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Global health authorities warned Wednesday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe even as the outbreak appeared...
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Global health authorities warned Wednesday that swine flu was threatening to bloom into a pandemic, and the virus spread farther in Europe even as the outbreak appeared...
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The swine flu outbreak is unleashing a side effect the global economy is in no condition to handle: fear.
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Spain grabbed world headlines a decade ago by indicting Chile’s former dictator Augusto Pinochet, and has since probed alleged atrocities as far away as Tibet and...
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Losses at financial institutions could approach $4.1 trillion worldwide, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday as it urged countries to take bolder action to...
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The International Monetary Fund says U.S. financial institutions will suffer $2.7 trillion in losses from the global credit crisis, part of a worldwide total expected...
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Global shipments of personal computers fell 7.1 percent in the first three months of the year, but the decline was smaller than expected and research group IDC on...
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France’s rejection of a global role for NATO puts Paris on a collision course with the bolder NATO ambitions of other powerful alliance members _ most notably the...
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Global sales of the Nintendo DS handheld topped 100 million in 4 years and 3 months _ a milestone reached at the quickest pace for any video game console _ the Japanese...
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New German economic forecasts underlined Wednesday the threat facing Europe’s biggest economy after Chancellor Angela Merkel said she was mulling fresh stimulus...
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Angela Merkel was once the Green Goddess who pushed through tough climate change targets to show that Europe could lead the world in beating global warming.Under huge...
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German Chancellor Angela Merkel will not attend the opening ceremonies of the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, but her spokesman was quick to explain that the decision...
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