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India's Kingfisher flies into debt turbulence
Reuters
By Aniruddha Basu and Sanjeev Choudhary MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's civil aviation minister sought to cool a crisis over debt-hobbled Kingfisher Airlines (KING.NS) on Friday as investors bailed out, alarmed by scores of flight cancellations and reports ...
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Reuters
Justin Bieber's "Mistletoe" debuts at no. 1
Reuters
By Piya Sinha-Roy LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Teen sensation Justin Bieber received a sweet kiss from fans on Wednesday when his album "Under the Mistletoe" debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart, edging out new entries from rapper Wale and country ...
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Scaling New Heights
Reuters India
By Mark Elkington MADRID (Reuters) - Iker Casillas, the rock behind Spain's Euro 2008 and 2010 World Cup triumphs, is set to equal the country's appearances record when the world champions play England in a friendly in London on Saturday. ...
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Reuters India
London wins bid to stage 2017 worlds
Moneycontrol.com
By Justin Palmer MONACO (Reuters) - London will fulfil a promise of a legacy for track and field following next year's Olympics after it was chosen to host the 2017 worldathletics championships on Friday by beating Doha for the right to stage the ...
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Amazon finds startup investments in the "cloud"
Reuters UK
By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amazon.com's investment opportunities are under a cloud -- and that's a good thing. Five years after launching its so-called cloud computing service, the biggest Internet retailer is reaping the benefits of ...
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Long-lost Woolrich crime story published again
Reuters
By Mike Collett-White LONDON Nov 11 (Reuters) - A long-lost story by American crime writer Cornell Woolrich, best known for film adaptations of his works including Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window," appeared in print this week for the first time in 73 ...
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US court verdict 'huge blow' to privacy, says former WikiLeaks aide
The Guardian
Jonsdottir learned in January that her Twitter account was under scrutiny from the Justice Department because of her involvement last year with WikiLeaks' release of a video showing a US military helicopter shooting two Reuters reporters in Iraq. ...
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The Guardian
Biggest Yellow Diamond, Sun Drop, To Be Auctioned At Sotheby's (VIDEO)
Huffington Post
Reuters reports that Sotheby's is about to auction off the world's biggest yellow diamond, which rings in at a whopping 110 carats. In other words, holy s**t. That is one big rock. So big, in fact, that it has its own name, Sun Drop (cute!). ...
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Eddie Murphy, Ashton Kutcher and the plight of the at-risk celebrity
Washington Post (blog)
(JESSICA RINALDI - REUTERS) A number of celebrities are waking up to the fact that they no longer have the same pull they once had. Nearly every day ordinary people are being whisked to Las Vegas or given the keys to new sports cars, solely for their ...
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The LWOT: Alleged Cole bomb planner arraigned at Gitmo - by Jennifer Rowland
Foreign Policy
And the four elderly Georgia men accused of plotting bioterrorism attacks on government targets each pleaded not guilty in federal court on November 9 (Reuters). Alleged terrorism supporter Barry Walter Bujol Jr. told a federal district judge in ...
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Tim Geithner: Europe needs to get it together
Politico
The comments, as reported by Reuters late Thursday, came during the 18th Asian-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Honolulu, Hawaii, where finance ministers from across the world are meeting to discuss the global economic recovery. ...
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Politico
3D's fading promise
The Week Magazine
Photo: MARIO ANZUONI/Reuters/Corbis SEE ALL 19 PHOTOS It took off in the 1950s, when the studios saw 3D features as a way to lure customers away from their new television sets. But most filmmakers treated the technology as a gimmick, and after a string ...
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Katy Perry wants lots of kids, not lots of pain
msnbc.com
(Mario Anzuoni / Reuters) Share Back to slideshow navigation Perry arrives at the MTV Video Music Awards in New York on Sept. 13, 2009. She won five VMAs in 2008, including best new artist, one in 2009, and two in 2010. (Lucas Jackson / Reuters) Share ...
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msnbc.com
One iPad Publishing Platform to Rule Them All [VIDEO]
Mashable
Mashable's community manager Meghan Peters chats with Katie Rogers, social media manager at The Washington Post; Anthony De Rosa, social media editor at Reuters; and Drake Martinet, social media editor at AllThingsD. Brian Stelter, a media reporter and ...
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Debt crisis: as it happened - November 10, 2011
Telegraph.co.uk
Photo: Reuters By Matthew Sparkes, Andrew Trotman, Amy Wilson 23.04 That's it for tonight's blog. Log on to our financial crisis page for our latest analysis. We'll be back for our 70th day of live coverage tomorrow. 21.06 The bell just rang at the New ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
US EQUITIES WEEK AHEAD: Retail Earnings, CPI, Housing Data
Wall Street Journal
Analysts polled by Thomson Reuters predicted retailing giants Wal-Mart and Target will both report single-digit percentage profit increases on higher sales, while Saks is expected to post a stronger double-digit percentage jump and Penney is projected ...
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Music world mourns Heavy D
Antigua Observer
By Reuters - Friday, November 11th, 2011. Heavy D, also known as The Overweight Lover, died Tuesday morning in his Beverly Hills home. The sudden death of rapper Heavy D (Dwight Myers) has sparked reaction from all corners and in particular, ...
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Mexico Reduces Growth Forecast Despite Lower Than Expected Inflation Figures
Minyanville.com
“We continue with a very benign inflation scenario," Gabriel Casillas, an economist at JPMorgan in Mexico City, told Reuters. “We are expecting a cut in December.” HSBC's Chief Mexico Economist Sergio Martin disagrees. He explained to the Financial ...
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Digital Dollars
KOLD-TV
According to Reuters, in June Senators Charles Schumer of New York and Joe Manchin of West Virginia requested US Attorney General Eric Holder and DEA head Michele Leonhart to shut down the Silk Road website after a blog on Gawker reported that Bitcoins ...
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BizTimes cover story: Vets for hire
Milwaukee Small Business Times
The Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan Consumer Confidence Index rose to its highest level in five months in early November as Americans felt better about the economic outlook. The overall index on consumer sentiment rose to 64.2 from 60.9 in ...
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How Citizen Journalism Is Reshaping Media and Democracy
Mashable
On Reuters' Africa website, bloggers contribute first-hand perspectives, giving Africans a chance to speak for themselves through a blog linked directly with a mainstream media network. Such online tools not only allow citizens to feel increasingly ...
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The Elusive Enemy: A Look Back at the Visual Culture of the “War on Terror”
BagNews Notes
Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque, via In Focus/The Atlantic, 2 November 2011. As a result, much of our media operates within the limits of official discourse, with journalists working on the field of perception through commitments to their national frames ...
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BagNews Notes
Strayer Buys Jack Welch For-Profit
TheStreet.com
In October, KKR(KKR), BlackRock(BLK), Onex of Canada, sovereign wealth fund Singapore Investment and Caisse du Depot et Placement du Quebec were reported by Reuters to have submitted bids up to GBP300 million for the private-equity unit of the French ...
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TheStreet.com
What We're Reading
New York Times (blog)
Eric Asimov Reuters: … But Italy is retreating on another front: After four years out of first place, France is set to replace its southern neighbor as the world's largest wine producer. — Patrick Farrell Katy Times: A barbecue joint in Texas is ...
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New York Times (blog)
Disney Profit Jumps 30% on Theme Parks, TV
Wall Street Journal
Analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters predicted earnings of 54 cents on revenue of $10.36 billion. Net income for the fiscal year ended Oct. 1 increased 21% to $4.8 billion, on revenue that rose 7% to $40.89 billion. Revenue for the parks and resorts ...
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Wall Street Journal
Playbook: McConnell endorses Allen
Politico
BERLUSCONI LIKELY TO LEAVE OFFICE TOMORROW – “Italy Senate votes as Berlusconi era nears end” – Reuters/Rome: “Italy's Senate on Friday [passed] economic reforms demanded by the European Union at the start of a rapid process that will end the...
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Outspoken: Chris Colfer, k.d. lang, Conan O'Brien and more
The GA Voice
4 public screening of the film (Reuters, Nov. 7) “I apologize for any offense my remarks caused. It was a dumb way of expressing myself. Everyone who knows me knows that I don't have a prejudiced bone in my body. But as a storyteller I should have been ...
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The GA Voice
The Two-Way : NPR
NPR
Reuters reports: "However, the 52-to-46 Senate vote amounted to a symbolic exercise, as President Obama pledged earlier this week to veto any resolution challenging the FCC's Open Internet regulations. "The bill was introduced by Sen. ...
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Long-lost Woolrich crime story published again
Reuters India
By Mike Collett-White LONDON (Reuters) - A long-lost story by American crime writer Cornell Woolrich, best known for film adaptations of his works including Alfred Hitchcock's "Rear Window," appeared in print this week for the first time in 73 years. ...
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Exclusive: Politics stymie China's EU aid offer: sources (Reuters)
Reuters - Diplomatic deadlock is curbing China's will to provide cash to help end the euro zone crisis after Europe spurned the simplest of Beijing's three key demands, two independent sources have told Reuters. Yahoo! NewsWorld News ...
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Okay, so maybe it's a strange hobby… | Oddly Enough Blog - Reuters
By Robert Basler
News, but not the serious kind. » See all analysis and opinion ... See, I maintain an extensive world map with color-coded pins showing everywhere Paris Hilton has been in the last 10 years, you know, day by day. Really? Then I don't think I ...
Oddly Enough Blog
NewsDaily: BSkyB board say unanimous in support of James Murdoch
11, 2011 (Reuters) — BSkyB's independent directors were unanimous that James Murdoch should continue as chairman of the board, the satellite broadcaster's deputy chairman said in a letter to investors on Friday. ... Murdoch, as executive chairman ofNews Corp's British newspaper arm News International, was ultimately responsible for the News of the World tabloid newspaper that closed after a phone hacking scandal and has himself twice been questioned by British lawmakers . ...
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West seeks new Iran sanctions over nuclear report | Reuters
PARIS/MOSCOW (Reuters) - Western leaders called on Wednesday for expanded sanctions against ... Related Video. Video ... There has been concern that if worldpowers cannot close ranks on isolating Iran to nudge it into serious ... such proposals," Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov told the Interfax news agency. ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-nuclear-iran-idUSTRE7A82JU201111...
Syrian forces kill 19, government offers amnesty | Reuters
AMMAN (Reuters) - Syrian security forces killed at least 19 people and wounded dozens as they ... Berlusconi on ropes after vote humiliation | Video .... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing ...
www.reuters.com/.../11/.../us-syria-idUSTRE7A13MA201111...
Berlusconi to resign after parliamentary setback | Reuters
ROME (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said on Tuesday he would resign ... Blame all around for biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy | Video .... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-italy-idUSTRE7A72NG201111...
Anonymous won't expose Mexican cartel's servants | Reuters
(Reuters) - Latin American members of the activist hacker group Anonymous called off a... Anonymous members previously threatened by video to release names and ...around the world, had in September claimed responsibility for orchestrating the ...Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-mexico-drugs-hackers-idUSTRE7A40...
U.S., Israel talk tough ahead of Iran nuclear report | Reuters
(Reuters) - A senior U.S. military official said on Friday Iran had become the biggest threat to ... "Storm of epic proportions" hits Alaska coast | Video ... In Israel , President Shimon Peres was asked by Channel Two News if events were moving ... French President Nicolas Sarkozy, speaking at a G20 summit of world leaders in ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-iran-idUSTRE7A400T2011110...
Iran used foreign expertise for atom work: diplomats | Reuters
VIENNA (Reuters) - A U.N. nuclear watchdog report is expected to show concern that Iran benefited ... Blame all around for biggest U.S. municipal bankruptcy | Video ...Tehran is "clearly trying to reach out to nuclear scientists around the world," a Western diplomat .... I've seen postings in the news that say they don't plan ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-nuclear-iran-foreign-idUSTRE7A6416...
Suicide bombers, gunmen attack northeast Nigeria | Reuters
MAIDUGURI, Nigeria (Reuters) - A triple suicide bombing of military ... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-nigeria-violence-idUSTRE7A404A201...
With future for Saif al-Islam unknown, Niger wary | Reuters
NIAMEY (Reuters) - The likely flight of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi from Libya to ... nation trying to balance its commitment to the International Criminal Court with avoiding. ...Gaddafi, gestures in Tripoli August 23, 2011 in this still image taken from video. ....Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-libya-idUSTRE79S3462011103...
Syria's Assad warns of earthquake if West intervenes | Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Western powers risk causing an earthquake across the Middle East... A still image taken from video shows Syria's President Bashar Assad speaking ...leaders in the mostly Sunni Arab world have been cautious about criticizing the ...Thomson Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/article/.../us-syria-idUSL5E7LS2ZK201110...
Carlos the Jackal, caged but combative, on trial | Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - Urban guerrilla 'Carlos the Jackal' smiled and flashed a clenched fist... Related Video. Video ... Ramirez launched attacks around the world, in operations funded by Soviet-bloc and Middle Eastern countries, from Romania to Syria. ... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-france-trial-carlos-idUSTRE7A63IG20...
Turkey ends search for survivors, toll nears 600 | Reuters
ERCIS, Turkey (Reuters) - The death toll from last week's earthquake in southeast Turkey ... Italy bond yields soar; euro zone troubles deepen | Video .... ThomsonReuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency, providing ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-turkey-quake-idUSTRE79T1CE20111...
Sarkozy tells Obama Netanyahu is a liar | Reuters
PARIS (Reuters) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy branded Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin ... Perry vows to press on after gaffe | Video ... Obama during the G20 Summit of major world economies in Cannes, November 3, 2011. .... This is mis representation of news and truth and Reuters editor / writer should be fired. ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-mideast-netanyahu-sarkozy-idUSTRE7...
Blast at Yemen base, nearby airport shut | Reuters
SANAA/ADEN (Reuters) - A large explosions shook an air base outside the Yemeni capital Sanaa Sunday, ... Miss Venezuela crowned Miss World in London ...
www.reuters.com/.../us-yemen-clashes-idUSTRE79T24L2011...
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