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Spacecraft flies by remote asteroid, camera stops
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Official Egypt rock slide toll rises to 31
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Philly school rekindles same-sex education debate
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Muslim separatist strike shuts down Indian Kashmir
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Troops, protesters clash in Indian Kashmir 1 dead
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Catholics assert themselves in Hanoi land dispute
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Myanmar says no sign of Suu Kyi hunger strike
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Landslides leave 27 dead or missing in Philippines
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Returning lawmakers make Capitol a campaign stage
Southern Ledger - September 7, 2008
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Big scoop begins in wake of huge winter storm
Frigid temperatures, blasting wind and more snow than some places normally see in a year left parts of the Midwest and South paralyzed today, and transformed a section of highway in southern Indiana into a parking lot...
CNN - December 23, 2004
French hostages: New storm rages
French secret service agents were debriefing two French journalists Thursday after their release from a four-month hostage ordeal in Iraq, as a political storm raged over a botched freelance attempt to free them...
CNN - December 23, 2004
The big scoop begins
Road graders and salt trucks crisscrossed the country's midsection early Thursday, clearing streets and interstates so icy and snow-packed that some holiday travelers became prisoners in their own automobiles...
CNN - December 23, 2004
Race stays tight
Unofficial results from the recount of the Washington state governor poll have given Democrat Christine Gregoire the edge for the first time and a potential majority of 10 votes...
CNN - December 23, 2004
Administration Overhauls Rules for U.S. Forests
The overhaul of the guidelines will make it easier for forest managers to decide whether to allow logging, drilling or off-road vehicles...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
Vote Recount for Washington Governor Tips to Democrat
Officials said that the Democratic candidate, Christine O. Gregoire, was now leading her Republican opponent by 10 votes...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
Putin Defends Yukos Deal as 'Perfectly Normal'
The Russian leader strongly defended the purchase by a state-controlled company of the winner of Sunday's auction for the largest subsidiary of the oil giant Yukos...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
China Emerging as U.S. Rival for Canada's Oil
Chinese energy companies are on the verge of striking deals in Canada in efforts to win access to some of the most prized oil reserves in North America...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
Fannie Mae, After the Battle of Capitol Hill
Fannie Mae's struggle to weather the storm amid the wreckage of Franklin Raines's tenure will be played out in Congress as well as in corporate boardrooms...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
Europe Rejects Microsoft's Bid to Preserve Bundling Plan
A court's order is the first time since antitrust challenges to Microsoft began that the company will be forced to alter its strategy of bundling software...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
S.E.C. Looks at Marsh & McLennan Partnerships
The Securities and Exchange Commission has begun an investigation into investments by Marsh & McLennan's executives in partnerships set up by the company...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
Japan's Export Growth Rises 13.4%
Japanese export growth accelerated to 13.4 percent in November, led by autos and steel, easing concern that overseas demand for goods is faltering...
New York Times - December 23, 2004
eBay chief bailed in India
The chief of an Indian auction website in jail in connection with the sale of a school sex video clip is granted bail...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Bus crash in Peru jungle kills 49
A Peruvian bus plunges into a jungle river, killing 49 people and injuring 15 others, police say...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Disney settles disclosure charges
Walt Disney settles US federal charges that it failed to disclose how family members of directors were employed by the company...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Martha Stewart lambasts jail food
Martha Stewart, the US lifestyle guru jailed for lying about a share sale, say she does not like prison food...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Boeing secures giant Japan order
Boeing is to supply Japan Airlines with up to 50 of its forthcoming 7E7 aircraft in a deal that could be worth up to $6bn...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Fortress America's dilemma
Matt Frei investigates the illegal immigration dilemma facing the United States on its border with Mexico...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Christian ideal, Republican policy
Humphrey Hawksley travels to Lancaster, Ohio to find out how far Bush's Christian supporters will back his policies...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Bush stays firm on environment
US President George Bush was criticised by green groups over his environmental policy during his first term, and little is likely to change in the next four years...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Torture survivor in Chile speaks
A woman who survived torture in Gen Pinochet's Chile talks to the BBC News website about the past - and the future...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Menem arrives on Argentine soil
Argentina's former President Carlos Menem returns home for the first time in almost a year from self-imposed exile...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
US embassy bomb suspect freed
A Tanzanian court acquits a man after a lengthy trial over the US embassy bombing in Dar es Salaam...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
US firm ends $325m Iraq contract
US firm Contrack pulls out of a $325m contract to rebuild Iraq's transport system after attacks on construction efforts...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Actor 'did not help dying wife'
US actor Robert Blake, star of 1970s TV drama Baretta, made no attempt to help his dying wife, a court hears...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
UK-Jamaica ops tackle drugs
An operation between Britain and Jamaica helps cut the amount of cocaine smuggled into the Caribbean from Colombia by 80%, the Foreign Office says...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Cricket: Windies tour 'to proceed'
A contract row between West Indies players and officials, which threatened their tour of Australia, nears resolution...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
NHL faces crunch meeting
NHL club owners could decide to wipe out the entire 2004-2005 season on 14 January...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Annan rejects resignation calls
UN Secretary Kofi Annan says he has no intention of resigning following the oil-for-food scandal...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Fannie Mae bosses resign
The chief executive and chief financial officer of America's largest mortgage company resign after accounting irregularities are uncovered...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
US pledges new jail abuse inquiry
The US says fresh allegations of abuse of prisoners in Iraq and Guantanamo will be fully investigated...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Protest targets US Cuba mission
Cuban students protest in front of the US mission in Havana amid a row over a Christmas display...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
US settles Nazi loot compensation
The US government settles a lawsuit with Hungarian Jews over valuables stolen by the Nazis and kept by the US Army in 1945...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Pinochet appeal decision delayed
Chile's highest court has postponed a ruling on whether Gen Pinochet's health allows him to stand trial...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
Gunmen injure Colombian coach
Colombian football coach Luis Fernando Montoya is in hospital after being shot by robbers...
BBC News - December 23, 2004
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