UN missions anthrax scare may be a hoax
WABC-TV New York - 24 minutes agoNYPD says tests show no danger in the white powder mailed to three UN missions.
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IEA Cuts 2030 Oil Demand Forecast on Economy, Climate Policy
Bloomberg - 3 minutes agoNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- The International Energy Agency cut its long-term forecast for global oil demand as the economic crisis saps consumption in developed economies and environmental policies encourage alternative energy use.
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Video: Ugandan Youth Soccer Player and Malaria Survivor, Soccer Stars and Prominent Malaria Champions Launch United ...
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 3 minutes agoTwelve-year-old Ugandan soccer star and malaria survivor Charles Ssali, together with Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber, is making a stop in New York today to formally launch the United Against Malaria campaign in the United States.
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UN sites in 'thrax scare
New York Post - 8 minutes agoForty people underwent precautionary decontamination last night after a suspicious white powder was mailed to the Midtown diplomatic outposts of three countries. There were no reported injuries in what officials suspect was an elaborate hoax. The ...
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Netanyahu Heads for Paris After Obama Meeting on Mideast Peace
Bloomberg - 9 minutes agoNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu flies to Paris today in a bid to round up international support as Middle East peace efforts flounder and his country stands accused of war crimes in Gaza.
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NYPD Probing Powder Sent To 3 Consulates
CBS 2 Los Angeles - 11 minutes agoSuspicious letters with white powder were sent to two international missions and a consulate in New York City on Monday night, CBS station WCBS-TV in New York reported
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NYPD Probing Powder Sent To 3 NYC Consulates
WCBS-TV New York - 15 minutes agoCBS 2 HD has learned suspicious letters with white powder were sent to two international missions and a consulate in New York City on Monday night. A red decontamination tent was set up by the FDNY outside the French Mission at 47th Street and Second Avenue as teams were set up to check all the people in the building for a possible contaminant. The tent at the French Mission was one of three set ...
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Iran still wants nuke talks with world powers
The Oakland Press - 23 minutes agoTEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran still wants talks with world powers over fuel supplies to a Tehran nuclear reactor — despite the country’s apparent rejection of a U.N. plan to curb Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile.
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UN missions anthrax scare may be a hoax
WABC-TV New York - 24 minutes agoNYPD says tests show no danger in the white powder mailed to three UN missions.
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Norwegian royals open Facebook page
EARTHtimes.org - 28 minutes agoOslo - The Norwegian crown prince couple have signed on to the social networking site Facebook, the palace said Tuesday. Crown Prince Haakon and Crown Princess Mette-Marit have earlier kept friends and others updated about some of their activities vi...
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Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund Reports Record Third Quarter Results
Marketwire - 30 minutes agoTORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Nov. 10, 2009) - NOT FOR RELEASE OVER US NEWSWIRE SERVICES Cineplex Galaxy Income Fund (the "Fund") (TSX:CGX.UN) today released its financial results for the third quarter of 2009. /T/ Third Quarter Results --------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three months Three months Period over ended September ended ...
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High-Profile International Figures to Take Part in the First World Innovation Summit for Education - WISE
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance - 32 minutes agoPlease click on the following link to access the full version of the Digital Press Release:
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Speaker criticizes Israel for violating human rights laws
Kansas State Collegian - 52 minutes agoA recent United Nations report found both Isreal and Palestine guilty of violating human rights laws. However, the U.S. Congress refused to accept the findings – a dangerous act by the U.S., Sarah Shields said. “It endangers both countries and...
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India's environment minister under fire over glaciers
AFP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 1 minutes agoIndia's environment minister came under fire Tuesday from scientists for denying climate change was causing Himalayan glaciers to melt and disputing the work of the UN's top global warming body.
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PC virus can frame innocent of child porn
The Washington Times - 1 hour 1 minutes agoOf all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an un suspecting collector of child pornography. Heinous pictures and videos can be deposited on computers by viruses -- the programs better known for swiping your credit card numbers. In this twist, it's your reputation that's stolen. Pedophiles can exploit virus-infected PCs to remotely store and ...
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Maya Angelou, Rihanna among Glamour mag's honorees
AP via Yahoo! News - 1 hour 1 minutes agoEven for a venue as grand as New York's Carnegie Hall, there was a pretty dazzling concentration of star power at Glamour magazine's Women of the Year awards.
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Today In History
Erie Times-News - 1 hour 23 minutes agoOn Nov. 10, 1775, the U.S. Marines were organized under authority of the Continental Congress. - 1871, journalist-explorer Henry M. Stanley found Scottish missionary David Livingstone, who had not been heard from for years, near Lake Tanganyika in central Africa.
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South Korea Fires on North Korean Warship Near Border (Update3)
Bloomberg - 1 hour 26 minutes agoNov. 10 (Bloomberg) -- South and North Korean warships exchanged fire off their western coast after the North’s vessel crossed a disputed sea border and ignored several warning shots, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in Seoul.
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Debate over UN Gaza report
The Justice - 1 hour 40 minutes agoLast Thursday's forum dealt with issues related to the U.N.'s report on war crimes during the Gaza War.
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Students stage protest during Gold's speech
The Justice - 1 hour 40 minutes agoStudent protesters wore signs bearing the names of victims of the recent conflict in Gaza.
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The Justice speaks with Dore Gold and Richard Goldstone
The Justice - 1 hour 40 minutes agoQ: What effect does the report have on the process of working toward an eventual resolution of the Arab-Israeli conflict?
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