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100 nations make call for cluster bomb ban - 4 Hours ago

Washington More than 100 nations, including Britain, gathered in Oslo yesterday to sign a treaty renouncing the use of cluster bombs, in the hope of shaming some of the worlds biggest military powers

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Brainerd Daily Dispatch

Rice arrives in India - 2 Hours ago

NEW DELHI: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrived in New Delhi on Wednesday as part of urgent U.S. efforts to ease tension between India and Pakistan that has surged over the Mumbai attacks. Pakistan

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CNN

High school math teacher sells ads on tests - 2 Hours ago

San Diego Published 8 hour(s) ago A California high school math teacher is adding up dollars from ads he sells on his tests. Tom Farber came up with the idea to compensate for cuts in school funding for

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Bill Clinton urges Asians to give more
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FEATURE-China's 'world factory' struggles to find its feet
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Zimbabwe 'asks for cholera help'
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TABLE-Japan firms' Q3 capital spending -13 pct yr/yr-MOF
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China encourages banks to grant more loans
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Girl from famous photo: 'We were ashamed'
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Name by name, Obama's Cabinet taking shape - 5 Hours ago
Day by day, name by name, President-elect Barack Obama's Cabinet is taking shape, and other top jobs are being filled. A look at who has made the list and who is being talked about for jobs that are still
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US gives Mexico anti-drug funding - 2 Hours ago
troops in its anti-drug crackdown A $197m (133m) aid package to help Mexico fight drugs cartels has been released by the US government. The move is part of the Merida Initiative, a $400m (270m) scheme

UPDATE:Wal-Mart,Other Cos Sued Over Death Of Trampled Worker - 4 Hours ago
(Updated to add comment from Vornado comment in the seventh paragraph.) Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- The family of a temporary worker killed during a stampede of shoppers at a Wal-Mart
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Politics/Law

BRIEF-US Senate Leader Reid says "committed" to helping Detroit automakers - 102 Minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A spokesman for U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, a Nevada Democrat, on Wednesday: * Says Reid 'committed' to finding way to help Detroit automakers avoid bankruptcy.
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New York mayor urges Obama to fix municipal bond market - 2 Hours ago
NEW YORK, Dec 3 (Reuters) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he had advised President-elect Barack Obama's transition team to boost U.S. economic growth by fixing the credit markets so that
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Obama Campaign Manager to Write Book - 116 Minutes ago
Barack Obama's campaign manager, David Plouffe, is writing a book about the historic election victory and has retained Washington attorney Robert Barnett, Obama's literary representative, to shop the
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Business

US car union pledges concessions - 2 Hours ago
The US United Auto Workers union has said it is willing to make concessions to help secure a $34bn government bailout of the country's car manufacturers. Ron Gettelfinger, the union's president, said
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BRIEF-Kellogg to buy trademarks, recipes of Mother's Cake & Cookie Co. - 91 Minutes ago
Dec 3 (Reuters) - Kellogg Co: * Acquiring trademarks and recipes of Mother's Cake & Cookie Co. * Says deal expected to be finalized December 4 * Says plans to reintroduce many of Mother's Cookies
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AK Steel to cut salaries by 5 percent next year - 102 Minutes ago
WEST CHESTER, Ohio - Steel producer AK Steel Holding Corp. said Wednesday it will cut pay for salaried employees by 5 percent starting next year and implement other cost-cutting measures, including offering
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Finance

OPEC to cut oil supply at December meeting - 71 Minutes ago
OPEC will cut oil output at its next meeting on Dec. 17 in Algeria, Qatar's oil minister said on Wednesday. 'For sure we will cut in Oran (Algeria),' Abdullah al-Attiyah told reporters on the sidelines
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Nippon Oil, Nippon Mining Are Mulling Merger - 95 Minutes ago
Japan's top refiner Nippon Oil and sixth-ranked Nippon Mining said they are considering a merger to better compete amid sliding prices and slower demand. The merger, which a Nippon Mining spokesman said
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UPDATE 3-RIM to make C$66 mln takeover bid for Certicom - 103 Minutes ago
OTTAWA, Dec 3 (Reuters) - BlackBerry maker Research In Motion said on Wednesday it plans to make a direct takeover offer to Certicom Corp shareholders of C$1.50 a share in cash because it has been unable
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Sports

Laviolette fired, Maurice back in as 'Canes coach - 4 Hours ago
RALEIGH, N.C. --Peter Laviolette won more games than any American-born coach in NHL history. But he didn't win enough of them lately to keep his job with the Carolina Hurricanes, so they replaced him
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Seve out of intensive care - 4 Hours ago
The five-time major winner underwent further surgery on Tuesday for the placement of a cephalorachidian fluid VP shunt. At the same time, the surgical team treating the 51-year-old performed a cranioplasty
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Red Sox sign MVP Pedroia to lucrative six year deal - 5 Hours ago
BOSTON (Reuters) - The Boston Red Sox signed American League Most Valuable Player (MVP) Dustin Pedroia to a $40.5 million, six-year contract extension on Wednesday. Pedroia's deal includes a $1.5 million
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Industry

Raptors fire Mitchell day after 132-93 debacle - 3 Hours ago
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have fired coach Sam Mitchell one day after the team absorbed an embarrassing loss at Denver. Raptors general manager Bryan Colangelo says assistant Jay Triano has been promoted
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Congress Briefed by US Auto Firms on Revamp Plans - 2 Hours ago
The chief executives of the major U.S. auto companies prepared on Wednesday for make-or-break congressional hearings on their request for $34 billion in government bailout loans, while lawmakers considered
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Senate Democrats will pack plenty of muscle - 111 Minutes ago
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Senate Democrats will be able to do plenty over the next two years -- despite falling just short of their goal of winning a majority big enough to end Republican procedural roadblocks.
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Internet

Windows 7 Beta Available in January 2009 - 98 Minutes ago
Microsoft executive Bill Veghte answered a few questions on Wednesday about Microsoft's business strategies for the Windows product line at the Credit Suisse Annual Technology Conference. Veghte, who
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UPEK Launches Fingerprint Reader With Mac OS X Support in Japan - 92 Minutes ago
UPEK(R), Inc., the leading provider of fingerprint sensors embedded in laptop computers, today launched the Eikon(R) Digital Privacy Manager in Japan, available on the Apple Online Store in Japan. The

OS future under review as it relaxes licensing terms - 73 Minutes ago
The government's mapping agency Ordnance Survey has eased the licence on its OpenSpace mapping system, opening it up for 'light commercial' use - as a struggle rages within government over the future

Science

Potash Says Everything's Coming Up Roses - 70 Minutes ago
The Canadian fertilizer company says expansion plans add value since demand exceeds supply. It's prime time for expansion, Potash Corp of Saskatchewan said on Wednesday, saying that demand will likely

Unapproved GMO cotton shipped to gin: Monsanto - 113 Minutes ago
WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - A small amount of an unapproved research line of genetically modified cotton in Texas was accidentally harvested and sent to a processor earlier this fall, Monsanto Co (MON.N:

INTERVIEW: Monsanto Drought-Resistant Corn Seen Ready By 2012 - 118 Minutes ago
WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- The St. Louis-based Monsanto Co. (MON) may be ready to commercialize a genetically modified corn seed that protects the plant from drought conditions in the U.S. as early as 2012,

Entertainment

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex Opens in New York With Debbie Harry Bash - 52 Minutes ago
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Annex in New Yorkâ??s Soho opened its doors last night with a bang: Visitors took an audio tour of the museum with a little help from wireless headphones before retreating

Cinema Review: Keep remakes it in Quarantine - 120 Minutes ago
'Oh dear,' says Picturenose's James Drew, as another ill-advised remake of a horror classic hits the big screens of Europe. Regular readers of Expatica's film-review section will recall that I raved over

Film review: Gonzo: The Life And Work Of Dr Hunter S Thompson - 115 Minutes ago
HUNTER S THOMPSON always had one beady, sun-bespectacled eye on posterity. At 21, living in poverty in a remote cabin in the Catskill Mountains and toiling away at an autobiographical first novel, Prince

Technology

An Online Sales Boom That May Not Last - 98 Minutes ago
SAN FRANCISCO - In a rare bright spot for the retail industry, e-commerce sites had a strong holiday weekend, with online sales from Friday through Monday up 13 percent compared with last year, according

RIM lowers outlook with preliminary Q3 results - 5 Hours ago
BlackBerry maker cites lower product shipments, economic woes Share Top Stories December 3, 2008 (IDG News Service) Research In Motion Ltd.'s preliminary results for its fiscal third quarter fell below
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Despite what Apple says, Macs will have malware - 8 Hours ago
People seemed to get into a tizzy about Apple posting an announcement recommending Anti-Virus software for Macs. Even though it was retracted, I do think that Apple priming Mac users for the eventuality
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Health

Exercise helps overweight kids with anger - 5 Hours ago
IST storyKeywords 'US EXERCISE RTR_ArticleTitle 'Exercise helps overweight kids with RTR_ArticleBlurb 'By Anne Harding NEW YORK (Reuters ) Sedentary overweight children who start exercising after school
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Passion of the smoking ban - 115 Minutes ago
Discussion of the ban generated debate Wednesday as the City Council listened to the concerns of people for and against the extended ban on Wednesday. Mike Olander, district manager of Fox and Hound Pub

Vermont called healthiest US state, Louisiana last - 5 Hours ago
By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Louisiana has displaced Mississippi as the unhealthiest U.S. state and other Southern states were close rivals due to high obesity and smoking rates in new
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Culture

Old master sales show resilience amid art weakness - 82 Minutes ago
By Mike Collett-White LONDON, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Sotheby's sold Old Masters' paintings worth 13.3 million pounds ($19.7 million) on Wednesday, close to the top end of expectations and bucking the recent

Quartet: A Journey North at Barbican Pit - 2 Hours ago
Unlike its fully fledged cinematic counterpart, Iranian theatre is still a rare bird on the international circuit, and the Barbicans Iran: New Voices season offers a welcome glimpse beyond the veil. This
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Street art: All-new cover versions - 65 Minutes ago
Holly Thoburn: 'I'm trying to bring art from a wall and put it on canvas' Search Search Go Independent.co.uk Web Bookmark & Share Street artists paint on the street, graffiti writers tag on walls