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Operator says Dubai oil rig remains shuttered

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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) -- The operator of the oil rig involved in last week's deadly helicopter accident off the Dubai coast said production remained halted on the platform Sunday....  comments (0)  | report problem



Markets jump on US mortgage deal

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Financial markets in Asia rally after the US government said it was taking over mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae.  comments (0)  | report problem


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9/11, Iraq and the Desensitization of the Victimized

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In the days after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, with the twin towers vanished from Manhattan's skyline, a poem by W.H. Auden could have been the song of a wounded nation. "September 1, 1939," written on the eve of World War II, seemed eerily...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Meet the greenshifters: Enviro self-sufficiency movement gaining momentum

a shared story    23 hours 36 minutes ago
For the first time in generations, more people are moving to the countryside than are leaving, chicken keeping is the UK's fastest-growing hobby and for many self-sufficiency is no longer a pipe dream. Louise France meets four families who've gone in search of the good life...(more)  comments (0)  | report problem


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Democrats retain veto power in Hong Kong election

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AP - Hong Kong's pro-democracy camp has won more than a third of seats in legislative elections, retaining its veto power over major legislation.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Valley flood disruption continues

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Some schools and transport face disruption as a minister praises the efforts in dealing with the weekend floods.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Iraqi minister in Kuwait to discuss compensation for 1991 invasion

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Iraq's finance minister traveled to Kuwait on Sunday to discuss payment of debts and compensation for Saddam Hussein's 1991 invasion of that country, the Iraqi government said Sunday.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Season's hurricanes pummel dunes, mangle coasts

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The King Air climbed into the sky over the cypress and black gum trees in the Pearl River delta at the Mississippi-Louisiana border, and left behind a swampland thrashed and washed over by Hurricane Gustav's storm surge.  comments (0)  | report problem



A Financial Veteran Brings Wall Street and Washington to Job at Fannie Mae

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Herbert M. Allison Jr., who was named chief executive of Fannie Mae on Sunday, brings to the job nearly three decades of experience on Wall Street, as well as deep ties to Washington.   comments (0)  | report problem


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China foreign minister to meet Indian PM, hold talks on border row

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AFP - China's foreign minister arrived in India on Sunday for talks with top officials on a long-standing border row which triggered a brief but bloody war in 1962, officials said.  comments (0)  | report problem


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Foodmakers plan big ad campaigns in down economy

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MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Foodmakers may be worried about higher costs for key ingredients, pushing through price increases and still maintaining their profits. But for big names like Sara Lee, Kraft and others, these slim times don't mean doing away with their advertising budgets....  comments (0)  | report problem


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Asian soot, smog may boost global warming in US

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Smog, soot and other particles like the kind often seen hanging over Beijing add to global warming and may raise summer temperatures in the American heartland by three degrees in about 50 years, says a new federal science report released Thursday....  comments (0)  | report problem


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