Archive for October 21st, 2007
Turkey vows to defeat Kurdish rebels after deadly clashes (AFP)
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AFP - Turkey said Sunday it was ready to pay any price to win victory over Kurdish separatists after 12 soldiers and 32 rebels were killed in heavy clashes near ... Read more..Opposition party wins Poland election (AP)
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AP - A pro-business opposition party that wants Poland's troops out of Iraq ousted Prime Minister Jaroslaw Kaczynski's government in parliamentary elections Sunday, as Poles opted for leadership offering a ... Read more..Crisis was “accident waiting to happen”: Greenspan (Reuters)
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Reuters - An unusually high degree of risk taking across asset classes made recent financial market turmoil all but inevitable, former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said on Sunday. More: ... Read more..Cheney calls Iran an obstacle to peace (Reuters)
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Reuters - Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday described Iran as an obstacle to peace in the Middle East and said the world could not stand by and allow it ... Read more..Red Sox lead Indians 5-2 after 7 innings (AP)
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AP - Daisuke Matsuzaka pitched five solid innings, Dustin Pedroia hit a two-run home run and the Boston Red Sox led the Cleveland Indians 5-2 after seven innings in Game ... Read more..World Bank chief calls for new direction for lender (Reuters)
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Reuters - World Bank President Robert Zoellick on Sunday called on the bank's 185 member nations to back a new direction for the poverty-fighting institution and give the private sector ... Read more..Mich., NY UAW locals split on Chrysler (AP)
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AP - The fate of a tentative labor agreement at Chrysler LLC remained uncertain Sunday after two large United Auto Workers locals representing about 4,500 of the union's 45,000 members ... Read more..Governor-elect tackles Louisiana’s image (AP)
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AP - Changing Louisiana's reputation for corruption would do more than just make over its image, Gov.-elect Bobby Jindal said Sunday: It could help the state attract businesses and win ... Read more..GOP rivals argue who’s most conservative (AP)
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AP - Republican front-runners Rudy Giuliani and Mitt Romney defended their conservative credentials in the face of pointed attacks from campaign rivals Sunday night in the most aggressive debate to ... Read more..U.S. military says kills 49 in Baghdad raid (Reuters)
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Reuters - The Iraqi government protested against a raid by U.S. forces in Baghdad on Sunday in which the military said 49 gunmen were killed in fierce fighting, but police ... Read more..