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U.S. pact can pass Iraqi parliament: minister (Reuters)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:25:05 -0500

Reuters - A pact allowing U.S. troops to stay in Iraq for three more years has a chance of being approved by parliament despite some heated opposition, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said on Thursday.by team

Global stocks at 5-1/2 year lows (Reuters)

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:47:59 -0500

Reuters - World stocks dropped to 5-1/2 year lows and oil hit 22-month troughs as investors reacted to dire Federal Reserve warnings on the economy and fears about the viability of major U.S. auto makers and bank giant Citigroup.

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Woman posed as teen online in suicide case: attorney (Reuters)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:03:55 -0500

Reuters - A Missouri woman established a fake identity online to torment a vulnerable teenage girl who later committed suicide, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday in a trial that is being closely watched by the burgeoning social networking industry.

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Governments scramble to protect jobs as losses mount (AFP)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:39:04 -0500

AFP - Governments scrambled to cushion the impact of the finance crisis Thursday with France launching a sovereign wealth fund and China unveiling a jobs protection plan as the car industry made huge new cuts.

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Lawyer: Michael Jackson to testify in London (AP)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:01:57 -0500

AP - Michael Jackson's lawyer says the pop star has agreed to come to London to respond to a Bahraini sheik's $7 million lawsuit.

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Recession fears send world markets down (AP)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:32:59 -0500

AP - European and Asian stock markets tumbled Thursday after recession fears sent Wall Street plunging the day before.

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Detroit automakers' rescue stalls in Senate (AP)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:56:52 -0500

AP - A plan to give troubled U.S. automakers billions of dollars in government-backed loans is on life support, leaving the fate of hundreds of thousands of workers and Detroit's once-venerable car companies hanging in the balance.

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Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won't drift away (AP)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:58:38 -0500

AP - Astronauts vowed to double-check, even triple-check, to make sure a bag of tools is properly tied down during a spacewalk Thursday so it doesn't float away like one did earlier this week.

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Pakistan protests over U.S. missile strikes (Reuters)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:03:52 -0500

Reuters - Pakistan summoned U.S. ambassador Anne Patterson on Thursday to protest over missile strikes launched by pilotless drone aircraft against militant targets in Pakistan.

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Recession blues play on (Reuters)

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 02:26:25 -0500

Reuters - World economic misery spread on Thursday with forecasts of a global recession running well into 2009, Japan's exports to Asia falling for the first time in six years and job losses mounting.

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