from any gas shortages caused by the row between Russia and Ukraine, the Government said last night. UK dependence on Russia for gas is so small that any shortfall could be made
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Entertainment

UPDATE 1-Scared Swayze says may have only 2 years to live - 2 Hours ago
(Recasts with Swayze's personal prognosis) By Jill Serjeant LOS ANGELES, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Actor Patrick Swayze, in his first television interview since being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer last year,
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Beatles Songs Downloadable for Free - 6 Hours ago
Get the Latest Celeb Gossip! OSLO, Norway, January 6 (UPI) -- The Norwegian broadcasting company NRK says it made a deal with the owners of the rights to the Beatles songs to air podcasts featuring the
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Jonsson and Pinder face BB vote - 9 Hours ago
Ulrika Jonsson will be up against Lucy Pinder in the public vote on Friday Ulrika Jonsson and Lucy Pinder are to face the public vote to decide who will be the first person evicted from the Celebrity
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Technology

Subdued reactions to Apple's final... - 6 Hours ago
Instead of Apple CEO Steve Jobs, celebrity-seekers at Tuesday's Macworld keynote address had to settle for crooner Tony Bennett. And instead of blockbuster news from Apple Vice President Philip Schiller,
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Windows 7 should be free - 4 Hours ago
Okay, never mind that Im a dinosaur with an affinity for 1990s era User Interfaces I think that Windows 7, for all of its performance improvements and bling, is essentially one big service deluxe pack

Apple to end music restrictions - 112 Minutes ago
Apple's imposed DRM proved unpopular with users Apple Inc has agreed to start selling digital songs from its iTunes store without copy protection software. At present, most music downloaded from Apple's
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Health

4:40pmNaked jogging 'just happens' - 2 Hours ago
A MAN who jogged through Melbourne's leafy suburbs wearing only a beanie, jacket and runners told police his indecent exposure offending 'just happens'. Serial flasher Gabriel Romanos, 42, of St Albans,
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Grand Canyon, Loch Ness compete as nature wonders - 4 Hours ago
ForwardPrint Share Single Page Vote on It: Average Vote: [+]Text [-] Should Roland Burris be seated as a Senator from Illinois? Yes No Yes (58 %) The Grand Canyon, Mount Everest and Loch Ness will vie
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Patrick Swayze: 'Cancer is putting me through hell' - 3 Hours ago
'There's a lot of fear here. There's a lot of stuff going on. Yeah, I'm scared. Yeah, I'm angry. Yeah, I'm [asking], 'Why me?'' he said in his first television interview since the diagnosis. 'I've never

Culture

Jay Jopling: crunch time for Mr Brit Art - 4 Hours ago
Until September it looked as if Jay Jopling had perfected a rare balancing act: he was half of Brit Art's Golden Couple, a confidant of some of the most famous people in the country and yet still somehow

National Youth Jazz Orchestra at Ronnie Scott's, London W1 - 6 Hours ago
What's wrong with these youngsters? Don't they know they're supposed to be hiding in their bedrooms, watching Celebrity Big Brother? For more than 40 years, generations of tyro musicians have served an
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In Liverpool's footsteps: now every city can aim to be Britain's capital of culture - 8 Hours ago
â?¢ Arts to get bigger role in urban regeneration Patrick Wintour , political editor Cities will compete every four years for the title of British capital of culture as the government moves to give the