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Queen visit starts Tuesday
The Queen makes two formal state visits a year and the trip to Turkey is a rare one given Turkey is not a member of the Commonwealth countries, says British envoy FULYA OZERKAN Queen Elizabeth II and Prince ...
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Williams defends statement that N.L. breast-cancer inquiry a 'prosecution'
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Premier Danny Williams, accused of undermining a judicial inquiry into botched breast-cancer tests, was unrepentant Friday about making controversial comments this week on the tone of the ...
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Sale Rack: Holiday sales to start earlier
If you're the kind of person who likes to be a step ahead, check out Memorial Day sales - this weekend.
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Interview with La Sen. Candidate John Kennedy
Posted by: Matt Lewis at 7:23 PM Earlier today, I had the chance to interview Louisiana state treasurer -- and current U.S. Senate candidate -- John Kennedy .
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Rosen's global warming editorial was contemptible
Mr. Rosen's recent column on "Global Warming Hysteria" was contemptible. At best he was severely negligent regarding fact checking, and more likely he was an intentional purveyor of misinformation.
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'Turkish army the least reformed in NATO'
Despite Turkey having the largest army within the NATO alliance, it is also the least reformed and the least deployable one, said former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Political Affairs Nicholas Burns in ...
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Hezbollah takes control of Beirut * Egypt, Saudi Arabia call for Arab meeting on Lebanon * Israeli president urges Lebanese to avert civil war BEIRUT/CAIRO/ROME/ JERUSALEM: Lebanon's Iranian-backed Hezbollah ...
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Crude oil rises to record $125
Oil rose to a record above $125, set for the biggest weekly gain since March last year, as concern violence in Nigeria will cut supply spurred speculative buying.
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U.S. & World News Science has provided the souped-up seeds to feed the world, through biotechnology and old-fashioned crossbreeding.
Cher fits Vegas like a rhinestone-studded glove
Like the temples of the ancient Roman world that it simulates, the Colosseum at Caesars Palace is an environment suited to extravagant immortals.
Virtualization
Interop: Hyper-V on fast track for earlier release, Microsoft says The company had tagged August as the likely shipping time frame, but it is now saying that June or July is likely.
Digital living
Studios win $142m in TorrentSpy suit Reuters A US judge has ordered defunct file-sharing service TorrentSpy to pay Hollywood studios $US110 million .
John Gastaldo / Union-Tribune Dixon's big bass goes belly up
Dixon's Lake's legendary big bass is dead. The fish with a worldwide reputation as one of the heaviest ever hooked was found floating Friday morning on Escondido's Dixon Lake by an angler who turned it over to ...
Mbeki meets Mugabe over poll impasse
SOUTH African leader Thabo Mbeki and President Robert Mugabe have held talks on Zimbabwe's election crisis ahead of a possible run-off that has raised fears violence could escalate.
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