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U.S. pact can pass Iraqi parliament: minister      (Reuters)
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by team on 19 November, 2008 11:25:05
 
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

Global stocks at 5-1/2 year lows      (Reuters)
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by team on 19 November, 2008 11:47:59
 
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

Woman posed as teen online in suicide case: attorney      (Reuters)
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by team on 20 November, 2008 12:03:55
 
Reuters - A Missouri woman established a fake identity online to torment a
vulnerable teenage girl who later committed suicide, federal prosecutors said
on Wednesday

Governments scramble to protect jobs as losses mount      (AFP)
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by team on 20 November, 2008 12:39:04
 
AFP - Governments scrambled to cushion the impact of the finance crisis Thursday
with France launching a sovereign wealth fund and China unveiling a jobs

Lawyer: Michael Jackson to testify in London      (AP)
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by team on 20 November, 2008 01:01:57
 
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.

Recession fears send world markets down      (AP)
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by team on 20 November, 2008 01:32:59
 
AP - European and Asian stock markets tumbled Thursday after recession fears
sent Wall Street plunging the day before.

Detroit automakers' rescue stalls in Senate      (AP)
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by team on 20 November, 2008 01:56:52
 
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

Astronauts vow remaining tool bag won't drift away      (AP)
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by team on 20 November, 2008 01:58:38
 
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

Pakistan protests over U.S. missile strikes      (Reuters)
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by team on 20 November, 2008 02:03:52
 
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.

Recession blues play on      (Reuters)
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by team on 20 November, 2008 02:26:25
 
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