Who's who on Obama's new team Since winning the US presidential election, Barack Obama has wasted little time assembling a team to help him govern. The BBC News website has put together...
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The murder of British student Meredith Kercher, a case that has generated huge media attention in botht the UK and Italy, has now seen the accused man sentenced to 30 years in prison. Kercher's American roomate will now likely stand trial for the muder as well. It is thought...
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Dilma Rousseff is the favorite Lula da Silva's candidate for his succession. Dilma has little popular support, recent pools has shown Dilma with less than 10% of the voting intentions. Will this "little" help...
Indian stock markets have opened on monday sharply lower following weak global cues. Selling pressure is seen in metal, realty, telecom, power, capital goods, oil & gas and banking stocks. Nifty is trading at lowest level since March 20, 2007."Indian shares fell more than...
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HBOS shares have rallied for the second day running as investors express their confidence in the Loyds TSB merger deal, with the backing of Prime Minister Gordon Brown. After dropping by 20% on Tuesday the share price has gained 21% yesterday and another 10%...
We know employers do it, but now university admissions officers are scanning social networking profiles of potential students. In the US, it is increasingly difficult for high school grads to get into the top...
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How to get a cheque of $450 million, 9/15 when you file for bancruptcy chapter 11 ? Simpson bankers at work 9/15: Stupid german bank pays $450 million to Lehman Bros, money gone Great bank experts at work The german...
Petrobras, the Brazilian National Oil Company made a confirmation that Iara will have 3-4 billion of barrels reservoir. Petrobras holds a 65 percent stake in the larger block, BG Group holds 25 percent and Portugal's...
20-Foot long Leonardo, a four-legged duck-billed platypus was found in Montana in 2000, and a documetary about the Brachylophosaurus is to be shown on FOX on sunday. In the meantime, the NOWPUBLIC...
Several key corpoartions announced today that they would require more detailed disclosure from politically or socially active shareholders. Citing insufficient securities laws, the move was made amidst speculation that conflict of interest could motivate some...
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Much has been written in UK newspapers about the “Aldi effect” - as consumers tighten their belts due to the global credit crunch and tougher domestic conditions in the UK and switch to lower cost retailers...
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"TAMPA, Florida (AP) -- A man already in prison for burglary and stealing a car was charged Tuesday in the rape and slaying of a 6-year-old southwest Florida girl nearly two years ago, police said. ...
This article is about a man that was released from prison after 18 years because he was cleared by DNA evidence. This brings up a topic about the wrongful convinctions of innocent men to prison and even death. It has...
This makes a nice contrast to President Bush's criticism of China's human rights record today. Maybe he should also spend a bit of time cleaning up civil rights abuses in his own country. " Now that was a real nail-biter. The court designed by the White House and its...
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