Serb prosecutor: Karadzic being sent to tribunal |
| | | Authorities were extraditing ex-Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic to the U.N. war crimes tribunal to face genocide charges early Wednesday, an official with the Serb prosecutor's office said. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Israeli prime minister to resign in September |
| | | Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced Wednesday he will resign in September, throwing his country into political turmoil and raising doubts about progress for U.S.-backed Mideast peace efforts. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Steelmaker ArcelorMittal's quarterly profit surges |
| | | ArcelorMittal SA, the world's largest steelmaker, saw its second quarter net profit surge 114 percent after it hiked steel prices due to higher costs for energy and iron ore. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Provisions of housing-mortgage relief bill |
| | | Provisions of the housing bill that President Bush signed into law Wednesday: --Gives the Federal Housing Administration $300 billion in new lending authority and relaxes standards to provide affordable, fixed-rate mortgages to an estimated 400,000 debt-ridden homeowners. Any losses will be covered by an affordable housing fund financed by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac , the government-sponsored companies that finance ... | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Man arrested in death of pregnant soldier in N.C. |
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Mexico sees decline in migrant remittances |
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Vigil For Gunned Down Honeymooner |
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UK hacker loses appeal against US extradition |
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Plane with blown tire lands safely at NYC airport |
| | | A Delta Air Lines plane carrying 167 people safely made an emergency landing at John F. Kennedy International Airport Tuesday evening, hours after it blew out a tire on takeoff from the Queens airport, authorities said. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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CIA cites Pakistan spy agency's ties to militants |
| | | The CIA has confronted senior Pakistani officials with evidence showing that members of the country's spy service have deepened their ties with some militant groups responsible for a surge of violence in Afghanistan, possibly including the suicide bombing this month of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, The New York Times reported. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Obama, Bernanke discuss U.S. economic risks |
| | | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama met Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on Tuesday, discussing the risk of further deterioration in a weakening U.S. economy. | | From Reuters | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Tri-State Paycheck |
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AdWatch: Obama dismissive of McCain in energy ad |
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Mass. Daily |
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US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 491 |
| | | As of Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at least 491 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defense Department. The department last updated its figures Saturday at 10 a.m. EDT. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Harvard names Frenk next public health school dean |
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Dollar slightly lower against Swiss franc |
| | | The dollar was slipped slightly against the Swiss francs late Tuesday night in New York. The U.S. currency was worth 1.0451 Swiss francs, just below the 1.0452 francs it bought in the late afternoon. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Report: Ex-soldiers take over old Haiti barracks |
| | | Hundreds of armed former soldiers from Haiti's disbanded army stormed an old barracks and civilian prison on Tuesday to demand the force be reinstated, local radio reported. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Iraq's rebuilding planned at nearly $120 billion |
| | | Iraq's coffers are bulging with oil money, yet some Baghdad residents go without electricity for much of the day and others get drinking water tainted with sewage. | | From Boston Globe | Add a commentary | Report abuse | | [+] All articles |
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Dismay at collapse of trade talks |
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