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A federal appeals court on Wednesday temporarily blocked a judge's decision to immediately free 17 detainees into the United States.
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A judge on Tuesday had directed that 17 men, members of the Uighur Muslim minority in western China, be brought from the prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, to be freed in Washington.
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Here is a spokesman-by-spokesman guide to the members of Nick Clegg's front bench team.
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A councillor from a small western Newfoundland town has resigned, not long after he pleaded guilty to breaking a court order issued after a conviction on child pornography charges.
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The west speaks with awe of the pace of China's rise, of India's emergence as a geopolitical player, of the growing global roles of Brazil and South Africa. Yet it should no longer assume the global order will be forged on its own terms, says Philip Stephens
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Abortion rights activist Henry Morgentaler will receive his controversial Order of Canada in Quebec City on Friday. He will be among 20 recipients at a ceremony presided over by Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean.
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A piece of paper that President Bush signed Thursday helps ease his way out of the White House when his term ends and clears the way for his successor.
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One-time gang member now wreaks havoc only for Bolingbrook defense DeMarcus Calvin quite literally was running for his life. The Bolingbrook linebacker, a self-described "gangbanger" his first three years of high school, was walking home from school as a sophomore when three cars pulled alongside Calvin.
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Abortion rights activist Henry Morgentaler was awarded the Order of Canada on Friday as a few protesters voiced their opposition outside the Citadel in Quebec City.
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Larry Audlaluk of Grise Fiord, Nunavut, received Canada's highest civilian honour Friday, becoming a member of the Order of Canada.
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Former Supreme Court of Canada justice Louise Arbour leapt to Dr. Henry Morgentaler's defence on Friday after she and the controversial abortion rights activist were named to the Order of Canada.
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If your car is running out of fuel because the petrol tank is leaking, you don't pump in more gas.
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Col. Joey R. Preston, who also is Anderson County administrator, was inducted into the Order of Saint Barbara on Sept. 16.
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Ian Woosnam finishes second at the Lake Garda Italian Seniors Open to close on the Order of Merit title.
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Billy Dodds gives his views on Kris Boyd's decision not to play for George Burley
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Houston QB Sage Rosenfels was back on the bench Sunday against Miami with Matt Schaub returning as the starter.
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Fabio Capello is considering dropping Steven Gerrard for Wednesday's vital World Cup qualifier away to Belarus. The Liverpool midfielder was a disappointment on his return to the team for Saturday's Group Six victory over Kazakhstan.
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As shell-shocked central bankers and finance ministers gather in Washington to confront the world's financial meltdown this weekend, that grinding noise in the background is the sound of the global balance of power shifting.
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California-based NComputing, claimed to a leading provider of shared computing technology, has initiated a massive computer education programme along with the Andhra Pradesh government and partially funded by the Central government.
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Bills quarterback Trent Edwards was cleared for practice and back at work a week after being knocked out in Buffalo's Week 5 loss to Arizona and said he expects to play Sunday when the Bills host San Diego. Edwards is scheduled for more tests Tuesday, but he's confident everything will be fine. "If those (results) come back the way I think they're going to come back, we should be good to go on Sunday," he said. "I'm getting better each day. It was a tough couple of days there after the hit. I had some headaches and residual effects from it, but slowly but surely they're going away."
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John Gibbons, former Toronto Blue Jays manager, has been hired by the Kansas City Royals as their bench coach.
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Dodgers' Hiroki Kuroda, who threw a pitch behind the head of Phillies' Shane Victorino to spark the Game 3 incident, gets $7,500 fine. Victorino and Manny Ramirez are among the others fined. Hiroki Kuroda and Manny Ramirez were among the seven players and coaches fined for their involvements in the bench-clearing incident that took place at Dodger Stadium on Sunday night in Game 3 of the National League Championship Series.
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Gordon Brown will today step up his call for a fundamental overhaul of the international financial system as yet another world leader copied his bailout plan.
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Ronnie O'Sullivan, Ali Carter, Adrian Gunnell and John Parrott are Tuesday's winners at the Grand Prix in Glasgow.
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In the beginning, when the India market was slowing down, the company decided to export its successful Logan to Nepal. In response to customer's feedback and happy with the success there, the company also drove the car to South Africa.
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For years, Pete Prisco has been touting the Cardinals. For years, others -- including his Cards fan boss -- have scoffed. Now it's time to scoff back with Arizona cracking the top 10 this week.
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CLUB form gave Glenn Whelan the opportunity to propel himself into the international set-up but he never thought that playing for Ireland would cost him his position with his employers as a consequence.
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Police were prepared to shoot a terror suspect without orders from their seniors, the Jean Charles de Menezes inquest hears.
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An east London butcher battles his local council after he was ordered to stop chopping and singing in the morning.
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THE Ogun State House of Assembly has lifted the suspension clamped on the two state-owned broadcast stations, Gateway Television and Gateway Radio for the coverage of its proceedings.
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Barack Obama holds a lead in the polls—can John McCain close it?
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Now that some sort of order has been restored to the money markets (if not to bank share prices), expect the disorder to move to the public finances. There will be an obvious increase in public debt as and when the banks are recapitalised but this will be quite separate from the underlying rise in the deficit as spending continues to rise and tax revenues decline.