TBILISI (AFP) - Georgia's leader Mikheil Saakashvili won re-election Wednesday sealing a bitterly fought victory that his main challenger has refused to accept.
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AFP - Wire stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:56 pm
The Material Mom has conned both UNICEF USA and Gucci into helping raise money for the Kabbalah Center and Madonnas patron gurus, the Berg Family.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) - George W. Bush began his first visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories as U.S. president on Wednesday, saying he saw a new opportunity for peace he aims to nurture in the face of deep skepticism.
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Reuters: Top News | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:51 pm
AP - Wall Street tilted to a modestly higher open Wednesday as investors took advantage of stocks that were turned into bargains by Tuesday's sell-off.
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AP - Best Buy Inc.'s chief executive said Tuesday that he is "very nervous" about being able to supply customers with the millions of digital TV converter boxes needed ahead of the shutdown of most analog TV transmissions in 13 months.
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Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:44 pm
Apple is to cut the price it charges in the UK for music downloads from iTunes within six months.
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BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:37 pm
The father of missing Madeleine McCann has denied that he is considering offers to make a feature film about her disappearance, amid a public backlash against reports they were planning to make a Hollywood-style movie.
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NAIROBI (AFP) - African Union chief John Kufuor met Kenyan leaders on Wednesday to mediate an end to political turmoil following disputed presidential polls that sparked widespread violence and left at least 600 dead.
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MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (Reuters) - Led by Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain, candidates fanned out across the country on Wednesday in a presidential race dramatically reshaped by their comeback wins in New Hampshire.
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The head of an elite anti-crime team probing South African police chief Jackie Selebi is arrested.
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BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:34 pm
AP - It was a good night for a couple of the NBA's bad teams. And another reminder that the Miami Heat are now one of them. The New York Knicks snapped a seven-game losing streak, and league-worst Minnesota ended an eight-game skid. Of course, the Timberwolves did it by beating Miami, so maybe that wasn't saying much.
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Reuters - Now that the Iowa caucuses
and New Hampshire primary have launched the presidential race,
non-news networks are piling on to document an election season
seen as just too entertaining to pass up.
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Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:31 pm
NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter) - Now that the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary have launched the presidential race, non-news networks are piling on to document an election season seen as just too entertaining to pass up.
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AFP - US President George W. Bush said he saw a new opportunity for peace in the Holy Land as he arrived in Israel on Wednesday at the start of a landmark regional tour marked by escalating tensions with archfoe Iran.
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Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:28 pm
Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican John McCain both make comebacks to win their New Hampshire primaries.
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BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:28 pm
JERUSALEM (AFP) - US President George W. Bush said he saw a new opportunity for peace in the Holy Land as he arrived in Israel on Wednesday at the start of a landmark regional tour marked by escalating tensions with archfoe Iran.
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AFP - Wire stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:28 pm
TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Iran must bear the consequences of any new confrontation between U.S. and Iranian vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, a senior U.S. official warned on Wednesday.
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AP - President Bush sought new footing Wednesday to pull Israel and the Palestinians toward serious negotiations that would crown his final year as president, as revived peace talks stumbled over land squabbles and fear of violence.
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Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:25 pm
AP - Rescuers used a front-end loader to pluck a woman and three children from the roof of a sport utility vehicle that strayed into floodwaters on a rural road. But they were unable to reach her other two young children trapped inside the SUV.
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AFP - Hillary Clinton escaped with a much-needed upset win Tuesday in New Hampshire's key Democratic presidential nominating contest, beating Barack Obama and righting her listing campaign.
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Yahoo! News: Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:23 pm
MANCHESTER, New Hampshire (AFP) - Hillary Clinton escaped with a much-needed upset win Tuesday in New Hampshire's key Democratic presidential nominating contest, beating Barack Obama and righting her listing campaign.
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TEHRAN, Iran (AP) -- Iran on Wednesday called video and audio released by the Pentagon showing Iranian Revolutionary Guards boats confronting U.S. warships in the Strait of Hormuz "fabricated," a state-run television station reported....
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PARIS (AFP) - France is on track to post a record trade deficit in 2007, following a huge surge in the shortfall in November that threatens to weigh heavily on prospects for the French economy.
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AFP - Wire stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:12 pm
Spain says it is holding two men suspected of carrying out the deadly 2006 Madrid airport bombing.
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BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:11 pm
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Hillary Rodham Clinton and John McCain are New Hampshire's comeback kids, remaking their stalled presidential campaigns and blunting the momentum of opponents as they head into fresh contests in Michigan and South Carolina.
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Ghana's President John Kufuor holds separate talks with both sides in Kenya's crisis over disputed elections.
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BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Jan 2008 | 11:59 am
Oil prices are likely to decline gradually this year and next as record crude prices weaken demand, the World Bank projected Wednesday.
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FOXNews.com | 9 Jan 2008 | 11:56 am
Iran's Revolutionary Guards say the US faked evidence that its ships were harassed by Iranian speedboats.
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BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Jan 2008 | 11:55 am
President Bush opened his first presidential trip to Israel on Wednesday, seeking to build momentum for stalled Mideast peace ...
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Malaysia says there is no ban on workers from India, but officials say a more stringent policy is in place.
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BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Jan 2008 | 11:45 am
People in Pakistan are struggling to cope with a sudden severe shortage of affordable flour.
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BBC News | World | UK Edition | 9 Jan 2008 | 11:43 am
Unnamed Revolutionary Guard figure says video and audio recording of confrontation between U.S. warships and Iranian attack boats in the Strait of Hormuz was 'fabricated.'
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KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- When vast crowds paid their last respects to Benazir Bhutto before her burial, angry mourners from her native Sindh province chanted separatist slogans: "We don't want to be part of Pakistan!"...
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NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Hundreds of Kenyans tried to flee the country's west Wednesday amid escalating opposition anger after the president named half of a new Cabinet, a line-up packed with his allies....
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BAGHDAD (AP) -- Dozens of Iraqi police officers celebrated the annual National Police Day in central Baghdad on Wednesday - chanting, dancing and decorating their vehicles just three days after a suicide bombing marred Army Day celebrations....
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LONDON (Reuters) - Drinking is healthy, exercise is healthy, and doing a little of both is even healthier, Danish researchers reported on Wednesday.
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Reuters: Top News | 9 Jan 2008 | 11:25 am
President Bush opened his first presidential trip to Israel on Wednesday, seeking to build momentum for stalled Mideast peace talks and clear up confusion about whether the United States is serious about confronting Iran about its suspected nuke ambitions
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) -- Residents of the Maldives showered praise Wednesday on a 15-year-old Boy Scout who foiled an attempt to assassinate the president of this island nation by grabbing the attacker's knife....
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NAIROBI (Reuters) - African Union chief John Kufuor met Kenya's president and opposition leader on Wednesday to try to break a political impasse behind post-election turmoil that has killed about 500 people.
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JERUSALEM (AP) -- Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip bombarded southern Israel with rocket and mortar fire on Wednesday, striking a house in the border town of Sderot shortly before President Bush arrived on a visit aimed partly at building momentum for stalled Mideast peace talks....
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TOKYO (AFP) - Stem cell technologies could be used to cure diseases and heal injuries within 10 years, a Japanese scientist who recently broke new ground in the field said Wednesday.
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AFP - Wire stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 10:43 am
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea is still committed to an international disarmament-for-aid deal, a U.S. nuclear envoy said on Wednesday, urging patience even though the reclusive state missed a deadline to list its nuclear arms program.
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Reuters: Top News | 9 Jan 2008 | 9:58 am
KOGELO, Kenya (AP) -- Sitting in plastic chairs surrounded by chickens and barefoot children, Barack Obama's Kenyan relatives rejoiced in the early results from the New Hampshire primary....
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Hillary Clinton narrowly beat Barack Obama in the New Hampshire primary this morning in a major upset that reignited her hopes of capturing the White House.
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Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Jan 2008 | 9:10 am
Prosecutors in Portugal have begun arrangements to re-interview some of the so-called “Tapas Nine” witnesses in the case of missing Madeleine McCann, it has been reported.
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Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Jan 2008 | 8:23 am
TOKYO (Reuters) - Creating a bank to store a new type of stem cell produced from donors' ordinary skin cells could help reduce time and money for treating patients with regenerative medicine in the future, a Japanese researcher said on Wednesday.
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Reuters: Top News | 9 Jan 2008 | 7:55 am
The Mac is most definitely back. John McCain, the 71-year-old Arizona senator whose presidential hopes appeared dead in the water a few months ago, has scored a remarkable comeback victory in the first Republican primary in New Hampshire.
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Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Jan 2008 | 7:10 am
A line of thunderstorms fed by warm weather continued spinning off unusual January tornadoes Tuesday, killing a man in Arkansas. At least three people died and hundreds were evacuated because of flooding in Indiana.
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FOXNews.com | 9 Jan 2008 | 7:06 am
HAVANA (AFP) - With fireworks, outdoor speeches and a message from their ailing iconic leader, Cubans late Tuesday celebrated President Fidel Castro's triumphal entry into Havana 49 years ago at the head of his revolution.
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AFP - Wire stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 6:56 am
On a night of stunning political rebounds, Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Rodham Clinton, embattled after last week's ...
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USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 6:55 am
Support from independents helped John McCain defeat Mitt Romney in the Granite State, according to a survey of voters as they ...
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USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 6:55 am
Three U.S. residents and seven other suspects arrested in a deadly shootout just across the border from Texas are members of the powerful Gulf drug cartel, Mexican officials said.
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FOXNews.com | 9 Jan 2008 | 6:11 am
Minneapolis police investigate a string of assaults and robberies connected to a series of Craigslist postings.
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FOXNews.com | 9 Jan 2008 | 6:05 am
A big turnout for New Hampshire's Democratic primary leads to a narrow win for Sen. Hillary Clinton over Sen. Barack Obama. Clinton's victory was a reversal of what pollsters had predicted heading into Tuesday's election.
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Arizona Sen. John McCain has won the N.H. GOP primary, largely because of the support of the state's independent voters. McCain also did well among Republicans disappointed with President Bush, according to exit polls.
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Women looking for an experienced leader gave Hillary Rodham Clinton a narrow victory in the first-in-the-nation primary Tuesday, ...
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USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 5:27 am
The Supreme Court examines the constitutionality of laws requiring voters to show a government-issued photo ID in order to cast a ballot. State officials says the laws help prevent vote fraud, but opponents contend that they suppress voter turnout.
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The stars of "Grey's Anatomy" and "Pirates of the Caribbean" were among the fan favorites at the 34th annual People's Choice Awards on Tuesday, as CBS scrapped its usual live broadcast of the show in favor of a strike-friendly, pre-taped program.
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FOXNews.com | 9 Jan 2008 | 4:50 am
People ask best-selling author Michael Pollan: "What should we eat?" His answer is inscribed on the cover of his fifth book: ...
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USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 4:32 am
By seeking the votes of New Hampshire's independents, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., recreated a 2000 primary win and re-emerged ...
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USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 4:18 am
New York senator's comeback comes less than a week after disappointing Iowa loss
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U.S. News & World Report | 9 Jan 2008 | 4:08 am
If you want to cut calories without going hungry, consider eating an apple, low-calorie salad or broth-based soup before meals. ...
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USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 4:00 am
Sen. John McCain owes his GOP primary win to independent voters, while Sen. Hillary Clinton received a boost from N.H. women, according to exit polls. Issues such as the economy, Iraq and healthcare also seriously affected the mindset of N.H. voters.
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SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) -- Police recovered paintings by Pablo Picasso and Candido Portinari worth millions of dollars stolen last month from Brazil's leading modern art museum and have two suspects in custody, officials said Tuesday....
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AP Top International News At 7:16 a... | 9 Jan 2008 | 3:29 am
An experimental vaccine appears to protect newborns from meningococcal disease, a major cause of meningitis.
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USATODAY.com News - Top Stories | 9 Jan 2008 | 3:05 am
A quick pass through past election-year results provides some interesting insights for today's first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primaries.
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U.S. News & World Report | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:40 am
Gordon Brown and Alistair Darling have warned mortgage lenders that they will be expected to pass on cuts in interest rates to hard-pressed home owners.
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Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Doctors are to be told to stop prescribing antibiotics for coughs, colds and sore throats because over-use of the drugs is fuelling the spread of killer hospital superbugs.
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Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
The end of the traditional school report is to be heralded as ministers announce plans to give parents daily electronic access to their children's school records.
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Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
Having a pint of beer after a game of football or going to the gym could be the key to a long, healthy life, new research claims.
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Telegraph News | Top News | 9 Jan 2008 | 12:01 am
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