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Taliban Vows to Disrupt Afghan Elections - Voice of America
2010-09-05 17:27:26.0 - Google News
Photo: AP A Taliban spokesman, Zabihullah Mujahid, told reporters that the balloting is just for the benefit of the foreigners who he says are occupying the country. And he urged the Afghan people to boycott the election. Some 2500 candidates are - -
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Obama Plans Economic Message, But Window for Success is Closing - FOXNews
2010-09-05 17:22:37.0 - Google News
President Obama's proposal to offer targeted tax credits and a payroll tax holiday are part of a "deathbed conversion" realized only after it has become clear that Democrats could lose the House this fall, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said Sunday. - -
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Republicans and Democrats Spar Over Small-Business Proposal - Wall Street Journal
2010-09-05 17:21:02.0 - Google News
WASHINGTON—Republicans and Democrats on Sunday sparred over the potential impact of an Obama administration proposal to provide tax cuts to small businesses, with critics saying it wouldn't be sufficient to turn around - -
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Guatemala Mudslides Kill At Least 38; 2 Buses Hit - NPR
2010-09-05 17:16:59.0 - Google News
by AP Enlarge AP A boot of a victim is seen after a bus crash caused by a landslide due to heavy rains on the Pan-American highway at Tecpan, Guatemala, Saturday Sept. 4, 2010. At least 12 passengers were killed and around 25 injured, rescue workers - -
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Vatican: stoning in Iran adultery case 'brutal' - The Associated Press
2010-09-05 17:13:14.0 - Google News
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican raised the possibility Sunday of using behind-the-scenes diplomacy to try to save the life of an Iranian widow sentenced to be stoned for adultery. In its first public statement on the case, which has attracted worldwide - -
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Wake up New Zealand - Stuff.co.nz
2010-09-05 17:03:44.0 - Google News
TOILET STOP: Shops on Colombo St between Kilmore St and Peterborough St were damaged in the earthquake. FALLING DOWN: Deans Homestead at Homebush lies in ruins after Saturday's earthquake. - -
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Conn. man accused in fatal crash held in Mass. - Boston Herald
2010-09-05 17:03:08.0 - Google News
By AP HARTFORD, Conn. - An Enfield man accused of causing a fatal crash on Interstate 91 is in police custody in Massachusetts, charged with a previous offense. Michael Pajak is being treated at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield. - -
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Landslides bury dozens in Guatemala - AFP
2010-09-05 17:00:42.0 - Google News
GUATEMALA CITY — A state of emergency has been declared in Guatemala where weekend landslides have killed at least 27 people and officials fear dozens more could be entombed in mud. Rescuers on Sunday dug nine bodies out of a 300-meter (1000-foot) deep - -
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Landslides bury dozens in Guatemala - Sydney Morning Herald
2010-09-05 16:59:42.0 - Google News
A state of emergency has been declared in Guatemala where weekend landslides have killed at least 27 people and officials fear dozens more could be entombed in mud. Rescuers on Sunday dug nine bodies out of a 300-meter (1000-foot) deep ravine off the - -
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The Business of Being Glenn Beck - Neon Tommy
2010-09-05 16:57:26.0 - Google News
Glenn Beck's burgeoning media empire continues to grow. Last Saturday, he held a massive, well-attended rally in Washington, DC The event essentially promoted (among other things) the Tea Party movement, Beck's 9/12 project, religion, faith, - -
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Mideast Leaders Are Hopeful After First Round of Talks - New York Times
2010-09-05 16:54:50.0 - Google News
JERUSALEM — Palestinian and Israeli leaders expressed satisfaction and hope on Sunday in their first public utterances following the opening round of Middle East peace talks in Washington last week. “The structure that has been agreed - -
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Taliban threaten to attack Afghan polling stations - The Associated Press
2010-09-05 16:53:17.0 - Google News
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban vowed Sunday to attack polling places in Sept. 18 parliamentary elections, warning Afghans not to participate in what it called a sham vote. Meanwhile, two coalition troops, one British and one from the Republic of - -
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New Zealand quake opens new fault line, earth rises 3.5 metres - Toronto Star
2010-09-05 16:49:37.0 - Google News
A man walks over a damaged road near Christchurch, New Zealand after aa powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines. Rob Griffith Associated Press CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND—The powerful earthquake that - -
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New Zealand quake opened new fault line, earth rises 3.5 metres - Toronto Star
2010-09-05 16:33:33.0 - Google News
CHRISTCHURCH, NEW ZEALAND—The powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines around the New Zealand city of Christchurch also ripped a new 3.5 metre-wide fault line in the earth's surface, - -
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Official: Obama backing research tax credits - The Associated Press
2010-09-05 16:33:06.0 - Google News
WASHINGTON — Seeking ways to spur economic growth ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to increase and permanently extend research and development tax credits for businesses, a White House official said Sunday. -
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Obama to lay out new economic plan - CNN
2010-09-05 16:31:46.0 - Google News
President Obama will lay out his economic proposal during an economic speech Wednesday in hard-hit Cleveland, Ohio. (CNN) -- With less than two months to go until a critical midterm election likely to - -
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Quake day three: Live updates - TVNZ
2010-09-05 16:29:48.0 - Google News
Few reports of damage from stormy weather as quake-damaged Canterbury heads into the working week. Tvnz.co.nz continues its live updates. 3.45am: The working week will be severely disrupted for Canterbury residents as workplaces and schools grapple - -
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Christchuch earthquake causes new 3.5m fault line - Herald Sun
2010-09-05 16:25:03.0 - Google News
THE powerful earthquake that smashed buildings, cracked roads and twisted rail lines in Christchurch also ripped a new 3.5m-wide fault line in the Earth's surface. At least 500 buildings were destroyed in the - -
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Eta 'declares ceasefire': Spaniards react - BBC News
2010-09-05 16:24:45.0 - Google News
Basque separatist group Eta says it it will no longer "carry out armed actions" in its campaign for independence, in a video obtained exclusively by the BBC. Here people across Spain share their views on Eta's statement. News began to filter through on - -
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Palestinian and Israeli Leaders Are Hopeful After New Talks - New York Times
2010-09-05 16:21:40.0 - Google News
JERUSALEM — Palestinian and Israeli leaders expressed satisfaction and hope on Sunday in their first public utterances following the opening round of Middle East peace talks in Washington last week. “The structure that has been agreed - -
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Slater Makes Second JetBlue Exit - ABC News
2010-09-05 16:19:16.0 - Google News
Steven Slater has made his second exit from JetBlue this summer -- the airline has confirmed that the most famous flight attendant in America has been shown the exit permanently. Jenny Dervin, a spokeswoman for JetBlue, confirmed with - -
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Guatemala mudslides kill 28 people - The Guardian
2010-09-05 16:13:42.0 - Google News
Torrential rains caused mudslides killing at least 28 people in Guatemala – most of them in separate incidents along the same highway. The first mudslide yesterday partially buried a bus under mud on the main road heading northwest of the capital, - -
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Blair defends Iraq decision - CNN International
2010-09-05 16:13:41.0 - Google News
By the CNN Wire Staff Tony Blair told ABC that at first he failed to grasp the reach of fundamentalist Islam. (CNN) -- As the United States ended its combat mission in Iraq, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, America's biggest ally at the outset - -
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Congo boat catches fire, capsizes; 200 feared dead - The Associated Press
2010-09-05 16:13:10.0 - Google News
KINSHASA, Congo — As many as 200 people are feared dead after a heavily loaded boat caught fire and capsized in southern Congo, a survivor said Sunday. If confirmed, the incident would be the deadliest boat capsize reported in the Central African
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Official: Obama backing research tax credits - The Associated Press
2010-09-05 16:03:32.0 - Google News
WASHINGTON — Seeking ways to spur economic growth ahead of the November elections, President Barack Obama will ask Congress to increase and permanently extend research and development tax credits for businesses, a White House official said Sunday. - -
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Vatican: Pope monitoring Iran woman sentenced to stoning - CNN
2010-09-05 15:57:47.0 - Google News
By the CNN Wire Staff Sakineh Mohammadi Ashtiani was sentenced to death by stoning after she was convicted of adultery. Rome, Italy (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI is monitoring the case of an Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning and has not ruled - -
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Spain's Eta 'ceasefire' reaction from Basque journalist - BBC News
2010-09-05 15:46:36.0 - Google News
Armed Basque separatist group Eta says it will not "carry out armed actions" in its campaign for independence. In a video obtained exclusively by the BBC, the group said it took the decision several months ago "to put in motion a democratic process". - -
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Loss of Faith in Afghan Leaders May Hurt Push Against Taliban - New York Times
2010-09-05 15:46:35.0 - Google News
Emilio Morenatti/AP THE government of President Hamid Karzai may be awash in corruption, venality and graft, but if you walk the tattered halls of the ministries here, it is remarkably easy to find an honest man. - -
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JetBlue: Flight attendant's big exit was for good - Bakersfield Now
2010-09-05 15:43:06.0 - Google News
By AP JetBlue Airways says that there will be no second exits for famed flight attendant Steven Slater - who captured the nation's imagination with his profanity-laced loudspeaker tirade and jump down a plane's emergency chute, beer in hand. - -
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JetBlue: Flight attendant's big exit was for good - KEPR 19
2010-09-05 15:36:20.0 - Google News
By AP JetBlue Airways says that there will be no second exits for famed flight attendant Steven Slater - who captured the nation's imagination with his profanity-laced loudspeaker tirade and jump down a plane's emergency chute, beer in hand. - -
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