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Zardari Wins Pakistan Presidential Election - 106 Minutes ago

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Sept. 6 -- Pakistani lawmakers on Saturday elected Asif Ali Zardari, widower of slain former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, as the country's next president. Zardari won a clear majority

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Rep. Frank: gov't will stabilize Fannie, Freddie - 4 Hours ago

WASHINGTON -- A top House Democrat confirmed Saturday that the government is planning to intervene to stabilize troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.,

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Federer in to US Open final - 3 Hours ago

Final charge: Roger Federer showed his class to overcome Novak Djokovic in the US Open semi-finals Photo: EPA The world number two looked in sparkling form in the first set and, after losing his serve

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Paralympic Games begin in Beijing
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Cheney: Russia's actions in Georgia an 'affront'
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Hanna hits US coast with Hurricane Ike looming
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Rice Meets With Allies in Africa
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At least 22 dead in Cairo rockslide
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U.S. Spied on Iraqi Leaders, Woodward Book Says
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Boeing machinists walk off the job as talks fail - 107 Minutes ago
(Reuters) - Boeing's (BA.N: Quote, Profile, Research) 27,000-strong machinists' union walked off the job on Saturday after the plane maker failed to improve its contract offer following two days of emergency
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Tropical Storm Hanna Drenches Washington Region - 3 Hours ago
Tropical Storm Hanna's heavy rain and wind gusts drenched the Washington region today, causing at least one fatality as well as dozens of accidents and flooding roads in Maryland, the District and Virginia.
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Hanna dumps rain on mid-Atlantic, heads north - 4 Hours ago
Ocean Boulevard looks like a ghost town as Tropical Storm Hanna moves closer to land Friday Sept. 5, 2008, in Myrtle Beach, S.C. Tropical Storm Hanna is expected to strike the area early Saturday morning.(AP
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Politics/Law

McCain, Obama plan joint stop at Ground Zero - 2 Hours ago
WASHINGTON - Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama said Saturday they will put aside partisan politics for a joint appearance at Ground Zero to mark the seventh anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.The Democratic
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WRAPUP 3-Obama, McCain spar over Social Security - 3 Hours ago
* Obama links McCain to Bush's Social Security plan * McCain denies he is for privatization * Two nominees to make rare joint appearance to mark 9/11 TERRE HAUTE, Ind., Sept 6 (Reuters) - Democratic presidential
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First swings: Obama rebukes Palin - 4 Hours ago
TERRE HAUTE, Ind. - Barack Obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin on Saturday, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has
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Business

REFILE-Fannie, Freddie boards meet to mull government plan - 2 Hours ago
By Patrick Rucker WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The boards of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae (nyse: FNM - news - people ) and Freddie Mac (nyse: FRE - news - people ) were set to meet Saturday to discuss
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Rice: `Time isn't right for the Russia agreement' - 2 Hours ago
Now is not the right time for the U.S. to move forward on a once-celebrated deal for civilian nuclear cooperation with Russia, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday. Her comment increased
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Paulson readies the 'bazooka' - 8 Hours ago
It took two months, but the bond market called Henry Paulson's bluff: The Treasury Secretary was widely expected this weekend to announce a plan to take Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under government control.

Finance

Obama: Takeover should put taxpayers first - 2 Hours ago
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Frank: Government Will Stabilize Mortgage Firms - 4 Hours ago
WASHINGTON -- A top House Democrat confirmed Saturday that the government is planning to intervene to stabilize troubled mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass.,
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Global Financial Luminaries Convene Inaugural World Economy Conference - 111 Minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Treasury Secretary John Snow, will lead some of the most experienced minds in world finance as they examine crucial economic issues at play on the
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Sports

SLOVAKIA v NORTHERN IRELAND MIN-BY-MIN - 4 Hours ago
FT: Slovakia 2 Northern Ireland 1 93: It's all over in Bratislava as Slovakia take the points courtesy of a 2-1 victory following a goalless first half. It's wasn't the best of games but NI will feel
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Randy Johnson scratched from Sunday's start against Dodgers with sore left shoulder - 4 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Arizona's Randy Johnson, six wins shy of 300 career victories, was scratched from Sunday's start against the Los Angeles Dodgers because of a sore left shoulder. Johnson, who turns
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Rain moves women's final to Sunday - 3 Hours ago
NEW YORK - Serena Williams waited six years to return to the U.S. Open final. What's another day? The title match between two-time champion Williams and first-time Grand Slam finalist Jelena Jankovic
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Industry

High-resolution Earth imaging satellite launched from California air base - 3 Hours ago
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. (AP) _ A super-sharp Earth-imaging satellite has been launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on the Central California coast. A Delta 2 rocket carrying the GeoEye-1
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Nearly 500 dead in flooded Haitian town - 52 Minutes ago
ORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti: Haitian police found 495 corpses when muddy floodwaters began to recede on Friday from the port city of Gonaives following days of heavy rain from Tropical Storm Hanna, the town's
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Cheney accuses Russia of intimidation - 2 Hours ago
CERNOBBIO, Italy (Reuters) - Vice President Dick Cheney, in the sharpest U.S. criticism of Russia since its brief war with Georgia, on Saturday accused Moscow of reverting to old tactics of intimidation
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Internet

Mozilla updates Firefox 3.1 with Alpha 2 build - 6 Hours ago
(Computerworld) Mozilla Corp. on Friday launched the second alpha of Firefox 3.1, adding new video support and boosting the speed of some JavaScript computations. Firefox 3.1 Alpha 2, code named 'Shiretoko,'
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E-Trade dealmaker leaves Citadel - 16 Hours ago
A Citadel Investment Group executive who led negotiations last year to acquire E-Trade Financial Corp. assets left the Chicago hedge fund Thursday after his division suffered losses on the year, according

The Linux laptop goes to school - 21 Hours ago
The best way to see how a Linux laptop really works is to let someone else try it out. Someone else, in this case, is my daughter Robin (right). She did her first review for me when she was 3. I sat her

Science

Environmental threat looms as buried chemicals await disposal - 21 Hours ago
Moves to dispose of hundreds of tons of harmful insecticides and pesticides that were buried as a temporary measure in the 1970s remain on hold because of bureaucratic inertia and funding shortages. The

China OK's Import of Roundup Ready 2 Yield Soybeans - 8 Hours ago
Monsanto Company announced it has received regulatory approval in China for the importation of Roundup Ready 2 Yield soybeans. China imports accounted for approximately 38 percent of U.S. soybean exports
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Kiri Dyes lays foundation for JV plant - 9 Hours ago
Kiri Dyes and Chemicals Ltd has announced that the Company has Celebrated Foundation stone ceremony for Joint Venture Plant on September 03, 2008 located at village Dudhwada, near Vadodara.Considering
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Entertainment

The Wrestler scoops Golden Lion - 4 Hours ago
Rourke's performance is already being tipped for Oscar recognitionThe Wrestler has won the coveted Golden Lion for best picture at the Venice film festival.The film stars Mickey Rourke as a has-been professional
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Golden Lion set to be announced - 7 Hours ago
Ralph Fiennes stars in The Hurt LockerThe winner of the coveted Golden Lion is set to be announced at the Venice film festival.The Hurt Locker, about a bomb disposal team in Iraq starring Guy Pearce and

US stars unite for cancer charity - 9 Hours ago
Sheryl Crow was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2006US celebrity cancer survivors including actors Christina Applegate and Patrick Swayze, and singer Sheryl Crow, have taken part in a live charity telethon.More

Technology

Show of Hands: Love or Hate the New Microsoft Ad? - 23 Hours ago
The new Microsoft ad with Jerry Seinfeld and Bill Gates has sure stirred up a blogstorm today. People either sort of like it or hate it. Mostly the latter, it would seem. I dunno, I sorta like it. And

Microsoft to deploy customer-service representatives at U.S. stores - 6 Hours ago
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 5 (Xinhua) -- Software giant Microsoft announced on Friday it will deploy 155 representative at stores across the nation by year's end to help boost PC sales. The move was part of Microsoft's
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Red Hat Advances Virtualization Standing with Qumranet Acquisition - 20 Hours ago
Red Hat Positioned to Deliver Comprehensive, Reliable and Open Virtualization to Linux and Windows Servers and Desktops Red Hat announced the acquisition of Qumranet. The acquisition includes Qumranet's
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Health

2 Techniques Found Effective in Carotid Artery Narrowing - 4 Hours ago
SATURDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- In the treatment of patients with symptomatic narrowing (stenosis) of the carotid artery, angioplasty with stenting and endarterectomy (surgical removal of the obstruction)

Nutrition: Drinking Your Way to Good Health - 5 Hours ago
By Tina Peng Celebrities have fallen for a wave of trendy juice fastsor cleansesthat purportedly flush the body of toxins. Nutritionist Gayl Canfield of the Pritikin Longevity Center & Spa says good diet

Spa spot: Elemis Quartz Lift Facial - 7 Hours ago
Turn back time with a line-fighting facial at Green Street House, Bath TREATMENT CHECK-LIST What? Elemis's Pro-Collagen Quartz Lift Facial Why? Reduce wrinkles and improve skin hydration, firmness and

Culture

A bug's life: Tim Adams takes a tour of the Natural History Museum's stunning Darwin - 4 Hours ago
Lepidoptera curator Blanca Huertas has been collecting butterfllies since she was 12. Photograph: Andy Hall If you walk the length of the diplodocus in Alfred Waterhouse's still extraordinary Victorian

Golden night for Mickey - 3 Hours ago
Venice Film Festival: The Wrestler wins Golden LionLast Updated: 12:01am BST 06/09/2008 Hollywood flick takes the best picture gong on the closing day of the 65th Venice Film Festival. By Suzi Dixon and

Beijing Paralympics Chinese ballet girl who lost a leg in Sichuan earthquake performs - 5 Hours ago
Previous of Images Next Ballet student Li Yue, 11, was forced to get her leg amputated after being buried for 70 hours under rubble after the Sichuan earthquake Photo: Reuters Li Yue performed in the