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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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AP, Mexico City
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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AP, New York
The swine flu outbreak is unleashing a side effect the global economy is in no condition to handle: fear.
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AP, Madrid
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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Global mining giant BHP Billiton on Wednesday reported a sharp drop in quarterly copper production, along with declines in iron ore and aluminum, as demand for minerals...
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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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AP, Paris
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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The skies are dimming, for most of the world. Increases in airborne pollution have dimmed the skies by blocking sunlight over the past 30 years, researchers report in...
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AP, Tokyo
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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Energy Secretary Steven Chu, a champion of renewable energy and biofuels, has no delusions about the future of oil. Global demand for it will increase over the next two...
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Russia will likely see more forest fires, droughts and floods in the coming century due to global warming, and policy makers need to prepare for large-scale change,...
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Global climate change threatens the complete disappearance of the Andes’ tropical glaciers within the next 20 years, putting precious water, energy and food...
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A senior Treasury official says the Obama administration wants to see America’s major allies taking bold actions to deal with the global economic crisis.
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When it comes to global warming, the canary in the coal mine isn’t a canary at all. It’s a purple finch. As the temperature across the U.S. has gotten...
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The federal government has settled a lawsuit that accused two U.S. agencies of financing and insuring projects overseas that may contribute to global warming.
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Famed novelist Salman Rushdie apparently wasn’t too impressed with the Oscar-winning film “Slumdog Millionaire,” telling an Atlanta audience it...
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Nearly 20 years after being driven underground by a religious decree, he is now Sir Salman Rushdie, properly famous and free, yet still burdened by his status as a...
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Besides death threats from zealots and mobsters, writers Salman Rushdie and Roberto Saviano said Tuesday that questions about their integrity hurt the most.
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Salman Rushdie says his mother’s gossip had a strong influence on his literary career.
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Salman Rushdie strongly criticized his publisher for pulling a historical novel about the prophet Muhammad and his child bride over concerns about angering Muslims.
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Salman Rushdie has asked a London publisher to withdraw a book by a former Special Branch bodyguard who claims the author behaved badly and arrogantly toward policemen...
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Sir Salman Rushdie has struck up a close friendship with actress Riya Sen, it has been reported.
The Mail Online said the 61-year-old author met the actress in...
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Salman Rushdie was named winner of the Best of the Booker award for Midnight’s Children, the Man Booker website reported
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British author Salman Rushdie won the “Best of the Booker” prize on Thursday to mark the 40th anniversary of one of the world’s most prestigious...
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Salman Rushdie is probably the Booker Prize’s best-known winner. Now he is officially the best.Rushdie’s 1981 novel “Midnight’s Children”...
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India-born controversial author Salman Rushdie’s ‘Midnight’s Children’ has established an unassailable lead over five other contenders in global...
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If the concept of God has any validity or any use, it can only be to make us larger, freer, and more loving. If God cannot do this, then it is time we got rid of Him -...
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The controversial author Salman Rushdie has been knighted by the Queen.
Muslims around the world condemned the award when it was announced last year in the...
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Indian origin author Salman Rushdie received a knighthood for services to literature from Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II Wednesday, saying he was proud of the honour...
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Queen Elizabeth II conferred a knighthood on “The Satanic Verses” author Salman Rushdie on Wednesday, a year after the announcement of the knighthood...
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Controversial India-born author Salman Rushdie finally revealed that his wife Padma Lakshmi`s decision to divorce him had a crippling effect on him. He said the divorce...
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# Taslima, persecuted for her musings, is homeless...
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