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RSSRio Tinto Ltd is set to join the pool to acquire Canadian aluminum producer Alcan Inc, as it reported to hire Deutsche Bank to advise on a possible bid.
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If history is any guide, this year’s Nobel economics prize will award the developers of economic theories that have had the time to take root, grow and prove...
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The president of the European Commission said he was very hopeful that a meeting of European leaders Sunday would take an important step toward a coordinated response...
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The French president’s office says that a former member of the Italian left-wing Red Brigades terrorist group won’t be extradited to Italy because of ill...
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European leaders are searching for a common response to the spreading financial crisis which has ricocheted across the Atlantic to their shores.
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Damnation was the dominant theme Saturday in a new Vienna State Opera’s production of Charles Gounod’s Faust. But redemption triumphed in the form of...
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Faulty eyewitness testimony that helped secure wrongful convictions in Dallas County, which leads the nation in DNA exonerations, sent the innocent to prison as police...
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Angelina Jolie isn’t giving away who she’s backing in the U.S. presidential election, but she does have good things to say about Barack Obama.
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The condition of an Italian woman at the center of a right-to-die case worsened after she suffered a massive hemorrhage, doctors said Saturday.
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A British company has delayed publication of a controversial novel about one of the Prophet Muhammad’s wives after its offices were fire-bombed, a magazine...
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Russian officials say a submarine-launched ballistic missile has made a record flight, hitting a target in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for the first time.
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The Bookseller magazine says a publisher has ordered a delay to the publication in Britain of a controversial novel about one of the Prophet Muhammad’s wives.
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I went to a meeting last night at the House of Commons about abortion rights and the up-coming amendments to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. At the meeting...
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If a stock market falls, but no one hears about it, did it really happen? That seems to be part of the Kremlin’s strategy for addressing Russia’s jittery...
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The international military mission in Afghanistan has “no end point”, the head of Britain’s armed forces told a newspaper out Saturday.
Sir Jock...
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Officials say a strong earthquake has hit Russia’s North Caucasus region, an uncommon occurrence for the region. No reports of damage or injuries have been...
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Turkey’s military says its warplanes and artillery units have bombed dozens of Kurdish rebel targets in northern Iraq.
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Austrian politician Joerg Haider, whose far-right rhetoric at times cast a negative light on the Alpine republic, has died in a car accident at age 58.
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Austrian police say far-right politician Joerg Haider has died in a car accident.
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Austrian police say far-right politician Joerg Haider has died in a car accident.
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One construction worker is dead and another seriously injured after a hydraulic lift platform collapsed in Massachusetts.
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Anglo-Swiss mining giant Xstrata PLC dropped its US$10 billion bid for British rival Lonmin PLC on Wednesday, saying the turmoil on the financial markets makes a...
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British mining company Lonmin PLC ramped up its defense against a hostile 5 billion pound ($10 billion) takeover approach from Anglo-Swiss miner Xstrata PLC on...
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A $10 billion takeover bid from Anglo-Swiss mining giant Xstrata PLC sent shares in rival Lonmin PLC soaring Wednesday, but the world’s No. 3 platinum producer...
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Anglo-Swiss mining giant Xstrata PLC said Wednesday it was making a $10 billion cash offer for Lonmin PLC, the world’s No. 3 platinum producer. The offer sent...
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Xstrata PLC, one of the world’s largest miners, said Wednesday it is in talks with various parties about a number of issues including possible...
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Russian metals giant Norilsk Nickel join a takeover battle with swiss company Xstrata seeking to grow their nickel production during a price boom as it made a surprise...
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Xstrata, the mining group has agreed to acquire Canada-based nickel producer LionOre for $5.35 billion. The acquisition will follow Xstrata’s $18.8 billion...
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