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Sep 27, 2010
Sober and single, Stones rocker Ron Wood goes solo | Reuters
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By Dean Goodman LOS ANGELES | Mon Sep 27, 2010 9:23pm BST LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - The Rolling Stones never have to worry about fading awa...
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NATO strikes in Pakistan prompt rebuke (AP) Allen: Third party needed in oil...
FTSE weaker; Smiths Group falls; Unilever gains | Reuters
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The London Stock Exchange building is seen in central London September 24, 2009. Credit: Reuters/Stephen Hird By Tricia Wright LONDON | M...
JK Rowling talks to Oprah on Harry Potter's future | Reuters
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Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling reads at the annual Easter Egg Roll on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington April 5, 2010. Cred...
Israeli settlement freeze ends, peace talks in doubt | Reuters
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By Jeffrey Heller and John Irish JERUSALEM/PARIS | Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:24pm BST JERUSALEM/PARIS (Reuters) - Palestinian President Mahmoud A...
North Korea's political elite meet over succession | Reuters
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By Jeremy Laurence and Brett Cole SEOUL | Mon Sep 27, 2010 4:03pm BST SEOUL (Reuters) - Isolated North Korea has summoned its political el...
All eyes on Woods as U.S. arrive for Ryder Cup | Reuters
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By Mitch Phillips NEWPORT | Mon Sep 27, 2010 1:30pm BST NEWPORT (Reuters) - The United States Ryder Cup team arrived at Cardiff airport on...
Unilever aims for big hair day with Alberto buy | Reuters
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By David Jones LONDON | Mon Sep 27, 2010 3:41pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - Consumer goods group Unilever Plc/NV will buy U.S. hair and skin c...
Setback for Chavez in Venezuela vote | Reuters
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Members of MUD (United Movement for Democracy) Ismael Garcia (L) and Caracas Mayor Antonio Ledezma (R) celebrate after listening to electora...
Furyk captures Tour Championship and FedExCup | Reuters
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By Mark Lamport-Stokes ATLANTA | Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:00pm BST ATLANTA (Reuters) - American Jim Furyk held his nerve over a shaky closing ...
Ben Folds, Nick Hornby take trip down Lonely Avenue | Reuters
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By Michael D. Ayers NEW YORK | Sun Sep 26, 2010 6:02pm BST NEW YORK (Reuters) - It may seem an unlikely pairing to fans of singer/songwrit...
U.S. set to be a posse of one on China yuan at G20 | Reuters
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By Paul Eckert WASHINGTON | Sun Sep 26, 2010 5:17pm BST WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner faces a lonely ca...
Venezuela gives BP approval to discuss assets sale
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By Marianna Parraga CARACAS | Sun Sep 26, 2010 4:07pm BST CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela has granted BP (BP.L)(BP.N) permission to ne...
Israeli settlement freeze ends with peace talks in doubt | Reuters
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An Israeli settler waves a flag across the street from a left-wing protest in Jerusalem calling for the continuation of a building freeze Se...
Interactive Feature: On Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’
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Evolutionary biologists and historians of science comment on Charles Darwin’s “On the Origin of Species.”
Really? - Exercise Ball vs. Desk Chair - Question
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THE FACTS Exercise balls are becoming a popular alternative to plain old office chairs, a way — some say — to burn more calories and impro...
Observatory - Albatross Is Dethroned as Bird With Top Wingspan
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Sven Tränkner The wandering albatross has the largest known wingspan of any living bird, at times reaching nearly 12 feet. But millions of...
Observatory - Plants Near Chernobyl Adapt to Contaminated Soil
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In April 1986, a nuclear reactor at the Chernobyl power plant in Ukraine exploded and sent radioactive particles flying through the air, inf...
Field Research Around the Globe - Scientist at Work Blog
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Noah Snyder-Mackler The view from the scientists’ back porch. From left: Clay, Noah, David and Eila. Sunday, Sept. 19 We arrived in the Si...
Green Column - Asia Begins Embracing Solar Power - NYTimes.com
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HONG KONG — Developing nations in Asia, it seems, are finally seeing the light. In May, the Asian Development Bank started a major drive to...
Two New Dinosaur Species Are Discovered in Southern Utah
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Scientists said Wednesday they've discovered fossils in the southern Utah desert of two new dinosaur species clos...
Sizing Up Consciousness by Its Bits
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Lou Beach By CARL ZIMMER One day in 2007, Dr. Giulio Tononi lay on a hospital stretcher as an anesthesiologist prepared him for surgery. ...
A Perk of Our Evolution - Pleasure in Pain of Chilies
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William P. O'Donnell/The New York Times By JAMES GORMAN Late summer is chili harvest time, when the entire state of New Mexico savors ...
Critic’s Notebook - In Arabian Desert, a Sustainable City Rises
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Duncan Chard for The New York Times The terra-cotta-like exterior of a residential building in Masdar, a visionary city being built 20 mil...
NATO Carries Out Airstrikes in Pakistan - NYTimes.com
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — NATO helicopters based in Afghanistan carried out at least two airstrikes in Pakistan that killed more than 50 militants a...
Japan Will Ask China to Pay for Crash
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TOKYO — Chinese-Japanese tensions over the arrest of a Chinese trawler captain re-escalated on Monday when Japan said it would ask China to ...
Efforts Meant to Help Workers Batter South Africa’s Poor
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Greg Marinovich for The New York Times Emily Mbongwa, 52, a factory worker who lost her job in Newcastle, South Africa, now takes care of ...
Nokia’s New Chief Faces a Culture of Complacency
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A few years before Apple introduced the iPhone , research engineers at Nokia prepared a prototype of an Internet-ready, touch-screen hands...
Baghdad Journal - Iraq Waits for a Government on a Long Vacation
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BAGHDAD — More than six months ago, millions of Iraqis cast aside fears about bombs and bullets to vote. In households without a reliable su...
For Carl Paladino, Early Lessons Forged Combative Style
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Family Photo Carl P. Paladino with his wife, Cathy, and their children in 1988. When his troubled son spent a night in the Erie County lo...
Chavez Allies Win Majority in Venezuelan Congress - NYTimes.com
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CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez 's opponents blocked him from capturing an overwhelming majority in Venezuela's cong...
U.S. Is Working to Ease Wiretaps on the Internet - NYTimes.com
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WASHINGTON — Federal law enforcement and national security officials are preparing to seek sweeping new regulations for the Internet, arguin...
Sep 26, 2010
Miliband attacks deficit cut plans | Reuters
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By Adrian Croft MANCHESTER, England | Sun Sep 26, 2010 2:22pm BST MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The Labour Party's new leader Ed Mil...
Nani and Owen salvage draw for Man United | Reuters
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Manchester United's Wayne Rooney (L), Nani (C) and Bolton Wanderers' Paul Robinson watch Nani's shot go into the net for a goal ...
Miliband backs cautious deficit cuts | Reuters
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LONDON | Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:38pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - The new Labour Party leader Ed Miliband said on Sunday he supported "cau...
Netanyahu urges settler restraint as moratorium ends | Reuters
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By Jeffrey Heller JERUSALEM | Sun Sep 26, 2010 1:58pm BST JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu urged Israeli settlers t...
India makes mad dash to ready Games Village | Reuters
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By Amlan Chakraborty and Sudipto Ganguly NEW DELHI | Sun Sep 26, 2010 11:32am BST NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Workers removed rain water, scrape...
New York Fashion Week: what's hot on runway?
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Models present creations from the Rosa Cha Spring 2011 collection show during New York Fashion Week September 14, 2010. (Xinhua/Reuters Photo)
New York Fashion Week: what's hot on runway? (II)
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Models present creations at the Milly by Michelle Smith Spring 2011 collection during New York Fashion Week September 15, 2010. (Xinhua/Reu...
Bohento takes food to runway at Madrid Fashion Week
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A model displays a creation from Spanish brand BOHENTO Spring/Summer 2011 collection during a show of Madrid Fashion Week, Sept. 17, 2010. ...
Posters of "Detective Dee"
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A poster of film "Detective Dee-The Mystery of Phantom Flame." (Photo: agencies)
Public fascination with Monroe endures
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BEIJING, Sept. 24 (Xinhuanet) -- Toni Westbrook-VanCleave was only 6 years old at the time, but she still remembers Marilyn Monroe strapping...
Green Design Festival launched in Athens to promote environment-friendly urban lifestyle
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ATHENS, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The third annual Green Design Festival opened in Syntagma Square in the center of Athens on Friday with the aim...
Summer of 1953: Marilyn Monroe's happy vacation in Canada
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Actress Marilyn Monroe is seen in this handout image from a collection of previously unpublished photos of her in Alberta, Canada taken in ...
New York Film Festival kicks off
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NEW YORK, Sept. 24 (Xinhua) -- The 48th New York Film Festival opened on Friday night at Lincoln Center with David Fincher's latest movi...
Hawthorn Tree to close Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
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Directed by Zhang Yimou, Under The Hawthorn Tree, is a pure love story that strikes a chord with the audience. (Photo: CNTV.cn) BEIJING, S...
Review of Madrid Fashion Week
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World Heart Day observed in Nepal
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KATHMANDU, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The World Heart Day 2010 is being observed across the world on Saturday, with the theme " Workplaces We...
Czech Republic urges to use atomic energy for peaceful purposes
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UNITED NATIONS, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Czech Republic said here Saturday that "it is not possible for some countries to ignore the ag...
Somali pirates hijack ship with 12 Ukrainians
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NAIROBI, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Somali pirates have hijacked a Panama-flagged ship in the Somali Basin, about 900 nautical miles East of Eyl, ...
Yemen hunts 8 Qaida suspects over Sanaa agents attack: ministry
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SANAA, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Yemeni Interior Ministry issued on Sunday an eight-man list of most-wanted al-Qaida operatives suspected of bein...
Pakistan plane leaves Sweden after no explosives found, Sep 26, 2010
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Swedish police approach a Pakistan Airlines jet which landed at Arlanda Airport near Stockholm following a bomb threat September 25, 2010...
Profile: Russian President Dmitry Medvedev
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Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev speaks during the St. Petersburg International Economic forum in St. Petersburg June 18, 2010. (Xinh...
Panama seizes some 8 tons of cocaine in 48 hours
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PANAMA CITY, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- The Panamanian police have seized nearly eight tons of cocaine in two operations in the past 48 hours, sai...
2 killed in suspected honor killing in northern India
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NEW DELHI, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- In a suspected case of honor killing, two decomposed bodies of a couple have been found in the northern Indi...
At least eight shot in Los Angeles party gunfire, one dead
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A garbage collector walks near the house where a gunfire broke out in Eastern Los Angeles, California, the United States, Sept. 25, 2010. On...
Pakistanis show rare unity to criticize U.S. court verdict
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ISLAMABAD, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Pakistanis have taken to the streets across the country in recent days to criticize a United States court ve...
U.S. university student shot dead at party, 4 injured
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- A U.S. university student died after being shot at a private party overnight, the shooting also injured fou...
Britain's opposition Labor party elects Ed Miliband as new leader
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Former British climate change minister Ed Miliband addresses Labor supporters after being elected new leader of the Labor Party in Mancheste...
In U.S.-ASEAN meeting, symbolism outweighs substance
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U.S. President Barack Obama (L) shakes hands with Philippines President Benigno Aquino III (C) alongside Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Raz...
Israel must take urgent steps to solve conflict, Abbas says
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Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the general debate of the 65th session of the UN General Assembly at ...
Ready to go -- women's fashion in Milan
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A model displays a creation as part of Just Cavalli spring-summer 2011 ready-to-wear collection during the Women's fashion week in Mila...
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Abbas says settlements block Mideast peace deal (AP) Chavez fights to keep c...
Man City halt Chelsea charge with Tevez winner | Reuters
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By Martyn Herman LONDON | Sat Sep 25, 2010 11:38pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - Leaders Chelsea failed their first serious test of the Premier ...
Labour elects Ed Miliband in cliffhanger | Reuters
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By Adrian Croft MANCHESTER, England | Sat Sep 25, 2010 10:40pm BST MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - Former cabinet minister Ed Miliband pi...
Sep 25, 2010
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Bomb scare diverts plane; may have been a hoax (AP) Obama dismisses GOP '...
Chelsea undone by Tevez and his City slickers | Reuters
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By Martyn Herman LONDON | Sat Sep 25, 2010 7:58pm BST LONDON (Reuters) - Leaders Chelsea failed their first serious test of the Premier L...
Labour elects Ed Miliband as new leader | Reuters
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MANCHESTER, England | Sat Sep 25, 2010 6:56pm BST MANCHESTER, England (Reuters) - The Labour Party chose former Energy Secretary Ed Miliba...
Money Morning Mailbag: GOP Announces "Pledge to America" as Voters Question Obama's Economy
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Republicans this week outlined their plan for reform in one-page summary entitled " A Pledge to America ." Republicans today hope ...
Consumers International Blog
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A couple of days ago I had the opportunity to visit Brussels, where I met staff at BEUC, Test Achats and Den Hagg, and I got in touch with C...
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