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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 7:32 am ET
Kiev - European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso said on Friday that Ukraine's efforts to modify its laws in accordance with those of the European Union were still far from a success, according to a Unian news report. There is still a great ...
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U.S. Department of State - Mon Dec 7, 3:27 pm ET
Remarks at Unveiling of the Colin Powell Portrait Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Former Secretary of State Colin Powell Benjamin Franklin Room Washington, DC December 7, 2009 SECRETARY CLINTON: Welcome to the Benjamin Franklin Room here at the State Department for such a happy occasion, totally in keeping with the spirit of the times where we are about to have the unveiling of the ...
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Reuters via Yahoo! News - Wed Dec 2, 6:35 pm ET
Vladimir Putin, Russia's prime minister and most powerful politician, will field dozens of questions on Thursday from the Russian people at an annual phone-in likely to be dominated by the country's sickly economy.
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WebProNews - Sun Dec 6, 1:17 pm ET
About three months ago, Google Russia lost its CTO to Mail.ru as she became the company's deputy CTO. Now, it looks like a reunion of sorts may take place, as reports indicate that Google Russia and Mail.ru have reached a search deal. Yandex, the dominant search engine in Russia, has been Mail.ru's default search provider since January of 2006. However, that deal will soon expire, and ...
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New York Post - Mon Dec 7, 6:58 pm ET
THERE is no naughty or nice in our book. Just savers and suckers. This holiday season, tell your family presents are off and take them out of Dodge for a truly affordable getaway. Here are 10 ideas to get you going. 1) CRUISE THE CARIBBEAN $1299pp f...
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UPI - Sun Dec 6, 11:13 pm ET
Alabama, Texas to vie for national title ... Spain finishes 5-0 Davis Cup victory ... Knee injury ends Greg Oden's season ... Allenby is playoff winner in South Africa ... Sports news from United Press International.
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Unicef - Mon Dec 7, 6:31 pm ET
CHISINAU, Moldova , 7 December 2009 – Tudor Culeanu, 15, looked on with pride while his short film, 'The Moscow Train', was presented to delegates attending a high-level Conference on Child Care System Reform in the Moldovan capital.
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Velo News - Mon Dec 7, 12:02 am ET
Katerina Nash (Luna) overcame a rolled tire and Jeremy Powers (Cannondale-Cyclocrossworld.com) used a trick he learned from Todd Wells (Specialized) to win the final round of the 2009 U.S. Gran Prix of Cyclocross. Ryan Trebon (Kona-FSA) finished fifth in the Stanley Portland Cup in Oregon to take his fourth USGP series win since 2004. Nash closed out her series with a comfortable lead over a ...
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EARTHtimes.org - Thu Dec 3, 12:17 pm ET
Brussels - Georgia should improve its ties with its neighbours to boost its own security, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen told Georgia's foreign minister on Thursday. Georgia fought a brief but bitter war with its neighbour Russia in Aug...
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Jacksonville Daily Record - Mon Dec 7, 12:15 pm ET
Have you ever wondered what life was like in Jacksonville half a century ago? It may have been a different era of history, culture and politics but there are often parallels between the kind of stories that made headlines then and today.
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Fernandina Beach News-Leader - Mon Dec 7, 10:51 am ET
lobbies for senior citizen benefits at the national, statewide and local level and is a social group with service to others in mind. It meets 9:30 a.m. to noon the second Monday at the Nassau County Council on Aging, 1367 South 18th St, just south of the hospital parking lot.
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 5:46 am ET
Brussels - NATO and its allies have pledged to send at least 37,000 extra combat troops to Afghanistan next year, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said after talks in Brussels on Friday. Western commanders have called for up to 40,000 ext...
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EARTHtimes.org - Fri Dec 4, 4:16 am ET
Berlin - Unknown assailants attacked buildings and vehicles belonging to police, the customs office and federal investigators in Berlin and Hamburg overnight, officials said Friday. In Hamburg, up to ten masked men threw stones through police station...
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AFP via Yahoo! News - Fri Dec 4, 1:22 pm ET
NATO's chief insisted Friday that the military alliance is not the best place to discuss Russian President Dmitry Medvedev's plan for a new European security pact.
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Winston-Salem Journal - Mon Dec 7, 12:00 am ET
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