Texas Refinery Blast Leaves 14 Dead, 100 Hurt Reuters
Fourteen died and 100 were injured, some seriously, on Wednesday by a powerful explosion at a BP oil refinery in Texas. BP said it could not immediately pinpoint the cause of ...
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Poetic justice: Killer's capture here delights longtime pursuer Chicago Sun-Times
When Norman Porter Jr. walked away from a minimum-security prison in Massachusetts 20 years ago and kept on walking, he didn't plan to come to Chicago.
Cops eye bad poet's society Boston Herald
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Several Thousand Attend Grand Rabbi's Funeral in Brooklyn New York Times
Several thousand Orthodox Jews gathered in the Borough Park section of Brooklyn last night for the funeral of Naftali Halberstam, the grand rabbi of the Bobov Hasidic sect, who died yesterday at Maimonides Medical Center.
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MTA's money train gains speed in Albany New York Daily News
The MTA's plans to expand the subway system stayed on track last night as lawmakers hammered out a $35.8 billion state transportation plan, whose next stop is Gov.
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Tamia, mother will be reunited Salt Lake Tribune
Tamia Hemphill, aka "Baby Tamia," has spent half her six-month life bouncing between three families and at least as many homes.
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Gasoline Reaches Record, Oil Rises After BP Texas Refinery Fire Bloomberg
Gasoline futures surged to a record and crude oil rose after an explosion at BP Plc's Texas City refinery, the third-largest in the US, raised concern about supplies before more drivers take to the road for vacation. ...
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Price Increases by Companies Start to Stick Lakeland Ledger
In recent years, most companies were forced to absorb the higher costs of basic expenses like employee health care, raw materials and energy, focusing instead on squeezing more efficiencies from their workers and machines. ...
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Sex-game killer driven to the brink Australian, Australia
The woman accused of murdering French banker Edouard Stern in his Swiss home has been remanded in custody for three months after her lawyer pleaded that she was constantly driven to the brink by her former lover. A court in Geneva extended 36-year-old Cecile Brossard's detention following a brief hearing, a week after she was arrested by Swiss police. Ms Brossard, who did not appear in court yesterday, has admitted killing Stern in his flat after a stormy and "complicated" four-year relationship with the wealthy 50-year-old, according to magistrates and defence lawyers.
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Canadian court asked to halt vote on privatizing Hollinger Chicago Tribune (subscription)
An investor on Wednesday asked an Ontario judge to block Conrad Black's plan to conduct a vote on March 31 to privatize Hollinger Inc.
Black focus of criminal probe London Free Press
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Mutual funds fined $21M Newsday
More than 18 months after improprieties first came to light, mutual funds and brokers that sell them are still being slammed for not putting investors' interests first.
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Sears Retirees Oppose Merger Lakeland Ledger
The National Association of Retired Sears Employees is opposed to the merger of Sears Roebuck & Co. and Kmart Holding Corp., fearing its members will see their benefits slashed.
An exit poll likely for Sears Chicago Tribune (subscription)
Shareholder revolt bearing fruit Chicago Sun-Times
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Governmentt says 21 of 29 states to launch VAT Reuters India
The government said on Thursday that 21 of its 29 states would introduce a value-added tax (VAT) on April 1 as planned, ruling out any delay even though some states are refusing to implement it.
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Kyrgyz Opposition Leader Promises New Election Reuters
A Kyrgyz opposition leader on Thursday pledged to hold new elections after protesters seized control of the main government headquarters. "We will establish order. We will not allow looting. ...
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Schiavo's parents ask Supreme Court to intervene Globe and Mail
Hoping to succeed where they failed before, Terri Schiavo's parents have asked the Supreme Court to order the reinsertion of their severely brain-damaged daughter's feeding tube.
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Gaddafi "idiot" remark riles Palestinians Swissinfo
to Israel of normal relations if it withdrew from all occupied Arab land and permitted a Palestinian state. "I cannot recognise either the Palestinian state or the Israeli state. Don't be angry, Abu Mazen, but the Palestinians are. ...
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Beijing's More Active Role Korea Times
With the United States rapidly losing patience over the stalemate on nuclear negotiations, China’s importance is growing more than ever before, because it is the only party that can bring North Korea back into the six-party dialogue. ...
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Bobby Fischer Heads for Iceland After Release From Japanese Jail New York Times
After eight months in a Japanese detention cell, the American chess legend Bobby Fischer flew out of Tokyo today, lambasting leaders of the United States and Japan as he started a journey to self-exile in Iceland.
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Abbas asked to cut contact with Israel Aljazeera.com
Jihad Resistance Movement asked the Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on Thursday to stop holding security meetings with Israel. Khaled al-Batch, a Jihad leader, told reporters on Thursday that the Palestinians ...
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Iraq war haunts UK prime minister BBC News
British prime minister Tony Blair has long known that the controversy surrounding the war on Iraq and his unbending support for the US-led campaign was not about to go away.
Straw faces Commons on war legal advice Guardian
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US Calls for Monitors for Lebanese Elections Reuters
The United States called on Lebanon on Thursday to hold general elections on time in the presence of international monitors despite a government crisis that threatens to delay the May polls.
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Roh Cannot Win This Diplomatic War Alone Chosun Ilbo
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Egypt Opposition Leader Criticizes Attacks Guardian
Along the road where the Egyptian opposition leader Ayman Nour marched the day he was released from jail, pro-government supporters have plastered posters of President ...
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British parliament panel attacks Iraq war planning Channel News Asia
The US-led coalition failed to prepare sufficiently for a deadly insurgency that flared up in the aftermath of the Iraq invasion, an influential British parliamentary panel said.
UK Troops Set to Stay in Iraq Until 2006 - Report Reuters
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Kyrgyzstan Protesters Control Government, Presidential Offices Bloomberg
Protesters in Kyrgyzstan today occupied the government's headquarters and the offices of President Askar Akayev in an effort to force him to resign over allegations of election fraud, according to television footage. ...
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Report: Accused School Shooter Was On Prozac WCCO
The teenager accused of killing nine people and then himself on the Red Lake Indian Reservation was apparently struggling with depression. A cultural coordinator at Red Lake Middle School told the Washington Post that Jeffrey Weise was taking the anti-depressant Prozac and was hospitalized for suicidal tendencies at least once.
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Akayev leaves Kyrgyzstan: Interfax Xinhua
Kyrgyz President Askar Akayev has left the country with his family for Kazakhstan, Interfax reported Thursday. Early news reports say President Akayev has left the presidential ...
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