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Cameron Flies to France After His Father Suffers Stroke While on Vacation - Bloomberg
2010-09-08 12:48:07.0 - Google News
UK Prime Minister David Cameron went to France to see his father, who's seriously ill, and missed his weekly question-and-answer session in Parliament. Cameron's father, Ian, suffered a stroke and heart - -
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Iranian woman's stoning sentence suspended - CBC.ca
2010-09-08 12:46:33.0 - Google News
Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani's son has told an Italian news agency he was appealing to Pope Benedict XVI and to Italy to try to stop his mother's execution. (Amnesty International/Associated Press) The stoning death sentence passed against an Iranian - -
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Clinton Calls Diplomatic Strategy 'Best Hope in a Dangerous World' - FOXNews
2010-09-08 12:42:23.0 - Google News
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a speech before the Council on Foreign Relations Wednesday, will take credit for improved relations abroad, saying the administration's diplomatic strategy "offers our best hope in a dangerous world. - -
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DeMint endorses Miller in Alaska Senate race - Anchorage Daily News
2010-09-08 12:31:50.0 - Google News
AP sources: Fire may have erupted on UPS plane AP JUNEAU, Alaska - South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint is endorsing Alaska Senate hopeful Joe Miller and pledging to raise money for the fellow Republican. DeMint says Miller pulled "the upset victory of the - -
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Clinton: It's time to seize an `American Moment' - The Associated Press
2010-09-08 12:28:27.0 - Google News
WASHINGTON — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton is asserting that the Obama administration's approach to foreign policy is beginning to pay dividends. In remarks prepared for the Council on Foreign Relations, Clinton said Wednesday that after - -
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Republican leader urges 2-year US tax rate freeze - Reuters
2010-09-08 12:27:33.0 - Google News
WASHINGTON, Sept 8 (Reuters) - US House of Representatives Republican leader John Boehner called on Wednesday for a two-year freeze on all current US tax rates, including Bush-era tax cuts for the rich set to expire at the end of this year. - -
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MPs to debate phone-hacking row - The Press Association
2010-09-08 12:27:02.0 - Google News
An emergency Commons debate has been called to examine newspaper phone-hacking amid fresh pressure on Downing Street communications chief Andy Coulson. Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg warned Labour not to "second guess" police inquiries into fresh - -
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Nigeria Says 732 Inmates Freed in Attack on Prison - Voice of America
2010-09-08 12:22:30.0 - Google News
Nigerian officials said Wednesday at least 732 inmates - including members of a suspected radical Islamic sect - escaped a northern prison during an attack by gunmen. The state police commissioner says four people were killed when gunmen opened fire on - -
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One system brews in Atlantic, no Mexico Gulf threat - Reuters
2010-09-08 12:22:11.0 - Google News
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The US National Hurricane Center was monitoring one tropical system in the Atlantic basin on Wednesday which did not show any early signs of entering the energy-rich Gulf of Mexico and disrupting offshore production. - -
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Special Report: The Tea Party goes to school - Reuters
2010-09-08 12:15:18.0 - Google News
HANNIBAL, Missouri (Reuters) - Some Tea Partiers admit mistakes were made. Others are quick to describe the movement's recent efforts in the political arena as not quite ready for prime time. But the conservative upstart is determined to - -
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Hermine's Remnants Head North After Storm Weakens - WCVB-TV
2010-09-08 12:10:26.0 - Google News
RAYMONDVILLE, Texas -- It's power spent, what was left of Tropical Storm Hermine was making its way north Wednesday, having drenched parts of northeastern Mexico and south Texas before weakening. Remnants of the storm that was downgraded to a tropical - -
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Don't burn Qurans, U.S. embassy in Pakistan urges church - CNN
2010-09-08 12:06:27.0 - Google News
By the CNN Wire Staff Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The US Embassy in Pakistan condemned a Florida church's plan to burn the Quran, the Muslim holy book, as "disrespectful, intolerant and divisive," in a statement on Wednesday. "We are deeply concerned - -
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Wind-whipped fires destroy dozens of Detroit homes - Detroit Free Press
2010-09-08 11:56:04.0 - Google News
Detroit firefighters had to battle strong winds, hot and dry conditions, downed power lines and a lack of equipment and manpower at the same time they fought about 85 fires that erupted in four hours Tuesday afternoon. No fatalities or serious injuries - -
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CFTD Union Calls For More French Protests Vs Pension Reform - Wall Street Journal
2010-09-08 11:56:04.0 - Google News
PARIS (Dow Jones)--France's CFTD center-left trade union Wednesday called for fresh nationwide protests against president Nicolas Sarkozy's reform of the state pension system. It called Tuesday's demonstrations which saw between 1 million and 2.5 - -
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Los Angeles protestors riot at LAPD station after police shooting death of ... - New York Daily News
2010-09-08 11:55:58.0 - Google News
A fireman prepares to put out a bin fire lit by rioting supporters on Tuesday. Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets for the second night in a row in downtown Los Angeles Tuesday night to protest the police shooting of a - -
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PNA denies arresting Hamas operatives behind West Bank attacks - Xinhua
2010-09-08 11:51:07.0 - Google News
RAMALLAH, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) on Monday denied reports saying the Hamas militants have been arrested in connection with recent attacks against Israelis in the West Bank, the Palestinian forces spokesman said. - -
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Christie Seeks to Move Past $400 Million Education Funding `Speed Bump' - Bloomberg
2010-09-08 11:49:14.0 - Google News
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is pushing lawmakers to adopt his plan to overhaul state government, while Democrats who control the Legislature say they're not in any rush after - -
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Tony Blair's A Journey breaks sales records - The Guardian
2010-09-08 11:45:59.0 - Google News
Despite predictions that Peter Mandelson beating him into print would damage sales of Tony Blair's autobiography, the former prime minister's book has trounced his erstwhile spin doctor's to become one of the fastest-selling memoirs ever – presumably - -
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GOP proposes renewing tax cuts, freezing spending - The Associated Press
2010-09-08 11:41:47.0 - Google News
WASHINGTON — House Republican Leader John Boehner onWednesday proposed a two-year freeze on all tax rates and a cut in government spending to the levels of 2008, before a deep recession took hold of the economy. In a broadcast interview, - -
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Chicago's mayor retiring after 21 years - ABC7Chicago.com
2010-09-08 11:37:07.0 - Google News
September 8, 2010 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- After more than two decades at the helm, Mayor Richard M. Daley is shaking up Chicago politics, saying he will not seek another term. In an announcement that was a surprise to many Tuesday, the mayor said, - -
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UK's Cameron flies to France to tend to sick dad - The Associated Press
2010-09-08 11:34:22.0 - Google News
LONDON — British Prime Minister David Cameron unexpectedly flew to France Wednesday after his father suffered a stroke while on vacation, the leader's office said. Cameron, who returned to work Tuesday following the birth of a daughter, will miss his - -
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LAPD Brass Plead for Calm; Protesters Egg Station - ABC News
2010-09-08 11:21:15.0 - Google News
AP By RAQUEL MARIA DILLON AP Writer Police Chief Charlie Beck pleaded for calm and vowed his department would conduct an exhaustive investigation into a bicycle officer's fatal shooting of a drunken day laborer with a knife. But his words did little to - -
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Maritime Collision Fuels China-Japan Row - Wall Street Journal
2010-09-08 11:20:22.0 - Google News
By YOREE KOH TOKYO—A collision between a Chinese fishing vessel and the Japanese coast guard near a chain of disputed islands sparked a diplomatic spat between the two countries, marking the latest in a series of maritime tiffs stoking territorial - -
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Sarkozy faces down French unions on pension age rise - Reuters
2010-09-08 11:17:04.0 - Google News
PARIS, Sept 8 (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy faced down French trade unions on Wednesday, refusing to back down on plans to raise the retirement age despite Tuesday's nationwide protests against pension reform. - -
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Sarkozy faces down French unions on pension age rise - Reuters
2010-09-08 11:15:05.0 - Google News
Signs are held aloft by protestors during a demonstration over pension reforms in Paris September 7, 2010. Sign at center reads ''Retirement at 60 is not a privilege''. By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - President Nicolas Sarkozy faced down French trade - -
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Imam: NYC Islamic center to include other faiths - NorthJersey.com
2010-09-08 11:14:13.0 - Google News
AP NEW YORK — A proposed Islamic community center near ground zero will include separate prayer spaces for Muslims, Christians, Jews and people of other faiths, the imam behind plans for the facility wrote in an op-ed piece. - -
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Clinton condemns Quran-burning plan - CNN
2010-09-08 11:06:12.0 - Google News
By the CNN Wire Staff Hillary Clinton attends an iftar meal, breaking the dawn-to-dusk fast of Ramadan, at the State Department. Feeling passionate about this story? Put your thoughts on video and share them with CNN iReport. -
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Profile: Dove World Outreach Center - BBC News
2010-09-08 11:05:30.0 - Google News
The plan by the Dove World Outreach Center, a small evangelical church in the US state of Florida, to burn Korans on 11 September has drawn worldwide condemnation. Its pastor, the Reverend Terry Jones, says that as an American Christian he has a right - -
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New York Imam Says Islamic Center Will Proceed - Voice of America
2010-09-08 10:46:01.0 - Google News
Photo: AP The US imam leading plans for an Islamic center near the site of the September 11 terrorist attacks in New York says the project will continue. In an opinion piece published in Wednesday's New York Times newspaper, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said - -
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Alaska Libertarians won't push Murkowski candidacy - MiamiHerald.com
2010-09-08 10:44:22.0 - Google News
Sen. Lisa Murkowski met with Libertarian candidate for US Senate David Haase on Tuesday to talk about taking his place and running on the Libertarian ticket. But Alaska Libertarian Party Chairman Scott Kolhaas said after the meeting - -
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