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Clinton, Obama shake up politics of identity
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 news.yahoo.com
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ATLANTA (Reuters) - The presence of an African American and a woman at the front of the race for the Democratic U.S. presidential nomination is shaking up the politics of identity in unpredictable ways, analysts said.
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Asian markets rebound on Fed rate cut
Wednesday, January 23, 2008 news.yahoo.com
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TOKYO - Most Asian markets rebounded Wednesday, reversing their recent gut-wrenching plunge as investors welcomed a hefty, surprise interest rate cut overnight by the U.S. Federal Reserve to shore up the sagging American economy.
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Pakistan policeman clash with lawyers
Monday, November 05, 2007 news.yahoo.com
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Legions of policeman firing tear gas and swinging batons clashed with lawyers Monday as security forces across Pakistan blockaded courts to quash protests against President General Pervez Musharraf's declaration of a state of emergency. At least 350 were detained.
In the biggest gathering, about 2,000 lawyers congregated at the High Court in the eastern city of Lahore. As lawyers tried to exi
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House prices to drop much lower
Friday, September 21, 2007 news.yahoo.com
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Federal Reserve chief Alan Greenspan was quoted as saying - A big overhang of property will bring U.S. house prices down further, but it is too early to say if the economy will plunge into recession. Greenspan said in an interview with Austrian magazine Format that low interest rates in the past 15 years were to blame for the house price bubble, but that central banks were powerless when they trie
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Myanmar monks protests
Friday, September 21, 2007 news.yahoo.com
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Business , Religion
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Inspite of heavy rain, 200 monks converged on Mei Lamu pagoda on the outskirts of Yangon. After chanting sermons and praying for 15 minutes, the monks dispersed. Monks took to the streets in Myanmar's largest city. The military junta insisted it has no plans to call a state of emergency to stop protests that have posed the greatest threat to the regime in a decade.The monks' activities have give
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Israel, U.S. shared data on suspected nuclear site: report
Friday, September 21, 2007 news.yahoo.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Israel had shared intelligence with President George W. Bush that its neighbor was getting help from North Korea on a nuclear facility, The Washington Post reported on Friday. The White House was felt troubled by Israel's assertion that North Korea was assisting Syria's nuclear ambition, but opted against an immediate response because of concern over negotiations on Pyongyang's nuclear program
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Join the army
Sunday, September 02, 2007 news.yahoo.com
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Foreign Affairs
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Willard McCormick decided that life at the horse farm was boring. Military service beckoned when the Army dangled its new, $20,000 recruiting bonus the decision got a lot easier."I wasn't going to go right away, but I heard about the bonus and decided to jump on it," McCormick, 19, stated after signing up.
The new bonus comes with a "Quick Ship" provision that cuts the average 40-day wait time
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Arnold Chase occupies Avon Mountain
Sunday, September 02, 2007 news.yahoo.com
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It has the two-levels, 33,500-square-foot basement complex, complete with a 103-seat movie theater, ticket booth, concession stand, game room and music annex, that will make it New England's largest occupied single-family home. At nearly 50,900 square feet, the Chase home will be larger than billionaire Bill Gates' home in Washington, about 4,000 square feet smaller than the White House and 20 t
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Chupacabra
Sunday, September 02, 2007 news.yahoo.com
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She was an African resident for four years.Phylis Canion has been a hunter all her life and has the mounted heads of a zebra and other exotic animals in her house. But the roadkill she found last month outside her ranch in Texas was new to her, it was worth putting in a freezer hidden from curious onlookers: Canion believes she may have the head of the mythical, bloodsucking chupacabra.It is one u
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SA Prez vs Archbishop
Sunday, September 02, 2007 news.yahoo.com
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SA president called critics of his health minister "wild animals" in support of a woman decried by AIDS activists for advocating beets and garlic as remedies for the disease.His defense of Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang was opposed to Archbishop Desmond Tutu, a Nobel laureate often regarded as the moral conscience of the nation. On Friday he stated that the Health Ministry "has presided
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