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Seattle Times, 09.01.09 17:12 UTC

Burris clears key hurdle his way to Senate

The Nation Impeachment vote: Roland Burris cleared a key hurdle Thursday on his way to filling President-elect Obama's U.S. Senate seat, testifying under oath before an Illinois House committee in ...

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The Independent, 09.01.09 11:49 UTC

Ribery hints at leaving Bayern

Bayern Munich’s French ace Franck Ribery has hinted that he could leave the German giants sooner rather than later. The 25-year-old former Marseille playmaker is under contract at the Allianz ...

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Economist, 08.01.09 17:46 UTC

Charlemagne - Of antibiotics and globalisation

The surprising link between protectionism and pill-popping

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Telegraph, 08.01.09 12:36 UTC

Russia under pressure to restore gas amid flurry of talks

Russia was today under intense pressure to resume gas supplies to Ukraine and Europe during a day of negotiations in Moscow, Brussels and Prague.

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CNN World News, 08.01.09 10:35 UTC

Russia and Ukraine gas officials hold talks

MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- The heads of Russian energy giant Gazprom and Ukraine's state-run gas company Naftogaz held brief talks overnight in Moscow to discuss the impasse on natural gas deliveries, a Gazprom spokeswoman said Thursday.

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Belfast Telegraph, 08.01.09 01:00 UTC

Mumbai siege: 'Kill all the hostages except the two Muslims'

Pakistan has bowed to weeks of international pressure and admitted that the sole surviving militant responsible for the terror attacks in Mumbai is one of its citizens. In what could prove to be a ...

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The Register, 07.01.09 17:15 UTC

Sun snuggles with cloud virtual data centre company

Sun has bought Q-layer, a Belgium-originated data centre-as-a-service company, to bolster its cloud computing offering. The purchase price was not revealed. Q-layer was founded in 2005 by Niko ...

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Telegraph, 02.01.09 19:31 UTC

Joan Bright Astley

Back-room girl in Churchill’s Cabinet Office who briefed the top brass and recorded the lighter moments of the war.

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Houston Chronicle - World, 02.01.09 15:03 UTC

Thai official fears deadly fire will harm nation's image

BANGKOK, Thailand Thailand's interior minister said today that a Bangkok nightclub fire that killed about 60 New Year's Eve partygoers could further damage the country's image, already battered by ...

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Seattle Times, 02.01.09 10:34 UTC

Russia cuts off gas to Ukraine

Moscow In the face of mounting economic troubles, Russia cut off deliveries of natural gas to Ukraine on Thursday after Ukraine rejected the Kremlin's demands for a sharp increase in gas prices. A ...