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BAIDOA, Somalia (Reuters) - A regional official in Somalia accused Islamist rebels Monday of killing a U.N. employee in the latest assassination targeting aid workers.
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Macao will not allow casinos in the world's largest gambling market to go bust, according to the territory's chief executive
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Somali pirates hijacked a supertanker hundreds of kilometres off the Horn of Africa, seizing the Saudi-owned ship loaded with crude and its 25-member crew, the U.S. navy said Monday.
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Somali pirates are in command of a Saudi supertanker in the Indian Ocean after staging their most daring hijacking yet off the coast of Kenya. The Sirius Star is the largest ship ever taken by the pirates.
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The Saudi-owned ship was loaded with crude oil and its 25-member crew, the U.S. Navy said Monday. The pirates were taking the ship to Eyl, a Somali port that has become a haven for seized ships. It was the largest ship pirates have seized.
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Somali pirates hijack Saudi-owned supertanker loaded with crude.
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Pirates have commandeered a huge Saudi-owned crude oil supertanker off the east coast of Africa, the largest vessel ever seized by force. Meanwhile, a Hong Kong cargo ship was hijacked by pirates near the Yemen coast.
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A windsurfer is rescued by helicopter off the Antrim coast in severe gale force winds.
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The Treasury Department official charged with overseeing the government's financial rescue efforts told lawmakers Thursday that the administration was looking for more ways to use the $700-billion financial rescue fund created earlier this year. Speaking before a Senate subcommittee, Neel Kashkari, the Treasury Department's interim assistant secretary for financial Stability, also noted that officials must keep in mind that some funds might be needed down the road as the government continues it
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A cruise ship will evacuate passengers before sailing through waters off the Somali coast and fly them to the next port of call to protect them from possible pirate attacks, German cruise operator Hapag-Lloyd said Tuesday.
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The Illinois attorney general petitioned the State Supreme Court to remove Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich.
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Following the Senate's failure to pass a rescue plan, the White House says it may tap into a financial bailout fund. But the Big Three's woes continue, with GM declaring it will idle 30 percent of its North American production.
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Following the Senate's failure to pass a rescue plan, the White House says it may tap into a financial bailout fund. But the Big Three's woes continue, with GM declaring it will idle 30 percent of its North American production.
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Somalia's president will resign Monday to try to end government infighting before the country's Ethiopian allies leave, a senior ally said Sunday in the latest in a series of conflicting statements on the leader's future.
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EU naval forces foil pirates trying to raid a Greek oil tanker off Somalia's coast, the Greek government says.
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Pirates in Somalia have released 15 Filipino seamen and four other crewmen seized when a chemical tanker was hijacked nearly two months ago, but are still holding 67 other Filipino sailors.
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The Somali pirates who hijacked an arms-laden Ukrainian freighter may soon be getting their ransom.
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The London stock market steadied today as traders attempted to digest yesterday's dramatic efforts to tackle the global financial crisis.
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The chip maker said the cuts were a result of declining customer demand and product oversupply.
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Micron Technology Inc. will cut about 15 percent of its global work force as part of a restructuring of its computer memory chip operations, the company said Thursday.
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An idealistic retired car salesman and volunteer fire chief is cobbling together South Africa's first urban search and rescue team to help his country, and later his continent, respond effectively when disasters happen.
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The head of the culture department in the central Bié Province, António Buta, last Wednesday in Kuito City called on local businesspeople to invest more in the development of theatre in this region.
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The easiest solution is to reduce the soup by simmering it without the lid to evaporate some of the liquid, but this can take some time and could concentrate the seasoning too much. Alternatively, thicken it with cornflour, or arrowroot
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GEORGETOWN, Ohio (Reuters) - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama urged the Treasury Department to move quickly to carry out a rescue plan for financial markets, after U.S. stocks suffered a nearly 700-point decline on Thursday.
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The Senator releases a statement after Thursday’s devastating Wall Street decline: “…It is critical that the Treasury Department move as quickly possible to implement the rescue plan that passed Congress so that we can ease this credit crisis.” Adds: “Now is not the time for fear or panic….” Read the full statement here.
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A shakeup in Newfoundland and Labrador's corrections system is continuing, with the departure Thursday of a senior official at the province's largest jail.
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NATO has agreed to send a fleet of warships to patrol the coast of Somalia in an effort to deter pirates.
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THE money markets remained frozen yesterday as uncertainty over Government plans for British banks overshadowed news of the £500billion rescue package.
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Muslim prison gangs are trying to force other inmates to sign up to Islamic radicalism, prison officers said.
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MANILA, Philippines (AP) -- Somali pirates freed 20 Filipino seamen from a hijacked ship they held up for more than 80 days, officials said Friday, as the government doubled the pay of sailors passing through pirate-infested international waters....
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Banks remained paralysed by fear today despite this week's efforts to unjam money markets.
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Falling prices for the flash memory used in a wide range of consumer electronics have forced Micron Technology to shut down most of a factory it shares with Intel and lay off close to 3,000 workers.
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