Ex-UN nuclear chief critiques Egypt's democracy
AP - Sun Dec 6, 1:57 pm ETThe former chief of the U.N.'s nuclear agency critiqued Egypt's lack of democracy after reform-minded Egyptian youths urged him to come home and run for president.
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The former chief of the U.N.'s nuclear agency critiqued Egypt's lack of democracy after reform-minded Egyptian youths urged him to come home and run for president.
Dec. 7 (Bloomberg) -- Dubai World, the state-owned holding company that’s in talks to renegotiate $26 billion of debt, may sell assets in the United Arab Emirates and abroad to repay its borrowings, a government official said.
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On Friday, November 20, the USDA released the November Cattle on Feed report. The report is actually a little friendly with placements nearly 2% below average trade guess and on feed supplies slightly below the trade guess.
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Last week saw several television midseason finales (or winter finales, or we're-going-into-reruns-and-we-want-to-call-it-something-fancy finales). However, it's not the end of original programming this year, folks. This week there are a couple of premieres ( Better Off Ted , Outer Space Astronauts ), original episodes of some favorites ( Fringe , Sanctuary , Dollhouse ) and lots and lots and ...
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