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new zealand 's embattled foreign minister winston peters received a rare censure from the country 's parliament on tuesday after he was found to have misled legislators over political donations . | new zealand parliament censures foreign minister |
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the white house hopefuls stressed sunday their rival plans to bring relief to both troubled financiers and `` main street '' after the government proposed a huge wall street bailout . | obama mccain square off over financial bailout plans |
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hamas on tuesday claimed responsibility for a jerusalem attack in which a palestinian man slammed his car into a group of soldiers , wounding ## , before he was shot dead . | hamas claims jerusalem attack |
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us president george w. bush sunday assured saudi crown prince abdullah the united states stood with his country in the wake of a new deadly attack in riyadh , a white house official said . | bush assures saudis of solidarity after blast |
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a gunman holding five people hostage at a bank here thursday has asked for four million german marks -lrb- #.# million dollars -rrb- and the use of a plane , police said . | gunman takes five hostage in bank asks cash plane |
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hungary 's laszlo UNK of mapei won the prologue for the par UNK here sunday , edging out frenchman didier rous by #.## sec after the #.## km run . | UNK wins paris-nice prologue |
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state prosecutors have called for crack police officers who shot dead a man holding hostage a classroom full of toddlers last year not to be prosecuted , judicial officials said friday . | prosecutors urge no trial for human bomb police killers |
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the united nations war crimes court in the hague was briefly UNK tuesday after a kitchen fire just before the resumption of slobodan milosevic 's trial . | un court in the hague evacuated after kitchen fire |
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rachid ramda , an algerian wanted in connection with a series of terrorist bomb attacks in france , will be held here for another week while france prepares its case for extradition , a court ruled here friday . | french bomb attack suspect remanded in custody |
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croatia rejected un allegations of rights abuses against its serb minority on friday , calling a rights report `` incorrect to the point of bias , unnecessary and extremely unproductive . | zagreb rejects un allegations of rights abuses of serbs |
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a two million pound price tag is threatening sheffield wednesday winger andy sinton 's move to injury-ravaged tottenham . | two million price tag halts UNK 's move to spurs |
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north korea will hand over detained us aviator bobby hall imminently , us congressman bill richardson announced here thursday . | surviving pilot to be returned very soon says us congressman |
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hezbollah guerrillas bombed a south lebanon army patrol on wednesday killing or wounding all nine pro-israeli militiamen , the moslem fundamentalist group said . | hezbollah claim new attack on proxy israeli militiamen |
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italian fashion designer and fragrance maker loris UNK , famous for dressing actresses sophia loren and raquel welch , died thursday in paris at the age of ## , the owners of his couture house announced . | italian designer loris UNK dead at ## |
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prices of british manufactured products rose by #.# percent in november on an annual basis , from a revised #.# percent in october , official figures showed on monday . | subdued british output price inflation boosts rate cut hopes |
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the twisted wreckage of the disaster ferry cebu city and a lack of equipment held up the search saturday for more than ### bodies believed trapped inside the vessel after it collided with a singapore freighter . | search for ferry disaster victims held up |
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shares in belgian-dutch bank fortis fell more than ## percent friday , having lost some ## percent at one stage the previous day despite its denial that it faced liquidity problems . | fortis shares plunge on reports bank needs to sell assets |
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pope john paul ii on saturday launched an appeal `` for peace and against terrorism '' in a message of condolences to the turkish people after twin attacks near synagogues in istanbul left at least ## dead . | pope condemns terrorism after istanbul attacks |
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the ruble fell three points against the dollar on the moscow interbank market on tuesday , trading at #,### to the greenback . | ruble falls three points against the dollar |
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president nelson mandela and visiting us vice president al gore discussed the situation in nigeria on tuesday , as south africa continued to lead moves to isolate the nigerian junta following its execution of minority rights activists . | gore mandela discuss nigeria |
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the head of the russian parliamentary delegation to chechnya left the capital grozny early saturday with two russian soldiers , freed by the chechen authorities as a `` goodwill '' gesture , interfax reported . | russian delegation wins release of two prisoners |
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a glimmer of hope was in the air for distressed italian airline alitalia early on thursday when the government was to hold talks with trades unions . | unions to meet government for alitalia rescue |
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a famed turkish transsexual singer appeared in court here on wednesday to answer charges of turning the public against military service , an offence punishable by three years in prison . | transsexual star on trial in turkey for denouncing army service |
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the european union 's executive arm said wednesday it had agreed to slap multi-million-dollar trade sanctions on the united states in a bid to overturn an illegal us corporate tax scheme . | brussels mandates sanctions over illegal us tax scheme |
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the white house said monday it was `` hopeful '' that two french pilots missing since they were shot down over bosnian serb territory on august ## will soon be released . | white house hopeful about release of french pilots |
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the family of gilbert UNK , the man charged with stealing the duchess of york 's jewelry , said thursday that the goods appeared fake and that they knew nothing about the british royal family member . | family of alleged fergie jewelry thief thought the goods were fakes |
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more than #,### people died in traffic accidents in china in november , a ##.# percent increase over the same period last year , the xinhua news agency reported sunday . | more than #,### dead on chinese roads in november |
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japanese prime minister tomiichi murayama said in his new year news conference that he intended to remain in office , denying media speculation that he would step down as early as april . | murayama vows to stay on rules out dissolution of parliament |
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un secretary general kofi annan and ecuadoran president lucio gutierrez met monday to discuss the country 's foreign debt and colombia 's civil war , which is spilling into ecuador . | annan ecuador 's lucio gutierrez discuss colombia debt |
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british police shot dead an innocent brazilian man at point-blank range having decided `` an instant killing was the only option , '' a coroner said monday , opening an inquest into the #### shooting . | inquest opens into police killing after london bombings |
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shares in malaysian gaming giant genting bhd. resumed trading thursday after being suspended for ## trading days while the company recalled its share certificates to weed out forgeries . | malaysia 's genting resumes trading after ##-day suspension |
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the southern greek island of crete was hit by a second earthquake in two days on tuesday , but police stations and hospitals said no casualties or damage were reported . | second quake in ## hours hits greek island of crete no damage reported |
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a week-old iraqi girl underwent heart surgery at a hospital near tel aviv wednesday , in an unprecedented display of solidarity between one-time enemy countries , medical sources said . | iraqi infant in israel for heart surgery |
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british prime minister tony blair rounded on critics of britain 's close relationship with the united states , particularly over iraq , saying wednesday the alliance was `` important for world peace and security '' . | blair defends britain 's strong alliance with united states |
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australian striker mark viduka 's career at leeds appeared to be over on friday after another confrontation with the struggling premiership club 's manager peter reid . | viduka in new bust-up with reid |
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belgium 's federal government and its three main regions tentatively agreed late monday to help come to the rescue of embattled franco-belgian bank dexia , the government announced . | belgium ready to fly to dexia 's aid |
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an old woman has died in southern madagascar from wounds sustained by a grenade and the man who ordered the bombing was later beaten to death , according to supporters of the country 's self-styled `` president '' monday . | grenade kills woman culprit beaten to death in madagascar |
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a district court here sentenced a former state bank director to six years in jail for corruption for his part in a ###-million-dollar banking scam , on thursday . | second former state bank director jailed six years in credit scam case |
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about ##,### south korean police were mobilized tuesday to sweep hotels nationwide in a fruitless search for union leaders accused of organizing an illegal power industry strike . | ##,### police hunt for electricity unionists ; talks off |
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president boris yeltsin has signed legislation on formation of the upper house of parliament , which is to group elected regional leaders , interfax news agency reported wednesday . | yeltsin okays law on federation council |
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share prices advanced slightly on the tokyo stock exchange tuesday with investors encouraged by weakening inflationary pressure in the united states . | share prices advance slightly in tokyo |
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romania hopes to tighten its links with nato by contributing engineering and telecommunication units to the nato-led peace-keeping effort in bosnia , a leading senator told rompres agency on tuesday . | romania sees bosnian force as chance to prove itself to nato |
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the bosnian serb government vowed tuesday to press ahead with high spending on pensions and public sector wages despite warnings from international creditors . | bosnian serbs ignore imf world bank warnings on budget |
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egyptian president hosni mubarak will visit israel when he judges the trip will advance the middle east peace process , his political advisor said thursday . | mubarak will visit israel when time is right advisor says |
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rwandan authorities summoned the french ambassador to kigali this weekend to ask for proof of allegations that kigali launched a massive new offensive in the democratic republic of congo -lrb- drc -rrb- , a foreign ministry official told afp sunday . | rwanda summons french ambassador over unfounded drc allegations |
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tim hardaway 's television tossing tantrum cost him a two-game national basketball asociation suspension . | tv toss to cost hardaway two games |
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a us airline will offer the first non-stop passenger flights to china as of april , us transportation secretary frederico pena has announced . | in a first us carrier to offer direct flights to china |
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israeli prime minister yitzhak rabin on sunday said he hoped for tolerance between different races and religions , in a christmas day message to christians in the holy land . | rabin sends seasonal message to christians |
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russia on monday offered its former cold war ally india the chance to jointly develop weapon systems in a bid to remain new delhi 's main provider of arms . | russia acts to secure indian defense market |
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an algerian journalist on the french daily liberte and his driver were found murdered early sunday near algiers , the newspaper 's management announced . | journalist and his driver killed in algiers |
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at least ### sri lankan soldiers and tamil tiger guerrillas were killed in heavy fighting in jaffna in the island 's north as the rebel launched a ferocious counter-attack , the military said saturday . | ### sri lankan soldiers tigers die in heavy fighting |
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indian troops launched a massive search operation wednesday for tribal rebels who killed an army officer in an ambush which left six other people dead in the remote state of nagaland , state-run radio said . | indian troops search for tribal militants after ambush |
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unemployment fell #.# percentage points in october in the czech republic over the previous month to #.# percent , the labor and social affairs minister said monday . | czech unemployment falls in october |
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seven hundred candidates have signed up to run in next month 's first palestinian self-rule elections to an ##-seat council , officials said monday . | ### hopefuls battle for seats on palestinian council |
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israeli warplanes roared over lebanon again friday after a lull of some ## days , breaking the sound barrier above the capital beirut and other cities . | israeli warplanes resume lebanon overflights after ##-day lull |
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pakistan army chief general ashfaq kayani wednesday strongly criticised cross - border raids by us-led coalition forces and said the country would defend its sovereignty `` at all cost '' . | pakistan army chief criticises us raids |
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china thursday offered its congratulations to zimbabwean president robert mugabe on his controversial election victory and called on the world to accept the result . | china congratulates mugabe on zimbabwe election victory |
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the european union and nato are to stage their first ever joint crisis management exercise later this month , the transatlantic alliance announced tuesday . | nato and eu to stage first joint crisis management exercise |
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the rwanda war crimes tribunal is to make its first indictments on tuesday , clerk UNK UNK said here at the tribunal 's headquarters . | first indictments expected from rwanda war crimes tribunal |
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hong kong stock prices rose #.# percent friday , breaching the ##,### point barrier to reach a record high for the year on the last trading day . | hong kong stocks rise #.# percent to a new high for the year |
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india on monday brushed aside concerns expressed by its central bank about the country 's spiralling fiscal deficit saying the country was on track to meet its deficit target of #.# percent in the current financial year . | india on track to meet deficit target for fiscal year ####-#### |
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saudi arabia on thursday rejected accusations that it had violated yemeni territory , saying new observation posts and roads built close to a disputed border area were on saudi soil . | saudi arabia rejects accusations of violating yemeni territory |
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russia 's #### budget , a key part of the government 's attempt to revive the economy , won approval in the upper house of parliament tuesday , in a vote that came two days after the communist party came out the leader in lower-house elections . | russia 's upper house oks budget |
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qatar has boosted planned investment in a new airport to two billion dollars in a bid to turn the gas-rich emirate into a regional hub and support the national carrier 's expansion , the airport chief said tuesday . | qatar to boost investment in new airport to two billion dollars |
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myanmar 's military junta said it has freed five more political activists , in the second batch of releases since a un envoy called for all political prisoners to be freed during a visit late last month . | myanmar junta frees five more political activists |
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what the drivers said after michael schumacher driving a ferrari won the australian formula one grand prix here sunday . | what the australian f# drivers said |
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the english swimming association are threatening legal action against french officials over their handling of an alleged drug case involving former world short-course ## metres freestyle champion mark foster . | english swimmer in cross-channel drugs row |
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share prices closed firmer thursday in bargain hunting following the previous session 's fall , dealers said . | bangkok shares close firmer on bargain hunting |
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european champions bayern munich are keen to extend the contracts of french international defensive duo willy sagnol and bixente lizarazu , according to the club 's vice president karl-heinz rummenigge . | bayern want to keep sagnol and lizarazu |
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malaysian cell phone operator maxis communications said thursday its tie-up with UNK has been completed on schedule and will boost subscriber growth as it seeks to close the gap with rival celcom . | malaysia 's maxis sees higher mobile phone growth with UNK on board |
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the emir of bahrain , sheikh issa ibn salman al-khalifa , ordered an amnesty for some prisoners arrested during political unrest at the start of the year , the official news agency gna said saturday . | bahraini leader orders prisoner amnesty |
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ukraine 's foreign minister konstantin UNK warned tuesday that economic cooperation with russia could be undermined by disputes as he called for a resolution to the row over an island . | ukrainian fm warns of economic fallout from island dispute with russia |
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the dollar remained firm against other major currencies here late thursday in calm trading reassured by the healthy us economy . | dollar gold firm |
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qatar 's former emir , sheikh khalifa ibn hamad al-thani , met president sheikh zayed ibn sultan al-nahayan after arriving here on a surprise visit thursday , the official news agency wam said . | qatar 's deposed ruler on surprise visit to uae |
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prime minister jean chretien announced tuesday he will leave office on december ## , allowing prime minister-designate paul martin to ascend to the office . | canada 's prime minister chretien will leave office on december ## |
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slasher spoof `` scary movie # '' again made the biggest scream at the north american box office for halloween weekend , according to preliminary figures released sunday . | spooky spoof wins on halloween weekend at north american box office |
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global equities mostly rose wednesday , as a vote of confidence in wall street from us tycoon warren buffett helped offset uncertainty surrounding a us financial rescue plan worth ### billion dollars . | world stocks mostly higher after buffett boost |
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three fishermen believed to be myanmar nationals were stabbed to death in southern thailand in two separate incidents , police said sunday . | three myanmar fishermen murdered in thailand |
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hollywood star cameron diaz on tuesday won back her modesty tuesday when a judge blocked the sale of topless photographs snapped of the actress before she became famous . | judge blocks topless photos of hollywood star cameron diaz |
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sunderland striker kevin phillips has dismissed rumors that he could be on his way out of the stadium of light . | sunderland star phillips squashes transfer rumors |
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pakistani police have been put on alert after the government cracked down on three militant religious outfits to stop them from resuming their activities under new names , an official said on sunday . | pakistan tightens security after crackdown on militant groups |
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world champions australia have been confirmed as top seeds for the #### icc champions trophy in england next september . | australia top seeds at champions trophy |
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south korea 's appeal court friday upheld the conviction of a former aide to ex-president kim dae-jung for a secret ### million dollar payment to entice north korea to a historic summit . | spy chief conviction upheld over secret payment to nkorea |
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two people gravely injured when a runaway truck scythed down duty-free shoppers in this tiny pyrenean principality were hanging on to life wednesday , the hospital chief here , chantal backes , said . | injured hang on to life after andorra truck tragedy |
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two people died and ### people were taken to hospital after UNK toxic fumes from a fire at a chemical plant near here sunday morning , a company spokesman said . | two dead ### hurt in chemical factory fire |
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italian prime minister silvio berlusconi in a defiant speech wednesday challenged parliament to back him or face a demand for a snap election . | defiant berlusconi hangs in |
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major league baseball club owners thursday postponed a decision on imposing a salary cap for seven days , saying they still hoped to reach an agreement with striking players . | baseball owners pull back from the brink |
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south africa 's rory sabbatini and trevor immelman won the UNK cup here on sunday . | south african win UNK cup |
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president bill clinton said saturday that the deployment of us troops in bosnia-hercegovina provides a `` chance to end this misery for good , '' as lawmakers continued debating the balkans mission . | a chance to end this misery clinton says of bosnia mission |
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the franc fell by more than one UNK against the mark early on monday within hours of remarks by french prime minister alain juppe implying that he would make concessions over reforms which are behind nationwide strikes . | franc falls heavily on hint of reform concessions |
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a technology market research firm friday boosted its forecast for global sales of personal computers in the fourth quarter , saying the market is picking up more quickly than expected . | forecast boosted for global pc market |
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the interim authority 's religious director for sunni muslims in iraq walked out of a tourism conference saturday after a doctrinal row with his shiite counterpart . | iraq 's sunni and shiite muslims tangle in public slanging match |
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south africa 's ##-year-old full-back jaco van der westhuyzen is poised to sign for leicester tigers . | UNK set to become an english tiger |
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germany 's first postwar leader looks poised to beat the likes of illustrious compatriots goethe , luther and einstein in a national poll concluding friday to find the greatest german in history . | politician set to beat luther and goethe as greatest german |
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myanmar 's ruling junta friday freed five opposition activists and ## women prisoners from jail , in the latest of a rapid series of releases announced over the past month . | myanmar junta frees more dissidents women prisoners |
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makiko tanaka -- one of japan 's top female politicians -- and her relatives have failed to declare #.# billion yen -lrb- ## million dollars -rrb- in inheritance , jiji press and other reports said thursday . | tanaka family fails to declare ## million dollars in UNK |
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italian defense minister antonio martino is to visit on thursday the southern iraqi city of nasiriyah where a bomb attack on italian forces left ## dead , including ## italians , according to the head of the parliamentary defense committee , luigi UNK . | italian defense minister to visit nasiriyah |
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newcastle striker lomana lualua faces the wrath of manager bobby robson after he criticised the way the premiership club is handled . | lualua faces robson anger |
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swedish forestry group UNK UNK 's pulp division , UNK cell , cut its pulp price from #,### to ### dollars per tonne effective from december # #### , the group said monday . | UNK cell cuts pulp prices |
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at least ## people died and ### were injured in the suicide bombings that targeted british interests in istanbul on thursday , the anatolia news agency reported , giving a new toll quoting the city 's health department . | at least ## dead hundreds injured in istanbul blasts |
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