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Phased evacuations begin ahead of monster Hurricane Ike.
The multi - millionaire tycoon financing Kate and Gerry McCann’s search for their daughter has said he will support them for the rest of his life if necessary.
Czech President Vaclav Klaus, an outspoken EU critic, once warned that his nation would dissolve in the European Union like a sugar cube in a cup of coffee.
Germany's Social Democratic Party has reshuffled its leadership a year ahead of federal elections, according to information emerging from a meeting of top party leaders near Berlin Sunday.
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Conservative party leader David Cameron calls on Labour to support or reject Gordon Brown as leader.
Barack Obama made his first direct criticism of Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, saying she pretends to oppose spending earmarks when she actually has embraced them.
Sarah Palin's first year as mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, could easily have been her last as she became embroiled in personnel challenges, a thwarted attempt to pack the City Council and a stand
From her children's names to her husband's celebrity and role as unofficial adviser, Palin has created a reputation less as a rugged individual than as a maverick with a large family in tow.
It was what aides to Sen. John McCain describe as probably the worst night of his campaign. In June, after Sen. Barack Obama locked up the Democratic nomination before a cheering sea of face
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government announced on Sunday that it was taking control of troubled mortgage finance giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , effectively wiping out shareholder
Asda is chasing after Marks & Spencer customers by abandoning its use of celebrities in its fashion adverts and launching a new range of better - quality, longer - lasting clothes.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Housing Finance Agency Director James Lockhart will hold a news conference at 11 a.m. on Sunday, the Treasury Departm
Treasury will take control of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, replacing their top executives and boards. Ultimate cost of the bailout is unclear, but congressional accountants estimate $25 bil
Buffeted by protests against U.S. beef imports, the South Korea government of President Lee Myung Bak wants to stop what it calls inaccurate information disseminated on the Internet from inc
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A joint research satellite of China, Iran and Thailand was launched on a Chinese rocket on Sunday aimed at boosting cooperation on natural disasters such as earthquakes, an Iranian minister
The Sudanese government on Sunday denied claims by rebels of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) that the army has launched a massive attack in north Darfur, resulting in heavy casualties.
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Israeli President Shimon Peres said Sunday he opposes a military strike on Iran and prefers the use of international economic sanctions to persuade Tehran to halt its nuclear enrichment prog
Witnesses said the bomb exploded in a marketplace in the Wihda district as people ran to the scene of a car accident.
Digging continued on Sunday in search for survivors or bodies after some thirty - one people were killed and 23 injured when a massive rockslide hit a crowded Cairo shanty town on Saturday, se
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Denis MacShane: If trade union leaders indulge in destructive rhetoric, they will only have themselves to blame if Labour loses the next election
The trip was widely seen as a symbolic gesture to normalize relations between the countries, which have recognized each other but have not established diplomatic relations.
The European Commission has launched an investigation into claims made Sunday by a British newspaper that an EU official leaked sensitive trade information to undercover reporters who offere
Pope Benedict XVI, who has said he is living out his own old age serenely, met in Sardinia with some of the Mediterranean island's "super old" faithful Sunday, including a 105 - year - old woman
Spain's Interior Ministry says street clashes broke out in a southern city after a Senegalese immigrant was stabbed to death.
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Zimbabwe's opposition leader says no deal is better than making a bad deal to share power with President Robert Mugabe.
The Iraqi government says it has approved an initial deal with Royal Dutch Shell to invest in a joint venture to tap natural gas in southern Iraq.
Abdel - Halim Abu Ghazala, Egypt's former defense minister and a veteran of Arab - Israeli wars who was once touted as a possible successor to President Hosni Mubarak, has died at age 78.
West Bengal Governor Gopal Krishan Gandhi is meeting Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya and Trinamool Congress president Mamata Banerjee together.
According to latest reports Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee is likely to call off dharna outside Nano factory at Singur.
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Propelled by growing mainstream acceptance and by the maturing of both the audience - the average age of today's gamer is in the early 30s - and that audience's tastes, games are enjoying a
Ear - sized iPod? Cell phone that finds your glasses? Future of gadgets is here.
Best buy: Acer Aspire 5920
Must have: Nokia N85
Pencils? Protractors? So last century. Claudine Beaumont offers a buying guide for tech - savvy parents
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The city is asking public school principals to consider giving math tests to kindergartners, a proposal that comes amid debate over the growing use of standardized tests nationwide.
Mike Baker considers whether the "high stakes" testing regime is still needed.
Proposals to put a cap on numbers of immigrants settling in Britain after
entering the country on work permits were branded "divisive and
wasteful of talent".
A lost computer disc containing personal details about thousands of justice
staff is not thought to have fallen into the wrong hands, a Government
minister said today.
A government minister has apologised unreservedly to a female civil servant
who asked to be moved out of his private office because of his behaviour
towards her, it was revealed today
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The four gold medals won by Great Britain's athletes on the first day in Beijing will create a buzz essential to developing team spirit writes Dame Tanni GreyThompson.
Northampton celebrated a triumphant return to the Premiership on their first game back following promotion last season.
Sir Philip Craven believes that the word 'disabled' could disappear from the sporting lexicon after the 2008 Games.
Lewis Hamilton wins the Belgian Grand Prix as a duel with Kimi Raikkonen on the penultimate lap sees the Ferrari driver spin off.
CINCINNATI AT BALTIMORE
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View the Toni Maticevski spring/summer 2009 collection at New York fashion week.
Hilary Alexander reports from New York Fashion Week.
View the Patricia Field "Destination Style" spring/summer 2009 collection at New York fashion week.
Phong Luu picks the best of Mulberry's autumn accessories...
Phong Luu takes a trip to Mulberry’s factory in Somerset ...
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THEATER The play "Bir Adam Yaratmak" (To Create a Man), written in 1938 by famous Turkish author and playwright Necip Fazıl Kısakürek, will be staged every Sunday during Ramad
A good job, a decent flat in Los Angeles, a quiet life - - Nick Horrigan has finally put his traumatic past behind him.
A new album released on Monday has turned the spotlight on young Turkish rock singer Umut Zen after he included two Islamic hymns transformed into rock tunes on the album. Triggering debate
Renowned former Guardian journalist Jonathan Cook, now for six years a freelance reporter in Israel, offers a unique perspective on how the media misrepresent and legitimize Israel's act
The Taj Mahal is the queen of architecture. Other buildings may be as famous, but no other has been so consistently admired for its beauty.
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"Photography on Photography," at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York until Oct. 19, presents a variety of works (by artists male and female, young and old, American and European, famo
Though just a short ferry hop from Vancouver, the 50 - mile stretch of craggy forest and marine parks that make up this coast feels far away from the city's action.
"Picture - postcard beautiful" is one of those clichéd descriptions that is frequently abused to describe situations where the postcard would have to have been at least 50 years old
After almost a year at sea the Grieves complete their epic sailing adventure.
Sarah Shuckburgh retraces her steps after 18 years and discovers the Dales little changed.
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A visual representation of possible weather - related delays at 24 major airports across the United States including Chicago's O'Hare, Boston's Logan, Atlanta's Hartsfield - Jackson, Dallas/Fort
Alabama - Alaska - Arkansas - California - Connecticut - Delaware - Florida - Hawaii - Illinois - Iowa - Kansas - Kentucky - Louisiana - Maine - Massachusetts - Michigan - Mississippi - Missouri - Nebraska - New Jersey - New York -
Midwest - A storm system will ride northeastward from the Plains to the Great Lakes over the next couple of days.
Rain and ... South - Weather conditions across the South will deteriora
Hanna Leaving; Ike Coming. For more details...
Watch what the experts at The Weather Channel ® have to say about the weather trends in the United States for the next 3 - days.
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Can capitalism save the world's largest rainforest?
Jyoti is the Hindi word for light. It's something Pranav Mehta has never had to live without. And he is lucky. Near where he lives in Gujarat - - one of the most prosperous states in India - -
Diabetes patients have been offered hope of a treatment that could free them from injections after scientists converted cells from the pancreas into insulin - producing cells. By Roger Highfie
Microsoft founder Bill Gates has said he would help Indonesian students obtain free software and inexpensive personal computers to gain greater access to the Internet.
The world's oldest living gorilla in captivity Jenny celebrated her 55th birthday Thursday in the Dallas Zoo with a four - layer frozen fruitcake.
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Researchers have discovered that the main active ingredient in marijuana shows promise as an antibacterial agent.
Healthy eating in a bad economy need not be pricey, says one nutritionist.
Doing your body a world of good is as easy as expanding your grocery list.
Agricultural experts have dismissed as preposterous a Beijing fruit grower's claim that his milk - treated watermelons are extraordinarily sweet.
Beijing passengers will have to face security checks by machines, dogs or police officers at all subway stations as from the end of June.
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The characters in Anne Enright's collection of stories are always trying ways of inventing a new self; while Kathleen Kent imagines, through the eyes of a teenager, the struggles of a Massac
"The Corpse Walkers," is an industrious, well - crafted recording of oral histories, almost all from the southwestern province of Sichuan.
One of the most powerful holy places in India, Tarapith in West Bengal is home to a Tantric divinity whose worship promises protection and power. William Dalrymple witnesses a dark and blood
Today, learning, shopping and social networking can all be done online. This is a revolution not only of technology, but also one of sensibility, writes Peter Aspden
Spectacular and authentic Sichuan and Thai food can be found a train ride away in Manhattan's outer boroughs
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Good point, bad examples
The Republican convention sat on a knife - edge. Then Palin walked onstage and the reformers surged ahead.
The John McCain who understood that the country should expand carbon - free energy sources has receded in time for the campaign.
While the news media were preoccupied with the wind storms in Denver, Minneapolis and New Orleans, here are some stories you may have missed.
Three words dominated the political guns of August: nuance, catharsis and empathy.
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Heard the one about how many economists it takes to change a lightbulb? The belief that the market would take care of it has been shaken, says Point of View's Katharine Whitehorn.
How will Britain get its wind energy on days when it is still?
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The hit cable television series "Mad Men" that's all the rage is part - satire, part - soap opera, and part - head trip, says David Edelstein.
What makes a star? A new book talks to moms who shaped some stars.
It's all about the right cover at the magazine that changed the celebrity beat.
Celebrations as Big Brother 9 ends after 93 days
The singer wraps up the second night of the event despite arriving onstage 40 minutes late.
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