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The rival parties in Northern Ireland’s power-sharing administration announced a deal Wednesday that will permit both sides to elect a new leader and keep their unlikely coalition running.The British Protestants of the Democratic Unionist Party and the...
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The United States and leaders of the Czech Republic agreed Tuesday to place a radar system in this former Soviet satellite that would warn of long-range missiles coming...
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The ex-head of Britain’s MI5 domestic spy agency said Tuesday she opposes Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s plans for tougher new anti-terrorism laws.
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A British woman assaulted by a serial rapist has won the right to sue the attacker who became a millionaire by winning the lottery while in prison.
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The times they aren’t a changing. Not at Buckingham Palace, at least.
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Swiss nationalists are forcing a popular vote on whether to ban the construction of Muslim minarets _ a proposal that, if approved, could clash with Switzerland’s...
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Syria will soon send an ambassador to Paris for the first time in two years, ending a freeze in relations between the two nations, the country’s top diplomat in...
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Liquid containing traces of uranium leaked Tuesday at a nuclear site in southern France, and some of the solution ran into two rivers, France’s nuclear safety...
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Anti-terrorism investigators in Paris are probing threats against a leading French cable TV channel over pornographic films it airs that can be viewed in North Africa,...
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EU officials want European schoolchildren to swap their French fries for fruit. The European Union is aiming to spend $140 million a year to provide free fruit and...
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She charmed the queen of England, captivated Israel, impressed President Bush and won over the hardest sell of all _ the French.
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Switzerland will hold a nationwide referendum on whether to ban the construction of minarets where Muslims traditionally issue the call to prayer, officials said...
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Two men were convicted of attempted murder and sentenced to prison Tuesday for a brutal attack on a German retiree that sparked a political furor over crime committed...
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Serbia will cooperate in the case of a Serb basketball player wanted in the United States on assault charges, the foreign minister said Tuesday.
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The EU’s top farm official is begging German farmers to stop mailing her milk.
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The price for a barrel of oil fell nearly $5 Tuesday, a two-day swing of more than $8 as traders took profits and fears of a supply disruptions eased.
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The Church of England’s ruling body has voted its support for women to become bishops without giving traditionalist supporters of male-only priesthood the...
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Questioning of an incest victim held in a cellar for 24 years is set to start later this month and will involve a doctor to determine how one of the seven babies she...
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Novartis AG said Tuesday it has completed the first stage of its $38 billion takeover of U.S. eye-care company Alcon Inc.
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Oil prices swung below $140 a barrel Tuesday after a plunge of nearly $4 in the previous session, as the dollar strenthened and fears of a supply disruption faded.
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The running of the bulls through Pamplona on Tuesday left one man gored and four slightly injured during the annual San Fermin festival, the Spanish Red Cross said.
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As the Arctic ice cap shrinks, the Pentagon is eyeing the expanding navigable waters as possible entry points for security threats that must be monitored more closely,...
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The European Commission opened an investigation Wednesday into Britain’s nationalization of Northern Rock PLC, the mortgage bank that collapsed at the beginning...
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The European Commission has launched an in-depth investigation into the British government’s bailout of mortgage lender Northern Rock.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton cites her role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland as one of the top foreign policy credentials of her presidential bid.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton cites her role in bringing peace to Northern Ireland as one of the top foreign policy credentials of her presidential bid.
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Britain’s financial services regulator admitted Wednesday that it had done a poor job of supervising Northern Rock, the mortgage lender which became...
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Northern Rock PLC will slash one-third of its staff and cut its home loans book by half as it phases out financial support from the government over the next three to...
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Britain’s Northern Rock bank said Tuesday it plans to cut its staff by one-third as it downsizes its asset base by half and attempts to phase out financial...
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The chief executive of Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. got compensation valued at $12.6 million in 2007, 3 percent more than the year before, as the railroad...
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The broad-brimmed western hats, colorful festival dance dresses and Mayan-style pottery that line the shelves at Xochi’s Mexican Imports are common sites at...
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The message was impossible to miss: “Forward, Together Forward,” read the banner hanging outside the arena.
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Northern Rock PLC was officially transferred to state ownership Friday, five months after the global credit crisis felled Britain’s fifth largest mortgage lender...
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The British Parliament has passed legislation the government needs to make Northern Rock PLC the first sizable bank in that country to be nationalized in 25 years.
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British Prime Minister Gordon Brown says stricken mortgage lender Northern Rock PLC will remain nationalized until adverse market conditions change.
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Phil Mickelson now has left his mark all over the Left Coast. Mickelson held on long enough for Jeff Quinney to self-destruct on the back nine Sunday at Riviera,...
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Treasury chief Alistair Darling said Sunday that struggling bank Northern Rock PLC will be nationalized after the government rejected two private takeover bids.Darling...
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Phil Mickelson learned as junior golfer to never underestimate anyone, no matter the size of his lead or the pedigree of his opponent.
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Adam Emmenecker scored 13 points and No. 14 Drake clinched its first Missouri Valley Conference title since 1971 with a 65-55 victory over Northern Iowa on Saturday.
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K.J. Choi has won tournaments hosted by Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods over the last nine months during a steady climb into the top 10 in the world. Further proof of his...
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Portadown Orangeman are reflected in rainwater as they parade to Drumcree Church, Portadown, Northern Ireland, Sunday, July, 6, 2008. The controversial annual Protestant Drumcree parade which was again banned from marching down the mainly Roman Catholic...
