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WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court took aim at one of its favorite targets Tuesday, criticizing a California-based federal appeals court for its ruling in favor of a criminal defendant. The justices threw out a decision by the San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals...(more)
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ISLAMABAD, Dec.2 -- Pakistan on Tuesday offered to set up a joint inquiry into the terror attacks in the Indian city of Mumbai last week, and said it would cooperate with India as it investigates the 3-day siege of the country's financial capital. Pakistani Foreign...(more)
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Scientists announce promising trial results for a new drug for jet lag pill that can reset the body's natural sleep rhythms.
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MILWAUKEE, Dec. 1 -- Pilgrim's Pride, the nation's largest chicken producer, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection Monday, hobbled by its debt load and volatile feed prices. The Pittsburg, Texas-based company sought bankruptcy protection in a filing with the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern...(more)
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POZNAN, Poland (Reuters) - Developing countries urged rich nations on Tuesday to provide cash quickly to help them cope with global warming and safeguard tropical forests at 187-nation talks in Poland on a new climate treaty.
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Ali Hassan al-Majid, better known as Chemical Ali, was sentenced to death for a second time Tuesday for his part in crushing a Shiite uprising in 1991.
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A Japanese general who was fired as head of the air force for suggesting Japan deserves credit, not blame, for its World War II actions stood by his claim Monday.
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CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - A coalition of North American environmental groups says the development of Canada's oil sands region threatens to kill as many as 166 million birds over the next five decades and is calling for a moratorium on new projects in the region.
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Diversity within the group of men -- and still only men -- who have been president of the United States will change significantly when Barack Obama is sworn in next month. But when he looks across the highest level of civil servants managing the government,...(more)
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Thousands of passengers stranded in Thailand could start coming home today after protesters called off their occupation of Bangkok's airports and airlines laid on rescue flights.The anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy announced that its airport protests would cease from midnight tonight (5pm GMT), after a court...(more)
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The Federal Housing Administration's fund to cover losses on the mortgages it insures is shrinking, but remains above the point where taxpayers would need to kick in money to cover defaults, according to an independent audit of the agency's financial soundness. Since its creation in...(more)
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NEW YORK -- In a move likely to fuel speculation over Yahoo Inc.'s search for a new chief executive, activist investor Carl Icahn has bought up close to 7 million additional shares of the Internet company, according to regulatory filings. Icahn, a billionaire hedge-fund manager...(more)
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